top 5 strangest character cereals
written by geoffrey on 04/07/08

in the 80’s there was a law: when a cartoon character becomes successful enough, there’s going to be a corresponding cereal. the same held true for puppets, video game characters and even candy. however, sometimes — no matter how much you might love the character — a cereal based off him or her seems entirely forced and weird.

here are five cereals based on pre-established characters, which seem completely ridiculous in hindsight.

#5: C3P0’s

there are a lot of star wars characters i’d be genuinely excited to see on a cereal box: yoda, han solo, perhaps even emperor palpatine. i like C3P0 in the movies, but a fussy, effeminate robot is not who i wanna buy cereal from. maybe C3P0 hair styling products or kitchen utensils, but i’m not gonna start my day off with him.

#4: donkey kong jr. cereal

donkey kong cereal, of course. no questions asked. but wasn’t donkey kong jr. a little b-list for a cereal of his own? shouldn’t he have been packaged as part of donkey kong cereal instead? donkey kong jr. just doesn’t cut it on his own, like joey or the lone gunman. however, that being said, i’d be down for some diddy kong crunch. you’re buying!

#3: cartoon mr. t cereal

i expect to buy mr. t merchandise. lots of it. i’d be a sucka not to! but while mr. t’s live action face adorns 1/4 of the products at spencer’s gifts, i can’t help but be weirded out by cartoon mr. t on a cereal box.

why not live-action mr. t? his animated show was only on for one season in 1983, so cartoon mr. t was not exactly a success. perhaps this cereal came out as a tie-in promotion? whatever the reason, it all seems so fool-ish (and retarded) now.

#2: addams family cereal

uh, how morbid should a breakfast cereal get? there are skulls and mutated freaks (?) in addams family cereal, apparently. it’s also served by a disembodied hand. like C3P0, i’d rather see thing in a movie clowning around with pugsley than allow it to serve me breakfast.

in short, count chocula had nothing to worry about.

#1: bill and ted’s excellent cereal

since when do bill and ted care about manners, like they seem to in this commercial? why do their O’s have square edges? yes, bill and ted’s excellent cereal seems to beg more questions than it answers. i wonder how many people actually ate this.

i really wish they had released bill and ted’s bogus bagels, though. i’d buy whatever stale ones were left on ebay. excellent!

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10 comments

  1. Alex Apr 7

    Well, to be fair, C3PO has the all important “O” in his name, so they couldn’t have done anyone else…

    Hey, wait. Han SolO’s. Jeez, that would be way cooler. I’d even settle for some GreedO’s.

  2. Andyoyo Apr 7

    This article is gold.

  3. geoffrey Apr 7

    alex - han solO’s would be the best breakfast ever (and it shoots first).

    andyoyo - thanks!

  4. HexenDarkside Apr 7

    Thats funny! I have both a box of Addams Family and Mr. T cereal. Want pictures? I really wish I had DK Jr. Cereal though… Also, if Diddy Kong Crunch exsisted it would be the only ting I would ever eat ever.

  5. HexenDarkside Apr 7

    I just uploaded pictures of my cereal, click Here to see them.

  6. geoffrey Apr 7

    wow, those cereal boxes are ancient & awesome. good job keeping them in such good condition.

  7. Ashley May 14

    Anyone know where I can download that Mr. T breakfast cereal song? One of the best things I’ve heard all year.

    PS Very nice cereal boxes.

  8. geoffrey May 14

    i know where you can get the song: right here on overtime.

    mr. t cereal song

    glad you like our cereal selections.

  9. pat May 17

    this is orgasmic

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