List of 2010s Super Bowl commercials
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This is a list of Super Bowl commercials that played during the 2010s. This article does not list advertisements for a local region or station (e.g. promoting local news shows), pre-kickoff and post-game commercials/sponsors, or in-game advertising sponsors and television bumpers.[1]
| Product type | Product/title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beer | Bud Light
"Beer House" |
Several people meet a man whose house is made out of Bud Light cans. He says that some of the cans are not empty, and the people start to rush and take the house apart. |
| Bud Light
"Meteor" |
When scientists see a meteor flying towards earth, they decide to party with Bud Light. The meteor turns out to be a rock, and they still party. | |
| Bud Light
"T-Pain Voice" |
Men who hear about a Bud Light party talk like T-Pain. Soon, T-Pain shows up at the party. | |
| Budweiser
"Friends" |
A Clydesdale and a calf are friends at a young age, though a fence separates them. Three years later, the two are reunited and the bull bursts through the fence to his friend. | |
| Budweiser
"Human Bridge" |
When the bridge is out in a small town, the population form a human bridge so that a Budweiser truck can cross into town. | |
| Candy | Snickers
"Betty White" |
Betty White is playing football and keeps getting tackled. A woman gives her a Snickers bar and says, "Try this". White turns back into a man. Abe Vigoda is then seen being tackled, to which he responds, "That hurt." It was nominated for an Emmy.[2] |
| Car | Dodge Charger
"Woman Are Shrill" |
Men go over the rules of life which they hate. The final man thinks, "And because I do this, I will drive the car I want to drive." Narrated by Michael C. Hall. |
| Hyundai
"Creation" |
We see a Hyundai being made | |
| Hyundai
"2020" |
A parody of Brett Favre's anonymous retirement, showing him getting an MVP Award in 2020. | |
| Kia Motors
"How You Like Me Now" |
A teddy bear, a sock monkey, a robot, Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba!, and another toy are all living their PG-13 dreams while driving a Kia Sorento. | |
| Volkswagen
"Punch Dub Days" |
The first of their Punch Dub Days campaign features many people, including Stevie Wonder and Tracy Morgan, punching someone in the arm. | |
| Clothing | Dockers
"Men Without Pants" |
A group of men, walk thorough a field in their underwear, singing "I Wear No Pants" by Poxy Boggards.[3] |
| Directory assistance | kgb
"Sumo" |
Two guys, one named Paul and the other named Mike, are given a task; to find out what "I surrender" means in Japanese. Paul uses the web to search for this answer, while Mike texts kgb. During all of this a sumo wrestler is standing next to them, poised to take on both men at any moment. Mike quickly gets a response back from kgb. He is able to give the correct answer to the wrestler, bow, and quickly leave. While Paul on the other hand, responds to the sumo wrestler incorrectly, by saying "Bring it on fat man" in Japanese. This angers the wrestler and causes him to come charging towards Paul. The ad ends with the man sitting on top of Paul.[4] |
| Electronics | FLO TV
"Injury Report" |
Jim Nantz does an injury report on a man who "lost his spine" from missing out on watching live sports, due to shopping at the mall with his girlfriend.[5] |
| Film | The Back-Up Plan | Movie promos |
| Iron Man 2 | ||
| The Last Airbender | ||
| Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | ||
| Robin Hood | ||
| Shutter Island | ||
| The Wolfman | ||
| Food | Doritos
"Boyfriend" |
A man is seen staring at a woman's butt as she walks into the other room. He then tries to start a conversation with the girlfriend's kid. When he reaches for a Dorito, the kid slaps him, saying, "Keep your hands off my Mama, keep your hands off my Doritos." |
