I was a costumed performer for Grimace in the late 80s/early 90s. They literally had air fresheners taped to the inside of the costume, and it smelled of grapes & razzberry. I’m thoroughly convinced that is what the Grimace shake is supposed to taste like - his insides.
Grimace's body count explained why he has "grim" in his name for a reason. His milkshake not only bring all boys to the yard, he brought everybody in the yard.
I have a theory on why Grimace used to have four arms: Grimaces reproduce by mitosis. So that was actually him mid-separation with his offspring, or his progenitor in mid-separation with him. Indeed, every new from of Grimace we see might actually be a different Grimace, their numbers multiplying as they spread across the world tasting everything they touch, in preparation for the Great Consuming that is to come.
That would explain why no other Grimaces seem to have four arms. And grimaces reproducing by mitosis is somehow less disturbing than the alternative. He does seem to have two parents, but maybe some Grimaces in recent years have decided to practice marriage, possibly learning about it on pilgrimages.
@@TMNT_Luver222 yeah~ Not cool, in my perspective. Again, I keep thinking it's food poisoning. I recently went to a McDonald's and got a bit scared when seeing the shake as an item on the menu. Again, I didn’t know if it was food poisoning.
Something is so interesting about him talking about McDonald’s mascots as real people. Mayor McCheese having to step down for lawsuits. I’m down for this. And no wonder there’s so many horror games set during this time period. It’s amazing EVERY kid didn’t have nightmares.
So many lives taken in so little time. Hopefully the future generations know to celebrate his birthday without the grimace shake......for the brand new grimace burger. One bite and you'll love it (Shows me on ground bleeding purple)
Those TikToks are so disturbing! So sick. The Grimace shake is just a vanilla shake with lots of food coloring. I should know because I had it 5x and every time I had allergic reactions that I would have towards Red 40.
So ex husband's dad was a District Manager for McDonald's, and I have one of the original evil Grimace cookies with 4 arms. Lol. Never thought I'd see something like this!
@dsalmeron I wish I could post a picture of it. Talk about having a weird little keepsake. What's even funnier is when I've mentioned it in the past, no one believes that Grimace had 4 arms and was evil. Lol.
Hey bucko! I LOVED the pun there at time stamp 0:53, where you stated how grimace is also linked to the adjective to show great repulsement, great video! Keep up the good work!
"You're standing in a huddle of grimaces... it's not such a far-fetched story, is it?" I'm sorry but that killed me. And why did I think Grimace was nice and so snuggly?! Thank you so much for this video. I never knew I needed a Grimace lore video but this was so well done and interesting.
Hell ya I am so here for this ! . I never got to try one of those shakes but I still want to . I never paid much attention to the lore of this restaurant till now haha
About a month before tje Grimance shake became a thing I got a new/ used car a Honda Fit...my sister in law named it Grimace because of its deep purple colour. Now I love the name even more. I always saw him of McDonald's Cookie Monster.
The way you had it ending, reminded me of the movie "The Stuff" (1985), where mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation. If possible, this movie could make a good video is some way, just a suggestion.
I remember receiving the legend of grimace Island on VHS when I went to McDonald's all those years ago and that was the only day I ever received. Time flies
Also, I helped jumpstart the animated McDonaldland campaign in the late 90s/early 00’s by schilling those VHS tapes to schools with free Happy Meal coupons. Each classroom viewed a tape containing small clips played from the volumes we sold with meals. Kids loved it. During my 17 years with McDonald’s corporate, I never once ate anything we sold - with the exception of the McRib - because they used to actually be made with real pork tenderloin 🤷🏼♀️
I remember watching this animated video called "Search For Grimace Island," and back then found it funny. Probably not now but back then after seeing that video I honestly didn't know how anyone could find him scary.
Wow, flashbacks!!! I totally remember the old playgrounds at McDonald's. Well, bits and pieces anyway... it's been 40-some years! But I do remember the fiberglass tree sculpture, and the Grimace cage. I think Mayor McCheese had like a tube body with a ladder inside, where you could climb up into his head that was like a UFO shaped roundabout cage kinda thing. And I do remember Ronald and the Hamburglar, but I can't remember if they we're playground items, or just fiberglass statues like the tree. Total blast from the past, lol! I think those playgrounds were removed when the whole Mayor McCheese lawsuit happened, and were eventually replaced with the plastic tube playgrounds. Anyway, thanks for the video!!!
