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Ronald McDonald VS Colonel Sanders is the second episode of DBX, featuring McDonald's mascot Ronald McDonald and real life businessman and KFC mascot Colonel Sanders in a battle between iconic fast food mascots.
Exhibition
Ronald McDonald is happily standing in a McDonald's establishment, observing various customers consisting of various video game characters enjoying their meals. In a nearby cemetery, Colonel Sanders rises from his grave. He looks at his surroundings, spotting the McDonald's Ronald is in. He furiously walks toward the restaurant, opens the door, and uses his cane to toss aside a tray filled with food Ronald was holding. He stomps on the fallen food, before him and Ronald angrily stare at each other. The Colonel places a KFC Bucket on Ronald's head before sending him flying towards the PlayPlace.
Colonel Sanders lunges at Ronald, his cane thrusting forward in a series of rapid, precise stabs. Ronald, nimble and quick, easily dodges each attack. Seizing an opportunity, Ronald delivers a powerful punch to the Colonel, sending him sprawling to the ground. With Sanders momentarily down, Ronald pulls out a comically large french fry from seemingly nowhere. He swings it like a bat, aiming for his downed opponent. The Colonel, however, swiftly stands up and knocks the giant fry away, sending it flying across the PlayPlace.
The fight intensifies as a wide array of powerful blows are exchanged. Ronald's punches are met with the Colonel's well-timed jabs and swipes of his cane. Seeing an opportunity, the Colonel escapes into a nearby tube slide, crawling inside to seemingly escape. Ronald, not letting him get away, goes right after him. The force of their attacks cause the slide to fill with cracks and creaks, barely holding together as they fight within its narrow confines.
The Colonel exits the slide first, teetering on the edge of the slide entrance. Ronald follows closely, attempting a sweep kick to knock Sanders off balance. The Colonel dodges the attack and counters with a mighty lunge, his cane aimed straight for Ronald. The cane grazes Ronald as he twists away, but not without retaliating with his own attacks. A flurry of punches and kicks ensues as they stand at the edge of the PlayPlace. Finally, with a burst of strength, Ronald delivers a powerful uppercut, sending the Colonel flying backwards, down into the ball pit below.
The Colonel is sent flying towards the ball pit, but instead of a simple descent, he finds himself soaring through the air and exiting from a cloud, having entered McDonald Land. He quickly regains his composure, only to notice a lake filled with boiling-hot deep-frying oil below. Moments later, Ronald also emerges from the same cloud, flying towards Sanders with incredible speed. With a powerful attack, he aims to cut the Kentucky Fried Colonel in half. Ronald's strike seems to hit its mark, slicing through what appeared to be Sanders. But as Ronald flies past, he realizes it was only one of the Colonel's iconic cardboard cutouts, placed mid-fall as a decoy.
Ronald's eyes widen in surprise as he plummets toward the boiling lake of oil. The real Colonel Sanders emerges from behind the cardboard cutout, cane in hand. With a swift motion, he stabs Ronald in the back, sending the clown spiraling downwards. Colonel Sanders lands gracefully beside the lake, watching as Ronald plunges into the bubbling, boiling oil. With the fast food clown's skin beginning to melt horribly in the searing heat.
With a final glance at the bubbling lake, he turns and walks away from the site of his triumph, leaving behind the defeated Ronald McDonald.
Trivia
Production
- The connections between Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders are that they are both the mascots of popular fast food chains.
- In 2023, the official Spanish KFC Twitter account posted a meme featuring part of this fight without any credit.[1] The animator, Luis Cruz, called them out in a Tweet and asked for free KFC as compensation.[2] Though KFC said that Luis had to be in Spain to receive free food from them, Chad James was able to supply Luis with free food from Stouffer's instead.[3]