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[[Executive Meddling|Executives]] are a superstitious, cowardly lot. They're always worrying about their "next big thing" gaining lots and lots of fans. And so when it comes to marketing and tie-in merchandise, they'll try to cast as wide a net as possible to attract a wide variety of people.
This often results in '''Misaimed Marketing'''. It's when a work of fiction is promoted in a way that seems... odd to people who are already familiar with it. This most often takes the form of [[Never Trust a Trailer|extremely deceptive advertising]] or bizarre tie-in products.
Toys based on R-rated films are common, though these are usually aimed at adults. However, such action figures [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|are also often found sold in mainstream toy stores]]. Some companies go even further, creating products directed ''at'' kids for those same movies. It's a tad creepy when either toys or [[Animated Adaptation|Saturday Morning Cartoons]] of movies that had visible sexual content are sold to kids. (Why, yes, your kids would '''love''' a ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' action figure...). It may also be because executives know that [[Periphery Demographic]] exists among kids who watch shows meant for older audiences.
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