If you catch the 2020 Super Bowl, you’ll probably see an ad of the beloved Mr. Peanut precariously dangling from a tree, along with his pals Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes. In order to break the weight on the branch and keep them all from hovering on the edge of certain death, Mr. Peanut dies to save his friends.
All of this after the gang rode down the street and crashed trying to avoid an armadillo, launching them over a cliff and into the tree. SUPER heavy, Planters team. Super heavy.
Planters wrote, “It is with heavy hearts that we confirm that Mr. Peanut has died at 104. In the ultimate selfless act, he sacrificed himself to save his friends when they needed him most.”
We’re devastated to confirm that Mr. Peanut is gone. He died doing what he did best – having people’s backs when they needed him most. #RIPeanut pic.twitter.com/12PyWYJB7J
— The Estate of Mr. Peanut (@MrPeanut) January 22, 2020
We’ve all grown up with Mr. Peanut as a snack icon—he’s the only legume who, for some reason, wears a monocle and a top hat. And now he’s gone.
Here are some of the funniest, weirdest, and nuttiest responses to Mr. Peanut’s death:
1.
Can you imagine the meeting at the ad agency that did this? some former creative wearing a bucket hat who needed a 9-5 going “we should kill mr peanut” https://t.co/fdRmTgPFzp
— Sarah Hagi (@geekylonglegs) January 22, 2020
2.
Then his boss, a man in his late thirties wearing a gold chain and signet ring on his index finger, being like “great job Alex, let’s loop in Jade from Planters”
— Sarah Hagi (@geekylonglegs) January 22, 2020
3.
And now Mr. Peanut is dead??? wtf, this is some Illuminati shit!!! https://t.co/YlqHEpL5C3
— Keaton Patti (@KeatonPatti) January 22, 2020
4.
WOW pic.twitter.com/NcnquHE3rZ
— jordan (@JordanUhl) January 22, 2020
5.
CNN: Mr. Peanut has died.
NBC: RIP Mr. Peanut.
Fox News: Thousands of deleted emails from Hillary Clinton indicate that Mr. Peanut had direct knowledge of her plot to kill beloved rice mascot Uncle Benghazi.
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) January 22, 2020
6.
mr peanut was assassinated by the us government for attempting to achieve racial unity through his work with george washington carver. rip to a true ally
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) January 22, 2020
7.
Mr Peanut didnt kill him self #StayWoke
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) January 22, 2020
8.
I shall not mourn the death of Mr. Peanut. A capitalist who feeds his own kind to the machine in order to increase profits is exactly the kind of person who should be yeeted into an explosion #RIPMrPeanut
— نورجہاں پلّا (Pup Noor Jahan) (@PupNoorJahan) January 22, 2020
9.
somehow, Mr. Peanut returned pic.twitter.com/GaIldDZSnS
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 22, 2020
10.
i outlived mr peanut https://t.co/LsjTyhb8v2
— Mike Migdall (@ItsMigdallTime) January 22, 2020