* Its name is always spelled out in English, i.e. Tayto Potato, never in Japanese. I transliterated it to “テイトーポテト”, searched on Japanese search engines, and didn’t get any relevant results – only results about Tayto crisps!
* You can get plushies and other merchandise of it: [https://www.smokonow.com/pages/search-results/tayto](https://www.smokonow.com/pages/search-results/tayto)
* MoMA JP sells the plushie: [https://www.momastore.jp/shop/g/g0850014772314/](https://www.momastore.jp/shop/g/g0850014772314/)
* It doesn’t seem to be explicitly related to our Tayto (crisps), but maybe the designer was inspired by them somehow?
* The brand that designed it seems to be in LA, so maybe it’s not accurate to call it a Japanese character…even though that’s the context in which I found it. This would also explain why the name is always in English!
*Edit:* Fixed a typo.
It looks like a depressed Pikachu, who comfort eats and shaved his head.
I kinda want one.
How does one even find this sort of thing out?
as someone living in ireland i am deeply offended that our cultural food of tayto crisps is being disgraced like this! kawaiii anyway
That potato looks like it has seen some shit.
This is Mr. Tayto in an alternate universe where the economic collapse of 2007/2008 meant he couldn’t keep up repayments on his hat and coat. Things looked on the up when he invested in a theme park but it turned out to be a sham corporation and he lost it all. He tried to regain some public notoriety, appearing on reality shows like Big Spudder & I’m a Celeb-prátaí. Unfortunately some derogatory comments made towards Twinkie The Kid, painted him in a less than favourable light. Now he performs on the tourist circuit opening for the Bord Gais canary.
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What I’ve found:
* Its name is always spelled out in English, i.e. Tayto Potato, never in Japanese. I transliterated it to “テイトーポテト”, searched on Japanese search engines, and didn’t get any relevant results – only results about Tayto crisps!
* You can get plushies and other merchandise of it: [https://www.smokonow.com/pages/search-results/tayto](https://www.smokonow.com/pages/search-results/tayto)
* MoMA JP sells the plushie: [https://www.momastore.jp/shop/g/g0850014772314/](https://www.momastore.jp/shop/g/g0850014772314/)
* It doesn’t seem to be explicitly related to our Tayto (crisps), but maybe the designer was inspired by them somehow?
* The brand that designed it seems to be in LA, so maybe it’s not accurate to call it a Japanese character…even though that’s the context in which I found it. This would also explain why the name is always in English!
*Edit:* Fixed a typo.
It looks like a depressed Pikachu, who comfort eats and shaved his head.
I kinda want one.
How does one even find this sort of thing out?
as someone living in ireland i am deeply offended that our cultural food of tayto crisps is being disgraced like this! kawaiii anyway
That potato looks like it has seen some shit.
This is Mr. Tayto in an alternate universe where the economic collapse of 2007/2008 meant he couldn’t keep up repayments on his hat and coat. Things looked on the up when he invested in a theme park but it turned out to be a sham corporation and he lost it all. He tried to regain some public notoriety, appearing on reality shows like Big Spudder & I’m a Celeb-prátaí. Unfortunately some derogatory comments made towards Twinkie The Kid, painted him in a less than favourable light. Now he performs on the tourist circuit opening for the Bord Gais canary.