History Trivia / Pepsiman

* ReferencedBy: ''VideoGame/PokemonInfiniteFusion'': Fusing Azumarill and Machoke results in Pepsiman.

** One commercial that was scrapped mid way through production was where Pepsiman walks in on [[ShowerOfAwkward a woman taking a shower]] and goes in to give her a Pepsi and then [[AccidentalPervert accidentally touches her breast]] and, [[UnprovokedPervertPayback unsurprisingly]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Gets arrested]]. It was never maid due to the female crew members being angry for making such an inappropriate ad.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: In a case for the video game, the first level has you giving Pepsi to a vending machine to prevent a riot from starting. Although played for humor in the game, a similar concept was played straight 18 years later in the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad from 2017 but with [[UnfortunateImplications disastrous results]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One commercial that was scrapped mid way through production was where Pepsiman walks in on [[ShowerOfAwkward a woman taking a shower]] and goes in to give her a Pepsi and then [[AccidentalPervert accidently touches her breast]] and, [[UnprovokedPervertPayback unsurprisingly]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Gets arrested]]. It was never maid due to the female crew members being angry for making such an inappropriate add.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: In a case for the video game, the first level has you giving Pepsi to a vending machine to prevent a riot from starting. Although played for humor in the game, a similar concept was played straight 18 years later in the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad from 2017 with disastrous results.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One commercial that was scrapped mid way through production was where Pepsiman walks in on [[ShowerOfAwkward a woman taking a shower]] and goes in to give her a Pepsi and then [[AccidentalPervert accidently touches her breast]] and, [[UnprovokedPervertPayback unsurprisingly]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Goes to jail]]. It was never maid due to the female crew members being angry for making such an inappropriate add.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: One commercial that was scrapped mid way through production was where Pepsiman walks in on [[ShowerOfAwkward a woman taking a show]] and goes in to give her a Pepsi and then [[AccidentalPervert accidently touches her breast]] and, [[UnprovokedPervertPayback unsurprisingly]], [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Goes to jail]]. It was never maid due to the female crew members being angry for making such an inappropriate add.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video game originally had a fifth stage where Pepsiman had to give Pepsi to cheerleaders to perk them up. Audio and text for this mission can still be found in the game's files.
* For the longest time, many people thought that the creator of Pepsiman is comic book artist Travis Charest, thanks to this [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8oFFcFWAAAXe8C?format=jpg&name=small one image]] posted by Comic Facts on Tumblr. Charest [[https://twitter.com/TravisCharest/status/849532167399116802 later clarified]] that he did not create the character; Pepsi Co. only provided him reference art so he can make an illustration that would be used for Pepsi cans.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: In a case for the video game, the first level has you giving Pepsi to a vending machine to prevent a riot from starting. Although played for humor in the game, a similar concept was played straight 18 years later in the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad from 2017 with [[UnfortunateImplications disastrous results]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: Believe it or not, there was actually another [[https://youtu.be/f_-m0xvT5xo Pepsiman]] who first appeared in 1993, much earlier than the one we're familiar with. He was played by comedian Paul Rodriguez and the commercial was only aired in Mexico.

* Towards the end of Pepsiman's ad campaign, the CG animation's production changed hands; it went from [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] to a VFX company known as ''The Orphanage''. They were responsible for creating [[https://youtu.be/CXRa9XD6Ygc?t=465 the last Pepsiman commercial]] ever, which referenced the construction site stage from the ''Pepsiman'' game.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: In a case for the video game, The first level has you giving Pepsi to a vending machine to prevent a riot from starting. Although played for humor in the game, A similar concept was played straight 18 years later in the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad from 2017 with [[UnfortunateImplications disastrous results]].

* NoExportForYou: There was an American publisher looking into acquiring the rights to publish the game in the United States, but, it remained Japan-exclusive, likely because the game was based on a series of Japanese commercials (ironically, all of the Dialogues are spoken in English and they're made in the United States). Ironically, this game is voiced ''entirely'' in English and all the user interface is in English, ''not Japanese'' (although the text from the cutscenes are in Japanese). The developers even went the extra mile by hiring an American actor to play as the Pepsi fan in the cutscenes between levels.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video game originally had a 5th stage where Pepsiman had to give Pepsi to cheerleaders to perk them up. Audio and text for this mission can still be found in the game's files.
* For the longest time, many people thought that the creator of Pepsiman is comic book artist Travis Charest, thanks to this [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8oFFcFWAAAXe8C?format=jpg&name=small one image]] posted by Comic Facts on Tumblr. Charest [[https://twitter.com/TravisCharest/status/849532167399116802 later clarified]] that he did not created the character; Pepsi Co only provided him reference art so he can make an illustration that would be used for Pepsi cans.
* Towards the end of Pepsiman's ad campaign, the CG animation's production changed hands; it went from [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] to a VFX company known as ''The Orphanage''. They were responsible for creating [[https://youtu.be/CXRa9XD6Ygc?t=465 the last Pepsiman commercial]] ever, which referenced the construction site stage from the PS 1 Pepsiman game.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The video game originally had a 5th stage where pepsiman had to give Pepsi to cheerleaders to perk them up. Audio and text for this mission can still be found in the game's files.

* Towards the end of Pepsiman's ad campaign, the CG animation's production changed hands; it went from [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] to a VFX company known as ''The Orphanage''. They were responsible for creating [[https://youtu.be/CXRa9XD6Ygc?t=465 the last Pepsiman commercial]] ever, which referenced the construction site stage from the PS1 Pepsiman game.

* For the longest time, many people thought that the creator of Pepsiman is comic book artist Travis Charest, thanks to this [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8oFFcFWAAAXe8C?format=jpg&name=small one image]] posted by Comic Facts on Tumblr. Charest [[https://twitter.com/TravisCharest/status/849532167399116802 later clarified]] that he did not created the character. Pepsi Co only provided him reference art so he can make an illustration that would be used for Pepsi cans.