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The Absolute Best Fast-Food Movie Tie-Ins

The Absolute Best Fast-Food Movie Tie-Ins

There's kids-meal toys, collectible drinkware, and even good ol' VHS tapes

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KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut Star Wars toys
Screenshot: YouTube: Television Archives/KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut

Remember fast-food kids meals with specially marketed pop culture toys? They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. In the 1990s, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, and Burger King often chose chaos with their tie-ins, like the Batman Forever glass mugs or the Hercules plates. Heck, even when big event films like the Star Wars prequels came out, fast food mascots like the Taco Bell chihuahua and KFC’s Colonel would get their own in-universe sagas.

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io9 looks back on some of the most impressive and random toys, cups, and other movie tie-ins that were born out of sheer ingenuity to entice kids and their parents to chow down. Anyone else getting flashbacks of being at those combination KFC-Taco Bell-Pizza Huts? Those were the crossovers to beat in the ‘90s.

This story originally appeared on Gizmodo.

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Batman Forever - McDonald’s

Batman Forever - McDonald’s

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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut

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Commercial for Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut in-universe Star Wars heroes

Commercial for Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut in-universe Star Wars heroes

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Pokémon toys - Burger King

Pokémon toys - Burger King

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Pokémon gold-plated trading cards - Burger King

Pokémon gold-plated trading cards - Burger King

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The Rugrats Movie watches - Burger King

The Rugrats Movie watches - Burger King

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Disney movie mini-clamshell VHS toys - McDonald’s

Disney movie mini-clamshell VHS toys - McDonald’s

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Hercules plates - McDonald’s

Hercules plates - McDonald’s

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Walt Disney Animation cups - McDonald’s

Walt Disney Animation cups - McDonald’s

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - McDonald’s

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - McDonald’s

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - McDonald’s

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - McDonald’s

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Back to the Future - McDonald’s

Back to the Future - McDonald’s

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Universal Pictures and Amblin films - McDonald’s

Universal Pictures and Amblin films - McDonald’s

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The Addams Family VHS - McDonald’s

The Addams Family VHS - McDonald’s

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Stan Lee and Backstreet Boys unreleased comic - Burger King

Stan Lee and Backstreet Boys unreleased comic - Burger King

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The Simpsons spooky collection - Burger King commercial

The Simpsons spooky collection - Burger King commercial

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The Universal Monsters - Burger King

The Universal Monsters - Burger King

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Small Soldiers - Burger King

Small Soldiers - Burger King

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Burger King

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Burger King

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Beetlejuice - Burger King

Beetlejuice - Burger King

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Looney Tunes DC mashups - McDonald’s

Looney Tunes DC mashups - McDonald’s

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Space Jam - McDonald’s

Space Jam - McDonald’s

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Space Jam plushes - McDonald’s

Space Jam plushes - McDonald’s

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Wild Wild West - Burger King

Wild Wild West - Burger King

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Spider-Man 3 - Burger King

Spider-Man 3 - Burger King

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Do you own any of these throwback movie tie-in products? Show us in the comments below!


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