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Hipster Hamburglar

Hipster Hamburglar

Part of a series on McDonald's. [View Related Entries]

Updated Jul 07, 2015 at 09:14PM EDT by Brad.

Added May 08, 2015 at 01:26PM EDT by Don Caldwell.

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About

Hipster Hamburglar is the nickname for an updated depiction of the McDonald's mascot Hamburglar, who was revived as the alter ego of a hip, suburban father in a promotional campaign for the Sirloin Third Pound Burger in May 2015.

Origin

The Hamburglar[1] villain was first introduced in 1971 in several McDonald's television commercials as a thief wearing a black-and-white shirt and pants, red cape and a wide brimmed hat (shown below). The character was commonly featured in promotions for the fast food restaurant until 2003.



On May 6th, 2015, the McDonald's Twitter feed posted a commercial for their new Sirloin Third Pound burger, in which a father wearing a black-and-white striped apron is shown performing various flair tricks with a spatula while grilling hamburgers in his backyard, followed by a voice whispering the Hamburglar's catchphrase "robble robble" (shown below).




That day, the fast food company released a promotional image for an updated version of the Hamburglar character, who is depicted as a bearded adult man wearing a black trenchcoat, striped shirt and black mask (shown below).



Spread

The same day, USA Today[2] published an article about the McDonald's character, referring to him as a "hipster version" of the villain. Meanwhile, Twitter users began posting tweets mocking the character's trendy appearance (shown below).[3][4]


"source":https://twitter.com/desusnice/status/596020771543060480 "source":https://twitter.com/briangaar/status/596061817677467648

On May 7th, Redditor PR0F_CHA0S posted a gallery of tweets criticizing the new Hamburglar to the /r/LeWrongGeneration[5] subreddit. In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the online reaction to the character, including The Daily What,[6] E! Online,[7] UpRoxx,[8] Mashable[9] and NPR.[10]

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