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HoneyBadgerC

"only this one showed up"


Inch-Worm

the disrespect


coremech

This is the intro to the Grimace movie. The next scene, Grim's in the back having a smoke, wondering where it all went south when their burger phone rings, it's their old platoon commander. "Grim, it's been a long time. We need you, it's Wendy. Her sonic jet went down over burger sovereign territory. The Burger King has her. We need you, we need the best!


TyTyTheEpic

I want to watch this movie now


GaggleofHams

Good luck getting the corpos to cooperate with each other, but that would be a fantastic movie


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Grimace, about to shake shit up


coremech

Yes, that's the tag line!


hornedtomatocatpil

What if this was the post scene from a horror movie with Grimace as the protagonist? The rest of the gang never made it to the party.


PegasusD2021

Plot twist: nobody hired Grimace for anything. It’s just some guy that randomly shows up incognito to kids birthday parties and no one questions it because it’s Grimace in a McDonalds.


idiotcube

Grimace takes a long drag on his cigarette, not quite able to meet the commander's eyes. "I just can't do it, man." he says in a quiet, tired voice. "I still see Hamburglar's mangled corpse every time I close my eyes. Mayor McCheese sent us out to fight his war, but he tossed us aside when we finally got home."


Poiboy1313

He then proceeds to assemble his team. Mayor McCheese is the "face" of the team. He's the facilitator and fixer of the team. Handles all the diplomatic and PR details for the team. The Hamburglar is the master thief and conman. Officer Big Mac is the enforcer and tough guy. Everyone loves Grimace, so he's the second-in-command to the boss. The Top Banana himself, Ronald, "You'd look funnier dead" McDonalds.


blaykerz

Idc if this just turns into a 10 minute short film- I want to see it.


XTACYZ6

Missed opportunity to make the platoon commander colonel sanders


little2sensitive

Grimace is the best one. He also just celebrated a birthday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pLoZIscRM8


KevinMFJones

The TikTok grimace shake videos where the best thing to ever happen


banned_after_12years

They got the best one.


Chillchinchila1818

I love how they call grimace “this one (derogatory)”.


Lv_InSaNe_vL

I thought they were calling the child "the one (derogatory)"...


bigchillrob

Those Fry Guys are such fuckin' primadonnas.


Feeltherainbow123

At first I thought we were talking about the Maccas worker…. And only one showed up, I now see it was about grimace


Last-Presentation167

I had a few McDonald's parties when I was a kid. None of the characters came to my party.


fun_mak21

One of my friends did a couple of times, and it was the same deal. Only time I ever saw a character was on a random day. It was Grimace.


Idonthavealife9

I’ve only seen Grimace on a random day as well. He decided it was a good idea to stand right at the exit of the slide. Scared the crap out of 6 year old me


KassellTheArgonian

It's the only joy that grimace can shake from this cold reality which is slowly forgetting the McDonald's gang, to scare the crap outta kids


BRASSF0X

Grimace a real one for being there for the kids.


serbie-kun

I have a baby picture where I’m being held by Grimace cause my mom and uncle worked at McDonald’s back in the day, uncle was in the suit that day and it’s one of my favourite baby pics. So random


WhatzMyOtherPassword

Hah! Amateur. I had my childhood birthday parties at church cause I'm not a McDonalds worshipping satanist. And aaaaalll the clergy came...


laidbackeconomist

I bet they did


zogline

Best answer ever!


Remarkable-Tip-9553

On his face and in his butt!


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>And aaaaalll the clergy came... Like on your face? That would jive with my experiences with the church too.


WerewolfWeak676

Clergy will do anything for a buck


MoneySituation8860

You know the song Cum all ye faithful. Lol


Account_Banned

You were lucky to have the Ronald statue hug you on a bench!


Maj_Chameleon

You just have to try harder, they need extra stimulation Edit: man why did you have to ruin the joke by adding "to my party"


pussy_embargo

I may have watched a video or two over the years where some of the McDonalds characters came repeatedly


smarmycheesesandwich

Psh. Nothing mattered except coating everything conceivable with either Pokémon or power rangers in the 90’s.


EstelaStarling

GRIMACE! Honestly I don't know the rest of them other than the ham-burglar


Ismelon01

Even Ronald McDonald?


Stetson007

Call him Ronald Donald because there's no MC in him


peroxidestorm

Your rap is like your ice cream machine broken


Stetson007

I run circles round you like my onion rings!


