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Mentos' nipple commercial - A 2006 Mentos ad was more odd than outright offensive, but drew complaints anyway.
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283 complaints - The Mentos ad showed a man's mamilla grow larger after eating the mint.
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Weird - The complaints were dismissed. You can watch the strange ad here.
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Youfoodz's swearing ad
- A 2017 Youfoodz ad received 307 complaints for a play on words.
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"Forking"
- The ad featured a child saying "forking" a number of times, alluding to a swear word. Those complaints were dismissed. You can watch that one here.
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Nando's pole dancer advert - A Nando's 2007 ad featured a pole dancer as a future patron of the chain restaurant.
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"Nando's-fix patch" - The ad showed a pole dancer wearing a "Nando's-fix patch" to control her Nando's cravings.
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"Nando's-fix gum" - The pole dancer eventually elects for the fictional "Nando's-fix gum" and then goes to Nando's with her husband and kids.
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359 complaints - That advertisement got 359 complaints which were all dismissed. You can watch that video here.
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Meat & Livestock Australia's Australia Day Lamb ad - Meat & Livestock Australia ran an ad in 2016 about Aussies abroad who didn't have access to lamb on Australia Day.
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Blow torching a vegan home
- A military unit blow torches at a vegan's home in the commercial, prompting 676 complaints. All complaints were dismissed and you can watch the video here.
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Ashley Madison's pro-cheating commercial - Ashley Madison has always been controversial and their advertisements are no exception.
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Men signing - This 2014 ad has men singing "I'm looking for someone other than my wife".
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643 complaints - There were 643 complaints about the ad, making it the most complained about in Australia that year.
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Advert pulled - Ashley Madison pulled the commercial after the Ad Standards Board ruled the ad was degrading to wives.
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Sportsbet's manscaping commercial - This ad begins with a man shaving his most private of parts.
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Toohey’s Extra Dry's cloning commercial - Falling under the weird section, this Toohey’s Extra Dry commercial shows a man planting his hair and growing party goers.
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Clones - The hair forms giant pods, which reveal clones of the original man who are holding Toohey’s Extra Dry.
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Racing NSW's Sydney sails debacle - Racing NSW was promoting The Everest, the world's richest thoroughbred turf racing competition, when things started to get hairy.
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Draw unpopular - The draw for the race was to be projected onto the Sydney Opera House's sails as a promotion, but it didn't go as planned.
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Sydneysiders rallied - Sydneysiders shone lights from their phones and other devices onto the sails, disrupting the draw by making the numbers impossible to see.
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80% opposed - Before the promotion gone wrong, a poll showed 80% of NSW opposed The Everest draw's marketing on public property.
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Prior petition - A petition signed by over 250,000 people opposed the draw, but the government decided to go ahead with it anyway.
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Alan Jones - An odd sidebar to the story is that broadcaster Alan Jones publicly advocated for the draw to get promoted on the Sydney sails.
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Boos and chants - Aside from the bright lights shone onto the sails, the draw was met with boos and chants.
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Official draw in secret - Racing NSW held an official draw in secret and put off betting until after the projection.
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Racing NSW wants to move past the incident - Racing NSW now says it wants to move on from the incident.
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Surprised - Racing NSW also said they were surprised by the opposition.
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Weirdest and worst Aussie marketing campaigns
They ticked people off
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The marketing campaigns that turned people off the most are usually the ones that aim at being edgy or innovative, but massively miss the mark.
There have been no shortage of those in Australia, including quite recently.
Let's look at some of the worst pieces of marketing this country has seen.
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