# TV or movie cartoon characters used in commercials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2015, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057 "2015-11-20T07:07:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/21 "2015-11-20T21:46:06Z")
If print ads count, a bunch of Marvel super heroes used to pimp for Hostess. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/22 "2015-11-20T22:10:23Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > I’m thinking along the lines of the Flintstones being used for the Fruity Pebbles brand. Not characters that were made up for the campaign, like Cap’n Crunch. Any other examples? The Flintstones also appeared in commercials for their own brand of vitamins. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/23 "2015-11-20T22:32:27Z")
Superman was in a commercial for…I want to say MasterCard…it was some credit card, anyway. With Jerry Seinfeld. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/24 "2015-11-20T22:38:23Z")
[Mr Bean in chocolate advert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4aD_B3WYA) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/25 "2015-11-20T22:57:25Z")
Oops. Apologies. Didn’t notice you wanteds cartoon characters. Although there \*is \*a Mr Bean cartoon. And here’s the Pink Panther advertising videotape. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IUMpJJOgfeI/hqdefault.jpg "Scottish TV - STV - Adverts - 1986") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUMpJJOgfeI) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/26 "2015-11-20T23:51:12Z")
Paddington Bear advertises Marmite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fz6Sp714ow ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/27 "2015-11-23T14:08:23Z")
I’m sure it’s been mentioned, but I didn’t see it, but Tinkerbelle for a number of things among them Peter Pan Peanut Butter. Peter Pan was in some but for some reason that didn’t last long. Possibly it was because Tinks body was modeled after Marilyn Monroe. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/28 "2015-11-23T14:19:13Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > Tinks body was modeled after Marilyn Monroe. Sorry, but… > **[Was Marilyn Monroe the Model for Disney's Tinker Bell?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tinker-bell/)** > > Clap if you believe. Snopes investigates the rumors that the fairy introduced in the 1953 film "Peter Pan" is modeled after the iconic movie star. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/29 "2015-11-24T07:38:59Z")
[The Simpsons](http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/C._C._Lemon) have a few Japanese commercials for **C.C. Lemon** , a fruit drink. **Snoopy** and other Peanuts characters have done quite a few over the years here in Japan. They have sold everything from doughnuts to potato chips to McDonald’s. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2015, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/30 "2015-11-24T13:23:31Z")
Here’s Bugs and Yosemite Sam advertising Tang: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e7MYsB-YElk/hqdefault.jpg "Vintage Tang Commercial with Yosemite Sam & Bugs Bunny") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7MYsB-YElk) …and Post Cereals: > **[yosemite sam car commercial - Bing](http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yosemite%2Bsam%2Bcar%2Bcommercial&qpvt=Yosemite%2BSam%2Bcar%2Bcommercial&FORM=VDRE#view=detail&mid=684EA74A6C78A11C4187684EA74A6C78A11C4187)** > > Intelligent search from Bing makes it easier to quickly find what you’re looking for and rewards you. although my favorite Yosemite Sam ad was the Honda Ridgeline one from the 2006 Super Bowl, where he puts in a cameo. They seems to have taken it offline, but here’s a description: [http://www.studiodaily.com/2006/02/mud-flap-girl-comes-to-life-in-super-bowl-spot/](http://www.studiodaily.com/2006/02/mud-flap-girl-comes-to-life-in-super-bowl-spot/) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057/31 "2015-11-24T14:41:41Z")
Trivia: the character Milhouse appeared in a Butterfinger commercial before he appeared on The Simpsons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-or-movie-cartoon-characters-used-in-commercials/738057.md?page=1)