Over the decades, fast food chains have introduced colorful characters to make their brands more memorable. While mascots like Ronald McDonald and the Burger King still linger in pop culture, many ...

The hilarious and food-loving Raphael Gomes dressed as fast food mascots and ate for 24 hours in a wild and funny challenge.

For many of us, childhood memories are tied not just to toys or old cartoons, but also to the jingles, commercials, and iconic mascots that accompanied a trip to our favorite fast-food restaurant.

Some fast food mascots have remarkable staying power. Ronald McDonald, for example, is decades older than most of his customers today. Other mascots come and go too quickly to remember. Even those who ...

Round waffle with pat of butter on white plate - P Maxwell Photography/Shutterstock The right combination of a great food product and the perfect mascot is an alchemy ...

Larry now shows his shoulders, making him seem stronger and more vibrant, says Michael Connors, Hornall Anderson's vice president of design. Trimming his hair makes him look lighter and his neck ...

The pop-culture landscape is littered with the bleached bones of advertising mascots long passed: For every Kool-Aid Man that survives to break down new walls with his rotund fruit-drink excitement, ...

OK, I just named the ones I personally think are creepy. If your most shuddersome mascot didn't make the list, that's why. Or I wasn't aware of them, or they weren't high profile enough to make the ...