Line #44 RepeatingAd/Nickelodeon


1	Being a children's network, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} loves playing certain ads over and over to keep them fresh in the minds of the kids who watch the channel and encourage them to want whatever is advertised. Take note of the amount of LongRunners featured on this page.
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3	* It's hard to find a person who watched Nickelodeon between 1997 and 2003 who doesn't remember the "Magazine/NickelodeonMagazine Please" commercial, as they played it quite often.
4	** The same can be said for the infamous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rqZZgVxnCk Sears air conditioning]] commercial.
5	** In the same decade, they also loved airing the ads for Magazine/{{Zoobooks}} and ''WesternAnimation/MuzzyInGondoland'' during every single break, a practice that lasted well into the late 2000s. The practice of Nickelodeon airing [=ZooBooks=] ads a lot was spoofed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKNuBoymppk this parody of the ad.]]
6	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7fk7PS4Ybs Are you ready to have some fun? Create colorful works of art in just hours with this drawing board that works nothing like the way we're showing it in this ad!]]
7	* Since the 90's, Franchise/{{Barbie}} ads play every hour or half-hour on the network. Sometimes, two different Barbie ads will be shown in the same break!
8	* During a re-run of the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Boating School" in 2003, the Pixter Color ad played twice in one break.
9	* One airing of the movie ''Merry Christmas, Series/DrakeAndJosh'' had the same two music videos played during every break--a ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' music video and one from ''[[WesternAnimation/ItsASpongeBobChristmas It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]''.
10	* The ads for the Nick App and ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' were this when the latter show premiered.
11	* After the demise of Nick Studio 10, Nickelodeon loved playing their "Wobbly" image spot, featuring ''[[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens2013 Monsters vs. Aliens]]'', ''[=SpongeBob=]'', and ''Sanjay and Craig'' characters dancing.
12	* The morning preschool block loves playing Franchise/DisneyPrincess and ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' toy commercials every hour. In all fairness, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools both brands are very popular among preschoolers]].
13	** Ads for Chuck E Cheese are pretty common during this block as well. Sometimes, two ads for the chain will play in one break.
14	* Not even the UK channel is safe from this. During the morning block of shows around the time the UK channel got ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob\|Squarepants}}'', an ad for the Nick Jr. cable channel featuring children singing the ending song of ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' and tossing around a stuffed animal of Blue kept playing every break.
15	** On the Nick Jr. subchannel, [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19eky2_tv-promo-thomas-the-tank-engine-nick-jr-uk-1999_shortfilms these two promos]] [[http://www.retrojunk.com/commercial/show/28583/magic-adventures-of-mumfie-nick-jr-uk-promo for Britt Allcroft shows]] kept playing along with ''Series/WimziesHouse'' music videos and hoardes of Famosa baby doll ads. One of these, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V25OVfLsOV8 Baby Wee Wee]], played so much that it became a MemeticMutation due to a combination of its' repetition and because of the doll itself averting BarbieDollAnatomy.
16	*** In the summer of 2014, ads for ''WesternAnimation/DoraAndFriendsIntoTheCity'' kept playing over and over again during every ad break, sometimes playing three times or more! Not helping matters is that the one they repeated the most was just footage of kids screaming Dora's name.
17	*** Even nowadays, if a Playmobil ad airs, chances are another one follows right after.
18	* During the very first [[MediaNotes/KidsChoiceAward Kids Choice Awards]] ceremony in 1987, the ad for Giggles cookies played every other break.
19	* At the height of [=SpongeBob=]'s popularity, Kidz Bop ads would play every single break.
20	* The promotional efforts for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' were simply inescapable:
21	** Stations owned by Viacom played the ads for the film at least once a break on their shows (except for [=SpongeBob=] related ones, since that would [[MediaNotes/SegregatedCommercial be an FCC violation]]). It also played on Creator/NickJr to the point where parents complained about the advertising of a show aimed at kids older than the target age of the channel.
22	** The ad also played on Creator/{{CBS}} at least once every commercial break. It doesn't help matters that, in a manner similar to the episode "Sailor Mouth", the ad shown on the channel had [[SoundEffectBleep dolphin noises]] placed [[CensoredForComedy at inappropriate times]] throughout the ad.
23	** Ads also played on Website/YouTube, usually on videos of children's shows or games, as well as during the DVD release of the film.
24	** Even radio stations aired ads for the film frequently, a promotion of which is rarely done for any animated film.
25	* Remember [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxwin9XFbnQ this kid?]] He's the one who had a report due on space. Fortunately, he had the Encyclopedia Britannica to help him with his research, and back in the early 90's when this ad aired, that was a pretty useful thing to have around. [[TechnologyMarchesOn Nowadays, not so much]].
26	* Around the time the Nick Jr. block premiered ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' and ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JF5hsUnz5Q this Got Milk? commercial]] would usually be the last ad of the break before both shows began.
27	* In the fall of 2001, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHOhdhl2WBc a commercial for Popples]], which itself was an example of this trope, played during every episode of Dora shown during that season. It would sometimes play before the local ads that sandwich the Nick Jr. block's end and the start of normal Nickelodeon programming.
28	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw6rUyIr4xM This promo]] for ''Series/SamAndCat'' was played during every show on Nickelodeon when it came out, to the point where fans complained about it on fan pages for the network.
29	* It was nearly impossible to escape from Amazon's "[[Music/{{Supertramp}} Give a Little Bit]]" commercial in December 2017, when Nickelodeon kept airing said ad within ''every'' single commercial break.
30	* The [[NauseaFuel gross]] ad for board game [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwod17cXsQg Pimple Pete]] would often play twice in one ad break during November and December 2018.