Love that this is getting a horrir history. Grimace killed my childhood hero kevin chamberlain. *in Jesse pinkmans voice HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!
Good video. I was born in 69 and grew up to the fun days of McDonalds with all of it's characters and fun commercials . Was waiting for you to mention " The French Fry Guys" Grimace is indeed a taste bud . When McDonald's launched their milkshake they used him to chase after and steal the milkshakes because they tasted so good. He was the hamburglar of the milk shake . Why they called him Grimace is beyond me. Maybe because of his facial expression?
I actually used to have two of those McDonald's VHS tapes when I was a kid. I had the Scared Silly tape and Birthday World tape :) I also had the Ronald McDonald cassette tape they gave out at one point that had like songs on it. I had two of them LOL
Birdy, being "The Early Bird", was representative of McDonald's breakfast selections, which, when it arrived in 1972, was considered an innovation in the industry. Birdy was the mascot introduced for that particular ad campaign.
Once you drink the grimace shake, you become a grimace but unfortunately we are too weak to handle it so our souls are ripped out of our bodies and splattering into a purple liquid
He kind of reminded me of Mr. blobby, he was huge in the early 90s he even had a theme park then he seemed to disappear in the late 90s. He had an entire family that just disappeared.
Ever since they started having the Grimace Shake I wanted SO badly to try it. I didn't even see the creepy videos or any publicity stunts, i just wanted it because it was a new flavor. Then, when my dad finally went and got me one, they were sold out of the shake mix and I got like a few drops of purple in a vanilla shake. I know it's stupid, but it still irritated me
You know how Roku has a starting scene before the home of all the other apps? Like the purple city? If you look closely at the looped video at McDonald’s, it will have grimace and another girl grimace with pigtails and it has birthday balloons idk if it still has it or if that was just there for his birthday but maybe that will help with something
I’m a couple months older than Grimace, and I “love” Grimace. I thought the shake flavor was a mix of Fruity Pebbles, blueberries and vanilla yogurt. 💜
I never thought we’d have a grimace lore video
And it's not even April fools day.
me too lol
Me too lmao
Same
That's the entirely of Rogue Internet Man's career tho.
I was a costumed performer for Grimace in the late 80s/early 90s. They literally had air fresheners taped to the inside of the costume, and it smelled of grapes & razzberry. I’m thoroughly convinced that is what the Grimace shake is supposed to taste like - his insides.
That's some VHS analog horror shit right there
Grimace's body count explained why he has "grim" in his name for a reason. His milkshake not only bring all boys to the yard, he brought everybody in the yard.
Yeah, the heckin graveyard.
@@acolossalsquidyeah maybe that's why McDonald's stop selling Grimace milkshake anymore probably it's because of Tik-Tok
I love you!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
I thought a majority of the purple shake came from the fat kids who were turned purple at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.
@@josephwilles29 Lol, poor Violet.
The fact you did a horror history on Grimace is off the charts. Love it. Great job!
Okay now I need a horror history on all these famous creepy mascots now. 😮
YES!
I concur.
He has just opened a can of worms.
FR
Liking and commenting for the algorithm
YASS
I have a theory on why Grimace used to have four arms: Grimaces reproduce by mitosis. So that was actually him mid-separation with his offspring, or his progenitor in mid-separation with him. Indeed, every new from of Grimace we see might actually be a different Grimace, their numbers multiplying as they spread across the world tasting everything they touch, in preparation for the Great Consuming that is to come.
Well that explains why so many people are being killed in a short period of time.
Your theory regarding these unfathomable abominations that must be eliminated holds water.
That would explain why no other Grimaces seem to have four arms. And grimaces reproducing by mitosis is somehow less disturbing than the alternative. He does seem to have two parents, but maybe some Grimaces in recent years have decided to practice marriage, possibly learning about it on pilgrimages.
The most haunting character you’ve ever covered.
