# Q: National Toyota Ad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-national-toyota-ad/831545>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 26, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-national-toyota-ad/831545 "2019-03-26T03:15:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-national-toyota-ad/831545/1 "2019-03-26T03:15:43Z")

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You probably have seen a national Toyota ad with a lady imitating some (famous) announcer standing right next to her. Who is she imitating and what sport is he from? …Pro Wrestling? Monster Trucks? I don’t follow such things closely, but it is bugging the heck out of me…who is he???

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-national-toyota-ad/831545/2 "2019-03-26T03:21:40Z")

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His name is [Michael Buffer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Buffer), and he acts primarily as a ring announcer for boxing, wresting, and mixed martial arts. He has a U.S. trademark on his “let’s get ready to rumble” line (which he’s used since the 1980s), and because of that line, he also makes a lot of appearances at other sporting events, as well as movies, TV shows and commercials.