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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1n9Jly3CQ8 "UR WILLY IS RUBBISH!"]]
** And after this: "I liked your willy. Can I show you mine?"

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* While the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1n9Jly3CQ8 I Saw Your Willy]] does get kind of creepy near the end with the stranger messaging Alex, his bully's "UR WILLY IS RUBBISH!"]]
** And after this: "I liked your willy. Can I show you mine?"
RUBBISH!" is pretty hillarious.
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* [[https://youtu.be/MBoDeoeZrAc This public information film]] about using an alternative mode of transportation from Spain has a man's [[SerialEscalation escalating]] HumiliationConga on full display.

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* [[https://youtu.be/MBoDeoeZrAc This public information film]] about using an alternative mode of transportation from Spain has a man's [[SerialEscalation escalating]] HumiliationConga on full display.display.
* [[https://youtu.be/4_EHPTKuoL4 This ad]] reminding you to get checked for lung cancer after you've quit smoking.
** "Aw, man, that's a new fence."
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* Though the Drug-Free America [=PSAs=] are best know for terrifying young children, one [='80s=] ad was rather amusing. A 30-something man and his friend are seen smoking pot and laughing at another PDFA ad in the background talking about the negative side affects of marijuana. "We've been getting high for what, fifteen years? Nothing's ever happened," he says. "I'm exactly the same as when I smoked my first joint." Cue the voice of his mother from another room asking if he bothered looking for a job today.

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* Though the Drug-Free America [=PSAs=] are best know known for terrifying young children, one [='80s=] ad was rather amusing. A 30-something man and his friend are seen smoking pot and laughing at another PDFA ad in the background talking about the negative side affects of marijuana. "We've been getting high for what, fifteen years? Nothing's ever happened," he says. "I'm exactly the same as when I smoked my first joint." Cue the voice of his mother from another room asking if he bothered looking for a job today.
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** [[https://youtu.be/MBoDeoeZrAc This public information film]] about using an alternative mode of transportation from Spain has a man's [[SerialEscalation escalating]] HumiliationConga on full display.

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** * [[https://youtu.be/MBoDeoeZrAc This public information film]] about using an alternative mode of transportation from Spain has a man's [[SerialEscalation escalating]] HumiliationConga on full display.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyrg90y0qJI This 1990 fireworks safety PIF]] is one of the most hilarious PIFs (though meant to frighten viewers) ever made due to an child yelling "DON'T BE A DUMMY, DON'T THROW FIREWORKS!!" which annoys viewers. It shows that being annoying can make the message effective.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyrg90y0qJI This 1990 fireworks safety PIF]] is one of the most hilarious PIFs (though meant to frighten viewers) ever made due to an child yelling "DON'T BE A DUMMY, DON'T THROW FIREWORKS!!" which annoys viewers. It shows that being annoying can make the message effective.effective.
* For those of you terrified of the prevent-it.ca work safety ads (''especially'' the chef getting burned by the grease), [[https://youtu.be/sZF-9xO54XQ this spoof]] is total NightmareRetardant involving a clumsy guy at his "house" (complete with a dry-erase board and indoor chain link fence).
** [[https://youtu.be/MBoDeoeZrAc This public information film]] about using an alternative mode of transportation from Spain has a man's [[SerialEscalation escalating]] HumiliationConga on full display.
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** And after this: "I liked your willy. Can I show you mine?

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** And after this: "I liked your willy. Can I show you mine?mine?"
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyrg90y0qJI This 1990 fireworks safety PIF]] is one of the most hilarious PIFs (though meant to frighten viewers) ever made due to an child yelling "DON'T BE A DUMMY, DON'T THROW FIREWORKS!!" which annoys viewers. Being annoying can something make it effective.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyrg90y0qJI This 1990 fireworks safety PIF]] is one of the most hilarious PIFs (though meant to frighten viewers) ever made due to an child yelling "DON'T BE A DUMMY, DON'T THROW FIREWORKS!!" which annoys viewers. Being It shows that being annoying can something make it the message effective.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyrg90y0qJI This 1990 fireworks safety PIF]] is one of the most hilarious PIFs (though meant to frighten viewers) ever made due to an annoying child yelling "DON'T BE A DUMMY, DON'T THROW FIREWORKS!!".

