Fruit Brute is a werewolf who is a mascot of General Mills' discontinued fruity cereal of the same name. He at one point fought Count Chocula and Frankenberry over what is the best cereal.
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 still under copyright.
See Also[]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqftWpD8A8I (The commercial with no notice)