Delicious Fruit Pies: Difference between revisions

(The non-Marvel/DC ads generally appeared in humor books, which allowed for more variety in their plots.)

 

 

One [[Superman]] story, [http://tomheroes.com/Comic%20Ads/hostess%20ads/superman_spy.htm "The Spy"], illustrates how silly these stories could get. It begins with a reporter discovering Clark Kent's secret closet with his Superman costume (and a spare). Superman himself sees the reporter snooping, and refills the closet with Hostess Fruit Pies before the reporter reveals his "big scoop."

 

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

{{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.

{{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.

* ''[[RPG World]]'' parodied this as well. It does actually work, turns out robots are [[Weaksauce Weakness|strangely vulnerable to fruit pies.]]

* A collection of ''[[Watchmen]]'' [http://theoryofeverythingcomics.com/2009/03/collection-of-watchmenhostess-parodies.html Delicious Fruit Pies] parodies.

* Dan Slott's ''Spider-Man/Human Torch'' mini-series had a scene in one issue where Spider-Man distracted the Red Ghost's Super Apes (who had stolen the infamous [[Thememobile|Spider-Mobile]]) by snagging a store display of fruit pies with his webbing and yanking the display into the street. The apes immediately attacked the fruit pies and forgot about Spider-Man and the Torch. Spidey immediately calls the ad agency that gave him the car and tells them that the deal's off, [[Historical In-Joke|but he's got an idea for an ad campaign they can use...]]

* A [http://tgcaps.com/caps/modcomics/suedenim/jetdream/jet-dream-1970-annual/AD_01.jpg.php recaptioned Hostess ad] appears in the [[Gender Bender|gender bending]] [[Affectionate Parody|parody]] ''[[Jet Dream]]'' [[Remix Comic]]. The fruit pies have significant side effects, but they are [[Second Law of Gender Bending|apparently considered desirable ones]].

* A [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/01/12/i-saw-it-advertised-one-day-16/ 1943 comic book ad] for Wheaties included a single-panel comic with a variation on the theme: "Look, Fritz! Dose Americans are capturing our storm troopers mit free samples Wheaties again!"

** Inverted in a different ad: "The Japs are getting smart - they're putting Wheaties in the boobytraps." Most commentators are more concerned with how the commander's assistant is apparently trained to spout Wheaties adlines on command than how the Japanese are baiting traps with cereal.

* Also parodied by [http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20041225072410/http://archive.salon.com/comics/boll/2002/05/02/boll/index.html God-Man].

* 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.

{{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

* Parodied by ''[[Let's Be Friends Again]]'', wherein we are shown the relevance of Hostess Fruit Pies [http://www.letsbefriendsagain.com/2011/11/09/delicious/ to the death of Gwen Stacy].

* Surprisingly played straight in one of the ''[[Justice League of America]] Famous Friends'' Subway ad insert comics from 2011, when the possibility of getting a sandwich distracts Black Manta from his actual plan.