Memetic Mutation/Advertising



As frequently as some commercials appear on TV, it's hard not to get these phrases stuck in your head. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0AKC3wZdw4&feature=related Simples! *squeaking noise*]

Please add entries in the following format:
 * The meme. labelnote:Explanation  The explanation behind the meme. / labelnote
 * Further mutations and successor memes, if any.

Billboards and Signs
"Then there's that famous

Roadside meme

Created by

A shaving cream"

- Burma-Shave


 * Explanation: Burma-Shave had sequences of billboards as you drive down a road. There are always four, with the fifth reading "Burma-Shave", and usually they rhyme.
 * "SEE ROCK CITY."
 * Wall Drug.
 * The Corn Palace.
 * South of the Border
 * Yeehaw Junction

Cars

 * Zoom Zoom Zoom
 * You mean this guy?
 * Autoglass repair, Autoglass replace...
 * In the U.S. it's the same jingle, but with "Safelite" instead of "Autoglass" (although the company's name is "Safelite Autoglass").
 * And in Canada, it's replaced with "Speedy Glass".
 * WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM), WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM), WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM), ANY- ANY- ANY- ANY- WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM), ANY MAKE, ANY MODEL, ANY AGE, ANY PRICE, FROM FIFTY QUID TO A HUNDRED GRAND, WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM), WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM), WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM), ANY- ANY- ANY- ANY- WE BUY ANY CAR (DOT COM). Also doubles as an Ear Worm.
 * "IT'S HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE -City found in Western New York State- Huh-UGE!!!"
 * "Fahrvergnügen. It's what makes a car a Volkswagen."
 * Everyone from Chicago knows that "That old car might be worth money!"
 * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bXw4I6UqZs Peter Francis Geraci stares into your soul.
 * THAT'S THINKIN' WITH YER DIPSTICK, JIMMY!
 * Tires ain't pretty!

Drinks
"Jimmy:HI, I'M JIMMY FOOTBALL! It's the Bud Light (fake product) and it's..."
 * POWERTHIRST! Now with 99% MORE EXTREME CLAIMS!
 * Mutation: The folks who made Idiocracy asked the folks who made Powerthirst to make one for Brawndo: The Thirst Mutilator. They obliged. Also, Powerthirst is now a real energy drink.
 * Carlsberg don't do memes, but if they did, they'd probably be the best memes in the world.
 * I can feel it, coming in the air tonight, oh Lord...
 * "Let's see, soda, purple stuff... Sunny D! All right!"
 * I want that purple stuff...
 * "I'm filling my mineral water with volcanicityyyyyyyyyy!"
 * "COME ON, WORLD, I'LL HAVE YOU FOR BREAKFAAAAASSST!"
 * "Try some!"
 * "MY BIRDS!!"
 * "I'm off to eat someone's parents."
 * "I'M THE DADDY NOW!"
 * "You can't say that!"
 * "Eleven of you? One of me? Sounds like Pimms o'clock!"
 * Red Bull gives you wiiiiings!
 * Could've had a V8. *slap*
 * Orangina, the citrus drink of choice for furry orgies.
 * It's a big ad!
 * Bud. Weis. Errr.
 * WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP?!?!
 * His personality is so magnetic, he can't carry credit cards. He speaks fluent Russian.... in French. Even his enemies list him as their emergency contact number. He is... The Most Interesting Man in The World..."
 * "I don't always X, but when I do, I prefer Y"
 * "Stay thirsty, my friends..."
 * "'Ave it!" "Two more lamb bhunas!"
 * Bud Light Presents: Real Men of Genius
 * Also from Bud Light:

Audience: TAILGATE TESTED...

Jimmy: TAILGATE APPROVED!"


 * GLEN! GLEN-GLEN-GLEN!
 * Brilliant!
 * We secretly replaced this example with Folger's Crystals. Let's see if anyone notices the difference...
 * "Funny, TV Troper never asks for second cup of coffee at home." "Maybe you should try Folgers Crystals."
 * "Funny, Jim never vomits at home."
 * "You son of a bitch! I'll kill you for this!"
 * It's beer! Hooray beer!"
 * "Hey Kool-Aid!" "Oh yeah!!!!"

Electronics
"Driving in a car
 * "Hello, I'm a Mac." "And I'm a PC."
 * Early mutations involved adding "I'm Linux".
 * Later mutations include "I'm a Marvel, I'm a DC", which became a whole Web Original series on its own.
 * Another commercial compared the Play Station 3 and the Wii in this format? Suffice it to say, claiming the Wii is cheap has never felt so dirty.
 * "IDK, my BFF Jill?"
 * "Tropes? In my TV shows? It's more likely than you think."
 * 'Some mysterious reason' was a raft of parodies produced at somethingawful.com, all of which were pretty forgettable ... until the fateful day "Centipedes? In my vagina?" appeared.
 * Silhouetted dancers with MP3 players, often in an iPod parody.
 * "Can You Hear Me Now? ...good!"
 * WONGA.
 * Envirofone picked up on his popularity and he is now the star of their new What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs? advertising campaign.
 * Hi, I'm Michael Bay, director of Hollywood hits such as Transformers, and I demand things to be awesome. Awesome pussycat. Awesome barbeque... *BOOM* ...AWESOME POOL! *BOOM*
 * Clap on! *clap clap* Clap off! *clap clap* Clap on, clap off... The Clapper!
 * Ch-ch-ch-chia!
 * Small but powerful, That's what she said!
 * "It's little, like my (Insert reference)".
 * An ad featured this immortal exchange:

Son: Dad?

Dad: Yeah?

Son: Why'd the build the Great Wall of China?

Dad: That... That was during the reign of Nasi Goreng, and it was to keep rabbits out... Too many rabbits in China...

[cut to Son, beaming proudly at the front of his classroom]

Teacher: Okay, now Daniel will do his talk on China"


 * Explanation: Bigpond, a net provider in Australia. For those not in the know, "nasi goreng" means "fried rice."
 * "Dude, you're getting a Dell!"
 * Protect your Chicken from Dokken.
 * If you want to keep track of your memes, there's an app for that.

Food
It's not small, no no no
 * "Taste the rainbow..."
 * "Give me back that Fillet-O-Fish! Give me that fish!"
 * "Where's the beef?"
 * Mutated into a way to accuse almost anything of being overhyped, or under-delivering on its promised results. Achieved saturation when Walter Mondale used the phrase to ridicule his Presidential primary opponent, Gary Hart.
 * Later became used as the name of a bodybuilding advice line.
 * "You got your X in my Y!" "You got your Y in my X!"
 * "What would you do for a Klondike bar?"
 * "When I bite into a York Pepperment Patty, I get the sensation that ... I'm somewhere cold!"
 * "Five dollar foot long!"
 * "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun."
 * "What do you want on your Tombstone?" "Pepperoni and sausage!"
 * Meme codifier: The most-used copy of The Oregon Trail included a headstone that read "here lies andy / peperony and chease (sic)", a reference to the commercial.
 * We know of a remote farm in Lincolnshire, where Mrs. Buckley lives. Every year, in July, peas grow there...
 * They're full of country goodness.
 * And green pea-ness.
 * "Get me a jury and show me how you can say in July, and I'll make cheese for you."
 * BRING ON THE TRUMPETS! BRING ON THE TRUMPETS!
 * I apologise, I don't speak pineapple!
 * Shepherd's Piiiiiiie!
 * "Uh-oh, Spaghettios!"
 * "I hanker for a hunka cheese!"
 * "You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy tropes."
 * It also attracted Volkswagen's attention, leading them to hire the agency which would develop THE most successful and influential ad campaign of The Sixties for VW.
 * "Silly Rabbit! Trix are for kids!"
 * Cuckoo for Cocoa-Puffs! Cuckooooo for Cocoa-Puffs!
 * "Mentos! The fresh maker!"
 * "LEGGO MY EGGO!"
 * TV Tropes is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
 * Wake up with The King.
 * "Hey! Where's the cream filling?"
 * Ran ran ruu!!
 * This one basically lead to the creation of the McRoll.
 * Miracle Whip will not tone it down.
 * PURI PURIN! PURI PURIN! SUGOKI DEKKAI GIGA PURIN!
 * I WANT MY BABYBACKBABYBACKBABYBACK I WANT MY BABYBACKBABYBACKBABYBACK~
 * CHILIIIIIIIIII'S BABY BACK RIIIIIIIIIIIIBS
 * "Oh my God, when do they say ribs!?" "Never. They never say ribs."
 * Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that...
 * "Applesauce...? Football cream...? Chrysler Car...?"
 * You can call me nannerpuss, nannerpuss! And guess what? I love p--*SLAM*
 * Why you no have life?! You no hungry for advertising memes!
 * "Those other guys? Their stuff's made in New York City!" "NEW YORK CITY?!"
 * "If I give one to you, I have to give one to everybody else!"
 * Choosy moms/dads choose Jif.
 * "You ate his face?!"
 * Yorkie. It's not for girls!
 * Honeycomb big, yeah yeah yeah
 * Honeycomb big, yeah yeah yeah
 * "Por que no las dos?" (Why don't we have both?)
 * YEAH~! BABIES EVERYWHERE!
 * Nin-ten-do, it's a cereal, wow! A commercial for a cereal with pieces shaped like sprites from Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda.
 * No one ever pays me in gum. ):
 * Berries and Cream, Berries and Cream!
 * "Kids love Snickers on Halloween!"
 * "Warum habe ich immer hunger!?"
 * Juicy Fruit is gonna move ya/It chews so soft, it gets right to ya/Juicy Fruit, the taste, the taste, the taste is gonna moooove yaaaaaa!
 * Fiber makes me... sad.
 * "Togs, togs, togs, UNDIES."

