Kool-Aid Man and Mascots in Media - Comic Tropes (Episode 52)

[@HarryPartridge]

Ey Chris, thanks for the shout out! Hilarious review :)

[@TrueAmericanNative]

“some sort of eternally burning midget” 😂😂😂 god I love this channel

[@HotlineSwing]

I had this comic as a kid and it's one of my clearest childhood memories for some reason. There was a Kool-Aid contest in conjuction with these comics that had a map and I believe there were supposed to be 3 keys hidden in the drawings on the map. Kids had to find the drawings of the 3 keys, circle them on the map, and mail it in to be entered into the contest and win the toys in Kool-Aid Man's vault. My neighborhood friends and I would spend hours looking for the keys and talking about how we were gonna win. Thanks for the amazing trip down memory lane, Chris!

[@serotoninsyndrome]

I was just thinking about that map and the contest about a week ago, but I couldn't remember as many details as you recounted. Just that it was a cool poster, almost like the Candyland board. Then, strangely enough, this video popped up on my feed today. Maybe sometimes the universe IS listening, and it's trying to get me to drink Kool-Aid again.

[@clippedwings0]

6 years later, and this still made my day. Thank you, sir.

[@oliverortiz8507]

This was very funny. Your videos, unlike many other KZbinrs holds up with age.

[@RobotsPajamas]

I don't understand how there's more than 1 issue of Kool-Aid man.

[@jeremyriley1238]

I guess Kool-Aid Man was pretty popular at the time, which is impressive for a anthropomorphic glass jug of Cherry Kool-Aid that is famous for helping thirsty kids while causing a lot of property damage.

[@MrYTGuy1]

I've always wanted to see Kool aid man vs Macho man in an "oh yeah" competition. I drank more than my fair share of Kool aid and snapped into many a slim jim back in the day

[@Clay3613]

This deserves 50x the views it has now.

[@RickReasonnz]

I still don't know why you don't have more subs. This is a topic I would never watch if not for your fun presentation, nice work!

[@pallapazza71]

The Marvel run on Kool-Aid man is vastly superior.The Archie run doesn't even involve the thirsties. My favorite issue is the second one where he goes back in time to the Boston Tea Party.

[@jonathandotson1921]

I still have my marvel Kool-Aid man Comic #1. My Mom bought it for me at the grocery store when I was a kid.

[@caincha]

At this stage I've already watched most of your videos I wanted to and I'm seeing whatever else you got just because I like your take on pretty much everything you talk about. Keep it up the great work :D

[@edward2962]

"Oh Yeah!"

[@danielgreen2788]

love you man, you are great! never stop!

[@RobotsPajamas]

Thanks for torturing yourself in a Robots Pajamas shirt!

[@ComicTropes]

You wouldn't think there could be that many stories about Kool-Aid Man quenching kids' thirst, would you? But with 8 issues and about 2 stories per book, apparently there were 16 tales that needed to be told.

[@HCC788]

I love these oddball comics. Obviously it was for kids, but were kids really seeking out the next Kool-Aid Man comic book? And how many stories can you build around kids being thirsty? Nice stunt, being splashed with water. Good thing you went with water and not Kool-Aid. That would have been horribly sticky. You would have been eaten by ants.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

Those Go-Bots that were available from the Kool-Aid Vault were originally Wendy's Kids Meal toys.

[@LupineShadowOmega]

Are we just going to ignore that Kool-Aid man had on a pimp's hat? Okay then...

[@ObsessedCollector]

I had the intellivision Kool Aid Man game in the early 1980s. They marketed the hell out of Kool Aid. Btw, the lady who splashed you has the cutest voice :)

[@ComicTropes]

Thank you. That's my wife, who is always willing to throw pots of water on me.

[@corwin32]

OMG, Chris! You can't just _say_ Kool-Aid Man is strawberry! He might be cherry!

[@CoolPaDuke]

How did Scorch's footprints have a frontwards "S" in the middle? His shoes have a frontwards "S" so they should leave a backward "S" print. Must be magical.

[@therealglitter808]

OMG I had this comic as a kid & I feel like there was a contest tie in. I remember reading this with my sister.

[@LiSfan2000]

I'd love to see you do a vid on Hillbilly Comics from Charlton. Emphasis on the character of Gumbo Galahad.

[@nickdirienzo2849]

I don't care what anyone says Cool Spot Was a great game.

[@DaveHogan-v4y]

I didn't know there was more than one issue of Kool-aid man

[@robsyers8647]

Thanks(?) for making me want to read this comic!

[@doomfatlikesbluesphere9984]

Tbh kool-aid never really did it for me... Cherry Pepsi all the way 👌

[@mattlerch531]

loved all those mascots. avoid the california kool spot

[@joeyhambrick7048]

Great cat!

[@MikeWhiskyTango]

Gotta say at 5:40 Scorch looks a bit like Stan Lee.

[@Quagigitymire]

The cool-aid man was/is certainly iconic enough for the countless cameos in popular shows and such, but a dedicated comic series seems like a bit much.

[@DaveHogan-v4y]

You forgot spuds MacKenzie

[@paultownsley5521]

Wait kool aid man is a part of marvel when will kool Aid be a part of the marvel cinematic universe

[@axl1555]

tantantan Cocaine tropes tantantan cocaine tropes

[@imdoneplus]

I once was sending lurid (consensual) text messages to a girl and she responded with “SPLOOSH.” Now when I hear that word I’ll think of Kool Aid Man.

[@WaitingtoHit]

Should these kinds of characters have their own comics? Maybe not always but man, the eighties had the coolest product mascots. Kool-Aid Man, the California Raisins, and the Noid are not just mascots for their respective products. They, along with Spuds McKenzie, are the mascots of that decade. I'm no champion of capitalism, but seriously, people in marketing were super-creative back then and had a knack for coming up with characters or developing existing ones into something that absurdly embodied the zeitgeist. I still have all the California Raisins Hardee's released, and I love them.

[@srtallio]

They didn't forget to bring water...they ran out 🙂 ...as the art & script both *clearly* show 🙄 gawd 😊

[@fartgoon4208]

OOOOOOOOH YEEEAAH I bet I'm the first to leave this comment.

[@towermoss]

uh excuse me...he was Tropical Punch Kool-Aid...not Strawberry. Unwatchable. Worst. Episode. Ever.