Vintage Batman Returns McDonalds Happy Meal Commercials

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This collection of Batman Returns McDonalds Fast Food Commercials is courtesy of our network site, Legions of Gotham.

[@PJVids83]

The only thing better than the controversy would've been a Happy Meal Penguin toy that spewed black bile from its mouth.

[@NicholasWingoldenkiwi2095]

yeah talk about that gross dark villain

[@PaulyWally30]

If only they would still do this. This is what made it fun to want to go see the movie. Kids today will never know the excitement kids experienced in the 80s and 90s with all the advertising aimed at us.

[@TheRedman790]

That's because what we wanted we got at McDonalds those days.

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

"Kids today will never know the excitement kids experienced in the 80s and 90s with all the advertising aimed at us." Ok, I may be born in the year 2000's which was the year you 80's/90's elitists hate so much but as much as I have respect to the 80's and 90's? the only problem I have with those years is the elitists fanbases that keep using that term "kids today" as an insult.

[@gmann6269]

It's just more plastic for people to eventually throw out.

[@ryanpalmer672]

This comment !!! I miss it so much!!

[@jonathanwright8025]

Facts

[@chaseharveyharvey1377]

90’s Had the best of everything. They don’t do this anymore.

[@ruantengyi]

Yes. it is so sad !!!

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

80's too.. return of the jedi glass cups !!

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

Well, maybe that's what you 80's and 90's elitists get for insulting me for being born in the 2000's lol.

[@Changeling9000]

Wish McDonald’s would still do this kind of stuff.

[@NicholasWingoldenkiwi2095]

OddBall64 and I most certainly agree McDonald’s should do more of the Batman meals on their menus

[@jasonr375]

Right! Awesome times

[@NicholasWingoldenkiwi2095]

@@jasonr375 yes awesome times

[@ruantengyi]

Yes. it is so sad !!!

[@WESTSIDENIA]

McDonald's should hop on the Jurassic world Dominion movie in 2022 bring back a lot of memories for a lot of us

[@jdcapps21]

Michael Keaton = GOAT

[@joshhickeysmoviereviews]

My mind is just blown that McDonalds once sold pasta

[@Dakid015]

Yeah and that actually looked like...Lasagna?

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

They once sold pizza too.

[@joshhickeysmoviereviews]

@@elwoodjacobs4353 I know that. My mom worked there when they started doing that. Boy, was that the bane of her existance,

[@npatil85]

Chicago mcdonalds had pizza too

[@djvilleza]

Mcdonald's Philippines sells spaghetti

[@gaoutlaw]

I had several of those collector cups...but they have long since vanished :(

[@seanchaney3086]

Ebay

[@jeffreymorrow631]

Wow! I’m the VO on all theses spots!! Thank you to whomever put this together!! JM 😊

[@kulera]

The nostalgia the nostalgia the nostalgia! I wonder if any of the actors bought any of the cups with their own characters on them.

[@DerekEvans1013]

More like they were given to them

[@DerekEvans1013]

The Batmobile shot discs out of the roof??? I must have slept through that part

[@danerickwood5454]

I feel it was something they were going to do in the movie, then scrapped it, but too late to reverse on the promotional commercial tie ins

[@ArtofLunatik]

I had the catwoman one lol

[@piercehubbard4086]

I collected all those Batman toys. I think I even had my birthday at McDonalds that year, and I got all kids of Batman toys. Ironically my parents wouldn’t allow me to watch Batman Returns back then because I was 6 years old...but they let me play with all the toys...

[@seanchaney3086]

I love how people talk about how much of a controversy this was for McDonald.....yet they still sold toys and collectors cups, and continued to the following year with Batman the Animated Series, again in 1995 with Batman Forever in 2005 and following....some controversy....

[@wereallmadhere2535]

Sean Chaney lol ikr, I heard so many times that they canceled these happy meals and other promotions because how violent the movie was... lol yeah right I still have my stuff from here

[@SrEscalofrios]

It was a more easy way to WB to say: Tim, you're a nice guy... But we're looking for someone nicer

[@the19throcketemperor]

I’m sorry but I just don’t see how dark the movie was that McDonald’s would feel a need to discontinue the happy meal toys or EVMS.

[@katten838]

Except Batman wasn't a stone cold killer in those

[@katten838]

@Yorky Gonzalez Look at the comment I replied to, I was refering to Batman Forever and the animated series

[@keithforsay4204]

If Somebody From Mcdonalds Took The Time Out To See Batman Returns! The Controversy That Followed Shortly After Its Release To The Genreal Public Would Have NEVER Had Happened.

[@AldenRDavis]

2:13 - It’s Batman Time at McDonald’s

[@Kurtsg10]

I still remember the toy commercials in the USA!

[@rugalthreesixteen6812]

I wish they had toys of Penguin gushing dark blood from his mouth like the scene before he dies, or a Catwoman one with Bullet holes like how Max Shrek shot her, or even Penguin's Caravan where it's intended to have firstborn kids drowning in a watery grave. ;) oh or even just the button Penguin pushed into that young woman's 'chest'. Then I would have never eaten at Burger king again. ;)

[@tmntfangirl4700]

I remember this cups. I got the Catwoman cup and my brother got the Batman one

[@PurushaDesa]

"Because what you want is what you get..." What they actually got : violence, horror, sexual fetishism

[@colossus112785]

This had to been in another country I don't remember McDonald's selling pasta

[@danielwilliamson6180]

What was McDonalds thinking? Batman Returns was too dark for "family entertainment".

