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* LeastRhymableWord: In one add, a woman is coming up with rhymes for the M&M's characters. She can't rhyme Orange, prompting him to ask if he still gets paid.

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* LeastRhymableWord: In one add, ad, a woman is coming up with rhymes for the M&M's characters. She can't rhyme Orange, prompting him to ask if he still gets paid.
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* {{Fainting}}: Red and Santa both faint in the Christmas commercial after seeing each other.

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* {{Fainting}}: Red and Santa both faint FaintInShock: PlayedForComedy in the Christmas a Christmastime television commercial after seeing each other.for Advertising/MAndMs candies. While Red and Yellow discuss Santa Claus in someone's living room, they suddenly come upon the man himself. Red exclaims, "He does exist!" and faints from shock. Santa Claus also burbles, "They do exist!" and topples over supine. Poor Yellow is left to inquire "Santa?" uncomfortably.
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* CallBack: The 2021 Super Bowl commercial has Dan Levy promise Green and Brown that he won't eat any more of their friends, before cutting to him locking a screaming Red inside a car, calling back to the 2013 Super Bowl commercial "Devour" where an attractive woman locks Red inside her car to eat him.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[Radar/MAndMs You betcha.]]
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* InherentlyFunnyWords: The Masterfoods "Wheredafungo" promotion features advice to insert fun into one's work, such as funny words in a business call.
-->Yellow: Our numbers indicate that sales are way up in Lake Titicaca.
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* UnfortunateNames: While talking with Creator/PatrickWarburton:
--> Red: Aww, man. "Plain" is the worst name ever.\\
Warburton: No, that would be "Dick".\\
[Red is visibly taken aback.]
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* TooKinkyToTorture: Red sings "I Would Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)" as he is subjected to things such as being baked into a cookie, and slathered with frosting. Then at the end, he is being bitten by three hot girls, and he shouts, "It hurts but I kinda like it!"
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* UnusualEuphemism: An ad campaign where Red and Yellow quit their jobs through a strongly worded letter to Brown. Among the things they want to do with their free time are "breaking down in public and going into rehab". The letter ends with "Go fondue yourself".
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* DoubleEntendre: Being AnthropomorphicFood, the instances of phrases like "Eat me!" and "Bite me!" are certainly appropriate.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: The "Bare All" promotion was geared around this, with the M&M's spokescandies going shell-less in a private nude camp. There are also other gags of the like, such as a stagehand walking into Ms. Green's trailer as she's changing.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: NakedPeopleAreFunny:
** An Australian advert features Red and Yellow in a game of strip poker. When Yellow loses, he mentions quietly that he doesn't want to show his "peanut" in public.
** In one advert, a stagehand accidentally walks in on a naked Ms. Green in her trailer.
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The "Bare All" promotion was geared around this, with the M&M's spokescandies going shell-less in a private nude camp. There are also other gags of the like, such as a stagehand walking into Ms. Green's trailer as she's changing.changing and scenes where Yellow covers his midsection.
** A scenario promoting M&M's Ice Cream Treats shows Red and Yellow trapped in a frozen wasteland that is revealed to be the inside of a grocery store freezer. Yellow then notices his 'M' is much smaller than usual.
--> Yellow: Hey, what happened to my 'M'?
--> Red: It's called "shrinkage".
** Ms. Brown's debut advert showed her annoyance with people assuming she's naked because her shell is brown. Cue Red walking in, declaring "So it's that kind of party!" and stripping off his shell while dancing to "Sexy and I Know It".
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Yellow falls over saying a weak "Oops, uh-oh!" when taking damage in ''The Lost Formulas''.