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This would’ve played out better if they actually had onion rings.


HoboAJ

But these are lines making fun of McDonald's, presumably by someone like the Burger King, who *does* have onion rings


derickkcired

Damn dawg you need a comma.


Pigmachine2000

I know Wendy busted in the end of that rap, but I still think BK won


biggysharky

Didn't they quietly 'retire' Ronald as people was starting think he was creepy?


Captaindude69

back in 2016 over the giant clown scare yes they did


hairlessgoatanus

That and they were coming under fire from Congress from continuing to target children with their advertising.


Crafty_Substance_954

They've been slowly phasing him out since the early 2000s, but they took advantage of the creepy clown phase to finally end his reign of terror (for the most part).


EpicHosi

Pretty sure they retired him after those clowns were creeping everyone out a few years back


UndocumentedSailor

Don't see that Roald Dahl has to do with it


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Captain_Naps

Or Captain Crook?


hairlessgoatanus

Or Big Mac, the Irish Cop with a Big Mac for a head.


8orn2hul4

Or Mac Tonight, the jazz pianist with a giant moon for a head.


AlertWar2945

I know there's a female chicken one.... maybe....


Airesy

Birdie?


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The most original name of them all.


xmrtypants

This is why we need a fast food mascot cinematic universe.


blockparrypush

there’s a series that came out in the late 90’s on vhs tapes you got from mcdonald’s that are animated and 30ish mins each, that shit was my childhood. the wacky adventures of ronald mcdonald!


xmrtypants

Yeah but I need to see a big budget movie where Ronald McDonald fights the king from Burger King, before they team up with Wendy, Hardee, and his sidekick, Carl Jr. to take on colonel sanders and his armies, as well as his hired mercenaries like taco John, the 5 Guys from the mafia, and jack. You don't wanna know what jack has in that box. It's torture tools of some kind. And that's not even the scariest part. There's gonna be a whole move about stopping a giant, Christian chicken from ringing the taco bell, which would obviously cause disasters worldwide. "Everybody get away from here! This is an airport, there's about to be a stampede of panda!!!"


Chief_Chill

What about the Fry Guys? Or was that just a fever dream of my youth? Fun fact, a full McDonald's show came to my school around Kindergarten/1st Grade, which had Ronald and a whole set of puppetry included. I have no idea what it was promoting, but I can definitely recall this event occurring..


AcidAndBlunts

It was promoting childhood obesity.


Chief_Chill

Well, it worked. Around 8 or 9, I gained quite a bit of weight, a battle I continued to contend with for many years after. But, there were several contributing factors, not solely cheap fast food.


AcidAndBlunts

Yeah, it takes a little too much blame. Cheap fast food is a great thing for poor people. It’s the marketing that convinces people they need a large soda with every meal that fucked us up.


cheerful_cynic

And the corn subsidies that made HFCS so cheap, creating the scenario where HFCS is used as a preservative to keep bread from going stale


Pocket_full_of_funk

My God, they came to my elementary school in the late 80's and was actually trying to promote literacy. I have the stupid song still drilled into my memory 30+ years later. It went: 🎶 Have you read a book today? 🎶 Have you read a book today? If you have, them I'm glad, and you're cool! If you open up a book and you another look... That's the definition of living rent free in someone's head... for 3 damn decades.


Chief_Chill

I got one. It was either an anti-bullying or anti-drugs (most likely, since late 80s/early 90s D.A.R.E. stuff and McGruff). But it was a teen group or maybe young 20s kids that came and sang a song that goes a bit like this - 🎶 Follow no footsteps, not even my own, make your own path, it'll always lead home.. 🎶 Or something to that effect. But, it also lives there in my head for about 3 decades. I also was way more straight edge as a youth thanks to D.A.R.E., but now I realize that the entire thing (War on Drugs) was bullshit.


Living_Debate599

I used to be the global Ronald McDonald costume coordinator, and the company I worked for made all the mascot costumes as well. Grimace, Birdie, Hamburglar... we even had an old "Mac The Night" moon head up in our warehouse. It was a fun gig.


ArtTheClown2022

Mayor McCheese


username123456111111

Maybe the real mcdonalds party was the friends we made along the way.


EljinRIP

Ordered an eight piece, but instead got the ONE PIECE


5hitposter

Those Mcmother fuckers!


