History WesternAnimation / Logorama

''Logorama'' is a short animated French film released in 2009, directed by Francois Alaux, Herve de Crecy, and Ludovic Houplain. Although the film was made in France, the dialogue is entirely in English.

Running 17 minutes long, the film takes place in a world where corporate logos make up the scenery, and mascots are the citizens. Two cops--all the cops are Michelin Men--go on a high-speed chase against an armed robber who turns out to be none other than Ronald [=McDonald=]. The chase ends up with Ronald crashing his truck and taking hostages inside a diner; the hostages include a [[http://clipart.toonarific.com/data/media/148/Bob_s_Big_Boy.gif Bob's Big Boy]] child and an [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/33/ff/a433ffd9e5cdd3a8af7b956ac20b6523.jpg Esso's Oil Drop Girl]] waitress.

* {{Jumpscare}}: Right at the very end of TheStinger, we see a presumed-dead Roland pop out of nowhere and laugh as a reference to a [[ScreamerPrank K-fee]] commercial.

* PracticallyJoker: Ronald Mcdonald, Big Time.

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: When Roland shoots one of the Michelin policemen in the head, it lets out a clean bullet-shaped hole with no blood coming out of the wound.

* UnexplainedRecovery: In TheStinger, Roland Mcdonald is revealed to be alive after he's last shown being run over by a car driven by Esso Girl while he held onto the edge of the crevasse during the earthquake. He somehow survived getting run over and only lost his hair, got a black eye, became cross-eyed, and lost some of his teeth.

* WasntThatFun: After driving off the highway, speeding down a hill and crashing into a tree, Big Boy says "Awesome!".

!! This short film displays examples of the following tropes:

* CampGay: Mr. Clean, the tour guide at the zoo, is very very campy.

* FlippingTheBird: One of the Michelin police men give this when chasing Ronald.

* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: The Michelin cops go on a reckless, extremely dangerous high speed chase after Ronald, which includes running into and killing two M&M's crossing the street. (A chunk of M&M hits their windshield.)

* PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Hello, asshole!"

* ShoutOut: Fictional brands [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Slurm]] and [[WesternAnimation/WallE Buy N Large]] appear.

--> '''Ronald:''' Ehhahaha I'm lovin' it.

* KillEmAll: The entirety of Logo Island is swallowed beneath the waves in an earthquake/gigantic oil spill; a scant few people are shown in the end to have made it to the tallest rooftops which remain afloat, while the only confirmed specific survivors are Big Boy, Esso Girl and (thanks to TheStinger) Ronald.

Running 17 minutes long, the film takes place in a world where corporate logos make up the scenery, and mascots are the citizens. Two cops--all the cops are Michelin Men--go on a high-speed chase against an armed robber who turns out to be none other than Ronald [=McDonald=]. The chase ends up with Ronald crashing his truck and taking hostages inside a diner; the hostages include a [[http://clipart.toonarific.com/data/media/148/Bob_s_Big_Boy.gif Bob's Big Boy]] child and a sexy [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/33/ff/a433ffd9e5cdd3a8af7b956ac20b6523.jpg Esso's Oil Drop Girl]] waitress.

It won the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] for Best Animated Short at the 82nd Academy Awards.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Most of the more prominent characters are particularly pleasant individuals, with Big Boy and Haribo Boy in the category of EnfantTerrible and Ronald being spun as the TheSociopath. The Michelin Man cops have apparent DestructiveSaviour tendencies, and even the less prominent Julius Pringles appearances are [[AllMenArePerverts lecherous and rude.]] Esso Girl is [[GoodWearsWhite leagues better]] than most of the other characters.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Most of the more prominent characters are particularly pleasant individuals, with Big Boy and Haribo Boy in the category of EnfantTerrible and Ronald McDonald being spun as the TheSociopath. The Michelin Man cops have apparent DestructiveSaviour tendencies, and even the less prominent Julius Pringles appearances are [[AllMenArePerverts lecherous and rude.]] Esso Girl is [[GoodWearsWhite leagues better]] than most of the other characters.

** At the zoo, the train the Bic students, alongside Big Boy and Haribo Boy, are riding on is the logo for ''My First Thomas'', a ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' toy line made specifically for babies and toddlers.

** Also, the logos for Music/{{Gorillaz}}, Music/GreenDay, Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', Music/TheClash, Music/DaftPunk, Music/PublicEnemy, Music/SexPistols, Music/{{ACDC}}, Music/RunDMC and Music/IronMaiden can be seen.

** The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}'', ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/{{Cops}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', ''Film/Grease2'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' logos, all appear.

** The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/{{Cops}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', ''Film/Grease2'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' logos, all appear.

** Also, the logos for Music/{{Gorillaz}}, Music/GreenDay, Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', Music/TheClash, Music/DaftPunk, Music/PublicEnemy, Music/SexPistols, Music/{{ACDC}} and Music/RunDMC can be seen.

[[caption-width-right:350:When happy-looking mascots turn DarkerAndEdgier .]]

** The ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Series/{{Cops}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'', ''Film/Grease2'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' logos, all appear.

** Also, the logos for Music/{{Gorillaz}}, Music/GreenDay, Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall'', Music/TheClash, Music/DaftPunk, Music/PublicEnemy, Music/SexPistols, Music/ACDC and Music/RunDMC can be seen.