| Doritos
"Dog" |
A dog wants Doritos from a man sitting on a bench. The man says it'll have to speak, but it is wearing an anti-bark collar. The dog comes back, and attaches the collar to the man, who lies on the ground, speaking gibberish. The dog walks away with the bag of Doritos. | |
| Doritos
"Funeral" |
A man who recently faked his death is in his coffin, watching the Super Bowl and in a pool of Doritos. The casket flies open, and another man, right in front of him, gets up and screams, "It's a miracle!" | |
| Doritos
"Tim" |
At a gym, a man has stolen Doritos out of Tim's locker. His friend tries to warn him, but Tim transforms into a Dorito-wearing ninja. | |
| Manufacturing | Bridgestone
"Killer Whale" |
Three men have a killer whale in their small van. They then release it into the sea. One guy says, "Best bachelor party ever!" |
| Mobile phone | Boost Mobile
"Shuffle" |
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Super Bowl Shuffle, the 1985 Chicago Bears do the Shuffle |
| Restaurant | McDonald's
"Check This" |
In a 2010 NBA interpretation of the 1993 Showdown commercial, NBA stars Dwight Howard and LeBron James play a slam dunk version of H-O-R-S-E, with the same prize as before. Larry Bird, who stated "no dunking" in the original Showdown with Michael Jordan, cashes in by eating the Big Mac and fries prize after Howard shatters the backboard. |
| Taco Bell
"It Rocks" |
Charles Barkley promotes the $5 Box by performing a musical number[6] | |
| Shoes | Skechers
"Shape-Ups" |
Three people, including Joe Montana, talk about how great Shape-Ups are |
| Soft drink | Coca-Cola
"Africa" |
A sleepwalking man walks in a forest of Africa, eventually reaching a refrigerator with a Coke bottle |
| Coca-Cola | Mr. Burns goes bankrupt and loses everything. While in a walk in the park, he sees people enjoying his things and Coke bottles. Apu notices that Burns is sad, and gives him a Coke since he was carrying two armfuls of Coke. Milhouse is standing in a makeshift kite and bumps into the Coca-Cola logo. He says "Ah Sorry Coke!" while the theme tune plays. | |
| TV show | Late Show with David Letterman | David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, and Jay Leno are watching the Super Bowl |
| NFL Full Contact | On Groundhog Day, the mayor pulls out Troy Polamalu (who was the size of a groundhog) and has seen his shadow. The mayor declares six more weeks of football. | |
| Video game | Dante's Inferno | Cinematic trailer for the game, Dante's Inferno accompanied by Bill Withers' song, "Ain't No Sunshine". |
| Website | Cars.com
"Smart Kid #2" |
A brand-new "Smart Kid" ad for cars.com |
| E*Trade
"Date" |
A date between two web babies goes awry | |
| Focus on the Family.com
"Miracle Baby" |
Pam Tebow talks about her miracle baby Tim Tebow. The ad drew much criticism from pro-choice[clarification needed] groups. | |
| GoDaddy
"Massage" |
Danica Patrick gets a massage. The massage therapist realizes that she's the GoDaddy spokeswoman. Then he then tries to impress Danica by opening her blouse. | |
| Google
"Searching" |
An anonymous user (most likely a man) is using Google for help by using its search engine. Over the course, it tells a story about how the user goes to Paris for college, meets a French woman, falls in love, buys her chocolate, gets married, and has a child. | |
| Monster.com
"Talented Beaver" |
A beaver that plays the fiddle becomes a big hit |
2011 (XLV)
| Product type | Product/title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beer | Bud Light
"Hack Job" |
A couple appears on a home makeover show called "Hack Job", discovering the only thing they have done to their kitchen was put a bucket of Bud Light on the counter. |
| Car | Audi
"Old Luxury" |
Two people escape from a fancy prison.
