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SpongeBob x One Piece Happy Meal Takeover

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Thursday 13th August, 2026

McDonald’s brought together two unlikely nautical worlds by turning SpongeBob characters into One Piece heroes for a limited-edition Happy Meal collection. Animated teasers, fan-service Easter eggs and scarce collectible toys gave the crossover enough novelty to spark coverage and a real-world hunt for the set.

Why it worked: The hard release date plus intentionally scarce, collectible toys turned fan-service teasers into an urgency-and-FOMO news hook journalists could time to.

The lesson: Consider pairing a precise on-sale moment with a limited, numbered collectible drop and an Easter-egg teaser video to force timely coverage.

McDonald’s SpongeBob SquarePants One Piece
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animenewsnetwork.com McDonald's Offers One Piece x SpongeBob SquarePants Happy Meals Around the World - Interest - Anime News Network Thursday 13th August, 2026
anime.com Anime Thursday 13th August, 2026
allrecipes.com McDonald’s New Meal Has Us Changing Our Dinner Plans Wednesday 19th August, 2026
qz.com McDonald's SpongeBob x One Piece Happy Meal coming to the U.S. Wednesday 19th August, 2026
bsckids.com McDonald’s Brings “SpongeBob” and “One Piece” Together for an Unexpected Happy Meal Crossover Thursday 20th August, 2026
creativebloq.com McDonald's SpongeBob x One Piece collab is as bonkers as it sounds | Creative Bloq Friday 21st August, 2026
attractionsmagazine.com SpongeBob x One Piece Happy Meal coming to McDonald’s Sept. 15 - Attractions Magazine Monday 31st August, 2026
comicbook.com McDonald's Confirms Release Date for Official One Piece & SpongeBob Crossover - Watch Trailer Monday 31st August, 2026
screencrush.com SpongeBob and One Piece Are About To Meet (in McDonald’s Happy Meals) Monday 31st August, 2026
today.com SpongeBob x One Piece is McDonald’s Latest Happy Meal Mashup: See the Toys Monday 31st August, 2026
screenrant.com One Piece And Spongebob's Official Crossover Finally Has A Release Date Monday 31st August, 2026
sport.es McDonald's arrasa con el Happy Meal de One Piece y Bob Esponja: el crossover más esperado ya está disponible en España Tuesday 1st September, 2026
animenewsnetwork.com One Piece, SpongeBob SquarePants Fuse in New McDonald's Happy Meal Commercial - Interest - Anime News Network Tuesday 1st September, 2026
usatoday.com McDonald's new Happy Meal will be 'SpongeBob', 'One Piece' collab Tuesday 1st September, 2026
cbr.com SpongeBob SquarePants Officially Joins the Straw Hat Pirates With 15 New McDonald's Happy Meal Toys Tuesday 1st September, 2026
merca20.com SpongeBob x One Piece Happy Meal: What Toys Can You Collect? Wednesday 2nd September, 2026
cincinnati.com McDonalds launching SpongeBob x One Piece Happy Meals mashup. Here's when Wednesday 9th September, 2026
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