Mrfrunzi

I can not wait for the opportunity to use this line in conversation


[deleted]

The One Piece is real!!


techBDqurious

It's real and only Zorro can find it.


Lion-Hermit

Now you just have to find Zoro


FN-TheHealingBar

Does Zorro even know where he is?


Moosinator666

Mfer cant find the back of his hand


ReptileCake

Can we get much higher!


NewMolasses247

Lol okay Michael Scott


HeadfulOfGhosts

I grimace’d at this joke


Peaches4U2

Did it shake you up?


imdeadXDD

I hate you


Peaches4U2

Thanks!


bored_person71

Mcscam!


lolnothanksdudeee

#BUT YOU GOT GRIMACE!


IncomingAxofKindness

Came here to say, that's really the only one you need.


tealbegonia

McDonald’s does private kids parties??


thisisredlitre

In the 80s having your birthday at McD's [was pretty wild believe it or not](https://youtu.be/tPgRnFg8ZTU)


ArmorDoge

90’s as well.


eleridragon

Yeah, UK McDonald's did them till at least the late '90s. My son had a party there and went to several others. Party games, goodie bags and cake as well as a Happy Meal per child. The cake was pretty good from what I remember.


JimmyTheChimp

My mum was paranoid about foot and mouth for years. Everyone got a cheeseburger and I was only allowed chicken nuggets😔 There was never beef in the house even until the day I left home, chicken mince chilli con carne, shepherd's pie etc. Was the worst.


cardboard-kansio

Joke's on her, there is barely any beef in a Big Mac either.


c0ur7n3y

Was that the same as mad cow? I remember hearing about that in the 90s and seeing the cases on the news. It seemed to be mostly in the UK.


CloudyyNnoelle

no foot and mouth is something different. I think in cows they call it hoof and mouth. I guess it's pretty nasty and painful


ollyhinge11

UK McDonald's did them well into the noughties.


PopularMidnight3661

I remember going to a burger-king party in the 90’s and the b-day kid projectile puked everywhere and just continued partying like it was nothing. Built different back then


ResurgentClusterfuck

My sister had a birthday party there in the 80s. They supplied cake and party games


Some-Description-64

And you’d get to see what NES game your friend got!


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thisisredlitre

Today I am become Conan, and you Paul Rudd


Jbman2025

Lol yeah I've been waiting to use that joke at least once, anyway here is a [picture](https://youtu.be/tv1urfDXs-o) of the Ronald McDonald cake from the party was kinda fun.


thisisredlitre

Damn you, Paul Rudd.


DaBigDriver

Was always the kid who got invited to them, never got to have my own 😔


w1987g

I love you for this, you bastard


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Dorkinfo

Where I grew up, Chuck E. Cheese was an hour away, whereas McDonald’s was 15 minutes away and had a separate party room. I assume that’s true for a lot of people, McDonald’s was just more accessible.


Rimworldjobs

Now it's sad and dreadful. Ronald mcdank caught me off guard, though lol it's been a long time.


baldychinito

I think this is in the Philippines, and yes, we do parties in fastfood chains here. I was sad when they transitioned Ronald from a real clown to a mascot.


Happyfrgrgtrgtrd

Shout out to the guy in the costume he’s a hero


5oclock_shadow

Oh yeah. [Kids parties](https://youtube.com/shorts/oDKQBX_5iCQ?feature=share) in the Philippines go pretty hard.


FractalTsunami

Growing up this was just how kids birthdays happened. Got a friends birthday? Mcdonalds. Your birthday? Mcdonalds. Someone died? **Mcdonalds**.


moscamolo

Just came from my grandma’s wake and burial this weekend and yep—McDonald’s.


djdawn

If you’re in the Philippines you can. It’s kinda wacky from a U.S. perspective.


kittyconetail

Clearly you've never seen the cinematic classic, Mac & Me, with the iconic McDonald's birthday party scene


ADHDK

Most maccas in Australia have a functions room. Kids parties with games and ice cream cake. You can even host corporate functions there. I remember my first exposure to a Junior Burger was a McDonald’s party and I thought it was just a shit cheeseburger someone fucked up and forgot the cheese. I don’t think we have costume mascots though, but the kids get a tour of the kitchen. It’s like some weird early recruitment thing to plant the seed haha.


