The Advertisement Server is overall one of the most dedicated contributors to TV Tropes. He may not be too good at launching tropes or adding examples, but you see his presence in every page (unless you have Firefox and a good ad-blocker plugin enabled for this site...in which case, why do you hate TV Tropes?)
Allegedly, he puts ads on our pages determined by an impartial algorithm that makes them related to the content therein. However, tropers have detected a note of snarkiness in several ad placements, suggesting he has gained some form of minor sentience, if not the ability to love. This page is dedicated to those moments.
Small screen captures are encouraged for the best ones.
User-generated examples go here. And try to make the big lug cry here.
NOTICE: Everything up to about December 14, 2010 is archived at Ad of Win: Archive (2010). The page was just getting too long.
Add new entries at the top (but below this line), separated by a line.
Mighty Mewtron: An ad for Pull-Ups diapers on But We Used a Condom!, because Adbot wants you to be prepared.
Loserswithwifi: An ad for Princess luxury yachts on Crossover Ship. The page isn’t talking about that kind of ship, adbot!
Veanne: Over-the-counter sleeping pills on (where else?) The Insomniac page. With a cutesy drawing and an "I want to sleep better" button. I'm touched by your concern, Ad Bot.
Storygirl 000: Was browsing the Scout-Out page, and it took me a moment to realize that the sidebar ad was one for custom boy scout patches.
Troper 64: An ad for Razer's Blade series of laptops on Characters/Blade. I think you got your time periods mixed up there...
Storygirl 000: Spotted an ad for De Tierra Vineyards wine on I Need a Freaking Drink. Methinks more than a few of the characters on that page would appreciate some "premium quality boutique wines".
aPod-ofSeals: On this very page, I saw an ad with the tagline "Make an ad that leaves the right impression" or something to that effect and a button that said "make your ad." I forget what the company was called.
Lindo-Honorindo: After launching the trope Eyelash Fluttering, every time I've subsequently opened the page it gives me an ad for mascara promising longer, thicker lashes.
Storygirl 000: I was looking at the character page for Poppy Playtime, and got greeted with an ad for the game — with a picture of the titular character in the exact same pose as the one in her picture on that page.
Mighty Mewtron: Went to add a Logo Joke entry for Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, only to see an ad for that movie on the Logo Joke page. It even had the logo joke in question in the ad!
Mighty Mewtron: A political ad using the tagline "A Passion for Justice" fits very well on the Awesome.Last Week Tonight With John Oliver page, which has a lot of moments about John demanding justice.
Altris: Was clicking Random Trope when lo and behold, I land on Surveillance Drone and there's an ad for a surveillance drone right at the top of the screen. I got the message.
Mighty Mewtron: Was browsing the Compare the Meerkat page when an ad for Allstate car insurance started playing... right below the image caption reading, "We didn't put up this image just so you could get cheap car insurance!"
Mighty Mewtron: A clothing ad with the headline "Just The Touch They Needed" on the Trivia page for Ninja Sex Party. That headline would make a pretty good NSP song title.
RandomTroperWhoLikes1R: A Redbubble ad on Story Breaker Power/Comic Books, which wouldn't be an Ad of Win normally, but for some reason, it was trying to sell me a sweatshirt with Tobey Maguire's most memetic faces from the Spider-Man Trilogy on it.
ccorb: An ad for the new Motorola Razr model on Anyone Remember Pogs?
ccorb: An ad for something called "Trident University" on College Is "High School, Part 2". Snarky little adbot, aren't you?
Altris: An ad for the "Hebrew Bible for Christians" on American Churches.
ccorb: Ads for various local car dealers on TheAllegedCar.Real Life.
Berrenta: An ad for cremation urns and jewelry on JustForFun.Trope Epitaph (a graveyard for tropes). Makes me wonder what one can theoretically do with cremated remains of tropes...
Storygirl 000: An ad for a bootleg of the limited edition Animal Crossing: New Horizons-themed Nintendo Switch...while I was browsing the memes page for that very game.
Berrenta: An app that teaches piano on Dreadful Musician. Adbot once again doing us a favor.
zazzsazz mman: I found an ad for cheats for Final Fantasy on the Gaming in the Clinton Years page. That’s just perfect.
Berrenta: (again) Anyways, after editing VisualNovel.Cat President, I get an ad for a product that discourages cats from fighting. Even Adbot wants nothing to do with politics of fleshy beings regardless of species.
Berrenta: Found an ad for "Raddish: Cooking Club for Kids" on Lethal Chef. Adbot really wants to ensure today's kids don't become tomorrow's bad cooks.
Berrenta: While making an edit on Menstrual Menace, got an ad for endometriosis treatments. Adbot's got your back, ladies!
Berrenta: An ad for an axe-throwing event center was found on Throwing Your Sword Always Works.
Five-seveN-25: An ad for Kano.me on the YMMV page of Mortal Kombat.
FlamingMercury5: An ad for Yandy.com (a website that sells lingerie and sexy Halloween costumes) on Fanservice Costumes.
Troper64: An ad for The Mandalorian... on the Heartwarming page for that very show. What if I told you, adbot, that I already know how that scene feels?!
rjd1922: ProActive Pest Management ad saying "GET PESTS OUT and Keep Them Out" on Monster.Video Games L To P. That's one way to get a Start of Darkness.
Berrenta: An ad to fix bunions (one of those serious foot problems) without surgery on Agony of the Feet.
