Doritos · Year unknown · 00:30 · 16:9
The New Kid | Doritos Commercial
A mom's innocent advice to make friends with Doritos leads to chaotic school bus destruction.
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A classic comedic escalation commercial for Doritos that turns a simple parenting advice moment into absurd physical chaos. When a young boy on a school bus offers a single Dorito chip to a classmate, word quickly spreads across the vehicle. In a comedic surge of hyperbole, every child—and shockingly, the bus driver—swarms the boy in a desperate frenzy to get a chip, leaving the steering wheel completely unmanned as the bus speeds down the road. The spot leverages physical comedy, chaotic crowd staging, and extreme exaggeration to demonstrate the brand's irresistible appeal. The narrative concludes with a hilarious callback and reversal as the boy steps off the bus wearing a neck brace and arm sling, handing the bag back to his mother and sarcastically telling her to make friends instead.
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An ideal reference for physical comedy escalation, absurd hyperbole in product desire, and delivering a memorable punchline via character injury callback.
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