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== [[Advertising]] ==
* [[Orangina]] has recently{{when}} made [https://web.archive.org/web/20120909185931/http://www.orangina.fr/category/publicites/ a series of commercials] that parody various commercial types - for instance, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYAN5OlhBc Orangina body deodorant].
 
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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** ... which is why longtime editor Bill Gaines wouldn't carry ads.
* ''GAMES'' magazine used to run a fake ad in every issue. It was listed in the table of contents with the tagline, "Which of the pitches is full of hitches?"
* ''Computer Games Magazine'' frequently runs ads for [https://web.archive.org/web/20131206190955/http://www.phobe.com/sfi/sigmain.html fictional game studio Schadenfreude Interactive]. Because, honestly, who can resist [[Survival Horror]] karaoke, [[Steel Battalion|Mecha-assisted]] fishing, and racing against elder gods?
* The pornographic magazine ''Hustler'' would carry parody ads, usually to express Larry Flynt's opinions and beliefs.
 
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* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le3XKdVM24k TechnicalVirgin.com]'' was a [[No Budget]] parody of the teaching of "sexual abstinence" as a substitute for proper sex education in schools, in which [[Dawson Casting|then 28-year-old]] [[wikipedia:Melanie Martinez (actress)|Melanie Martinez]] appeared as a [[Catholic School Girls Rule|school girl]] delivering [https://observer.com/2006/08/even-mister-rogers-had-a-past-2/ advice] like “One thing I’m not planning on is getting pregnant. That’s why I choose anal sex. I mean, sure it hurts a little, and I wind up walking funny for a day or two. But I think my future’s worth it.” The original was [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/05/arts/television/05pbs.html taken offline] in 2004, when "[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2273573/ Melanie]" auditioned as host of ''The Good Night Show'' (2005) on [[PBS Kids|PBS Kids Sprout]].
** PBS Kids Sprout sacked Melanie Martinez in 2006, causing a huge viewer backlash against the main [[PBS]] network. Her career never fully recovered.
* With the advent of AI-based text- and video-generation tools in early 2023 came the inevitable mock commercials created using them. Some of the first and best known, as of this writing:
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSewd6Iaj6I Pepperoni Hug Spot] - Like family, but with more cheese!
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlY-iNrqFDo Synthetic Summer Beer(?) Commercial]
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==