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Re: !!Warning- Pure Speculation!!
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:20:46 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Eric Joslin writes:
> the name "Optrix" being very close to a children's sweetened cereal called
> "Trix". Maybe over in Merrie Olde England you either a) don't have Trix or b)
> don't have the same ad campaign, but for folks of a certain age group here in
> the States it's *impossible* not to have the phrase "Silly rabbit, Trix are
> for kids!" deeply, deeply ingrained in your psyche, like a horrible horrible
> scar[1]. I don't think he meant anything negative or hostile by it, although
> he can speak for himself.
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> eric
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> [1]See, a cartoon rabbit- the Trix mascot- was always trying to get Trix in
> the ads. He'd always almost have it, but then have it snatched away from him
> by bratty children before he could actually eat any, and they would taunt him
> with that tagline.
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> Of course, this brings up a couple of interesting things... first of all, with
> the amount of money and time the Trix Rabbit invested in his capers, he could
> just as easily have gone out and bought a box of Trix... unless Trix is
> basically saying that unlike every other company in the Rabbit's fictional
> world, they would not allow their product to be sold to anthropomorphic
> rabbits. His money isn't good enough, clearly.
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> Secondly, it's interesting that this makes the Trix Rabbit the exact opposite
> of characters like Lucky the Leprechaun (Lucky Charms), and Count Chocula and
> his cohorts Booberry and Frankenberry. Lucky et al. were trying to protect
> their precious stores of their own cereal from being invaded by ravenous
> children, which is bizarre in its own way, too- the message essentially
> meaning that kids should take what wasn't theirs.
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> Hmm. I just noticed that Lucky, Count Chocula, Booberry and Frankenberry were
> all supernatural creatures, whereas the Trix Rabbit represents the natural
> world, making them opposite in that way as well. Of course, this falls apart
> if you bring in other natural world creatures, like Toucan Sam and the Honey
> Nut Cheerios Bee... they both essentially acted as providers of their
> products- there was a complete absence of "power struggles" over the ownership
> of the cereal in their ads.
Hey Eric, have you considered the possibility that you may have too much time
on your hands? :-)
Maggie C.
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| (...) Uh, if you mean Mark Sandlin's post... I think he was just having some fun with the name "Optrix" being very close to a children's sweetened cereal called "Trix". Maybe over in Merrie Olde England you either a) don't have Trix or b) don't have (...) (23 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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