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u/BanditoRojo May 10 '12
Tony's deadbeat cousin is always riding his coattails.
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I don't think that's his deadbeat cousin. I think this is http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3338/3227382552_edfcbd0734_b.jpg
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u/bonaducci May 11 '12
That tiger looks like he'd sell fake ecstasy.
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May 11 '12
Say what you will, but they did a great job on the mascot. As an artist, I want to throw up at the generic, msPaint bullshit that these companies paste on their boxes.
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u/too_many_penises May 11 '12
com'n. We all know lions are the superior big cat. Odds are, Tony the Tiger betrayed this lion fellow and took all his delicious cereal money.
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u/BanditoRojo May 11 '12
Today on "True Hollywood Story" Tony the Tiger - Behind the Cereal ...
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u/etienne_valejo May 10 '12
Your title made the joke. Have an upvote, good sir.
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u/trevorcop May 11 '12
Everyone who upvoted you came to say just this. Bastard!
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May 11 '12 edited May 11 '12
You get an update for cakeday! EDIT: Holy shit I'm blazed. Upvote.
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u/abbott_costello May 11 '12
Isn't this related to the "They'rrrrrrrrre food!" joke from Family Guy?
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May 11 '12
You know what I got for christmas? It was a banner freakin' year at the Tiger house; I got a carton of cigarettes. My dad grabbed me and he said, "Smoke em up Tony, THEYRRRREEE GREAT!" ......bastard.
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u/stiverino May 10 '12
Theyyyyyy're food!
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May 11 '12
Yep, it's a Family Guy joke.
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u/TheLoneWander101 May 11 '12
it was a banner year at the old tiger house dad got me a carton of cigarets he told me "smoke up Tony they're great"....Bastard
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u/Oster May 11 '12
Here are a few gems I found at my local dollar store:
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u/VicariousGaming May 11 '12
That circus balls cereal doesn't look very healthy, looks like you'd shit rainbows after eating that
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May 11 '12
Wait, why's the circus balls monkey wearing a denim vest and sporting a mohawk? What kind of circus is this?
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u/sk4nk May 11 '12
I don't know why but the lion reminds me of Tony Montana in Scarface.
Say hello to my LEEDLE FRIEND!
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u/PenisSizedNipples May 10 '12
Theyyyyyyyyyyyyy're not infringement!
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u/yagmot May 11 '12
I always wonder how. It's one thing to copy the idea of a product, but to copy a product, the packaging, mascot, and name is just asking to get sued (and rightfully so IMO)
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May 11 '12
The lion looks like a recently divorced dad who has his kids for weekend visitation. His kids are petulant, self-entitled little demons who vocalize their disdain for their father and his tiny apartment any chance they get and proclaim how much they wish they were with their mom and her new boyfriend. He can't afford the name brand cereal, so he presents the box to them with all the bravado his weary soul can manage, "C'mon kids! It's just like your favorite!"
"Fuck you, dad. We want Lucky Charms."
When I look at this box, I see a broken man.
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u/ftanuki May 11 '12
(((turns away, shoulders slouching, dejectedly consuming meager spoonfuls of Happenstance Trinkets)))
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u/your_average_dyke May 11 '12
That made me sad. Especially because he has his hat on backwards like he's just trying to be cool.
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u/Bonzai88 May 11 '12
"Tony the tiger thinks shit is great. That's all I got. I ordered two little boxes of frosted flakes for room service, it cost $37.50! On the box Tony the tiger was going "they're fffucking expensive!"
Mitch Hedberg you were the freaking man!
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u/Rixxer May 11 '12
Wait.. "Frosted Flakes" isn't copyrighted?
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u/TMHIRL May 11 '12
They're copyrighted as Kellogg's Frosties over here (Ireland, UK, Europe).
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u/NoCarrierHasArrived May 11 '12
You mean "trademarked", and no, it isn't.
If you made a microwave oven, you could register a trademark for "Rixxer's Microwave Oven" and prevent others from marketing their products with that name. You probably wouldn't be able to do the same with the phrase "Microwave Oven".
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I would have thought so too, but I guess it's just the description. Flakes that are frosted.
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u/flairstar8 May 10 '12
And you can tell that he's cool because his hat is backwards!
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u/StandardJonny May 10 '12
Their version of coco-pops are also quite good. Not funny, just thought you should try them out.
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u/DomesticViking May 11 '12
They changed the recipe for coco-puffs over here(Iceland), they are now made with whole grain and whatever.
Totally changed the texture and taste, they are like stale Wheetos now...
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u/Winterpeg May 11 '12
good thing they weren't frosted flakes from a hotel room: "Theyyyyyyyyyy'rrrrreeeeee fuckin' expensive!"
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u/nrbartman May 11 '12
If graphic design were cereal this would taste much better than the real Frosted Flakes.
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u/AlexthePwner May 11 '12
Terrence the Tiger, Tony's more successful brother says: "They're adequate".
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u/weasleeasle May 11 '12 edited May 11 '12
Hey Crownfield cereals are master full right down to their blatant theft of the crown paint logo.