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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Yellow falls over saying a weak "Oops, uh-oh!" when taking damage in ''The Lost Formulas''. Subverted when falling into milk, chocolate, or dyes, where he gives a more panicked "Woah!"
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Yellow falls over saying a weak "Oops, uh-oh!" when taking damage in ''The Lost Formulas''.
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* {{Crossover}}: "15 Minutes" features an encounter between Ms. Brown and the GEICO Gecko as she tries and fails to get insurance coverage due to not being human. The "Hump Day" Camel also appears, although Ms. Brown cuts him off before he can get to "Hump Day!" This is odd as GEICO is a motor vehicle insurance company not offering life insurance.
** Various promotions have also involved crossovers and encounters with characters of other media, ranging from ''The Bachelor'', ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', and even ''Franchise/StarWars''.

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* {{Crossover}}: "15 Minutes" features an encounter between Ms. Brown and the GEICO Advertising/{{GEICO}} Gecko as she tries and fails to get insurance coverage due to not being human. The "Hump Day" Camel also appears, although Ms. Brown cuts him off before he can get to "Hump Day!" This is odd as GEICO is a motor vehicle insurance company not offering life insurance.
** Various promotions have also involved crossovers and encounters with characters of other media, ranging from ''The Bachelor'', ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'', ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'', ''Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen'', and even ''Franchise/StarWars''.



* {{Flanderization}}: The result of the M&M's further developing their personalities. Red became more cocky. Yellow became dumber/simpler. Ms. Green became more flirtatious. Blue became more arrogant. And Orange became more paranoid.
* FourFingeredHands: The M & M's characters have only four fingers per hand.

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* {{Flanderization}}: The result of the M&M's further developing their personalities. Red became more cocky. cocky, Yellow became dumber/simpler. dumber/simpler, Ms. Green became more flirtatious. flirtatious, Blue became more arrogant. And arrogant, and Orange became more paranoid.
* FourFingeredHands: The M & M's M&M's characters have only four fingers per hand.



-->'''YELLOW''': "What's that got to do with the millennium?"
-->'''RED''': (Walking away) Believe me, they won't care. (Yellow is seen scratching his head, thinking, "Hey that makes sense.")

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-->'''YELLOW''': "What's -->'''Yellow''': What's that got to do with the millennium?"
-->'''RED''':
millennium?
-->'''Red''':
(Walking away) Believe me, they won't care. (Yellow is seen scratching his head, thinking, "Hey that makes sense.")



* LeastRhymableWord: In one add, a woman is coming up with rhymes for the M & M's characters. She can't rhyme Orange, prompting him to ask if he still gets paid.
* LeavingFoodForSanta: The Christmas ad starts with Red and Yellow leaving out Christmas colored [=M&Ms=]

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* LeastRhymableWord: In one add, a woman is coming up with rhymes for the M & M's M&M's characters. She can't rhyme Orange, prompting him to ask if he still gets paid.
* LeavingFoodForSanta: The Christmas ad starts with Red and Yellow leaving out Christmas colored [=M&Ms=]M&M's



* LiteralMinded: [[https://youtu.be/f0oxHGNHK9E "Fans"]] which is about Yellow telling the "fans" in the office that Crispy M&Ms are back.

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* LiteralMinded: [[https://youtu.be/f0oxHGNHK9E "Fans"]] which is about Yellow telling the "fans" in the office that Crispy M&Ms M&M's are back.



* SarcasticClapping: Red does this after Optimus flings a trailer full of strawberry flavored peanut-butter M & Ms into the distance.

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* SarcasticClapping: Red does this after Optimus flings a trailer full of strawberry flavored peanut-butter M & Ms M&M's into the distance.



* TwoGirlsToATeam: Of the six main M & Ms characters, only Green and Brown are female.

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* TwoGirlsToATeam: Of the six main M & Ms M&M's characters, only Green and Brown are female.
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* SantaClaus: He appears in two commercials.
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* SantasExistenceClause: In the Christmas commercial, Red clearly doesn't believe in Santa and is just going with the red and green M&M idea because Yellow believes in him. Than Red sees Santa and is shocked to learn that he does exist.
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* RogerRabbitEffect: Most commercials feature the animated spokescandies interacting with real life people.
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* BigDamnMovie: Spoofed with an ad often seen in theaters which appears to depict the M&M's characters in a movie trailer for a Big Damn Movie involving espionage, acrobatics, and bomb diffusion. Then someone's cell phone goes off, revealing the trailer to actually be a NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning. Red storms away in disgust at the realization that there's not really going to be a movie.

