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One Piece, SpongeBob SquarePants Fuse in New McDonald's Happy Meal Commercial

Following the initial tease of a Happy Meal collaboation between One Piece and SpongeBob SquarePants last August, McDonald's began streaming on Monday a new commercial featuring several SpongeBob SquarePants characters dressed as One Piece's Straw Hat Pirates and antagonists. The video also announces that the collaboration will begin on September 15.

The toys include Spongebob as Luffy, Spongebob as Gear 5 Luffy, Patrick as Zoro, Sandy as Nami, Plankton as Usopp, Squidward as Sanji, Gary as Chopper, Pearl as Robin, Larry as Franky, Smitty as Brook, Mr. Krabs as Jinbe, Mermaid Man as Garp, Barnacle Boy as Koby, Mrs. Puff as Big Mom, and Flying Dutchman as Blackbeard.

McDonald's originally teased the collaboration on August 13 with an image featuring Spongebob dressed up as One Piece's protagonist Luffy. The collaboration will take place in several regions globally, including, but not limited to, the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, China, Korea, Indonesia, Germany, France, and more.

The One Piece anime's Elbaph arc debuted in Japan on April 5. Crunchyroll is streaming the arc.

Sources: McDonald's' YouTube channel and X/Twitter account, One Piece franchise's English YouTube channel