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Honda’s “Fit for You” Ads Sure Are a Thing All Right

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Fit for YouLook: Honda really, really wants you to buy a 2015 Fit if you’re a Gen Y-type. We know that a great many Millennials will  tell you that they’ll, like, buy a car when they can, y’know, afford it, man. But, hey, real talk: you should really buy a Fit when you can. To make sure that you are 100 percent aware that the 2015 Fit is the premiere vehicle of Gen Y, they’ve begun the “Fit for You” campaign, which features comedian Nick Thune and Questlove of The Roots (at least that’s what Honda says, but he’s nowhere to be seen, so maybe he just did the music).

So, how can we be totally certain that “Fit for You” targets Millennials?

Ahem.

Fit for You

Hi. I’m Nick Thune, and I’ve been in some things you might have seen maybe.

Semi-unknown comedian serving as the handsome-yet-banal face of an exciting new car? Check.

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Brah. Brah. Brah? Bro…brah.

Two bros scaling a rock wall and ending every sentence with “brah?” Check.

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Technically not on road.

Driving over a sand pile as a clever play on the idea of off-roading?  Check.

Fit for You

OH MY GOD  A MEERKAT THAT’S SO RANDOM!

For no reason, a meerkat? Check.

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Oh man, people dressed so dumb in the 80s! Good thing we are all impeccably dressed and will never grow regret anything we ever wear years from now.

80s New Wave caricatures with skinny ties, A Flock of Seagulls hairdos, and one enormous keytar? Check.

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Thanks, Frank Zappa.

Valley Girl stereotype framed against a wall of shoes? Check.

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They want to go to Seattle, because of course they do.

Endlessly creepy Stepford-esque hipster crafting couple? Check.

Fit for You

hahaha coz he’s old hahahaha

Shlubby dude in bike shorts standing winded next to his oddly mono-color bike? Check.

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A LAMP IN A BOAR OH MY GOD WHO OWNS SOMETHING LIKE THAT I WANT ONE!

For no reason, a boar lamp? Check.

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Perfect subject matter for a really terrible EDM song.

Stanley Cup selfie? Check.

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HAHA BRO WHO EVEN EATS HOT DOGS IN FRAME SHOPS YO?

Dude wearing flannel in a frame shop with mustard in his beard from the hot dog he’s eating? Check.

So this is how you appeal to Generation Y car buyers, eh? With a pleasant mix of OH MY GOD SO RANDOM and ironic 80s nostalgia that plays like a watered down version of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!? Well, whatever works, we suppose.

Just, hey, please start buying these cars. They’re pretty great and a lot of fun, sure, but mostly we’d like you to start buying them so that we don’t have to endure another too-clever-for-its-own-good campaign like “Fit for You.” Please? Thanks.

If you feel like checking out the videos of the “Fit for You” campaign for any reason, you can do just that below the jump.