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'''Honest Government Ads''' is an online video series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "surprisingly honest and informative"]] PublicServiceAnnouncement [[{{Parody}} parodies]], launched in May 2016. Produced by UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}[=-based=] [=TheJuiceMedia=] of ''Website/RapNews'' fame, the videos mainly cover and heavily satirise Australian (and to a lesser extent, American and British) politics from a left-wing perspective.
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'''Honest Government Ads''' is an online video series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "surprisingly honest and informative"]] PublicServiceAnnouncement [[{{Parody}} parodies]], launched in May 2016. Produced by UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}[=-based=] [=TheJuiceMedia=] of ''Website/RapNews'' fame, the videos mainly cover and heavily satirise Australian (and to a lesser extent, American and British) politics from a left-wing left-wing, environmentalist perspective.
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** "Carmichael Coal and Rail Project":
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** "What's that? ''[Sensible question or objection that you might raise]''? Aw, sweetheart."
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* ToiletPaperSubstitude: In "Flattening the Curve", viewers are advised that in case they run out of toilet paper, [[TakeThat they should use newspapers produced by Rupert Murdoch]] ([[TakeThat such as]] ''[[TakeThat The Sun]]'' [[TakeThat and]] ''[[TakeThat The Australian]]'') [[TakeThat as substitute]].
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* ToiletPaperSubstitude: ToiletPaperSubstitute: In "Flattening the Curve", viewers are advised that in case they run out of toilet paper, [[TakeThat they should use newspapers produced by Rupert Murdoch]] ([[TakeThat such as]] ''[[TakeThat The Sun]]'' [[TakeThat and]] ''[[TakeThat The Australian]]'') [[TakeThat as substitute]].
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first few videos in the series used only voiceover from Lucy, with on-screen presenters Zoey and Ellen being introduced in the fourth HGA ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9TR9G5bd7w Dakota Access Pipeline]]").
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first few videos in the series used only voiceover from Lucy, with on-screen presenters Zoey Zoë and Ellen being introduced in the fourth HGA ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9TR9G5bd7w Dakota Access Pipeline]]").
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"Homes underwater and on fire?\\
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"Homes underwater and on fire?\\fire?"\\
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** Lampshaded in the Electronic Vehicles HGA, which mentions the Government's '''F'''uture '''F'''uels and Vehicles '''S'''trategy[[labelnote:note]]For those not familiar with internet slang, it's the acronym used for "for fuck's sake"[[/labelnote]], and points out it's ''actually what they called it''.
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** Lampshaded in the Electronic Vehicles HGA, which mentions the Government's '''F'''uture '''F'''uels and Vehicles '''S'''trategy[[labelnote:note]]For '''S'''trategy[[note]]For those not familiar with internet slang, it's the acronym used for "for fuck's sake"[[/labelnote]], sake"[[/note]], and points out it's ''actually what they called it''.
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** Lampshaded in the Electronic Vehicles HGA, which mentions the Government's '''F'''uture '''F'''uels and Vehicles '''S'''trategy, and points out it's ''actually what they called it''.
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** Lampshaded in the Electronic Vehicles HGA, which mentions the Government's '''F'''uture '''F'''uels and Vehicles '''S'''trategy, '''S'''trategy[[labelnote:note]]For those not familiar with internet slang, it's the acronym used for "for fuck's sake"[[/labelnote]], and points out it's ''actually what they called it''.
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'''Honest Government Ads''' is an online video series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "surprisingly honest and informative"]] PublicServiceAnnouncement [[{{Parody}} parodies]], launched in May 2016. Produced by UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}[=-based=] [=TheJuiceMedia=] of ''Website/RapNews'' fame, the videos mainly cover and heavily satirise Australian (and to a lesser extent, American) politics from a left-wing perspective.
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'''Honest Government Ads''' is an online video series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "surprisingly honest and informative"]] PublicServiceAnnouncement [[{{Parody}} parodies]], launched in May 2016. Produced by UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}[=-based=] [=TheJuiceMedia=] of ''Website/RapNews'' fame, the videos mainly cover and heavily satirise Australian (and to a lesser extent, American) American and British) politics from a left-wing perspective.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first few videos in the series used only voiceover from Lucy, with on-screen presenters being introduced in the fourth HGA ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9TR9G5bd7w Dakota Access Pipeline]]").
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first few videos in the series used only voiceover from Lucy, with on-screen presenters Zoey and Ellen being introduced in the fourth HGA ("[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9TR9G5bd7w Dakota Access Pipeline]]").
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Done in "The Floods" when describing the destruction of homes:
-->"Homes undewater?"\\
"Homes on fire?"\\
"Homes uderwater and on fire?\\
"No problem. Try, Get Fucken Used To It."
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"Homes on fire?"\\
"Homes uderwater and on fire?\\
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* MoodDissonance: The presenters can talk very cheerfully and with a smile on their face about horrific actions, such as the mistreatment of horses in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDsbWoWPn9U The Melbourne Cup]]".
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* MoodDissonance: The presenters can talk very cheerfully and with a smile on their face about even while explaining horrific actions, such as the mistreatment of horses in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDsbWoWPn9U The Melbourne Cup]]".
