History PlayingWith / NeverNeedsSharpening

* '''Subverted''':
** An ad for the knives shows them being sharpened, or at least honed.
** They later come out with a 'sharpener' chemical and process that involves dipping the blade in the mold overnight with a chemical and then scraping the outermost remnants off to reveal the new blade.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** Then reveals that those are the leading brand, and that the Ninja knives don't need that treatment.
** However it is more expensive and not as good as just buying a new Ninja knife.

** The knives are perfectly good.

** Ninja-brand knives are advertised as "The only knives you'll ever need!" [[EverythingTryingToKillYou They come to life and slit your throat once you open the packaging.]]

* '''Justified''': Hey, it is ''technically'', if deceptively, true.

* '''Straight''': Troper-brand knives have thin, serrated blades that really can't be sharpened or even honed. Even if they could be sharpened, they usually dull or break before they'd get to the point of needing to be. So they are touted as "never needing to be sharpened."

** Ads for Troper-brand knives make the knives' sharpness sound like a flaw:
--> Troper Knives! The knife brand most likely to cause accidental injury!

** Then reveals that those are the leading brand, and that the Troper knives don't need that treatment.
** However it is more expensive and not as good as just buying a new Troper knife.

** Troper-brand knives are advertised as "The only knives you'll ever need!" [[EverythingTryingToKillYou They come to life and slit your throat once you open the packaging.]]

** Troper-brand knives are advertised honestly.

** Instead of advertising the flaw they focus upon a legitimate if small advantage like Troper knives never rusting (since they are ceramic).

** Then reveals that those are the leading brand, and that the Ninja knives don't need that treatment.
** However it is more expensive and not as good as just buying a new Ninja knife.

* '''Straight''': "Ninja" brand knives have thin, serrated blades that really can't be sharpened or even honed. Even if they could be sharpened, they usually dull or break before they'd get to the point of needing to be. So they are touted as "never needing to be sharpened."

** Ads for Ninja brand knives make the knives' sharpness sound like a flaw:
--> Ninja Knives! The knife brand most likely to cause accidental injury!

** "Ninja" brand knives are advertised as "The only knives you'll ever need!" [[EverythingTryingToKillYou They come to life and slit your throat once you open the packaging.]]
** The knives reportedly "never get dull, because you'll never need to cut anything with them!"

** Ninja brand knives are advertised honestly.

** Instead of advertising the flaw they focus upon a legitimate if small advantage like Ninja knives never rusting (since they are ceramic).

** "Ninja" brand knives will reportedly "never get dull, because you'll never need to cut anything with them!"

* '''Subverted''': An ad for the knives shows them being sharpened, or at least honed.

* '''Double Subverted''': Then reveals that those are the leading brand, and that the Ninja knives don't need that treatment.

* '''Inverted''': OurProductSucks

* '''Parodied''': TooIncompetentToOperateABlanket

* '''Basic Trope''': A product has a major flaw, but that flaw is [[DamnedByFaintPraise presented as a positive thing]].

* '''Averted''': Ninja brand knives are advertised honestly.
** The knives are perfectly good.

* '''Basic Trope''': A product has a major flaw, but that flaw is presented as a positive thing.