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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice has a TragicDream of running a great art gallery one day, and the fact that she can't even come up with a decent slogan is yet another sign that she'll never achieve her dream.

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Alice has a TragicDream of running a great art gallery one day, and the fact that she can't even come up with a decent slogan is yet another sign that she'll never achieve her dream.dream.
** The slogan accidentally sounds dirty, but the owners of the business don't realize, and this leads to them getting in trouble.

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* '''Subverted''': An ad for Alice's Art Atelier features the slogan "We show art!", but the ad is revealed to be satirical.

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An ad for Alice's Art Atelier features the slogan "We show art!", but the ad is revealed to be satirical.satirical.
** While the slogan may seem horrible due to a specific word to non-native speakers, [[LongRunner it has existed for so long that its meaning has petrified]], immunizing it against HaveAGayOldTime.
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** The slogan is from the 1930's and has [[HaveAGayOldTime Gay Old Timed]]. [[note]]They did start a ''make a new slogan'' competition, with a €50000 grand prize.[[/note]]

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* '''Downplayed''': "Charlie's Chocolate - we serve good chocolate!"

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* '''Downplayed''': "Charlie's Chocolate - we serve good chocolate!"chocolate!" It's completely uninspired, but at least it tries to sell the product.



** Alice couldn't think of a legitimately good slogan, so she tried to find one that's SoBadItsGood instead.



* '''Invoked''': Emma, who wants to sabotage Daniel's baguette bakery, suggests the slogan "They're hard and long and they stand straight up", hoping that he won't notice the DoubleEntendre before it's too late.

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* '''Invoked''': '''Invoked''':
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Emma, who wants to sabotage Daniel's baguette bakery, suggests the slogan "They're hard and long and they stand straight up", hoping that he won't notice the DoubleEntendre before it's too late. late.
** Alice, who is going for StylisticSuck, intentionally chooses a bad slogan.



* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's gallery gets well knows because of its bad slogan. This makes more people hear of it, which means more guests, creating an InUniverse example of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity.

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Alice's gallery gets well knows because of its bad slogan. This makes more people hear of it, which means more guests, creating an InUniverse example of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity.NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity.
** Alice's slogan is seen as SoBadItsGood InUniverse.



* '''Played For Drama''': Alice has a TragicDream of becoming a great artist one day, and the fact that she can't even come up with a decent slogan just shows one of her shortcomings.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Alice has a TragicDream of becoming running a great artist art gallery one day, and the fact that she can't even come up with a decent slogan is yet another sign that she'll never achieve her dream.
* '''Played For Horror''': Sally's Sausages use the slogan "[[ImAHumanitarian Made with Real Humans!]]". Everyone thinks it's
just shows one of her shortcomings.BlackComedy. [[RefugeInAudacity It's not]].



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* '''Inverted''': Alice's Art Atelier has a very good slogan.

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* '''Inverted''': Alice's Art Atelier has terrible art, but a very good slogan.
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* '''Justified''': Alice was under massive time pressure when she had to choose a slogan.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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Alice was under massive time pressure when she had to choose a slogan.slogan.
** Sean's Swords are sold under the slogan "It's a sword". The swords are BoringButPractical.



** The authors can't come up with a good slogan for Alice's gallery, and decide that they might as well do something funny with the lack of a good slogan.



* '''Defied''': Alice works hard to think of a good slogan for her gallery.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Alice works hard to think of a good slogan for her gallery.gallery.
** Someone else points out how bad Alice's slogan is and suggests a better one. Alice changes the slogan to one that's decent.
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Back to the [[OurSloganIsTerrible main page]] - the first main page with a slogan! [[labelnote:*]]This claim may be false.[[/labelnote]]

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Back to the [[OurSloganIsTerrible main page]] - the first main page with a slogan! [[labelnote:*]]This claim may be false. No, we didn't bother checking it.[[/labelnote]]
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* '''Invoked''': ???

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* '''Invoked''': ???Emma, who wants to sabotage Daniel's baguette bakery, suggests the slogan "They're hard and long and they stand straight up", hoping that he won't notice the DoubleEntendre before it's too late.



* '''Discussed''': "More companies with bad slogans?"
* '''Conversed''': "With those slogans, how is it possible for these companies to sell anything?"
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* '''Discussed''': "More "Do you think these companies with have bad slogans?"
* '''Conversed''': "With those slogans, how is it possible for these those companies to sell anything?"
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anything?" "Maybe, in the wacky universe of that comic, customers find them charming and funny."
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'''Implied''': ???Even though we [[NoodleIncident never get to know what Alice's slogan is]], the characters keep saying it's very, ''very'' bad.



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All the bakeries in a town use the slogan "The best cakes in town!"
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'''Played For Drama''': ??? Alice has a TragicDream of becoming a great artist one day, and the fact that she can't even come up with a decent slogan just shows one of her shortcomings.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???There are at least a dozen slogans that may be Alice's slogan. Some of them are mediocre, some are really good, and some are downright terrible.



* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's gallery gets well knows because of its bad slogan. [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity This makes more people hear of it, which means more guests]].

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* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's gallery gets well knows because of its bad slogan. [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity This makes more people hear of it, which means more guests]].guests, creating an InUniverse example of NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity.
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* '''Parodied''': The companies have competitions about having the worst slogan.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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The companies have competitions about having the worst slogan.slogan.
** "Elise's Music Shop - [[TitleDrop our slogan is terrible]]!"
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'''Basic Trope''': Fictional companies with horrible slogans.
* '''Straight''': "[[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Alice's Art Atelier]] - [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment we show art]]!"
* '''Exaggerated''': "Bob's [[FunWithAcronyms Bacon and Other]] [[ShoehornedFirstLetter BFoods]] - the most expensive way to get food poisoning!"
* '''Downplayed''': "Charlie's Chocolate - we serve good chocolate!"
* '''Justified''': Alice was under massive time pressure when she had to choose a slogan.
* '''Inverted''': Alice's Art Atelier has a very good slogan.
* '''Subverted''': An ad for Alice's Art Atelier features the slogan "We show art!", but the ad is revealed to be satirical.
* '''Double Subverted''': The actual slogan is "We have a slogan!".
* '''Parodied''': The companies have competitions about having the worst slogan.
* '''Averted''': Either the companies don't have slogans or they have decent slogans.
* '''Enforced''':
** RuleOfFunny
** Alice's gallery is a TakeThat to a RealLife gallery.
* '''Lampshaded''': "'We show art!'? What kind of lame slogan is that?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': Dan, who understands how important a good slogan is for the success of a business, makes a good slogan, potentially stealing his competitors' customers.
* '''Defied''': Alice works hard to think of a good slogan for her gallery.
* '''Discussed''': "More companies with bad slogans?"
* '''Conversed''': "With those slogans, how is it possible for these companies to sell anything?"
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* '''Deconstructed''': A good slogan makes customers more positive to a company. Alice loses potential guests because of the gallery's bad slogan.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's gallery gets well knows because of its bad slogan. [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity This makes more people hear of it, which means more guests]].
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???
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