The Many Names of Mr. Clean - Neatorama

Mr. Clean - USA	Don Limpio - Spain	Maestro Limpio - Mexico
Mr. Proper - Europe and Eastern Europe	Monsieur Propre - France	Meister Proper - Germany
Mr. Clean [wiki] by any other name is one heck of a global cleaning product. Did you know that although most people think the guy is a genie (because of the bald head and the earring), the real Mr. Clean was supposed to be a sailor?

Update 9/15/07 - here are some more:

M. Net - French Canada
Thanks Algonkin!

Mastro Lindo - Italy
Thanks Pola!

Just a note (im from Spain) that "Don Limpio" was called "Mr. Proper" in Spain like in the rest of Europe until the year 2001 or 2001 :p

kinda weird !

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Does anybody know why in eastern Europe 'M.Propre' (as we call him, here) snaps fingers ?

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wasn't he a professional wrestler?

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John Locke?

You don't want to mess around with Don Limpio.

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In Italy it is called Mastro Lindo, see him here: http://www.mastrolindo.it/img/top2_r1_c1.jpg

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In Australia we have a product that's been around for ages called "Mr Muscle". Not sure if it's the same product theough as there's no bald dude.

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Mister Sparkle!

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In times, in Spain he was Mr. Proper ^^

My favourite is Mr. Sparkle of course

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Marge_We_Trust

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Jess I'm pretty sure that Mr Muscle is a different product.
Here in Ireland and in the UK Mr Clean is actually called Flash http://www.pgprof.com/uk/html/uk_ki_flashcleanerspray.shtml

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Yeah, Mr. Muscle is a different product. It's too bad that Mr. Clean doesn't make an appearance in Flash.

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The Italian translation "Mastro Lindo", in Brazil is a slang that means "beautiful dick" (dick as in penis).

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As some other readers have mentioned, Don Limpio used to be called Mr. Proper in Spain. What they fail to mention is that sometimes bald men are still humurously still called Mr. Proper over here...

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Look at this picture of Britney Spears as Mrs Clean:

http://siskko.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/brit.jpg

LOL.

It says: "Mrs. Clean, B.S. makes my nose happy".

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Does anybody know why in eastern Europe â€˜M.Propreâ€™ (as we call him, here) snaps fingers ?

seems he only does it in your part of the world. only thing I can think of, have you ever tried to snap your fingers if they're greasy? doesn't work too well. so either showing it's really really clean, or showing how quick it is to clean with Mr. Clean.

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