Cameos: Kenny G |
| Chevrolet | Depicts a fake local commercial for a dealership named Al's Chevrolet and its Super Xtravaganza Sale. The lot owner catches a football, and the mascot starts smashing a yellow Chevrolet car with a mallet. Suddenly, the car reconfigures itself into the Transformer Bumblebee. Onlookers run away in fear. The Autobot picks up the mascot and hurls him off into the distance. He then transforms back into the Chevy and starts driving away. | |
| Chevrolet
"Elderly Home" |
People in an elderly home try to figure out a Chevy commercial. | |
| Chevrolet
"Glee" |
In a fake recap of the FOX series "Glee," coach Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) tells the William McKinley Glee Club that Chevrolet wants to feature them in a commercial for the Chevy Cruze and give them all free cars. The entire club starts shrieking with excitement. However, the narrator says that Sue left out the fact that doing the commercial would disqualify them from ever competing again. Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) leads the glee club in a rendition of the classic jingle "See the USA in Your Chevrolet." The number takes place on a sound stage colored white and decorated with several Chevy Cruze vehicles. It features highly choreographed dancing and confetti. After the performance is complete, the scene cuts back to the glee club music room after Sue told the club about the commercial offer. Rachel points out that appearing in the commercial would revoke the club's amateur status and make them ineligible for competition. Sue curses the club before storming out. Glee member Brittany Pierce (Heather Morris) says she was going to donate her Chevy Cruze to charity, but then clarifies that Charity is her cat. | |
| Chevrolet
"Miss Evelyn" |
Two guys narrate their idea for a Chevy Camaro commercial. | |
| Chevorlet "Tommy" | In the spirit of Lassie, a Chevrolet Silverado HD drives up to a man's rural house honking wildly and informing him of the dangerous locations in which his son Tommy has gotten trapped. These include a well, a cave, a hot air balloon, the belly of a whale and a volcano. The father is able to save Tommy every time with the help of the Chevy. | |
| Chrysler 200 | A narrator talks about how Detroit has its history, but it should be respected like any other town. Rapper Eminem is driving through Detroit in his Chrysler, until he reaches the Fox Theatre. He concludes that, "This is the Motor City, and this is what we do." The song "Lose Yourself" by said artist is playing throughout the commercial. The commercial is two minutes long, and one of the longest commercials in Super Bowl history. The ad received critical acclaim. | |
| Ford
"Race" |
Six people prepare to race in their Fords | |
| Mercedes-Benz
"Welcome" |
Mercedes-Benz cars from all across the globe start up and drive off on their own power. The vehicles all arrive at the same spot, a Mercedes dealership, where the latest models are revealed. Sean "Diddy" Combs appears in the ad as one of the owners who notices their Mercedes driving off.[7][8] | |
| Mini
"Cram It In The Boot" |
On a game show, a contestant has to "Cram It In The Boot", by placing as many large items into a Mini Countryman | |
| Volkswagen
"Black Beetle" |
A computer-generated black beetle runs fast, referencing the new Volkswagen model | |
| Volkswagen | A kid dressed as Darth Vader tries the Force on random objects, but fails. When his father comes home in his Volkswagen, the kid tries to use the Force to start the engine. He succeeds, or so he thinks. The ad was voted No. 9 on YouTube's Top 10 Videos of 2011. | |
| Film | Captain America: The First Avenger | Movie promos |
| Cowboys & Aliens | ||
| Fast Five | ||
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | ||
| Limitless | ||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | ||
| Rio | ||
| Thor | ||
| Transformers: Dark of the Moon | ||
| Food | Doritos
"Love" |
A man goes around the office with a creepy obsession for Doritos |
| Doritos
"Teasing" |
A boyfriend teases his girlfriend's dog by waving Doritos around from the inside of a glass door. Instead of the dog running into the door, the dog crashes through the door, squishing the man. | |
| Soft drink | Brisk
"Eminem" |
Eminem (in stop-motion form) tells the viewer why he doesn't appear in commercials. His requirements for appearing in an advertisement are for attractive women to appear, the ad to be filmed at his house, and for him to record the songs in the ad by himself. He follows that up by telling the viewer that once it's time to record the commercial, he ends up hating the product and the commercial is shelved. After all that, he then is handed a can of Brisk, declares his approval of the beverage and adds a new demand for appearing in an advertisement, changing the name of the drink. However, an executive steps in and tells Eminem that the name change demand is not possible. Eminem replies by shoving the executive off the building they are on top of (in the shape of a Brisk can) and reiterates by telling the viewer why he doesn't appear in commercials.[9][10] |
| Pepsi Max
"Love Hurts" |
A wife keeps putting down her husband's spirits. When the husband thinks his wife will be mad that he is drinking Pepsi Max, she too is drinking Pepsi Max. When the man then spots a hot jogger, the woman accidentally knocks out the woman with her can. | |
| Store | Best Buy
"Upgrades" |
Ozzy Osbourne tries to shoot a Best Buy commercial for 4G phones, but the G keeps getting upgraded. Pretty soon, Osbourne is replaced by Justin Bieber.