Games and Toys

 * "You sunk my battleship!"
 * "Obey Wario, destroy Mario!"
 * "Gotcha!" "Where? I don't see." "Here, diagonally!"
 * "Pretty sneaky, sis!"
 * "Thinking... thinking... It's a tarantula!"
 * Attractive, Stripperiffic woman asking you to "Play Now, My Lord!"
 * Mutation: On the forum, spelling the game's name backwards in discussions in a futile effort to fool Adbot.

Infomercials

 * "HI, BILLY MAYS HERE WITH [product name]!"
 * This meme found a resurgence shortly after his death, as he was in the news a lot.
 * Memetic mutation has caused "Billy Mays Mode" to become a way to refer to caps lock, or simply typing in all capital letters.
 * "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
 * LifeAlert, a Spiritual Successor service to LifeCall, would later trademark the phrase for use in its own commercials.
 * Wilford Brimley, specifically saying "Diabeetus".
 * Mutation: The Slap-Chop Rap, which has now been licensed to be put into the actual commercial.
 * The Scout is Vince Offer.
 * HI, I'M BARRY SCOTT! AND I USE CILLIT BANG!
 * BANG! AND THE DIRT IS GONE!
 * And it came full-circle in the US ads for Cillit Bang (known as Easy-Off BAM there), which used music "inspired by" the Cillit Bang remix video.
 * Further proof if any was needed, that New Zealand is the 51st state. In New Zealand, it's Easy-Off BAM, of course, and the guy has a hybrid NZ-American accent (well, most NZ advertising voice-overs have this weird hybrid accent).
 * Blankets are okay, but they can slip and slide. And when you need to reach for something, your hands are trapped inside.
 * Followed up by a sequel in which Rachel Leigh Cook proceeds to wreck an apartment with a frypan.
 * I am a non-attorney spokesperson. If you or a loved one was diagnosed with mesothelioma...
 * "Grab a chip? A chip?" "You know I can't grab any of your GHOST CHIPS!"
 * "I've been internalizing a complicated situation in my head."

