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Revision as of 14:57, May 28, 2022
- This article is about the real-world Burger King. For the Burger King within the show, see Burger King (location).
Burger King is a real life fast-food chain that was founded in 1954.
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Commercials
Burger King had featured characters from The Simpsons in some of their advertisements. Several Burger King advertisements were aired to promote the release of The Simpsons Movie.
Prior to the release of The Simpsons Movie, Burger King launched the site "Simpsonize Me" where people can transform their photographs into characters in the Simpsons universe.
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Merchandise
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1990
In 1990, a set of five dolls only sold at Burger King were released. The dolls were $3.49 each, however the price may have varied with Mini-Muffins and any size of fries. A commercial was used to promote the offer.
- The Simpson family, special features included:
2001
In 2001 Burger King released 15 Halloween figurines with Big Kids meals.
2002 (USA)
In 2002, Burger King released a line of "Creepy Classics" Simpsons figurines in October and November. During October, a port lock-out meant that Burger King had to stop the promotion until stores got caught up with deliveries when it re-opened again.[1]
Burger King also released 4 watches, worth $2.39 each.
Creepy Classics
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2002 (UK)
In 2002, UK Burger King stores released several Simpsons soccer-themed figurines.
2007
In 2007, Burger King started a line of The Simpsons talking figures to promote The Simpsons Movie, which started on July 23, 2007 and ran throughout August, ending on August 26, 2007.
Figures
There were 16 figures, four being available each week. On the first week of the promotion, the Lisa, Krusty, and Chief Wiggum figures were available, along with Golden Homer, which was available every week throughout the promotion.
The characters and what they say:
- Homer - "Yee-Hah!" (both versions)
- Marge - "Oh, Homie!"
- Bart - "Gerunimo!"
- Lisa - "We have to save Springfield!"
- Maggie - sucks pacifier twice
- Nelson - "Haw-Haw!"
- Chief Wiggum - "Stop in the name of squeamishness!"
- Comic Book Guy - "Excuse me."
- Krusty - "Hey Hey! It's your old pal, Krusty!"
- Mr. Burns - "Excellent!"
- Barney - "Call me!"
- Flanders - "There's always room for one more Flanders!"
- Hibbert - "Heh, Heh, Heh."
- Apu - "Please, Please, I am counting as fast as I can!"
- Russ Cargill - "All eyes on me!"
International promotion
There was an international promotion also, which included a FULL set of Golden figurines, including Golden Homer. The figures were:
- Homer Simpson
- Chief Wiggum
- Nelson Muntz
- Ned Flanders
- Charles Montgomery Burns
- Barney Gumble
- Russ Cargill
- Bart Simpson
- Krusty the Clown
- Doctor Hibbert
- Marge Simpson
- Lisa Simpson
- Maggie Simpson
- Comic Book Guy
- Apu
2008
This promotion was for couch figures, which had a button on the back and made the character do something. There were (in order) Homer, Bart, Maggie, Lisa, Marge, and Santa's Little Helper was on the TV. You push his head down and the channels change.
2011
In 2011, Burger King started another line of The Simpsons figurines, this being Treehouse of Horror-themed, as a tie-in to "Treehouse of Horror XXII".
The figure's THOH eps:
- Time travel Homer: THOH XIII
- Marge: THOH III
- Fly-Bart: THOH VIII
- Lisa: THOH X
- Alien-Maggie: THOH IX
- Lord Montymort: THOH XII
- Milhouse: THOH XVIII
- Kang: THOH XVI
- The Collector: THOH X
- Scratchy: THOH IX
2013 - The Simpsons Super Heroes
Another line of figurines are to be released through BK Crown boxes during October 2013. A promotion through the BK Crown website was also started during September 2013. A digital game was added, '[The Simpsons Super Heroes, to the BK Crown website. A competition is also being held, wherein 10 national winners could win a 6-inch Bumblebee Man Kidrobot figure, and 51 state winners could win a Squinkies pack.
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Gallery
2001
2002 (USA)
2002 (USA watches)
2002 (UK)
2007
International Golden Figures
2011 (excluding Milhouse)
See also
External links
References
