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To make "The Adventures of Kool-Aid Man" comic books feel more like real comic books, the company made sure at least 20% of the pages had absolutely nothing to do with the story. Thus, you get these extras... I'll never be able to shake the idea that somewhere, somehow, a sealed package of Sugar Free Purplesaurus Rex still exists. It was just one of the many versions available, which also included a Purplesaurus Rex Kool-Aid Koolers juicebox, meaning kids had what must be considered the ULTIMATE fodder for a cafeteria trade at school. If you were willing to part with a juicebox full of Purplesaurus Rex, it's damn for sure you were gonna get some majorly giant oatmeal raisin cookie out of the deal.  I hear that if you take every other letter in this puzzle starting with the "P" at top left, it'll spell out the secret ingredients of Elmer's wood glue. Then again, an asshole told me that.  I love Kool-Aid Man's pondering look on the maze portion of this page, topped only by the fact that it took me twenty minutes to realize that it was a bird thinking question marks aloud and not some kind of green volcanic explosion. Dunno if any of you will bother to inspect the page closely enough to get what I mean, but I don't say these things just to fill up paragraphs. Alal akkkkk akowo aooa aowq00 aaoso aoao alo. Wslsl aowo allal allal quwuq. Bakksak, asodoeo al alal alalal alala al ala aal, iwwll? Wqqoo, aslal, allal, alllll, owoqwo, aoaos, allal. Frooooo, sodoasod, alsal all alll alslkwk wuwuue, asjj ajjj. Quusdu aask akak akka akakaka akk akkk aiisic dhhhw agsg agg, akskak iewii qwie ahsh as as asss wqwq asaoo a aoaaso thunas thunm asas thumpaspa askak a thumper asoao asoaos aoo was as aso oao a aopsoo rabbassa as rabbaaasas rabbit askakksak auuq aahh agga, aks w3q2w ww. As for the Purplesaurus Rex connect-the-dots puzzle, well, that thing just freaks me out.  Kool-Aid Kool-Pops were available for a while, but the included flavors were swapped regularly to better reflect the current gamut of drink mixes. So, while Mountain Berry and Berry Blue look giddy as pigs here in this rare group photo, they're absolutely on borrowed time and will get cancer of the face within months and die accordingly. Mountain Berry was obviously based on "Mountain Berry Punch," a Kool-Aid flavor so well-liked that Kraft eventually gave it the ultimate nod with their "Mountain Twists" line. At least, I hope it's a nod and not just coincidence. I like it when things connect, like Purplesaurus did in that puzzle up there. According to the Kool-Aid Man, you can find his friends in the grocer's freezer. I will spend the rest of my life wishing I could say that.  Since kids eating during school lunch hours is a guaranteed thing, it made perfect sense for Kraft to employ this to turn us all into raving Kool-Aid addicts. Sadly, thermoses were becoming less and less hip. The workaround solution was "Kool-Aid Koolers," juiceboxes that could be neatly tucked into lunchboxes and paper bags to ensure that kids got the kind of sugar rush needed to memorize times tables and spell things. Virtually every Kool-Aid drink mix flavor was issued as a Koolers variety, affording picky kids the chance to only drink "Pink Swimmingo" on salami days and "Orange" whenever Mom got funky with pita bread. Each box had puzzles and games printed on the back, because beverages are best served with ice and puzzles and games.
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