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Burger King

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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.
The Burger King logo.

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.

First Aired Length Description Screenshot
1990 30 seconds Lisa is playing by herself in the living room, when suddenly Bart shows up with his laser gun toy to bug Lisa. Lisa puts down Bart with her smart talk, so they booth end up arguing. Homer shows up to separate them. (Production code MC24, title "Burger King Toys") Bk1990 fight.jpg
October, 2001 30 seconds Homer tries to steal Bart's float that turns tongues black. Burger King black tongue.jpg
October, 2002 30 seconds Kang and Kodos come to the Simpsons house to steal Bart and Lisa's Freaky Floats Burger King Freaky Floats.jpg
February 1, 2003 30 seconds Homer wins a burger-eating competition. Burger King cook off.jpg
2007 30 seconds Homer is watching TV, when strange forces start to drag him and slam him against the wall and ceiling. Bk2007slam.jpg
July 22, 2007 1 minute Kang and Kodos, dressed as Burger King employees, turn everyone in town into a The Simpsons character that they resemble. Bk Simpsonizeme.jpg
July, 2007 32 seconds Krusty begs everyone to buy the Krusty Burger and not the Whopper. He then pick up a fight with the burger king mascot. Bk Krusty fight.jpg
July, 2007 29 seconds Homer has trouble advertising the Whopper. BK retake.jpg

Merchandise

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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.

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.

International promotion

There was an international promotion also, which included a FULL set of Golden figurines, including Golden Homer.

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".

Gallery

See also

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