Toucan Sam

Toucan Sam is the cartoon toucan mascot for Froot Loops breakfast cereal.
 The character has been featured in advertising since the 1960s. He 
exhibits the ability to smell out Froot Loops from great distances and 
invariably locates a concealed bowl of the cereal while intoning, 
"Follow your nose! It always knows!" Sometimes followed by "The flavor 
of fruit! Wherever it grows!"
Toucan Sam became the mascot for Froot Loops cereal in 1963.[1] The cartoon character was created by Manuel R. Vega and originally voiced by Mel Blanc, using an ordinary American accent. Blanc's original commercials were noted for their use of Pig Latin
 (referring to the cereal as OOT-fray OOPS-lay). The ad agency later 
decided to switch to the English accent more commonly associated with 
the character. They then employed Paul Frees to do what is, in effect, an imitation of Ronald Colman. In the most recent cartoon advertisements for Froot Loops, Toucan Sam's voice is now performed by voice actor Maurice LaMarche
 after Paul Frees's death. Toucan Sam had a cousin named Arty Artin that
 was featured in a few commercials. Animation of the commercials were 
created by several animation companies including Thumbnail Spots; this 
impacted the character growth among the years.
Although his beak originally had two pink stripes, during the 1970s 
it became a tradition that each stripe on his beak represented one of 
the flavors of the pieces in the cereal: (red = cherry, yellow = lemon, orange = orange).[2]
 The additions of new colors have made this color scheme no longer 
accurate. There are now eight colors of this cereal. The first new color
 was green, which was introduced in 1991, then purple in 1994, blue in 
1996, pink in 2002, and gold in 2006.
The colors, perhaps, represent different flavors present in the cereal, but each color has the same flavor.Category:Characters
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