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McDonald's New Mascot Is a Box With Teeth
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Posted on 05/21/2014 5:37:13 AM PDT by Phillyred
McDonald's unveiled a new mascot today. It's called "Happy" but so far the reactions have been anything but.
Image: McDonald's unveiled their new mascot, an animated Happy Meal box with teeth. MCDONALD'S McDonald's unveiled their new mascot, an animated Happy Meal box with teeth.
Compared to previous mascots, like Ronald, the Hamburglar and Grimace, the new character is an exercise in simplicity. There's no extra story or costuming. Happy is an animated Happy Meal box with a set of teeth on the front and a pair of cartoon arms and legs.
Incredulous reactions quickly followed McDonald's tweeted announcement, focusing on the character's perceived "creepy" and "terrifying" factor.
"HEY KIDS! I'M GONNA EAT YOUR SOULS!" RT @McDonalds Say hello to our newest friend, Happy! http://t.co/CN7QU9Ku08 pic.twitter.com/lPdUhapVrv
— Sons of Steve Garvey (@sosgsosg) May 19, 2014 Ba da ba da OH GOD IT HAS TEETH RT @McDonalds: Say hello to our friend, Happy! http://t.co/w1NHUhLRvd #HappyMeal pic.twitter.com/Eb8eVsm7Du
— Bridget Carey (@BridgetCarey) May 19, 2014 @applextree @McDonalds it's the meal that eats you
— steev (@Naive_Steve) May 19, 2014
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
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As creepy as his message. Listen, bud, I didn't come to McDonald's today to eat healthy. Back off!
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:37:13 AM PDT
by
Phillyred
To: Phillyred
I wonder why Ronald is no longer the mascot. That was pretty good mascot. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I wonder why they consider Ronald broken.
To: Phillyred
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:42:33 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
To: winner3000
I don’t get it either. Some hotshot in marketing has to justify his/her existence I suppose. I miss the other guys, grimace, hamburglar, Mayor McCheese...
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:43:58 AM PDT
by
Phillyred
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:45:26 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: Phillyred
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:45:59 AM PDT
by
Joe Brower
(The "American People" are no longer capable of self-governance.)
To: Phillyred
I think those guys were all a ripoff of HR Puffinstuff.
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:46:01 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: winner3000
I wonder why Ronald is no longer the mascot. That was pretty good mascot. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I wonder why they consider Ronald broken.
He struck out on his own but got busted for trademark infringement. Among other things.
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:46:42 AM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: KC_Lion
To: LostInBayport
I thought the Burger King popped a cap in him.
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:48:47 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: winner3000
I wonder why Ronald is no longer the mascot. Answer: Ronald McDonald is white. These days, that's a crime.
I wonder if they'll rename all the Ronald McDonald charity houses around the country?
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:48:53 AM PDT
by
The Sons of Liberty
("Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?" - Patrick Henry, 1775)
To: Phillyred
McDonald's New Mascot Is a Box With TeethSounds like my college girlfriend!
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:53:39 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Phillyred
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:55:47 AM PDT
by
ßuddaßudd
(>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
To: ßuddaßudd
If I were Mr. Krabs, I’d sue them.
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:56:35 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Phillyred
"Hello, cousin..."
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posted on
05/21/2014 5:58:27 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: winner3000
He probably said something back in 1984 about sodomites.
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posted on
05/21/2014 6:00:39 AM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx)
To: dfwgator
LOL! doya want fries with Da!
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posted on
05/21/2014 6:01:43 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Bathhouse/"Rustler" Reid? :-)
To: moovova
Hey, remember me?
To: Phillyred
Ray Kroc would have never let this happen.
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posted on
05/21/2014 6:10:54 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
("I'm a Contra" -- President Ronald Reagan)
To: Phillyred
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posted on
05/21/2014 6:12:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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