Which McDonald’s character was named after the restaurant chain’s Big Mac sandwich?

Officer Big Mac was the McDonaldland character named after McDonald’s Big Mac sandwich.

Officer Big Mac was portrayed as a police officer with a head shaped like a Big Mac. The character belonged to the same fictional advertising world as Mayor McCheese, the Hamburglar, Grimace, and Ronald McDonald.

The character’s name combined a familiar law-enforcement title with the name of McDonald’s flagship sandwich. That naming approach was typical of McDonaldland, where food products and restaurant themes were turned into visual characters for children’s advertising.

Officer Big Mac is often confused with Mayor McCheese because both had food-shaped heads and civic roles. Mayor McCheese was the mayor, while Officer Big Mac served as a police-themed character. The character is also distinct from the Big Mac itself, which was introduced as a sandwich in 1967.