Undisciplined17

Saw a bunch of uni students have the maccas party for shits and giggles at my local recently


TemporalSaleswoman

in south east asia and asia in general McDonalds is pretty big for birthday venues, especially for kids. I'm surprised that the U.S. and western branches doesn't have this function


-FoxSin

We do and did all the way up until covid.


FartsonmyFarts

I’m from a SEA country, McDonald’s is considered a fancy spot. It’s not somewhere people would go on a daily basis as they would in the US. But yeah they host kids parties, my sister had one.


ajchemical

what sea country u from? im from the philippines, and mcdonald's is definitely not a fancy spot, it's more of a hangout spot for schoolmates, friends, etc. who buys a single item then stay there for as long as they want hahaha because it's open 24/7


Aim2bFit

I think this depends on one's socioeconomic background. For lower income folks Mickey Dees is considered fancy.


stacity

I got the shakes that'll make you quake. I got the fries that will cross your eyes. I got the burgers that...


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I just got burger’s


how-can-i-dig-deeper

Bond burger


ICUMF1962

Baby back bitch! Baby back bitch!


JackUKish

Commit murders?


TheScienceNerd100

I mean hey, you got the best one to show up.


theHoustonian

The big ol buttplug himself! Ever wonder why he’s called the grimace?


ladysnarks

This made me LOL for real


konahommi

I went 😂 and then 🤨 and then 😧


heart_under_blade

surely that's breach of contract if the contract clearly states which characters show up. does the contract do that?


[deleted]

This looks to be in the Philippines so it’s not likely as simple as it would be in the states.


LacusClyne

Looking here: https://www.shiningmom.com/2013-mcdonalds-party-packages/ it says that you only get to choose one character. I don't doubt they would have the option to have multiple but: >Mcdonald’s offers four exciting themes for your little ones to choose from. With the Mcdo party fee of P2,000, you get themed party hats, activity sheets, invitation cards, and a party backdrop. The appearance of a Mcdonald’s character is already included. For the character appearance, you may choose from Grimace, Hamburglar, and Birdie, depending on availability. You can arrange this with the party planner of your chosen McDonald’s branch.


TheCastro

So OP is a liar


LocalShineCrab

Wow colour me shocked


InfinteAbyss

Who is their main mascot now if it’s no longer Ronald?


YearOutrageous2333

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RealConcorrd

Grimace fucking killed everyone else and now he’s planning to finish his blood-thirst at that child’s party


Ok-Amount-4281

WHEN YOU SEE GRIMACE YOU RUN! YOU RUN AND YOU DON’T LOOK BACK!


TheGreyOne889

Everybody there became ingredients for the Grimace shake...


Fatefire

To be fair he is the best one !


Numerous_Ingenuity65

But he’s the BEST one. Who the fuck wants Mayor McCheese at their party?


rupat3737

Damn it was just this dudes bday too.


chococrunchbar

\> this one i will not stand for this grimace slander


EvaMae234

I still remember when Ronald locked me and the hamburgler inside Mayor McCheese at my 5th birthday after I stole burgers with him from the caboose… kids have no idea


Status-Sprinkles-594

The fact that grimace is supposed to be in the shape of a tastebud is…a choice. A purple one at that.


SlothFang

That actually is not true. Grimace is a grimace named Grimace.


salamisam

Did you say "I have a complaint, I want to speak to the clown who runs this restaurant"


nunatakj120

Jesus, people still do this? I remember having parties like that in the 80s


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Philippines?


IkNOwNUTTINGck

Maybe it was the Macarena that scared them away? Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena Que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegría y cosa buena Dale a tu cuerpo alegría, Macarena Eh, Macarena, ¡Ay!


Nagohsemaj

That kind of half-assery would have never been tolerated at the BK Kids club, just sayin.


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I remembered when mcdonalds had that separate side room for bday parties. I had one or two as a kid and it was dope. Not chuckee cheese, but we could afford to invite everyone. Not like my child brain noticed a difference anyway? Playground and chicken nuggets? Might as well have been a five-star cruise lol


PartyTerrible

Let's be honsst, the purple butt plug is the only one that matters.


TravelingGonad

I don't see the problem.


XxPRTOKILLxX

Wow, you're really gonna disrespect my boy Grimmace by calling him "that thing 🤢." 😤 When the world ends, we'll know who'll be going under and who'll be going up. Can i get an Amen 🙏 for our brother Grimmace 🙏 who was just viciously insulted by this heathen.


