| Cheerful | |
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| Vital information | |
| Arter: | Nice mealThe box |
| Six: | He |
| Friends | Happy clones Minions Lynette McQueen Happy Jr. |
| Character information | |
| Appeared in: | 2009 (France, international) 2010 (some international countries) 2014 (US, Arabic) 2015 (VK) 2016 (Poland) |
Cheerfulis the current mascot forMcDonald's Happy mealsInPlaygrounds, he initially replaced the original iconic mascotRonald McDonald.
Physical appearance[]
Cheerfulis an anthropomorphicNice mealbox with white limbs and black shoes, it originally debuted in France and some other European countries in 2009, it later debuted in the United States on May 19, 2014, in the United States Happy was created to help children eat healthier things in every Happy Meal,but was criticized on social media calling him "Creepy" and "McScary" by McDonald's fans. Some people also criticized Happy for replacing the original mascot, Ronald McDonald.. McDonald's later blamed the happy haters on social media by calling out the haters“tough crowd” on the hashtag #CantStopSmilingand add their opinion later bycall them "cute"Due to these two messages also receiving criticism and disagreement with their taste for Happy, he later debuted in the UK for Happy Studio in 2011, but did not officially debut until 2015. The first UK Happy Meal campaign to feature Happy was on display, Super Mario was back in 2015.
Personality[]
Happy is crazy, jovial and very energetic. He really likes fruit, enjoys sports and enjoys playing with most of the fictional characters that were promoted during each Happy Meal.
Trivia[]
- Happy was influenced by the Minions. He even joins the Minions in a number of commercials promoting toys related to the Despicable Me franchise.
- In Spain, some commercials featuring Happy with promoted and licensed characters have been replaced by Happies dressed as them. This may be because the company was afraid that it would be sued by the original manufacturers for copyright infringement. This is the case, for example, in most European countriesadvertisem*ntpromotes Super Mario toys and shows Mario and a Happy dressed as Mario running together. But in Spain, Mario was replaced by a Happy dressed as Luigi, painted in green.
- Some advertisem*nts contain multiple Happy Meal boxes or other Happy Meal boxes also called 'Happy'. However, the reason for this is unknown.
- He was given a set of 8 action figures of his in 2015 with different costumes and a few more have been released sporadically over the years.
- In the US he started with his face replacing the smile on the box with pierced eyes. Then he appeared and did things on top of the smile. He was removed in February 2020, but still remains the mascot in Happy Meal boxes. It is also still in some Eurasian (European and Asian) countries, especially France and the UK.
- Happy verschijnt ook op zijn internationale webgame genaamd "Happy Studio", die werd gepromoot op Happy Meal-boxen.
- In some commercials, Happy and his clones appear in the city called "Happy City", which debuted in 2012. Happy City also appears in some recent updates of Happy Studio as the main focus, Happy City mainly appeared in the UK, France, Mexico and Brazil .
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