Admit it. We've all thought about it. Wouldn't it be nice if Mr. Clean or the Orbit girl was, you know, available? Or even a real person?
While researching our list of the sexiest ads of 2012, it occurred to us that certain brand icons have more than mere shelf appeal.
We're not talking about "real" celebrity spokespeople, like Kate Upton for Carl's Jr.. Rather, we stuck to fictional characters, like Fanta's Fantanas.
So here they are, the hottest pieces of branded intellectual property that Madison Avenue has to offer.
Erin Esurance
Erin is probably the only fictional brand character who has ever been fired from her own campaign for being too sexy. The insurance company abandoned the catsuit-wearing spy in 2010 after she became the subject of an alarming amount of online adult-oriented fan-fiction fantasies and drawings.
Mr. Clean
Mr. Clean's brawny mascot first debuted in the late 50s. He's buff, he's bald, and he cleans up after himself. What more could you want?
The Fantanas
Fanta started using the Fantanas, a fictional girl band, to publicize its soda in 2002. There have been four sets of the quartet over the years, with each member representing a different flavor of soda.
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