Which McDonaldland character wears a striped shirt and is known for stealing hamburgers?

The Hamburglar is the McDonaldland character known for stealing hamburgers while wearing a striped shirt.

McDonald's introduced the Hamburglar as part of its child-focused McDonaldland advertising in 1971. The character was presented as a mischievous hamburger thief, using playful antics rather than serious villainy. His striped clothing and repeated hamburger references made his role easy to understand in short commercials.

The Hamburglar's appearance changed over time. The earliest version was a small, older-looking character with a more exaggerated costume, while later advertising redesigned him as a younger figure in a black-and-white striped outfit, cape, and gloves.

The character is often confused with Grimace or Mayor McCheese because all three belonged to the same fictional advertising world. Grimace was a purple companion, and Mayor McCheese was a hamburger-headed civic character. The Hamburglar's defining narrative, however, was his attempts to take hamburgers.