what does grimace as a macdonalds mascot represent ?

: what does grimace as a macdonalds mascot represent ?
i mean what is he? why is he purple?

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Answer by DJTBC
there is also hamburgalur who is a burgalur ad birdie who is a birdie and then there are also those french fries… about grimace:
Grimace (also known as “The Grimace”) is a fictional character who is part of the marketing campaign of McDonald’s. He is a friend of Ronald McDonald and a large, jolly fellow who looks like a large purple gumdrop with small arms and legs. He is known for his smiling face and simple demeanor.

In the first cycle of McDonaldland commercials beginning in 1971, Grimace was the “Evil Grimace”, with two pairs of arms with which to steal Triple-Thick Shakes. After that first campaign, the character was revised to be one of the “good guys”, and his number of arms was reduced to two.

Today, Grimace is generally portrayed in McDonalds’ commercials and merchandise as a sort of well-meaning doofus, whose clumsy antics provide a comic foil to the more serious and mature Ronald McDonald.

Grimace is a fantasy character, and not intended to be anything specific. However, ever since the character’s introduction there has been much speculation (though much of it tongue-in-cheek) about his appearance. Because the majority of McDonald’s characters more or less directly represent a food product sold at the restaurants (ie: Mayor McCheese, Fry Guys, McNugget Buddies, etc) many have naturally tried to guess as to what, if any, food product Grimace is supposed to represent.

A common speculation is that he is supposed to be a giant McNugget, but his appearance pre-dates the release of that food. A better explanation is that he is a taste bud, though there are many more fanciful attempted explanations. In reality, Grimace’s “official” role, according to McDonald’s, continues to be to represent the chain’s famous milkshakes. However, he does this out of love for the taste, and not because he is in any way a shake-based creature himself.

According to the McDonald’s website:

Grimace is a big, loving, fuzzy purple fellow who is Ronald McDonald’s best friend. He’s sure Ronald is the world’s ultimate authority on everything. While Grimace loves all McDonald’s foods, he’s absolutely crazy about milkshakes. Grimace is very enthusiastic and eager to try new things. His joyous spirit helps everyone overlook the fact he’s a little slow and clumsy sometimes.
Grimace also has a relative, Uncle O’Grimacey. Uncle O’Grimacey is also character of the fictional McDonaldland, created for an advertising narrative of the McDonald’s fast-food restaurant chain both in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day and to mark the annual appearance of the Shamrock Shake. O’Grimacey is the Irish uncle of the character Grimace and is a variant of the Grimace-design in that he is green instead of purple, sports a frock coat covered with several four-leaf clovers, carries a shillelagh

O’Grimacey resides in his home country for eleven months of the year and visits his nephew Grimace in March, bringing with him his incredibly delicious shake.

A popular character used annually by the restaurant in the 1980s, Uncle O’Grimacey is no longer used by the chain for its promotions of the shake. However, despite a long absence, McDonald’s has brought its annual dessert back in some cities.

According to a famous line from Clerks: The Animated Series, “Nothing can kill The Grimace.”

In Brazil, Grimace is known by the name of Shaky.

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Answer by gooroo s
he’s just a purple cheesburger eating machine

Answer by Paul McDonald
He’s the cute purple blob creature… he represents all that is cute and purple!

Answer by Laura
Apparently, there is no definite answer as to what that guy is. Ask Yahoo! had more information on Grimace. See this answer:

Answer by Emily E
that is what you will look like eventually if you keep eating there

Answer by jkautt
That is an effing brilliant question of which I have absouletly no answer to.

I take that back, believe it or not, it’s on Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimace

Still brilliant. I can sleep well tonight, as I have gained power through knowledge.

Answer by Sweet EL
“Grimace was indeed originally an evil member of McDonaldland, but apparently it discovered Jesus or something during a stretch in the joint, because now it’s a terminally cheerful, if somewhat dim, McDonaldland drone…While initially conceived as a character representing McDonald’s shakes, Grimace has transcended his role and is now seen as Ronald’s right-hand man, and closest friend. He still, though, retains his love of McDonald’s shakes.”

Answer by ckswife
Good question. At what point did the MacDonald’s promotion people look at this retarded, shapeless, droopy lidded, genderless, blob and say, “EUREKA! THAT’S the image we are trying to portray to the dining public! Maybe it’s just truth in advertising. You eat that junk long enough and you too will be a retarded, shapeless, droopy lidded, genderless, blob.

Answer by witchfromoz2003
He represents happy amiable little friend of All Characters associated with Ronald
GRIMACE is a Large size SMILE.
PURPLE why not Cool colour

Answer by copper o
hahaha good question….I always thought Grimace had something to do with promoting McDonalds shakes, at least that’s what I thought of when I saw it in commercials…Why purple I am not sure… good question

Answer by Yer Mom
I think He represents what will end up in your toilet the next day after eating at McDonalds… Need I say more?