Mustangs  and Jaguars are obvious choices to sell fast cars, but what about the other animals that are so familiar in popular culture? In 1944, Smokey the Bear pointed at us as he told us how to prevent forest fires. Fun fact? There are no images of Smokey here because his image is protected by law and is a Congressional trademark.

Can you match the type of the animal with a company or product? The GEICO geccko is too easy. My favorite? The fire-breathing goat named Kevin who appears in ads for Georgia KENO lottery. 

One spokesperson/mascot is a lion; some others are a toucan, a fish with an accent, a cheetah, a cow and one is a dog who advertised shoes (with the help of his oddly-dressed owner). 

 MGM’s signature lion first appeared before a film in 1924. The lion’s roar is even trademarked. Seven lions have been used over the course of MGM’s history and the first was named Slats. 

A bird with a giant bill named Toucan Sam is the mascot for Froot Loops cereal by Kellogg’s. For some reason he has a British accent.

Charlie the Tuna became the cartoon fish mascot for StarKist Tuna in 1961. 

Since 1986, Chester Cheetah has been the corporate mascot for Cheetos made by Frito Lay.

As Chester says, “It ain’t easy being cheesy”.

Elsie the Cow is also a cartoon mascot. She was created in 1936 for the Borden Dairy Company. Elsie’s mate was named Elmer the Bull. In 1940, Elmer became the mascot for Elmer’s Glue. 

Buster Brown was a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, his companion was his (scary?) dog Tige.  

And just because you can never have too many tiger mascots…

Sources:

https://www.funtrivia.com

https://creativeoverflow.net