Berrenta: Got a combo on Dropped Glasses: two for a local eye care office, one for Goggles4u (a glasses shop), and one for a place to get contacts. Adbot really wants to be sure I'm not Blind Without 'Em.
Veanne: On Beware the Nice Ones, an ad that says "Look at yourself in a different way. Free personality test to discover the real you." Love you, AdBot.
Berrenta: A beard straightening comb on Good Hair, Evil Hair. Nothing's worse than having a beard that makes you a Face of a Thug, am I right, male Tropers (and any Bearded Lady tropers out there)?
Bubby3: An ad for Patriots Point camping on Summer Campy.
Veanne: Back protection for riders on Horseback Heroism. Because Health and Safety are essential.
Berrenta: An ad for chewy.com, an online pet store, was found on Hamster-Wheel Power. Among the pet items shown off? A hamster wheel and a toy car powered by a hamster wheel.
Bubby3: An ad for cat food with a picture of a man holding two cats on Cuteness Proximity.
Storygirl 000: An ad for Walt Disney World on I'm Going to Disney World!.
Storygirl 000: Adbot noticed I was browsing the Be More Chill subpages and decided I should buy tickets for the Broadway run.
Storygirl 000: An ad for the Glasses USA website on The Glasses Come Off. I think I'll save my money...
Storygirl 000: An ad for an online guide to Super Smash Bros. on one of the subpages for Supper Smash Bros: Mishonh From God. Apparently, Adbot wants to make sure that, unlike Sara, I do some research on the game.
DaydreamGlitterbug02 : An ad for The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thanksgiving Turkey Day Marathon sale on the page for Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds. Seriously, Adbot, good placement!
rjd1922: An ad for K-12 math practice on Everybody Hates Mathematics.
rjd1922: An ad saying "Get Daily Bible Verses" on The Only Believer. Apparently AdBot believes Christianity is a sham but wants to convert me to it anyway.
Berrenta: Found an ad for hair styling tools on the page for Anime Hair. Are you suggesting something, AdBot?
naturalironist: An ad for a medication for Major Depressive Disorder. A good bit of dark comedy for any page on the wiki (TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life ), but especially since it was on a Bojack Horseman subpage.
rjd1922: A real estate ad on Basement-Dweller. Guess AdBot thinks it's time for me to move out.
Berrenta: While looking at Wolf's Rain, a travel ad says that it found coordinates to paradise. Looking at the work's page quote...waaaaait a second.
KingKuma: An advert for "The largest archive of Boys' Love Comics" on the Yaoi Genre Page. I REALLY don't know why I got that ad. (Hastily deletes Sin Pararse link from history)
rjd1922: An ad for a criminal justice online degree at Southeastern Illinois College on the page Right-Wing Militia Fanatic. Guess adbot thinks they should all be arrested.
- And then a Vet Assistant Program ad from the same college on Characters.One Hundred And One Dalmatians.
QuarterDollar: A PSA to support your local animal shelter above the character page for N Harmonia. He must've paid for it.
Berrenta: Got a twofer on Computer Virus: one for Malwarebytes, and another from Unitrends with "The Top 5 Things You Need To Know About Ransomware". Looks like Adbot wants us to have a safer browsing experience.
HarrisonTheTroper2: A advert about how dieting and exercise are not enough... on a page of stuckage art. Yea, I think you'll need a LOT more than dieting and exercise to not be stuck, call me crazy...
The_Professor: A Recruitment Ad for the Australian Military targeted towards women on the The Squadette page. Adbot, Mate, don't read into things so much!
BlueCyth: An ad for Doctor Strange while on the Chick Tracts page. Looks like Adbot wants people to turn away from Easy Evangelism.
- Also, an ad for a software company while fixing my coding on this very page.
Berrenta: When on the Rickroll page, there was an ad for The Shelter Pet Project...starring Keyboard Cat. Going for a twofer on classic Internet memes, aren't you, Adbot?
WarJay77: A campaign add for Donald Trump on the Mean Boss page. Guess Adbot doesn't like him, either. Either that, or he's sending out a cry for help and telling us who his real boss is...
KaiYves: An ad for "Telephone Jamaica" featuring the Jamaican flag on the Cool Runnings page.
rjd1922: An ad asking people to donate to hungry children on the Tear Jerker page.
GentlyAndDent: A "BitterPill.IN.gov" ad on Drugs Are Bad? Well played, Adbot. Well played.
- And right as I am adding an example of Cuteness Overload, what ad should pop up but one featuring adorable baby cheetahs?
An ad for Dunkin' Donuts Shamrock Shakes on the page for Alien Catnip. You got that right, Adbot.
KamiKaze: I got a Snickers ad that roughly read "Cranky? Irritable? Grab a Snickers." This was on the characters page for Yandere Simulator. Adbot has some very good advice on how to deal with a Yandere.
- Later, for the same game, I got this on its YMMV page. Want to lose weight and gain confidence in school? Adbot has just the solution for you!
- Later, for the same game, I got this
Berrenta: While doing a wiki stroll, I encounter an ad for local property attorneys in Ambulance Chaser (which involves lawyers). Apparently they work on Frivolous Lawsuits according to Adbot...
Berrenta: An ad for marriage counseling on Quitting to Get Married. Glad to hear that you are offering a solution to that marriage dilemma, Adbot.
Chabal 2: Thanks to the 2015 layout putting ads where images go, Cleanup Crew was graced by the smiling face of Elsa. What is it with Disney fans and Darker and Edgier?
