Advertising Tropes

" "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.

Categories:
 * Basic Commercial Types
 * Coming Attractions
 * Weasel Words
 * Notable Campaigns

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 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
 * 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
 * Segata Sanshiro
 * Shigesato Itoi

Notable Venues:

 * Prime Time
 * Saturday Morning Cartoon
 * Super Bowl

Other:

 * Notable Commercial Campaigns