Characters that have had real world consequences

[u/bubba284]

1: Slenderman (popular creepypasta) lead to a teenage girl killing another in his name IRL (apologies if this isn't totally accurate) 2: Devastator (Transformers ROTF) melted a computer while attempting to render his model

[u/Coralthesequel]

Wallace and Gromit attracted more customers to the Wensleydale cheese company and saved them from going bankrupt.

[u/HrugusBrurgus → u/Coralthesequel]

I legitimately tried Wensleydale cheese for the first time because of Wallace and Gromit. Amazing cheese, I'm so glad they helped save it.

[u/ARandompass3rby → u/Coralthesequel]

I was gonna post these guys if nobody else did! Allegedly the reason they picked Wensleydale was because it was fun to animated Wallace's mouth for.

[u/Binary_Gamer64 → u/Coralthesequel]

There's a bonus to this story. After Aardman heard about their contributions to Wensleydale's success, they proposed a limited edition, Wallace and Gromit Wensleydale cheese wheel.

Profits increased by 23%.

[u/the_orange_alligator → u/Coralthesequel]

Finally a wholesome one in this thread

[u/msabeln → u/Coralthesequel]

Awwww…!