Which McDonald's character is a striped-shirt thief who tries to steal hamburgers?

The Hamburglar is the McDonald's character portrayed as a striped-shirt thief who tries to steal hamburgers.

The Hamburglar was one of the characters created for McDonaldland, the fantasy setting used in McDonald's advertising from 1971. Early versions were more sinister and spoke in an unusual, difficult-to-understand style. The character was later redesigned as a smaller, more child-friendly figure.

His black-and-white striped clothing, cape, gloves, and hamburger obsession made him visually distinct from Ronald McDonald and the other McDonaldland residents. The character's basic joke was simple: he wanted hamburgers but was always caught or thwarted.

The Hamburglar is sometimes confused with Captain Crook, another McDonaldland character associated with food theft. Captain Crook was linked to Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, while the Hamburglar's defining target was hamburgers.