Burger King Scary Clown Night (2017)
- Year
- 2017 Source verified
- Restaurant
- Burger King
About this item
On Halloween 2017, customers dressed as clowns got a free Whopper at participating restaurants in five cities, up to the first 500 guests per location. The tagline 'Come as a clown, eat like a king' was widely read as a jab at Ronald McDonald.
Details
- Holiday
- Halloween
- Archive type
- Restaurant Promotion
- Country
- US
Promotion details
- Restaurant
- Burger King
- When
- October 31, 2017, 7 p.m. to close (select U.S. cities) · Oct 31, 2017 – Oct 31, 2017
- Country
- United States
- Promotion type
- Giveaway
- Documented here
- No pieces documented yet
- Data quality
- Verified: Confirmed by an official source or contemporary press.
The set
The individual pieces of this promotion aren’t documented yet. If you have one, add it with a photo and we’ll build the set from there.
Research notes
Award-entry claims of more than 110,000 participants worldwide are self-reported and not independently verified.
Where sources disagree, we say so here rather than pick one silently. Add evidence
Memories
Personal recollections. They never change the facts above, but they’re why the archive exists.
Sign in to share what you remember
No memories yet. Be the first to share one.
Currently for sale
None listed right now.
Want this? Get notified when another is listed.
Questions about this item
Was it sold at Kmart or Sears? Was there a green variation? Ask the collectors.
Sign in to ask the community.
More Halloween restaurant promotions
Sources & verification
- Burger King's scary Halloween promotion: free Whoppers Press Release / Official Announcement Supports: Retrospective mention of the 2016 Queens costume View source
- Burger King: Scary Clown Night Other Supports: Campaign case study listing View source
- Scary Clown Night (The One Show award entry) Other Supports: Award entry; claimed attendance figures (seen via search excerpt) View source