Which McDonald’s mascot was designed with a cheeseburger for a head?

Mayor McCheese was the McDonald’s mascot designed with a cheeseburger for a head.

He was one of the leading characters in McDonaldland, the fictional setting used in McDonald’s family advertising. His design combined a human-style body and mayoral clothing with a large cheeseburger head, making the character immediately connect civic imagery with the restaurant’s signature food.

Mayor McCheese typically appeared in formal clothing and was presented as an authority figure within McDonaldland. The character’s visual joke was simple and highly legible: the mayor’s head was also a hamburger. That made him easy to recognize in television commercials, packaging, and promotional material.

Mayor McCheese is sometimes confused with Officer Big Mac, another McDonaldland character whose name and design referenced McDonald’s food. The two were separate figures. Mayor McCheese’s defining feature was the cheeseburger head, while his role was that of the fictional community’s mayor.