In January 2007, the Cartoon Network created a guerilla marketing promotion for Aqua Teen Hunger Force. It featured backpack-sized devices -- with wires on the back and lights on the front -- that were placed around various spots in Boston. Unfortunately, many people took them for bombs, and the local bomb squad went out on full alert. The devices were also planted in nine other major US cities, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. As soon as mayhem erupted, parent company Turner gave authorities the locations of the devices, and ended the stunt.
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