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* BigDamnMovie: Spoofed with an ad often seen in theaters which appears to depict the M&M's characters in a movie trailer for a Big Damn Movie involving espionage, acrobatics, and bomb diffusion. Then someone's cell phone goes off, revealing the trailer to actually be a NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning. Red storms away in disgust at the realization that there's not really going to be a movie.exclaiming "This is why we don't make movies".
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* CoolShades: Blue is sometimes shown wearing them, especially when portrayed as playing an instrument

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* CoolShades: Blue is sometimes shown wearing them, especially when portrayed as playing an instrumentinstrument.


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* FireBreathingDiner: The commercial for M&M's' 75th anniversary flavors has Yellow consuming their appropriate ingredients. For Honey Nut he eats a jar of honey and gets attacked by bees. For Coffee Nut he drinks several cups of coffee and gets jittery. For Chili Nut he crams his mouth with red peppers, setting it on fire.
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* BigDamnMovie: Spoofed with an ad often seen in theaters which appears to depict the M&M's characters in a movie trailer for a Big Damn Movie involving espionage, acrobatics, and bomb diffusion. Then someone's cell phone goes off, revealing the trailer to actually be a NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning. Red storms away in disgust at the realization that there's not really going to be a movie.
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* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter M]]

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* [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Brought To You By The Letter M]]M]]: This has been used a few times in reference to how an M&M isn't one without their "m".
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* AnimalsSeeInMonochrome: In one commercial, Yellow finds a bloodhound to hunt down the Grey Impostor. But since dogs only see black & white, the dog mistakes Red for the imposter and swallows him.
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* SarcasticClapping: Red does this after Optimus flings a trailer full of strawberry flavored peanut-butter M & Ms into the distance.
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* LeastRhymableWord: In one add, a woman is coming up with rhymes for the M & M's characters. She can't rhyme Orange, prompting him to ask if he still gets paid.
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* {{Fainting}}: Red and Santa both faint in the Christmas commercial after seeing each other.
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* TwoGirlsToATeam: Of the six main M & Ms characters, only Green and Brown are female.
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* FourFingeredHands: The M & M's characters have only four fingers per hand.
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* HypocriticalHumor: The M&M's are shown doing everything they can to avoid being eaten and declare that they shouldn't be eaten. Yet they are shown frequently shown eating and promoting (non-sentient) M&M's to be eaten. A hilarious example of this occurs when Patrick Warburton calls Red, Yellow, and Orange out for eating M&M's. The three merely switch bags so they're not eating their specific kind of M&M's.

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* HypocriticalHumor: The M&M's are shown doing everything they can to avoid being eaten and declare that they shouldn't be eaten. Yet they are shown frequently shown eating and promoting (non-sentient) M&M's to be eaten. A hilarious example of this occurs when Patrick Warburton calls Red, Yellow, and Orange out for eating M&M's. The three merely switch bags so they're not eating their specific kind of M&M's.
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* ChaoticNeutral: The M&M's Minis that exist to search for hungry mouths and will cause all sorts of chaos in their path.
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* {{Cephalothorax}}: The M&M's spokescandies and all related characters

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* {{Cephalothorax}}: The M&M's spokescandies and all related characterscharacters.
* ChaoticNeutral: The M&M's Minis that exist to search for hungry mouths and will cause all sorts of chaos in their path.
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* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: The 2013 Super Bowl advert "Devour" features a female associate of Ms. Brown warning her that a female friend loses control around chocolate. Ms. Brown sets up Red with said female friend, who then locks Red in her car and attacks him in a manner [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything disturbingly evocative of this trope]].

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