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== [[Advertising]] ==
* The most famous stereotypical form of this is likely the beer commercials with girls in bikinis.
** Parodied beautifully by SNL with "Schmitt's Gay Beer."
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzgNblh0rPM This advertisement] for Pioneer Elastoseal, a roof sealant brand in the Philippines, where a man attempting to repair one's roof in the middle of a storm chances upon a model soaking wet in rain and doing the obligatory sexy poses. It very clearly banks on the product's intended demographic of middle-age, blue-collar construction workers finding pleasure with attractive women.
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* In ''[[Big Trouble]]'', Eliot Arnold (Tim Allen) has a small advertising firm and the [[Client From Hell]] who wants to advertise his beer. The client insists that the beer display be "You have a guy in a boat with a girl, she's in a bikini, she has big tits, they're on a boat, and they're getting hammered! With Hammerhead! The feeling of this ad is, somebody's gonna get laid! In the background swimming around is a shark! The girl has
* Comedian [[Bill Hicks]] believed the eventual evolution of this trope would be this:▼
{{quote|"Here's the woman's body. Beautiful. Camera pulls back. Naked Breasts. Camera pulls back. She's totally naked, legs apart, two fingers right here...and it just says, 'Drink ''Coke''.' Now I don't know the connection here, but Coke is on my shopping list this week."}}▼
▲* In ''[[Big Trouble]]'', Eliot Arnold (Tim Allen) has a small advertising firm and the [[Client From Hell]] who wants to advertise his beer. The client insists that the beer display be "You have a guy in a boat with a girl, she's in a bikini, she has big tits, they're on a boat, and they're getting hammered! With Hammerhead! The feeling of this ad is, somebody's gonna get laid! In the background swimming around is a shark! The girl has REALLY big tits!".
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* In an episode of ''[[Friends]]'', where Chandler is interviewing for a job with an advertising agency, one of the interviewees has an idea for a shoe commercial that ends with: "...and then the girls get out of the hot tub, and start making out!" The interviewer replies, "Very interesting, except for one problem. You forgot to mention the ''shoes''."
* In ''[[Mad Men]]'', Don Draper describes this expression as over-simplifying things. Basically, he argues, people want to ''be'' the product. So, people buying perfume want to be Gwyneth Paltrow.
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* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Shawn gets a job as the assistant to an advertising executive and is asked to come up with ideas from a toothpaste campaign. Shawn think of a "sexy fresh breath" campaign but Cory recommends he choose a bacteria-based campaign because "sex does not sell". Shawn of course chooses the sexy breath one which the boss ends up liking.
== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==
▲* Comedian [[Bill Hicks]] believed the eventual evolution of this trope would be this:
▲{{quote|"Here's the woman's body. Beautiful. Camera pulls back. Naked Breasts. Camera pulls back. She's totally naked, legs apart, two fingers right here...and it just says, 'Drink ''Coke''.' Now I don't know the connection here, but Coke is on my shopping list this week."}}
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* [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] by ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'' to cover up the fact that he can't actually [http://angryflower.com/attemp.gif reconcile quantum physics with general relativity.]
** [[Word of God]] is that this is a self-referencing strip, since how many of you noticed that the remaining frames are mostly just outline drawings?
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* ''[[Nerf NOW!!]]'' pokes fun at fanservice a few times, including a [https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/2718 page] plainly named "Sex Sells".
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Skippy's
{{quote|42. Not allowed to attempt to appeal to mankind's baser instincts in recruitment posters.}}
* Psychologist-slash-YouTuber Zulie Rane wrote [https://onezero.medium.com/youtubes-spammy-sex-bots-make-a-ton-of-money-2743bf6e8c19 an article] highlighting the ulterior motive behind the rash of pornographic spambots flooding the comments sections of otherwise-innocent videos. Despite YouTube stating in their terms of service that pornographic content is, at least for the most part, forbidden, apparently they seem to turn a blind eye to the waves and waves of horny spambots either using sex to drive views on otherwise unrelated videos, or stealthily linking to similarly adult-oriented sites.
== [[Western Animation]] ==▼
* Mocked on ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': An ad shows a nerdy guy driving a convertible through the desert when he comes to a deserted gas station. Suddenly three busty women come out and start washing the car (and each other), the camera zooms in on one's cleavage...to focus on her crucifix.▼
▲== Western Animation ==
▲* Mocked on ''[[The Simpsons]]'': An ad shows a nerdy guy driving a convertible through the desert when he comes to a deserted gas station. Suddenly three busty women come out and start washing the car (and each other), the camera zooms in on one's cleavage...to focus on her crucifix.
{{quote|-'''Voiceover''': "Catholicism! We've made a few...changes."}}
* Also mocked in the ''[[Dilbert (animation)|Dilbert]]'' episode ''The Infomercial'', where the titular infomercial for the Gruntmaster 6000 features a beautiful blond model in a pink bathing suit, and the [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] trying to talk about the actual product, but he kept fainting and conking his head against the ground due to the sight of her.
{{quote|'''[[No Indoor Voice|Loud Howard]]''': (about the commercial) I'VE ONLY SEEN IT ONE TIME, AND ALREADY I WANT TO DATE THAT MODEL AND SUFFER HEAD TRAMUA!}}
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