Cast: Ozzy Osbourne, Justin Bieber, Sharon Osbourne, Jack Osbourne |
| Wireless | Verizon
"I Can Hear You Now" |
The Verizon Test Guy (Paul Marcarelli) answers an Apple iPhone 4 phone and tells the caller "Yes, I Can Hear You Now".[11] |
- BMW
- Bridgestone (2)
- Bud Light (2)
- Budweiser (2)
- CareerBuilder
- CarMax (2)
- Cars.com (2)
- Coca-Cola (2)
- Doritos (3)
- E*Trade
- GoDaddy
- HomeAway
- Hyundai
- Kia
- Mercedes-Benz
- PepsiMax (3)
- Skechers- "Kim Kardashian"
- Snickers
- Stella Artois
- Teleflora- "Faith Hill"
2012 (XLVI)
| Product type | Product/title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beer | Bud Light
"Factory" |
A factory is working on the new Bud Light Platinum |
| Budweiser
"The End of Prohibition" |
The reactions of a town at the end of Prohibition are shown. | |
| Budweiser
"Eternal Optimism" |
Various moments in 20th Century history are shown, all accompanied by people drinking Budweiser. | |
| Candy | M&M's
"Just My Shell" |
At a party, a brown-shelled M&M is mistaken for being naked. As a result, the red M&M tears off its skin and dances to "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. |
| Car | Audi
"Vampire Party" |
A group of vampires are having a party in the woods. The vampire in charge of drinks (blood types) arrives in his Audi. The bright lights of the car kills all of the vampires, with him wondering where everyone went afterwards.
Soundtrack: "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen |
| Cadillac
"Green Hell" |
Showcases the Cadillac ATS being developed and tested at the Nürburgring racetrack in Germany[12] | |
| Chrysler | Clint Eastwood recounts how the automotive industry survived the Great Recession | |
| Fiat
"Seduction" |
A man walks through a street to discover a beautiful woman (Catrinel Menghia) standing on a parking space, who proceeds to approach and seduce him, when successfully doing so he then discovered he was about to kiss a Fiat 500 Abarth.
Cast: Catrinel Menghia | |
| Hyundai
"Cheetah" |
Two men try to see which is faster: a cheetah or a Hyundai. Once the cheetah is released, it starts to instead chase after its cage handler. | |
| Film | Act of Valor | Movie promos |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | ||
| The Avengers | ||
| Battleship | ||
| Brave | ||
| The Dark Knight Rises | ||
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | ||
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | ||
| John Carter | ||
| The Lorax | ||
| Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | ||
| Ted | ||
| Soft drink | Pepsi
"The King's Court" |
People in the Middles Ages try to entertain their king (Elton John) for a Pepsi. While the first person fails, a mysterious person (Season 1 X Factor winner Melanie Amaro) wins the Pepsi by singing Aretha Franklin's "Respect"." After she wins, she overthrows the king and gives Pepsi to all the town.
Cast: Elton John, Melanie Amaro, Flavor Flav |
| Store | Best Buy
"Phone Innovators" |
An ad featuring the creators of the cameraphone, Siri, Shazam, and the first text message. The creators of Words with Friends also appear parodying the incident involving Alec Baldwin playing the game on an airplane.[13] |
2013 (XLVII)
| Product type | Product/title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beer | Beck's Sapphire
"Serenade" |
A CGI fish swims around a bottle of Beck's Sapphire, singing Chet Faker's cover of No Diggity by Blackstreet. |
| Beverage mix | MiO
"Anthem" |
Tracy Morgan gives a Patton inspired speech about how change keeps the United States moving forward[14][15] |
| Car | Audi
"Prom" |
A guy getting ready for a prom drives his mom's Audi there |
| Film | Fast and Furious 6 | Movie promos |
| Iron Man 3 | ||
| Oz the Great and Powerful | ||
| Star Trek Into Darkness | ||
| Food | Wonderful Pistachios | Psy does his "Gangnam Style" dance to promote pistachios[16] |
| Doritos "Time Machine," "Cowboy Kid" | A child scams a neighbor into giving him his bag of Doritos, by claiming he had built a time machine powered by them. | |
| A young boy dressed as a cowboy races his sarcastic older brother to a bag of Doritos, with the help of his dog and lasso the cowboy kid gets the Doritos and hogtied his brother. | ||
| Restaurant | Subway
"15 Years in the Making" |
Brian Baumgartner and several sporting stars, retell the story of how Jared Fogle lost weight by eating Subway subs and kept the weight off, 15 years later.
