Origin[]
Frankenberry is a pink strawberry-loving Frankenstein-parody monster mascot of the General Mills cereal of the same name. He often gets into fights with Count Chocula. Boo Berry, and Fruit Brute over what cereal is better.
Copyright Status[]
- The original 1971 commercial for Count Chocula and Frankenberry as well as the later commercials of Boo Berry and Fruit Brute were published without copyright notices, Making them public domain when they first aired. Which were required for pre-recorded programs on TV (including commercials) until at least 1989 when notices were no longer required for commercials and pre-recorded media to gain protection and were only required on the master tapes. The original cereal boxes also contained no notices and are considered the first published appearance of the characters since they are considered printed material.
- "Count Chocula", "Boo Berry", "Fruit Brute", and "Frankenberry" are trademarked still by General Mills. Carmella Creeper, a character created much later in 2023 is also still under copyright.
See Also[]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glF41GKuQD8 (The first commercial with no notice)