"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."
Like it or not, commercials (or "adverts", as they're called in the UK and New Zealand) are a big part of 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
General:
- 30-Day Free Trial
- Absolute Comparative
- Abusive Advertising
- Ad-Break Double-Take
- Ad Bumpers
- Ad Dissonance
- Advertising By Association
- Advertising Campaigns
- Advertising Disguised As News
- Advert Overloaded Future
- All-Natural Snake Oil
- Allegedly Free Game
- Animate Body Parts
- Appliance Defenestration
- Asbestos-Free Cereal
- Attack of the Political Ad
- Beer Commercials
- "Before" and "After" Pictures
- Best is Average, Better is Best
- Better Than New
- Billboard
- Billboard Epic
- Bite The Wax Tadpole
- Blipvert
- Blue Liquid Absorbent
- Brand Names Are Better
- Brand Name Takeover
- Brand X
- Breakaway Advertisement
- Bumper Sticker
- Cable/Satellite Mudslinging
- Character Shill
- Christmas Creep
- City Shout Outs
- Clarke's Law for Girls' Toys
- Colbert Bump
- Commerce Pimp
- Commercial Break Cliffhanger
- Commercial Pop-Up
- Commercial Switcheroo
- Consumer Conspiracy
- Crunchtastic
- Dada Ad
- Damned by a Fool's Praise
- 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
- #EngineeredHashtag
- Eye Catch
- Everything Talks
- Excuse Question
- Face on the Cover
- Fake Food
- Fake Video Camera View
- Forced Meme
- Fourth Wall Greeting
- Freemium
- Free Prize at the Bottom
- Get the Sensation
- Ghost in the Machine
- Gourmet Pet Food
- Gratuitous Special Effects
- Green Christmas
- Hand or Object Underwear
- Here Comes the Science
- Hive-Mind Testimonial
- Homogenous Multinational Ad Campaign
- Hope Mongering
- Hot Slot
- Iconic Logo
- If You Like "X-Files"
- Imagine Spot
- Insane Proprietor
- Internet Ads
- In-Universe Marketing
- Invisible Advertising
- iProduct
- Japandering
- Just Pennies A Day
- Kitschy Local Commercial
- Let's Meet the Meat
- Letters 2 Numbers
- Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics
- Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition
- Logo Joke
- Made In Country X
- The Man Is Sticking It to the Man
- Mascot
- Men Buy from Mars, Women Buy from Venus
- Microtransactions
- Model Couple
- Modeling Poses
- Neurosis Commercialis
- Never Needs Sharpening
- New and Improved
- New Look, Same Great Taste!
- Offer Void In Nebraska
- Operators Are Standing By
- Organ Autonomy
- Our Product Sucks
- Our Slogan Is Terrible
- Parody Commercial
- Pistol Pose
- Polish The Turd
- The Power of Cheese
- Pre-Order Bonus
- Product as Superhero
- Product Placement
- Product Promotion Parade
- Product Switcheroo Ad
- Propaganda Piece
- Public Relations Ad
- Repeating Ad
- Reverse Psychology Marketing
- Ridiculously Loud Commercial
- Rigged Contest
- 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
- Side-Effects Include...
- Sigil Spam
- Similar to the Show
- Slices, Dices, and Makes Julienne Fries
- Slogans
- Starting From
- Stealth Cigarette Commercial
- Stepford Consumer
- Strawman Product
- Stuck on Band-Aid Brand
- Subliminal Advertising
- Subliminal Seduction
- Super Bowl Special (also known as FIFA World Cup Special)
- Taglines
- Talking Pest
- Tape Switch
- 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
- Wanted Poster
- We Care
- We Don't Suck Anymore
- We Suck Less
- What Were They Selling Again?
- Wolverine Publicity
- Xtreme Kool Letterz
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
- Motor Mouth
- Results Not Typical
- Rattling Off Legal
- Unreadable Disclaimer
Medical:
- 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:
Stock Phrases:
- And Ninety Nine 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
Notable Figures:
- The Burger King
- Dr. Rabbit
- Stan Freberg
- Billy Mays
- M&M's
- Kevin Butler
- The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
- The Most Interesting Man in the World
- Vat19
- Vince Offer
- Peggy
- Ernest P. Worrell
- Segata Sanshiro
- Shigesato Itoi
- Terry Tate Office Linebacker
- Wilkins Coffee
- Mr Whipple
- John Jameson