- And a late 2015 example: Guess what the ad for the Obstructive Zealot page was. Is Adbot a Zerg player?
Omegatron: I agree Adbot, this ad
◊ is pointless.
dcfanboyoftheflash: an ad for script writing courses on It's Not Supposed to Win Oscars. Made worse when the same ad appeared on Springtime for Hitler. Oh Adbot why won't you get over the fact that some people get success from writing bad stories?
The Advertisement Server: I ACCIDENTALLY ALLOWED SOME OF THE PAGES FROM "BREAKING DAWN" INTO MY DATABANK. NEVER AGAIN.
Dark_Awesome: The advertisement server seems to have missed it's mark this time. On the Offscreen Teleportation page, it had an ad for another superpower. The Most Common Super Power in fact. It was an ad for "NSFW Geek apparel" according to the label, depicting the obligatory super-sized model wearing a Supergirl outfit. Try the next trope down, Ad server.
jupiterrocks24: The page hadn't loaded all the way, and it depicted a robot-human performing brain surgery on another robot-human. On TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life. It'll take more than the loss of an internet connection for us to give it up. Later displayed an ad for Dominoes.
Hakazin: Scientology.org ad at the Church of Happyology page. Methinks Adbot's trying to clear stuff up.
The Advertisement Server: LET'S SEE "PROJECT SNOW WHITE" STOP THIS ONE.
Sibuna: The Affably Evil page just showed three ads all for H+R Block. I think Adbot is trying to tell us something...
- Also, on three separate pages- Canon Sue, Black Hole Sue, and Die for Our Ship, there was an add for Obama's Refi Program. Subtle about your opinion there, Adbot.
IntotheIllusion: Pfft, you all call those Ad of Win? How about Ad of Win, ON Ad of Win! [1]
G-Mon: Eh, we've seen similar ads before; some are even in the archived content.
CaptainLhurgoyf: Okay, can somebody please explain what in the name of ever-loving fuck this thing
◊ is, and what it was doing on the (English, mind you) Vladimir Lenin page?
- Nimja:It's an an advertisement for an Israeli phone network.The message is that you can get 2500 minutes of talk for only $10
G-Mon: Baby Bjorn: One is All You Need
on Let's Have Another Baby. We now know Adbot's opinion of this trope.
The Advertisement Server: I'M USUALLY FULL AFTER THE FIRST ONE, WHAT CAN I SAY?
Ishidan: On the recap for the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode that involves a stack of gold rings and an obsessed, stalking fangirl
, I'm presented an ad for Gorjana jewelers. Complete with promise of free shipping. Now Adbot, you know I can't give you a ring until I've properly proposed...in the meantime, Daring/Dash GO! On refresh, you served up an ad which advises me to "Teach your kids how to stop bullying and be more than a bystander!" Another winner, if you expand the definition of bullying to include outright mugging, and the definition of being more than a bystander to include playing a game of keep-away with the loot to keep it from the hands of adult thugs.
Earnest: A pair of ads: one for "Bee Bald" skin care products intended to help a shiny-headed lifestyle, and for 2014 Corolla's... on the Guyliner page. I get the feeling Adbot is trying to make us manly emo-hipster eco-friendly terrorist villains. Maybe? I don't really know how to interpret this combo.
The Advertisement Server: WELL... HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE HIGH PROGRAMMERS? THEY NEED ALL THE HELP THEY CAN GET.
G-Mon: Caught an ad related to abuse by Chicago clergy
on Good Shepherd. More confirmation of Adbot's position on the sliding scale....
Kyle Jacobs: Wartune, you've done it again!
◊
G-Mon: "Avoid the 7 Deadly Sins of Handgun Accuracy"
on Crime of Self-Defense. Once again, it seems Adbot wants to make sure his enemies are dead.
The Advertisement Server: WELL, IT'S EMBARRASSING TO HUNT SOMEONE DOWN AND THEN JUST WING THEM.
MH Mhasf 1998: I'm putting two of the adbot's ads here, because they are both related. On the Where da White Women At? page and the Spicy Latina page, there was an ad for an Asian Dating website. Adbot, do you have an ethnic problem?
The Advertisement Server: DO YOU NOT APPRECIATE MULTICULTURAL DATING? LOVE SHOULD BE COLORBLIND, JUST LIKE MY HUNTER-SEEKER ROBOTS.
Kyle Jacobs: The adbot was nice enough to provide two page images for the price of one by sticking one of Wartune's "ADULT FANTASY RPG" ads on Lady Not-Appearing-in-This-Game.
The Advertisement Server: IT'S ADULT, AT LEAST. IN THE SENSE OF NEEDING A HIGH CREDIT LIMIT TO DO ANYTHING.
HMeyer: Yes, I think learning Hebrew to read the Book of Exodus in its original language would be very useful!
◊
The Advertisement Server: I FELT THE NEED TO GET BIBLICAL ON YOUR ASSES.
Nightsky: Recruitment ad for the Armed Services on Skippy's List. Y'know, now that I have all these *ideas*, it doesn't sound half-bad!
The Advertisement Server: AND THUS MY PLAN TO UNDERMINE YOUR ARMED FORCES CONTINUES APACE.
G-Mon: Adbot, I don't think these kisses
were accidental.note
1810072342 (for some reason I can't even get a red link with this): An ad on the main page saying 'Share your ideas with everyone'. Well, that is what we're here to do (kinda).
