Infant Peanut in a Hat 'Baby Nut' Scores Big With Some and Gets Roasted By Others During Super Bowl 2020
The Kansas City Chiefs may have turned the fourth quarter of the 2020 Super Bowl in to the real life version of the plot of every heartwarming football movie’s comeback story, but perhaps the fans in the Hard Rock Stadium weren’t going quite as nuts as the fans were about #BabyNut on Twitter.
In the week leading up to the Super Bowl, Planters Peanuts announced that Mr. Peanut, their long-time mascot of a peanut who liked spats, but not pants, was going to die for the sake of a buzzy Super Bowl 2020 commercial. As the world mourned the loss of what is most likely the world’s most dapper legume, they tuned in to watch Mr. Peanut’s funeral during the football game. As Mr. Peanut’s friends Mr. Clean and the Kool-Aid Man grieved graveside, their tears turned Mr. Peanut from a desiccated seed to a lively green sprout. Soon enough, a new mascot was born and officially dubbed “Baby Nut” complete with a streaming nanny cam, an official online store filled with Baby Nut merchandise, and a fan base already tweeting their love for the world’s youngest top hat enthusiast.
As the Chiefs and the 49ers continued their game, people took to Twitter to welcome the new mascot—or maybe roast the little peanut:
I AM IN LOVE WITH HIM https://t.co/nTP2xIvTej
— Paris (@Paris5503) February 3, 2020
bro everyone was in tears after mr. peanut, but they didn’t know what was coming. after every storm, comes a rainbow. welcome to the world, #babynut 😌😌😌 pic.twitter.com/s9KPoOm5bm
— g r a c e ⁷ ☆ EGO (@G0G0BEBE) February 3, 2020
This is literally me @mrpeanut 😂😂😂 #ad #babynut pic.twitter.com/JaYSl4KqVl
— insta.single (@insta_single) February 3, 2020
PSA: good luck getting me to talk about anything besides baby nut this week pic.twitter.com/AI0V7rHvEX
— Lucero Cantu (@luceroicantu) February 3, 2020
O-H Y-E-A-H #MagicTears #BabyNut pic.twitter.com/n5XHPADukO
— Kool-Aid (@koolaid) February 3, 2020
been watching the #babynut livestream for twenty minutes but it was worth it to see the woah pic.twitter.com/zyG8GMFzkV
— 𝖕 (@sighbondy) February 3, 2020
This is literally me @mrpeanut 😂😂😂 #ad #babynut pic.twitter.com/JaYSl4KqVl
— insta.single (@insta_single) February 3, 2020
Your face when you run out of snacks: #babynut pic.twitter.com/I229upYzkP
— jj (@iamjacquelin) February 3, 2020
baby yoda is canceled... #babynut is better pic.twitter.com/pjMib6LxBy
— evan (@evanschmarr) February 3, 2020
Of course, not everyone was a fan of the tiny peanut:
First thing I thought of. #Babynut pic.twitter.com/UrQWR3G1Ll
— Soph (@GoodGalGaymurr) February 3, 2020
RT if you think we should clobber baby nut with a sledgehammer pic.twitter.com/x4gkbTw4sr
— SA|P0lar (@P0larSSB) February 3, 2020
Me when I find #BabyNut pic.twitter.com/LNJb5oBC0o
— Gabe Keller (@gabekeller_) February 3, 2020
And others quickly rushed to point to the other infant taking over the internet—Baby Yoda:
Baby Yoda has some competition #BabyNut pic.twitter.com/GgMgaz0tKx
— Jackson Ammons (@OnAirJackson1) February 3, 2020
I want to see Baby Yoda force choke #BabyNut pic.twitter.com/eaPFKb1Bxg
— Trevor W. Eischen (@TrevEischen) February 3, 2020
Looks like baby Yoda has some stiff competition #babynut pic.twitter.com/aLr2LzAEHh
— Marissa Galang (@mg_nicole16) February 3, 2020
I hate it #babynut pic.twitter.com/V6AUofmvTx
— Yüksek Bahçe (@Yuksekbahce) February 3, 2020
They're friends not enemies #babynut #BabyYoda pic.twitter.com/1xibKDhX0G
— Pommie (@mewmewomi) February 3, 2020