History TotallyRadical / Advertising

* Wendy's jumped on the bandwagon with their ad telling customers to "Do a spicy chicken sandwich."

* Spoofed with the Sprite soda "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8AH9sb97AE What is Cool?]]" commercial from 1994, where a teenage boy on the street wonders how he should try to be like one of the "cool" stereotypes, with amusing results.

** A short lived banner ad, apparently intended to appeal to the "urban demographic" (read: black people) had the brilliant dialogue: "Quarter pounder for $1…I'd hit it". [[YouKeepUsingThatWord That does not mean]] [what they think it does.

** A short lived banner ad, apparently intended to appeal to the "urban demographic" (read: black people) had the brilliant dialogue: "Quarter pounder for $1…I'd hit it". [[YouKeepUsingThatWord That does not mean]] [[CriticalResearchFailure what they think it does.]]

* Not only is [[http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9615/totallyradparkerbros.jpg this 1983 comic book ad from Parker Brothers]] a nearly-perfect example of the trope, it was a trend-setter, as to this day, the ginchiest teens totally dig board game adaptations of arcade classics.

* Amp'd Mobile briefly retained a commercial gimmick which involved elderly people talking like teenagers. (One features an old black woman who uses street vernacular and says stuff like "Where you at?"; in another, an old white lady makes frequent usage of "like", "whatever" and "totally"; apparently, this commercial presumes that old [[TheGenerationGap Generation Gap]] stereotypes will die out, but ''racial'' ones never will.) Later referenced on the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':

* An ad for Progressive seems to be an inversion. Flo, the company's mascot and resident GenkiGirl tries helping out an elderly customer who uses outdated slang from the mid 20th Century. Needless to say, she has no idea what he's talking about.

%%* Advertisements for ''VideoGame/AlfredChicken'' were like this.
%%-->"''Are you ready to play the ultimate game of chicken?''"

** At one point, an incredibly poorly disguised viral marketing campaign [[{{Astroturf}} attempting to masquerade as a fan website]] noted of the PSP, "I'd hit that." [[{{Squick}} Does it even have the right ports for that?]]

* "It's ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' and it's really rad! Those monsters from [[FandomBerserkButton Gannon]] are pretty bad! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtuK4CU3ko Octoroks, Tektites and Leevers too, but with your help our hero pulls through!]]" ''For the Nintendo Entertainment System, Your parents help you hook it up.''

** A billboard ad for forest fire safety: "Get Your Smokey On". Hmm, should the anti-drug ad on the other side of the sign be nervous?

* An Australian example for a rather mediocre car combines this with BuffySpeak, explaining that the Holden Astra "has extra features to an exclamation mark". Um...what?

%%* ''Monster'' energy drinks. '''JUST LOOK AT THE CAN'S DESCRIPTION.'''

* Not only is [[http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9615/totallyradparkerbros.jpg this 1983 comic book ad from Parker Brothers]] a nearly-perfect example of the trope, it was a trend-setter! To this day, the ginchiest teens totally dig board game adaptations of arcade classics!

* There was a hilarious(ly awful) [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohr0bZ_WWFQ Duncan Yo-Yo commercial]] made in 1994 that showed two different kids: One was a stereotypical HollywoodNerd sitting on a chair in his living room playing a Sega Genesis (with [[PacManFever Atari 2600 sound effects]], of course) and a stereotypical [[TwoDecadesBehind cool kid]] with a backwards baseball cap "enthusiastically" playing with a Duncan Yo-Yo. The commercial ends with the kid saying, "You want speed, action and excitement? Get a Yo-Yo!" ... Really?
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50 This ad]] for the boardgame Crossfire is an interesting variation. How do corporate advertising geniuses imagine a future that would appeal to the target audience (pre-teens and teens) while also promoting their new product? Why, of course by showing kids in leatherjackets playing the game like a Rollerball/Thunderdome-style deathmatch of gladiatorial combat (the loser spins into oblivion), surrounded by their cheering fans, while a cool hard rock song is playing in the background. [[http://cinemassacre.com/2009/07/27/board-james-3-crossfire/ The Angry Video Game Nerd even made a video about it (as his alternate persona Board James)]]

* Honey Nut Cheerios, during (when else?) the early/mid-90's, attempted to market their cereal to a younger demographic by ditching the warm and friendly tone of their 80's commercials for a more [[MascotWithAttitude hip and edgy]] style: they retooled Buzz Bee into an arrogant JerkAss who talked like [[WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} Roger Klotz]] and challenged people (including [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDDP9OXF354 Sonic The Hedgehog]]) to races, with a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios as the prize. The retool didn't sit well with audiences, and by about 1995, Buzz Bee was given a much nicer personality akin to the 80's.

%%* The entirety of this Franchise/{{Barbie}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtOR9ghSKx8 promotional video from 1989...]]featuring Music/PaulaAbdul!

* "It's ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' and it's really rad! Those monsters from [[FandomBerserkButton Gannon]] are pretty bad! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtuK4CU3ko Octoroks, Tektites and Leevers too, but with your help our hero pulls through!]]" ''For the Nintendo Entertainment System: Your parents help you hook it up.''

* Creator/DisneyChannel
** One ad encouraged people to stay for the upcoming shows, because after whatever was coming next, "Then it's off the heezy with ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily''."
** A promo for a Saturday night rerun block stated that the only thing better than [[Series/ShakeItUp shaking it up]] on live TV is "sharing it with your biffle". Your guess is as good as ours (it ''may'' be a failed attempt to phonetically pronounce "BFFL").

* A 2014 American Family Insurance Teen Safe Driver Program radio advertisement in Northern Colorado has the female teen narrator use "like" with the frequency of an article. Her friends suggest going to "the mall" as she now has her licence, which is a radical idea... for 1995.

** The phrase "Mickey D's" as a nickname.

* Creator/{{Sony}}'s been particularly bad about this with their UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable advertising.

%%* Most Hot Wheels commercials.

* An ad for an electronic diary for girls has one girl saying "And you can plug in your MP3 for ''major tuneage!''

* {{Invoked|trope}} for humor by Sprint with their 2013 commercials featuring Creator/JamesEarlJones and Creator/MalcolmMcDowell. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXnFdNriAEk Totes magotes!]]

* CartoonNetwork seems to think the way to relay a message to 2010s kids about bullying is with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZUYEUtOIRg painfully bad hip-hop]] that wouldn't have been "cool" even in 1991.

* Amp'd Mobile briefly retained a commercial gimmick which involved elderly people talking like teenagers. (One features an old black woman who uses street vernacular and says stuff like "Where you at?"; in another, an old white lady makes frequent usage of "like", "whatever" and "totally"; apparently, this commercial presumes that old [[TheGenerationGap Generation Gap]] stereotypes will die out, but ''racial'' ones never will.) Later referenced on the ''TheSimpsons'':

* In Italy they started adding in the buses ads reminding people to leave your seat to elder people. One of them just says "Be polite - leave your seat", while the other one says "leaving your seat is TOO MUCH AWESOME!"

* Creator/{{Sony}}'s been particularly bad about this with their UsefulNotes/{{PlayStationPortable}} advertising.
** An advertisement for the "Slim and Lite" revision of the PSP suggests that players can "put it where they like", which typically means "shove it up their ass". Sony seems to be getting annoyed at their customers.
** At one point, an incredibly poorly-disguised viral marketing campaign [[{{Astroturf}} attempting to masquerade as a fan website]] noted of the PSP, "I'd hit that." [[{{Squick}} Does it even have the right ports for that?]]