Muppets 25th Anniversary Happy Meal plush

In 2003, McDonald's restaurants world-wide offered plush Muppets with their Happy Meals in honor of the Muppets' 25th Anniversary. The dolls were about 6 inches tall, and had poseable arms. However, the design and set of characters varied based on the country. 
The largest set offered was in Australia, where McDonald's offered ten characters: Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Rowlf, Beaker, The Swedish Chef, Sam the Eagle, and Rizzo. In most of Europe, eight of the ten toys were sold, with Beaker and Rowlf missing from the set. In Germany, there were only six dolls offered, with Beaker, Rowlf, Sam and the Swedish Chef missing.
In the United Kingdom, McDonald's offered a set of eight dolls that were larger and higher quality than the other set given away in other countries. This set included Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo, Animal, Rowlf, Beaker and the Swedish Chef; Rizzo and Sam were not included.
==Europe and Australia==
Kermit2003McDonald'sPlushToy.jpg|Kermit the Frog
McDonalds2003AustraliaPiggyPlush.jpg|Miss Piggy in a pink mini-dress and gloves
Image:McDonalds2003AustraliaFozzie.jpg|Fozzie Bear with his bow-tie
Image:McDonalds2003AusEurGonzo.jpg|Gonzo in a red-striped shirt
Image:McDonalds2003AustraliaAnimal.jpg|Animal
Image:McDonalds2003AustraliaRowlf.jpg|Rowlf the Dog
Image:McDonalds2003BeakerPlush.jpg|Beaker in a green lab coat
Image:McDonalds2003AustraliaChef.jpg|The Swedish Chef in grey pants and a striped shirt
Image:McDonalds2003AustraliaSam.jpg|Sam the Eagle
Image:McDonalds2003AustraliaRizzo.jpg|Rizzo in a yellow shirt with a picture of cheese
MuppetShowMcDonald'sEuropeBox1.jpg|European box (front)
MuppetShowMcDonald'sEuropeBox2.jpg|European box (back)
MuppetHappyMealBoxAustralia.jpeg|Australian box
EuropeanMuppetShowHappyMeal.jpg|European promotional image
MupparnaSwedishHappyMealPromotion.jpg|Swedish promotional image
McDonald'sMuppetShow25YearsGermanHappyMealSet.jpg|German promotional image
MuppetShowMcDonaldsGermanBag01.jpg|German bag 1
MuppetShowMcDonaldsGermanBag02.jpg|German bag 2 (discussing how frogs act as weather predictors to catch insects)
==United Kingdom==
Kermit mcdonalds.JPG|Kermit the Frog
Image:Ukmacdonaldplush-piggy.jpg|Miss Piggy
Fozzie mcdonalds.JPG|Fozzie Bear
Gonzo mcdonalds.JPG|Gonzo
Image:McDonalds2003UKAnimal.jpg|Animal
Rowlf mcdonalds.JPG|Rowlf the Dog
Beaker mcdonalds.JPG|Beaker
Chef mcdonalds.JPG|The Swedish Chef
MuppetShowMcDonaldsUKHappyMealBox.JPG|UK Happy Meal box
MuppetShowMcDonaldsUKHappyMealBox2.jpg|UK Happy Meal box (2)
McDonald'sMuppetShowUKPromotionalImage.jpeg|UK promotional image
==Commercials==
European countries (including Germany, Italy, Croatia, and Romania) used a television commercial with a store-bought Kermit puppet made by Applause to advertise the Happy Meal toys. Certain countries use different cuts, sometimes with alternate takes. 
In the United Kingdom and Australia, the real Kermit appeared in the commercials, performed by Steve Whitmire. At the end of the Australian commercial, the plush Gonzo hits the McDonald's smiling logo like a gong, similar to his first-season Muppet Show openings.
File:2002 Muppet Happy Meals|UK McDonald's commercials
File:Australian_McDonald's_2003|Australian commercial
File:McDonald's Happy Meal Muppets Croatia|Croatian commercial
File:German Happy Meal Commercial, 2003|German commercial
File:McDonald's regala i Muppets (spot Italia1 02-02-2003)|Italian commercial
File:McDonalds_Romania|Romanian commercial
File:McDonald's - Muppet Show (Australia)|Extended English cut of the German commercial
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