Anthropomorphism
Attribution of human traits to non-human entities
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Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic featured in the crossover miniseries DC X Sonic the Hedgehog, teaming up with the Justice League to stop Darkseid from using the Chaos Emeralds to conquer the multiverse.
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Donkey Kong
Koji Takeda becomes the primary voice actor for Donkey Kong in video games, taking over from Takashi Nagasako.
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| 2025 |
Kool-Aid Man
Featured in season 1, episode 7 of Seth Rogan's comedy show The Studio, where ethnic stereotyping becomes a casting concern.
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| May 2 2025 |
Sackboy
Sackboy was revealed to be removed from the PlayStation Productions logo, causing significant backlash from LittleBigPlanet and PlayStation fans.
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| April 17 2025 |
Jessie
Disney confirmed Jessie will have a major role in the upcoming Toy Story 5 film during the D23 Expo, revealing an image of her character's appearance in the movie.
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| 2025 |
Tatya Vinchu
Scheduled to return in the third film Zapatlela Mi Tatya Vinchu, where the character will be created digitally using Artificial Intelligence, as confirmed by Mahesh Kothare.
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| 2025 |
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Bananza was released, ending the long gap since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
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| 2025 |
Cookie Run
Cookie Run: OvenSmash was announced as a 3D fighter game planned for release on consoles and PC
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| 2025 |
Mr. Peanut
A robotic version of Mr. Peanut appears in the Netflix film The Electric State, voiced by Woody Harrelson.
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| 2025 |
Donkey Kong
A new redesign of Donkey Kong, similar to the movie design and created by Nintendo's Shigehisa Nakaue, was revealed and is set to debut in a future Mario Kart game.
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| February 2025 |
Kool-Aid Man
Appeared in an Instacart Super Bowl LIX commercial alongside other brand mascots, running to a house that transforms into their products.
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| February 9 2025 |
Pillsbury Doughboy
Appeared in an Instacart advertisement during Super Bowl LIX, alongside other iconic marketing characters like the Jolly Green Giant, Mr. Clean, and Kool-Aid Man.
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| January 2025 |
Pepe the Frog
Elon Musk briefly changes his X username to Kekius Maximus and posts a Pepe profile image in Roman military dress, influencing a memecoin's value.
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| January 2025 |
Donkey Kong
Nintendo began updating merchandise and artwork to reflect a new Donkey Kong redesign inspired by Shigehisa Nakaue's artwork, aiming to make the character more expressive.
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| 2024 |
Claptrap
Jack Black voiced Claptrap in the Borderlands film adaptation.
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| 2024 |
Donkey Kong
Takashi Nagasako's final known voice performance for Donkey Kong was in Super Mario Party Jamboree.
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| 2024 |
Pet humanization
Pet insurance in the United States reached 6.4 million insured pets, representing a 20.7% increase from the previous year, reflecting the growing trend of pet humanization and treating pets as family members.
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| 2024 |
Toad
Samantha Kelly's final year voicing Toad in video games, concluding with Mario & Luigi: Brothership.
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| 2024 |
Cobi and Petra
Tendam fashion brand Women'secret released a set of pyjamas featuring Cobi during the 2024 Summer Olympics, marking a notable commercial collaboration.
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Chucky
Chucky becomes a playable character in the video game Funko Fusion.
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Fudgie the Whale
Fudgie the Whale is featured at a child's birthday party in the film 'I Saw the TV Glow'.
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| 2024 |
Sackboy
In a BAFTA poll of around 4,000 respondents, Sackboy was named the fifth most iconic video game character of all time.
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| 2024 |
Sonic the Hedgehog
Ben Schwartz voices Sonic in another film sequel.
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| 2024 |
Sonic the Hedgehog
In a BAFTA poll with around 4,000 respondents, Sonic was named the fourth most iconic video-game character of all time.
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| 2024 |
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Bandicoot was named the fifteenth most iconic video game character of all time in a BAFTA poll with approximately 4,000 respondents.
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| 2024 |
Crash Bandicoot
Crash and Aku Aku make a cameo appearance in Astro Bot.
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| 2024 |
Tatya Vinchu
Maharashtra Times placed Tatya Vinchu at the top of their list of the most famous villains in Marathi cinema.
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| 2024 |
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong features in the Country-themed area at Universal Studios' Super Nintendo World, where visitors can take pictures with a Donkey Kong mascot.
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| December 20 2024 |
Shadow the Hedgehog
Shadow is voiced by Keanu Reeves in the live-action film Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
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| December 13 2024 |
Cells at Work!
Live-action Cells at Work! film is released in theaters
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| December 11 2024 |
Cookie Run
Krafton released Cookie Run: India, a localized version of Cookie Run specifically designed for the Kakao platform and targeted at the Indian market.
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| December 5 2024 |
Beastars
First part of the third and final season of Beastars anime premieres worldwide
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| October 8 2024 |
Billy the Puppet
Billy is added to Fortnite as a cosmetic outfit during 'Fortnitemares' event, along with other Saw franchise-themed items.
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| September 2024 |
Beastars
Stage reading musical adaptation held
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| September 2024 |
Achewood
Onstad remarried.
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| July 26 2024 | Steven Caple Jr. was reported to be in talks to direct the I Am Legend sequel. |
| July 25 2024 | Akiva Goldsman announced that a second draft of the sequel script had been completed. |
| June 25 2024 |
Cookie Run
CookieRun: Tower of Adventures, a top-down action game, was released to the public, expanding the CookieRun game franchise with a new gameplay style.
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| April 2024 |
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sega launched the 'Fearless: Year of Shadow' marketing campaign, which includes projects like Sonic X Shadow Generations and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film.
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| April 2 2024 |
Cookie Run
After an 8-year hiatus, Cookie Run resumed updates with a large-scale update for its 11th anniversary. The game was also added back to the official Devsisters website game list, signaling a continuation of its service.
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| March 15 2024 |
Cookie Run
Cookie Run: Witch's Castle, a block puzzle game, was released by the game developers.
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| January 2024 |
Kool-Aid Man
Featured as cover art for Bring Me the Horizon's single 'Kool-Aid'.
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| 2023 |
Man-Thing
Man-Thing received a Funko Pop vinyl figure as part of a Werewolf by Night tie-in set.
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| 2023 |
Mannequin
The romantic thriller film 'Bommai' was released, portraying a person working in a mannequin factory who falls in love with a mannequin, imagining it as his childhood crush.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles The Muppet Show (comics), Jessie (Toy Story), Pet humanization, Fudgie the Whale, Tatya Vinchu, Cookie Run, Pepe the Frog, Kool-Aid Man, I Am Legend (film), Crash Bandicoot (character), Billy the Puppet, Mannequin, Goomba, Shadow the Hedgehog, Bo Peep (Toy Story), Man-Thing, Anthropopathism, Pillsbury Doughboy, Cobi and Petra, Mr. Peanut, Cells at Work!, Achewood, Sackboy, Donkey Kong (character), Sonic the Hedgehog (character), Chucky (Child's Play), Beastars, Toad (Mario) & Claptrap, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.