Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's iconic fanny pack look revived in huge Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon

The silver chain, the gelled hair, the fanny pack, and that arched eyebrow were all there, floating among the skyscrapers.
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Brittany Levine Beckman
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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was pretty subdued this year due to coronavirus precautions.

But one balloon stood out during the scaled-down event that made a small crowd of paradegoers wish they had just stayed home.

Towering above the shortened parade route, which was designed mostly for a TV audience, floated Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The balloon captured him in his iconic 1990s look, with an arched eyebrow, black turtleneck, silver chain, and fanny pack. You know the one, it's been memed a thousand times. The balloon's fanny pack itself was filled with more than 50,000 cubic feet of helium.


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Johnson tweeted video of the huge balloon, which was made to promote Young Rock, a new NBC comedy about his youth that's premiering in February.

"My plucked raised eyebrow is the stuff dreams (and nightmares) are made of," Johnson wrote.

It sure is.

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Brittany Levine Beckman

Brittany Levine Beckman was Mashable's managing editor. She enjoys crafting feature ideas, learning new things, and party parrots. Before working at Mashable, she covered community news at the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. That's how she met a zonkey and the tallest man in the world.

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