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* UK advertising for Halls cough sweets. The regular "vapour action" manthol sweets are like your head turning into an air conditioner, or sticking your head out of an aeroplane. Soothers, on the other hand, are like having your sore throat kissed better by a member of the opposite sex.

* 5 Gum, with visual metaphors
** How exactly is eating gum going to make me feel like I'm in my underwear in a pit of vibrating ball-bearings?

* Parodied in ''TheMuppetsTakeManhattan''.

* Caribbean Essence Bath Oil commercial on ''SaturdayNightLive''. [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96bessence.phtml Transcript]]

* UK advertising for Halls cough sweets. Regular "vapour action" manthol sweets are like your head turning into an air conditioner, or sticking your head out of an aeroplane. Soothers, on the other hand, are like having your sore throat kissed better by a member of the opposite sex.

* The in-game radio in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto: Vice City'' has a deodorant ad that says "When fighting the war against personal hygiene, bring up the heavy artillery: PIT BOMB! It's like NAPALM for your skin! AGENT ORANGE for your sweat glands! It kills bad odors like [=GIs=] in a peasant village!"

* In 2000, an ad ran during half time at the Super Bowl, showing a full minute of cowboys herding cats. At the very end we got a slogan: "In a sense, this is what we do." Many people remember the ad but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who can tell you what was being advertised. [[spoiler:We can, though. It was for EDS, an IT services company that until then was better known for being the source of Ross Perot's fortune -- [[ViewersAreGeniuses if you were familiar with it at all.]] EDS was bought out by Hewlett-Packard in 2008.]]

* Non-commercial example: ''TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' describes the experience of drinking a Pan-Galactic GargleBlaster as being "akin to having one's brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." Although this one may or may not be metaphorical.

* Practically every PerfumeCommercial ever. Somewhat understandable, as the only thing that really distinguishes one perfume from another is its smell, and smells (1) cannot be transmitted via television and (2) are almost impossible to adequately describe in words.

* Forcibly done with some products as a result of them being legally unable to say what their products do. Some, like the Q-Ray bracelet and Advertising/HeadOn, can't or couldn't prove that their so-called benefits are anything other than the placebo effect, so they aren't allowed to list these benefits in their commercials. Instead you get "Advertising/HeadOn [[MemeticMutation- apply directly to the forehead!]]"

* Forcibly done with some products as a result of them being legally unable to say what their products do. Some, like the Q-Ray bracelet and Advertising/HeadOn, can't or couldn't prove that their so-called benefits are anything other than the placebo effect, so they aren't allowed to list these benefits in their commercials. Instead you get "[[MemeticMutation Advertising/HeadOn - apply directly to the forehead!]]"

* Drinking Nestea is like a MAGIC TINY SWIMMING POOL appearing behind you and then you fall in backward.
* Taken to non sequitur extremes in early PSP ads. "It's like cheese you can listen to outside!"
* Caribbean Essence Bath Oil commercial on ''SaturdayNightLive''. [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96bessence.phtml Transcript]]

* The in-game radio in ''GrandTheftAuto: Vice City'' has a deodorant ad that says "When fighting the war against personal hygiene, bring up the heavy artillery: PIT BOMB! It's like NAPALM for your skin! AGENT ORANGE for your sweat glands! It kills bad odors like [=GIs=] in a peasant village!"

* All but parodied in a series of radio ads for Pine Sol floor cleaner, which featured an excited man going on about things like getting sucked into a giant lemon or having pine cones shoved up your nose.

* This is actually the reason the Old Spice ''TheManYourManCouldSmellLike'' ads are so popular. Who needs to listen about the bodywash once we know that it gives men the ability to build kitchens, bake cakes, and swan dive into motorcycles in hottubs?

* Non-commercial example: ''[=~The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy~=]'' describes the experience of drinking a Pan-Galactic GargleBlaster as being "akin to having one's brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." Although this one may or may not be metaphorical.

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* Forcibly done with some products as a result of them being legally unable to say what their products do. Some, like the Q-Ray bracelet and HeadOn, can't or couldn't prove that their so-called benefits are anything other than the placebo effect, so they aren't allowed to list these benefits in their commercials. Instead you get "[[MemeticMutation HeadOn - apply directly to the forehead!]]"

* York Peppermint Patties, of course. Currently intersects in the North American ads with SexForProduct, since their ads involve really hot women seemingly having orgasms while eating the candy.

* York Peppermint Patties, of course.

** ow exactly is eating gum going to make me feel like I'm in my underwear in a pit of vibrating ball-bearings?

-->''Brawndo the Thirst Mutilator: It's like '''shaving your chest with a lawnmower!!''' ''
-->''- [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ru6p5NLXxvY Brawndo ad]]''

* Non-commercial example: ''[=~The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy~=]'' describes the experience of drinking a Pan-Galactic GargleBlaster as being "like having your brains smashed in with a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." Although this one may or may not be metaphorical.

* Non-commercial: ''[=~The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy~=] describes the experience of drinking a Pan-Galactic GargleBlaster as being "like having your brains smashed in with a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick." Although this one may or may not be metaphorical.

* Parodied in ''TheMuppets Take Manhattan''.
-->'''Bill the Frog:''' How about this? "Ocean Breeze Soap: It's just like taking an ocean cruise, only there's no boat and you don't actually go anywhere".