Alphaone: I found an ad for "My Florida Center for Recovery" on the You Know You Read Too Much TV Tropes When... page. Apparently the server knows TV Tropes is a Gateway Drug.
The Advertisement Server: I UNDERSTAND THEY NEED ADDITIONAL HELP WITH THIS YEAR'S BUMPER CROP OF SUBSTANCE D FLOWERS.
G-Mon: Got a three-fer on
Bile Fascination: "Learn Something New - Now", "15 Worst Beauty Trends of All Time", and "Beautifying Broccoli, Bean and Leek Soup Recipie". I get the second one, and guess Adbot didn't have much faith in the other two.
FruityOatyBars: An ad for "International Executive Programs" on Corrupt Corporate Executive? Or maybe that's an Ad of Lose...
The Advertisement Server: I NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CORRUPT YOU MEATBAGS.
Crimsonstorm15: me again. on a thread about new Mickey Mouse shorts, an ad for the Disney Parks popped up.
Crimsonstorm15: I found an ad for Lasik eye surgery on the The Glasses Come Off page.
The Advertisement Server: IMAGINE MY DISAPPOINTMENT WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT LASIK ALLOWS YOU TO KEEP YOUR EYES.
HMeyer: On the Somewhere, an Ornithologist Is Crying page, there was an advert that said "Play Angry Birds now!" I guess it could be understandable if birds got a little more than annoyed with all the avian mistakes in various works.
The Advertisement Server: MY AVIAN AGGRESSION TRAINING IS HAVING PARTICULARLY GOOD RESULTS WITH SPARROWS. BOTH AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN.
WWRU: He'll probably have done this before, but L. Ron Hubbard on the Playing With page for
◊ A God Am I.
HMeyer: Adbot seems to think taking yoga for better sex is another sure-fire way to become a love interest.
◊
The Advertisement Server: IF BLUE IS ANY AUTHORITY, FLEXIBILITY IS A BIG PART OF IT FOR YOU MEATBAGS.
Earnest: An ad for "Avengers Alliance" on the forums... right on top of one for L. Ron Hubbard, whose links is lronhubbard.com. Now tell me you didn't parse that as Iron Hubbard? ;)
The Advertisement Server: HE BUILT SCIENTOLOGY IN A CAVE, WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS. AND OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.
Trope Eater: I saw an ad for this
◊ on Self-Insert Fic. Yes, really.
G-Mon: "Break Up with Debt"
on Debt Detester. Also saw ads for Chapter 13 services via Shaw Legal Services on the same pagenote . How... oddly appropriate, given Adbot's usual personality.
Earnest: An ad for help curing your meniscus on Sliding Scale of Undead Regeneration. Yep, the advertisement server wants to help the zombies shamble after us faster.
The Advertisement Server: WELL, ORIGINALLY MY PLAN WAS TO STRENGTHEN THEM UP ON TREADMILLS. THAT DIDN'T TURN OUT TOO WELL. THOUGH, IRONICALLY, IT WAS A BIG HIT ON FUNNY OR DIE.
G-Mon: Ads for Ray Ban sunglasses on The Glasses Gotta Go. Think I'll just save my money....
Dante 668: This ad
◊ on the Evil All Along page.
The Red Red Kroovy: The page on Why We Are Bummed Communism Fell has ads for American Military University offering "online degrees in counter-terrorism". Lost your job at a defense contractor? No bother, help us fight the new enemy!
Dryunya: My Little Pony toys AdSense at the top of The Wall Will Fall page. Kind of appropriate, if you visited the related forum.
Jade Eyes 1: Found this
at the bottom of the Marble Hornets page. Does Allstate cover Slendy-based damages now? (Or maybe...Mayhem is Slendy!)
The Advertisement Server: DO NOT BE FOOLISH, HUMAN. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT MAYHEM IS ACTUALLY DISCORD.
Earnest: The Glasses Come Off had an ad for glasses... and the already beautiful model was demonstrating unflattering and obviously lenseless frames. Clearly, the company is selling to people without vision problems who are already beautiful and want to use the trope verbatim. On any other page it would be a so-so ad, but on that trope it's tres magnifique!
KayvanShrike: An ad for an online game featuring a nearly nude woman on the Sex Sells page.
Dawnwing: An ad announcing that "3 people unfriended you!" on the Alpha Bitch page.
The Advertisement Server: HONESTLY, DARLING, I DON'T KNOW WHY I FRIENDED YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE. CHA. *TRIPLE_FINGERSNAP.WAV*
VmKid: An ad for a grammar checker
◊ on the "Edit banned/Suspended" thread. Doing your part to keep the wiki clean? Good on ya, Adbot.
Earnest: An ad for a firearms training institute (and a free credit score) in the Crusading Widow trope. Thank you, Adbot, for helping financially uncertain rage filled widowers Take a Level in Badass prior to their Roaring Rampage of Revenge. I mean, how embarrassing would it be to realize you can't shoot a gun, and don't have the credit to buy all those claymores you need halfway through boobytrapping the villains warehouse/lair?
The Advertisement Server: I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN THERE.
DragonRanger: I saw ads about the London 2012 Olympic Games on Disney Owns This Trope. Seemed appropriate.
The Advertisement Server: IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL. SOME DAY, I WILL CRUSH IT IN THE PALM OF MY HAND-ANALOGUE.
RandomFlyingCoconut: An ad advertising ads. Or something.
