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* Similar to both the above and the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' examples was a series of promos for KMSP-TV 9, then the UsefulNotes/TwinCities Creator/{{ABC}} affiliate[[note]]currently a Creator/{{Fox}} station. KMSP lost the ABC affiliation in 1979 after a [[AudienceAlienatingEra long series of ratings woes]][[/note]], for a series of news reports on venereal disease, or VD, in time for the May 1974 sweeps. However, two women ended up suing the station for [[http://www.studioz7.com/newsnine.html various damages caused emotionally]] (the second woman, a high-school student who had the incredibly unlucky timing of introducing her boyfriend to her parents when the shot of the two appeared in the VD teaser - which a KMSP producer misleadingly said was simply "for a [[ExactWords spring special]]"; followed by her being harassed by classmates and kicked out of her family home).

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* Similar to both the above and the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' examples was a series of promos for KMSP-TV 9, then the UsefulNotes/TwinCities Creator/{{ABC}} [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] affiliate[[note]]currently a Creator/{{Fox}} station. KMSP lost the ABC affiliation in 1979 after a [[AudienceAlienatingEra long series of ratings woes]][[/note]], for a series of news reports on venereal disease, or VD, in time for the May 1974 sweeps. However, two women ended up suing the station for [[http://www.studioz7.com/newsnine.html various damages caused emotionally]] (the second woman, a high-school student who had the incredibly unlucky timing of introducing her boyfriend to her parents when the shot of the two appeared in the VD teaser - which a KMSP producer misleadingly said was simply "for a [[ExactWords spring special]]"; followed by her being harassed by classmates and kicked out of her family home).
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* ''Webcomic/ScarletLady'': While canon "Gorizilla" doesn't make Adrien's full feelings on the PerfumeCommercial he starred in known (besides his annoyance at having to escape a mob of fans due to it), the comic's adaptation of the episode shows him groaning in embarrassment when it plays before a movie, with Marinette lightly teasing him.
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* Subverted on ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. When Mike's one shot on the new company ad has his face covered up by the logo, he at first appears shocked and disappointed. But then he shouts enthusiastically "I was on TV!"

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* Subverted on ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc''. ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' When Mike's one shot on the new company ad has his face covered up by the logo, he at first appears shocked and disappointed. But then he shouts enthusiastically "I was on TV!"
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''/''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' crossover issue of ''Creator/CartoonNetwork Action Pack'', Ben ends up going to Japan to film a Mr. Smoothie commercial, reasoning that it won't hurt his dignity since it won't leave the country. [[TemptingFate Naturally]], the commercial ends up online and everyone in Bellwood ends up watching it, much to his embarrassment.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''/''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' crossover issue of ''Creator/CartoonNetwork Action Pack'', ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkActionPack'', Ben ends up going to Japan to film a Mr. Smoothie commercial, reasoning that it won't hurt his dignity since it won't leave the country. [[TemptingFate Naturally]], the commercial ends up online and everyone in Bellwood ends up watching it, much to his embarrassment.

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