In the 1990s mascot games were all the rage, with rodents, plumbers, bats, squirrels, bobcats, and hedgehogs taking up most gamer's time. But clearly some creatures weren't meant to have their own video game. A perfect example of this is the flea, the tiny little insect that nobody likes ... and nobody wants to play with. But obviously that didn't dawn on GameTek, because here's an advert for Frantic Flea for the Super NES!

Instead of offering pictures, a funny quote, or maybe even a description of what you are doing in the game, Frantic Flea decides to go a much different route. In this commercial we have a school lunch lady digging through young Jimmy's hair, looking for fleas or food or something. Little Jimmy doesn't seem all that pleased by this, or maybe it's the fact that he's playing one of the stupidest video games of all time. That face is not what you want seared into your mind when buying a new video game. And really, couldn't they have put a hot "MILF" type to dig through the hair? At least that would be something you would remember.

And then there's our six-legged, disease carrying friend, the flea. Not Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers (he might be carrying some diseases too, though), but the little red one that nobody likes. Wouldn't it make more sense to have a picture of a dog? After all, when most people think about fleas they think about pets. It certainly would be cuter than what their giving us to work with. Is it any wonder that Frantic Flea was never heard from again?

FROM: Bad Advertising, She Wrote