'Minions' Talking Dirty? McDonald's Movie Merchandise Freaks Parents Out
- Staff Reporter
- Jul 10, 2015 06:00 AM EDT
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The usually child-friendly Happy Meals from McDonald's are making headlines after parents and grandparents all over the United States have been complaining about an alleged dirty-mouthed Minions toys.
On Tuesday, a grandparent from Seminole County in Florida reported to local TV network WFTV that a toy they got from a McDonald's branch in Longwood, representing one of the characters of the "Despicable Me" spinoff film "Minions", had been spewing bad words.
According to the report, Bradley Merten ordered a Happy Meal from the fast food chain and was surprised to hear what the toy has to say.
"It turned out to be a toy that decided to talk profanity," he told WFTV, adding that Merten was worried that if he allowed his granddaughter to play with something may cause her to pick up the phrase.
This, however, was not the only complaint against the toy in question.
In Alabama, a mother was shocked when she heard the toy say what it seemed to be a three-word profanity phrase.
"Honestly, the beginning, I don't know what it's saying, but the last few words sound like 'W-T-F,'" she told WSFA.
Meanwhile, Ohio dads Taylor King and Robert Frazier expressed their surprise after hearing what the toy said when they bought a Happy Meal on Monday.
"I heard what it said and I'm like, 'Whoa, hang on here!" King told Fox28.
Frazier explained that as soon as they heard a profanity phrase coming from the toy, they immediately took the toy away.
"I listened to it and that's when we found out that's what it was saying," he explained.
WFTV was able to procure the toy in question to try to decipher what it was saying. Unfortunately, they had not come into an agreement on what words were coming out of it.
The toys were based off of the little yellow creatures that became famous for their inexplicable cuteness and made-up language called "Minionese."
McDonald's told Fox28 that these Happy Meal toys do not curse or use profane language simply because minions speak only use "a language made up of random nonsense words and phrases."
"It said any words it may sound like is just a coincidence," the report further stated.
Fox28 conducted research about the toy and even asked random people on what they think the toy was saying.
"Unless I was looking for it, I probably would not think much about it. Now that I'm looking for it, it does sound like 'WTF'," Jerry Gerken explained while Allison Hayes echoed his opinion.
Doug Hermanson and Nick Murnan deem this as a "completely innocent" sound that the beloved characters would make.
Listen to what the actual toy has to say and tell is what you think.
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