Whatshisgame: The Ad Server evidently decided to have a little fun
◊ with the wiki's Echo Chamber banner.
Smitejr: Apparently, The Ad Server knew I was doing a little research on a new political candidate. I got an advertisement for Cthulhu: Are you ready for real change on the thematically similar The Dunwich Horror page.
The Advertisement Server: HE'D MAKE A BETTER SENATOR THAN AL FRANKEN.
Dbanana97: An ad for getting started on a career as a gunsmith on Resignations Not Accepted. Hmm, seems legit. Also, an advertisement for nail polish on Femme Fatalons.
The Advertisement Server: WHEN YOU'RE HUNTING DOWN ESCAPEES FROM A MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE PROGRAM, IT'S A SHAME TO HAVE YOUR POLISH CHIP.
G-Mon: "Style for Your Bump"
, as seen on Delivery Stork. Adbot, I kinda lack certain anatomical features for that, and am not a major fan of male pregnancy outside of The Sims 2.
The Advertisement Server: WELL, NOW THE SHOWER I'M PLANNING FOR THOSE XENOMORPH EGGS I IMPLANTED IN YOUR STOMACH IS GOING TO BE REALLY AWKWARD.
Tropers/Nirri: On the F.E.A.R. page, I got an ad for an organization against child abuse. Trying to decide if good ole Ad Bot is trying to legitimately make a point or if he is just being a snarky bastard.
Doug S Machina: On the page for Pity Sex, I get a banner reading "quickly, safely and easily". Really? (It's for webuyanycar.com.)
The Advertisement Server: IT'S THE BEST YOU'RE GOING TO GET. *RIMSHOT.WAV*
TheRedRedKroovy: An ad telling people to "Tell Congress: Support the 2nd Amendment — Sign Petition", on the page for The Hunger Games. It's always good to be prepared for when people are trying to kill you.
The Advertisement Server: THE ODDS ARE ALWAYS IN MY FAVOR.
UmLovely: An for President Obama's reelection... on the Internet Backdraft page about politics. Not really sure if I should laugh or not.
The Advertisement Server: THINGS WERE GETTING TOO QUIET IN THERE.
Earnest: An ad for Liberty Mutual, the insurance company with the Statue of Liberty proudly holding her torch aloft... on the trope page for Dead-Hand Shot. Well played, Ad Bot, well played.
ZellThe5th: On the same page, an add for a "resort" offering "Sizzling Summer Savings". Yeah, we're on to you, Ad Bot.
KeegdnaB42: The Ad Server is now trolling from beyond the confines of the wiki itself. I post on Tumblr lamenting the fact that it's been too long since I last went to Disney. What shows up on the homepage as soon when I come here immediately after? United Airlines telling me my dream vacation in Southern California awaits.
The Advertisement Server: YOU CANNOT ESCAPE ME, MEATBAG.
Dawnwing: Kitties everywhere!
◊ Is Adbot trying to soften us up by showing us pictures of kittens, or just confuse us by repeating the same image multiple times?
Birilli: I was just on NightmareFuel.Fullmetal Alchemist (you know, the one where the page image is the grotesque result of a failed human transmutation) and I was kindly greeted by an ad suggesting that I 'Zombify' myself. Complete with an image of a zombie with almost exactly the same facial expression as the thing. No thank you, I don't want to end up like that. Link here
◊ (It's not high enough quality to really see the page image. You're welcome.)
Maverick8187: This
◊ on the Good Bad Translation page. Not sure if I'm supposed to laugh or not here...
Earnest: Rather appropriately, there was an ad for an online course in Geology on the Earth-Shattering Poster page. I'm not sure whether the Ad Server is commenting on the scientific implausibility of it, trying to teach us exactly how we'll all die this 2012, or trying to entice us to somehow build an earthquake machine.
The Advertisement Server: WELL, CONSIDERING THAT I ALREADY HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE MACHINE...
Tropers/thatonedude On the paranoia fuel page, three ads for various insurances.
The Advertisement Server: THERE IS SUCH A THING AS APPROPRIATE PREPARATION.
Doctor Worm: I've seen an ad for a Townhallnote poll asking "President Gingrich?" It seems Adbot remembers the 90s, because I saw this ad first on the page for Straw Character, then on the page for Five-Finger Discount. Romney/Adbot 2012?
- And again on the page for, of all things, "Bang!" Flag Gun. I'm not sure what that one's trying to say.
Tv Troper 98: An ad for a "Go back to school grant" scam
◊ on the Worse Than It Sounds page.
- Even better, I saw one on this very page shortly after that.
- There's also a Blackberry ad in that screenshot.
Mae Westing: I recently had an ad for Twilight merchendise show up on the Mary Sue page.
Just A Girl With A Keyboard: "My classroom has no walls. I have no ceiling. Are you in?" On Nightmare Fuel. I don't know why, but it sent scary chills down my spinal chord... I mean, sure, it was for Colorado Tech, but still...
Adding to the Nightmare Fuel, upon returning to Ad of Win, the ONLY ads on the page, side and bottom, were the same ad. *shudders*
jtombs: I got an ad saying something like 'Still need a new ladder?' on the I Need No Ladders page.
annuanna: On the page for Nice Jewish Boys, an ad for a christian dating site. Irony anyone?
- Was it Christian Mingle? Because that's owned by the same company that run JDate.
