History Main / ParodyProductPlacement

:: Ironically, '''GAMETRADERS ROBINA''' has [[FunnyAneurysmMoment gone out of business.]]

* In ''Literature/MovingPictures'', C.M.O.T. Dibbler adds increasingly blatant product placement for Harga's House of Ribs into ''Blown Away'' (set during the Ankh-Morpork Civil War, 300 years before Harga opened his doors) in a desperate attempt to break even, much to his nephew Soll's disgust.

* An issue of ''ComicBook/EMan'' comics had an ad for "Hostess Tweakies" featuring Cutey Bunny, a parody of ''Anime/CutieHoney''. She defeated the villains by force-feeding them so many Tweakies that they could barely move.

* An issue of the [[Magazine/RedDwarf Red Dwarf Smegazine]] featured Kryten promoting "Smeggo" washing liquid, only to get interrupted by Lister finding out that he cleaned his favorite shirt, which he did not want to be washed.

* ''Series/TheCryOfMann'': On the parody after-show ''Tanking Mann'', Becca and Rebecca get sponsored by a coffee-company called Colombe and "subtly" show off their drinks to the audience, complete with a zoom. Despite this, they don't even seem to enjoy the product, endorsing it just for the money. This meant to be another clear sign that ''Tanking Mann'' is ''not'' a good show, and that the people behind it don't actually care about what they're doing.

'''Stan:''' Because the economics of television have changed! ''[awkwardly, towards the camera]'' [[BreakingTheFourthWall Have it... your way!]]

** {{Parodied}} (or {{Deconstructed}}?) in ''Webcomic/SuperStupor,'' also by R.K. Milholland, as the hero uses these [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust01042008.shtml to talk down]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathmaw]] - only to lament doing so because [[RealityEnsues they feed into Deathmaw's eating disorder, and he hasn't been getting his diabetes treated]].

** {{Parodied}} (or {{Deconstructed}}?) in ''Webcomic/SuperStupor,'' also by R.K. Milholland, as the hero uses these [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust01042008.shtml to talk down]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathmaw]] - only to lament doing so because [[RealityEnsues the Deathmaw's diabetes is a serious problem they've yet to deal with]].
--->'''Deathmaw''': [[FreudianExcuse Only Pinkee Cakes ever cared about me]]. Pinkee Cakes... [[FriendlyEnemy and you]].

* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', Davan [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/up-up-and-away-pt-4/ created stats for a villain from one of those Hostess ads and managed to capture his players]], making Jason want to [[DrivenToSuicide know the saving throw to commit suicide]] so he wouldn't [[BetterToDieThanToBeKilled be killed by such a pathetic villain]].

--->'''Deathmaw''': [[FreudianExcuse Only Pinkee Cakes ever cared about me]]. Pinkee Cakes... [[FriendlyEnemy and you]].

* In ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'', Davan [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06052003.shtml created stats for a villain from one of those Hostess ads and managed to capture his players]], making Jason want to [[DrivenToSuicide know the saving throw to commit suicide]].
%%* {{Parodied}} (or {{Deconstructed}}?) in ''Webcomic/SuperStupor,'' also by R.K. Milholland, [[http://www.superstupor.com/sust01042008.shtml here]].

* Before the ban on product placement was lifted, UK watchdogs ITC ran an advert to publicize the ban; it ran as a parody of an Australian soap with two blokes opening a fridge to reveal it crammed with Kanga lager, and leaving a can directly in front of the camera for twenty seconds while taking a ludicrously melodramatic phonecall.

* ''Series/WandaVision:'' The first three episodes have in-universe advertisements, such as the Stark Toastmaster 2000, and the Strucker Watch ("He'll make time for you!"). They're also astoundingly (but [[DeliberateValuesDissonance deliberately]]) misogynistic as hell, to match the decades they're supposedly from.

** He also made his own beer, ''Cerveza Melorto'' ("[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Beer Metheasshole]]"), with a proper ads with an OdeToIntoxication (parody of Argentinian beer ads that use this resource).

** The sixth episode, "All-New Halloween Spooktacular!", jumps ahead to the TurnOfTheMillennium - its claymation ad for "Yo Magic" starts out parodying TotallyRadical commercials of the day, then veers off into disturbing MoodWhiplash worthy of a {{creepypasta}}.

