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Over the days , McDonald ’s has had severalPokémonpromotional event , mostly involving the fast food for thought chain ’s Happy Meals . These events have seen a variety ofPokémontoys orexclusive booster packs for thePokémontrading cardgame included in the kid ’s meal .
Upon hearing the news that McDonald ’s had includedPokémontrading cards in their Happy Meals , RedditorUnibee_Arttook to the Pokémon subreddit to share their unique " McVarient " Pokémon designs . These designs bright get across over some of the most well - know Pokémon with McDonald ’s original mascot type .
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Which Pokémon Received The “McVariant” Treatment?
Both Well Known And Obscure McDonald’s Characters Were Used For Inspiration
The most well - recognize of McDonald ’s mascots is the lily-livered and red clown , Ronald McDonald , who Unibee_Art opts to crossover withPokémon ’s Mr. Mime - who already has some clown - esque feature of speech - to become " McMime / Mr. Ronald . " Secondly , the wretched , amorphous Pokémon Grimer was cross over with Grimace , a McDonald ’s mascot who latterly saw a resurgence in popularity in 2023 due to the berry - flavored milkshake sold to celebrate the 52nd natal day of the character , sparking a serial publication of memes .
Other iconic mascot who received the " McVariant " treatment were Birdie the Early Bird , who was crossed over with Psyduck , and the Hamburglar , who was crossed over with Krookodile . However , the McVariants also included more obscure McDonald ’s mascots , such as the crescent - moon - head Mac Tonight - who was baffle over with Lunatone - a fictional character who was only used in marketing for four years in the eighty before reemerging as a controversial meme in the 2000s call " Moon Man " , and the Fry Kids , who naturally immingle in with Tangela .
Unibee_Art has done a bully line of work with these McVariant crossovers , creating wight that stay true to the characters they were barrack by , not face out of plaza at all as entries in a Pokédeck . McDonald ’s will likely continue to have more exclusive partnerships withPokémonin the future , but it would be great to see them do something unique like crossing over designs in a next issue , take brainchild from the McVariant concept and form alimited number of trading cardsthat would surely become a rarified collectable due to their freshness .
Source : Unibee_Art / Reddit
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