CHEETOS THING-ERTIPS
Brand
CHEETOS
Entrant Agency
GS&P
Category
Media
Award
Silver
Festival & Year
Cannes Lions (2026)
Case Study Details
Cheetos® has a new brand spokesperson – one nobody saw coming, because… well, he doesn’t have a body. He’s actually more of a spokeshand. Cheetos is officially sponsoring the most recognizable fingertips in the world: Thing from the hit Netflix show, Wednesday. Watch the highly anticipated Season 2 of Wednesday, only on Netflix August 6th.
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dust, instantly making Thing the world's
most unexpected celebrity brand ambassador.
The plot twist
As part of the campaign, we gave Thing his very own
billboard in Times Square. But Thing is not the kind
of character who takes orders from a corporate brand.
So, naturally, he broke out of the ad unit and started
leaving his fingerprints all over culture.
He started by messing up other real brands’ billboards
(Gatorade, Spotify, Specialized) then moved onto
monuments, street artists, an iconic news stand and
even classic | @P NY t-shirts.
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