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Author: sarysa

Apr 30th 2017 at 3:46:21 PM

Compare ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. Can be a result of BreakoutCharacter.

'''Advertising'''

* ''Advertising/{{GEICO}}'' has a tendency to hedge betting on their mascots' viability:
** The GEICO Cavemen are likely the most famous example, having been a mascot to rival the gecko for a few years, getting a brief [[Series/{{Cavemen}} series for a half-season]], and then disappearing without a trace.
** Maxwell the Pig was last seen on June 11, 2014. He is presumed retired, as his only social media presence is run by fans.
* ''Post Cereals'':
** Honeycomb rarely has a mascot, but when it did, it was the [[SanitySlippage bizarre]] CGI character [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nF1zc02BA Crazy Craving]]. It lives on in peoples' memories, just not on the airwaves.
** Back in the 1960s was the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXEwfCTRk0 Honeycomb Kid]]. His fate was sealed with the demise of the SpaghettiWestern.

There's a whole slew of abandoned, legitimate on-the-box cereal mascots if you dig deep enough. I just got the ball rolling.

'''Video Games''' (YMMV on this one...)

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': The franchise was originally slated to have Clefairy as the mascot, but it was changed at the last moment -- presumably to appeal to a broader worldwide audience.