# Honda Civic - now with zombie!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 5, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915 "2011-07-05T17:36:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915/1 "2011-07-05T17:36:08Z")

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I’ve been seeing this Honda commercial on TV lately and getting a chuckle from it.

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OjNyeboaS4Q/hqdefault.jpg "2012 Honda Civic Zombie Commercial- SanTan Honda") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjNyeboaS4Q)

See? They don’t all want to eat your brains. Heyyy, Garryyy!

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**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915/2 "2011-07-05T20:32:13Z")

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I never thought Cardassians would drive Civics.

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915/3 "2011-07-05T20:43:27Z")

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> [@FordTaurusSHO94](#):
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> I never thought Cardassians would drive Civics.

Only the ones that are pretending to be exiles.

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**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915/4 "2011-07-05T23:23:41Z")

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The Ninja, I kind of get. The Luchador? Sure, why not. Lumberjack…okay. Teenage Monster Girl… What? A dead person… No. No thank you. A dead person? You’re trying to get me to buy your car by using a dead person.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915/5 "2011-07-05T23:37:34Z")

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I’ll stick to my Elantra, but I am flattered to be included in their marketing plans.  
Much like how the gays must have felt when that one Volkswagen commercial came out…

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**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915/6 "2011-07-06T04:28:49Z")

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> [@Push\_You\_Down](#):
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> The Ninja, I kind of get.

If you’re not paying attention, you wonder why the car is driven by a “horny ninja.”

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honda-civic-now-with-zombie/587915/7 "2011-07-06T09:30:28Z")

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> [@Push\_You\_Down](#):
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> The Ninja, I kind of get.

But what I DON’T get is when the point came where MC Chris went from “cult” to “mainstream enough to be in a Honda commercial”.