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[Infomercial]
[This infomercial plays mostly in Nova City, but might appear now and again in the other cities as well if they have television access. You're more likely to see it between 2-6 a.m. though, but who knows, maybe there was a mix-up at the TV station and it appeared during normal hours.]
[It starts black and white with a familiar bug-like woman standing at the sink, running water over a cutting board and trying to scrub it with a sponge. The sponge keeps flopping out of her fumbling fingers, flying into her face, slipping into the disposal where she has to dig it out, and at one point she's just straight up slapping the board with the sponge before looking at the camera with a silent wail. All the while, a charismatic male voice narrates.]
"Tired of using those prehistoric, confusing, hard-to-use sponges? Of course you are, they're impossible!"
[Mantis strides purposefully across the kitchen floor, heading straight for a sponge. She steps on it and over-exaggeratedly windmills her arms before falling headfirst into a garbage can.]
"Yuck! What a mess! Looks like it's time to upgrade to the future of sponges..."
[A smartly dressed woman with perfect blonde curls pulls the alien of failure out of the trash, plucks the banana peel that hangs between her antennae, and hands over what looks like a mini-yoga mat. As soon as the bug lady touches it, the screen bursts into color, and her mouth falls open with joy and delight.]
"The Mega Sponge XTC!"
[As the narrator explains all of the wonders of this ultra-light and super-absorbent sponge, the blonde woman performs a variety of chores and tasks with perfect grace, dignity, and a big sparkling white smile. Mantis only appears again at the very end of the infomercial where she picks up her old sponge, shakes a chiding finger at it, and hucks it out the window. The camera feed switches to the streets below where it follows the arc of the airborne sponge, spinning pathetically through the air, until it hits the street with a wet plop. A car runs over it, there's a squeal of brakes as the vehicle spins off-screen, and something explodes while a distant man bellows a deep guttural scream. The Mega Sponge logo spins to the center of the screen with a 1-800 number flashing below. Buy five, get one free! CALL NOW!]
[It starts black and white with a familiar bug-like woman standing at the sink, running water over a cutting board and trying to scrub it with a sponge. The sponge keeps flopping out of her fumbling fingers, flying into her face, slipping into the disposal where she has to dig it out, and at one point she's just straight up slapping the board with the sponge before looking at the camera with a silent wail. All the while, a charismatic male voice narrates.]
"Tired of using those prehistoric, confusing, hard-to-use sponges? Of course you are, they're impossible!"
[Mantis strides purposefully across the kitchen floor, heading straight for a sponge. She steps on it and over-exaggeratedly windmills her arms before falling headfirst into a garbage can.]
"Yuck! What a mess! Looks like it's time to upgrade to the future of sponges..."
[A smartly dressed woman with perfect blonde curls pulls the alien of failure out of the trash, plucks the banana peel that hangs between her antennae, and hands over what looks like a mini-yoga mat. As soon as the bug lady touches it, the screen bursts into color, and her mouth falls open with joy and delight.]
"The Mega Sponge XTC!"
[As the narrator explains all of the wonders of this ultra-light and super-absorbent sponge, the blonde woman performs a variety of chores and tasks with perfect grace, dignity, and a big sparkling white smile. Mantis only appears again at the very end of the infomercial where she picks up her old sponge, shakes a chiding finger at it, and hucks it out the window. The camera feed switches to the streets below where it follows the arc of the airborne sponge, spinning pathetically through the air, until it hits the street with a wet plop. A car runs over it, there's a squeal of brakes as the vehicle spins off-screen, and something explodes while a distant man bellows a deep guttural scream. The Mega Sponge logo spins to the center of the screen with a 1-800 number flashing below. Buy five, get one free! CALL NOW!]