Sports figures featured in the ad: Laila Ali, Carl Edwards, Jay Glazer, Blake Griffin, Robert Griffin III, Ryan Howard, Mike Lee, Eric LeGrand, Apolo Ohno, Ndamukong Suh, and Justin Tuck[17][18][19] |
| Shoes | Skechers
"The Chase" |
A man chases down a cheetah, ties it in a knot and prevents it from hunting down a gazelle, thanks to the Skechers GOrun 2 shoes he is wearing.[20][21] |
| Truck | Dodge Ram | Portions of a speech by Paul Harvey are played over a background of farming activities in the United States |
2014 (XLVIII)
| Product type | Product/title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|
| Beer | Budweiser
"Puppy Love" |
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| Car | Audi
"Doberhuahua" |
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| Kia
"The Truth" |
Morpheus offers a couple of choice of a red key or a blue key (with the red key being a Kia K900). As they drive on the Kia, Morpheus accompanies them while singing to "Nessun Dorma" as nods to The Matrix trilogy start flying in to the scene.[22] | |
| Volkswagen
"Wings" |
Every time a VW hits 100,000 miles, a German engineer gets their wings | |
| Car accessories | WeatherTech
"You Can't Do That" | |
| Soft drink | Coca-Cola
"It's Beautiful" |
Themed around multiculturalism, the ad showed scenes depicting scenes of Americans of various ethnicities, including a same-sex couple, the first depicted in a Super Bowl ad; set to the rendition of the patriotic hymn America the Beautiful sung in different languages. Upon its release, the commercial was controversial. The ad later re-aired at Super Bowl LI. |
| Store | RadioShack | A RadioShack store is cleared out by several 1980s pop culture icons[23] |
2015 (XLIX)
| Product type | Advertiser/Product | Title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adhesives | Loctite | "Positive Feelings" | People dancing with Loctite fanny packs[24] |
| Antifungal medication | Jublia | "Tackle It" | Antifungal topical[25] |
| Beer | Budweiser | "Lost Dog" | A little yellow Labrador gets lost and finds his way home[26] |
| Bud Light | "Coin" | As part of the beer's ongoing "Up for Whatever" campaign, a randomly-chosen person plays a life-sized version of Pac-Man.[27] | |
| Candy | Skittles | "It Will be Settled" | A town settles their disputes with arm wrestling contests[28] |
| Snickers | "The Brady Bunch" | In The Brady Bunch episode, a hungry Marcia (Danny Trejo) is stressing out and "her" parents settle her down with a Snickers bar.[29] | |
| Car | BMW | "Newfangled Idea" | No one knew how big the Internet would become, as shown in a 1994 clip of Today show hosts Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel. 21 years later, the two are in an all-electric BMW i3, which is made in a wind-powered factory.[25] |
| Chevrolet | "Super Bowl Blackout" | The screen goes blank and then asks what if you lost TV service and your screen went black as the game started, and that its latest vehicle has Wi-Fi ability.[30] | |
| Dodge | "Wisdom" | Centenarians give advice about life, as the car company celebrates its 100th anniversary.[25] | |
| Fiat | "The Fiat Blue Pill" | A husband loses his blue pill, which bounces around town until it lands in a Fiat 500, making the car slightly bigger.[31] | |
| Jeep | "Beautiful Lands" | Advertisement for the Jeep Renegade, done to the song "This Land Is Your Land", and applied to lands all over the world.[32] | |
| Lexus | "Let's Play" | A miniature model of the Lexus RC 350 shows off some drift parking techniques, followed by a full-size model.[25] | |
| Kia Motors | "The Perfect Getaway" | Pierce Brosnan is pitched a movie role where he drives a Kia Sorento up a snow-covered mountain road but instead of action-adventure mission with snipers, tanks, and explosions, he encounters animals and safe drive.[33] | |
| Mercedes-Benz | "Fable" | A retelling of The Tortoise and the Hare where the tortoise drives a Mercedes-AMG GT[34] | |
| Nissan | "With Dad" | In the ad, a race car driver balances his work life and his family. It is the first public appearance of a Nissan GT-R LM Nismo.[35][36][37] | |
| Toyota | "How Great I Am" | Footage of Paralympian snowboarder and Dancing with the Stars competitor Amy Purdy juxtaposed with an audio promo by Muhammad Ali[25] | |
| "My Bold Dad" | The aspects of being a dad[25] | ||
| Car accessories | WeatherTech | "America At Work" | The American company makes car floor mats[25][38] |
| Credit card | Discover Card | "Surprise" | A guy contacts his service representative when he learns that he can get his credit score, which is good because he does not like surprises. He then opens the door and sees a screaming goat in his apartment.[39] |
