McDonaldland
Setting
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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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===Setting=== |
===Setting=== |
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McDonaldland takes place predominantly in its own [[high fantasy]] world, |
McDonaldland takes place predominantly in its own [[high fantasy]] world, though parts of the McDonaldland world have [[low fantasy]] interactions with the real world. In earlier commercials, McDonaldland had sentient trees that grew apple pies, a hamburger patch, a French Fry patch, a shake volcano, Filet-O-Fish Lake, and the one-shot Sundae Mountain. |
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In ''[[The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald]]'' the denizens of McDonaldland were shown to be able to [[Wormholes in fiction|travel between worlds]] using PlayPlace [[Playground slide|slides]]. Ronald is an adventurer with magical powers that acts as an ambassador for [[good]] and [[freedom]],{{citation |title=McDonald's Says Ronald Is Here to Stay |url=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html?DCSext.destination=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html |publisher=McDonalds.com |access-date=18 May 2011 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612062606/http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html?DCSext.destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aboutmcdonalds.com%2Fmcd%2Fmedia_center%2Frecent_news%2Fmedia_press_releases%2Fronald_mcdonald.html |url-status=live }} such as traveling to the [[rain forest]] to bring attention to [[endangered species]] and [[deforestation]] or delivering a safety [[Public service announcement|PSA]] on the importance of [[seat belt]]s.{{cite book | last=Langert | first=Bob | title=Battle to do good : inside McDonalds sustainability journey | publisher=Emerald | publication-place=Bingley, UK | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-78756-816-7 | oclc=1081173484 | page=}} |
In ''[[The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald]]'' the denizens of McDonaldland were shown to be able to [[Wormholes in fiction|travel between worlds]] using PlayPlace [[Playground slide|slides]]. Ronald is an adventurer with magical powers that acts as an ambassador for [[good]] and [[freedom]],{{citation |title=McDonald's Says Ronald Is Here to Stay |url=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html?DCSext.destination=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html |publisher=McDonalds.com |access-date=18 May 2011 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612062606/http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html?DCSext.destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aboutmcdonalds.com%2Fmcd%2Fmedia_center%2Frecent_news%2Fmedia_press_releases%2Fronald_mcdonald.html |url-status=live }} such as traveling to the [[rain forest]] to bring attention to [[endangered species]] and [[deforestation]] or delivering a safety [[Public service announcement|PSA]] on the importance of [[seat belt]]s.{{cite book | last=Langert | first=Bob | title=Battle to do good : inside McDonalds sustainability journey | publisher=Emerald | publication-place=Bingley, UK | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-78756-816-7 | oclc=1081173484 | page=}} |
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