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{{quote|'' "I've lived all my life in this weird wonderland;''
'' I keep buying things that I don't understand,''
'' 'Cause they promise me miracles, magic, and hope,''
'' But, somehow, it always turns out to be soap."''
|"Chim Chim Cheree" by [[Allan Sherman]], a parody of "Chim Chim Cheree" from ''[[Mary Poppins]]''}}


Like it or not, commercials (or "adverts", as they're called in the UK and New Zealand) are a big part of <s> TV</s> [[Omnipresent Tropes|all media]].


''If you're looking for how to advertise on {{SITENAME}}, see the Main Page where we state that this wiki has no advertising. Then take your ads elsewhere.''
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[[Category:Index Index]]
General=
* [[30-Day Free Trial]]
* [[Absolute Comparative]]
* [[Ad Bumpers]]
* [[Ad Nauseam]]
* [[Advert-Overloaded Future]]
* [[All-Natural Snake Oil]]
* [[Allegedly Free Game]]
* [[Appliance Defenestration]]
* [[Asbestos-Free Cereal]]
* [[Attack of the Political Ad]]
* [[Before and After Pictures]]
* [[Billboard]]
* [[Billboard Epic]]
* [[Blipvert]]
** [[Tape Switch]]
* [[Blue Liquid Absorbent]]
* [[Brand Names Are Better]]
* [[Brand Name Takeover]]
* [[Brand X]]
* [[Breakaway Advertisement]]
* [[Bumper Sticker]]
* [[Cable-Satellite Mudslinging]]
* [[Character Shill]]
* [[City Shout Outs]]
* [[Clarke's Law for Girls' Toys]]
* [[Commercial Break Cliffhanger]]
** [[Eyecatch]]
* [[Commercial Pop-Up]]
* [[Commercial Switcheroo]]
* [[Consumer Conspiracy]]
* [[Crunchtastic]]
* [[Dada Ad]]
* [[Damned By Faint Praise]]
* [[The Dead Rise to Advertise]]
* [[Deceptively Simple Demonstration]]
* [[Defenestrate and Berate]]
* [[Delicious Fruit Pies]]
* [[Design Student's Orgasm]]
* [[Disney Owns This Trope]]
* [[Dualvertisement]]
* [[Enforced Plug]]
* [[Everything Talks]]
** [[Animate Body Parts]]
*** [[Organ Autonomy]]
** [[Ghost in the Machine]]
** [[Let's Meet the Meat]]
** [[Talking Pest]]
* [[Excuse Question]]
* [[Fake Food]]
* [[Fake Video Camera View]]
* [[Forced Meme]]
* [[Freemium]]
* [[Free Prize At the Bottom]]
* [[Get the Sensation]]
* [[Gourmet Pet Food]]
* [[Gratuitous Special Effects]]
* [[Green Christmas]]
* [[Hand or Object Underwear]]
* [[Here Comes the Science!]]
* [[Hive Mind Testimonial]]
* [[Homogenous Multinational Ad Campaign]]
* [[Hopemongering]]
* [[Hot Slot]]
* [[Iconic Logo]]
** [[Logo Joke]]
* [[Imagine Spot]]
* [[Insane Proprietor]]
* [[Internet Ads]]
* [[Invisible Advertising]]
* [[IProduct]]
* [[Japandering]]
* [[Just Pennies a Day]]
* [[Kitschy Local Commercial]]
* [[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics]]
* [[Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition]]
* [[Made in Country X]]
* [[Mascot]]
* [[Men Buy From Mars, Women Buy From Venus]]
* [[Mentos Finger]]
* [[Michael McGlone]]
* [[Microtransactions]]
* [[Model Couple]]
* [[Neurosis Commercialis]]
* [[Never Needs Sharpening]]
* [[New and Improved]]
** [[We Don't Suck Anymore]]
* [[New Look, Same Great Taste]]
* [[Offer Void in Nebraska]]
* [[Oh, Hi There.]]
* [[Operators Are Standing By]]
* [[Our Product Sucks]]
* [[Our Slogan Is Terrible]]
* [[Parody Commercial]]
* [[Pepsi Challenge]]
* [[Pistol Pose]]
* [[Product Promotion Parade]]
* [[Product Switcheroo Ad]]
* [[Public Relations Ad]]
* [[Ridiculously Loud Commercial]]
* [[Salesman Cam]]
* [[Scare Campaign]]
** [[Scare'Em Straight]]
* [[Segregated Commercial]]
* [[Self-Promotion Disguised as News]]
* [[Serving Suggestion]]
