--- title: Super Bowl 2015: GoDaddy Ad Mocks Budweiser Puppy Commercial description: GoDaddy's latest commercial has some people laughing — and others so angry they're demanding it be removed canonical: https://time.com/3684829/super-bowl-go-daddy-puppy-ad/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-27T21:15:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T18:56:57.000Z og:title: Here's Another Super Bowl Ad Featuring a Puppy, But With a Surprising Twist og:description: GoDaddy pokes fun at all those cheesy but adorable commercials og:url: https://time.com/3684829/super-bowl-go-daddy-puppy-ad/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d3f240211d3b71d/69877c3635ba6f2eacc06c0f/screen-shot-2015-01-27-at-3-00-46-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-01-27 at 3.00.46 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Another Super Bowl Ad Featuring a Puppy, But With a Surprising Twist twitter:description: GoDaddy pokes fun at all those cheesy but adorable commercials twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d3f240211d3b71d/69877c3635ba6f2eacc06c0f/screen-shot-2015-01-27-at-3-00-46-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:30 video:published: 2015-01-27 section: video topics: website building, domain registration, GoDaddy promotion, homecoming story, online presence, advertising genre: advertisement, animated short tones: playful, upbeat, warm, promotional emotions: joy (medium), excitement (low), warmth (medium) sentiment: positive audience: small business owners, website builders, people seeking a domain, general consumers people: Buddy organizations: GoDaddy products: GoDaddy domain registration, GoDaddy website builder transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Here's Another Super Bowl Ad Featuring a Puppy, But With a Surprising Twist > Sponsored content. 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It closes with a call to action directing viewers to GoDaddy.com. ## Key points - Buddy is shown returning home, and he says he is glad he made it home. (00:16) - Buddy says he has just been sold on a website that he built with GoDaddy. (00:20) - The speaker says to ship Buddy out, a line that appears in the video. (00:23) - Viewers are told they can get their domain and website all in one place at GoDaddy.com. (00:26) - The video ends with the closing tagline Journey Home, GoDaddy. (00:30) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:16] Opening title card. The video opens with the title Journey Home before the story begins. - [00:16 to 00:23] Buddy's homecoming and website pitch. Buddy is greeted as he returns home and says he was sold on a website built with GoDaddy. - [00:23 to 00:30] GoDaddy call to action. The video directs viewers to GoDaddy.com to get a domain and website and closes with the tagline. ## Key quotes - [00:18] Buddy: "I'm so glad you made it home." - [00:20] Buddy: "Because I just sold you on this website I built with GoDaddy." - [00:26] Narrator: "Get your domain and website all in one place at GoDaddy.com." ## Questions this video answers - What does Buddy say he built? [00:20] - Where can viewers get a domain and website according to the video? [00:26] - What company is promoted in the video? [00:30] by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:56 PM UTCPublished: Jan 27, 2015 9:15 PM UTC Journey Home - GoDaddy by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:56 PM UTCPublished: Jan 27, 2015 9:15 PM UTC You might remember Go Daddy’s supremely [uncomfortable ad](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/05/bar-refaeli-and-the-nerd-that-unbearable-godaddy-kiss-took-60-takes/) from two years ago, in which supermodel Bar Refaeli kissed a chubby, nerdy dude. This time around, the Internet domain company has taken a much different route. This year, Go Daddy pokes fun at cheesy-but-adorable commercials featuring puppies – you know, like those [Budweiser ads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQB7QRyF4p4). In this 30-second spot, called “Journey Home,” a pup named Buddy fights all kinds of obstacles to make his way home after falling out of a pickup truck. He finally gets back safely, and his humans are of course thrilled – because they just sold him on a website they built using Go Daddy. Some viewers seem to appreciate the joke, but others have protested, saying the ad promotes puppy mills and inhumane breeding practices. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than nine thousand people had signed [a petition](https://www.change.org/p/go-daddy-remove-the-super-bowl-2015-commercial?) to remove the ad altogether. GoDaddy announced Tuesday evening that it will [pull the commercial](http://time.com/3685328/godaddy-puppy-super-bowl-ad/), citing the “emotional and direct” responses from many people who urged them not to run the controversial ad. ## Transcript [00:00] [ NOISE ] [00:02] [ MUSIC ] [00:05] Look. [00:08] It's [00:11] Buddy. [00:14] I'm [00:17] so glad you made it home, because I just sold you on [00:21] this website I made with Go Daddy. Ship him out. 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