Cereal Vice Reward: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''For a long time it gave me nightmares, having to witness an injustice like that. It shows you just how cruel this world can be. I can still hear them taunting him... "Silly Rabbit, Trix are for kids." ''Why couldn't they just give him some cereal?!'' ''|'''Carlton''', ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''}}

* Barney and Fred of ''[[The Flintstones]]'' fame hawk their various "Pebbles" brand cereals. Typically Barney steals Fred's cereal through deceptive means, and Fred chases Barney and screams threats. Barney, apparently, is meant to be the one you root for. Barney gets his annual bowl of the stuff [[Christmas Episode|at Christmas]] when Fred is scolded by Santa.

** This seems mostly done justifiably, since their relationship in the actual show is Barney as the good-natured goof, and Fred is the oblivious hothead.

*** Evidently they noticed the campaign was wearing thin, because recent commercials have dropped the theft; now Fred cheerfully shares his cereal and describes the proper consumption technique, while Barney experiments and discovers that not eating the stuff in exactly the right way results in [[Baleful Polymorph|wild and unpredictable transformations]].

* While originally, the Cookie Crook and Chip were punished for their attempted thefts of "Cookie Crisp" by the Cookie Cop, Officer Crumb, Chip has been replaced by a wolf, and the commercials are more or less the same shtick as the Trix. Some countries use a panther instead.

* Another one where it's the parents keeping the kids from getting the cereal: UK commercials for Nestle Oats & More, which started off with the dad lying to his kids about the cereal and insisting they wouldn't like it, and eventually escalated to him building a secret room for it under the kitchen.

 

 

* The [http://breakfastofthegods.com/ webcomic] ''[[Breakfast of the Gods]]'' revels in this trope. Sonny is a pathetic, psychotic junkie and the Trix Rabbit and Sugar Bear have both kicked their habits and are desperately trying to stay clean and sober. Count Chocula and Franken Berry are leading the forces of darkness, and Tony The Tiger and Cap'n Crunch are the pillars of good.

* Parodied in an episode of ''[[Invader Zim]],'' when Dib encounters Turkey Neck, who complains about those darn kids who are always after his "lucky neck meats".

* Parodied in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. A random, no-name crook escapes them by sheer dumb luck, only for the jewel he stole to fall into a box of cereal...that ends up at their house. He dresses up as the Trix rabbit parody, but they insist he try to trick them into giving him the cereal as per he the commercials. He [[Becoming the Mask|becomes the mask]] in short order and forgets all about his original goal. After one failed attempt too many, he breaks down and wails that all he ever wanted was some cereal. Bubbles, being the kind and sweet [[Artificial Human]] that she is, offers him a box. The overjoyed rabbit gleefully enjoys it... revealing that he was really the crook that the girls were looking for. Cue [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]].

** [[Robot Chicken]] also parodied the Flinstones' "Pebbles" commercials: "Dammit Fred, all I wanted was some of your fucking cereal!"

* The "last Rolo" advert was referenced in ''[[The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass]]'', when Adrian gives Leonard [[Serious Business|his last fruit gum]] in thanks for accidentally deflating a [[Large Ham]] preacher, and adds "[[The Bible|Greater love hath no man...]]"