• A commercial for orange-flavored soft drink Orangina featuring anthropomorphic, computer-generated animals with distinctly human-like bodies has stirred some controversy over its sexually suggestive content.The Independent: 'Sexual' Orangina Ad Angers Viewers... (August 24, 2008)

• 1. Created by a French ad agency
  2. Slogan: "Naturally Juicy"
  3. Drew criticism from viewers and family groups since first airing in EnglandThe Independent: 'Sexual' Orangina Ad Angers Viewers... (August 24, 2008)
  4. Computer-animated commercial starts with a bear and a deer "flirting"
  5. Other animals appear as the ad continues
  6. Features a pole-dancing flamingo and an octopus giving a lap dance
  7. Zebras sit on giant Orangina bottles that explode open

• Orangina Animal Ad Quotes

  ""The advert has enjoyed a phenomenal response in France where Orangina is famous for its iconic advertising, and we're delighted to be able to bring this fantastic advert over for the UK audience to see. Through the music and incredible animation, it really celebrates the 'joie de vivre' (or 'joy of living') feeling which Orangina encapsulates."—Adrian Troy, Head of MarketingFOODBEV: Animals Too Sexy in Orangina Ad (August 26, 2008)

  "Shots of Orangina bottles exploding between the thighs of zebras and squirting on to the breasts of other animals were said to have proved particularly offensive."—Rachel Shields, The IndependentThe Independent: 'Sexual' Orangina Ad Angers Viewers... (August 24, 2008)

  "There is no hour of the night late enough for inter-species mating rituals. Gross."—VideogumVideogum: Orangina: "Our Name Isn't Gross Enough On Its Own"... (August 26, 2008)

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