Happy (partially found McDonald's commercials from 2009-2022)

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Status: Partially Found


Happy was the mascot for McDonald's Happy Meals and PlayPlaces, he originally replaced the original iconic mascot Ronald McDonald. He was introduced in 2009 and phased out by 2022.


Happy is an anthropomorphic Happy Meal box with white limbs, and black shoes, he originally debuted back in 2009 in France and some other European countries, he later debuted in the USA on May 19th 2014, in the USA, Happy was created to help kids eating healthier stuff in any Happy Meal, but gained criticism on social media by calling him "Creepy" and "McScary" by the fans of McDonald's, some people also criticized Happy for replacing its original mascot, Ronald McDonald,. McDonald's later blamed the Happy haters on social media by calling the haters "tough crowd" by hash tagging #CantStopSmiling and later adding their opinion by calling them "cute," which these 2 posts also received criticism and by disagreeing with their liking of Happy, in the UK he later debuted in 2011 for Happy Studio, but he didn't get debuted officially until 2015, the first UK Happy Meal promotion that features Happy was Super Mario back in 2015.


In terms of appearance, Happy is designed as an anthropomorphic Happy Meal box, complete with white limbs and black shoes. Happy was influenced by the Minions. He even joins the Minions in some commercials that advertise toys relating to the Despicable Me franchise. In Spain, most commercials that feature Happy with promoted and licensed characters were replaced with Happies dressed up like them. This may be because the company was afraid that they might get sued for copyright infringement from the original producers. For example, in most European countries, this commercial promotes Super Mario toys, and shows Mario and a Happy dressed as Mario running together. However, in Spain, Mario was replaced with a Happy dressed as Luigi, painted in green. Some commercials feature multiple Happies, or other Happy Meal boxes also named "Happy". The reason for this is unknown however. He got a set of 8 action figures of him with different costumes in 2015 and some more have been released sporadically over the years. In the USA, he started out with his face replacing the smile on the box, with perforated eyes. Then, he appeared doing stuff on top of the smile. Some commercials involve Happy and his clones appearing in its town called "Happy City," which debuted in 2012, the Happy City also appears on some newer updates of Happy Studio as its main focus, the Happy City mainly appeared in the UK, France, Mexico, and Brazil.

List of Videos

This list is only the North American version. The videos for the European, Australian, and Japanese versions are unknown.

title year Availability
Boomshakalaka 2009 Found
Box 2009 Found
Feather 2009 Found
Ballerina 2009 Found
Jumprope 2009 Found
Clown 2009 Found
Underwater Requin 2010 Found
Camera 2010 Found
p'tit Wrap poulet & ketchup 2010 Found
Star Wars 2009 Found
Scooby-Doo 2010 Found
Titeuf 2010 Found
Shrek 1 2010 Found
Shrek 2 2010 Found
Puss in Boots 2011 Found
Arthur and the War of the Two Worlds 2010 Found
Piraten & Pferde 2010 Found
Megamind 2010 Found
Books 2010 Found
Madagascar 3 2010 Found
Penguins of Madagascar 2010 Found
Penguins of Madagascar - Happy replacement 2014 Found
Kung Fu Panda 2 2011 Found
Despicable Me 2 2013 Found
Despicable Me 2 - Happy replacement 2013 Found
Mr. Peabody & Sherman 2014 Found
Mr. Peabody & Sherman - Happy repleacement 2014 Found
The Smurfs 2011 Found
The Smurfs 2 2013 Found
The Smurfs 2 - Happy replacement 2013 Found
How to Train Your Dragon 2010 Found
The Angry Birds Movie 2016 Found
The Angry Birds Movie - Happy replacement 2016 Found
The Peanuts Movie 2015 Found
The Peanuts Movie - Happy Replacement 2015 Found
Home - Happy replacement 2015 Found
Home 2015 Found
The Lego Movie 2014 Found
The Lego Movie - Happy replacement 2014 Found
Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2011 Found
Loony Tunes 2016 Found
Shaun the Sheep 2013 Found
Tintin 2011 Found
Sports 2014 Found
Adventure Time 2015 Found
Mario 2013 Found
Mario - Happy replacement 2016 Found
Angry Birds 2017 Found
Rabbids 2010 Found
Rabbids 2016 Found
El Chavo & Chapulín 2014 Found
Barbie - Hotwheels 2012 Found
Barbie - Hotwheels 2 2012 [ Found]
Barbie - Hotwheels - Creativity 2013 Found
Barbie - Batman 2014 Found
Totally Spies - Amazing Spider-Man 2 2014 Found
Pokemon - My Little Pony 2012 Found
Pokemon - Jewelpet 2012 Found
Skylanders - Littlest Pet Shop 2013 Found
Mercredi 2017 Found
Pineapple 2017 Found
Apple and Grape 2016 Found
Giant Melon 2015 Found
Cucumber Sticks 2019 Found
Apple Ninja 2016 Found
P’tit Melon 2016 Found
Tomato golf 2016 Found
Grapes 2016 Found
Gogurt 2014 Found
Danonino 2016 Found
Rio 2011 Found
Happy Hits 2011 Found
The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017 Found
Ice Age 3 2009 Found
Tom and Jerry 2012 Found
Bakugan & Hello Kitty 2010 Found
SpongeBob Squarepants 2012 Found
The Lego Batman Movie 2017 Found
Epic 2013 Lost
Canon 2013 Found
Creativity 2020 Found
Souffleuse 2020 Found
Mime 2020 Found
Nature 2020 Found


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