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* ''Zack of All Trades'' was a series of animated PSAs from the 80's featuring Music/LutherVandross teaching older kids about using their talents and interests to think ahead and plan their adult careers. You can watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBgop-L8XQ some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAmyWOqeDA of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mR6RQjq2bo these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suSIpqVxQC0 here]].

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* ''Zack of All Trades'' was a series of an animated PSAs PSA series from the 80's featuring Music/LutherVandross teaching older kids about using their talents and interests to think ahead and plan their adult careers. You can watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBgop-L8XQ some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAmyWOqeDA of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mR6RQjq2bo these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suSIpqVxQC0 here]].
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* Some of the most violent, disgusting, and disturbing anti-smoking commercials come out of Florida. Oddly enough, very few of these focus on quitting smoking, but rather on trying to avoid smoking outdoors. This may be due to a high population of older people who have been addicted for an extremely long time. A particularly disturbing commercial had everyone wearing gas masks while "Ring Around the Rosie" was sung in slow-motion in the background. At the end of the PSA, the mood and music lightened as a woman on a bench was shown to be smoking instead of wearing a gas mask.

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* Some of the most violent, disgusting, and disturbing anti-smoking commercials come out of Florida. Oddly enough, very few of these focus on quitting smoking, but rather on trying to avoid smoking outdoors. This may be due to a high population of older people who have been addicted for an extremely long time. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AHx6-FDKn4 A particularly disturbing commercial commercial]] had everyone walking around outside wearing gas masks while "Ring Around the Rosie" was sung in slow-motion in the background. At the end of the PSA, the mood and music lightened as a woman on a bench was shown to be smoking instead of wearing a gas mask.



* ''Zack of all Trades'' was a set from the 80's featuring Music/LutherVandross teaching older kids about using their talents and interests to think ahead and plan their adult careers.

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* ''Zack of all All Trades'' was a set series of animated PSAs from the 80's featuring Music/LutherVandross teaching older kids about using their talents and interests to think ahead and plan their adult careers. You can watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBgop-L8XQ some]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkAmyWOqeDA of]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mR6RQjq2bo these]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suSIpqVxQC0 here]].
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* The Singapore Police Force made [[https://youtu.be/5Kzstx41iDwa a drink-driving ad]] where a driver runs into a bus because their vision is blurred by beer glasses, symbolising blurred vision caused by drunkeness. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8LF1v19Kvs This ad would later be reused]] by Canada's [=MADD=] (see Canada folder above) while Australia's [=TAC=] [[https://youtu.be/pEDrkeijucM made their own version]], with the bus replaced by a trailer, and aftermath of the crash added in.

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* The Singapore Traffic Police Force made [[https://youtu.be/5Kzstx41iDwa a drink-driving ad]] where a driver runs into a bus because their vision is blurred by beer glasses, symbolising blurred vision caused by drunkeness. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8LF1v19Kvs This ad would later be reused]] by Canada's [=MADD=] (see Canada folder above) while above). Australia's [=TAC=] [[https://youtu.be/pEDrkeijucM made their own version]], with the bus replaced by a trailer, and aftermath of the crash added in.in, and China's [=WHO=] branch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9MhAXIuWXs also made a different version]] for Suzhou's road safety campaign where the bus is also switched with a trailer, but the crash quickly switches to a framed picture of a family, where the glass shatters on the face of the father (presumably the driver).
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--->"Workplace injuries and deaths are preventable. If there is [[spoiler:a random zombie attack]], run like a [[SoundEffectBleep m***]]."

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--->"Workplace injuries and deaths are preventable. If there is [[spoiler:a random zombie attack]], run like a [[SoundEffectBleep m***]].[BLEEP]."
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* * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w87hg7pWdY This]] UsefulNotes/{{German|y}} PSA has a man playing a racing {{video game}} taking corners too fast and losing the game while his friends mock him. He walks away and towards his car, and starts it up, muttering "No idea, those idiots." He pops a cassette in, and ''[[Music/{{Steppenwolf}} "Born To Be Wild"]]'' starts to play. He starts to drive fast, nearly running over an elderly man in a wheelchair, and he goes on the highway. He has some near-misses with people and cars, and stats appear on the top screen, like in a video game. The friend’s taunts are also heard occasionally. He then passes a truck and sees a bus in the oncoming direction. He brakes hard and crashes and an animated explosion takes up the screen, and the music stops. It then shows the hallway of a hospital with a person running down the hallway while an EKG can be heard. It then shows the interface of an EKG. The EKG then {{flatline}}s while the words "{{GAME OVER}}" appear on the screen and the line that measures heartbeats goes straight.
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** They also mADE [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agSBkVHtMGo this PIF]] that poses as a shooting video game. Except for the place the game takes place is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} High School, complete with what appears to be ''actual footage of the attacks''.

