Line #16 Advertising/TheNoid


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Call Domino's and avoid the Noid!]]
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4	''The Noid'' is a series of advertisements for Domino's Pizza, animated by Will Vinton. The ads involve the titular character ruining delivered pizzas through various means, only to get foiled by Domino's, which touted its quality assurance and [[ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree its 30-minute guarantee]][[note]]that assurance got Domino's into legal trouble by the early 90's when delivery drivers got into accidents or otherwise broke traffic laws, leading to "30 minutes or it's free" being changed to "30 minutes or $3 off", before being phased out altogether[[/note]]. The ad campaign was especially well known that not only has the Noid himself was featured in video game tie-ins (''VideoGame/AvoidTheNoid'' and ''VideoGame/YoNoid''), but he was brought back for a new commercial in April 2021 after three decades of dormancy, also being featured as a promotional boss in the mobile game ''VideoGame/CrashOnTheRun''.
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7	!!We keep the Noid out and all the tropes in:
8	* ButtMonkey: Virtually all of the Noid's attempts at ruining Domino's pizza only result in him getting hurt.
9	* CartoonBomb: The Noid attempted to plant one, only to be stuck to the Domino's dome of protection and sending him flying at the explosion.
10	* DoesNotLikeSpam: The Noid hates pizza, and especially Domino's, and tries to ruin them.
11	* FictionalVideoGame: One ad has the Noid playing an arcade game where he shoots down delivery pizzas, but has no luck when the level consists of Domino's pizzas.
12	* HammeredIntoTheGround: When the Noid kicked the Domino's guarantee, it fell on him, driving him into the earth, leaving him to mope after digging himself out.
13	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Many of the Noid's methods of trying to ruin Domino's often backfire on him. For example, he tried to get his freezing contraption into overdrive only for it to blow up on him without even so much as touching the cardboard.
14	* TheHyena: The Noid can only communicate in laughter.
15	* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The final two ads in the original Noid campaign were him reacting to news about Domino's new pan pizzas due to the guarantee being phased out, with no mention of the guarantee anywhere.
16	* MadeOfIndestructium: The Domino's pizza boxes could shrug off anything and everything the Noid throws at them, even wizard magic and bombs.
17	* MascotVillain: The Noid appears solely to attempt to ruin Domino's Pizzas to no avail.
18	* TheNarrator: Andre Stojka does narration for the vast majority of the original campagin.
19	* PeeveGoblins: The Noid's sole purpose in life is to ruin pizza home deliveries.
20	* RapidAging: One ad has the Noid being a wizard whose magic has this effect on Pizza. His attempt at doing so at the Domino's Pizza resulted in him quickly growing a gray beard.
21	* WeatherControlMachine: One ad has the Noid operating one in a fruitless attempt to keep the delivery man from making it. The frustrated Noid then clenches on the machine, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard only for the effects to fall on him]].
22	* XRaySparks: Happens on the 2021 "Return of the Noid" commercial when the Noid is riding a hopping device that makes potholes on the street and accidentally hits some high voltage wires.

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