Editing Pepsi (section)

====Pepsiman====
{{about|the mascot of Pepsi|the game featuring the mascot|Pepsiman (video game)}}[[File:3 cosplayers of Pepsiman standing 20230527a.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cosplayer]]s dressed as Pepsiman]]Pepsiman is an official Pepsi mascot from Pepsi's [[Japan]]ese corporate branch, created sometime around the mid-1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LaPointe|first=Sarah|date=November 8, 2019|title=The Bizarre Untold History of Mountain Dew (And Other Popular Sodas)|url=https://www.obsev.com/food/facts-you-didnt-know-about-sodas/|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=Obsev|language=en-US|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419102024/https://www.obsev.com/food/facts-you-didnt-know-about-sodas/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pepsiman took on three different outfits, each one representing the current style of the Pepsi can in distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-08 |title=Pepsi Co Marketing Case Study |url=https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/marketing-case-studypepsi-co/35630822 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=SlideShare |language=en}}</ref> Twelve commercials were created featuring the character. His role in the advertisements is to appear with Pepsi to thirsty people or people craving soda.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ono|first=Yumiko|date=May 23, 1997|title=PepsiCo's 'American' Superhero In Japanese Ads Is Alien to U.S.|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB864346019512912500|access-date=September 30, 2020|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804155842/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB864346019512912500|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Pepsiman happens to appear at just the right time with the product. After delivering the beverage, sometimes Pepsiman would encounter a difficult and action-oriented situation which would result in injury. Pepsiman is mostly silent, and he has no face except for a hole that opens up whenever he delivers a Pepsi.<ref>{{cite web |title=No Corporate Mascot Will EVER Be as Bizarre as Pepsiman |date=1 Mar 2020 |author=Kiara Halls |website=CBR |url=https://www.cbr.com/weird-corporate-mascot-pepsiman/ |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127134608/https://www.cbr.com/weird-corporate-mascot-pepsiman/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Another more minor mascot, Pepsiwoman, also featured in a few of her own commercials for [[Pepsi Twist]]; her appearance is basically a female Pepsiman wearing a lemon-shaped [[Balaclava (clothing)|balaclava]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Study of Sales Promotion of Pepsi |url=https://pdfcoffee.com/a-study-of-sales-promotion-of-pepsi-pdf-free.html |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=pdfcoffee.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 1994, [[Sega-AM2]] released the [[Sega Saturn]] version of its arcade fighting game ''[[Fighting Vipers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bryant|first=Paul|date=November 21, 2012|title=Virtua Fighter 2, Sonic the Fighters and Fighting Vipers busting heads on XBLA, PSN next week|url=https://gaming-age.com/2012/11/virtua-fighter-2-sonic-the-fighters-and-fighting-vipers-busting-heads-on-xbla-psn-next-week/|access-date=September 30, 2020|website=Gaming Age|language=en-US|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116184923/https://gaming-age.com/2012/11/virtua-fighter-2-sonic-the-fighters-and-fighting-vipers-busting-heads-on-xbla-psn-next-week/|url-status=live}}</ref> In this game, Pepsiman was included as a special character, with his specialty listed as being the ability to "quench one's thirst." He does not appear in any other version or sequel. 

In 1999, [[KID]] developed a [[video game]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] entitled ''[[Pepsiman (video game)|Pepsiman]]''. As the titular character, the player runs "on rails" (forced motion on a scrolling linear path), skateboards, rolls, and stumbles through various areas, avoiding dangers and collecting cans of Pepsi, all while trying to reach a thirsty person as in the commercials.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pepsiman: PlayStation's Strangest Moment?|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/1999/03/10/pepsiman-playstations-strangest-moment|website=IGN|date=10 March 1999|access-date=8 December 2013|archive-date=23 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423105935/https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/03/10/pepsiman-playstations-strangest-moment|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Mike Suszek|date=July 29, 2012|title=Stiq Figures, July 16–22: Pepsiman edition|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/29/stiq-figures-july-16-22-pepsiman-edition/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730225701/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/29/stiq-figures-july-16-22-pepsiman-edition/|archive-date=July 30, 2012|access-date=September 10, 2013|publisher=Joystiq}}</ref><ref name="Pepsiman gameplay video">{{cite web|title=Pepsiman gameplay video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGObX_F5F1A| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/uGObX_F5F1A| archive-date=2021-10-28|website=[[YouTube]]| date=8 August 2013 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Despite largely being considered a financial failure, Pepsiman has developed a [[cult following]] due to its over the top and nonsensical premise.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Phoon |first1=Andie |title=Essential Marketing Lessons to Take Away from Video Game Marketing |url=https://medianetic.me/essential-marketing-lessons-to-take-away-from-video-game-marketing/ |website=Mediantic |date=23 May 2022 |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bashir |first1=Dale |title=Remembering the PlayStation 1 Cult Classic Pepsiman and All Its Weirdness |url=https://sea.ign.com/playstation-5-2/169522/news/remembering-the-playstation-1-cult-classic-pepsiman-and-all-its-weirdness |website=IGN |date=8 March 2021 |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref>