The best thing to come out of Planters' Baby Nut campaign is this painting of Mr. Peanut devouring his son

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• Planters, the nut company, introduced a new mascot named Baby Nut during their much-talked-about 2020 Super Bowl ad campaign. 
• Artist Nina Matsumoto created a viral moment by reimagining Mr. Peanut and Baby Nut as tragic figures of Greek mythology. 
• She was inspired by Spanish romantic artist Francisco Goya and his painting "Saturn Devouring His Son."
• She went viral.
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Nina Matsumoto didn't watch the Super Bowl, but the Vancouver-based artist still managed to create one of the most viral Twitter moments to emerge from this year's game.

Enter: The beautiful nightmare that is "Mr. Peanut Devouring His Son," a Baby Nut-inspired parody of "Saturn Devouring His Son" by Spanish romantic artist Francisco Goya. 

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