Holy crap Lois it’s *the Zeepster*
This feels like an April fools joke and tbh.... I love it! The serious tone is just a cherry on top of this amazing McDonald's sundae lol
A sundae of death
This and the Chuck E. Cheese backstory are brilliant, incredible satire 😂
I like how it is not fan fiction
@@SelenaJarvis-JordanI’m pretty sure every sane person doesn’t want it fanfic
@@kuzcosmkswed117what? You don’t want a FNAF-esque fanfic?
@@E-0921fuck no
@@SelenaJarvis-JordanHow Can It Be "Fiction" of It's 'Truth?'
i love these fast food/pop culture "horror" icon episodes so much. they're so hilariously entertaining and well-put together!
This is the real “horror” in horror history.
Wait! People got sick from the shake?
@@sapphirejade5029NO, it's a joke about the shake
@jaxonwhitaker4441 oh~ Okay. I didn’t think it as a joke and thought there was some sort of food poisoning.
@@sapphirejade5029ppl make the trend so realistic at the point where we think it's real, so I get it
@@TMNT_Luver222 yeah~ Not cool, in my perspective. Again, I keep thinking it's food poisoning. I recently went to a McDonald's and got a bit scared when seeing the shake as an item on the menu. Again, I didn’t know if it was food poisoning.
Something is so interesting about him talking about McDonald’s mascots as real people.
Mayor McCheese having to step down for lawsuits.
I’m down for this. And no wonder there’s so many horror games set during this time period. It’s amazing EVERY kid didn’t have nightmares.
Finally, I was bummed because we did not have an April Fools video. Now I am finally happy.
How much you wanna bet Grimace is gonna actually get his own horror movie
I’ve been binging this dude’s videos, and all the prolonged eye contact is starting to make me weak in the knees
In a gay way
“McDonald’s land is sort of a *preserve* where fast food items can be found growing”
This line is great
My sister is going to be grimace for Halloween.
I'm not kidding, she actually made that choice. We like to get a healthy start on Halloween costumes.
That’s so hella cool 😆👻
How did it go
I always thought Grimace was rather adorable. And thank you for reminding me of all the past great McDonald characters.
As do I. I've always found the odd characters or the "creepy" characters adorable, like golem/smeagol
So many lives taken in so little time. Hopefully the future generations know to celebrate his birthday without the grimace shake......for the brand new grimace burger. One bite and you'll love it
(Shows me on ground bleeding purple)
Grimace dont actually kill ya just so y'all know -_-
Yea I had a grimace shake a month ago and I’m fine.
@@sidscreamI it's a joke
@@geomania8533 it's a joke
Those TikToks are so disturbing! So sick. The Grimace shake is just a vanilla shake with lots of food coloring. I should know because I had it 5x and every time I had allergic reactions that I would have towards Red 40.
So ex husband's dad was a District Manager for McDonald's, and I have one of the original evil Grimace cookies with 4 arms. Lol. Never thought I'd see something like this!
How are you? Sorry about the divorce. :(
Too bad he didn’t have it for a prop lol
@dsalmeron I wish I could post a picture of it. Talk about having a weird little keepsake. What's even funnier is when I've mentioned it in the past, no one believes that Grimace had 4 arms and was evil. Lol.
@@addywilcox7753 Maybe they will now.
5:10 Winkys was another fast food chain back in the day that I remember as a little kid.
I've never thought you would do a timeline about a character from a fast food chain😂
Chuck E. Cheese?
@@dubuyajay9964 Yeah that too 😂
Hey bucko! I LOVED the pun there at time stamp 0:53, where you stated how grimace is also linked to the adjective to show great repulsement, great video! Keep up the good work!
"You're standing in a huddle of grimaces... it's not such a far-fetched story, is it?"
I'm sorry but that killed me. And why did I think Grimace was nice and so snuggly?! Thank you so much for this video. I never knew I needed a Grimace lore video but this was so well done and interesting.