31	* On December 14, 2018, before an airing of a Spongebob episode, [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/d3wQ/kumi-kreator-friendship-bracelets this Kumi Kreator ad]] played FOUR times in a row!
32	* In early December of 2018, ads for a General Mills / ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' tie-in played during every break.
33	** Speaking of General Mills, it's pretty hard to go at least one Nickelodeon commercial break without seeing a Lucky Charms ad.
34	* Another favorite commercial of Nick Jr from the late 90's to early 2000's was the series of Frosted Flakes ads that featured [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJweOaoZhJs this song]].
35	* Nickelodeon's Pluto TV feed loves airing ads for both Adventure Academy and Super Brawl Universe during every commercial break.
36	* In July of 2019, the Nick Jr. digital channel would air [[http://www.nickjr.com/dora-the-explorer/videos/music-dora-i-speak-spanish-clean/ this song]] from ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' every three hours. They also aired a ''WesternAnimation/ShimmerAndShine'' promo involving a baby dragon, an ad promoting that the channel airs 24/7 and promos for ''Ryan's Mystery Playdate'' just as frequently, with the latter being the most commonly shown promo on the channel.
37	* Nickelodeon often does this with promos for upcoming specials:
38	** When the ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' episode "Tracker Joins The Pups" was going to premiere, Nickelodeon would show the promo for it every single commercial break, starting a month before it aired.
39	** This tends to happen with any ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' special, with "Friended! With The Casagrandes" and "Cooked!" being the most notable examples of this treatment, with both specials' ads airing as early as a month in advance.
40	** When the [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021 Rugrats reboot]] released it's special on Nick, a commercial for it aired every other break, sometimes in the same break.
41	** If a new episode airs on the Nick Jr. block, there's a good chance the Nick Jr. channel would air an advertisement and ask viewers to switch over to Nickelodeon now to watch it right before another program starts.
42	* Over Thanksgiving weekend 2015, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U0RagE8CO8 this "Pie Face" ad]] showed up during nearly every break.
43	* Throughout Summer 2017, [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A4NW/skechers-memory-foam-for-kids-cartoon this Sketchers commercial]] and [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/A4Np/juicy-drop-gum-extend-the-flavor this Juicy Drop commercial]] were the most common ones to be seen in the channel's commercial breaks.
44	* From 2004 all the way to the early 2010s, the Nick Jr. block loved airing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FncC-sn_VFk the ad for]] [=ZooPals=] plates.
45	* As of November 2020, Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. subchannel frequently shows the commercial for the ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' [[https://www.ispot.tv/ad/tdit/paw-patrol-dino-rescue-hq-get-your-dino-mission Dino Rescue Lookout Tower.]] Usually, it's paired with the ad for the Little Live Gotta Go Flamingo, which is also prone to this treatment.
46	* Anybody who grew up with Nick Jr. from late 2004 to circa 2009 will almost definitely have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXonNQhp1bA this ad for InCharge Debt Solutions]] memorized by heart. In its height, it could appear from 2 to 3 times in a single commercial break.
47	* In the course of three days, [[http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7a6S/disney-princess-twirling-skirt-cinderella-doll-dreams-come-true this ad for a Cinderella doll]] played over 50 times on children's channels such as Disney XD and Nick Jr.
48	* [[https://vimeo.com/490904085 A Rice Krispies commercial]] played during seemingly every Nick commercial break during the summer months of 2021.
49	* From late October to early November 2021, ads for the 2021 Literature/CliffordTheBigRedDog movie were played all the time on the channel, and behind the scenes promos for the movie played on all four Nick channels. It is possible that this is just corporate synergy with Paramount, as both were part of the [=ViacomCBS=] umbrella.
50	* The Goliath game company is notorious for their ads succumbing to this trope on Nickelodeon.
51	** From 2009 all the way to the present day, Nickelodeon viewers were repeatedly asked the same question: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k1TsX7uaWY who's going to Pop the Pig?]]
52	** Also [[NauseaFuel more infamously]] overplayed were the ads for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XuVxJrwsgI Doggie Doo]].
53	* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3syQV7WDAU Perfection commercial]] was a common mainstay from the mid-90s all the way to the early 2000s (despite its [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece very 90s color scheme and set design]]), perhaps because it was just that memorable. The image of a big-chinned singer [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext popping giant Perfection pieces out of his chest]] is not something one easily forgets.
54	* The infamous Frosted Flakes "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih-0NbZLON0 Bring Out the Tiger]]" ad, already overplayed on [[RepeatingAd/CartoonNetwork Nick's competitor]], was also heavily aired for years on Nickelodeon. The same can be said for its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n5GD6oxPus 2021 followup]].
55	* Nick plays ''Toys/MonsterHigh'' commercials at least six times an hour, whether it be for the toys, the animated series, or [[Film/MonsterHighTheMovie the movie]] (which they both aired and streamed on Creator/ParamountPlus).
56	* Kraft Heinz being a major buyer of ad time on Nickelodeon resulted in a Lunchables ad featuring a pretzel TrojanHorse receiving increasing airplay as the second half of 2021 progressed; a slightly revised version continues to be shown in heavy rotation as of early 2024.
57	* It is common to see ''Franchise/StarWars'' Lightsaber Forge toy commercials on the channel as of 2023.
58	* Juicy Drop Gummy Dip N Stix have been a favorite ad of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network since early 2021.
59	* In early 2024, Nickelodeon commercial breaks would always include the "Xi-Chun" Zocdoc ad, Push Pop Gummy Roll, Play-Doh Hair Salon, and Hot Wheels.

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