Medicine and Beauty Care

 * "Head On: Apply Directly to the Forehead."
 * Later, the company itself began running commercials saying "Head On: I hate your commercials, but I love your product!" in an attempt to mutate it in their favor.
 * The phrase "B.O."
 * I'm not a meme, but I play one on TV!
 * It's been replaced by a similar one: "Are you an X?" "No, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night."
 * BOM-CHICKA-WOW-WOW!!!
 * Which in itself is based on stereotypical porn music.
 * "Hello tropers. Look at your entry. Now back to mine. Now back to your entry. Now back to mine... Sadly, yours isn't mine.﻿﻿ But if you stopped posting wrong examples and followed the guidelines, it could look like mine. Look down, back up, where are﻿ you? You're at TV Tropes, reading an article about memes. What's in your hand, now back to me. I have it, it's a famous meme from that commercial you love. Look again. THE MEME IS NOW DIAMONDS. Anything is possible when you follow the guidelines and not post bad examples. I'm on a laptop."
 * OLD SPICE ODOR BLOCKER BODY WASH HAS SIXTEEN HOURS OF B.O. BLOCKING POWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!
 * Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!
 * TROJAN MAAAAAN!
 * Ricolaaaaa!
 * Plop-Plop! Fizz-Fizz! Oh, what a relief it is!
 * "I thought you were Dale!"
 * It'll hurt if I swallow... it'll hurt if I swallow... *gulp* MOMMY!
 * Also, what sportswriters really want to ask Troy Polamalu is how he keeps his hair so fabulous.

Money and Insurance

 * Internet: $49.95. Computer: $599.95. Discovering TV Tropes and having it ruin your life: priceless.
 * "Bad news: [X]. Good news, I just saved a lot of money on car insurance by switching to GEICO." Typically the bad news is very bad, to make the lack of real good news that much worse.
 * GEICO, so easy to use...a caveman could do it.
 * From Ireland: "I don't know what a tracker mortgage is!"
 * Excuse me. What's this ad for?
 * Calm down, dear, it's only a meme.
 * I am Alexander, founder of CompareTheMeerkat.com
 * For cheap car insurance, go to CompareTheMARket.com - Simples!
 * OH EIGHT HUNDRED DOUBLE OH, TEN SIXTY-SIX!!!!!
 * GO COMPAAAAAARE! GO COMPAAAAAARE! WHEN IN DOUBT, CHECK THEM OUT, GO COMPAAAAAARE! WITH JUST A FEW CLICKS AND YOUR SPONDOOOOOLIKS AND YOU'LL THANK YOUR STARS THAT YOU WENT TO GO COMPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARE!!!
 * They sort of do, if you get them right. It's "With just a few clicks, you'll save spondulicks [as in slang for cash]..."
 * "Oh, no! Your tire's all flat an' junk!"
 * I haaa~ve a structured settlement and I need cash now~ Call J.G. WENTWORTH! 877-CASH NOW!
 * It's your money, use it when you need it!
 * IT'S MY MONEY AND I NEED IT NOW!
 * Shoulda gone to Freeeeeeee Credit Report dot com! (Yeehaw!)
 * AFLAC!
 * USA Prime Credit, I am Peggy.
 * Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there... with a meme explanation!
 * Get Allstate. Save cash and be better protected from mayhem... like me.

