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The Mainzelmännchen are six comedic cartoon characters used as mascots for the German public service television broadcaster ZDF. They first appeared on television in 1963 to accommodate a government regulation prohibiting confusion between broadcast advertising and content. The cartoon characters served as a transition between the two.