Editing McDonaldland (section)

==Overview==
===Setting===
McDonaldland takes place predominantly in its own [[high fantasy]] world, however parts of the McDonaldland world have [[low fantasy]] interactions with the real world. In earlier commercials, McDonaldland had sentient trees that grew apple pies, a hamburger patch, a French Fry patch, a shake volcano, Filet-O-Fish Lake, and the one-shot Sundae Mountain.

In ''[[The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald]]'' the denizens of McDonaldland were shown to be able to [[Wormholes in fiction|travel between worlds]] using PlayPlace [[Playground slide|slides]]. Ronald is an adventurer with magical powers that acts as an ambassador for [[good]] and [[freedom]],<ref name="Jim Skinner CEO">{{citation |title=McDonald's Says Ronald Is Here to Stay |url=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html?DCSext.destination=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html |publisher=McDonalds.com |access-date=18 May 2011 |archive-date=12 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612062606/http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/ronald_mcdonald.html?DCSext.destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aboutmcdonalds.com%2Fmcd%2Fmedia_center%2Frecent_news%2Fmedia_press_releases%2Fronald_mcdonald.html |url-status=live }}</ref> such as traveling to the [[rain forest]] to bring attention to [[endangered species]] and [[deforestation]] or delivering a safety [[Public service announcement|PSA]] on the importance of [[seat belt]]s.<ref name="Langert 2019 p. ">{{cite book | last=Langert | first=Bob | title=Battle to do good : inside McDonalds sustainability journey | publisher=Emerald | publication-place=Bingley, UK | year=2019 | isbn=978-1-78756-816-7 | oclc=1081173484 | page=}}</ref>

Redemption arcs are incorporated within McDonaldland media. Grimace, a purple monster, was originally an antagonist that stole beverages and shakes from customers, but has since become a [[Hero|good guy]]. The Hamburglar, also originally a villain, was a thief that targeted hamburgers and sandwiches, but he is now more of a [[lovable rogue]] character.

===Locations===
The most often occurring regions, as seen in numerous McDonaldland commercials and video games are a [[forest]], [[town]], [[Ocean|sea]], and [[outer space]]. Their exact geographic layout is unknown, but within these regions are several locales including Grimace Island, a [[Western (genre)|Western]]-themed area, several portals to real world McDonald's restaurants, [[the Moon]], and Ronald's home.