K-fee

K-fee is a brand of beverage, sold by K-fee AG, a company based in Berlin, Germany. The beverage is also sold by K-fee US Inc., the company's U.S. branch in Largo, Florida.

Varieties

K-fee "turbodrink" is an energy drink, designed by Richard Radtke and Huburtus Sprungala in Germany. It has a variety of flavors; such as:

Turbodrink (Original)
Turbodrink Choco
Vanilla

There is also Turbogum, which contains as much caffeine as half a cup of espresso. This gum is toothfriendly, and comes with a sugar-free formula with xylitol.

In January 2006, K-fee released a new brand of their coffee drink called "K-fee to go Latte macchiato" which comes in a plastic bottle and is available in classic and vanilla BLEND flavors.

K-fee Auto

K-fee television advertisements imitate prank flash animations (also known as screamers) intending to scare the viewer. One such TV ad is known as "K-fee Auto".

The commercial begins with a relaxing scene of a white car driving down a grassy hillside to soothing music. When the car passes behind a large tree, the camera follows. The camera then pans off the tree, but the car is gone. A zombie with a frightening scream then suddenly POPS into the scene, scaring the viewer. The commercial fades to black, showing the slogan: "So wach warst du noch nie." (translated "You've never been so awake") and, after some time, shows the product. In the English version of the ad, the slogan reads "Ever been so wide awake?". These adverts are heavily criticised for their content and many feel that the advert is very uncommercial and upsetting, though it's shocking visual is built to energize the viewers and keep them alert. On some occasions, a warning message is displayed before the advert plays, informing any young children, individuals who are easily scared and people with heart conditions or autism to not view the footage. When this is not shown, it leaves any individual to be decieved.

The K-fee website (also in German) presents this and its other similar TV ads.

On the internet, an alternate ending shows, instead of the product and the slogan, the text: "Now...Go Change Your Shorts And Get Back To Work!" in a different font/size.

Other K-fee ads

In the normal ads, only the zombie and gargoyle are used. In all of the commercials, the same scream is used.

Commercials featuring the gargoyle:

Beach - This depicts two lovers on a beach about to kiss, and just as they do, the gargoyle jumps up screaming from the bottom of the screen, blocking the view.

Buddha - This depicts a woman meditating near a Buddha statue, when the gargoyle jumps up screaming. His face is so close to the camera that it is out of focus.

Golf - A man is shown golfing from far away, when the gargoyle appears upside-down and screams.

Beach 2 - This shows a relaxing scene of a boardwalk near a beach, when the gargoyle appears upside-down and screams.

Commercials featuring the zombie:

Fishing - This shows a man fishing, and not long afterwards the zombie appears, curiously not looking directly into the camera as he screams.

Yoga - This shows a person practicing yoga on a cliff, when the zombie seemingly appears out of nowhere, screaming. His face is obscured by the dark.

Meadow - A view over a field is shown, and the camera stops moving at a certain point. Not long after, the zombie shows up from the left side of the screen and screams.

Surfing - This is a far away view of a man going to the ocean to go surfing. Then the zombie appears from the right side of the screen and screams. This also seems to use the same footage of the zombie that's used in K-Fee Auto.

Latte Macchiato Parodies

In January 2006, K-fee released new commercials for their line of Latte macchiato drinks that parodied their own prank flash-style commercials. Using the footage from three of K-fee's most popular commercials (Auto, Beach, and Golf), the company replaced the frightening image of a zombie or gargoyle at the end of the ad with a man in ordinary clothes, a man in a wolf mask, or a man in a bear mascot costume appearing slowly and saying "boo" or "bwa-ha-ha", followed by the text "Jetzt auch mit weniger Koffein" (which translates as "Now with even less caffeine") and an image of a Latte Macchiato bottle.

Auto

The Auto parody begins the same way as the original, showing a relaxing camera shot of a car driving down a hillside. But when the car goes out of view, instead of the scary zombie image, a man in ordinary clothes slowly comes up smiling and says "Boo" in a gentle voice.

Beach

This begins as the original, but as the two people are about to kiss, a puppet bear pops up with a giggle.

Golf

This also uses a different image in the prank flash, as do the others listed above. In this one, a man in a wolf mask is hiding at the bottom of the screen, but the mask ears can be seen. Soon after he pops up with a soft "Bwa ha ha!"

Unoffical Parodies

There are various unoffical parodies of the commercials, usally Auto.

Scary Grandma

Recently on Youtube there is a parody of the auto commercial. It starts off as usual. but when the car turns a man walks in and says "Hey Grandma"! "Hey Grandma"! "Hey everybody look Grandma's here"! "Hey Grandma"! "Grandma"! then the zombie appears and the man falls because he is scared, there is another alternative ending in this parody.

White Mist

this one is the most common one and can be found in various forms. The discription usally says that the commercial you are about to see is banned because of a white mist. Sometimes it says something simelar to this in the opening, then it shows K-fee Auto, Then it either shows an alternative ending or shows no ending at all. If it does have the alternative ending, instead of the slogan and logo, it will say "Not much of a mist is it?"

Homemade Parodies

sometimes they will try to parody the commercials themselfs with homemade footage. In the beginning they show footage that varies in each parody, then they will imitate the gargoyl/goblin in the end. Sometimes these show the K-fee logo in the end.

Now with NO caffine

these are the commercials with the screamers edited out and with an alternative ending. At the end it will say (in german) "Ever been so bored?" Then it will show the K-fee logo and the phrase (in german) "Now with NO caffine"

External links

de:K-Fee