Mr. Opportunity (sometimes referred to as "Mr. O.") is an animated character used in marketing by Honda Motors. Since 2004, he has appeared in Honda advertisements, as their mascot, during their annual “Honda Clearance" event. Mr. O. informs the viewers (or listeners if it’s on the radio) of the deals being offered by Honda during the model year-end clearance event. His typical tagline is “I’m Mr. Opportunity, [knocks on “glass” or microphone] an...
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Mr. Opportunity (sometimes referred to as "Mr. O.") is an animated character used in marketing by Honda Motors. Since 2004, he has appeared in Honda advertisements, as their mascot, during their annual “Honda Clearance" event. Mr. O. informs the viewers (or listeners if it’s on the radio) of the deals being offered by Honda during the model year-end clearance event. His typical tagline is “I’m Mr. Opportunity, [knocks on “glass” or microphone] and I’m knockin'!”, although more recent commercials don't always use this tagline, and in subsequent years a neutral thumping sound for television rather than a screen knock was used, ceding to the fact LCD televisions had become more prevalent among viewers.
In 2010, for unknown reasons, Honda began their campaign referencing 'Opportunity is knocking', but the commercials aired without Mr. Opportunity being seen at all. Several weeks into the campaign Mr. Opportunity began making on-screen visits, however as noted above, his traditional...
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