Gone but never forgotten Sanrio Friends + NEW Netflix game?!?

Heidi Lothringer
3 min readDec 6, 2022

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The Sanrio Characters family is vast. Surely there’s a favorite for everyone. We sanri-hoes know that characters get rotated in and out like it’s the super bowl all the time. Hello Kitty is even occasionally benched. But what about the ones who don’t come back? This is for them, forever in our hearts.

Pandapple-

20 years ago in 2002 Sanrio introduced Pandapple! A precious panda with an apple hat. He is originally from Shang-hi but moved to california to peruse his dreams of owning an apple orchard. Sadly he probably won’t get a comeback

Spottie Dottie-

No, not the Outkast song, the Sanrio pup who apparently looked to much like Lisa Frank so she never got her time to shine. According to Fandoms Hello Kitty Wiki she and pandapple have been Sanrio’s biggest duds. She maintains a loyal pretty large fan base

Deery Lou the Cheerful Fawn-

2002 was a year of sanrio one hit wonders it would appear. Deery Lou seemed poised for greatness, but after 2–3 product launches she has mostly disappeared. To be fair, a Deery Lou plush was recently offered on Sanrio.com but no new merchandise

Mimmy Kitty

The greatest mystery is what happened to Hello Kitty’s Twin Sister Mimmy. She’s never around. After decades of her being of the two ribbons, she’s rarely even mentioned before. Toys exist with 2 Hello Kittys included but no mimmy. Even happy birthday wishes are just sent to Hello Kitty even though they share a November 1st birthday.

Plus! Netflix is adding a HELLO KITTY HAPPINESS PARADE game. You can play in app. I will be trying this so expect a review

Visit the Hello Kitty unofficial Fandom wiki to rediscover your favorites

For official merchandise of the current line up visit

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Heidi Lothringer

Aries ☀️/ Scorpio 🌛• Vegas, Baby. Mother of Dragons