{"id":"tonytigergate","name":"#TonyTigerGate","summary":"#TonyTigerGate was the January 2016 scandal when Kellogg's mascot account @RealTonyTiger started mass-blocking Twitter furries who had spent over a year sending the cereal cat sexual tweets. The blocks sent displaced users hunting for new brand mascots to flirt with, which turned a corporate PR mess into one of the strangest mascot stories of early 2016.","tags":["tonytigergate","tony the tiger furries","realtonytiger blocked","chester cheetah furry","pizza hut knot","kellogg's twitter"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":5,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tonytigergate/tonytigergate-tony-tiger-mascot-portrait.webp","caption":"Tony the Tiger, the Kellogg's Frosted Flakes mascot whose official Twitter account @realtonytiger became the center of the TonyTigerGate controversy in 2016.","width":400,"height":400,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tonytigergate/tonytigergate-lewd-tweet-realtonytiger.webp","caption":"An example of the lewd tweets sent to Tony the Tiger's official Twitter account that eventually prompted Kellogg's to begin mass-blocking furry users.","width":680,"height":577,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tonytigergate/tonytigergate-furry-twitter-thread-tony.webp","caption":"A Twitter thread showing furry users sending suggestive and flirtatious messages to the official @realtonytiger account, exemplifying the behavior behind TonyTigerGate.","width":537,"height":771,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tonytigergate/tonytigergate-nude-request-orange-background.webp","caption":"Another presentation of a 2014 tweet soliciting adult content from Tony the Tiger's official account, one of many that prompted Kellogg's eventual blocking spree.","width":556,"height":425,"nsfw":true},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tonytigergate/tonytigergate-blocked-by-realtonytiger.webp","caption":"A furry user discovers they have been blocked by Tony the Tiger's official account, documenting the mass-blocking incident that defined TonyTigerGate in January 2016.","width":1200,"height":539,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/tonytigergate/history.md","related":["burger-king","meth-im-on-it","eat-salmon-on-christmas","changediscord","blackstormtrooper","bill-cosby-rape-allegations","inflates-you-making-you-big-and-round","notices-bulge-owo-whats-this","furries","kanga-with-hair","peacewolf-drama-cuckies","dont-touch-my-pizza"],"popularityRank":3101,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}