Also Chocomoons are the best.
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u/Stingerc May 11 '12
Growing up, my Mom loved to skimp on stuff, specially if she thinks nobody will notice. She would buy shitty, cheap cereal that came in a plastic bag and just refill old brand name cereal boxes with it. If we had corn pops, she would get generic store brand corn pops or any other brand name cereal box we had in the pantry.
we would only notice because when we went for the toy, it had non or the box had some sort of movie that been at the movies months before.
We never got a straight answer as to why she did this. Spending a few extra dollars on cereal wasn't going to put us off (my dad is a surgeon, so money wasn't an issue growing up) and we just put it off as her being weird. This is a woman that would buy organic veggies and that kind of stuff, but would not dish out 2 extra bucks to get brand name cereal. god bless my strange, strange mother.
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u/FalseFactsOrg May 11 '12
THEEEYYY'RE ...slightly mediocre at best
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May 11 '12
Actually generic brands use better ingredients than the major brands, just try them side by side.
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u/KneadSomeBread May 11 '12
I definitely prefer Frosted Mini Spooners over Mini Wheats.
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u/Sakebe May 11 '12
I looked at this and thought nothing of it as i buy this shit all the time at my local Lidl. Boooooo
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u/SecretBravado May 11 '12
Frosted Flakes? More like Frosted Fakes! amiright? amiright?
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u/Lots42 May 11 '12
At least they know what they're doing.
"Hey kids! It's edible!"
Tony the Tiger is a bit too full of himself.
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u/43433 May 11 '12 edited Sep 01 '26
Bake quack pet seemly busy walnut paddle wise
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u/Narcofunk May 11 '12
I buy the bran flakes from them, they are actually pretty good for the price.
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u/Eats_Beef_Steak May 11 '12
Somehow "acceptable" adds far more hilarity to the box than "mediocre" does.
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u/aazav May 11 '12
All the cool lions of today wear their baseball caps backwards, yet slightly askew.
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u/Rasalom May 11 '12
I wouldn't say "They're grrrreat"... But you will have consistent shits after eating.
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u/FancyRobot May 11 '12
Ghetto cereals a lot of the time taste just as good as the original, in fact a few taste better. Malt O Meal (the bag cereal) makes a lot of great stuff, their Frosted Mini Wheat knockoff taste better than the original.
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u/ihutch01 May 11 '12
I survive off of PC brand Frosted Flakes here in Quebec. I would say that theyyyyyyy're good! but lack a large feline spokesanimal.
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I hate counterfeit Frosted Flakes. They get soggy way too fast and all you have left is Corn Flakes. I hate Corn Flakes
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u/Tiverty May 11 '12
I came here expecting a "theyyyyyy're heeerreee" parody, but was delightfully surprised.
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u/bongo_solo May 11 '12
Terry the Tiger approves http://images.wikia.com/familyguy/images/4/42/Terry_Tiger.jpg
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u/Vortilex May 11 '12
Must be like the Peruvian version of Rasin Bran, which bears the same name, but not the same quality
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u/Guatemaulin May 11 '12
I once found a generic brand of Lucky Charms called "Fortunate Marshmallows".
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u/SeamusMcCullagh May 11 '12
Larry the Lion always was kind of indifferent about the products he endorsed. Must have been all the heroin.
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u/SeonKi May 11 '12
This is way too late and will never be seen, but I am disappointed in Reddit for not having this comment made already.
It should be "They're acccccccceptable!" Tony the Tiger drags out the "great," not the "they're."
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u/Tyrant718 May 11 '12
I had some cereal like this growing up except the tiger didn't look that happy on the cover, had more of a nervous grin.
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u/Bigpapapumpyouup May 11 '12
Fuck yea, that's Petey the Lion! Grew up with that guy. Show em' your a lion, show em what you can do!
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u/ToStringMethod May 11 '12
On rare occasions the Redditor's title is even funnier than the picture. Well done, sir. Well done.
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May 11 '12
The funny thing is that probably is a name brand cerial in there. About ten years ago most brand name producers just started making genaric or store brand labels on there... why l let some other company make money when you can sell ypurs ?
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May 11 '12
For some strange reason the local discount grocer near me charges more for the offbrand / bags of cereal than the name brand nice stuff... so lately I've been eating the good stuff.
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u/17Hongo May 11 '12
Ah, lidl. Where the food has a "steal-by" date and you can only buy father's day cards in packs of 6.
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u/YumYumKittyloaf May 11 '12
And you see kids, this is how you do it. This is the only time the punchline should be in the title; when it's not actually in the link.
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u/GiantD May 11 '12
The guy who does the voice for tony the tiger in the UK, lives about 30mins away from me, he used to come into college to give industry talks. He's also a very talented Jazz double bass player, he's called Tom Clarke Hill here's his website. http://www.clarke-hill.com/
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u/typewritermonkey May 10 '12
I'm going to go back there tomorrow and see what other facsimile cereals they have