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* A tongue-in-cheek instance was used in commercials for the "Geek Squad" technical support service broadcast in late 2004.
* A tongue-in-cheek instance was used in commercials for the "Geek Squad" technical support service broadcast in late 2004.
* A recent Snickers commercial had an interesting subversion: A Viking, after learning a store had no Snickers, initially does a Big No straight and while doing so, throws a garbage can at a car to get his point across. After learning that they had dark chocolate Snickers, however, he does the exact same thing as before... except with a "[[Big Yes|Big Yaaaaaaaay]]"!
* A recent Snickers commercial had an interesting subversion: A Viking, after learning a store had no Snickers, initially does a Big No straight and while doing so, throws a garbage can at a car to get his point across. After learning that they had dark chocolate Snickers, however, he does the exact same thing as before... except with a "[[Big Yes|Big Yaaaaaaaay]]"!
* A Geico caveman commercial has one of the cavemen giving a silent Big No after seeing the motto [[Berserk Button|"so easy a caveman can do it"]] on a wall of televisions, [[Skyward Scream|shouting up at the sky]] as he finds [[Redemption in The Rain]] and then running through a flock of [[Disturbed Doves]], while 3 Doors Down's "Let Me Be Myself" plays. This was all re-edited from the song's actual music video, which used the Geico caveman to [[Narm|Narmtastic]] effect, but the commercial's condensed version [[Crosses the Line Twice]] into hilarity.
* A Geico caveman commercial has one of the cavemen giving a silent Big No after seeing the motto [[Berserk Button|"so easy a caveman can do it"]] on a wall of televisions, [[Skyward Scream|shouting up at the sky]] as he finds [[Redemption in the Rain]] and then running through a flock of [[Disturbed Doves]], while 3 Doors Down's "Let Me Be Myself" plays. This was all re-edited from the song's actual music video, which used the Geico caveman to [[Narm|Narmtastic]] effect, but the commercial's condensed version [[Crosses the Line Twice]] into hilarity.
* There is a literal Big No for the Stop Sex Trafficking logo as seen on the side of this bag: http://www.thebodyshop.ca/newbagforlife.html
* There is a literal Big No for the Stop Sex Trafficking logo as seen on the side of this bag: http://www.thebodyshop.ca/newbagforlife.html
* Parodied in an advertisement for the Samsung Epic 4G. An officer of a civil-war army receives a letter, and utters a Big No upon reading it. The parody is that the note is then shown to actually say "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" for an entire page.
* Parodied in an advertisement for the Samsung Epic 4G. An officer of a civil-war army receives a letter, and utters a Big No upon reading it. The parody is that the note is then shown to actually say "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" for an entire page.
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* In the 1995 Cap'n Crunch Berries commercial, a teenager does one when he is told that the store is out of Crunch Berries.
* In the 1995 Cap'n Crunch Berries commercial, a teenager does one when he is told that the store is out of Crunch Berries.
* A fat man inside a teenager's stomach screams "NOOOOOOOO! NOOOOO!" when his fridge is empty in the 1997 Taco Bell commercial.
* A fat man inside a teenager's stomach screams "NOOOOOOOO! NOOOOO!" when his fridge is empty in the 1997 Taco Bell commercial.
* JCPenney's newest advertisement [http://youtu.be/aj3PfcPuauM which can be seen here on YouTube] shows numerous shoppers yelling "NOOOOOOOO!!!!" upon seeing sale prices in other stores; the advertisements announce JCPenney's discontinuation of accepting coupons after February 1, 2012.
* JCPenney's newest advertisement [http://youtu.be/aj3PfcPuauM which can be seen here on YouTube]{{broken link}} shows numerous shoppers yelling "NOOOOOOOO!!!!" upon seeing sale prices in other stores; the advertisements announce JCPenney's discontinuation of accepting coupons after February 1, 2012.


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Latest revision as of 19:24, 26 January 2018


  • A tongue-in-cheek instance was used in commercials for the "Geek Squad" technical support service broadcast in late 2004.
  • A recent Snickers commercial had an interesting subversion: A Viking, after learning a store had no Snickers, initially does a Big No straight and while doing so, throws a garbage can at a car to get his point across. After learning that they had dark chocolate Snickers, however, he does the exact same thing as before... except with a "Big Yaaaaaaaay"!
  • A Geico caveman commercial has one of the cavemen giving a silent Big No after seeing the motto "so easy a caveman can do it" on a wall of televisions, shouting up at the sky as he finds Redemption in the Rain and then running through a flock of Disturbed Doves, while 3 Doors Down's "Let Me Be Myself" plays. This was all re-edited from the song's actual music video, which used the Geico caveman to Narmtastic effect, but the commercial's condensed version Crosses the Line Twice into hilarity.
  • There is a literal Big No for the Stop Sex Trafficking logo as seen on the side of this bag: http://www.thebodyshop.ca/newbagforlife.html
  • Parodied in an advertisement for the Samsung Epic 4G. An officer of a civil-war army receives a letter, and utters a Big No upon reading it. The parody is that the note is then shown to actually say "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" for an entire page.
  • An advertisement at a movie theater for related discounts has a Roman-looking soldier approach his general in a tent, handing him a letter. The general opens it and immediately yells "NOOOOOOOO...!" Cut to a view of the letter, which is just the word "Nooooooooooooooo" spread across the letter in cursive.
  • In the 1995 Cap'n Crunch Berries commercial, a teenager does one when he is told that the store is out of Crunch Berries.
  • A fat man inside a teenager's stomach screams "NOOOOOOOO! NOOOOO!" when his fridge is empty in the 1997 Taco Bell commercial.
  • JCPenney's newest advertisement which can be seen here on YouTube [dead link] shows numerous shoppers yelling "NOOOOOOOO!!!!" upon seeing sale prices in other stores; the advertisements announce JCPenney's discontinuation of accepting coupons after February 1, 2012.
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