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Welcome aboard the most fun piece of the blog world you're bound to find.

Dedicated to the anthropomorphic animals that surround us all - more commonly referred to as "mascots" or "advertising characters."  You know them well:  Tony the Tiger, Sonny the Cuckoo Bird, the Nesquik "Bunny" - the characters you have grown up with, and continue to be a part of so many lives to this day.

This blog will take a look at these characters that are around you by way of photos, videos and scans of products and promotional items.  As the blog grows, your best way of finding things (aside from subscribing to our RSS feed so you'll know when a new post goes up!) will be to use the search function.  All posts will have an easy-to-search set of keywords to easily help you find existing content of your favorite characters!

We have a YouTube page set up in conjunction with this blog, and will post video content there!  Be aware that not everything on our YouTube page is public!  In order to see some things, you must visit the blog and follow our direct link!  Keeps down on the riff-raff.

This blog is not in the business of selling the items being shared, nor should the images or text be derived for any commercial purpose.  This blog and its content is strictly assembled for critical response to advertising and other anthropomorphic animals in the world.

Halls - Big Bad Wolf (2004)

In 2004, Halls (you know, everybody's favorite nasal decongestant menthol cough drops?) decided to do a retelling of the classic "Three Little Pigs" fairy tale, but with an interesting (assumed) twist at the end.

Halls - Big Bad Wolf (2004)

While not technically mascots per se (Halls only used this campaign one time for a short period in 2004), the use of the "wolf-man" and the "pigs" qualifies this as some of the "other" anthropomorphic animals of the world.  The makeup FX and editing technique made this one of the Crittersphere's favorites through the years.

Enjoy this unlikely pairing of classic fairy tales, modern-day FX appliances and cough drops!

Stay tooned!

Cheesasaurus Rex: 2008-09

Cheesasaurus Rex, Kraft's unmistakable orange cheese-powder colored, mac-loving dinosaur got his share of spots during the waning 00's.  A revival of sorts, having not been prominently featured in many advertisements in a while, Cheesasaurus is simply hard to deny when put in to the right situations.

The first three spots are some of the best.  The directors were really being creative when they concocted the situations Cheesasaurus Rex finds himself in - taking advantage of the fact that this character has a personality...  and it loves to get sprayed with cheese sauce and macaroni once in a while!

"Mac-O-Matic" (2008)

Plays out like a crazy Rube Goldberg device, with the clear winner being our cheesy dino.

"Hunt For The Cheese" / "Ice Fishin'" (2009)

A double-shot (15 seconds a piece) - Cheesasaurus sticks his nose in some doors until...  (spoiler alert:  he finds cheese), and fishes up some fun in the 2nd half.

The fourth spot is sort of a throw-away, for "completists" only, if you will, as about half of the spot contains information about a current contest at the time.  It's still fun to see Cheesasaurus "go wild."

"Go Wild" (2008)

 

That's all the cheesiness I can take for one post!  Keep your eyes peeled for some more Cheesasaurus Rex and his retro buddies coming soon to a Crittersphere near you!