Goodnight fellas (watching this to sleep cuz I love cz)
Hell ya I am so here for this ! . I never got to try one of those shakes but I still want to . I never paid much attention to the lore of this restaurant till now haha
it taste like fruity pebbles it’s pretty good
2:03 this gave me CHILLS
I knew you wouldn’t fail us CZ you’re the king of horror
I've been waiting for grimace lore, thank you sir CZ.
The timeline that Grimace deserved. Happy Belated Birthday Grimace.
As a kid, we had this VHS tape where Ronald and all the mascots went to Grimace Island. Grimace was always my favorite, but now I'm not so sure....
And now CZ is talking about this video! Now I know it wasn't just some childhood fever dream 😂
00:12 I like how Mcdonald Execs are accurately portrayed as faceless Slendermen (but shittier).
This video is crazy. I love it.
Oh my gosh, we’re getting Grimace lore and I am so here for it 🤣
Till this day and my cousin can't stop laughing at the chuck e cheese lore! Masterpiece
Help this is such a legit documentary of Grimace 😭😭😭
About a month before tje Grimance shake became a thing I got a new/ used car a Honda Fit...my sister in law named it Grimace because of its deep purple colour. Now I love the name even more. I always saw him of McDonald's Cookie Monster.
Grimace was a child's nightmare back in the 80s and nothing has changed. Neat. 😀👍
I was more scared of ugly pre-reboot Hamburglar than Grimace.
We need a disturbing yet intriguing McDonaldand movie!!!
The way you had it ending, reminded me of the movie "The Stuff" (1985), where mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation. If possible, this movie could make a good video is some way, just a suggestion.
When I was 4-5, (circa 1975-1976) I had legit nightmares about Grimace and Hamburglar.
I had heard that Grimace was the embodiment of brainfreeze. Hence, the grimace of pain when you get brainfreeze
i felt like i took a bong hit watching this
cause im all types of loopy and that my
head feels numb @_@
finally, some real horror lore
Well, you were definitely right. Klasky Csupo, the creators of Rugrats and Rocket Power, did create those VHS tapes
My favorite part of the show was when Grimace said, "It's Grimace time!" and grimed all over the place
I remember receiving the legend of grimace Island on VHS when I went to McDonald's all those years ago and that was the only day I ever received. Time flies
Also, I helped jumpstart the animated McDonaldland campaign in the late 90s/early 00’s by schilling those VHS tapes to schools with free Happy Meal coupons. Each classroom viewed a tape containing small clips played from the volumes we sold with meals. Kids loved it. During my 17 years with McDonald’s corporate, I never once ate anything we sold - with the exception of the McRib - because they used to actually be made with real pork tenderloin 🤷🏼♀️
That’s fucking cool
@@robbyb3ll4s Thanks!
@@FigmentForever you’re welcome!
Never in one million year would I ever think a silly internet joke would somehow get it's own horror history
I remember watching this animated video called "Search For Grimace Island," and back then found it funny. Probably not now but back then after seeing that video I honestly didn't know how anyone could find him scary.
the amount of research and time these videos must take is crazy considering how fast you release them. thank you for the hard work!!!
Wow, flashbacks!!! I totally remember the old playgrounds at McDonald's. Well, bits and pieces anyway... it's been 40-some years! But I do remember the fiberglass tree sculpture, and the Grimace cage. I think Mayor McCheese had like a tube body with a ladder inside, where you could climb up into his head that was like a UFO shaped roundabout cage kinda thing. And I do remember Ronald and the Hamburglar, but I can't remember if they we're playground items, or just fiberglass statues like the tree. Total blast from the past, lol! I think those playgrounds were removed when the whole Mayor McCheese lawsuit happened, and were eventually replaced with the plastic tube playgrounds. Anyway, thanks for the video!!!
Too much evil to be contained
All this time I thought Ol' Grimace was a just goofy good guy pretending to be bad😂
Grimace is a single drop of pure adrenochrome.
Blue is like grimace from the movie IF
I had no idea where you were going at first, but this was a great video!
If you're right, grimace is gross!
I need lore on Wendy yesterday!
Dang, who would have thought the last CSzWorld video would have been a Grimace lore video! What time line are we even in..!
