Delicious Fruit Pies: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|'''Dexter:''' Thanks, Major Glory!~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Dexter:''' Thanks, Major Glory!

'''[[Eagle Land|Major Glory]]:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INRcHNSTsHc Don't thank me, thank Justice Fruit Pies!]|''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]''}}

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* [[Seanbaby]] has [http://www.seanbaby.com/hostess.htm a whole bunch of these ads] archived.

* ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' had [[Ad Bumpers|a segment]] with [[Captain America]] [[Captain Ersatz|look-a-like]] Major Glory and his "Justice Fruit Pies".

{{quote| '''Mathemagician''': Not Justice Fruit Pies! The Delicious treat you'd have to be ''crazy'' to hate! Oooh, I give up!}}

{{quote|'''Mathemagician''': Not Justice Fruit Pies! The Delicious treat you'd have to be ''crazy'' to hate! Oooh, I give up!}}

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' did a parody in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0091.html this] comic strip.

* Believe it or not, this was done to one of [[Terry Pratchett|Terry Pratchett's]] [[Discworld]] novels against his will by [http://www.colinsmythe.co.uk/terrypages/heynecovers.htm his old German publisher:]

{{quote| '''Terry:''' There were a number of reasons for switching to Goldmann, but a deeply personal one for me was the way Heyne (in Sourcery, I think, although it may have been in other books) inserted a soup advert in the text ... a few black lines and then something like 'Around about now our heroes must be pretty hungry and what better than a nourishing bowl'... etc, etc. My editor was pretty sick about it, but the company wouldn't promise [[Executive Meddling|not to do it again]], so that made it very easy to leave them. They did it to [[Iain Banks]], too, and apparently at a con he tore out the offending page and ate it. Without croutons."}}

{{quote|'''Terry:''' There were a number of reasons for switching to Goldmann, but a deeply personal one for me was the way Heyne (in Sourcery, I think, although it may have been in other books) inserted a soup advert in the text ... a few black lines and then something like 'Around about now our heroes must be pretty hungry and what better than a nourishing bowl'... etc, etc. My editor was pretty sick about it, but the company wouldn't promise [[Executive Meddling|not to do it again]], so that made it very easy to leave them. They did it to [[Iain Banks]], too, and apparently at a con he tore out the offending page and ate it. Without croutons."}}

** That was apparently common practice in their paperbacks for a while, with a number of authors... and yes, it ''was'' apparently always soup. Instant soup, even. Arguably, the segregation of the "soup" content to one full double-sided page kept them from feeling ''too'' intrusive, and made it easier for those so inclined to emulate Mr. Banks, above.

* [[Alan Moore]]'s ''First American'' strip, being a parody of both superhero tropes and American culture, also did a take-off of these.

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* ''[[Welcome to Tranquility]]'' gives us an ad for Minxy Millions Mini-Pies. In "Maxi Man vs. the Vampire," Maxi-Man helps some disco-loving teens escape a vampire's bite by giving the vampire Minxy Fruit Mini-Pies (oh, and also by knocking out the vampire's fangs.) "It tastes similar to real fruit!"<ref>''[[Welcome to Tranquility]]: One Foot in the Grave'' #3</ref>

* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' once parodied this, with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy advertising the "New Krusty Kids Meal" at the Krusty Krab.

{{quote| '''Man Ray''': How can I be evil with flavors this good?}}

{{quote|'''Man Ray''': How can I be evil with flavors this good?}}

* An interlude ad in the [[Wildguard]]: Casting Call TPB shows Four-Teen stopping a robbery by Speeding Skull with Hostris Fruit Pies.

* A ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=670 guest strip] parodied it.

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* An issue of [[E-Man]] comics had an ad for "Hostess Tweakies" featuring Cutey Bunny. She defeated the villains by force-feeding them so many Tweakies that they could barely move.

* The Free Comic Book Day 2011 issue of ''[[2000 AD]]'' featured "Obmoz™ Battles the Twinklie® Winkler!", in which a camp [[Silver Age]] villain in a typical ''2000 AD'' [[Dystopia]] steals the official Government™ snackfood, only to be stopped by the Government™'s zombie crimefighter, Obmoz™. Rather permenantly.

{{quote| '''Obmoz™''': Light, tasty skull ... creamy brain filling!}}

{{quote|'''Obmoz™''': Light, tasty skull ... creamy brain filling!}}

* [[Double Subversion|Double Subverted]] in a ''[[Captain SNES]]'' crossover with a good deal of Lampshading. The Captain engages a Magus/Lavos hybrid after the original party was wiped out. Alex offers Mavos a SNES' Fruit Pie, to which Mavos is disgusted at the blatant product placement. He takes it anyways and finds they are actually pretty good, but will still eat Alex's soul regardless. Then it turns out Alex spiked the fruit pies with Chocopectate and sends Mavos running toward the nearest bathroom.

* In ''[[Space Beasts]]'', during a chase scene, [[Big Bad]] Bimbolurlina stops chasing the Fellowship crew for....Delicious Big Johnny's Ham Sandwiches