# Potato Head -- Preferred Pronouns **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844 "2021-02-26T21:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/1 "2021-02-26T21:33:43Z")
I’ve been hearing today about Hasbro’s renaming “Mr. Potato Head” as simply “Potato Head”. It’s on a lot of radio talk shows. But it’s not really true. Here’s the Hasbro announcement posted online: > [@](#): > > Hasbro is officially renaming the MR. POTATO HEAD brand to POTATO HEAD to better reflect the full line. But rest assured, the iconic MR. and MRS. POTATO HEAD characters aren’t going anywhere and will remain MR. and MRS. POTATO HEAD. > > Launching this Fall, the CREATE YOUR POTATO HEAD FAMILY is a celebration of the many faces of families allowing kids to imagine and create their own Potato Head family with 2 large potato bodies, 1 small potato body, and 42 accessories. The possibilities to create your own families are endless with mixing and mashing all the parts and pieces. > > CREATE YOUR POTATO HEAD FAMILY is compatible with most standard Potato Head offerings and is a great addition to your Potato Head collection for kids ages 2 and up. > Potato Head has provided endless creative possibilities to our preschoolers for almost 70 years and will continue to do so with the new CREATE YOUR POTATO HEAD FAMILY. [https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/create\_your\_potato\_head\_family\_launching\_this\_fall](https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us/articles/create_your_potato_head_family_launching_this_fall) So they just seem to be renaming the product line “Potato Head”, rather than “Mr. Potato Head”. Mr. Potato Head and Mrs. Potato Head will apparently still exist, and be labeled in their boxes that way. It’s not a case of Political Correctness run amok, or of people finally recognizing that potatoes do not, indeed, have a gender orientation. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/2 "2021-02-26T23:20:09Z")
Can I make a teenager fast food Potato Head? Just so he could ask “Do you want fries with that?”. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/3 "2021-02-26T23:26:56Z")
When I was a kid, each foot was a separate item, each going into a separate hole in the bottom. When did they start wearing pants? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/4 "2021-02-27T05:12:15Z")
People are losing their minds over this and it’s hilarious. One woman today posted, “You’ve lost a loyal customer Hasbro! I mean who on earth gets offended about a toy potato?!” Who, indeed? ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/5 "2021-02-27T05:25:03Z")
Who the hell cares what pronoun someone wants to use? Jesus H Christ, some folks need to get over themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/6 "2021-02-27T05:30:55Z")
If you read the OP, you’d know that the answer is “not Hasbaro” ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/7 "2021-02-27T07:20:45Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > allowing kids to imagine and create their own Potato Head family So kids can make Tater Tots? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/8 "2021-02-27T08:53:53Z")
Originally you had to supply your own potato. I just missed that era, I got\* the plastic one that had holes too small to fit the pieces. \*_my brother’s toy, actually_ ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/9 "2021-02-27T09:39:04Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > So kids can make Tater Tots? 😆 Now I want tater tots. Mr. Potato Head as a brand reflects the patriarchial society. I welcome this change to the brand, because not everything has to be gendered. At least not in the English language. It’s similar to the question, when did Mrs. Hisname become Mrs. Hername. I guess in this case that Mrs. Potato Head’s maiden name was also Potato Head. Not that uncommon. Now will there be a Ms. Spud? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/10 "2021-02-27T10:22:55Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Originally you had to supply your own potato. Yeah, the one I had as a kid had just the pieces, you had to supply the potato. But then it got all shriveled and moldy with vines growing out of odd places. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/11 "2021-02-27T12:10:02Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I got\* the plastic one that had holes too small to fit the pieces. This is the set we had. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/ad/bb/27adbb10e7774c1b2a3739026d15a165.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/27/ad/bb/27adbb10e7774c1b2a3739026d15a165.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/12 "2021-02-27T15:17:51Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Originally you had to supply your own potato. I just missed that era, I got\* the plastic one that had holes too small to fit the pieces. I was in the pre-plastic generation that had to use actual potatoes.It seemed weird to me when they came out with plastic potatoes to fit the body parts into. I suspect one reason for the change was that it was too easy and too common for kids to put away Mr. Real Potato Head into the toy box or under the bed and forget about him for a while, only to come back to a Mr. Potato Head with a sprouting beard. Or (if you left him long enough) a Valdemaresque stinking oozing mess. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/13 "2021-02-28T03:58:40Z")
“mixing and mashing”. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/14 "2021-03-03T02:59:13Z")
Have they ditched the pipe? ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/15 "2021-03-03T08:02:31Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Originally you had to supply your own potato. I just missed that era, I got\* the plastic one that had holes too small to fit the pieces. > > - _my brother’s toy, actually_ I remember hearing this complaint before and wondering why you didn’t just stick the plastic arms and legs into a potato. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/16 "2021-03-09T15:37:27Z")
A propos, one of the most awesome songs ever graces the titular potato head with neither pronoun nor title: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AeBn_TZ4Iak/hqdefault.jpg ""Potato Head Blues" Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven on Okeh 8503 recorded May 10, 1927") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeBn_TZ4Iak) ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-head-preferred-pronouns/933844/17 "2021-03-11T01:38:35Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Have they ditched the pipe? Yeah, 35 years ago.