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December 2009. On May 4, 2011, the Noid was used as a promotional figure for the Facebook page of Domino's, and made a brief appearance as a stuffed toy at the end of a May 2011 advertisement promoting a one-topping pizza deal. The 25th birthday
272:. Noid subsequently spent time in a mental institution, but died by suicide on February 23, 1995. This incident was widely believed to have caused Domino's Pizza to discontinue advertising using the Noid as their mascot, but this claim has been rejected by the company and their advertisers.
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created in the 1980s and briefly revived several times. Clad in a red, skin-tight, rabbit-eared body suit with a black N inscribed in a white circle on his chest, the Noid is a physical manifestation of all the challenges in delivering a
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prominently featuring the Noid character. During 2016, the Noid appeared and was referenced in some Domino's commercials, as part of their USA "Pizza
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891:Zwiezen, Zack (April 26, 2021).
381:"6 Obscure Facts About the Noid"
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