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Teardowns

Every campaign in the library, taken apart and labeled. Filter by format or by verdict.

Format
Verdict
No. 001 · TV / Video● Honest

LaCroix — 'Mime' National TV Spot

A classically trained mime silently sells you sparkling water.

LaCroix· 2024
No. 002 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Duolingo — Duo's Got a BBL

A giant green owl gets a Brazilian Butt Lift. On TikTok. That's it. That's the ad.

Duolingo
No. 003 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Heinz Ketchup Fraud

Diners caught red-handed, putting other ketchups into Heinz bottles.

Heinz· 2023
No. 004 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Popeyes — Memes for Fries

A little girl side-eyeing the camera became the face of Popeyes, turning a viral moment into a nationwide campaign.

Popeyes· 2023
No. 005 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Scrabble — Bring it, Wordle!

Scrabble's official new two-letter word list drops, and the brand's social channels fire a direct shot at Wordle, the five-letter-word puzzle that has dominated culture.

Scrabble· 2024
No. 006 · Social● Over the line

Apple — Crush!

A hydraulic press crushes a mountain of beautiful creative tools — a piano, paint, cameras, lenses, records, speakers, an arcade machine.

Apple
No. 007 · TV / Video● Honest

Pop-Tarts — The First-Ever Edible Mascot

A giant, anthropomorphic Pop-Tart descends into a giant toaster on a football field, is toasted, and then devoured by the winning team.

Pop-Tarts· 2023
No. 008 · Influencer● Sharp-elbowed

CeraVe's Super Bowl Troll

Is CeraVe a skin care brand or a feature-length improv bit starring Michael Cera?

CeraVe· 2024
No. 009 · TV / Video● Honest

La-Z-Boy — We The Lazy

A 100-year-old brand sprints to relevance by declaring "We The Lazy" and appointing a "President of Laziness."

La-Z-Boy· 2024
No. 010 · TV / Video● Sharp-elbowed

He Gets Us — The Rebrand of Jesus

A series of stark, black-and-white photos show unlikely pairs washing each other's feet. A cop and a young black man. A pro-choice advocate and a right-to-life protestor. An oil exec and a climate activist. No product. No logo until the very end. Just a simple, confounding message: "Jesus didn't teach hate. He washed feet."

He Gets Us
No. 011 · Social● Honest

Airbnb Icons — Turning IP into IRL Stays

What if you could sleep in the X-Mansion? Or float away in the house from *Up*? Airbnb’s Icons campaign hooks you by making beloved movie fantasies a bookable reality.

Airbnb· 2024
No. 012 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Dumb Ways to Die — So dumb it's smart

A catchy, upbeat folk song about cute, jelly-bean-like characters dying in incredibly stupid ways.

Metro Trains· 2012
No. 013 · TV / Video● Honest

McDonald's — Just say it with your eyebrows

A whole office communicates their shared desire for a post-work McDonald's run using only a synchronized flick of their eyebrows.

McDonald's· 2023
No. 014 · Social● Honest

Barbie — Come on Barbie, Let's Go Marketing

A hot pink billboard with nothing on it but a date: July 21.

Mattel / Warner Bros.· 2023
No. 015 · Social● Honest

Heinz — Ketchup and Seemingly Ranch

A blurry fan photo of Taylor Swift eating chicken tenders at a football game.

Heinz· 2023
No. 016 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

TUMI x Lando Norris — Nothing is everything

A gravity-defying Lando Norris floats above the track, tethered only to his ultra-lightweight TUMI luggage.

Tumi· 2023
No. 017 · Social● Honest

McDonald's — The 'As Featured In' Meal

A global meal composed entirely of menu items that have appeared in famous movies and TV shows, from Seinfeld to Loki.

McDonald's· 2023
No. 018 · Influencer● Sharp-elbowed

CeraVe & Michael Cera — Trolling the Super Bowl

A celebrity with a serendipitously similar name to a brand starts a rumor that he founded it.

CeraVe· 2024
No. 019 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Coors Light — The Official Beer of Everything

An absurdly niche, instantly-sold-out piece of merch that doubles as a campaign announcement.

Coors Light· 2023
No. 020 · TV / Video● Sharp-elbowed

Tubi — Rabbit Hole

A 15-second Super Bowl spot that tricked millions of viewers into thinking someone sat on the remote, causing mass confusion and a social media frenzy.

Tubi· 2023
No. 021 · TV / Video● Honest

Apple — "1984"

A 60-second Super Bowl spot that positioned a computer as a liberation movement.

Apple· 1984
No. 022 · TV / Video● Honest

Old Spice — "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like"

A 30-second spot that talked past the user (men) and directly to the buyer (their partners).

Old Spice· 2010
No. 023 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Liquid Death — "Murder Your Thirst"

A water brand packaged like an energy drink for people who hate energy drinks.

Liquid Death· 2019
No. 024 · OOH● Honest

Spotify Wrapped — OOH billboards

Billboards that called out individual users — anonymously, hilariously — using their own listening data.

Spotify· 2023
No. 025 · Display● Over the line

Anonymous finance banner — "Approved in 30 seconds"

A programmatic display ad that fakes a system notification to bait clicks toward a high-APR loan product.

Anonymized lender· 2024
No. 026 · Social● Sharp-elbowed

Cards Against Humanity — "Give Us Your Money"

A Black Friday stunt where the brand raised prices and asked customers to send $5 for literally nothing.

Cards Against Humanity· 2013