* [[Sex Sells]]
** [[Sexy Packaging]]
** [[Sex for Product]]
* [[Shaving Is Science]]
* [[Shoddy Knockoff Product]]
* [[Side by Side Demonstration]]
** [[Rigged Contest]]
* [[Side Effects Include]]
* [[Sigil Spam]]
* [[Similar to the Show]]
** [[If You Like X-Files...]]
* [[Slices, Dices, and Makes Julienne Fries]]
* [[Slogans]]
** [[Bite the Wax Tadpole]]
* [[Spokes Sue]]
* [[Starting From]]
* [[Stealth Cigarette Commercial]]
* [[Stepford Consumer]]
* [[Strawman Product]]
* [[Stuck on Band-Aid Brand]]
* [[Subliminal Seduction]]
** [[Subliminal Advertising]]
* [[Super Bowl Special]] (aka [[FIFA World Cup Special]]))
* [[The Man Is Sticking It to the Man]]
* [[The Power of Cheese]]
* [[Token Trio]]
* [[Too Incompetent to Operate a Blanket]]
* [[Totally Radical]]
* [[Trailers]]
* [[Trope Co Trope of the Week]]
* [[Two Chicks in a Kitchen]]
* [[Two Guys in a Garage]]
* [[Unfortunate Ingredients]]
* [[Up Marketing]]
* [[Viral Marketing]]
** [[In-Universe Marketing]]
* [[We Care]]
* [[We Suck Less]]
* [[What Were They Selling Again?]]
* [[Wolverine Publicity]]
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]
** [[Letters 2 Numbers]]
|-|
Breakfast Cereals=
* [[Adjacent to This Complete Breakfast]]
* [[Cereal-Induced Superpowers]]
* [[Cereal Vice Reward]]
* [[Magically Delicious]]
|-|
Disclaimers=
* [[Batteries Not Included]]
* [[Do Not Attempt]]
* [[I Approved This Message]]
* [[Results Not Typical]]
* [[Rattling Off Legal]]
** [[Motor Mouth]]
* [[Unreadable Disclaimer]]
|-|
Medical=
* [[Head On]]
* [[I'm Not a Doctor But I Play One on TV]]
* [[Nine Out of Ten Doctors Agree]]
* [[Pain Center]]
* [[Side Effects Include]]
* [[Spice Rack Panacea]]
|-|
Music=
* [[Jingle]]
** [[Phone Number Jingle]]
* [[Repurposed Pop Song]]
** [[Isn't It Ironic?]]
* [[Top Ten Jingle]]
|-|
Stock Phrases=
* [[And 99 Cents]]
* [[But Wait! There's More!]]
* [[Four Equal Payments Of]]
* [[If You Call Before Midnight Tonight]]
* [[It Works Itself]]
* [[Not Available in Stores]]
* [[Now How Much Would You Pay?]]
* [[Please Subscribe to Our Channel]]
* [[This Product Will Change Your Life]]
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Notable Figures=
* [[The Burger King]]
* [[Doctor Rabbit]]
* [[Stan Freberg]]
* [[Billy Mays]]
* [[Kevin Butler]]
* [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]
* [[The Most Interesting Man in the World]]
* [[Vince Offer]]
* [[Peggy]]
* [[Ernest P. Worrell|Ernest P Worrell]]
* [[Segata Sanshiro]]
* [[Shigesato Itoi]]
|-|
Notable Venues=
* [[Prime Time]]
* [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]]
* [[Super Bowl]]
|-|
Other=
* [[Notable Commercial Campaigns]]
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Tropes by Medium]]
[[Category:Show Business]]
[[Category:Genre Tropes]]
[[Category:Tropes]]
[[Category:Propaganda Tropes]]

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"I've lived all my life in this weird wonderland;
I keep buying things that I don't understand,
'Cause they promise me miracles, magic, and hope,
But, somehow, it always turns out to be soap."

—"Chim Chim Cheree" by Allan Sherman, a parody of "Chim Chim Cheree" from Mary Poppins

Like it or not, commercials (or "adverts", as they're called in the UK and New Zealand) are a big part of TV all media.

If you're looking for how to advertise on All The Tropes, see the Main Page where we state that this wiki has no advertising. Then take your ads elsewhere.

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