Other

 * Basically anything that sings the jingle of numbers. Examples include:
 * 1-800-95-JENNY!
 * 1-800-588-2300 EMPIRE! Today.
 * This one's so memetic in the Chicago area that a Vienna Beef Hotdog ad has "You've memorized the phone number to Empire Carpet" as a sign that you're a Chicagoan.
 * Similarly: 773-202-LUNA
 * "1877-KARS-4-KIDS..." Possibly the most annoying jingle in the history of advertising.
 * 877-393-4448! (Think of it being sung in the style of reggaeton with the "4448" bit hyperextended.)
 * And in the United Kingdom, we have the number for the car insurance firm Hastings Direct: "0800 00 1066", sung as "Oh-eight-hundred double-oh, ten-sixty-six."
 * CAAAAALL 337-2323! 337-2323! 337-2323 FOR PIZZA HUT DE-LIV-ER-Y!
 * "Not happy, Jan!"
 * Mutation: People annoyed with the actions of former Prime Minister John Howard turned it into the Catch Phrase "Not happy, John!"
 * It does Exactly What It Says On the Tin.
 * Quickly became a stock phrase meaning that something is self-explanatory; ubiquitous enough to be the Trope Namer for Exactly What It Says On the Tin.
 * In Doctor Who, when Jack Harkness is stripped naked by a Defabricator he recites this phrase.
 * "I love Cliche Storms, I love the Jerkasses, I love the Big Nos, I love the Badasses! I love TV Tropes, and all it's bits and words! Boom de ah da! Boom de ah da! Boom de ah da! Boom de ah da!"
 * Here's the Xkcd version.
 * And here's the Youtube Poop version.
 * And here we have a Looking for Group version.
 * J-Rock! Girugamesh! I love anime! And manga!
 * And its parody.
 * Don't forget about LittleKuriboh's version.
 * The CRAZY WAREHOUSE GUY!!! We have rugs for 50, 60, 70, 80 and even 90% off! Closing down sale!! We've closed down before, but this time we mean it! If we don't sell this entire container by midnight, we'll burn the lot!
 * Parodied on The Chasers War On Everything, played straight far too many times in Real Life.
 * "I'm Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer!"
 * Hurt in a car? Call William Mattar
 * Who's better than Lastman's Bad Boy? NOOOOOBODY!
 * Ascended Meme: NOOOOOOBODY! became a Catch Phrase of Mel's during his re-election campaign in the mid to late 1990's.
 * "[Athlete's name] going all [ATHLETE'S NAME]!"
 * I lift things up and put them down.
 * I MADE A BUNNYYYYYYY!!
 * Do you want me to put my email? BANG BANG BANG POW BANG POW POW POW BANG BANG BANG POW BANG BANG POW POW.

Retailers

 * YA BUY ONE, YA GET ONE FREE AHSEDYA BUY ONE, YA GET ONE FREE!!!
 * BELLY'S GONNA GET YOU! has become a standard cheer for anyone overweight.
 * *belch*
 * "It's just like--it's just like a mini mall!"
 * Flea Market! Stoolbend~
 * Many of you feel bad for zis trope. That iz because you crazy!
 * Parodied in this VG Cats comic.
 * Diamonds are forever.
 * Diamonds: She'll pretty much have to.
 * Diamonds: That'll shut 'er up!
 * This is not just a meme, this is an exaggerated, cool background music-containing, sexy Irish-voiced, M&S meme.
 * "WOW! THAT'S A LOW PRICE!"
 * You probably thought this entry was alive. Nope. Chuck Testa.
 * WE MAY BE A MEME BUT WE'RE NOT STUPID! AT CRAZY GIDEON'S!!!
 * Super-regional example: "You can't spell Texas without H-E-B!"

Unformatted:

