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''"He once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels."''
''"When in Rome, they do as he does."''
''"His only regret is not knowing what regret feels like."''
''"He is: [[Title Drop|The Most Interesting Man in the World]]."''|'''Narrator'''}}
 
''The Most Interesting Man In The World'' is an ad campaign for Dos Equis beer which began airing in the United States and Canada in 2006 and is scheduled to endended in 2016. It features a distinguished older gentleman who is quite the fascinating fellow -- a classier version of the [[Chuck Norris Facts]] [[Memetic Mutation]], played by actor Jonathan Goldsmith. In his [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwyA367LfaY final appearance], he departs on [[Put on a Bus|a one-way trip to Mars]].
 
Might have inspired Old Spice's ''[[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]'' ad campaign.
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* [[Expy]]: Literature-minded people will notice that [[wikipedia:Ernest Hemingway|he looks and acts quite a bit like Ernest Hemingway]] turned [[Up to Eleven]]. Scrolling through Hemingway's wikipedia article will present pictures reminiscent of the Dos Equis ads. Also, all the Paris section of the article he is quoted as saying they are "the most interesting people in the world."
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: "Even his enemies list him as their emergency contact number."
* [[Inverted Trope]]: In case you hadn't noticed, everything he does is the OPPOSITE''opposite'' of what would normally happen. Including the fact that he's a beer mascot that doesn't always drink beer.
* [[Logic Bomb]]: From his final commercial: "His only regret is not knowing what regret feels like."
* [[The Medic]]: "In most countries his medical advice qualifies as a health care plan."
* [[Memetic Badass]]: [[In-Universe]]
* [[The Munchausen]]
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** A meme-generated picture read: "I'm not always racist, but when I am, it's on Xbox Live".
** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]] fanvid: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiPIY9yHCsg The most interesting Pony in the World.]
** After a press tour by Vladimir Putin, ''Wait Wait Don't Tell Me'' said that the Dos Equis guy may be the most interesting man in the world, but when Putin drinks beer, he does it with that guy's mom.
** ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' gives us [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW92RoJLTDg&t=2m33s Mitt Romney, the Least Interesting Man in the World].
* [[Parody Sue]]: Obviously.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: The campaign ended with a commercial wherein he took a one-way flight to Mars.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Rule of Cool]]