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* '''Discussed''': "This show is just a 20 minute ad".

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* '''Discussed''': "This show is just a 20 minute ad".ad."
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'''Basic Trope''': A show was made specifically to advertize a product.
* '''Straight''': The Legends of Lara was made only to sell the toys that the show is based on.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Legends of Lara has no plot, the show is entirely composed of advertisements for the toy line.

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'''Basic Trope''': A show was made specifically to advertize advertise a product.
* '''Straight''': The ''The Legends of Lara Lara'' was made only to sell the toys that the show is based on.
* '''Exaggerated''': The ''The Legends of Lara Lara'' has no plot, the show is entirely composed of advertisements for the toy line.
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* '''Lampshaded''': The characters in the show go to the store and find toys based off of themselves.

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* '''Lampshaded''': The characters in "Hey guys, have you noticed that instead of doing fun things, we just tell the show go viewer to the store and find toys based off of themselves.buy toys?"
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'''Basic Trope''': A show was made specifically to advertize a product.
* '''Straight''': The Legends of Lara was made only to sell the toys that the show is based on.
* '''Exaggerated''': The Legends of Lara has no plot, the show is entirely composed of advertisements for the toy line.
* '''Downplayed''': The show was based on a toy line, but the show itself never shills to it. Entertainment value is the priority.
* '''Justified''': The toy line was already popular, so the show was made to ride off of that fame.
* '''Inverted''': The show predates the merchandise, with the merchandise being made to advertise the show.
* '''Subverted''': The show is based on a toy line but is filled with [[CapitalismIsBad anti-capitalist]] messages.
* '''Double Subverted''': The producers eventually SellOut to the toy corporation and the anti-capitalistic episodes were taken off of air.
* '''Parodied''': The show has blaring stock music, the main character is a StepfordConsumer, there is a pricetag constantly on screen, and you have to [[ToysToLifeGame buy the toy of a character for them to appear in the show]].
* '''Zig-Zagged''': The show is only loosely based on the toyline.
* '''Averted''': The show has nothing to do with any product.
* '''Enforced''': Executives hire animators to create a show based off of the toys in order to boost sales among kids.
* '''Lampshaded''': The characters in the show go to the store and find toys based off of themselves.
* '''Invoked''': Bob makes a show based off of the toys he makes in order to draw in more customers.
* '''Exploited''': The heroes get funds for their adventure by demanding royalties from the toy company.
* '''Defied''': The toyline was cancelled in order to stop the show from selling out to the toys.
* '''Discussed''': "This show is just a 20 minute ad".
* '''Conversed''': "That show was so trash, it kept shilling for the product instead of actually developing the plot."

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