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** They also mADE made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agSBkVHtMGo this PIF]] that poses as a shooting video game. Except for the place the game takes place is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} High School, complete with what appears to be ''actual footage of the attacks''.
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* The German network SWR Fernsehen is notorious for producing various disturbing ads about safe viewership.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DTclCuWn1Y One anti-violence PIF]] is either horrific or, as easportsbig899 calls it, a {{horror}} movie fan's wet dream. It depicts a bunch of graphic clips from horror movies and the like (such as ''Film/TheShining'' and ''Film/{{It|1990}}''), overdubbed with voices singing [[Music/JohannesBrahms Brahms]]' Lullaby.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfYeNK3dhDI A similar ad]] to the one above is more gruesome than this, as it straight-up shows graphic death scenes from various action and horror movies with a child's voice counting them one by one like counting sheep to fall asleep. It ends with a tagline asking parents what their children count to fall asleep and reminding them to watch what they see on TV.
** [[https://youtu.be/tUJvBNp1FbY Another ad]] from the same network depicts a father taking his young son on a trip into a big city, filmed through a creepy {{fisheye lens}} view. During the spot the father shows his son such horrific sights, including a car accident, a man being assaulted, another shooting up in a public bathroom, a woman getting raped, a dead body wrapped in plastic... All of it [[SoundtrackDissonance set to an upbeat song from a 1950s German flick]] about how TheWorldIsJustAwesome. The message at the end is that if you wouldn't show your kids this in real life, don't let them see it on TV.
*** There also existed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsS1C7cTO9o another variant]] of the ad that replaces the track with Music/AphexTwin’s “[[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel Fingerbib]]”, which lessens the scariness of the PIF only by a small margin.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4FuTS_R_KM&feature=emb_logo Yet another one from the SWR]] has a young girl asleep, but she is suffering nightmares as screams and other violent noises are heard. What started off as unsettling quickly becomes horrifying as she opens her eyes to reveal a static screen on each one.
--->'''Tagline:''' Violence on TV always has a sequel.
** They also mADE [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agSBkVHtMGo this PIF]] that poses as a shooting video game. Except for the place the game takes place is UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} High School, complete with what appears to be ''actual footage of the attacks''.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NpNrPizOk Another disturbing ad]] against child sexual abuse features a mouse cursor moving over a framed picture of a small child with a wheelbarrow while the sound of [[PaedoHunt a man]] getting off to it is heard in the background. It's bound to push all the wrong buttons.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NpNrPizOk Another disturbing German ad]] against child sexual abuse features a mouse cursor moving over a framed picture of a small child with a wheelbarrow while the sound of [[PaedoHunt a man]] getting off to it is heard in the background. It's bound to push all the wrong buttons.

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* Probably the most well known PSA in Germany is ''Film/ForkliftDriverKlaus'', which is a hilariously bloody parody. It has become kind of a cult classic, as it has the appearance of a completely average 70's TV production combined with an amount of over the top {{Gorn}} way outside what you usually see in German TV. It's also narrated by the narrator of a series of actual road safety [=PSAs=].
* Internationally well-known is the series of five-minute spots originating in Germany unter the title ''Der 7. Sinn''. It was used to educate in traffic safety - with the target audience being drivers. It ran from february 1966 through december 2005 and was broadcast among other countries in the US, Japan, Brazil and many more.

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* Probably the most well known well-known PSA in Germany is ''Film/ForkliftDriverKlaus'', which is a hilariously bloody parody. It has become kind of a cult classic, as it has the appearance of a completely average 70's TV production combined with an amount of over the top {{Gorn}} way outside what you usually see in German TV. It's also narrated by the narrator of a series of actual road safety [=PSAs=].
* Internationally well-known is the a series of five-minute spots originating in Germany unter under the title ''Der 7. Sinn''. It was used to educate in traffic safety - with the target audience being drivers. It ran from february February 1966 through december December 2005 and was broadcast among other countries in the US, Japan, Brazil and many more.more. You can watch a collection of these ads [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9sylNlf_stT_Ez4rz9kqjC5AbVGJz7q here.]]
* A horrifying radio ad for the German child abuse charity Hansel and Gretel Foundation begins with the ostensibly wholesome sound of a little girl laughing hysterically before the narrator tells the listener that if they can recognize that the girl is actually having an orgasm, the charity will find them and put them in jail, and if they don't, they should donate money to help out. There's a link [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI5gFfAXGYU here]], but [[ParanoiaFuel you'll probably feel like you'll end up on a list just for having heard it]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4NpNrPizOk Another disturbing ad]] against child sexual abuse features a mouse cursor moving over a framed picture of a small child with a wheelbarrow while the sound of [[PaedoHunt a man]] getting off to it is heard in the background. It's bound to push all the wrong buttons.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue114_ghKVs This haunting PSA]] from Germany's World Society for the Protection of Animals shows a man in a dark workshop putting together a wooden bear. He starts by sawing off one of the bear's ears, followed by the claws and paw tips, and finally drills through the bear's nose. All of this is intercut with footage of a real bear going through the same torture. In the end, he finishes by putting a string through the nose, pulling it, and making the bear "dance." A narrator then says, "Captivity, torture, or dance until death. The WSPA helps abused animals. Please help." The camera work and distorted audio don't help.
** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh844L7SZ1s alternate cut]] of the ad is arguably worse, as not only does it include slightly different shots of the man putting the wooden bear together, but also a new, brief scene of a bear being hung by its nose.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xZZgMmrAhg This 1986 ad]] produced by Germany for Amnesty International is just a straight one-minute build-up to someone about to be subjected to ElectricTorture. The prisoner's blood-curdling screams near the end are bound to keep you up for the rest of the night. What's worse is the occasional screams coming from elsewhere in the building, making it clear that he's far from the only victim there.
* [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xadsq9 One NSFW German PIF]] starts out as essentially softcore porn, where a man and a woman go to the bathroom in a club and essentially get it on to the tune of some eerie music. The horror ([[{{Narm}} or humor]]) doesn't come until the very end, where we see the man banging this woman is in fact '''''{{Hitler|AteSugar}}.''''' The message: "AIDS is a mass murderer." There are other versions of this PIF, where instead of Hitler, the man banging the woman is another dictator like Stalin and Hussein; print versions have also been made.
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* An Australian PSA for [[https://vimeo.com/338499635 International Missing Children's Day]] used a little girl talking about the new pair of shoes she got for her birthday, and her dreams of what she wants to do when she grows up (she is shown in various outfits, including a wedding dress and veil) only for her V/O to reveal that none of these things ever happened, as she went missing. The PSA is notable for the V/O line “maybe I’d meet someone who loved me and my shoes” because of the decision to use a gender-neutral phrase, whereas in earlier years, a comparable PSA would have likely indicated that the person would be male (i.e. "a boy who...").

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* An Australian PSA for [[https://vimeo.com/338499635 International Missing Children's Day]] used a little girl talking about the new pair of shoes she got for her birthday, and her dreams of what she wants to do when she grows up (she is shown in various outfits, including a wedding dress and veil) only for her V/O to reveal that none of these things ever happened, as she went missing. The PSA is notable for the V/O line “maybe I’d meet someone who loved me and my shoes” because of the decision to use a gender-neutral phrase, whereas in earlier years, a comparable PSA would have likely indicated that the person would be male (i.e. "a boy who...").") without even really thinking about it.
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* An Australian PSA for [[https://vimeo.com/338499635 International Missing Children's Day]] used a little girl talking about the new pair of shoes she got for her birthday, and her dreams of what she wants to do when she grows up (she is shown in various outfits, including a wedding dress and veil) only for her V/O to reveal that none of these things ever happened, as she went missing. The PSA is notable for the V/O line “maybe I’d meet someone who loved me and my shoes” because it doesn’t say that the little girl will marry a man when she grows up. If the PSA had been made even just some years earlier, it would had been written to assume she would grow up to be a “Mrs. John Smith”.

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* An Australian PSA for [[https://vimeo.com/338499635 International Missing Children's Day]] used a little girl talking about the new pair of shoes she got for her birthday, and her dreams of what she wants to do when she grows up (she is shown in various outfits, including a wedding dress and veil) only for her V/O to reveal that none of these things ever happened, as she went missing. The PSA is notable for the V/O line “maybe I’d meet someone who loved me and my shoes” because it doesn’t say of the decision to use a gender-neutral phrase, whereas in earlier years, a comparable PSA would have likely indicated that the little girl will marry a man when she grows up. If the PSA had been made even just some years earlier, it person would had been written to assume she would grow up to be a “Mrs. John Smith”.male (i.e. "a boy who...").
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* Child abuse hotline Bantay Bata 163's [=PSAs=] are also this, in regards to stop child abuse, child trafficking and the like. Also scares the living dickens of everyone who watched them as kids. One of them, even though only portrayed in chalk drawings regarding child trafficking, is already scary enough on its own, no thanks to the child's voice. One watch of that PSA and you'll never see the name [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] the same way again. Have fun getting that nightmare off your head.