* "Dream Girl" by Music/TheLonelyIsland starts with the announcement "The following song is brought to you by Chex Mix", which initially comes off as a NonSequitur as the lyrics go on to describe the narrator's crush on an unattractive, unhygenic, possibly violently insane woman. This turns out to be a BrickJoke when the last verse goes out of its way to mention Chex Mix three separate times, then the last chorus turns into a full-on jingle for the product.

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* Mentioned in an April Fool's Day announcement for ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', which would insert "sponsored lines" at random intervals, and subscribers could turn them off.

* One ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' story features Tails reading a [[ShowWithinAShow comic within the comic]] that casts the Freedom Fighters as parodies of the Franchise/FantasticFour, with Robotnik serving in the Galactus role. Parodying the ads, Sonic manages to keep from Robotnik from eating the planet by giving him "Twinkles," which has the tagline "You avoid a fight with every bite!"

* In ''Literature/TheTimTebowCFLChronicles,'' there's a shoe store that only offers movie tie-in shoes. Tim Tebow gets a pair of ''Hitch'' sneakers; they don't cost him anything, but in return he has to tell everyone about ''Hitch''--the romantic comedy with a twist, starring Will Smith! Now available on DVD!
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* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'':

* ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': In the review of ''Film/TheDungeonmaster'', Spoony jokes that the villain's name Mystema "sounds like some sort of hemorrhoid infection, or some sort of tropical disease" and then we see commercial-style testimonials from some of the other Channel Awesome contributors who are "suffering" from mystema. Dr. Insano then presents "[=XCALIBR8=]" (the name of the artificial intelligence/technology created by the hero) as a medicated lotion that can cure mystema, followed by more Channel Awesome testimonials.
* ''WebVideo/ElBananero'':
** His most famous videos and the reason he becomes a referent for Latin American youtubers is thanks to his {{Infomercial}}s that parody existing products, as well creating new ones, all of them with the "call now" placement. Some of his most famous "products" are ''Sofa-natico'', ''Kit Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', ''Gas-T-Rico'' and ''Gaytorade''.
** The most notable case of ContinuityNod about the above is ''Muñeca System'', an inflated sex doll that can do a lot of things apart of being just a sex doll which Infomercial became El Bananero's first success. Well, with the time, Muñeca System became his girlfriend (a {{Yandere}} one, by the way) and appeared in a lot of videos and even has a dedicated HalloweenEpisode as the BastardGirlfriend.
** He also made his own beer, ''Cerveza Melorto'' ("[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Beer Metheasshole]]"), with a proper ads with an OdeToIntoxication (parody of Argentinian beer ads that use this resource).
* Parodied by Website/CollegeHumor in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHkheN5ARK8 Wait: Is This Video BRANDED?!]]" in which the four characters deny accusations from the others that they're being a corporate shill [[HypocriticalHumor while shilling products themselves]]. This includes Trapp holding a potato chip bag so that the logo is prominently visible, Grant hawking his phone's capabilities like he's being filmed, and Katie getting a DramaticWind to blow back her hair when she drinks a soda.
* WebVideo/BennettTheSage has done these as occasional gags in his anime review series ''Anime Abandon'':
** At the end of a gory scene in the "''Anime/{{Genocyber}}'' Part I" review[[note]]in which a scientist wakes up to find that he's handcuffed to a bed and his torso has been flayed down to the skeleton[[/note]], a "Not going anywhere? Grab a Snickers!" "ad" pops up.
** In the ''Manga/{{X|1999}}'' review, he calls out a blatant scene where the main character drops down in front of a Coke billboard.
--->Subtle product placement there, Potzi. Well, you can count on me to keep artistic integrity and keep corporate sponsorship at a bare minimum...just like the prices at your local Sizzler. *''cut to a Sizzler "ad" that ends with "At least we're not Denny's!"''*
** While reviewing ''Anime/BurnUp'', Sage notices that one of the bit bad guys looks a lot like Creator/WilfordBrimley, which leads to an extended parody of Brimley’s {{memetic|Mutation}} plugs for Liberty Medical.