What characters from McDonaldland are your favorite? (Prior to being streamlined in the 80s)

One of my absolute favorite websites is this one. It is a 2007 wikipedia entry detailing the characters of McDonaldland. Some asshole thought it was better to edit it. I think it was just fine the way it was.

Some fun examples:

Fry Kids are characters used to promote McDonald's french fries. When they first appeared, they were called Gobblins and liked to steal and gobble up the other characters' french fries. Accompanying them was the "Keep Your Eyes on Your Fries" jingle. Their name was later changed to the Fry Guys, then the Fry Kids, as female characters (the "Fry Girls") were introduced. They are differently-colored, shaggy, ball-like creatures with long legs and no arms, almost resembling a Pom-pom with legs and eyes. Most of the time they are mute, but when they speak they talk in some sort of gibberish. In other commercials, they all talk very quickly at once. Their only facial features are bulbous eyes and, thick, black eyebrows The characters were retained after the streamlining of the characters in the '80s.

Grimace is a large, purple being of indeterminant species with short arms and legs; he is known for his monotonous face and slow-witted demeanor. His most common expression is the word "duh". Originally, Grimace was the "Evil Grimace", with two pairs of arms with which to steal milkshakes. After that first campaign, the character was revised to be one of the "good guys", and his number of arms was reduced by two. His love of milkshakes was retained. Commercials and merchandise generally portrayed him as a well-meaning simpleton, whose clumsy antics provided a comic foil to Ronald McDonald. The character was retained after the streamlining of the characters in the '80s, but was dropped in 2007, when he died of a virus, which happened to be the McDonalds Land equivilant of Advanced Immune Difficiancy Syndrome.

The Hamburger Patch is part of the fictional city of McDonaldland where McDonald's hamburgers "grew" like fruit on plants from the Hamburger Patch. Even though hamburgers in McDonaldland were anthropomorphized and spoke, they were picked by characters such as Ronald McDonald and the Hamburglar for consumption. Advertisements featuring the Hamburger Patch were shown as evidence during the McLibel court case in the United Kingdom. During questioning by defendants, McDonald's Senior Vice President of Marketing David Green admitted that showing the reality of meat production "would not be very appetizing". The Hamburger Patch also featured in books and toys used to promote McDonald's. The characters were dropped during the streamlining of the characters in the '80s.

The Hamburglar character was another thief that dressed in a black-and-white striped shirt and pants, a red cape, and a wide-brimmed hat and whose primary object of theft was McDonalds hamburger from the Hamburger Patch. The design of the character changed from the 1970s to 1980s from a more sinister to a more cartoonish face. The age of the character has also changed, as originally he was depicted as an older man, but was redrawn as a less sinister young boy. Originally, his vocabulary consisted of nothing other than "Robble, robble, robble." – His vocabulary has been expanded; he later was shown speaking ordinary English, though he continued to use "robble robble" to occasionally punctuate his speech. Although he was a thief, he was still considered a friend of Ronald McDonald and the rest of the McDonaldland gang, who appeared to tolerate his kleptomania as an eccentricity. The character was retained after the streamlining of the characters in the '80s.

More fun here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McDonaldland&oldid=173004132

if there is fast food related character that defines me, it is the Hamburglar

Where the FUCK is Mayor McCheese?

Mayor McCheese has an enormous cheeseburger for a head, and sports a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles. He is portrayed as a giggly, bumbling, somewhat incompetent mayor with a wavering, high-pitched voice that is reminiscent to that of comic actor Ed Wynn. The character was dropped during the streamlining of the characters in the '80s.

  On 7/23/2009 at 8:55 PM, Mr Salads said:

Mayor McCheese has an enormous cheeseburger for a head, and sports a top hat, a diplomat's sash, and a pair of pince-nez spectacles. He is portrayed as a giggly, bumbling, somewhat incompetent mayor with a wavering, high-pitched voice that is reminiscent to that of comic actor Ed Wynn. The character was dropped during the streamlining of the characters in the '80s.

Damn skippy!

probably mayor mccheese because I used to climb up into his head at the playplace.

the 4ft Indian girl with the 1ft head that used to work in Luton McDonalds

THE only mcdonalds in luton?

What was the guy who had a moon for a head

  On 7/23/2009 at 9:22 PM, chris moss acid said:

THE only mcdonalds in luton?

alright then, the George Street, Luton McDonalds

you coming to the wrong megarave tomorrow?

  On 7/23/2009 at 9:30 PM, assegai said:

What was the guy who had a moon for a head

And the character of Mr. Salads? He certainly didnt exist in McDonalds in the 1980s, did he?

  On 7/25/2009 at 11:53 PM, Spore said:

  On 7/23/2009 at 9:30 PM, assegai said:

What was the guy who had a moon for a head

 

trippy! i'd forgotten about that guy

  Quote

Big Mac: In addition to McDonald's signature sandwich, Big Mac was the name of a character in McDonaldland. He was similar to Mayor McCheese in that he had a large Big Mac for a head, except he was the chief of police and as such he wore a constable uniform. As the main source of law and order in McDonaldland, he spent most of his time chasing the Hamburglar and Captain Crook. He was featured in several of the campaign's commercials throughout the late '70s and early '80s. The character was dropped during the streamlining of the characters in the '80s.

i spent a lot of time in this guy's head as a kid. playplaces were cooler when i was little.

  On 7/25/2009 at 11:53 PM, Spore said:

  On 7/23/2009 at 9:30 PM, assegai said:

What was the guy who had a moon for a head

 

Loved that guy.

IDM as hell.

  On 7/23/2009 at 9:30 PM, assegai said:

What was the guy who had a moon for a head

Some of my classmates in junior high wrote full length comics about him. Good times.

But my favorite character has to be Officer Big Mac.