History ChuckCunninghamSyndrome / Advertising

* After years of appearing on-screen, Toucan Sam's nephews (Puey, Susey, and Louis) stopped appearing in Kellogg's Froot Loops ads after 2015 with their last appearance being in the commercial for Froot Loops Bloopers, not counting a modified version of the first full CGI Froot Loops ad from 2013 which aired in 2016. With Toucan Sam's permanent redesign in 2021 for America and Canada respectively, and Creator/MauriceLaMarche's departure from voicing Toucan Sam, any chances of the nephews returning are highly unlikely because of this.

** Beginning in the 2010s and 2020s, some of the [=McDonaldland=] characters (notably Grimace and Hamburglar) have slowly started resurfacing back into the spotlight. Between 2013 and 2014, there were two live stage shows (''Ronald [=McDonald=] & Friends Friendship Adventure Show'' and ''Musical Show of Ronald [=McDonald=]'' respectively) starring Ronald, Birdie, Grimace, and Hamburglar together performed at a few countries across America. Occasionally Grimace or Hamburglar would make rare live appearances at some local [=McDonald's=] restaurants for special events, some of their official social media account (such as [=McDonald's=] official [=TikTok=]) posts, and sometimes appear during ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'' beginning in 2020. Grimace's most recent appearance was in a 2022 UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5CzJdx6NE commercial]] where he was voiced by Creator/RyanReynolds.

** Initially, the premise was that Wendell has wandered off exploring the world, and the other two were searching for him (there was even a "Where's Wendell" contest). But the campaign became a sort of AbortedArc without a resolution, and eventually the "temporary" ads featuring only Wendell just became the new normal.

** Beginning in the 2010s and 2020s decade, some of the [=McDonald Land=] characters (notably Grimace and The Hamburgler) has slowly started resurfacing back to the spotlight. Between 2013 and 2014, there were two live stage shows (''Ronald [=McDonald=] & Friends Friendship Adventure Show'' and ''Musical Show of Ronald [=McDonald=]'' respectively) starring Ronald, Birdie, Grimace, and Hamburgler together performed at a few countries across America. Occasionally Grimace or The Hamburgler would make rare live appearances at some local [=McDonald=] restaurants for special events, some of their official social media account (such as [=McDonalds=] official [=TikTok=]) posts, and sometimes appear during ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'' beginning in 2020. Grimace's most recent appearance was in a 2022 UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5CzJdx6NE commercial]] where he was voiced by Creator/RyanReynolds.
* The Burger King Kingdom was BK's answer to [=McDonaldland=], and featured a colorful cast of characters including the milkshake-craving knight Sir Shakes-a-Lot, the picture-framed Burger Thing, the robotic Wizard of Fries, the skeptic Duke of Doubt, and Advertising/TheBurgerKing himself. They were phased out in favor of the [[Advertising/TheBurgerKingKidsClubGang BK Kids' Club]] in the late '80s, which itself disappeared shortly into the new millennium.

** Beginning in the 2010s and 2020s decade, some of the [=McDonald Land=] characters (notably Grimace and The Hamburgler) has slowly started resurfacing back to the spotlight. Between 2013 and 2014, there were two live stage shows (''Ronald McDonald & Friends Friendship Adventure Show'' and ''Musical Show of Ronald McDonald'' respectively) starring Ronald, Birdie, Grimace, and Hamburgler together performed at a few countries across America. Occasionally Grimace or The Hamburgler would make rare live appearances at some local [=McDonald=] restaurants for special events, some of their official social media account (such as [=McDonalds=] official [=TikTok=]) posts, and sometimes appear during ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'' beginning in 2020. Grimace's most recent appearance was in a 2022 UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5CzJdx6NE commercial]] where he was voiced by Creator/RyanReynolds.

** Beginning in the 2010s and 2020s decade, some of the [=McDonald Land=] characters (notably Grimace and The Hamburgler) has slowly started resurfacing back to the spotlight. Occasionally Grimace or The Hamburgler would make rare live appearances at some local [=McDonald=] restaurants for special events, some of their official social media account (such as [=McDonalds=] official [=TikTok=]) posts, and sometimes appear during ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'' beginning in 2020. Grimace's most recent appearance was in a 2022 UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5CzJdx6NE commercial]] where he was voiced by Creator/RyanReynolds.

** Beginning in the 2010s and 2020s decade, some of the [=McDonald Land=] characters (notably Grimace and The Hamburgler) has slowly started resurfacing back to the spotlight. Occasionally Grimace or The Hamburgler make live appearances at some local [=McDonald=] restaurants for special events, some of their official social media account (such as [=McDonalds=] official [=TikTok=]) posts, and sometimes appear during ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'' beginning in 2020. Grimace's most recent appearance was in a 2022 UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5CzJdx6NE commercial]] where he was voiced by Creator/RyanReynolds.