I like how 17 minutes into the video you said "and that is where things get weird", no, things got weird way earlier
Love that this is getting a horrir history. Grimace killed my childhood hero kevin chamberlain. *in Jesse pinkmans voice
HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!
*his milkshake brings all the boys to the yard*
Grimace Shake new dance craze in Chicago
That girl sampling the Grimace Shake and going full Ringu freaking slayed me.
This turn really dark real quick
I see CZ videos and LIKE immediatley so I do not forget. I never had to undo it!
Information I never thought I’d know 😂 love this channel
The video I didn't know I needed. CZ is a legend
Holy shit , I had that VHS ..... Core memory unlocked 😂
Hey! Thanks for covering my lore! So cool.
Horror history of Warwick Davis's Leprechaun
I was terrified of Grimace as a kid. When I was 3 I cried in a McDonalds when a grimace mascot showed up. I also called him "grape-iss"
Good video. I was born in 69 and grew up to the fun days of McDonalds with all of it's characters and fun commercials . Was waiting for you to mention " The French Fry Guys" Grimace is indeed a taste bud . When McDonald's launched their milkshake they used him to chase after and steal the milkshakes because they tasted so good. He was the hamburglar of the milk shake . Why they called him Grimace is beyond me. Maybe because of his facial expression?
I actually used to have two of those McDonald's VHS tapes when I was a kid. I had the Scared Silly tape and Birthday World tape :)
I also had the Ronald McDonald cassette tape they gave out at one point that had like songs on it. I had two of them LOL
From what I remember, I had Scared Silly, Legend of Grimace Island (funnily appears in this video), and Have Time Will Travel.
That was scarier than Halloween Ends lmao
Grimace's redemption arc is complete, now he's helping the Mets 🧡 💙 become a good team
You only think the crook disappeared. But he actually just defected to become "The King". That smile is called dupers delight .
PLEASE DO A HORROR HISTORY ON JASON OR FREEDY K please
I think a cool idea you could talk about next is the movies or stories that are inspired by the HP Lovecraft mythos. They are soooo fascinating to me.
Omg, this video had me rolling in laughter. Bravo and subscribed!
While some people have a fear of clowns and couldn't sit by and watch a Ronald McDonald's commercial, I have a friend who hates and fears grimace.
Birdy, being "The Early Bird", was representative of McDonald's breakfast selections, which, when it arrived in 1972, was considered an innovation in the industry. Birdy was the mascot introduced for that particular ad campaign.
Once you drink the grimace shake, you become a grimace but unfortunately we are too weak to handle it so our souls are ripped out of our bodies and splattering into a purple liquid
He kind of reminded me of Mr. blobby, he was huge in the early 90s he even had a theme park then he seemed to disappear in the late 90s. He had an entire family that just disappeared.
Ever since they started having the Grimace Shake I wanted SO badly to try it. I didn't even see the creepy videos or any publicity stunts, i just wanted it because it was a new flavor. Then, when my dad finally went and got me one, they were sold out of the shake mix and I got like a few drops of purple in a vanilla shake.
I know it's stupid, but it still irritated me
grimace horror timeline gotta be the wildest thing I have ever seen
Did you know that the "GRIMACES" made an appearance in GOOSEBUMPS: The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
grimace really put the laughter in manslaughter.
The “Northwestern” shirt a nod to the firing of Pat Fitzgerald? 😅
You know how Roku has a starting scene before the home of all the other apps? Like the purple city? If you look closely at the looped video at McDonald’s, it will have grimace and another girl grimace with pigtails and it has birthday balloons idk if it still has it or if that was just there for his birthday but maybe that will help with something
The fact I didn't know anything about my McDonald childhood makes me stunned
Now that you did the grimace timeline you need to do all the McDonald’s character timeline
I love Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald.
I’m a couple months older than Grimace, and I “love” Grimace.
I thought the shake flavor was a mix of Fruity Pebbles, blueberries and vanilla yogurt. 💜
love how mcdonalds is in parenthesis in the title like we already don't know where it is from from this insanely popular trend.
The fact that he shows up in the horror game in the original alone in the dark he is in the library.
Interesting Origins
Nothing can kill the Grimace.
Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Seeing it be featured here literally brought tears to my eyes😩