I heard he was supposed to be a milkshake, but that seems dumb.
2007-01-01 22:02:06 · 20 answers · asked by Smokeahontis© 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
HERE'S THE LINK IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN HIM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Grimace.jpg
2007-01-01 22:06:38 · update #1
The ghost of a fat person who died off eating McDonalds food.
2007-01-01 22:04:23 · answer #1 · answered by AxisofOddity 5 · 8⤊ 1⤋
Grimace is a fantasy character, and not intended to be anything specific. However, ever since the character's introduction there has been much speculation (though much of it tongue-in-cheek) about his appearance. Because the majority of McDonald's characters more or less directly represent a food product sold at the restaurants many have naturally tried to guess as to what, if any, food product Grimace is supposed to represent. It is often suggested that he represents the contents of a milkshake. It has more recently been suspected that Grimace may actually be a taste bud, seeing as everything relates directly to food and that the association with a taste bud being Ronald's best friend would be an idealogical relationship.
A common speculation is that he is supposed to be a giant McNugget, but his appearance pre-dates the release of that food. Grimace's "official" role, according to McDonald's, continues to be to represent the chain's milkshakes. However, he does this out of love for the taste, and not because he is in any way a shake-based creature himself.
According to the McDonald's website:
“ Grimace is a big, loving, fuzzy purple fellow who is Ronald McDonald's best friend. He's sure Ronald is the world's ultimate authority on everything. While Grimace loves all McDonald's foods, he's absolutly crazy about milkshakes. Grimace is very enthusiastic and eager to try new things. His joyous spirit helps everyone overlook the fact he's a little slow and clumsy sometimes. ”
Grimace also has a relative, Uncle O'Grimacey, a green-colored Irish-version of himself. O'Grimacey was a holiday-themed character used by McDonald's in the 1980s in celebrating St. Patrick's Day, in particular marketing its Shamrock Shake.
Sooo the guesses will go on and on.........
2007-01-01 22:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
MacDonalds has used several forms of this character in their history.
The first Grimace was the plagarism of the Puf n' Stuf character (produced by H.R. Krofft): The 1971 depiction of “Evil Grimace” with six arms and a furry purple body resembles the Puf n’ Stuf character Seymore the spider (who has orange fur). Puf n' Stuf was the most popular Saturday Morning cartoon series of its day (it aired 6 September 1969 - 4 September 1971). An ad agency (Needham Harper & Steers) hired former H.R. Krofft animators to create characters and theme for a ‘McDonaldland’ series. Sid and Marty Krofft, the series producers, sued McDonald’s for copyright infringment....implying that copyright law should protect concepts underlying expression..
2007-01-01 22:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by Albertan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remove the "Mac" from Grimmace and you're left with Grime.
2007-01-01 22:10:08 · answer #4 · answered by DavidNH 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think he's supposed to be anything in particular. I worked at McDonald's for 5 years, and no one ever knew. I think he is supposed to be whatever your imagination wants him to be.
2007-01-01 22:04:44 · answer #5 · answered by andyrulesitall 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Barneys Cousin!!!
2007-01-01 22:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think he's just supposed to be some odd little happy character that loves McDonald's food - and if that's all you ate, wouldn't YOU be purple??? ;-)
2007-01-01 22:05:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He represents the salad part of the meal...you know that 1 radish that McDs cut real thin and hides in there?
2007-01-01 22:05:07 · answer #8 · answered by fatboy_b2000 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hehehe havent thought about that fool in a long time used to tease a kid in grade school by calling him that oh man i feel bad now ...kinda hahahaha
2007-01-01 22:21:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's supposed to be a marketing ploy to attract customers.
2007-01-01 22:04:06 · answer #10 · answered by AngryAmerican82 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