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C. [[Insane Troll Logic|Throw caution to the wind and go all-out on one of your rivals with a series of comic book-styled propaganda and recycle the same two games within them as "proof" of your machine's superiority while introducing a laughable spokesman.]] }}
If you answered C, you may have been working for NEC in the early 90s as a marketer for their console the [[TurboGrafx-16]], because that's exactly what they did: they presented multi-page ads in gaming magazines centering around a "computer expert" named [[Awesome McCoolname|Jonathan Brandstetter]], better known under his alias '''Johnny Turbo''', in his quest to teach gamers the [[Blatant Lies|completely unbiased]] truth about the TG-16 compared to NEC's self-appointed rival [[Sega|Se]]--err, [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|Feka]].
# Episode 43: The Master Plan! -- Johnny learns that Feka is marketing [[Sega CD|a CD system]] as "the first of its kind," and [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|this simply will not stand.]] Johnny takes out the Feka goons who were selling the CD systems, and more in the shadows promise their revenge.
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* [[Single Tear]]: A random boy's reaction when a Feka goon gloats about how he'll need to spend another $100 for the main Feka console in order to use his shiny new CD system.
{{quote|'''Sardius:''' Mild disappointment is a bitch, ain't it?}}
* [[Small Reference Pools]]: For no good reason, the JT ads chose to focus exclusively on (admittedly very good) [[Shoot
* [[Stealth Parody]]: Interviews with real-life employees of NEC at the time, coupled with the downright ''bizarre'' direction "Sleepwalker" took, suggest that the artists and writers were using the comics to make fun of people in the company, as Jonathan Brandstetter ''really does'' exist. As does Tony, if he's the same person as Tony Ancona.
* [[Strawman Product]]: The TurboDuo has '''the arcade feel!''' And Feka's pack-in shooter game (''Sol-Feace'', for those wondering) '''doesn't even compare!''' to ''Lords of Thunder''! But of course, at the same time, Sega was doing the same thing to Nintendo in their own ads.
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