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** MoralGuardians get outraged by the Crunchy Nut Guy advertisement and the brutal things Crunchy Nut Guy does or threatens to do (like [[Creator/NationalLampoon put a gun to a little dog's face]]). The ad campaign is cancelled and the cereal becomes infamous.

* '''Deconstructed''': Although they know ads are nonsense, everyone becomes slightly, or even subconsciously, afraid of the Crunchy Nut Guy, causing a ''drop'' in sales.

** The advertisement is a DarkParody of "mascot goes full [[RoadRunnerVsCoyote Wile E. Coyote]] trying to get a product" (ex. the Trix Rabbit) where the customers abuse the Crunchy Nut Guy and/or refuse to buy his product.

** The advertisement is a DarkParody of "mascot goes full [[CoyoteVsRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] trying to get a product" (ex. the Trix Rabbit) where the customers abuse the Crunchy Nut Guy and/or refuse to buy his product.

* '''Exaggerated''': Crunchy Nut Cereal's slogan is "Buy or die".

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* '''Justified''': The Crunchy Nut Guy is portrayed as being creepily obsessed with his namesake product.

* '''Enforced''': The producers think scaring people into buying their products - even if it's only in jest - will make people gravitate towards buying their products.

* '''Exaggerated''': Crunchy Nut Cereal's slogan is "Buy or you'll die".

* '''Justified''': The producers are greedy and want money.

* '''Enforced''': See Justified. Enforced is if this is in RealLife. Justified is if it is in Fiction.

* '''Discussed/Conversed''': (This is Discussed if InUniverse, and Conversed if in RealLife): "Y'know how some ads seem to threaten you, even with death, if you don't buy their products?"

** "We know where you live, Rossalie Carter of Portsmith, and if you don't... what? This isn't Rosalie? Darn, just... just buy our cereal, before we figure out who ''you'' are too!"

* '''Parodied''': Even the Crunchy Nut Guy reacts uncomfortably to the threats coming from his own ad: "Yeah, I'll eat y-what did you say again!?"
* '''Zig Zagged''': "If you don't buy our cereal, the Crunchy Nut Guy will eat ya... not really... but his hungry pet wolf will eat ya if you don't buy the cereal... unless we feed him first.... we won't.... but someone will... why not just buy our cereal just in case."

* '''Reconstructed''': Everyone in the town is TheDitz, so they think there is nothing to worry about as long as they actually buy the cereal.

* '''Played for Laughs''': "If you don't buy our cereal you will be banished to.... [[LevelAte Jelly]] [[SugarBowl World!]]"
* '''Played for Drama''': "If you don't buy our cereal, you, and all your family and friends will vanish into oblivion!!"

* The Crunchy Nut Guy achieves SoBadItsGood Status, and ads become increasingly meta, increasing sales in the end.

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???

* '''Inverted''': They want to get rid of extra money, so they make an anti-ad that says "''Don't'' buy from us or else the Crunchy Nut Guy will eat you."

* '''Parodied''': Even the Crunchy Nut Guy reacts uncomfortably to the threats coming from his own ad: "Yeah, I'll eat y-What did you say again!?"

* '''Parodied''': Even the Crunchy Nut Guy reacts uncomfortably to the threats coming from his own ad: "Yeah, I'll eat y-'''WHAT DID YOU SAY AGAIN!?'''"

* '''Parodied''': Even the Crunchy Nut Guy reacts uncomfortably to the threats coming from his own ad: "Yeah, I'll eat y- WHAT DID YOU SAY AGAIN!?"

* '''Parodied''': After the commercial "ends", we see the Crunchy Nut Guy standing next to a random TV watcher who just saw the ad, while holding a fork and a knife.

* '''Parodied''': After the commercial "ends", we see the Crunchy Nut Guy standing next to a random TV watcher, holding a fork and a knife.

* '''Parodied''': After the commercial "ends", we see the Crunchy Nut Guy standing next to a random tv watcher, holding a fork and a knife.

* '''Parodied''': After the commercial ends, we see the Crunchy Nut Guy standing next to a random viewer, holding a fork and a knife.

* '''Parodied''': "The Crunchy Nut Guy will eat you if you don't see about buying our cereal ''right now''!"

* '''Exploited''': The advertisers earn money that way, [[CaptainObvious duh!]]

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* '''Inverted''': They want to get rid of extra money, so they make an anti-ad that says "''Don't'' buy from us or else the Crunchy Nut Guy will eat you."

* '''Deconstructed''': Although they know ads are nonsense, everyone becomes slightly, or even subconsciously, afraid of the Crunchy Nut Guy, causing a ''drop'' in sales.
* '''Reconstructed''': Everyone in the town is TheDitz, so they think there is nothing to worry about as long as they actually buy the cereal.
* '''Zig Zagged''': "If you don't buy our cereal, the Crunchy Nut Guy will eat ya... not really... but his hungry pet wolf will eat ya if you don't buy the cereal... unless we feed him first.... we won't.... but someone will... why not just buy our cereal just in case."

* '''Played for Laughs''': "If you don't buy our cereal you will be banished to.... [[LevelAte Jelly]] [[SugarBowl World!]]"
* '''Played for Drama''': "If you don't buy our cereal, you, and all your family and friends will vanish into oblivion!!"

* '''Discussed/Conversed''': (This is Discussed if InUniverse, and Conversed if in RealLife): "Y'know how some ads seem to threaten you, even with death, if you don't buy their products?"

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* '''Parodied''': "The Crunchy Nut Guy will eat you if you don't see about buying our cereal ''right now''!

* '''Played for Laughs''': "If you don't buy our cereal you will be banished to.... [[LevelAte Jelly]] [[SugarBowl World!]]