 * HI, I'M GEORGE ZIMMER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE MEN'S WEARHOUSE. I SHOW UP TO PONTIFICATE ON MY COMA-INDUCING SEXUAL PROWESS AND BROBDIGNAGIAN TACKLE, AND MOST LIKELY MY ENGAGING YOUR CRETINOUS MOTHER IN AN HOURS-LONG SESSION OF MIND-SHATTERING PLOWING AS WELL, TYPICALLY DESCRIBED IN OUTLANDISH, PERVERSE, VERBOSE HYPERBOLE USING NOTHING BUT CAPITAL LETTERS. I GUARANTEE IT.
 * "Parkaaaaay!"
 * For you folks in Northeast Ohio... Norton's is here for you! Seriously. If you can't get credit in his store... you can't get credit ANYWHERE.
 * For you folks in Southwest Ohio... SAVE CASH AT KASH'S! KASH'S BIG BARGAIN BARN!
 * "Sit 'n Sleep will beat anyone's advertised price, or your mattress is FREEEEEEE!"
 * "YOU'RE KILLING ME, LARRYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"
 * One in a series of Nike commercials with Michael Jordan and Spike Lee (appearing as Mars Blackmon, his character from his film She's Gotta Have It) produced the line "Is it the shoes?", which was later picked up for use by NBA Jam's announcer. Maybe it was the shoes after all...
 * Anyone who lives in the northeastern United States knows from many commercials for Bob's Discount Furniture. For those who don't know from Bob...I'm too polite to provide any Schmuck Bait links. If you absolutely must know, you know how to use Youtube's search engine.
 * Two related ones from the San Francisco Bay Area: "Have a good night's sleep for less, Mattress Discounters!" and "Sleep Train! *woo woo* Your ticket to a better night's sleep!"
 * National FF-Type Kerosene Heater. Only in Japan does a TV product recall "commercial" become a meme. Though that's to be expected when it's been played over 28000 times in a year on TV and over 8000 times on radio.
 * U-Phage! It's what puts the Rope in TV Tropes!
 * Weeeeeeee wish you a Merry Christmas, but at the mall, you're spending too much...
 * Those tropers living in the Pacific Northwest, particular western Washington State are familiar with Pemco Insurance Northwest Profiles.
 * Have you got any Grey Poupon?
 * No, move along!
 * Those in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina (although it may also apply outside the Triad) should recognize "CAAAAAAROLINA KIA!"
 * For those of you from New Orleans: "Ro-sen-berg's, Ro-sen-berg's, Eight-teen Twenty-Five Tu-lane"
 * A very localized and specific meme, to those stationed on US military bases in Korea 2007-2009. An ad of a floating Genghis Khan head repeating seductively "Mongolian Barbeque..."
 * "One-eight-seven-seven-KARS 4 KIDS, K-A-R-S Kars 4 Kids, one eight seven-seven KARS 4 KIDS, donate your car today!" A major bonus of leaving New England was NEVER HEARING THAT COMMERCIAL AGAIN except when it plays in this troper's nightmares...
 * What? This troper has heard it on the radio in the Los Angeles area...
 * And I've heard it on Chicago radio.
 * Worst part is? Apparently it's a scam.
 * I can't believe I ate the whole thing.
 * Side effects may include nausea, fatigue, mild headache, itching, dry mouth, memory problems, sleeplessness, diarrhea, vomiting, double-vision, rashes, constipation, severe halitosis, weight gain, hair loss, anal leakage, suicidal thoughts, temporary blindness, impotence, and death. Consult your physician.
 * Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee.
 * "Manly, yes; but I like it too."
 * The old Irish Spring commercials were famous enough to have generated at least one parody song, King Missile's "The Commercial".
 * "Here at Crazy Eddie's, our prices are...INSAAAANE!!!"
 * NERD GATE!!
 * The Nike "Write the Future" lampshades the Memetic Mutation process, in which a soccer player's fancy footwork gains international notoriety and gets replicated via Youtube Poop.
 * RINGADINGDINGDINGYDONG
 * "This man is a dentist, so we can't show you his face on television."
 * A certain KFC commercial featuring a black man eating chicken managed to spawn a meme featuring that very man dancing in front of a rainbow background and an 8-bit arrangement of the ALF theme. The meme's name? 2204355.
 * If you've ever lived in northern Indiana, The Futon Factory will haunt you for all eternity. That ad hasn't run in at least a decade, maybe closer to 15 years, but everyone in the area knows it by heart.
 * "It's a sofa by day! / And a bed by night! Is it true? Yes it is! ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!"
 * I bet he drinks Carling Black Label.
 * But even if he does, he's no match for someone who eats three Weetabix.
 * Citizens from the Hampton Roads area in Virginia will most likely never forget one of the first "Scoop the Poop" commercials.
 * That's gross!
 * Because remember, there's no such thing as the poop fairy.
 * What makes it better for this troper is that she goes to high school with the boy in the commercial.
 * The area around here has a Toyota dealership called Bob's, who's tagline is "Bob's, he just wants to get you a loan alone."

"*busts through index, screaming*

OLD SPICE ODOR BLOCKER BODY WASH IS TOO POWERFUL TO LET THIS PAGE END!

BLOCK! BUILDING KICK! EXPLOSIAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

P-P-P-P-P-P-POWER!


 * explosion*"