McDonald's is the biggest and most successful fast food company in the world that is hellbent on world domination, I mean, serving customers worldwide. For all the success McDonald's has achieved, they have had some disgusting and awful missteps along the way.

Mascots are usually the human embodiment of a brand. It is a way for everyone to connect with a brand in their own way through the mascot. As we all know though, sometimes mascots for brands just don't make sense. Other times, the mascot makes us not want to buy the brand because the mascot is well...a little creepy.

The decline in the global economy has caused many companies to collapse and declare bankruptcy - see: Circuit City, Lehman Brothers, and Washington Mutual. Other companies have not only survived the economy, but continue to grow and rake in the billions.