[@PrincessMavenKittyDarkholme]

Meanwhile, GOTG 3

[@Elden__lord]

Pretty good graphics for 1992

[@itsitggg3298]

I remember this like it was yesterday yet it's 30 years ago, crazy

[@GrandJediMaster7860]

Not quite 30 yet....Summer 2022

[@KidBondongo]

Now it's been 30 years already

[@andrewtighe4603]

I loved that music piece from 1:14-1:23!

[@susanfit47]

McDonald's withdrew their range of Happy Meal toys for the film Batman Returns, after complaints from parents that the film was unsuitable for children. I was told by that 30 years back.

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

My respect to Batman: The Animated Series along with the other Batman cartoons like Beyond and 2004 which I'm starting to think I enjoyed alot more than the movies now has gained ever since I first watched them on KidsWB!,Jetix,Cartoon Network/Toonami, and The Hub before forcing myself to watch that overhyped Batman 1989 movie on Netflix when I was 13 everytime the toxic elitists in the comments keep using that same old "kids today" insult as an example of why I always think it's blind toxic elitists who always give classics a bad name lol.

[@lukegreen5341]

2:09 This Batman Returns McDonald's Restaurant Commercial Looks Awesome. Thanks Mate. X

[@ChuckM0503]

I remember having the cup with Selina and Bruce on it as a kid. Probably the lamest one of the bunch lol. As an adult, though, I have the whole set. Even have the frisbee disc lids for all of them. I'm not even a huge fan of Batman Returns as I think it's too much of a weird Tim Burton movie more then a Batman movie, but I do really enjoy collecting the McDonald's stuff.

[@In-N-Out333]

Only the first commercial was a Happy Meal commercial.

[@jdogjohnson382]

I like McDonald's but they were a bit ridiculous over something that now days isn't a big deal.

[@durden2480]

And it cost less the $5

[@leejones8582]

Is amazing come see this film bring the whole family and then after the parents walk out shocked they promised there kids Maccies and it is all Batman Returns lol.

[@SpeedyEric1]

I had the Batmobile Happy Meal toy.

[@moshomaniac1]

McDonalds shortly discontinued the happy meal and cups back in 1992. I was 12 at the time, and I vividly remember the uproar over the movie not being for children and McDonalds being irresponsible for selling toys to such a non-kid friendly film. I was like: The movie is PG-13, so it’s not recommended for young kids. Parents need to take it upon themselves to preview movies to make sure kids can handle it. Of course, the late 80s and early 90s were an odd time, as lots of R-Rated films like Robocop, Terminator, Aliens, and even the Toxic Avengers got cartoons and action figures, even though the movies weren’t age appropriate. I even remember thinking at the time the Penguin’s plot to drown the newborn kids of Gotham was deliberately trying to get people pissed off, as controversy usually sells more tickets.

[@Cristianjackson559]

I Agree These Dumb Retarded Parents Thought This Film Was Too Dark And Inappropriate For Children This Lead To Joel Schumacher Becoming The New Director And His Batman Movies Are Terrible Batman Forever Is A Terrible Film And The Next Film Batman And Robin Is A Goddamn Car Crash Of A Movie Oh My God It’s Terrible The Poor Reception Of Batman And Robin Lead To Batman Unchained Getting Cancelled Because Of It Christopher Nolan Took Over And Made Batman Dark And Gritty Again

[@NicholasWingoldenkiwi2095]

McDonald’s should bring this back in New Zealand

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Is that James Earl Jones doing the voiceover?

[@jalenjohnson1662]

It certainly sounds like him

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

@@jalenjohnson1662 Impressive, most impressive.

[@DerekEvans1013]

That's what I'm thinking

[@jaelinkearse8858]

Did anybody else burn their Sully from monsters inc with a lightbulb

[@jeesiangtan2605]

Batman

[@jaylynch3419]

i literally just spent over $300 on old batman VHS tapes, toys and McDonald's memorabilia on ebay as a Christmas gifts to myself. LOL. nostalgia is running wild tonight. LOL i mean, who the hell buys old Mcdonalds batman paper bags and french fries boxes??? smh.

[@FatLeonard84]

Pretty good FX's for a early 90's McDonald's commercial

[@theparagonkid]

I had the Batman and Penguin cups but the cheaply printed graphics came off in the wash by the end of that Summer.

[@MyJustin316]

i was 3 going on 4 here i remember this commerical

[@leejones8582]

the film is for adults not kids.

[@kascnef]

@abrahamWCE rated pg 13

[@scottsimms2775]

Kids are way more sensitive now. Every kid saw that when it came out.

[@leejones8582]

@@scottsimms2775 I saw Barman Returns as a kid.

[@monster-mecha_enthusiast_2002]

@@scottsimms2775 Not me tho', and besides I don't really see how being annoyed by toxic elitists giving the 80's and 90's a bad name when they pick on me for being born in the 2000's would be sensitive either, besides how would you 80's and 90's kids like it if the 60's or 70's kids picked on you huh? lol.

[@mikedski9698]

I Have The Batman Returns Batman Cup.

[@kascnef]

Did Danny Elfman compose the McDonald's music

[@colliric]

Yes they used music from his film score.

[@NicholasWingoldenkiwi2095]

Those batman collector cups and value meal should be back on the McDonald’s menu in New Zealand as well as those Batman pens

[@kingtit5006]

a soft drink cup with a flying Frisbee bat disc lid...i'm not going to front, alot of times it's embarrassing being an american

[@inzo-vk4ez]

Travis Scott Meal 😳😳😳

[@JSnoop31]

McDonald’s had pasta?

[@nickgagnon3626]

Got all 6 of em.

[@pepsiguy52883]

I had all the cups

[@dbreiden83080]

The ad campaign that killed this franchise, and put it into the hands of Joel Schumacher..