| Feminine care products | Always | "Like a Girl" | A new look at the phrase of doing things "like a girl"[25][40] |
| Film | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Movie promo[41] | |
| The Divergent Series: Insurgent | |||
| Fifty Shades of Grey | |||
| Furious 7 | |||
| Home | |||
| Inside out | |||
| Jurassic World | |||
| Minions | "Super Fans" | Movie promo, the Minions are shown enjoying the Super Bowl in their own way[41][42] | |
| Pitch Perfect 2 | Movie promo[41] | ||
| Ted 2 | Movie promo, Tom Brady is featured in the movie[41][43] | ||
| Terminator Genisys | Movie promo[41] | ||
| Tomorrowland | |||
| Food | Avocados From Mexico | "First Draft Ever" | Doug Flutie and Jerry Rice provide color commentary on the first ever draft over animals and plants[44] |
| Doritos | "Middle Seat" | An airline passenger tries not to let the seat next to him be occupied. / Winner in the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" contest.[45][46] | |
| Doritos | "When Pigs Fly" | A boy creates a contraption that allows pigs to fly so he can get some Doritos. / Runner-up in the Doritos "Crash the Super Bowl" contest.[45][46][47] | |
| McDonald's | "Pay With Lovin'" | A McDonald's restaurant accepts alternatives to money such as compliments, silly dances, and calling mom.[25][28] | |
| Gaming | Clash of Clans | "Revenge" | Liam Neeson plans to avenge his loss in the game[48] |
| Game of War: Fire Age | "Who I Am" | Kate Upton's character leads her troops against an invading army[49] | |
| Insurance | Esurance | "Sorta Pharmacy" | A woman gets service by "Sorta Greg" (Bryan Cranston), an eccentric pharmacist[25] |
| "Sorta Your Mom" | A student is picked up from school by a badly-driving woman who claims to be "sorta your mom" (Lindsay Lohan)[50] | ||
| Nationwide | "Boy" | A boy talks about not being able to do things like ride a bike or other childhood activities because he died in an accident.[51] | |
| "Invisible Mindy" | Mindy Kaling concludes that based on how she's been treated by insurance companies, she might actually be invisible[25] | ||
| Lingerie | Victoria's Secret | Footage of model shoots from the past 18 months[52] | |
| Phone | Sprint | "Super Apology" | A caption-styled ad with curse words changed with pictures of the screaming goat and a donkey[25] |
| T-Mobile | "#KimsDataStash" | Kim Kardashian asks viewers to help save the data from cell phone service packages so that she can be seen in action.[28][53][54] | |
| "One Upped" | Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman try to one-up each other when they use Wi-Fi calling[55][56] | ||
| Phone accessory | Mophie | "All-Powerless" | Weird things happen around the world because God's smartphone battery runs out[25] |
| Service | No More | "30 Second" | A woman places a call to 911 pretending to order a pizza but is actually calling for help from domestic abuse[28] |
| Weight Watchers | "All You Can Eat" | After being inundated with food ads, it is time to make plans[25][57] | |
| Shoes | Skechers | "Hall" | Pete Rose talks about being in the Hall and walking in his Skechers shoes. It turns out the Hall is in his own house and he even is not supposed to be in there.[25] |
| Skincare products | Dove+Men | "Real Strength" | Video clips of kids of various ages calling out for their dads[25][28][58][59] |
| Soft drink | Coca-Cola | "Make It Happy" | A spill of the drink in a data center causes Internet bullying messages to transform into positive messages[25][28] |
| Software | TurboTax | "Boston Tea Party" | The British work a deal to call off the American Revolution by saying that filing taxes will be free[60] |
| Technology | Microsoft | "Braylon O'Neill" | A boy with two prosthetic legs is able to play sports and have a life[25] |
| Travel | Carnival | "Come Back to the Sea" | A voiceover of JFK giving a speech about coming from the sea while a video slideshow of cruise ships plays |
| Website | Wix.com | "It's That Easy" | Five former NFL stars start new careers with the help of website builder Wix.com[25] |
| GoDaddy.com | "Working" | A guy misses the Super Bowl party so he can work on his e-business[25] | |
| Squarespace | "Om" | Jeff Bridges hums "Om" next to a sleeping couple, and advertises his website which he built with Squarespace[25] | |
2016 (50)
| Product type | Advertiser/Product | Title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | Bud Light | "Bud Light Party" | Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen form a political party[61] |
| Car | Jeep | "4x4ever" | [62][63] |
