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* [[Animated Adaptation]]: ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcyIjYE_wqo The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald]''

* [[Animate Inanimate Object]]: These show up in commercials a lot, and not just food. One commercial from the 70s had talking trash cans, while commercials from the 90s suggested ''everything'' in Ronald's house was alive, including furniture, utensils, and his big, red clown shoes.

* [[Burger Fool]]: But of course.

** McDonald's is the [[Trope Codifier]]. In fact, ''Fast Food Nation'' accuses them of trying to make their jobs so simple that a new person could be trained in 15 minutes, making everyone wholly expendable.

** Needless to say, the company is not exactly a fan of the "[[McJob]]" slang for a fast food job that a traind chimp could do. In the UK (where the term is particularity popular) their recruiting department even ran an advertising campaign with the tagline "Not bad for a [[McJob]]" in an attempt to neutralize the negative image associated with working at McDonald's has. It didn't work.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: ~~[[wikipedia:Madonal|MaDonal]] in Northern Iraq, as well as Matbax.~~

* [[Captain Ersatz]]:

** [[wikipedia:Madonal|MaDonal]] in Northern Iraq, as well as Matbax.

** Ronald McDonald himself. In the Washington DC area Bozo the Clown made appearances at local McDonald's bringing in massive crowds. When the show was cancelled, actor Willard Scott (yes, the weatherman) created a new costume and name while keeping the Bozo act.

** The other McDonaldland characters were blatantly ripped off from [[H.R. Pufnstuf]] after [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]] refused to license the original characters. The company sued and McDonald's ended up paying a large settlement.

** While few could deny that Captain Crook was intended to be a direct parody of Peter Pan's foe Captain Hook, he certainly seemed to ''specifically'' resemble Disney's version of the character.

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

** The Hamburglar's was "Robble Robble!".

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** Fun fact: When you see the burgers on TV, the pickles stick out the side so the viewer can see them. If you're actually ''working'' at McDonald's, the pickle goes in the center of the burger so that it can get bitten into from any direction.

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Birdie is rarely, if ever, seen with her aviator goggles over her eyes.

* [[Harmless Villain]]: Pretty much ''any'' villain who menaced McDonaldland were easily fooled and outsmarted by Ronald and his child-friends; Captain Crook, the Goblins, and the Hamburglar started off this way, before mellowing and becoming cuter and even ''more'' harmless.

* [[Iconic Logo]]: In fact, the Golden Arches are included in that Trope's image.

* [[Let's Meet the Meat]]: Played straight in many ads. Subverted by the singing fish, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bJOIqVAD-s who isn't very happy about being made into a sandwich and the rest of his remains mounted on a wall].