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''The LeBrons'' is a series of live-action television commercials, promoting a line of Nike shoes, and featuring four different versions of LeBron James (Kid, Athlete, Business, and Wise). Produced around 2006-2007, these commercials have spawned [[The Lebrons ( |
'''''The LeBrons''''' is a series of live-action television commercials, promoting a line of Nike shoes, and featuring four different versions of LeBron James (Kid, Athlete, Business, and Wise). Produced around 2006-2007, these commercials have spawned [[The Lebrons (web animation)|an animated web series of the same name]] in 2011. |
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These commercials include: |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsoP6bjADic Swimming Pool] |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsoP6bjADic Swimming Pool] |
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0qdXwIuRxs The Dunk Contest] |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0qdXwIuRxs The Dunk Contest] |
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=== These commercials provide examples of: === |
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* [[Adrenaline Time]]: Business diving backwards in slow motion at the end of the Swimming Pool commercial. |
* [[Adrenaline Time]]: Business diving backwards in slow motion at the end of the Swimming Pool commercial. |
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* [[Animated Adaptation]]: [[The Lebrons ( |
* [[Animated Adaptation]]: [[The Lebrons (web animation)|This one.]] |
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* [[Author Avatar]] |
* [[Author Avatar]] |
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm gonna call you back." |
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I'm gonna call you back." |
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* [[Dream Sequence]] / [[Daydream Surprise]]: In the Butter commercial, Kid briefly has one, in which an NBA player is repeatedly throwing a huge meatball into a basketball hoop and a cheerleader is jumping. Then it was interrupted by Biz, who tells Kid to pass the butter. |
* [[Dream Sequence]] / [[Daydream Surprise]]: In the Butter commercial, Kid briefly has one, in which an NBA player is repeatedly throwing a huge meatball into a basketball hoop and a cheerleader is jumping. Then it was interrupted by Biz, who tells Kid to pass the butter. |
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* [[Planet of Steves]] |
* [[Planet of Steves]] |
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* [[Small Name Big Ego]] |
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]] |
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* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: Business. |
* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: Business. |
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 14 September 2017
The LeBrons is a series of live-action television commercials, promoting a line of Nike shoes, and featuring four different versions of LeBron James (Kid, Athlete, Business, and Wise). Produced around 2006-2007, these commercials have spawned an animated web series of the same name in 2011.
These commercials include:
Tropes used in The LeBrons (advertising) include:
- Adrenaline Time: Business diving backwards in slow motion at the end of the Swimming Pool commercial.
- Animated Adaptation: This one.
- Author Avatar
- Catch Phrase: "I'm gonna call you back."
- Chroma Key: Used on all of the LeBrons, unless one of them would be filmed without green screening.
- Deadpan Snarker: Wise.
- Dirty Old Man: Wise.
- Dream Sequence / Daydream Surprise: In the Butter commercial, Kid briefly has one, in which an NBA player is repeatedly throwing a huge meatball into a basketball hoop and a cheerleader is jumping. Then it was interrupted by Biz, who tells Kid to pass the butter.
- Planet of Steves
- Small Name, Big Ego
- Uncle Pennybags: Business.