| "Portraits" | In honor of the brand's 75-year anniversary, a montage of portraits of famous Jeep owners and users is presented.[63] | ||
| Hyundai Genesis | "First Date" | A father (Kevin Hart) lets his son borrow his Hyundai Genesis for his first date, but follows him around using the vehicle's tracking system, culminating with him using an actual helicopter to track him.[64] | |
| Honda Ridgeline | "A New Truck to Love" | A herd of sheep sing Queen's "Somebody to Love", while the truck bed audio system of the new Ridgeline is demonstrated[64] | |
| Car accessories | WeatherTech | "Resources" | Highlights the manufacturing process and the employees who produce WeatherTech products[65] |
| Clothing | Marmot | "Love the Outside" | A camper hangs outdoors with a marmot, and is slapped in the face when he attempts to kiss it[66] |
| Food | Doritos | "Ultrasound" | A pregnant woman's newborn child shares her husband's fondness for Doritos |
| "Doritos Dogs" | A group of dogs evade a supermarket's "no dogs" policy to reach a Doritos display | ||
| Heinz | "Weiner Stampede" | A pack of weiner dogs, dressed like hot dogs, run in slow motion towards humans in Heinz Ketchup and Mustard bottle costumes[64] | |
| Skittles | "Portrait" | Steven Tyler is presented with a living portrait of himself made from Skittles, which explodes after he attempts to sing a high note from "Dream On".[67] | |
| Film | 10 Cloverfield Lane | Movie promo | |
| The Angry Birds Movie | |||
| Captain America: Civil War | |||
| Deadpool | |||
| Independence Day: Resurgence | |||
| Jason Bourne | |||
| The Jungle Book | |||
| The Secret Life of Pets | |||
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | |||
| X-Men: Apocalypse | |||
| Game | The Pokémon Company | "Train On" | Honors the 20th anniversary of the Pokémon franchise[68] |
| Personal care | Dollar Shave Club | "Zeke" | A talking dirty razor, named Zeke, tries to talk to a man in a shower; into using him[69] |
| Schick | "Robot Razors" | Two razors transform into robots and battle it out over a sink in a bathroom[70] | |
| Phone | T-Mobile | "Drop The Balls" | In reference to his incorrect announcement of the winner of Miss Universe 2015, Steve Harvey apologizes for an error in a Verizon Wireless ad because T-Mobile had doubled the size of its LTE network in the past year. This ad was part of a then-ongoing ad war between Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Corporation (now part of T-Mobile), and T-Mobile, known as the "Colorful Ball Commercial Wars" which included a November 2015 ad from Verizon claiming they had a better network using red, blue, yellow, and pink balls, a January 2016 ad from Sprint claiming they had a better network using larger red, blue, yellow, and pink balls, the Steve Harvey Super Bowl ad, and a later ad from T-Mobile claiming they had a better network telling viewers what Verizon "didn't say", in a 2016 ad known as "Verizon's Secret". T-Mobile also released a non-TV ad titled "Busting Verizon's Balls", making fun of their November 2015 commercial.[71] |
| "Restricted Bling" | Executives from a cellphone provider interrupt Drake filming his music video for "Hotline Bling", seeking "improvements" to its lyrics to reflect caveats and hidden fees. This ad also made fun of Verizon and other networks in the "Colorful Ball Commercial Wars", as mentioned above.[72] | ||
| Toothpaste | Colgate | "Every Drop Counts" | A water conservation PSA, encouraging people to turn off their faucets while brushing their teeth[73] |
| Soft drink | Mountain Dew Kickstart | "Puppy Monkey Baby" | As a parallel to Mountain Dew Kickstart being a combination of three "awesome" things, a hybrid of a puppy, monkey, and baby is presented as another.[74] |
| Sports | NFL | "Super Bowl Babies Choir" | A group of "Super Bowl Babies", who were all born within nine months of a Super Bowl having been won in their hometown, sing a football-themed version of Seal's "Kiss from a Rose".[75][76] |
2017 (LI)
| Product type | Advertiser/Product | Title | Plot/notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beer | Bud Light | "Ghost Spuds" | In a parody of A Christmas Carol, the ghost of former Bud Light mascot Spuds MacKenzie helps a man learn the importance of hanging out with friends.[77][78] |
| Budweiser | "Born The Hard Way" | A story of the founder of Anheuser-Busch, Adolphus Busch, who left Germany to start a brewery in St. Louis, Missouri[79][80][81] | |
| Busch | "BUSCHHHHH" | The Busch Guy explains that Busch still has the "same great taste it's always had", as well as the same, seemingly never-ending sound.[82][83] | |