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* Child abuse hotline Bantay Bata 163's [=PSAs=] are also this, in regards to stop stopping child abuse, child trafficking trafficking, and the like. Also scares the living dickens of everyone who watched them as kids. One of them, even though only portrayed in chalk drawings regarding child trafficking, is already scary enough on its own, no thanks to the child's voice. One watch of that PSA and you'll never see the name [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] the same way again. Have fun getting that nightmare off your head.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXDWgY-yCUYAn infamous anti-child abuse commercial]] in the late 90s has a doll giving contorted faces as she was being manhandled, all while the sounds of children being abused is being heard, and eventually was destroyed. Due to the black background and the distorted face, it landed straight to the NightmareFuel category of PSA page and was said by many Filipino children to be infamous for scaring the living daylights out of them.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXDWgY-yCUYAn This infamous anti-child abuse commercial]] in the late 90s has a doll giving contorted faces as she was being manhandled, all while the sounds of children being abused is being heard, and eventually was destroyed. scrapped. Due to the black background and the distorted face, it landed straight to the NightmareFuel category of the PSA page and was said by many Filipino children to be infamous for scaring the living daylights out of them.
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*** Among its many [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]], [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrim Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game]] reminds you that [[SeriousBusiness "Winners Don't Eat Meat."]]

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*** Among its many [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]], [[VideoGame/ScottPilgrim Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game]] ''VideoGame/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorldTheGame'' reminds you that [[SeriousBusiness "Winners Don't Eat Meat."]]
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYpEVO4a-Mo This API]] from the Narcotics Division shows a man wandering in the street before flashing back to both the time of his hiring and the time of his firing. The former shows him twitching while holding a fistful of pills at a job interview, dousing water on himself because his eyesight was blurred from heavy drug abuse. The latter shows him on the floor laughing as the staff cleaned up; he was the Best Man at his coworker's wedding but [[WorstWeddingEver wreaked merry havoc after getting his fix]]. The ad eventually shows the man doing drugs and suffering the effects, ending with him falling on his knees and screaming.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYpEVO4a-Mo This API]] from the Narcotics Division shows a man wandering in the street before flashing back to both the time of his hiring and the time of his firing. The former shows him twitching while holding a fistful of pills at a job interview, dousing water on himself because his eyesight was blurred from heavy drug abuse. The latter shows him on the floor laughing as the staff cleaned up; he was the Best Man at his coworker's wedding but [[WorstWeddingEver wreaked merry havoc after getting his fix]]. The ad eventually shows the man doing drugs and suffering the effects, ending with him falling on his knees and screaming.letting out a SkywardScream.
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* Being an organization related to law enforcement, the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (HKCSD) has launched its own [=APIs=] concerning drug use with its "Drugs Harm Lifetimes" ads. Moreover, the Kangxi-style font used for these ads makes them look unsettling.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFRUjG-vVs "Cannabis Episode: Stylish Guy? Foolish Guy!"]] centers on a high school boy at a holiday party who tries cannabis for the first time and becomes addicted to it. As a consequence, he becomes worn out and the ad cuts to him being escorted to a prison cell, while the caption reveals that not only he ended up in prison for criminal offenses but ''became mentally ill from drug abuse and was detained at a psychiatric facility''. Tagline: "Playing with drugs and losing your mind ruins your whole life."

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* Being an organization related to law enforcement, the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (HKCSD) has launched its own [=APIs=] concerning drug use with its "Drugs Harm Lifetimes" ads. Moreover, the Kangxi-style font used for these ads and the slogans using drug/poison-related puns makes them look unsettling.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFRUjG-vVs "Cannabis Episode: Stylish Guy? Foolish Guy!"]] centers on a high school boy at a holiday party who tries cannabis for the first time and becomes addicted to it. As a consequence, he becomes worn out and the ad cuts to him being escorted to a prison cell, while the cell. The caption reveals that not only did he ended end up in prison for criminal offenses but he ''became mentally ill from drug abuse and was detained at a psychiatric facility''. Tagline: "Playing with drugs and losing [with drugs] will cost you your mind ruins and your whole life."



