Discontinued Files · 🥤 Sodas & drinks

G33Z3R Discontinued Files · 19872001

What happened to Ecto Cooler?

Ecto Cooler

Introduced
1987, as a Hi-C flavor tied to The Real Ghostbusters cartoon
Discontinued
Renamed in 1997, gone by about 2001
Made by
Hi-C (The Coca-Cola Company)
Why it went away
The Ghostbusters license lapsed; the drink lost its name, then its shelf space
Comeback?
Yes — a limited run for the 2016 Ghostbusters film

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Green, tangerine-flavored, with Slimer on the box. Ecto Cooler was launched to cash in on the Saturday-morning Real Ghostbusters and then outlived the show by a decade, because kids didn't care about the tie-in, they cared about the color.

When Coca-Cola stopped paying for the license, the same drink was quietly sold as Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen, and without the ghost it faded away. In 2016 the company brought back the original name and box for the reboot film, and grown adults cleared the shelves.

The 2016 cans are collectibles now. The drink itself is basically Hi-C orange with a green food-coloring bill.

Sources: Wikipedia — Ecto Cooler

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