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** Referring to the Australian Goverment Government and its polititians politicians' decisions as "shitfuckery".
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-->"[[SelfDeprecation Checkmate, Honest Government Ad shitheads!]]"
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-->"Even Greenland's on fucking fire- [[VerbalBackspace I mean, fine]].
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* CountryMatters: The presenters are not shy about the use of the C-word. Granted, the word is not as offensive in Australia as it is in the United States.
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** In the [[https://youtu.be/V41-uYPXw6I very first HGA]], the '''S'''anitize '''A'''ustralia '''D'''evelopment Strategy.
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'''Honest Government Ads''' is an online video series of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "surprisingly honest and informative"]] PublicServiceAnnouncement [[{{Parody}} parodies]], launched in May 2016. Produced by UsefulNotes/{{Melbourne}}[=-based=] [=TheJuiceMedia=] of ''Website/RapNews'' fame, the videos mainly cover and heavily satirise Australian (and to a lesser extent, American) politics from a left-wing perspective.
The [=HGAs=] have gained attention on multiple occasions, including for their use of a fictional "Coat of Harms" which landed [=TheJuiceMedia=] in political hot water following an email sent to them by a government official requesting that they stop using the satirical logo, as well as the proposal of a Bill to Australian Parliament planning to "introduce new offences" to people impersonating Australian Government services.
Visit the full playlist of the Honest Government Ads [[https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads/ here]].\\
PG versions can be found [[https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads-teachers/ here]].
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* CensoredForComedy: From "We Make Everything Good Sh!t":
-->"Hello, I'm from the BOM[[labelnote:*]]Bureau of Meteorology[[/labelnote]], and today's forecast is brought to you by our sponsors, who gave us millions to not mention climate c[BEEP]."
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every HGA ends with an on-screen "Authorised by [Fictional department/ministry]" message.
* FalseReassurance: In "We're F***ed", several locations around the world are described as "fine", when in fact they are actually dealing with mass wildfires.
* FunWithAcronyms:
** The '''D'''isaster '''E'''conomic '''R'''ecovery '''P'''lan.
** Lampshaded in the Electronic Vehicles HGA, which mentions the Government's '''F'''uture '''F'''uels and Vehicles '''S'''trategy, and points out it's ''actually what they called it''.
-->"[[SelfDeprecation Checkmate, Honest Government Ad shitheads!]]"
** "Carbon Capture & Storage": The acronym CCS gets a U added to it for "Use", which is then followed up by NT for "New Technologies". At the end of the video, the letters are rearranged to form the acronym [[spoiler:CCUNTS]].
* RunningGag:
** The presenter bashing a calculator before ending with "Approximately... fuck-all" and showing the resulting calculation as zero.
** An otherwise unusual situation is described as "Cool and Normal".
* SpecialGuest: Fellow Australian [=YouTubers=] Michael West and Friendlyjordies in "News Media Bargaining Code", and Greta Thunberg delivering the authorised-by message in "Net Zero by 2050".
* ToxicInc: How the ads portray gas companies, especially in relation to the environment.
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The [=HGAs=] have gained attention on multiple occasions, including for their use of a fictional "Coat of Harms" which landed [=TheJuiceMedia=] in political hot water following an email sent to them by a government official requesting that they stop using the satirical logo, as well as the proposal of a Bill to Australian Parliament planning to "introduce new offences" to people impersonating Australian Government services.
Visit the full playlist of the Honest Government Ads [[https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads/ here]].\\
PG versions can be found [[https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads-teachers/ here]].
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!! With tropes like these, who needs terrorists?
* CensoredForComedy: From "We Make Everything Good Sh!t":
-->"Hello, I'm from the BOM[[labelnote:*]]Bureau of Meteorology[[/labelnote]], and today's forecast is brought to you by our sponsors, who gave us millions to not mention climate c[BEEP]."
* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every HGA ends with an on-screen "Authorised by [Fictional department/ministry]" message.
* FalseReassurance: In "We're F***ed", several locations around the world are described as "fine", when in fact they are actually dealing with mass wildfires.
* FunWithAcronyms:
** The '''D'''isaster '''E'''conomic '''R'''ecovery '''P'''lan.
** Lampshaded in the Electronic Vehicles HGA, which mentions the Government's '''F'''uture '''F'''uels and Vehicles '''S'''trategy, and points out it's ''actually what they called it''.
-->"[[SelfDeprecation Checkmate, Honest Government Ad shitheads!]]"
** "Carbon Capture & Storage": The acronym CCS gets a U added to it for "Use", which is then followed up by NT for "New Technologies". At the end of the video, the letters are rearranged to form the acronym [[spoiler:CCUNTS]].
* RunningGag:
** The presenter bashing a calculator before ending with "Approximately... fuck-all" and showing the resulting calculation as zero.
** An otherwise unusual situation is described as "Cool and Normal".
* SpecialGuest: Fellow Australian [=YouTubers=] Michael West and Friendlyjordies in "News Media Bargaining Code", and Greta Thunberg delivering the authorised-by message in "Net Zero by 2050".
* ToxicInc: How the ads portray gas companies, especially in relation to the environment.
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->''Authorised by the Department for [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Ruining Your Life]]''
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