| Building materials | 84 Lumber | "The Journey" | A mother and daughter embark on a journey to emigrate from Mexico to the United States.[84][85] The version aired during the game was edited due to the political overtones of its conclusion, which depicts a border wall.[86][87] |
| Car | Alfa Romeo | "Dear Predictable" | [63][88] |
| "Mozzafiato" | [88] | ||
| "Riding Dragons" | |||
| Audi | "Daughter" | A father (George Clooney) monologues as his daughter wins a soapbox derby race, wondering if he should tell her that about how "that despite her education, her drive, her skills, her intelligence, she will automatically be valued as less than every man she meets?"[89] | |
| Buick| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | Cam Newton joins a peewee football team[90] | ||
| Kia Niro | "Hero's Journey" | Melissa McCarthy gets injured in various ways whilst trying to protest various environmental causes[90][91][92] | |
| Lexus LC | "Man and Machine" | Freestyle dancer Lil Buck performs a routine to Sia's "Move Your Body" inspired by the "human-like movement" of the Lexus LC. The ad also launched the Lexus brand's new tagline, "Experience Amazing".[93][94] | |
| Cleaner | Mr. Clean | "Cleaner of Your Dreams" | A woman dances with Mr. Clean as they clean a house together, but she is actually daydreaming[95] |
| Film | Baywatch| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | TV promo[96] | |
| The Fate of the Furious| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | Movie trailers[97] | ||
| Ghost in the Shell| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | |||
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | |||
| Logan | "Grace" | ||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | |||
| Restaurant | Buffalo Wild Wings | "The Conspiracy" | Brett Favre learns what is responsible for all of his interceptions[90] |
| Tax preparation | TurboTax | "Humpty Hospital" | Hospitalized after falling off a wall whilst doing his taxes (an event whose aftermath was seen in a prequel ad aired during the AFC Championship Game), Humpty Dumpty asks questions to a TurboTax advisor using its mobile app.[98][99] |
| Technology | Intel | "Brady Everyday" | Tom Brady's personal life is presented with 360-degree instant replay technology.[100] |
| TV series | 24: Legacy (Fox)| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | TV promos[101] | |
| Empire (Fox)| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | |||
| Genius (National Geographic)| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | Albert Einstein (Geoffrey Rush) plays a short medley of songs on violin, including Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (the ad aired immediately following the Super Bowl LI halftime show featuring her).[101] | ||
| Shots Fired (Fox)| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | TV promo[101] | ||
| Stranger Things (Netflix)| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | TV promo for Season 2[96] | ||
| The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) | "My Name Is Offred" | TV promo[90] | |
| Video games | Nintendo Switch | "Switch and Play" | A showcase of launch titles for the upcoming video game console, including most prominently, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.[102][103][90] |
| Website | Airbnb | "We Accept" | The ad presents a pro-multiculturalism message. Airbnb and its co-founder Brian Chesky have been a vocal opponent of Executive Order 13769 (which briefly barred residents of certain Muslim-populated countries from entering the United States).[104] |
| Web hosting | Squarespace | "Calling JohnMalkovich.com" | John Malkovich complains to someone who has already claimed the domain name "JohnMalkovich.com".[90] |
| Wix.com| data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-na" | N/a | A chef creates a website for his bistro, unaware that two people (Gal Gadot and Jason Statham) are fighting inside it[105] | ||
| Wireless | Sprint | "No Need For Extreme Measures" | A person drops a car to fake his own death to cancel his contract with Verizon Wireless and switch to Sprint[106] |
| T-Mobile | "#BagOfUnlimited" | Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg explain an unlimited data plan using cannabis-related puns[107] | |
| "#NSFWireless" | Kristen Schaal suggestively speaks with a Verizon Wireless customer service agent on the phone.[108] | ||
| "#Punished" | Kristen Schaal enjoys being "punished" with the "pain" of Verizon Wireless' hidden fees and charges, which is said to be "fine, if you're into that sort of thing."[106][107][109] | ||
| "#UnlimitedMoves" | Justin Bieber presents a history of touchdown celebrations.[106][107][110] |