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==Sonic commercial== |
==Sonic commercial== |
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[[File:Buzz challenging Sonic.png|thumb|left|Buzz challenging Sonic]] |
[[File:Buzz challenging Sonic.png|thumb|left|Buzz challenging Sonic]] |
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− | The commercial begins with Buzz playing ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' on the [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]]. He is then sucked into the game, specifically the [[Emerald Hill Zone]], where he challenges Sonic to a race for a box of Honey Nut Cheerios. Sonic gives a thumbs up, and the ''Sonic'' 'extra life' jingle can be heard. The two race through part of the Emerald Hill Zone (with scenery taken from game footage - including a loop-de-loop and Mobius-twist), although Buzz flies in-and-out of the plane of play, into the foreground and background. At the last stretch, Buzz trips and crashes into a palm tree, and coconuts fall on his head. Sonic then leaps out of the TV screen, where a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios is waiting. Buzz asks "Hey Sonic, how can I be as good as you?" before Sonic dashes away. There is also a coupon in this commercial which you can get two [[Mega Drive]] games which uses [[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToeJam_%26_Earl ToJam and Earl]. This coupon can also get a chance to get a free Sega Mega Drive (Genesis). |
+ | The commercial begins with Buzz playing ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' on the [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]]. He is then sucked into the game, specifically the [[Emerald Hill Zone]], where he challenges Sonic to a race for a box of Honey Nut Cheerios. Sonic gives a thumbs up, and the ''Sonic'' 'extra life' jingle can be heard. The two race through part of the Emerald Hill Zone (with scenery taken from game footage - including a loop-de-loop and Mobius-twist), although Buzz flies in-and-out of the plane of play, into the foreground and background. At the last stretch, Buzz trips and crashes into a palm tree, and coconuts fall on his head. Sonic then leaps out of the TV screen, where a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios is waiting. Buzz asks "Hey Sonic, how can I be as good as you?" before Sonic dashes away. There is also a coupon in this commercial which you can get two free [[Mega Drive]] games which uses [[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]] and the sequal to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToeJam_%26_Earl ToJam and Earl]. This coupon can also get a chance to get a free Sega Mega Drive (Genesis). |
==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 09:35, 22 February 2015
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Honey Nut Cheerios is a breakfast cereal produced by General Mills. In 1994, a television commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios featured Sonic the Hedgehog alongside the cereal's usual mascot, an anthropomorphic bee named Buzz. The slogan of the advert was "Race for the taste!"
Sonic commercial
The commercial begins with Buzz playing Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Sega Genesis. He is then sucked into the game, specifically the Emerald Hill Zone, where he challenges Sonic to a race for a box of Honey Nut Cheerios. Sonic gives a thumbs up, and the Sonic 'extra life' jingle can be heard. The two race through part of the Emerald Hill Zone (with scenery taken from game footage - including a loop-de-loop and Mobius-twist), although Buzz flies in-and-out of the plane of play, into the foreground and background. At the last stretch, Buzz trips and crashes into a palm tree, and coconuts fall on his head. Sonic then leaps out of the TV screen, where a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios is waiting. Buzz asks "Hey Sonic, how can I be as good as you?" before Sonic dashes away. There is also a coupon in this commercial which you can get two free Mega Drive games which uses Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and the sequal to ToJam and Earl. This coupon can also get a chance to get a free Sega Mega Drive (Genesis).
External links
- Honey Nut Cheerios at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia