NariCo Narita International Airport 2013-2018 Narita Airport launched their voice agent app in 2013, the mascot being a small, blue-haired virtual concierge who offered advice on airport navigation, shopping, weather, flight status, etc. The app was discontinued with the launch of the NariNAVI app.

NariCo Narita International Airport 2013-2018 Narita Airport launched their voice agent app in 2013, the mascot being a small, blue-haired virtual concierge who offered advice on airport navigation, shopping, weather, flight status, etc. The app was discontinued with the launch of the NariNAVI app.

Kangaroo Foster's Ice 1994-1998 Foster's ice-brewed beer featured a skating kangaroo on its cap. A puppet roo appeared in UK TV and cinema ads, introduced by Jan Kounen as a live-action Looney Tune and toned down in later ads to be more "Australian" and nonchalant, chilling out as the world burned.

British advertising in the 90's could get quite lawless, and there was a period early that decade in which we let oddball Frenchmen create ads for us. This ad gives you the full spectrum of Jan Kounen, the Dutch-born auteur whose advertising made Jean-Pierre Jeunet look like Bresson:

Kangaroo Foster's Ice 1994-1998 Foster's ice-brewed beer featured a skating kangaroo on its cap. A puppet roo appeared in UK TV and cinema ads, introduced by Jan Kounen as a live-action Looney Tune and toned down in later ads to be more "Australian" and nonchalant, chilling out as the world burned.

Just found out about this. It ends tonight. If you have time, please make your voice heard about the government's shockingly anti-human policy plans regarding refugee settlement.

Kenneth Williams was real Spam in 1981

Orbs Npower 2005-2010 Needing to draw appeal to their brand, Npower introduced two friendly orbs as their mascots - one embodying electricity, the other gas - who were paired happily together as customers' pets. Outside of advertising, Npower let Britons "adopt" the orbs in the form of plush toys.

Orbs Npower 2005-2010 Needing to draw appeal to their brand, Npower introduced two friendly orbs as their mascots - one embodying electricity, the other gas - who were paired happily together as customers' pets. Outside of advertising, Npower let Britons "adopt" the orbs in the form of plush toys.

Girl and Boy Swizzels Double Dip 1976-2025 An excited boy and girl appeared on packets of Swizzels' sherbet dips with Swizzelstick, and in the late 90's underwent a trendy, aged-up redesign. This of-its-time packaging barely changed until 2025, when the kids were finally wiped off of the packets.

I had a different mascot scheduled for yesterday evening, but felt as though I should post them on Valentine's Day instead, so I had to bump up Sammy Smart. And yet I'm out all day on Valentine's Day. So imagine my delight when I found out immediately afterwards that we can finally draft posts here

Sammy Smart Media Smart 2003-2015 This smirking square and his friends represented the UK's media literacy programme to help children aged 6-11 engage with advertising through an open, critical mind. Media Smart was promoted on TV using Canada's House Hippo. In 2015, they were replaced with an owl.

Requested by @matthewprower.bsky.social.

The final version released was "chocolatey chip", which featured pieces of legally distinct "chocolatey" chips bakes into each roll

If you wonder why I highlight corporate malfeasance in my videos rather than luxuriating in a glittery swamp of nostalgia and consumerism this is basically why

"Fresh Up" Freddie 7 Up 1957-1959 Freddie and other chickens like him gave Americans advice on how 7 Up could "fresh" them up during their daily activities. Named after bottler Fred Lutz Jr., created by Disney's commercial division and voiced by Paul Frees, who would return to voice 7 Up's Undeer.

A Norwegian mutual introduced me to these guys when I asked him about flash animations from Norway. @flashitpancast.bsky.social They did have some flash games, but even if I can’t find them now, these designs are good enough on their own for me to appreciate. web.archive.org/web/20100828...

Miklac TineMelk 2000-2014 To market their range of milk for schools in Norway, Tine hired Lars Fiske to design a series of quirky, angular characters, led by shapeshifting cow mascot, Miklac. They appeared on cartons of Skolemelk and on school equipment. Requested by @malcmanishere.bsky.social.

"It's a living!"

Mr. Green SoBe 2000-2007 To sell their Lizard Line range of beverages during the 2000's, SoBe reintroduced their lizard as an X-treme, scowling mascot. They attempted to go bigger in 2002 with a ginseng pepper soda named Mr. Green, giving the lizard an even edgier cyber upgrade, to minimal success.

Camel Camel 1996-2001 After the government put an end to Joe Camel's run in America, Camel put a puppet camel on print, on postcards and in European cinemas where tobacco could still legally be advertised, using humorous, often sexual scenarios to advise smokers on how to responsibly use a "camel."

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With EARTHQUAKE power #cerealswap

Camel Camel 1996-2001 After the government put an end to Joe Camel's run in America, Camel put a puppet camel on print, on postcards and in European cinemas where tobacco could still legally be advertised, using humorous, often sexual scenarios to advise smokers on how to responsibly use a "camel."

Joe Camel Camel 1974-1997 Created for France by Nicholas Price and Americanised in 1988, Joe epitomised the "cool" lifestyle promoted by tobacco companies. His posters' attractive nature influenced a major uptick in youth smoking, raising further questions about the ethics of cigarette advertising.

Food Creatures Wrigley's Extra 2007-2018 Introduced in Australia, these cute mutant foods emblematic of bad breath/teeth pestered people who didn't chew gum after meals. The second iterations were a food mafia always seen in the midst of a breakup, while Canada saw their versions trying to be sexy.

Though she may not count as one of the Food Creatures, lest we forget the third pizza creature, who was only seen breaking up with Ashton Kutcher...

Partially requested by @woebegonejabroni.net, who wanted the Green Onion.

Food Creatures Wrigley's Extra 2007-2018 Introduced in Australia, these cute mutant foods emblematic of bad breath/teeth pestered people who didn't chew gum after meals. The second iterations were a food mafia always seen in the midst of a breakup, while Canada saw their versions trying to be sexy.

Monkey E*TRADE 2000-2002 E*TRADE took a major risk in 2000 that paid off, by blowing $2 million on a dancing chimpanzee to mock the excessive cost of Super Bowl commercials. Later ads in the trilogy saw him riding through a wasteland of failed businesses and further blowing the budget on a musical.

I don't usually plug fundraisers here but my displaced friend Tasneem is celebrating her daughter's 4th birthday so let's ensure that when all this is over, Alma has even happier birthdays for years to come

It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star Segata Sanshiro!

I don't usually plug fundraisers here but my displaced friend Tasneem is celebrating her daughter's 4th birthday so let's ensure that when all this is over, Alma has even happier birthdays for years to come

Monkey E*TRADE 2000-2002 E*TRADE took a major risk in 2000 that paid off, by blowing $2 million on a dancing chimpanzee to mock the excessive cost of Super Bowl commercials. Later ads in the trilogy saw him riding through a wasteland of failed businesses and further blowing the budget on a musical.

Norm Twix 1996-1998 Back when UK ads thrived on groovy production design, Stephen Taylor Woodrow's character Simon Perry was repurposed as a rubbery, nerdy, old-timey manifestation of "sensible" who bossed people around whenever they were having fun, only for a bite of Twix to erase him bit by bit.

The Papipu Penguins (became a hit in Japan during their brief run as mascots for Suntory beer, but have remained a merchandising staple in their own right since their sale to HoriPro and represented numerous other companies on occasion; requested by @yaspup9000.bsky.social)

Grins & Smiles & Giggles & Laughs (1976-1981): Sweetened puffed corn & oat cereal shaped like smiling faces. The gimmick was that this cereal was made by the Grins & Smiles & Giggles & Laughs cereal company, using a grumpy robot named Cecil. But oh boy is there more to it. You like cereal lore? A 🧵

Norm Twix 1996-1998 Back when UK ads thrived on groovy production design, Stephen Taylor Woodrow's character Simon Perry was repurposed as a rubbery, nerdy, old-timey manifestation of "sensible" who bossed people around whenever they were having fun, only for a bite of Twix to erase him bit by bit.

Dot Zoloft 2001-2018 MTV animator Patrick Smith redefined antidepressant advertising by creating the Zoloft dot, nicknamed the Sad Blob. The ads were lauded for their tender portrayal of depression and anxiety disorders, but concerned psychologists over pushing pharmaceuticals as the one true cure.

Raisin Bran Chex (1967-1972): Classic bran Chex, with the addition of "sweet, tender raisins"

Dot Zoloft 2001-2018 MTV animator Patrick Smith redefined antidepressant advertising by creating the Zoloft dot, nicknamed the Sad Blob. The ads were lauded for their tender portrayal of depression and anxiety disorders, but concerned psychologists over pushing pharmaceuticals as the one true cure.

gum that makes you cool was a hot commodity in the 90s Fruit Stripe Gum (1991)