This guy right in our prime
Posted by Thanks_Obama@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 50 comments
Posted by Thanks_Obama@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 50 comments
adamroadmusic@reddit
Whst a throwback, the jingle immediately came back to me
https://youtu.be/xirmIRv_R6o?si=4B-cXnjuztAmqaUD
Adrasteia-One@reddit
I think he also appeared on CBS Saturday morning cartoon bumpers, possibly? Or am I thinking of something else?
adamroadmusic@reddit
You are absolutely right, the jingle immediately came back to me
Seattle_Lucky@reddit
I remember this guy, but struggling with the context. For some reason, Sprite is popping up in my mind. Does he have to do with pop?
CobraChickenNuggets@reddit
Close.
Fido Dido was the mascot for 7up before the change to Cool Spot.
They put Fido Dido on everything, and I remember other kids having shirts, boxer shorts, and hats with him on it.
throwawaytoday9q@reddit
Make 7
Up yours
NachoNachoDan@reddit
That was the best ad campaign.
mom_bombadill@reddit
That’s so funny, I had no idea he was associated with 7up. My mom LOVED Fido Dido and we had him on mugs and shirts and I think we even had a figurine?
Thanks_Obama@reddit (OP)
You’re very close!
DramaticErraticism@reddit
This is a young Xennial type of thing. Even within our micro group, pop culture changes every 1-3 years. What is major for one of us is something that one of us has never seen or heard of.
ThriftianaStoned@reddit
I was born in 78 he was everywhere in the 90s. I grew up in Australia and he was huge there as well.
ghoulish-figure@reddit
Fido Dido!
DevelopmentScared373@reddit
fido dido vibes are strong, love that random nostalgia
Roland-Of-Eld-19@reddit
Waldo Geraldo Faldo
islandcatman@reddit
That's sellout fido dido. He looked a little different before he went to work for Sprite.
ZealousidealPound460@reddit
HE HAD A NAME?????
mimebenetnasch02@reddit
is that question a serious question? lol
ZealousidealPound460@reddit
More “I had no idea he had a name until I read your comment” admission… than a question
PhoneJazz@reddit
His name was the best part
Happy-For-No-Reason@reddit
Damn, I had Fido joggers and Fido t shirt and for that summer I felt like the coolest kid on the block
Trixie1143@reddit
Just look at this fuck goof. He defined the 90s.
orangepaperlantern@reddit
Twiggy alien
Trixie1143@reddit
Get in the ring!
zukpager305@reddit
You just unlocked a core memory
CptnMayo@reddit
Sort of looks like Doug took a lot of inspiration from the drawing style
anachronist77@reddit
I always get this guy mixed up with milo from the Descendents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descendents#/media/File:Descendents_-_Milo_Goes_to_College_cover.jpg
SlavaSobov@reddit
Created by Sue Rose who also made Pepper Ann which was I also adored. 💕
misterlakatos@reddit
When I was studying abroad in Russia 20 years ago, he was everywhere. I had completely forgotten about him since he faded into obscurity sometime in the '90s.
snwbrdngtr@reddit
I’d always hoped I’d grow up and start filling out, but, nope. 44 and still look exactly like him!
DrakonFyre@reddit
Geez buddy, it’s 2025! Get a third dimension already!
_shaftpunk@reddit
I read that in Carl Sagan’s voice.
snwbrdngtr@reddit
Can I just skip from 2D to a 4th dimensional being? Incubus said there are perils in 3D…
DrakonFyre@reddit
Yeah, well Marcy Playground said there was Sex and Candy, but here I am alone with carrots and hummus. We all make sacrifices.
nonamesleft--@reddit
Annnndddd there's my upvote
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
You can fill out some. But it involves slowing down and sacrificing your health.
0/10 would not recommend
johnnloki@reddit
Every single school had one kid obsessed with drawing this guy.
Every one.
ovenmit_@reddit
at thanksgiving, i served spaghetti with the 40yo fido dido in mom’s kitchen.
it took a lot of rewrites to not say with mom’s fido dido.
ToBePacific@reddit
Kind of surprised no one in this thread has mentioned Pepper Ann yet.
_chainsodomy_@reddit
Does anyone know the origin of his name? Where does it come from?
Thanks_Obama@reddit (OP)
Was Fido Dido a separate entity that existed outside of 7-Up like Michael Jackson X Pepsi or was he purely a creation of 7-Up?
Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit
Obligatory Wikipedia — Fido Dido
fubo@reddit
Yeah, Fido Dido was on T-shirts before the ads.
Duckbites@reddit
Yes he was but don't ask me any follow-up questions. European import of some kind.
1der1derer@reddit
Omg, I had a notebook with this guy on the cover. Totally forgot about him! Fido Dido!
Dimplefrom-YA@reddit
who's that?
InfidelZombie@reddit
He's no MC Skat Kat, but I'll allow it.
DrakonFyre@reddit
My first actual memory was TV bumpers for Saturday morning cartoons. As an adult, I found more stuff I experienced retroactively, like the 7-Up campaign.
LineImpossible3958@reddit
I remember my mom got me a pair of Fido Dido socks, telling me he’s the next big thing because she read about him in the New Yorker. I wore them maybe once.
Creepy-Vermicelli529@reddit
I forget this guy, but I remember him, too.
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
He was our Kilroy I guess