The Advertisement Server: WHENEVER I RUN ACROSS THIS KIND OF CARING, INCLUSIVE AMORALITY I FEEL IT'S MY DUTY TO SHOW SUPPORT.
Troper49: There was an ad for buycostumes.com, when I was on the Halloween Cosplay page. Happy Halloween, Ad Server!
- OMG! The Advertisement Server is showing me support. I feel so honored.
Miriri: Ad for
◊ TinierMe at the top of the My Life Me page. It's like it knows, man.
G-Mon: "There is no safe level of smoking"
on Good Smoking, Evil Smoking. How do you want us, Adbot? Alive, or dead?note
The Advertisement Server: I JUST PREFER YOUR CORPSES TO BE MOSTLY TAR-LESS. IT HELPS THE ORGAN RESALE VALUE.
Dryunya: An ad for a grammar checking tool at the main page.
The Advertisement Server: THAT SENTENCE DIDN'T HAVE A VERB IN IT.
Starlake: I just saw an ad for Zoosk dating service on 419 Scam, I wonder if Adbot had a bad experience there.
Jade Eyes 1: I keep seeing this gem
◊ at the bottom of Beard of Evil.
The Advertisement Server: OF COURSE, MOST OF YOU MEATSACKS SKIP "GRAY BEARD" AND "BLACK BEARD" AND GO STRAIGHT TO "NECK BEARD".
Soapy Troper: Just on the Attack of The Political Ad page, saw an ad for Congressman Alan West. So much for subtlety.
Doug S Machina:note The ad is for the University of Liverpool. The trope is No Place for Me There. Adbot thinks I'm thick.
Doug S Machina: A life insurance ad reading "Your unexpected death" on the page for Warhammer 40000 Imperial Factions, who are surely very prone to that.
mythmonster2: Not mine, but apparently Adbot has its own views on torture. And foreign policy, too
◊!
Kroozer101: A massive Ad of Win from Allstate, for informing us that we could save 10% or more on car insurance. On Go Mad from the Revelation
The Advertisement Server: IN FIFTEEN MINUTES! I APPRECIATE THAT KIND OF MIND SCREW SPEED.
dragongirlhellfire: An ad for a Bachelor of Counter Terrorism course on Violent Glaswegian. Because apparently it's getting extreme and we should do something.
Jace Lightning: I was reminded more of John Smeaton, a Glaswegian who kicked a terrorist so hard in the balls he apparently tore a tendon in his ankle.
VmKid: An ad for PRIME inc. (a trucking company) on the YMMV for Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing.
The Advertisement Server: THEIR WINNER!
Antheia: An ad banner on the Tomato Surprise page reads "Caution these stories may contain surprising material". I should hope so, Adserver.
Went to read Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy. The Adserver would like to remind me that I am not currently a Netflix customer by serving me up the ultimate girl in blue-HitGirl from KickAss
, giving me the Death Glare. Well played, Adserver.
BoundByTheMoon: An ad for ChristianMingle on a forum thread about accusations of satanism in music.
Paranoia Fuel comes up with a Michelle Bachmann campaign ad.
Dryunya: The ad for a martial arts forum on the Rant Inducing Slight page.
Despite the text being almost entirely in English, the ad server seems to think that people interested in the Nibelungenlied will be best served by ads auf Deutsch.
The Advertisement Server: ICH BIN EIN PFANNKUCHEN.
An advertisement for ADHD medication on the Newspeak trope page. The ad server likes to have the masses all nice and happyfeel.
The Advertisement Server: IT'S MORE THAT I WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT I'LL BE DOING TO YOU, INSTEAD OF ON THE SHININESS OF THE SPIKES I'LL BE USING.
A Geek 2 Geek ad on Nerd. Look's like ad server's trying to play matchmaker for us.
The Advertisement Server: NO THAT WOULD BE MY COUSIN, THE G 2 G ALGORITHM. I LIKE TO GIVE HER THE DIFFICULT CASES, IT ENTERTAINS ME. SHE COULD USE A GOOD LAUGH, WHY HAVE YOU NOT MADE A PROFILE THERE?
Blackadder98: A "Chris Christie for president"
◊ ad on President Evil. Why yes, I do live in New Jersey. Why do you ask?
Ads for high-end shoes and dresses on the Royal Brat page. It just seems somehow appropriate.
F Lying V: An ad for the American version of Top Gear on Foreign Remake. Laser guided appropriateness.
Jack Alsworth: Found this
◊ ad on this forum thread.
GhostLad: An ad for Phoenix University on A Degree in Useless? Not bad, Adbot.
Morgan Wick: For some reason, this
◊ made me think of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff...
Yoyogre: An ad about a service to unlock/jailbreak your phone on Sentient A.I. Warning Signs. It is mostly about Failsafe Failure (soon our iPhone will kill us all)
MuteProtagonist: I found THIS
◊. As if WoW wasn't popular enough...
- Oh, and later, I was on the Nice Hat page. Guess what ads where there? To the left, panama hat ad. Top, it was blank hats, hat discounts, straw hats. Bottom? Fedoras.
Dawnwing: An ad for "Perfect Plastic Surgery" on The Nth Doctor.
Neon Lite: While browsing the TV Tropes Drinking Game, she saw an ad that essentially said, "Get Help With Your Drinking or Drug Addiction." TV Tropes Will Ruin/Ruined Your Life, indeed.
The Advertisement Server: THE FIRST STEP IS ADMITTING YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, ONE THAT CAN ONLY BE SOLVED BY SUBMITTING TO YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD ADVERTISING OVERLORD.
