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*** Not so much so any more, since Quizno's has five-dollar value-subs as well (although they're mostly just advertising their ''$4'' Toasty Torpedoes, which are also a foot long--though they're extremely skinny, which the commercials don't mention.) KFC snipes at the both of them by having someone ask how much the chips and the drink cost, as you can now get an entire ''box'' of food for 5 bucks at KFC.

*** Subway for a long time based a large bulk of its advertising on bashing McDonald's (and indeed, burger joints in general), so it's only right that someone hit them back. Heck, they ''still'' take shots at fast food. If you're to believe them, eating one meal at Burger King Stand-In will ''ruin your life''.

** There's at least one case where this backfired. One Quizno's potshot against Subway involved two men sitting on a bench, one with a Quizno's sub, and one with a sub that was clearly Subway's. The man with the Quizno's sub says "Untoasted<ref> At the time the commercial in question aired, [[Newer Than They Think|Subway did not offer toasted sandwiches.]]</ref>? What, were you raised by wolves?" Cue the second guy<ref>[[Hey It's That Guy|Hey, it's]] [[The Big Bang Theory|Sheldon]]!</ref> having a flashback of himself, still adult and in a three-piece suit, nursing from a mother wolf with her pups. He then responds back in the present "Why yes. Yes, I was." Enough people were put off by this ad that it was taken off the air, then put back on with the nursing scene cut out.

** There's at least one case where this backfired. One Quizno's potshot against Subway involved two men sitting on a bench, one with a Quizno's sub, and one with a sub that was clearly Subway's. The man with the Quizno's sub says "Untoasted<ref> At the time the commercial in question aired, [[Newer Than They Think|Subway did not offer toasted sandwiches.]]</ref>? What, were you raised by wolves?" Cue the second guy<ref>[[Hey, It's That Guy!|Hey, it's]] [[The Big Bang Theory|Sheldon]]!</ref> having a flashback of himself, still adult and in a three-piece suit, nursing from a mother wolf with her pups. He then responds back in the present "Why yes. Yes, I was." Enough people were put off by this ad that it was taken off the air, then put back on with the nursing scene cut out.

*** In New England (unless it was in one of the gas station franchises) Subway has always offered toasted sandwiches. They only started offering toasted in their gas station franchises since 1990...

* The Burger King commercials with Ronald McDonald, in a trench coat, ordering his food.

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** Long predating these commercials, Arby's used to run a series that portrayed a trench coated Ronald caught on amateur film or photography ordering at an Arby's, with the caption "everyone gets burger boredom."

* It keeps going, too. Krystal (kind of a Deep South version of White Castle) has a string of commercials featuring the famous mascots of other restaurants getting busted ordering from there. One has a drive-thru attendant ask a person in the back of a limo, "Back again ''your highness?''" (It becomes obvious that it's the Burger King a few seconds later.) Another shows an unseen person ''with large red pigtails'' (and the famous blue dress of the Wendy's mascot) getting chastised when someone finds the boxes Krystals are sold in hidden in her desk.

* Taco Bell once had a marketing campaign with ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' in which Boris Badenov sold "McBoris burgers", which were so dull the people of Frostbite Falls found [[A Good Old Fashioned Paint Watching|watching grass grow]] to be entertaining.

* Taco Bell once had a marketing campaign with ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' in which Boris Badenov sold "McBoris burgers", which were so dull the people of Frostbite Falls found [[A Good Old-Fashioned Paint-Watching|watching grass grow]] to be entertaining.

* For many a year the market leader in Ireland for pizza delivery had been Four Star Pizza. Then Domino's moved in on the island with the slogan "The five star pizza."

* The rivalry between Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co. is well known for anybody, but the place where this rivalry is most present is in their advertisements filled with Take That against the other company. Some of them are: