Line #17 FunWithAcronyms/Advertisement


1	* The point of an Emerald Nuts ad campaign a few years back. There's a bizarre scene, for example, two guys circling each other in shopping carts proclaiming "My name is Norman and I am great!" "No, I'm a better Norman than you!" The tagline: "'''E'''gomanical '''N'''ormans love '''E'''merald '''N'''uts!" There were quite a few variants (Elegant Naysayers, Evil Navigators, Extinguished Novelists, etc), and the campaign built up to a SuperBowlSpecial in which '''E'''agle-eyed '''M'''achete '''E'''nthusiasts '''R'''ecognize '''A''' '''L'''ittle '''D'''ruid '''N'''etworking '''U'''nder '''T'''he '''S'''tairs.
2	* There was an Amstel (beer brand) campaign some years ago whose ads consisted of really funny songs, like "'''A'''migo '''M'''ío, '''S'''ólo '''T'''ú '''E'''ncuentras '''L'''eña" (My Friend, Only You Find Firewood) or "'''A'''migo '''M'''ío, '''S'''i '''T'''e '''E'''charas '''L'''aca" (My Friend, If only You Wore Hairspray). Of course, the point of the ad was how great Amstel was for sharing with your friends.
3	* A commercial for Staples features a law firm that decides to abbreviate their name in order to save ink when printing their name. Unfortunately, their firm's name is '''D'''udley-'''I'''rwen-'''N'''ewberg-'''G'''onzales-'''B'''rown-'''A'''nderson-'''T'''aylor & '''S'''tein.
4	* From an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUm4i1hlE-s&list=PL789936A56AF8D0CB extended Microsoft advertising commercial]] featuring Creator/FeliciaDay as herself:
5	-->'''Guide:''' MSN gets the highest average visits for minute and the largest US BPI of any portal...
6	-->'''Felicia:''' BPI?
7	-->'''Guide:''' Mmm-hmm
8	-->'''Felicia:''' '''B'''attle '''P'''lanetary '''I'''nvasion?
9	-->'''Guide:''' '''B'''uying '''P'''ower '''I'''ndex.
10	-->'''Felicia:''' '''B'''utter '''P'''ecan '''I'''ce Cream?
11	-->'''Guide:''' '''B'''uying '''P'''ower '''I'''ndex.
12	-->'''Felicia:''' '''B'''eing '''P'''retty '''I'''nteresting...
13	--> '''Guide:''' ...It means a higher propensity to purchase.
14	* Colgate toothpaste contains sodium monofluorophosphate (MFP), whose initials were once marketed as '''M'''aximum '''F'''luoride '''P'''rotection.
15	* The American commercial for ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has '''H'''umans '''A'''gainst '''G'''enesis.
16	* The candy bar PB Max had a campaign somewhat similar to Emerald Nuts, with ads illustrating what the "PB" in the name did ''not'' stand for - "Penguin Black Belt" or "Plywood Bobsled" for instance. "PB" actually stood for "peanut butter", by the way.
17	* The cell phone manufacturer HTC has a television ad featuring a '''H'''ipster '''T'''roll '''C'''arwash.
18	* Adidas campaigns have used backronyms such as '''A'''ll '''D'''ay '''I''' '''D'''ream '''A'''bout '''S'''ports.
19	* A 1998 commercial for Creator/KidsWB gave a humorous acronym to help kids remember the weekday lineup: '''T'''oothless '''C'''amels '''B'''ake '''A'''pples '''P'''ies, '''B'''aby, meaning ''[[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Tiny Toons]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Captain Planet]]'', ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Bugs 'n' Daffy]]'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', and ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Batman]]/[[WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman]]'' (Though on Fridays, when ''[[WesternAnimation/ChannelUmptee3 Umptee-3]]'' was on, it was instead "Ugly Camels...").
20	* ''Advertising/SuzyPuppy'' ends with an acronym called P.U.P.S about how to buy a puppy responsibly. These four steps are meeting the puppy's '''p'''arent, checking to be sure the puppy isn't '''u'''nderage[[labelnote:Huh?]]The law requires that puppies must be eight weeks old before they can be sold[[/labelnote]], checking the puppy's '''p'''apers, and checking the puppy for '''s'''ickness.
21	* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-NWnZ204mM public service announcement]] for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Philippine_general_election 1998 Philippine elections]] by Hope Cigarette[[note]]To be specific, the brand sold by Fortune Tobacco Corporation in the Philippines, not the similarly named but otherwise unrelated brand by Japan Tobacco.[[/note]] called for an '''H'''onest '''O'''rderly & '''P'''eaceful '''E'''lection.
22	* Advertising/MicrosoftOfficeXP:
23	** Clippy is convinced that the "XP" in Office XP stands for "E'''x'''-'''P'''aperclip" now that he has been phased out of Office.
24	** The accompanying Flash game is called "'''X'''-tract '''P'''aperclip" and even has the appropriate letters highlighted on the title screen.

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