I don’t like mascots that look like the food on my plate. Kind of reminds me of mascots of the old “Red Barn” hamburger restaurants: “Hamburger Hungry” had the body of a hamburger and “Chicken Hungry” was shaped like a fried chicken drumstick. “When the Hungries hit, hit the Red Barn!”
The Denny’s sausage mascot reminds me of the protagonist from the 2016 animated feature “Sausage Party.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1700841/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
There’s a theater chain that runs a short just before the main feature where a bag of popcorn dude is trying to woo a soft drink girl on their date. There’s like a twizzlers band playing on stage and all sorts of sugary snacks are bopping along in the seats.
OK
Then popcorn dude runs into the lobby to buy CANDY for his girl. (Hey, waitaminute…)
I keep wanting to scream, “Soylent Green is CANDY!” every time I see that. But I restrain myself…