What on earth was Grimace from Mcdonalds based on?

Question

Grimace (the big purple Mcdonalds character) who was often on a happy meal box.. what exactly was he?

Answer 1

Grimace is a character in the marketing campaign by the McDonald's restaurant chain. Large and purple with short arms and legs, he is known for his monotonous face and slow-witted demeanor. His most common expression is the word "duh".

In the first campaign of McDonaldland commercials beginning in 1971, 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. Today, Grimace is generally portrayed in McDonald's commercials and merchandise as a well-meaning simpleton, whose clumsy antics provide a comic foil to Ronald McDonald.

Since the character's introduction, there has been much speculation regarding his appearance. The majority of McDonald's characters more or less directly represent a food product sold at the restaurants (e.g., Mayor McCheese, The Fry Guys, McNugget Buddies, etc.). Although his food group is ambiguous, he is most often associated with milkshakes, and could be likened to a shake with anthropomorphic qualities. Grimace's "official" role, according to McDonald's, continues to be representative of the chain's milkshakes.

Answer 2

he's representing the fat gut you will get if you keep eating that disgusting 'food'

Answer 3

He was Ronald mcdonald's slow mental friend

P.s ate burgers alot

Answer 4

he was a monster that ate your burgers, like cookie monster ate cookies, grimace ate your burgers!

Answer 5

When these characters were first introduced back in the 70's, they were inspired by the Sid and Marty Kroft characters on Saturday morning childrens programming. The Kroft team actually took McDonalds' to court over this. Each McDonald's character was supposed to represent a food item on the menu. The Grimace was supposed to represent milk shakes.

The Grimace can be said to be the Milk Shake Monster!

Answer 6

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