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produced and sold by American ice-cream maker Carvel in its franchise stores. It was developed by Carvel in the 1970s as an expansion of its line of freshly made products, along with Hug Me the Bear and Cookie Puss.

Development

Although the cake depicts the shape of a whale and was originally decorated as such, it was sometimes adapted for holiday uses by rotating it 90 degrees counter-clockwise so that the whale's body, now upright, could represent a face. The whale's tail would then represent whatever a character traditionally had on its head: the

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's ears, or

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' tassel. But Fudgie the Whale was usually promoted around

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, using the slogan, "For a whale of a dad". Fudgie was developed by founder Tom Carvel, with the assistance of his employee Kathy Dumas.

Co-branding

In 2018,

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partnered with Carvel to produce, in limited release, "Fudgie the Beer", a

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flavored with the chocolate crunchies also used to make Fudgie the Whale. The beer was re-released in limited quantities in 2019 to coincide with Father's Day, and was again re-released in June 2021 for the same reason.

In media

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praises the Cookie Puss and Fudgie the Whale cakes in several episodes, saying "Those guys at Carvel know what they’re doing". In season 4, episode 11 of ''

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states that his favorite type of cake is ice cream cake, and that he would like a "Fudgie the Whale" cake. In season 8, episode 6 of ''

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a Fudgie the Whale wedding cake with "To a Whale of a Wife" written in icing, much to her dismay and disappointment. In season 7, episode 5 of ''

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'' ("[The Inamorata Consequence"), during the dinner precession of the Treaty of Tolerance Summit II, a Fudgie the Whale cake is present with the words "Have a Whale of a Summit" written in frosting. The Carvel brand would go on to host a promotional giveaway with cakes designed with characters and iconography from the show in 2018. In season 11, episode 2 of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''Cry Wilderness''), during the invention exchange, Kinga Forrester and Max unveiled the Fudgie the Whale cake clock which included a money bag cake. In response to the episode, Carvel posted on

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a picture of a money bag cake. On '' The Dan Le Batard Show'', Old Money Charlie ate an entire Fudgie the Whale cake as a 'Grid of Death' punishment. The size of the cake was called into question by the shipping container, and referred to as "Fudgie the Dolphin". In season 2, episode 14 of '' Speechless'', JJ DiMeo demands a "Fudgie the Whale" cake for his 18th birthday. Every year for his birthday, the station manager at

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's hour long drama entitled '' Billions'', a character insinuates it's someone birthday and that a Fudgie the Whale cake will be served. In season 2, episode 3 of

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's show ''

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'', Max Black (

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) reminisces about eating "Fudgie the Whale" on her birthday which she spent alone while her crackheaded mother passed out and forgot to invite people for her birthday party. At the end of the episode, she insists on everyone in the prison-bus getting themselves the ice-cream cake. In season 3, Episode 19 "Everything Must Go" of the show ''

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'' Halloween cartoon "The House that Gave Sucky Tricks", The Cheat dresses up as Fudgie the Whale. In the 2024 film ''

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'', Fudgie the Whale is featured at a child's birthday party while they sing "Happy Birthday". In

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brings a Fudgie the Whale cake for the lab techs at Vought before he massacres them. In the song "I'm Having a Party" by

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, while listing reasons to come to his birthday party, the narrator says to, "Expect a visit from Fudgie the whale, ice cream and crunchies in his fudgy tail".

References

External links

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