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Infomercials is an [adult swim] show that features different parodies of TV shows, advertisements, and as the name implies, Infomercials. Most of the episodes are made by different creators and crews (with some production crews making an exception and returning to make other, unrelated episodes). Most episode usually last anywhere between 9-30 minutes.

The following episodes have their own pages:

Not to be confused with actual Infomercials.


Tropes seen in Infomercials include:

  • Brick Joke: Wet Shapes makes a joke about the elderly commercial director for Wet Shapes being old enough for somebody to think that he's dead. Near the end of the film when everybody is laughing about Lesley stealing all their Wet Shapes again, the commercial director can be seen collapsing and presumably dying in his seat.
  • Captain Oblivious: Dip Dunham from The Salad Mixxxer is extremely oblivious to the fact that his kitchen products make great sex toys. He finally realizes the real reason why people use his products at the end after witnessing a threesome using his products. Naturally, he freaks out.
  • Cliché Storm: Cool Dad is designed to be a parody of cheesy comedy movies from the 90's, featuring many common tropes found in comedy films and movie trailers from the time.
  • Deliberate Vhs Quality: Cool Dad uses this to make the film feel like an authentic series of previews before a movie plays on a tape.
  • Fartillery: At the end of Fartcopter, a giant Fartcopter flies over the intervention that Michael's family held for him, and makes a fart sound so loud, that they all die from internal bleeding (sans Michael).
  • Freeze-Frame Bonus: If one slows the episode M.O.P.Z enough, the result is a 43 minute long film complete with dialogue, an understandable plot, and a soundtrack.
  • Here We Go Again!: Cool Dad has a father and his family go through the same movie trailer setup three times, with the only difference being what the son wishes about his dad and how it affects them. The 4th round deconstructs the setup, with the father's friends and family holding an intervention about how he can't keep relying on his son's wishes to be a decent person.
  • Parody Commercial: Almost every episode is designed to resemble different types of commercials and infomercials. Some exceptions include Too Many Cooks (parodying 80's sitcoms such as Full House), M.O.P.Z ( a parody of B-Movie horror films), and NewsHits (imitating a news channel).

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