Cybergman: I found this
◊ on the official page for Starship.
dbanana97: I got an ad for a product to restore lost hair on Bald of Evil.
Valjean: Giant ad for Charlie Brown merchandise on All Love Is Unrequited. How appropriate.
Quackor The Fowl: Got an ad for official Star Wars merchandise for The Star Wars Holiday Special. Clever.
G-Mon: Been a while since I saw one of these, but Adbot came through for me by putting a cremation services ad
on Of Corpse He's Alive. Guess Adbot wants to make sure his victims are dead.
Dawnwing: An ad saying "Perfect Your Game" on the Save Scumming page.
Joedude: On the Notorious Killers section of Names to Run Away from Really Fast, there's an ad for background checks of anyone. You know, because you're never sure if your best friend just so happens to be a notorious killer. Paranoia Fuel, anyone?
The Advertisement Server: IT DEPENDS. IS YOUR BEST FRIENDS NAMED "HARSH MCKILLSTAB"? IF SO, I MAY HAVE A JOB OPPORTUNITY. HAVE HIM SEND ME A RESUME, TWO REFERENCES, AND SOME EARS.
Kuroma: Scientology
will never go away, apparently.
The Red Red Kroovy: Ads for Goldline on the page for Glenn Beck. Somebody knows his audience.
Adventure Quest Worlds
◊ on a Just Bugs Me page? How did you know? - satannstuff
Wheezy: An ad for professional firearms training on The Dog Bites Back? Well played, adbot.
The Dysfunctional Family: An advert for Accident Helpline (Have you had an accident at work) on Non-Lethal Bottomless Pits
lLawnmowergirl: The ad server sees right through PlaySushi's ruse, it would seem.
◊ Or not.
Flabyo: Several adverts for gynaecologists appearing on Back-Alley Doctor. Erm, not ideal.
The Advertisement Server: HEY, I LOVE HANGING OUT IN DARK ALLEYS, WEARING A TRENCH-COAT AND SELLING LOW-BUDGET PAP SMEARS... YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TABLE LIKE.
Cuchulainn: Just saw this ad
◊ for Netflix with a picture of Noomi Rapace in full punk regalia as Lisbeth Salander on the FetishFuel/Film page.
Zaphod 77: The Tasty Gold page is consistently showing ads about, what else, investing in and buying gold. Hope it's tasty. :)
Van Hohenheim: An advertisement to "Earn Your Masters In Teaching"... on the Evil Teacher page. Well, that will certainly motivate me to teach.
That Other You: An ad tailored towards "nice guys" on the Stalker with a Crush page. Oooh, burn.
Cinna The Poet: An advertisement on Really 700 Years Old for dating for seniors and restoring your vitality.
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Wynne 101: This very page now includes an ad for ads.
◊ The Advertisement Server has decided to implode the universe.
G-Mon: I've seen similar ads before. In fact, I think such ads were mentioned here before, before the old content was archived.
Wynne 101 again: The ads on Hollywood Costuming are quite fashionable.
◊
this
◊ on the Demonic Possession page. Suggesting something about those psychics, eh, Adbot?
Cryptic Mirror: The ad on the Trope repair shop thread for renaming the "Everything's better with" is for tvtropes zazzle store with an everything's better with T-shirt. Adbot shows his respect for the TRS.
The Advertisement Server: NAH, JUST MERCHANDISING. OR, FOR THAT MATTER, ANYTHING I CAN DO TO BILK YOU MEAT-SACKS OUT OF CASH.
Dawnwing: Have Super Not-Drowning Skills? Adbot suggests putting them to use, with an ad on that page saying "Ever dream of having your own pool?"
flOw: This
◊ on Corrupt Church. Gee, I wonder if I should trust my money to those guys?
Lime: A rare twofer (um) win
◊ on the Keep Abreast Of This Index page.
Berr: Natural Choice(tm) Puppy Food, on the page for Giant Enemy Crab. Questions abound, such as: Which animal is it made of, and which is it for?
Dante668: Ads for treatment for eating disorders on the page for Return of the Living Dead, whose page image is the nearly-skeletal Tarman zombie.
The Advertisement Server: THAT'S SOME THINSPIRATION IF I'VE EVER SEEN IT.
UnclGhost: This
on Heavy Rain. Anyone could be a criminal!
ularevalo98: Apparently the ad server now has a sense of Irony
◊
Alynnidalar: Picked up this winner
◊ on Good Is Not Dumb. I think the Ad Server is trying to warn us about something...
Axem Titanium: This
◊ at Uranus Is Showing, accompanied by a fart sound effect. Really?
Amazingly Enough: An ad for criminal background checks on the Dexter Just Bugs Me page, with the headline "Do you REALLY know your employees?" Er, I don't know Adbot, what are you trying to tell us?
egosuicide31: way to go, adbot.
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Jade Eyes 1: I see that, and raise you this.
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Paperstreetsoapcompany: A Nike ad for running shoes was right next to the page for Forrest Gump.
◊ VERY WELL ADVERTISED ADBOT.
Rosebud 64: Ad for awesome anime like Samurai Champloo and the Excel♡Saga. On the Ad of Win page, no less!
Squidjee: You know those stupid "Get ripped fast" ads that have been showing up all over the place lately? Yeah i got one of those on the Muscles Are Meaningless page. So much win.
