List of Promos for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

A Friends parody with the Sunny cast

Promos, also known as TV Spots, often precede new seasons of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, containing unique footage not found in episodes.

Season 2

• Air Guitar: YouTube (introducing Danny DeVito)
• Whip-Hell: YouTube
• "Friends": Vimeo

Trailers

• "Stacked": YouTube
• "Confession": YouTube
• "Call the Cops": YouTube

Season 3

Apple spoof "PC" promos ("Mac vs. PC")

• "Post-coital" (Mac and Dennis)
• "Pervert Clown" - two versions (Mac and Frank)
• "Possibly Contagious" (Who?)
• "Perfectly Symmetrical" (Charlie)
• "Pretty Cameltoe" (Mac and Dee)
• "Bad Dream" (The whole Gang's "Orgy"-promo)

In these promos, each member of The Gang gives their own meaning of the abbreviation "PC". Frank says what in Philadelphia it stands for "Pervert Clown", or in Charlie's mind it's "Perfectly Symmetrical".

Transcripts:

1. Mac: "Hey, I'm Mac!"; Dennis: "And I'm PC."; Mac: "You PC?"; Dennis: "Yeah!.. Post-COITAL... Would you go grab a bucket? And wash my BALLS!.. ".
2. Mac: "Hi, I'm Mac."; Frank: "And I'm PC."; Mac: "PC?"; Frank: "Pervert Clown. Heheheh... "; Mac: "I told you not to do the "pervert clown", Frank. That's not gonna get people to watch. You look like a psychopath!".
3. Mac: "Hi, I'm Mac."; Dennis: "And I'm Dennis. (looks around) Is this my dream or yours?"; Mac: "I think it's yours."; Dennis: "Okay... Well, get out! 'Cause, uh... I'm looking for SOMETHING ELSE... "; Mac: "Alright, fine... (leaving)"; Dennis: "(closing eyes) Oh, yeah... Here she comes... "; Dee: "Hi, Dennis... "; Dennis: "Huh? No! Oh, God, no... Look... No, you're my sister. I do not wanna have sex with my sister!.. "; Dee: "(starts undressing) You gotta wake up... (Charlie and Frank shows up)"; Charlie: "Hey man! Sorry we're late, man... Look, you gotta stop having these dream, dude... I have to deal with Mac - Mac's too hairy, he's too hairy... "; Mac: "(returns) I knew there was a reason I was here!.. "; Dennis: "Oh, God... ".

Mac's Masterpieces

• Bottle Wake Up

Other

• Beatbox: Dailymotion, YouTube (Unofficial Re-upload)
• Danny DeVito's contract
• Behind the Scenes videos

Season 3's slogan was "Totally unnecessary 3rd season" in its trailers.

Season 4

• Going Back to Philly (music video)
• Season 4 promos
• "Who Pooped the Bed?" TV Spot
• "The Nightman Cometh" promo

Season 5

• "Merchandise" Behind the Scenes: Vimeo
• "Relationships" Behind the Scenes: Vimeo
• "Roadtrip" Behind the Scenes: Vimeo
• "M. Night" Behind the Scenes: Vimeo
• Cats
• Trailers
• A Special Message from Charlie Day
• "Mac and Dennis Break Up" promo

Season 6

• Green Man promo
• "Rollercoaster Ride" promos
• "A Very Sunny Christmas" promo

Season 7

"Hallmark"-parody promos

• Season 7 promo: YouTube
• "Leaves" (The Gang): Vimeo, YouTube
• "Giving" (The Gang): Vimeo, Dailymotion
• "Weight" (Mac): Vimeo, YouTube
• "Miracle" (Frank and Charlie): Vimeo, Dailymotion
• "Me" (Dennis): Vimeo, Dailymotion
• "Wings" (Dee): Vimeo, Dailymotion

Epithets from this ad campaign: "The heart-melting new season of Sunny", "The touching return of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", "The heart-pounding series returns", "America's most inspiring series returns", "Television's most uplifting series returns".

Season 8

• "Beware": Vimeo

"FX Hires A Brand New Cast" campaign

• New Cast Promo
• Haley Joel Osment as Mac
• Xzibit as Sweet Dee
• Candace Cameron as Charlie Kelly
• Chael Sonnen as Dennis Reynolds
• Andrew Dice Clay as Frank Reynolds

Videos

• Has The Sun Finally Set In Philly?
• Baby Tan
• Emmy

Here's some slogans from this trick advertising campaign: "FX Orders a Brand-New Gang for Sunny!"; "For seven seasons, the Sunny cast was on fire. Now? They are just fired. It's an all new day in Philly on October 11 at 10p only on FX".

Season 9

The Season 9 promos parodied Swedish art films (specifically those by Ingmar Bergman).

season 9 promos part 1

Hurt

The Door

Scream

Summer with Dennis

Reflection 

Season 10

Season 10 promo - Blaze of Glory

The tenth season promos included an rocket ship themed trailer and '80s hair band cast photos.

Season 11

The Eleventh Season had promo images that parodied the 1960 film The Village of the Damned.

Season 12

The 12th season had promo images that parodied the 1965 classic The Sound of Music.

Season 13

For the 13th season, the promotional material parodied the Friday the 13th franchise with the gang running away from Dennis wearing a hockey mask. The promos also parodied several other horror movies, such as The Shining, Psycho and Ouija.

Horror Movie Parodies:

• Swing Teaser: YouTube, Vimeo
• Board Teaser: YouTube, Vimeo
• Tent Teaser: YouTube, Vimeo
• Shower Teaser: YouTube, Vimeo
• Hallway Teaser: YouTube
• TV Teaser: YouTube, Vimeo

Paranormal Paddy's

• Paranormal Paddy's (short) Teaser: YouTube
• Paranormal Paddy's (long) Teaser: Facebook, YouTube (Unofficial Re-upload)

Animated:

• Murder Mask Teaser: YouTube

Ghost Stories:

• Mrs. Mac's Ghost Story - YouTube (Unofficial Re-upload)
• Uncle Jack's Ghost Story - YouTube (Unofficial Re-upload)
• Luther Mac's Ghost Story - YouTube (Unofficial Re-upload)
• The Waitress' Ghost Story - YouTube (Unofficial Re-upload)

Season 14

The promotional material for Season 14, illustrated by Christopher Kiklowicz, takes inspiration from "The Gang Wrestles for the Troops" in addition to the WWE PPV event WrestleMania.

Season 15

The 15th season had promo images that included the gang wearing Irish clothing as a nod to the four-episode arc set in Ireland.

Season 16

The theme for the 16th season's promotional material was psychedelic art of the gang, which is most prominently featured on a van driving through Philly in several photos. In the art itself, most of the gang takes on more primitive-style clothing and are seen posing with wolves. Dennis, Mac and Charlie are howling with the wolves. The full moon in the art is represented by Frank's face.

Promotional Images

The main poster.

Logoless poster.

Alternate variant of the poster.

Header image used on Hulu.

Promotional Videos

Though season 16 did not receive unique promos, several scenes were present in early trailers that did not appear in any of the episodes.

Frank Shoots Every Member of the Gang:

• Frank's dinner with Dennis and Dee is cut short. An alternate take of a gag where Frank mentions being "gassy" and proceeds to fart was not present in the final episode, as well as a shot where Dennis and Dee comment on Frank's lack of shoes.

The Gang Gets Cursed:

• A scene where the gang buries the seagull that Frank killed, the dead monkey, and Maureen's ashes in the pet cemetery was cut from the final episode.

The Gang Goes Bowling:

• Dennis' scream after breaking his hand is cut short in the final episode.
• Several alternate shots of the gang bowling are missing from the final episode.

Dennis Takes a Mental Health Day:

• The conclusion of the gang's scheme to put coal into a pressure cooker in order to create diamonds is cut short, showing the gang (minus Dennis) hiding behind the pool table in Paddy's. Presumably, the pressure cooker exploded. Director Heath Cullens stated that it was cut for time.