Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper is a soft drink marketed as having a unique flavor. Created in the 1880's by Charles Alderton of Waco, Texas, and first served around 1885, Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904 and is now also sold in Europe, Asia and South America.
A $10 million advertisement campaign in 1985 saw Godzilla featured in two commercials for Dr Pepper (the first one for Dr Pepper and the second one for Diet Dr Pepper), while the drink was also featured in the U.S. version of The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla 1985.[1] Dr Pepper also sponsored a little-seen tie-in music video of the song "I Was Afraid to Love You" for Godzilla 1985.
Commercials
Godzilla Commercial #1
Shot in black and white, this commercial shows a cast of Japanese and American citizens watch Godzilla destroying a city. He tries drinking from a tanker truck, but does not like the flavor, and incinerates a train car full of lemonade. He then finds a giant can of Dr Pepper (the only thing in the commercial shot in color, along with some Dr Pepper bottles the humans are seen drinking) on a billboard on the roof of a nearby building and tears it off. After drinking it, he is finally appeased.
Godzilla Commercial #2
Shot in color and picking up where the previous commercial ended, a female monster named Newzilla begins rampaging through the city. Godzilla, having fallen in love with her, picks up a nearby tree and offers it to her as a bouquet of flowers, with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet song playing in the background. Newzilla swats the tree out of Godzilla's hands in rejection. Godzilla then finds a giant open can of Diet Dr Pepper with a drinking straw in it on another billboard, tears it off also and offers her the beverage, finally appeasing her as well.
Gallery
Newzilla, a kaiju created for the Dr Pepper Godzilla commercials
A Dr Pepper machine in Godzilla 1985
Major McDonough (Travis Swords) drinks a can of Dr Pepper in Godzilla 1985
Dr. Pepper Godzilla skateboard
Promotional bumper sticker for Godzilla 1985
Diet Dr. Pepper can with a Godzilla T-shirt offer on the back
Videos
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References
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