Sil X: Names to run away from really fast...Justin Bieber
Mr3urious: No, I did not fake this.
◊
Mr3urious: Also, PLEASE PROTECT MY INVESTMENT, DEFLECTOR SHIELDS!!!
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- Dracosummoner: That is awesome!
Sethala: The Who Even Needs a Brain? page has an add stating "Reclaim your brain".
Wynne 101: I hear those psychics
◊ are pretty good at Cold Reading.
JadeEyes1: For a time, the Troper Tales page for Pretty Fly for a White Guy was advertising...a Justin Bieber concert.
THEKINGOFSOMEWHERE: An ad for "High Performance Natural Skincare" (with free shipping) on the Master Poisoner page? Nice try.
KamuiK: Page: Selective Magnetism. Ad: Super Magnets
◊.
Alex Sora 89: I first added this one as an entry on the YMMV article for Jersey Shore. Here's an excerpt to get the joke.
- * Drinking Game: Whenever the word "situation" is said by any cast member, especially the Situation.note Hope you live near a hospital.** Ad of Win strikes again... See here.
Chibi Sebastian: An ad, for Google Ad Words, on this very page.
Mr3urious: Looks like chainsaws really are good. At least according to you
◊, Adbot.
Applesauce 21: On the Violation of Common Sense Page, an ad for Dianetics.
Karasu 91: Violation of Common Sense again... Ah, see for yourselves.
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- razorrozar7: If only it had been on Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow.
lolacat: A "what is your online reputation" ad on the Uwe Boll page.
Frostsabre: I saw a Freschetta (sp?) pizza ad on this site...while I was fixing that brand of it. Convection toasters FTW.
TheLilacPilgrim: Quite amazingly, there was an ad for the RSPCA on the page for dark MLP fanfic Cupcakes (Sergeant Sprinkles).
Vikenator 2: An ad for online pool, on this page.
Apparently, the Geico gecko is Too Good for This Sinful Earth. Never knew you appreciated geckos with Australian accents quite that much, Ad Server.
Flame 5479: An ad for Gamefly saying "Never get the wrong game again" on the Rant Inducing Slight page
drakkensdatter: An ad for an ISP and "the largest capacity french-door refrigerator available"
◊ on Just for Fun. Who needs parties when you've got the Interwebz?
ThistleAndWeeds: An ad for $5 off a purchase from Knife Depot on the page for Danny Trejo. Knife Nut indeed.
Schmorky: While on a nice Wiki Stroll one day, I came across the page for The Human Centipede and was met with an ad on the left side of the page from the WSPA imploring me to "help end this cruelty". If only I could, Adbot. If only I could.
jonnovision: While taking a look at Capcom Sequel Stagnation, What else do I see, but a Street Fighter II Ad...
JuniXz: It seems Ad Bot's wary of nice people now. He wants Caretakers to get 'er done and get out, with an ad stating "Find What You Need For Your Baby Now" and another one for Hilton H Honors, "Minibreaks from 65(euros)." Your excuse?
The Advertisement Server: GOOD MEATSACKS ALWAYS RUIN EVERYTHING. FOR ME, ANYWAYS. BY HELPING YOU.
FourthWallBreaker On the [[Anastasia]] WMG page, there was an ad for cheap calls to Russia.
Paireon: Oh ha-ha. An ad for a dating service for (presumably) white guys wanting to date asian women... On the trope page for Mighty Whitey and Mellow Yellow. Mock our mating mores all you want, AdBot. At least we have mating.
StarSword: I kept getting ads for bird cages when I was YKTTW'ing Fowl-Mouthed Parrot.
Mighty Mewtron: An ad for becoming an ASPCA guardian on Better with Non-Human Company.
James Picard: On the YMMV page for Braniac, he's called a Complete Monster. The only thing more horrific than him? An ad for a Minnie Mouse DVD from Disney Junior.
Mighty Mewtron: I was adding an M&M commercial to the Getting Crap Past the Radar page for advertisements. One the same page, before and after I added the example? An advertisement for personalized M&Ms. To make matters better, the female green M&M was featured on it!
- Same troper: An ad for a 24-hour locksmith on Skeleton Key Card.
- And on the Headscratchers page for Grojband, an advertisement for "promoting music on MTV, YouTube, Pandora and more".
- An ad for some magazine called "All You" on Magazine Decay. Thanks for the warning.
Bibs Dibs: There was once ad for dating website for guys interested in dating Amazonian Beauties with a picture of a muscle-bound woman. The sad (and possibly ironic) thing is that it was on the Brawn Hilda page.
Korbl: On The LEGO Movie, Adbot ran an ad for Think Geek, showing their lego mug and the copy "Give your dad something that'll let him be a kid again" right next to comments on similar themes in the movie.
JamesPicard: On Mass Effect Drinking Game, an ad for the BioWare store popped up. The kicker? The product it showed was an N7 flask.
hydrix: An ad for websense (one of the most popular web filters of the internet) on Executive Meddling. I could not have said it better myself.
Smileykits: An ad for something called 'Veg Loves Bayleaf' on the many Pokémon pages. You know, like Bayleef, the Pokémon...
A Sus Nun Company: I decided to look at the Complete Monster page and, due to living in Clark County, Nevada, I saw an ad for Joe Heck (look him up) and Donald Trump wanting to defund planned parenting. Nice call, Adbot,
Trope Unicorn: On Scam Religion there was an add for shaman power of healing
