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(Evil) Grimace

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What villain actually had a good point?

More Arms, More Shakes

Grimace is from the McDonald’s universe. You may recognize him from his recent controversy of being revealed as a large purple taste bud. I call BS on this, McDonald’s.

I did some research and I found that Grimace started out as Evil Grimace in 1971 and had four arms so that he could steal more milkshakes. But his arms and persona scared little children so they amputated two of his arms and made him be a taste bud. Please note, I was never scared of him as a child, and I’m just not buying that other kids were scared of him. He is also Ronald McDonald’s best friend.

But make no mistake about it, Grimace is a thief. He steals milkshakes. He’s not like Hamburglar who steals hamburgers and looks suspicious and – let’s be real – is kind of weird. He’s a big purple blob who is friendly, but also will steal your milkshake. I like this about him.

I think having four arms to steal more milkshakes in the heat of the summer makes a lot of sense. (Evil) Grimace is my guy for this prompt.

🎶” My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they’re like…“🎶

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21 thoughts on “(Evil) Grimace”

  2. I heard about this! I heard that Grimace originally started out as a villain.

    A couple years ago when McDonald’s was celebrating Grimace’s birthday with the “grimace shake“ the New York Mets had Grimace throw out first pitch out before one of their games. That night, the Mets went on a 7 game winning streak.

    Grimace became something of a good luck charm for the team that season.

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      1. Before one of the playoff games, I guess grimace was filmed the boarding the number seven train to Citi Field. Obviously, a lot of that was just done for publicity, as they had grimace art all over the train car.

        This happens to be my favorite video I saw of that day

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  8. The Evil Grimace lore is genuinely unhinged and I’m delighted — four arms specifically to steal MORE milkshakes is the kind of villain efficiency you have to respect. And the retcon to ‘he’s just a taste bud’ really is corporate cowardice; you’re right to call BS. Honestly, in peak summer heat, doubling your milkshake-carrying capacity isn’t villainy, it’s foresight. Ronald’s best friend clearly contains multitudes. Great pick.

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