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** On ''[[The Daily Show]]'', correspondent (and actual Marine) Rob Riggle notes that he joined the Marines to fight fire monsters.
** On ''[[The Daily Show]]'', correspondent (and actual Marine) Rob Riggle notes that he joined the Marines to fight fire monsters.
** The HBO adaptation of ''[[Generation Kill]]'' has fun with this. Person joked that he joined up so [[Me Love You Long Time|Thai women would have sex with him]], and Trombley joined up to shoot people, Colbert was taken in by this ad. The Marines actually discuss the particulars of the ad, with Person concluding that it was absolute genius in terms of being effective advertising, and that Colbert "should've rolled into battle with a sword." You can also hear random Marines shouting "Slay that dragon!" in reference from time to time.
** The HBO adaptation of ''[[Generation Kill]]'' has fun with this. Person joked that he joined up so [[Me Love You Long Time|Thai women would have sex with him]], and Trombley joined up to shoot people, Colbert was taken in by this ad. The Marines actually discuss the particulars of the ad, with Person concluding that it was absolute genius in terms of being effective advertising, and that Colbert "should've rolled into battle with a sword." You can also hear random Marines shouting "Slay that dragon!" in reference from time to time.
* * The Canadian Armed Forces once had the slogan, "There's no life like it." Now, the current campaign is having commercials with Canadian personnel doing things like stopping smugglers - "Fight chaos" - rescuing people trapped in a crashed plane in the Arctic - "Fight fear" - and ends with "Fight with the Canadian Armed Forces". However, some do still have shots of (presumably) hostile gunmen, IEDs exploding, and soldiers removing rubble from a bombing in addition to the standard Canadian Forces scenes of search and rescue and humanitarian assistance.
* * The Canadian Armed Forces once had the slogan, "There's no life like it." A later campaign had commercials with Canadian personnel doing things like stopping smugglers - "Fight chaos" - rescuing people trapped in a crashed plane in the Arctic - "Fight fear" - and ending with "Fight with the Canadian Armed Forces". However, some did still have shots of (presumably) hostile gunmen, IEDs exploding, and soldiers removing rubble from a bombing in addition to the standard Canadian Forces scenes of search and rescue and humanitarian assistance.
* Police recruitment ads can be similar. Of particular note is a New Zealand ad which featured a young policewoman hauling around a bale of marijuana twice her size. One wonders if this was supposed to be a career highlight.
* Police recruitment ads can be similar. Of particular note is a New Zealand ad which featured a young policewoman hauling around a bale of marijuana twice her size. One wonders if this was supposed to be a career highlight.
** There's a British "Police. Could You?" ad series, which featured [[But I Play One on TV|actors who play police officers on-screen]], saying they couldn't do the job in real life.
** There's a British "Police. Could You?" ad series, which featured [[But I Play One on TV|actors who play police officers on-screen]], saying they couldn't do the job in real life.
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