PPL: Electronic Bill-Zapping Makes You a Hero of Fern Gully Caliber

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Remember when Fern Gully came out and you were like, “Holy shit, trees ooze blood!” Well, now you can redeem every instance in which you carved your initials into one.

In a manner most harmonious, PPL Electric encourages customers to go paperless in this pretty piece by production company MassMarket, in tangent with agency McCaffery Gottlieb Lane.

The crunchy noise of trees coming back to life is deliciously satisfying, like going slightly out of your way to step on a leaf. And the ad’s whimsical animation style brings a fairy tale quality to an otherwise mundane message.

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