** Beginning in the 2010s and 2020s decade, some of the [=McDonald Land=] characters (notably Grimace and The Hamburgler) has slowly started resurfacing back to the spotlight. Occasionally Grimace or The Hamburgler make live appearances at some local [=McDonald=] restaurants for special events, some of their official social media account (such as [=McDonalds=] official TikTok) posts, and sometimes appear during ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'' beginning in 2020. Grimace's most recent appearance was in a 2022 UsefulNotes/SuperBowl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv5CzJdx6NE commercial]] where he was voiced by Creator/RyanReynolds.

** According to Kristin Brewe, then-Director of Brand and Public Relations (via [[https://priceonomics.com/how-esurance-lost-its-mascot-to-the-internet/ Priceonomics]]), the porn was the final nail in the coffin. As she put it, "[[WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings For God's sake, sex and auto-insurance are not two things that go together]]."

* The Burger King Kingdom was BK's answer to [=McDonaldland=], and featured a colorful cast of characters including the milkshake-craving knight Sir Shakes-a-Lot, the picture-framed Burger Thing, the robotic Wizard of Fries, the skeptic Duke of Doubt, and Advertising/TheBurgerKing himself. They were phased out in favor of the TotallyRadical BK Kids' Club in the late '80s, which itself disappeared shortly into the new millennium.

* Cookie Crisp cereal had in its early marketing campaigns a bobby who chases after a bandit-masked thief and his bandit-masked dog. Eventually the thief vanished, followed promptly by the bobby, leaving just the dog (still wearing his bandit mask, oddly enough). Now the dog has completely vanished, having been replaced by a wolf named Chip (ironically the same name as the dog that preceded him).

* Advertising/ErinEsurance was a Cartoon Network-esque super spy who went on dangerous assignments while pitching for the insurance company that created her. Her commercials ran for several months then abruptly stopped without explanation, and she was reduced to a static icon next to the company's name before being dropped completely. Much has been written about the vast, ''vast'' quantity of Internet porn she's now in, but the simple truth is most likely that the campaign had run its course and the company couldn't think of any new adventures for her.

** According to Kristin Brewe, then-Director of Brand and Public Relations (via [[https://priceonomics.com/how-esurance-lost-its-mascot-to-the-internet/ Priceonomics]]), the porn was the final nail in the coffin. As she put it, "For God's sake, sex and auto-insurance are not two things that go together."

* Ned The Incompetent Loan Officer was ''the'' face of Ditech in the early-2000's. The commercials would usually show him with a client[[note]]in a few commercials, the client would be his mother - [[TalkingToHimself strangely played by the exact same actor that played him]][[/note]], attempting to give him/her a home equity loan. He would horribly botch the deal, and the client(s) would call Ditech instead for the loan, leaving him to moan "Lost another loan to Ditech." Around 2003, the character inexplicably disappeared from Ditech's commercials, most likely because the company ran out of ways to use him.

* [=McDonaldland=] and the vast cast of characters who once existed side-by-side with Ronald [=McDonald=] in [=McDonald=]'s commercials were steadily [[ImAHumanitarian eliminated]] from the 1970s onward, until only the "core cast" of Ronald, Grimace, Birdie, and Hamburglar remained. For awhile past 2000 now, [=McDonald=]'s ads have only featured Ronald, and lately even he hasn't been seen terribly often.

* Erin Esurance was a Cartoon Network-esque super spy who went on dangerous assignments while pitching for the insurance company that created her. Her commercials ran for several months then abruptly stopped without explanation, and she was reduced to a static icon next to the company's name before being dropped completely. Much has been written about the vast, ''vast'' quantity of Internet porn she's now in, but the simple truth is most likely that the campaign had run its course and the company couldn't think of any new adventures for her.

** Initially, the premise was that Wendell has wandered off exploring the world, and the other two were searching for him (there was even a "Where's Wendell" contest). But the campaign became a sort of AbandonedArc without a resolution, and eventually the "temporary" ads featuring only Wendell just became the new normal.

* Ned The Incompetent Loan Officer was ''the'' face of Ditech in the early-2000's. The commercials would usually show him with a client, attempting to give him/her a home equity loan. He would horribly botch the deal, and the client(s) would call Ditech instead for the loan, leaving him to moan "Lost another loan to Ditech." Around 2003, the character inexplicably disappeared from Ditech's commercials, most likely because the company ran out of ways to use him.

* The Burger King Kingdom was BK's answer to [=McDonaldland=], and featured a colorful cast of characters including the milkshake-craving knight Sir Shakes-a-Lot, the picture-framed Burger Thing, the robotic Wizard of Fries, the skeptic Duke of Doubt, and Advertising/TheBurgerKing himself. They were phased out in favor of the BK Kids' Club in the late '80s, which itself disappeared shortly into the new millennium.