Top 10 Creepiest Product Mascots
Burger King has announced it is dethroning its King in favor of a new ad campaign that features their healthy food options. To celebrate the retirement of one of the shadiest product mascots of all time, TIME took a look at other fictional pitchmen who freaked us out
The caped, pointy-eared count with a stereotypical Transylvanian accent was, for some reason, a magnet to children. Even his pet spider couldn't repel them. But, of course, it was really the sugary goodness that drew them in — kids probably didn't even notice the count's wiry fingers or single sharpened incisor hanging from his jaw. To make matters worse, Count Chocula promoted his "double-chocolaty" cereal while cavorting with his fellow cereal monsters Frankenberry and Boo Berry, who had equally scary dispositions and promoted equally unhealthy breakfast cereals.
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