<P> Although his beak originally had two pink stripes, during the 1970s it became a tradition that each stripe on his beak represented one of the flavors of the pieces in the cereal: (red = cherry, yellow = lemon, orange = orange). The additions of new colors have made this color scheme no longer accurate . There are now eight colors of this cereal . The first new color was green, which was introduced in 1991, then purple in 1994, blue in 1996, pink in 2002, and gold in 2006 . </P> <P> The colors, perhaps, represent different flavors present in the cereal, but each color has the same flavor . </P> <P> A parody of Toucan Sam can be briefly seen on an episode of T.U.F.F. Puppy as one of the many things the Chameleon can turn into . </P> <P> Another parody was found on Family Guy where Brian auditioned for the mascot's role . </P>

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