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyrg90y0qJI This 1990 fireworks safety PIF]] is one of the most hilarious PIFs (though meant to frighten viewers) ever made due to an annoying child yelling "DON'T BE A DUMMY, DON'T THROW FIREWORKS!!".FIREWORKS!!" which annoys viewers. Being annoying can something make it effective.
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** And after this: "I liked your willy. Can I show you mine?

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** And after this: "I liked your willy. Can I show you mine?mine?
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyrg90y0qJI This 1990 fireworks safety PIF]] is one of the most hilarious PIFs (though meant to frighten viewers) ever made due to an annoying child yelling "DON'T BE A DUMMY, DON'T THROW FIREWORKS!!".
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1n9Jly3CQ8 "UR WILLY IS RUBBISH!"]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1n9Jly3CQ8 "UR WILLY IS RUBBISH!"]]RUBBISH!"]]
** And after this: "I liked your willy. Can I show you mine?
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWyMnQTQQo This anti-piracy PSA]] from the Philippines starring comedians, Jose and Wally.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWyMnQTQQo This anti-piracy PSA]] from the Philippines starring comedians, Jose and Wally.Wally.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1n9Jly3CQ8 "UR WILLY IS RUBBISH!"]]
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* [[WebOriginal/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as a whole.

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* [[WebOriginal/DumbWaysToDie [[WebVideo/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as a whole.
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* [[http://adland.tv/commercials/amnesty-international-uk-teleshopak-47-2006-cinema-uk This Amnesty International PSA]] makes a serious point about the extent of the arms trade by showing a shopping channel selling an AK-47.

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* [[http://adland.tv/commercials/amnesty-international-uk-teleshopak-47-2006-cinema-uk This Amnesty International PSA]] makes a serious point about the extent of the arms trade trade... by showing a shopping channel selling an AK-47.
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* [[http://www.ichannel.icac.hk/player/html5.html?s=icac&v=en/ichannel/api/2012_voice.mp4 This 2012 ad about the evils of electoral bribery]] from Hong Kong's sole anti-corruption agency, the ICAC.

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* [[http://www.ichannel.icac.hk/player/html5.html?s=icac&v=en/ichannel/api/2012_voice.mp4 This 2012 ad about the evils of electoral bribery]] from Hong Kong's sole anti-corruption agency, the ICAC.ICAC.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWyMnQTQQo This anti-piracy PSA]] from the Philippines starring comedians, Jose and Wally.
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* [[http://www.ichannel.icac.hk/player/html5.html?s=icac&v=en/ichannel/api/2012_voice.mp4 This 2012 ad about electoral bribery]] from Hong Kong's sole anti-corruption agency, the ICAC.

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* [[http://www.ichannel.icac.hk/player/html5.html?s=icac&v=en/ichannel/api/2012_voice.mp4 This 2012 ad about the evils of electoral bribery]] from Hong Kong's sole anti-corruption agency, the ICAC.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRValgHDvxE The "kick the habit" ad]] from Singapore.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRValgHDvxE The "kick the habit" ad]] from Singapore.Singapore.
* [[http://www.ichannel.icac.hk/player/html5.html?s=icac&v=en/ichannel/api/2012_voice.mp4 This 2012 ad about electoral bribery]] from Hong Kong's sole anti-corruption agency, the ICAC.

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** ”POOP ALREADY! You’re making me nervous!”

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** ”POOP ALREADY! You’re making me nervous!”nervous!”
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRValgHDvxE The "kick the habit" ad]] from Singapore.
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——->”POOP ALREADY! You’re making me nervous!”

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——->”POOP **”POOP ALREADY! You’re making me nervous!”
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* From the Shelter Pet Project, [[https://youtu.be/Hs5hq85N5VU Sand Box Cat]].

