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See also: [[Meet the Meat]].
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* Insects in ads for Raid insecticide. Raid has been doing this for decades.
** ''TV Funhouse'' parodied this with an ad for "Attack" insecticide, taking the aforementioned [[Fridge Logic]] to its horrible conclusion: The roaches have a whole humanesque society, loving family relationships, even religion, and yet you're encouraged to inflict horrible, uncaring death upon them.
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* Used to perfection in recent Orkin Pest Control ads, where the insects are man-sized, realistic-looking, and given the creepiest voices imaginable. In fact, it's probably [[Nightmare Fuel|too effective]].
** "Say, is that real oak?"
* The title characters from ''Karius og Baktus'', a Norwegian children's book from '49, who live the easy life in the mouth of a boy who never brushes his teeth. It's widely used to teach children about the importance of brushing their teeth. Depending on the adaptation and the age of the audience, it can [[Scare
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