Protogent Commercials

The Protegent animated videos are computer safety PSAs revolving around Protegent, an Indian computer software that blocks viruses and malware, filters junk mail, etc. Each short revolves around a kid or a group of kids using a computer, something goes wrong, then Proto (whose design is plagiarized from Super Why!) comes and installs himself on the computers.

Why They Suck

 * 1) The animation is stiff and cheap.
 * 2) The name itself is also very stupid and sounds more like a cleaning product.
 * 3) Indian stereotyping.
 * 4) One ad suffers from sudden drops in audio quality.
 * 5) Bad voice acting. In addition, Proto never has a consistent voice actor.
 * 6) Bad grammar in the animations.
 * 7) Low-budget quality across all the commercials (that were published in 2013 and 2014, which is still unacceptable).
 * 8) Proto's design is plagiarized from the Super Why! character Whyatt.
 * 9) One of the videos has a school's principal going crazy because a student saw “porn” on his computer, when he just watched images of couples kissing.
 * 10) One of the commercials had a cheesy rap song, which had offkey singing and some bad grammar here and there.
 * 11) A CGI ad shows a character who is exactly like Proto with a mustache, and it has Proto too!

Redeeming Quality

 * 1) This commercial has better animation.

Trivia

 * These commercials became internet memes.