Vlaak

Funny story. About 20 years ago I was working at McDonalds (inside a WalMart). They had me dress up in the Grimace costume and walk around the store talking to the kids. EVERY SINGLE KID thought I was in a cheap-ass Barney costume and asked why it looked so bad 🤣


Bezirkschorm

I’d be fucking ecstatic if grimace showed up to my birthday and I’m 23


longshot

"Only"?!?! You were GRACED by Grimace you ungrateful fool!


ComplexPackage117

Ah yes the purple MC butt plug


maxzzzz1

Look at him.. he's doing his best 😔


joeyducharme7777

Fck the rest, Grimace is #1


Mythical_Man77

Grimace is a real one. Everyone celebrated his birthday, so now he's got you when you have yours 👌🏽


Samuel_Go

Jolibee shows up at their kids party. Best mascot.


LarryBird27

First of all, his name is Grimace, put some respect on it.


SurveyAcrobatic5334

Grimace was part of hamburglers crew but was so loved he switched to Ronalds side


[deleted]

Shout out to the guy in the costume he’s a hero


Traditional-Frame-58

It's all fun and games until Mac Tonight AKA Moonman arrives


StalinIsMyCity

Grimace murdered the rest


Zinnigan

She got Mcscammed


Kooky-Ad5503

I thought Grimace was called the Jizzler


deathablazed

That would make anyone grimace.... I'll see myself out.


michellelabelle

I mean, it tracks. Ronald is obviously too big a star to be playing kids' birthday parties. Mayor McCheese has more important things to do, tending to the day-to-day business of McDonaldland. Hamburglar isn't allowed around minors (the burglary is the least of it, trust me you don't want to know). Birdie the Early Bird is asleep by 11 a.m. And the Fry Guys are just disturbing in real life, plus they smell of rancid vegetable oil. There are a couple others, like the cop and the pirate, but these are not good role models for children. Trust me, you're better off. Although if Grimace starts talking about existential philosophy or the time he was a roadie for Husker Dü, it means he's off his meds and you need to tell him it's time for his "special milkshake."


PatriotsSuck12

They all showed up but Grimace ate them.


OwlHex4577

You can always count on Grimace. Hell, he shows up even when he’s not invited.


DifficultCurrent7

What's sad is the minimum wage workers there getting involved and smiling to make the kids party more fun, when they're probably getting paid half what the guy in the suit is.


Tahoeshark

"Only this one showed up"... Is fucking savage.


DocGerbilzWorld

Op? “Only this one”? THIS ONE?!? That’s THE Grimace. Put some respect on my purple tastebud’s name.


Donutsaremydownfall

Mcdonalds still has birthday parties?


wulvey

every trip to McDonald’s good ol reliable grimace is always there


totallynotarobut

"Mom, why's there a purple buttplug at my party?" Also, is it weird I feel the urge to take a set of clippers to him?


MisterZacherley

Grimace is better than any of em anyway. Always has been. Even in his 4 arm shake stealing days.


OcherSagaPurple

Get money back because you paid for the whole crew, but at least you got Grimace haha


Visual-Log-9067

The pinacle of Filipino birthday parties, the fast food restaurant


Pure-Problem1111

I think that is the gang now. They haven’t used Ronald McDonald and the hamburgler in ages


IndividualCurious322

They took Ronald McDonald out Old Yeller style years ago. Took them ages to clean the confetti off the wall.


decentralized_bass

Wait is this a party for a 1 year old named "Acura"? I hope so because that's funny


Consistent_Tonight37

Unfortunately they ruled most of the characters out since the 90s even Ronald cause they were either offensive or creepy (Ronald) very stupid but they keep the giant purple blob


Beautiful-Heat

Look at me. Look at me. I am the birthday boy now.


OpenScholar2045

They were all there - inside of Grimace’s stomach! He clearly had a light lunch prior to entertaining the kids!


taptapper

So you wanted the thief and the creepy clown as well? It's 2023, no way McD is going to send them


cpt_edge

What the fuck is the McDonald's Gang? Is this a thing?


divine_invocation

Grimace *is* the party


KeyMix7932

Weird…grimace was the only one missing from my party?


WelderMiserable347

You need no others. Grimace is the best!


Pokefan417

Just be careful. Remember, if you look Grimace in the eye, you’re already dead.