Sure, we’ve all enjoyed Little Caesars’ “Pizza Pizza” guy and his sandals and his strange tuft of chest hair for many years. But a Twitter thread this week strangely focused on a even more specific thing: Namely the stripes at the back of the mascot’s throat.

　　We like this theory that he functions as a sort of Pez dispenser, spitting out pizzas:

　　Then, while we’re appropriately befuddled by this strange graphic element, we get slammed with this:

　　Looks like we have not been paying very close attention to our fast-food mascots, but we appreciate those who have.