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKUD2nej-g "K(etamine) Episode: Urinary Bag! It Will Accompany You!"]] - This API centers on a man named Ziming, who starts doing ketamine to cope with his wife and in-laws' criticisms of his laziness and the stress of his upcoming exam. Eventually, Ziming ends up in a [[AndIMustScream permanent vegetative state]] from heavy drug abuse, needing a catheter and a urinary bag as it also [[PottyFailure severely impaired his bladder function]]. Furthermore, a caption reveals he was sentenced to more than 9 years in prison for drug-related offenses before showing the tagline: "Sink into a sea of drugs and you'll be alone for a lifetime."
--->'''Narrator:''' Smoking weed, popping pills, snorting K(etamine). You take these drugs thinking they will relieve stress and make you forget worries. You even thought selling drugs would "make quick profits". But in fact, not only these will not help you, but will also kill your bodily functions in seconds. Especially K(etamine). It will K.O. your bladder into the ground, and you will lose your freedom and love. All that remains will be loneliness. And this will follow you for the rest of your life.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYEYhy9LmnI "Ice Drug Episode: Indelible Markings"]] is the most harrowing of the three. It starts with a pretty girl ending her nightly livestream and taking drugs out of her drawer. While she felt the usual rush from smoking ice (meth), she soon starts to regret it when her face becomes full of pockmarks and sores. Then the camera pans left to reveal the same girl looking regretfully in the mirror, only she's now in prison before her caption reveals she was sentenced to 42 months for drug trafficking. Tagline: "The torment of youth will destroy the rest of their lives."

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKUD2nej-g "K(etamine) Episode: Urinary Bag! It Will Accompany You!"]] - This API centers on a man named Ziming, Zhiming, who starts doing ketamine to cope with his wife and in-laws' criticisms of his laziness and the stress of his upcoming exam. Eventually, Ziming Zhiming ends up in a [[AndIMustScream permanent vegetative state]] from heavy drug abuse, needing a catheter and a urinary bag as it also [[PottyFailure severely impaired his bladder function]]. Furthermore, a caption reveals he was sentenced to more than 9 years in prison for drug-related offenses before showing the tagline: "Sink "Fall into a the sea of drugs and you'll be alone for live a lifetime.lonely lifetime [in drugs]."
--->'''Narrator:''' Smoking weed, popping pills, snorting K(etamine). You take these drugs thinking they will relieve stress and make you forget your worries. You even thought selling drugs would "make quick profits". But in fact, not only these will not help you, but will also kill your bodily functions in seconds. Especially K(etamine). It will K.O. your bladder into the ground, and you will lose your freedom and love. All that remains will be loneliness. And this will follow you for the rest of your life.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYEYhy9LmnI "Ice Drug Episode: Indelible Markings"]] is the most harrowing of the three. It starts with a pretty girl ending her nightly livestream and taking drugs out of her drawer. While she felt the usual rush from smoking ice (meth), she soon starts to regret it when her face becomes full of pockmarks and sores. Then the camera pans left to reveal the same girl looking regretfully in the mirror, only she's now in prison before her caption reveals she was sentenced to 42 months for drug trafficking. Tagline: "The "[Drugs] will torment of your youth will and destroy the rest of their lives.your whole life."
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* Being an organization related to law enforcement, the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (HKCSD) has launched its own [=APIs=] concerning drug use with its "Drugs Harm Lifetimes" ads.
** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFRUjG-vVs Cannabis Episode: Stylish Guy? Foolish Guy!]]'' centers on a high school boy at a holiday party who tries cannabis for the first time and becomes addicted to it. As a consequence, he becomes worn out and the ad cuts to him being escorted to a prison cell, while the caption reveals that not only he ended up in prison for criminal offenses but ''became mentally ill from drug abuse and was detained at a psychiatric facility''. Tagline: "Playing with drugs and losing your mind ruins your whole life."

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* Being an organization related to law enforcement, the Hong Kong Correctional Services Department (HKCSD) has launched its own [=APIs=] concerning drug use with its "Drugs Harm Lifetimes" ads.
ads. Moreover, the Kangxi-style font used for these ads makes them look unsettling.
** ''[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzFRUjG-vVs Cannabis "Cannabis Episode: Stylish Guy? Foolish Guy!]]'' Guy!"]] centers on a high school boy at a holiday party who tries cannabis for the first time and becomes addicted to it. As a consequence, he becomes worn out and the ad cuts to him being escorted to a prison cell, while the caption reveals that not only he ended up in prison for criminal offenses but ''became mentally ill from drug abuse and was detained at a psychiatric facility''. Tagline: "Playing with drugs and losing your mind ruins your whole life."



** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKUD2nej-g K(etamine) Episode: Urinary Bag! It Will Accompany You!]]'' - This API centers on a man named Ziming, who starts doing ketamine to cope with his wife and in-laws' criticisms of his laziness and the stress of his upcoming exam. Eventually, Ziming ends up in a [[AndIMustScream permanent vegetative state]] from heavy drug abuse, needing a catheter and a urinary bag as it also [[PottyFailure severely impaired his bladder function]]. Furthermore, a caption reveals he was sentenced to more than 9 years in prison for drug-related offenses before showing the tagline: "Sink into a sea of drugs and you'll be alone for a lifetime."

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** ''[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFKUD2nej-g K(etamine) "K(etamine) Episode: Urinary Bag! It Will Accompany You!]]'' You!"]] - This API centers on a man named Ziming, who starts doing ketamine to cope with his wife and in-laws' criticisms of his laziness and the stress of his upcoming exam. Eventually, Ziming ends up in a [[AndIMustScream permanent vegetative state]] from heavy drug abuse, needing a catheter and a urinary bag as it also [[PottyFailure severely impaired his bladder function]]. Furthermore, a caption reveals he was sentenced to more than 9 years in prison for drug-related offenses before showing the tagline: "Sink into a sea of drugs and you'll be alone for a lifetime."



** ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYEYhy9LmnI Ice Drug Episode: Indelible Markings]]'' is the most harrowing of the three. It starts with a pretty girl ending her nightly livestream and taking drugs out of her drawer. While she felt the usual rush from smoking ice (meth), she soon starts to regret it when her face becomes full of pockmarks and sores. Then the camera pans left to reveal the same girl looking regretfully in the mirror, only she's now in prison before her caption reveals she was sentenced to 42 months for drug trafficking. Tagline: "The torment of youth will destroy the rest of their lives."

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** ''[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYEYhy9LmnI Ice "Ice Drug Episode: Indelible Markings]]'' Markings"]] is the most harrowing of the three. It starts with a pretty girl ending her nightly livestream and taking drugs out of her drawer. While she felt the usual rush from smoking ice (meth), she soon starts to regret it when her face becomes full of pockmarks and sores. Then the camera pans left to reveal the same girl looking regretfully in the mirror, only she's now in prison before her caption reveals she was sentenced to 42 months for drug trafficking. Tagline: "The torment of youth will destroy the rest of their lives."
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* There was a unsettling radio PSA from mid 2010s about road safety was aired in radio stations in Malaysia involving a wife with her husband greeting each other (or talking about something). Soon, she gets a phone call from a policeman implying her husband was involved in a accident with sounds of crying heard.

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* There was a unsettling radio PSA from mid 2010s about road safety was aired in radio stations in Malaysia involving a wife with her husband greeting each other (or talking about something). Soon, she gets a phone call from a policeman implying her husband was involved in a an accident with sounds of crying heard.
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* There was a unsettling radio PSA from mid 2010s about road safety was aired in radio stations in Malaysia involving a wife with her husband greeting each other (or talking somethin).Soon,she get a phone call from a policeman implying her husband was involved in a accident with sounds of crying heard.

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* There was a unsettling radio PSA from mid 2010s about road safety was aired in radio stations in Malaysia involving a wife with her husband greeting each other (or talking somethin).Soon,she get about something). Soon, she gets a phone call from a policeman implying her husband was involved in a accident with sounds of crying heard.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X18q8j9P6M One ad that aired during the Super Bowl in 2002]] had cannabis smokers claim that they helped various forms of terrorism, and it's implied they also helped the 9/11 terrorists. The message was that drugs fund terrorism.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X18q8j9P6M com/watch?v=ASdB0_M3Eh4 One ad that aired during the Super Bowl in 2002]] had cannabis smokers claim that they helped various forms of terrorism, and it's implied they also helped the 9/11 terrorists. The message was that drugs fund terrorism.
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* There was a unsettling radio PSA from mid 2010s about road safety was aired in radio stations in Malaysia involving a wife with her husband greeting each other before she get a phone call from a policeman implying her husband was died in a accident with sounds of crying heard.

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* There was a unsettling radio PSA from mid 2010s about road safety was aired in radio stations in Malaysia involving a wife with her husband greeting each other before she (or talking somethin).Soon,she get a phone call from a policeman implying her husband was died involved in a accident with sounds of crying heard.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04zIkDlaXL8 This ad retells the victim's stories from the family's point of view.]

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04zIkDlaXL8 This ad retells the victim's stories from the family's point of view.]The victim was died in 2013 from natural causes.


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* ''Fanfic/AGameOfCatAndCat'': One chapter is called "Your Daily Public Service Announcement Against Underage Drinking, or, Don't Drink and Dash".
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Commercials put on by the government or other organizations for public safety or information. Also known as [[InstructionalFilm Government Information Adverts]] or [[http://625.uk.com/pifs/index.htm Public Information Films.]] These commercials usually try to get you to stop smoking, obey the speed limit, look when crossing the road, or submit your tax return on time. {{Anvilicious}} by nature. Since they deal with serious (and not so serious) real-life problems, and often have limited budgets, the potential for {{Narm}} is very high, but when done right, [=PSAs=] can be quite effective.

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Commercials put on by the government or other organizations for public safety or information. Also known as [[InstructionalFilm Government Information Adverts]] or [[http://625.uk.com/pifs/index.htm Public Information Films.]] Films]]. These commercials usually try to get you to stop smoking, obey the speed limit, look LookBothWays when crossing the road, or submit your tax return on time. {{Anvilicious}} by nature. Since they deal with serious (and not so serious) real-life problems, and often have limited budgets, the potential for {{Narm}} is very high, but when done right, [=PSAs=] can be quite effective.
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* Australia had some particularly chilling DomesticAbuse [=PSAs=]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBKlBhfgPc One]] showed a couple eating dinner while the woman next door is presumably being beaten up by her husband. The man at the table very decidedly puts down his fork and picks up a baseball bat. He then knocks on his neighbour's door and [[SubvertedTrope hands him the bat]]. The voiceover says:

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* Australia had some particularly chilling DomesticAbuse [=PSAs=]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBKlBhfgPc [[https://youtu.be/c96dktDFgyk One]] showed a couple eating dinner while the woman next door is presumably being beaten up by her husband. The man at the table very decidedly puts down his fork and picks up a baseball bat. He then knocks on his neighbour's door and [[SubvertedTrope hands him the bat]]. The voiceover says:
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* Britain has had some notoriously disturbing ''[[http://firekills.direct.gov.uk/video.html Fire Kills]]'' campaigns. One featured an elderly woman battering down her door as the smoke builds up behind her, as well as two young children involved in another fire calling for their mum and dad. This one was pulled off the air for being too distressing; however, it can still be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd7uhtcLBOo here]] on YouTube if you have the guts for it. It never stopped them from making plenty of other ads that were much creepier than that one.

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* Britain has had some notoriously disturbing ''[[http://firekills.direct.gov.uk/video.html Fire Kills]]'' campaigns. One featured an elderly woman battering down her door as the smoke builds up behind her, as well as two young children involved in another fire calling for their mum and dad. This one was pulled off the air for being too distressing; however, it can still be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd7uhtcLBOo here]] on YouTube [=YouTube=] if you have the guts for it. It never stopped them from making plenty of other ads that were much creepier than that one.
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** Teenagers taking cocaine in a club and being confronted by a Grim Reaper-esque figure who forces them to draw from a deck of cards. This induces different effects in each one: a guy sweating heavily and a girl collapsing with chest pains while her friend (who drew "Paranoia") runs away rather than helping her. Finally, only one card is left: "Stroke", causing the last cocaine user of the night to drop dead in his girlfriend's arms.

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** Teenagers [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5hUL73aKm0 One anti-cocaine ad]] shows teenagers taking cocaine in a club and being confronted by a Grim Reaper-esque figure who forces them to draw from a deck of cards. This induces different effects in each one: a guy sweating heavily and a girl collapsing with chest pains while her friend (who drew "Paranoia") runs away rather than helping her. Finally, only one card is left: "Stroke", "Stroke," causing the last cocaine user of the night to drop dead in his girlfriend's arms.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c07UronFxbw The first promo]] starts with MoralGuardians protesting against the violent and sexual content found on illegal videocassettes, then shots of Korean newspaper reporting on how illegal VHS and pornography have a bad influence on society, before fading into a shot of a drawing of a sexy women, then the scene cuts to a view of pornographic VHS tape illegally sold by street vendors, and illegal and pornographic VHS tapes being confiscated and [[BookBurning then burnt,]] while a female narrator warns about the illegal VHS tapes. After that, the scene cuts to a short promo teaching viewers how to distinguish between genuine and illegal counterfeit videocassettes. At the end, the promo gives the number of a phone hotline to report street vendors who sell illegal videocassettes.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c07UronFxbw The first promo]] promo starts with MoralGuardians protesting against the violent and sexual content found on illegal videocassettes, then shots of Korean newspaper reporting on how illegal VHS and pornography have a bad influence on society, before fading into a shot of a drawing of a sexy women, then the scene cuts to a view of pornographic VHS tape illegally sold by street vendors, and illegal and pornographic VHS tapes being confiscated and [[BookBurning then burnt,]] while a female narrator warns about the illegal VHS tapes. After that, the scene cuts to a short promo teaching viewers how to distinguish between genuine and illegal counterfeit videocassettes. At the end, the promo gives the number of a phone hotline to report street vendors who sell illegal videocassettes. The linked video is now unavailable.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_2M3LrfFAw Another Australian PSA]] that was regrettably pulled from the air was of notorious prison hardman "Chopper" Read describing how those convicted of abuse would be treated in prison. Very effective, since no one really thinks of prison hierarchy (or, for that matter, [[PrisonRape how it's maintained]]) when committing a crime. He mentions in the ad that he had his ears cut off while in prison, but doesn't point out (as he has in his memoirs) that he had another convict do it for him so he would be able to leave prison temporarily.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_2M3LrfFAw Another Australian PSA]] that was regrettably pulled from the air was of notorious prison hardman "Chopper" Read describing how those convicted of abuse would be treated in prison. Very effective, since no one really thinks of prison hierarchy (or, for that matter, [[PrisonRape how it's maintained]]) when committing a crime. He mentions in the ad that he had his ears cut off while in prison, prison but doesn't point out (as he has in his memoirs) that he had another convict do it for him so he would be able to leave prison temporarily.



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIvo-tPKYTw This]] PSA about the drug "Ice" (i.e. methamphetamine). Seriously, the girl picking at her skin.
* The "Don't be a Dickhead" ads. One of them says "when you drive too fast, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTCOb0BMus gingers have sex,"]] and another one says "when you drive too fast, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HWOwLT7S18 an emo is born."]]

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIvo-tPKYTw This]] PSA about the drug "Ice" (i.e. , methamphetamine). Seriously, the girl picking at her skin.
* The "Don't be a Dickhead" ads. One of them says "when you drive too fast, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLTCOb0BMus gingers have sex,"]] and another one says says, "when you drive too fast, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HWOwLT7S18 an emo is born."]]



* There was an anti-drunk driving PSA, which was aired in the '70s. An [[Series/That70sShow Eric Foreman]]-type kid is driving his girlfriend home; he's clearly had a few and is pleasantly buzzed - then he runs into her dad's parked car, putting a big dent in it. The ad ends with her dad coming out the front door, looking not pleased. [[IncrediblyLamePun What a]] dumbass.

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* There was an anti-drunk driving PSA, which was aired in the '70s. An [[Series/That70sShow Eric Foreman]]-type kid is driving his girlfriend home; he's clearly had a few and is pleasantly buzzed - then he runs into her dad's parked car, putting a big dent in it. The ad ends with her dad coming out the front door, looking not pleased. [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} What a]] dumbass.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EscnZsCtH18 "El perico tumba la paloma"]] is an anti-drug ad based around a vulgar pun in Spanish[[note]]''Perico'' (parakeet) is slang for cocaine, while ''paloma'' (pigeon) is a euphemism for penis[[/note]]. starts with three pigeons on an apartment roof until a parakeet comes along and scares off two of them. Then the parakeet starts harassing the remaining pigeon by shoving it, moving erratically, and even chirping loudly until the pigeon looks down and notices it's standing in the air, falling down to its death as a result. The ad ends with the parakeet chirping as the tagline appears.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EscnZsCtH18 "El perico tumba la paloma"]] is an anti-drug ad based around a vulgar pun DoubleEntendre in Spanish[[note]]''Perico'' (parakeet) is slang for cocaine, while ''paloma'' (pigeon) is a euphemism for penis[[/note]]. starts with three pigeons on an apartment roof until a parakeet comes along and scares off two of them. Then the parakeet starts harassing the remaining pigeon by shoving it, moving erratically, and even chirping loudly until the pigeon looks down and notices it's standing in the air, falling down to its death as a result. The ad ends with the parakeet chirping as the tagline appears.

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