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In 1995, National Pax had planned to replace the "Sir Isaac Lime" flavor with "[[Scarlett O'Hara|Scarlett O'Cherry]]". A fourth-grade student in [[Costa Mesa, California]] learned of the change on the company's World Wide Web site, and organized a petition and picket with his cousins against it; a Stanford professor wrote in support, calling it "Otter-cide". Told the change was final, the protest continued as planned, in the rain. The CEO relented, keeping it, despite it being the least popular flavour.[{{cite news |last1=Tawa |first1=Renee |title=Cool-Headed Kid Keeps Sir Isaac in the Limelight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-renee-tawa-cool/128055311/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=27 January 1996 |location=Los Angeles CA |pages=B1, B4 |format=Newspapers.com}}. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-renee-tawa-cool/128055385/ Second page].] The fourth-grader soon appeared on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]''.[{{cite news |last1=Tawa |first1=Renee |title=He Kept His Cool: After Saving an Otter Pops Icon, Boy's a Hit With Leno |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-he-kept-his-cool/128055084/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=6 February 1996 |location=Los Angeles CA |pages=B1, B8 |format=Newspapers.com}}. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-he-kept-his-cool/128055168/ Second page].] An Internet fan site claims that National Pax packaged the cherry mix as strawberry.[{{cite web |author1=Brad |title=Otter Pops Gossip -- Tainted Short Kooks |url=http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/brad/op/gossip.kook.html |website=The Unofficial Otter Pops Home Page (Home of the Six Zippy Flavors) |publisher=Washington University |access-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991022055000/http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/brad/op/gossip.kook.html |archive-date=22 October 1999 |url-status=dead}}] |
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In 1995, National Pax had planned to replace the "Sir Isaac Lime" flavor with "[[Scarlett O'Hara|Scarlett O'Cherry]]". A fourth-grade student in [[Costa Mesa, California]] learned of the change on the company's World Wide Web site, and organized a petition and picket with his cousins against it; a Stanford professor wrote in support, calling it "Otter-cide". Told the change was final, the protest continued as planned, in the rain. The CEO relented, keeping it, despite it being the least popular flavour.[{{cite news |last1=Tawa |first1=Renee |title=Cool-Headed Kid Keeps Sir Isaac in the Limelight |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-renee-tawa-cool/128055311/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=27 January 1996 |location=Los Angeles CA |pages=B1, B4 |format=Newspapers.com}}. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-renee-tawa-cool/128055385/ Second page].] The fourth-grader appeared on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' soon after.[{{cite news |last1=Tawa |first1=Renee |title=He Kept His Cool: After Saving an Otter Pops Icon, Boy's a Hit With Leno |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-he-kept-his-cool/128055084/ |access-date=11 July 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=6 February 1996 |location=Los Angeles CA |pages=B1, B8 |format=Newspapers.com}}. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-he-kept-his-cool/128055168/ Second page].] An Internet fan site claims that National Pax packaged the cherry mix as strawberry.[{{cite web |author1=Brad |title=Otter Pops Gossip -- Tainted Short Kooks |url=http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/brad/op/gossip.kook.html |website=The Unofficial Otter Pops Home Page (Home of the Six Zippy Flavors) |publisher=Washington University |access-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991022055000/http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/brad/op/gossip.kook.html |archive-date=22 October 1999 |url-status=dead}}] |