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* From the Shelter Pet Project, [[https://youtu.be/Hs5hq85N5VU Sand Box Cat]].Cat]].
——->”POOP ALREADY! You’re making me nervous!”
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* [[http://adland.tv/commercials/amnesty-international-uk-teleshopak-47-2006-cinema-uk This Amnesty International PSA]] makes a serious point about the extent of the arms trade by showing a shopping channel selling an AK-47.

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* [[http://adland.tv/commercials/amnesty-international-uk-teleshopak-47-2006-cinema-uk This Amnesty International PSA]] makes a serious point about the extent of the arms trade by showing a shopping channel selling an AK-47.AK-47.
* From the Shelter Pet Project, [[https://youtu.be/Hs5hq85N5VU Sand Box Cat]].
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** The same organization later made a similar anti-marijuana ad in the [=2000s=]. In this ad, a teenager uses weed to construct a cocoon in his bedroom, eventually closing himself in it. He emerges as a middle-aged man with a receding hairline still living with his parents.

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** The same organization later made a similar anti-marijuana ad in the [=2000s=]. In this ad, a teenager uses weed to construct a cocoon in his bedroom, eventually closing himself in it. He emerges as a middle-aged man with a receding hairline still living with his parents.parents.
* [[http://adland.tv/commercials/amnesty-international-uk-teleshopak-47-2006-cinema-uk This Amnesty International PSA]] makes a serious point about the extent of the arms trade by showing a shopping channel selling an AK-47.
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* [[WebOriginal/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as a whole.

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* [[WebOriginal/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as a whole.whole.
* Though the Drug-Free America [=PSAs=] are best know for terrifying young children, one [='80s=] ad was rather amusing. A 30-something man and his friend are seen smoking pot and laughing at another PDFA ad in the background talking about the negative side affects of marijuana. "We've been getting high for what, fifteen years? Nothing's ever happened," he says. "I'm exactly the same as when I smoked my first joint." Cue the voice of his mother from another room asking if he bothered looking for a job today.
** The same organization later made a similar anti-marijuana ad in the [=2000s=]. In this ad, a teenager uses weed to construct a cocoon in his bedroom, eventually closing himself in it. He emerges as a middle-aged man with a receding hairline still living with his parents.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMs7dkdO4YY This]] video. Even without the TwistEnding.
* [[http://youtu.be/O3sUyu80rrM Last Dance]] An anti-smoking PSA video to the song Que Sera Sera. A wife is sharing a last dance with her husband, who is clearly dying of cancer. The fact that their young son is watching, (a son the husband will not live to see grow up) makes the scene even more heartbreaking.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rUFoLVtwMc This]] Australian anti-smoking ad. A mother and her child are walking along a crowd... and suddenly the mother vanishes without a trace. [[AdultFear The child gets increasingly worried and then finally cries alone]]. All for a message that smoking's side effects may suddenly end your life. [[ManlyTears Paternal Tears]]
* Oh man, any animal shelter ad, especially those evil, evil ones by the ASPCA with the sad music and pictures of abused animals and the worst part is that they seem to go on ''forever''. Good lord. There is a local shelter ad that has more [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming uplifting, eyes-get-misty-in-a-good-way]] ads showing before and after pictures of animals after being nursed back to health and looking all happy.
** The Pedigree adoption drive ads. Every. Time.
--> ''(As various clips of dogs are shown)'' "I know how to sit. I know how to roll over. I know how to fetch. I know how to stay. What I don't know is how I ended up in here. But I know that I am a good dog, and I just want to go home."
** One of them, however, has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH3pA29MG5k a heartwarming follow-up]] for a dog named Echo.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Xh-tZrzwk This Commercial.]] Natalie Merchant's ''My Skin'' is lethal to hearts. The captions don't help any. "What did I do wrong?... Why did they hurt me?... Why did they abandon me?... Will I ''die'' today?"

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMs7dkdO4YY This]] video. Even without the TwistEnding.
* [[http://youtu.be/O3sUyu80rrM Last Dance]] An anti-smoking PSA video to the song Que Sera Sera. A wife is sharing
[[WebOriginal/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as a last dance with her husband, who is clearly dying of cancer. The fact that their young son is watching, (a son the husband will not live to see grow up) makes the scene even more heartbreaking.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rUFoLVtwMc This]] Australian anti-smoking ad. A mother and her child are walking along a crowd... and suddenly the mother vanishes without a trace. [[AdultFear The child gets increasingly worried and then finally cries alone]]. All for a message that smoking's side effects may suddenly end your life. [[ManlyTears Paternal Tears]]
* Oh man, any animal shelter ad, especially those evil, evil ones by the ASPCA with the sad music and pictures of abused animals and the worst part is that they seem to go on ''forever''. Good lord. There is a local shelter ad that has more [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming uplifting, eyes-get-misty-in-a-good-way]] ads showing before and after pictures of animals after being nursed back to health and looking all happy.
** The Pedigree adoption drive ads. Every. Time.
--> ''(As various clips of dogs are shown)'' "I know how to sit. I know how to roll over. I know how to fetch. I know how to stay. What I don't know is how I ended up in here. But I know that I am a good dog, and I just want to go home."
** One of them, however, has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH3pA29MG5k a heartwarming follow-up]] for a dog named Echo.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Xh-tZrzwk This Commercial.]] Natalie Merchant's ''My Skin'' is lethal to hearts. The captions don't help any. "What did I do wrong?... Why did they hurt me?... Why did they abandon me?... Will I ''die'' today?"
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* [[WebAnimation/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as a whole.
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* [[WebAnimation/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMs7dkdO4YY This]] video. Even without the TwistEnding.
* [[http://youtu.be/O3sUyu80rrM Last Dance]] An anti-smoking PSA video to the song Que Sera Sera. A wife is sharing
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last dance with her husband, who is clearly dying of cancer. The fact that their young son is watching, (a son the husband will not live to see grow up) makes the scene even more heartbreaking.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rUFoLVtwMc This]] Australian anti-smoking ad. A mother and her child are walking along a crowd... and suddenly the mother vanishes without a trace. [[AdultFear The child gets increasingly worried and then finally cries alone]]. All for a message that smoking's side effects may suddenly end your life. [[ManlyTears Paternal Tears]]
* Oh man, any animal shelter ad, especially those evil, evil ones by the ASPCA with the sad music and pictures of abused animals and the worst part is that they seem to go on ''forever''. Good lord. There is a local shelter ad that has more [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming uplifting, eyes-get-misty-in-a-good-way]] ads showing before and after pictures of animals after being nursed back to health and looking all happy.
** The Pedigree adoption drive ads. Every. Time.
--> ''(As various clips of dogs are shown)'' "I know how to sit. I know how to roll over. I know how to fetch. I know how to stay. What I don't know is how I ended up in here. But I know that I am a good dog, and I just want to go home."
** One of them, however, has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH3pA29MG5k a heartwarming follow-up]] for a dog named Echo.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Xh-tZrzwk This Commercial.]] Natalie Merchant's ''My Skin'' is lethal to hearts. The captions don't help any. "What did I do wrong?... Why did they hurt me?... Why did they abandon me?... Will I ''die'' today?"
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Usually, [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs and PIFs]] are [[NightmareFuel /PublicServiceAnnouncement scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.

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Usually, [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs and PIFs]] are [[NightmareFuel /PublicServiceAnnouncement [[NightmareFuel/PublicServiceAnnouncement scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.
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Usually, [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs and PIFs]] are [[NightmareFuel scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.

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Usually, [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs and PIFs]] are [[NightmareFuel /PublicServiceAnnouncement scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.
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Usually, PSAs and PIFs are [[NightmareFuel scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.

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Usually, [[Main/PublicServiceAnnouncement PSAs and PIFs PIFs]] are [[NightmareFuel scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.
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* [[DumbWaysToDie]] as a whole

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* [[DumbWaysToDie]] [[WebAnimation/DumbWaysToDie Dumb Ways To Die]] as a wholewhole.
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Usually, PSA and PIFs are [[NightmareFuel scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.

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Usually, PSA PSAs and PIFs are [[NightmareFuel scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.
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Usually, PSA and PIFs are [[NightmareFuel scary and effective]] but some of them take these messages in a funny yet effective way.

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