Recurring Themes

This is a list of recurring themes throughout Battle for McDonald's as a whole. Usually they take the form of an event or feature of the competition which has been repeated in multiple seasons.
== Auto-Elimination Token ==
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Season 2	✓
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Season 4	✓
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Season 6	✓
The auto-elimination token has taken on many forms over each season of Battle for McDonald's. In order, they include the Pen Token (S1), Gangsta Token (S2 & S6), King Boo Token (S3), Red Button Token (S4), and the Stripes Token (S5). Every one of these tokens shares the same simple description: Eliminates you. Usually, to constitute this token as an actual aspect of gameplay and strategy, it is also accompanied by a token which forces its target to use a token on themselves, introducing the possibility of being forced, against one's will, to eliminate themselves via the auto-elimination token. These "Force" tokens include the Pencil Token (S1), Toadette Token (S3), Piranha Token (S4), and Boss Token (S5 & S6). Curiously, Season 2 did not have such a token.
So far, the auto-elimination token has claimed at least one contestant each season.
== Crazy Token ==
Season 	Featured?
Season 1	✓
Season 2	✓
Season 3	✓
Season 4	✓
Season 5	✓
Season 6	✓
In each season of Battle for McDonald's up to Season 4, there has been a special token introduced nearly halfway through the competition. This special token is dubbed the "Crazy Token" of the season. This token's effect has been different for every season, but is usually designed to be over-powered for its user, hilariously rude towards its target, or downright game-changing. The Crazy Tokens include the David Token (S1), Weegee Token (S2), WHATTHEFUCK Token/Piranha Plant Token (S3), and Zany Token (S4). Season 5 had 7 Crazy Tokens, which could be obtained from winning auctions. Season 6 had several Crazy Tokens, which could be obtained by winning challenges.
== Coquelicot ==
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Coquelicot is a frequent user who is, to date, the only person to have signed up for every season of Battle for McDonald's and gotten accepted into the cast. The reason she has gotten in each season is mostly due to Qwil and Joss's insistence to have an "all-timer". Her characters have differed in every season so far, and include Guy Punching TV (S1), Funky Penguin (S2), Brooklyn Hayes/Brooklyn Brooklyn (S3), Capoo Bugcat (S4), Lizard Drinking Tea (S5), and Cora (S6). Coquelicot has made alumni thrice: 7th in Season 1 (Considered alumni due to the 6th placer having left the BFM server), 6th in Season 4, and 3rd in Season 5.
== Positive Debuts ==
Season 	Featured?
Season 1	X
Season 2	✓
Season 3	✓
Season 4	✓
Season 5	X
Season 6	TBD
Positive is a frequent user who, despite getting into three seasons, has never signed up for Battle for McDonald's. Instead, he has debuted in every season he has played in, most often by simply asking nicely. His characters include (Half) Better Strong Blocky (S2), The Wonder (S3), and Clyde's Best Friend (S4). He has yet to make alumni.
== "Who Am I?" Challenge ==
Season 	Featured?
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Season 6	✓
Every season of Battle for McDonald's begins with the same challenge: "Who Am I?", sometimes known as "Who Are We?". The objective of this challenge is to create characters for the two hosts, Qwil and Joss, to use as avatars for the remainder of the season. Season 1's challenge was slightly different and only required one host to be made since Qwil was hosting solo at that point. To remedy this, Joss was assigned the same host as Qwil, just with a different outfit. The host characters include Big Pauly Outfit A and Big Pauly Outfit B (S1), Benny and Rafi Fine Oil Painting (S2), Nine Guy and Smiley (S3), Ronette and Clyde (S4), Bethany and Pinky (S5), and Blaster and Juarez (S6).
== Pokémon Card Challenge ==
Season 	Featured?
Season 1	X
Season 2	✓
Season 3	✓
Season 4	✓
Season 5	✓
Season 6	
✓
Since Season 2, every season of Battle for McDonald's has had a "Pokémon Card Challenge", where the objective is to create the funniest fake Pokémon card using this website. Other Pokémon card creation websites are allowed, but the one linked is the one commonly recommended by the hosts. Usually, this challenge is introduced early within each season, because it can be easily completed by every contestant. However, Season 4's Pokémon card challenge was held at final 5.
== "The Purge" ==
Season 	Featured?
Season 1	✓
Season 2	X
Season 3	✓
Season 4	✓
Season 5	X
Season 6	TBD
"The Purge" is a nickname given to an event in which an abnormal number of contestants (generally considered to be at least 5) is eliminated during a single elimination period. Usually, this is the result of multiple contestants playing double elimination tokens, such as the Woody Token (S1), Mario Token (S3 & S6), Tracks Token (S4), and Panda Token (S5). Season 2 is notable for lacking a purge, due to a lack of a double elimination token. Instead, the most people ever eliminated at once during Season 2 was three, triggered by a lucky draw via a Baldi Token. Season 3 is also notable for having two distinct purges, the first starting at 41st place and claiming 12 contestants (an inflated figure that includes 2 quits, 2 triple DNPs, and 2 token-related eliminations), and the second starting at 24th place and claiming 11 contestants (including only one token-related elimination). Season 3's first purge is only rivaled by Season 1's purge, also claiming 12 contestants, which made up half of the full cast and 60% of the remaining cast at that point.