Super Bowl advertising has become something of a cultural phenomenon, with many Americans just as eager to tune in Sunday to watch the game as the entertaining ads that accompany it.

But by Feb. 2, many of the commercials -- released ahead of time on YouTube -- will have already been viewed.

This year, 30-second spots will cost approximately US$4 million -- a price many marketers are willing to pay, considering about 100 million Americans will be tuning in to watch the sporting event.

Anthony Kalamut, a Seneca College creative advertising professor, said the cost for a spot is 鈥渕oney well spent for any of the brands that are there.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 about brand loyalty building,鈥� Kalamut told 麻豆传媒. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a way of saying thank you, it鈥檚 a way of telling a story.鈥� 

CTVNews.ca has complied some of the pre-released ads for the Super Bowl. This year鈥檚 ads may not feature sexy car washes or a close-up of Bar Rafaeli kissing a very lucky computer geek that had tongues wagging in 2013, but there are plenty of laughs to be had and maybe tears, too (see 鈥淧uppy Love鈥� below).

SodaStream

First off, a commercial meant for the Super Bowl that U.S. viewers won鈥檛 be seeing. SodaStream hired Scarlett Johansson to sell fizzy water, but the ad was banned by Fox because of Johansson鈥檚 closing line: 鈥淪orry Coke and Pepsi.鈥�

GoDaddy: 鈥淏odybuilder鈥�

NASCAR star Danica Patrick bulks up in a muscle suit and jogs alongside ridiculously buffed-up men.

Axe: 鈥淢ake Love, Not war鈥�

The body spray brand makes a call for world peace, asking men to 鈥渕ake love, not war.鈥�

Jaguar: 鈥淩endezvous鈥�

The British automaker decided to feature Sir Ben Kingsley, Tom Hiddleston and Mark Strong as British villains in its Jaguar F-Type Coupe ad.

Cheerios: 鈥淕racie鈥�

Cheerios brought back an interracial family, which was featured in an ad last year, and received an outpouring of support after sparking racist comments online. 

Budweiser: 鈥淧uppy Love鈥�

Keeping up with the theme from last year鈥檚 鈥淏rotherhood鈥� ad, 鈥淧uppy Love鈥� features a puppy that befriends a horse after escaping from an adoption centre.