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** There's a GoldenTicket at the bottom of each box that wins a toy.

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** There's a GoldenTicket ticket at the bottom of each box that wins can be exchanged for a toy.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???The box contains a small sticker at the bottom.



* '''Parodied''': Billy reaches into the box and gets a toy car, while his sister Annie mails in box tops and gets a ''real'' car.

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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
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Billy reaches into the box and gets a toy car, while his sister Annie mails in box tops and gets a ''real'' car. car.
** The toy is so big that no cereal can fit in the box.



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

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* '''Exploited''': ???The manufacturers want to sell their cereal, so they add this as an incentive to buy it.



* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???
"I wonder if there's a free prize inside?"
* '''Conversed''': ???"Why does all TV show cereal have prizes inside?"



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** The toy is bundled in Corrugated Bran Puffs, mostly marketed towards health-conscious adults who may not even have children or grandchildren to give them to.

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** The Alternatively, the toy is bundled in comes with Corrugated Bran Puffs, mostly marketed towards health-conscious adults who may not even have children or grandchildren to give them to.



** The manufacturer has a giveaway of great toys, but not at the bottom of the box.

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** The manufacturer has a giveaway of great toys, but not at the bottom of the box.bottom.



** There's a ticket at the bottom of each box that can be redeemed, no catch, for a free toy.

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** There's a ticket GoldenTicket at the bottom of each box that can be redeemed, no catch, for wins a free toy.
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** Alternatively, the toy comes with Corrugated Bran Puffs, mostly marketed towards health-conscious adults who may not even have children or grandchildren to give them to.

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** Alternatively, the The toy comes with is bundled in Corrugated Bran Puffs, mostly marketed towards health-conscious adults who may not even have children or grandchildren to give them to.



** The manufacturer has a giveaway of great toys, but not at the bottom.

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** The manufacturer has a giveaway of great toys, but not at the bottom.bottom of the box.



** There's a GoldenTicket at the bottom of each box that wins a toy.

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** There's a GoldenTicket ticket at the bottom of each box that wins can be redeemed, no catch, for a free toy.
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* '''Basic Trope''': Manufacturers of breakfast cereals and snack foods marketed towards children include a small toy or other novelty at the bottom of the package, under the food.

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* '''Basic Trope''': Manufacturers of breakfast cereals and snack foods marketed towards children include a small toy or other novelty at the bottom of the package, under the food.



* '''Inverted''': A toy company gives away a free sample-sized box of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs with their toys.

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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A toy company gives away a free sample-sized box of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs with their toys.



* '''Subverted''': Instead of a toy, Billy has to mail in box tops or a coupon on the back of the box to get a toy car. (Or, in TheNewTens and beyond, a QR code that he or his parents can scan to get the prize.)

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Instead of a toy, Billy has to mail in box tops or a coupon on the back of the box to get a toy car. (Or, in TheNewTens and beyond, a QR code that he or his parents can scan to get the prize.)



* '''Double Subverted''': Everyone still expects a prize from the makers of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs.

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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
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Everyone still expects a prize from the makers of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs.



* '''Defied''': Laws prevent the marketing of sugary foods to children, so the company doesn't do this.

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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
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Laws prevent the marketing of sugary foods to children, so the company doesn't do this.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ??????
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* '''Invoked''': The manufacturers want to get kids excited about their product, so they advertise during SaturdayMorningCartoons and after-school TV blocks, and provide toys at the bottom of the boxes.

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* '''Invoked''': The manufacturers want to get kids excited about their product, so they advertise during SaturdayMorningCartoons {{Saturday Morning Cartoon}}s and after-school TV blocks, and provide toys at the bottom of the boxes.
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*'''Basic Trope''': Manufacturers of breakfast cereals and snack foods marketed towards children include a small toy or other novelty at the bottom of the package, under the food.
*'''Straight''': Billy finishes up a box of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs. As he pours the cereal, a toy car falls out into the bowl.
*'''Exaggerated''': Billy gets a ''real'' car. Never mind that he won't be able to drive it for at least another ten years!
*'''Downplayed''': ???
*'''Justified''': The manufacturers of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs want to get children excited about their product, so they include a toy.
*'''Inverted''': A toy company gives away a free sample-sized box of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs with their toys.
** Alternatively, the toy comes with Corrugated Bran Puffs, mostly marketed towards health-conscious adults who may not even have children or grandchildren to give them to.
*'''Subverted''': Instead of a toy, Billy has to mail in box tops or a coupon on the back of the box to get a toy car. (Or, in TheNewTens and beyond, a QR code that he or his parents can scan to get the prize.)
** Rather than a toy, the prize at the bottom is a savings bond, intended to help send the kids who find them to college.
** The manufacturer has a giveaway of great toys, but not at the bottom.
*'''Double Subverted''': Everyone still expects a prize from the makers of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs.
** There's a GoldenTicket at the bottom of each box that wins a toy.
*'''Parodied''': Billy reaches into the box and gets a toy car, while his sister Annie mails in box tops and gets a ''real'' car.
*'''Zig Zagged''': Some boxes have prizes, others don't.
*'''Averted''': ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs doesn't have a prize inside, a code or coupon to redeem for a toy, or box tops to mail in for a prize.
*'''Enforced''': TwoDecadesBehind
*'''Lampshaded''': "There's a toy inside every box of ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs!"
*'''Invoked''': The manufacturers want to get kids excited about their product, so they advertise during SaturdayMorningCartoons and after-school TV blocks, and provide toys at the bottom of the boxes.
*'''Exploited''': ???
*'''Defied''': Laws prevent the marketing of sugary foods to children, so the company doesn't do this.
** In the age of technology, they simply provide a QR code to scan.
*'''Discussed''': ???
*'''Conversed''': ???

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