History Main / TieInCereal

* One ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode parodying Saturday Morning Cartoons had an in universe cereal tie in to a Smurfs parody, where the cereal would be the mcguffin of the show and would even change to reflect the addition of a new character.

* If there was ever an example of the trope that outlived its source material, that honor would go to Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles. Originally made as a tie-in to TheSixties animated sitcom ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', the Pebbles Cereal was so popular that the cereal would continue to be sold in every grocery store in America to this day, even as the original show reached its end. Even if you've never seen an episode of ''The Flintstones'' or any other iteration of the franchise, you've probably had one of the Pebbles Cereals at least once.

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* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': [[https://neopets.fandom.com/wiki/Islandberry_Crunch Islandberry Crunch]], a promotion with General Mills in 2006 which came with TCG cards.

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* ''WebAnimation/CheatCommandos'', being ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'''s spoof of MerchandiseDriven children's cartoons of the 80s, naturally has one of these in the form of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rex2P9S-2q0 Cheat Commandos...O's]]". Another cereal from the in-universe cartoon appears in the ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE194SpeciallyMarked specially marked]]", called "Blue Laser Blasts", as a part of Strong Bad recommending buying cereals with sound effects in their names.

[[caption-width-right:350:And all in the hands of Kellog's!]]

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* "[[https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal/c_247_mud_and_bugs_box_front.jpg Chocolate Mud and Bugs]]" was a ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa'' cereal. The "mud" was the chocolate cereal and the "bugs" were marshmallows, and the box came with a Disney Read-Along DVD with a story, songs and lessons in vocabulary.

* [[AluminumChristmasTrees Believe it or not]], the Mr. T Cereal wasn't a joke in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure'' (which the cereal makes an appearance). It was a cereal released from 1984 to 1993 with a cartoon depiction of Creator/MrT on the front, a sticker of his face given as a FreePrizeAtTheBottom.

* Naturally Krusty the Klown in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has one of these: Krusty-Os. It's appeared multiple times; in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield Round Springfield]]" the FreePrizeAtTheBottom is a [[MyLittlePanzer Jagged Metal Krusty-O]] which Bart accidentally eats and kicks off the plot. Krusty also [[DiggingYourselfDeeper admits on live TV]], after eating a single piece of the cereal to prove that it is safe, that the cereal itself is outright ''poisonous'' while doubled-over in pain! As the episode winds down, the next free prize offered is [[HereWeGoAgain "Free flesh-eating bacteria"!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParisTheMovie'' had it's own movie tie-in cereal. The corn puffs were white clouds, and there were special shape pieces of the Eiffel Tower, Tommy's ball, Chuckie's glasses, and Angelica's bow.

** The same is even more true for Creator/JayWard and Creator/TotalTelevision shows such as ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'''. Not only did the main characters of those shows sponser various General Mills series, General Mills owns the television syndication rights to those shows to this day.

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** Theses also ''[[https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=325 Shrek's Cereal]]'' (''Not Donkey's'') which was released during ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'''s big promotional takeover throughout 2004.

* ''[[https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=325 Shrek's Cereal]]'' (''Not Donkey's'') which was released during ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'''s big promotional takeover throughout 2004.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' In the episode "Run Away Runway", Candace has an ImagineSpot where she imagines her self as successful, rich and famous model who also has her brand of cereal called Candace-Os.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'': Parodying their own theme song, the show promotes "Branimaniacs" by Smellogs.
--> '''Yakko, Wakko and Dot:''' Eat Branimaniacs. Nutritionally it lacks, but this cereal attacks all of your digestive tracks. It's braniman-y!
--> '''Slappy Squirrel:''' My stomach's in pain-y
--> '''Yakko, Wakko and Dot:''' Branimaniacs!

* One of the examples of "moichandising!" Yogurt mentions in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' is "''Spaceballs'': da Breakfast Cereal." While a ''Spaceballs'' cereal was never really made, fans have since designed their own versions of the box.

* Kellogg's released [[https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Cereal Super Mario Cereal]] in December 2017 as part of a deal with Nintendo to promote ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey''. The cereal featured marshmallows in the shape of Super Mushrooms, 1-Up Mushrooms, and Question-Mark Blocks, and initially featured an NFC Toys/{{amiibo}} chip in the box that could be scanned in ''Odyssey'' and various other games obtain power-ups and other small benefits. The latter feature led to intact boxes being widely scalped, especially after Kellogg's started selling boxes without the chip a few months later.

See also ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs.