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id="toc-School_mascots-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_mascots_–_Olympics_and_World_Expositions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_mascots_–_Olympics_and_World_Expositions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>International mascots – Olympics and World Expositions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_mascots_–_Olympics_and_World_Expositions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_mascots" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_mascots"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Government mascots</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_mascots-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government mascots subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Government_mascots-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Yuru-chara" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Yuru-chara"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Yuru-chara</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Yuru-chara-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-NASA_mascot" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#NASA_mascot"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>NASA mascot</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-NASA_mascot-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Military_mascots" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Military_mascots"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Military mascots</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Military_mascots-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Smokey_Bear" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Smokey_Bear"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Smokey Bear</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Smokey_Bear-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>In music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>In television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%B0" title="শুভংকৰ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="শুভংকৰ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chita" title="Chita – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="Chita" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talisman" title="Talisman – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Talisman" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F" title="মাস্কট – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মাস্কট" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascota" title="Mascota – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Mascota" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskottchen" title="Maskottchen – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Maskottchen" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskott" title="Maskott – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Maskott" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascota_(s%C3%ADmbolo)" title="Mascota (símbolo) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mascota (símbolo)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskoto" title="Maskoto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Maskoto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskota" title="Maskota – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Maskota" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D8%A2%D9%88%D8%B1" title="شگون‌آور – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شگون‌آور" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascotte" title="Mascotte – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mascotte" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%8A%A4%EC%BD%94%ED%8A%B8" title="마스코트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마스코트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0" title="शुभंकर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="शुभंकर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskota" title="Maskota – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Maskota" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascotte" title="Mascotte – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mascotte" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A2_(%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%9C_%D7%97%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D)" title="קמע (אדם או בעל חיים) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קמע (אדם או בעל חיים)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%83%E0%B2%B7%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%82%E0%B2%AA_(%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D_)" title="ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ಸ್ವರೂಪ (ಮ್ಯಾಸ್ಕಾಟ್ ) – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅದೃಷ್ಟ ಸ್ವರೂಪ (ಮ್ಯಾಸ್ಕಾಟ್ )" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Mascot" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="Mascot" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascotte_(symbool)" title="Mascotte (symbool) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mascotte (symbool)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88" title="マスコット – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マスコット" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskotka" title="Maskotka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Maskotka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascote" title="Mascote – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mascote" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B6-%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Персонаж-талисман – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Персонаж-талисман" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascot" title="Mascot – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Mascot" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskota" title="Maskota – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Maskota" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Маскота – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Маскота" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskotti" title="Maskotti – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Maskotti" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maskot" title="Maskot – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Maskot" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Big_Boy_Restaurants" title="Big Boy Restaurants">Big Boy Restaurants</a> feature statues of their advertising mascot, "Big Boy", at many of their locations.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:252px;max-width:252px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BennyBull.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Benny The Bull the Official Mascot of the Chicago Bulls" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/BennyBull.JPG/250px-BennyBull.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/BennyBull.JPG/375px-BennyBull.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/BennyBull.JPG/500px-BennyBull.JPG 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Benny_the_Bull" title="Benny the Bull">Benny the Bull</a>, the mascot of the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bulls" title="Chicago Bulls">Chicago Bulls</a></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:252px;max-width:252px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Linnanm%C3%A4ki2_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Linnanm%C3%A4ki2_%28cropped%29.JPG/250px-Linnanm%C3%A4ki2_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Linnanm%C3%A4ki2_%28cropped%29.JPG/375px-Linnanm%C3%A4ki2_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Linnanm%C3%A4ki2_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="372" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Rolle the Clown, the mascot of the <a href="/wiki/Linnanm%C3%A4ki" title="Linnanmäki">Linnanmäki amusement park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki, Finland</a></div></div></div></div></div> <p>A <b>mascot</b> is any human, animal, or object thought to bring <a href="/wiki/Luck" title="Luck">luck</a>, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a <a href="/wiki/School" title="School">school</a>, sports <a href="/wiki/Team" title="Team">team</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_society" class="mw-redirect" title="University society">society</a>, <a href="/wiki/Military_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Military unit">military unit</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Brand" title="Brand">brand name</a>. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products. </p><p>In sports, mascots are also used for merchandising. Team mascots are often related to their respective team <a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">nicknames</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is especially true when the team's nickname is something that is a living animal and/or can be <a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphism" title="Anthropomorphism">made to have humanlike characteristics</a>. For more abstract nicknames, the team may opt to have an unrelated character serve as the mascot. For example, the <a href="/wiki/Sport" title="Sport">athletic</a> teams of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a> are nicknamed the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide" title="Alabama Crimson Tide">Crimson Tide</a>, while their mascot is an elephant named <a href="/wiki/Big_Al_(mascot)" title="Big Al (mascot)">Big Al</a>. Team mascots may take the form of a <a href="/wiki/Logo" title="Logo">logo</a>, person, live animal, inanimate object, or a <a href="/wiki/Costumed_character" class="mw-redirect" title="Costumed character">costumed character</a>, and often appear at team matches and other related events. Since the mid-20th century, costumed characters have provided teams with an opportunity to choose a fantasy creature as their mascot, as is the case with the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies" title="Philadelphia Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies</a>' mascot: <a href="/wiki/Phillie_Phanatic" title="Phillie Phanatic">Phillie Phanatic</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Flyers" title="Philadelphia Flyers">Philadelphia Flyers</a>' mascot: <a href="/wiki/Gritty_(mascot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gritty (mascot)">Gritty</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Kraken" title="Seattle Kraken">Seattle Kraken</a> mascot: <a href="/wiki/Buoy_(mascot)" title="Buoy (mascot)">Buoy</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Commanders" title="Washington Commanders">Washington Commanders</a>' mascot: <a href="/wiki/Major_Tuddy" title="Major Tuddy">Major Tuddy</a>. </p><p>Costumed mascots are commonplace, and are regularly used as <a href="/wiki/Good_faith" title="Good faith">goodwill</a> <a href="/wiki/Ambassador" title="Ambassador">ambassadors</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Community" title="Community">community</a> for their team, <a href="/wiki/Company" title="Company">company</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Organization" title="Organization">organization</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was sports organizations that initially first thought of using animals as a form of mascot to bring entertainment and excitement for their spectators.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before mascots were fictional icons or people in suits, animals were mostly used in order to bring a somewhat different feel to the game and to strike fear in rival teams. </p><p>As time went on, mascots evolved from predatory animals, to two-dimensional fantasy mascots, to finally what we know today, three-dimensional mascots. Stylistic changes in American <a href="/wiki/Puppetry" title="Puppetry">puppetry</a> in the mid-20th century, including the work of <a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson" title="Jim Henson">Jim Henson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sid_and_Marty_Krofft" title="Sid and Marty Krofft">Sid and Marty Krofft</a>, soon were adapted to sports mascots. It allowed people to not only have visual enjoyment but also interact physically with the mascots. </p><p>Marketers quickly realized the great potential in three-dimensional mascots and took on board the costumed puppet idea. This change encouraged other companies to start creating their own mascots, resulting in mascots being a necessity amongst not only the sporting industry but for other organisations.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word 'mascot' originates from the French term 'mascotte' which means <a href="/wiki/Amulet" title="Amulet">lucky charm</a>. This was used to describe anything that brought luck to a household. The word was first recorded in 1867 and popularised by a French composer <a href="/wiki/Edmond_Audran" title="Edmond Audran">Edmond Audran</a> who wrote the opera <i><a href="/wiki/La_mascotte" title="La mascotte">La mascotte</a></i>, performed in December 1880. The word entered the English language in 1881 with the meaning of a specific living entity associated with a human organization as a symbol or live logo. However, before this, the terms were familiar to the people of France as a slang word used by gamblers. The term is a derivative of the word 'masco' meaning sorceress or witch. Before the 19th century, the word 'mascot' was associated with inanimate objects that would be commonly seen such as a lock of hair or a <a href="/wiki/Figurehead" title="Figurehead">figurehead</a> on a sailing ship. From then to the twentieth century, the term has been used in reference to any good luck animals, objects etc., and more recently including human caricatures and fictional creatures created as logos for <a href="/wiki/Sports_team" title="Sports team">sports teams</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Choices_and_identities">Choices and identities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Choices and identities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>contains <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">weasel words</a>: vague phrasing that often accompanies <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">biased</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">unverifiable</a> information</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Such statements should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch">clarified or removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2009</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Ronald_Reagan_and_the_Chicken_at_the_San_Diego_Convention_Center_in_California.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/President_Ronald_Reagan_and_the_Chicken_at_the_San_Diego_Convention_Center_in_California.jpg/250px-President_Ronald_Reagan_and_the_Chicken_at_the_San_Diego_Convention_Center_in_California.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/President_Ronald_Reagan_and_the_Chicken_at_the_San_Diego_Convention_Center_in_California.jpg/375px-President_Ronald_Reagan_and_the_Chicken_at_the_San_Diego_Convention_Center_in_California.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/President_Ronald_Reagan_and_the_Chicken_at_the_San_Diego_Convention_Center_in_California.jpg/500px-President_Ronald_Reagan_and_the_Chicken_at_the_San_Diego_Convention_Center_in_California.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2675" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chicken" title="San Diego Chicken">San Diego Chicken</a>, portrayed by Ted Giannoulas, was a staple in the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a> area during the 1970s and 80s. On the right is <a href="/wiki/United_States_President" class="mw-redirect" title="United States President">United States President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> at a campaign stop in San Diego during the <a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election" title="1988 United States presidential election">1988 election</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sebastian_the_Ibis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Sebastian_the_Ibis.jpg/165px-Sebastian_the_Ibis.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="248" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Sebastian_the_Ibis.jpg/248px-Sebastian_the_Ibis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Sebastian_the_Ibis.jpg/330px-Sebastian_the_Ibis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1804" data-file-height="2708" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">University of Miami</a> mascot <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_the_Ibis" title="Sebastian the Ibis">Sebastian the Ibis</a> makes the University of Miami's signature "The U" hand gesture, December 2007.</figcaption></figure> <p>Often, the choice of the mascot reflects the desired quality; a typical example of this is the "fighting spirit," in which a competitive nature is <a href="/wiki/Personification" title="Personification">personified</a> by warriors or <a href="/wiki/Predation" title="Predation">predatory</a> animals. </p><p>Mascots may also symbolize a local or regional trait, such as the <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers">Nebraska Cornhuskers</a>' mascot, <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Husker" title="Herbie Husker">Herbie Husker</a>: a stylized version of a farmer, owing to the agricultural traditions of the area in which the university is located. Similarly, <a href="/wiki/Pittsburg_State_University" title="Pittsburg State University">Pittsburg State University</a> uses Gus the Gorilla as its mascot, "gorilla" being an old colloquial term for coal miners in the Southeast Kansas area in which the university was established.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States, <a href="/wiki/Native_American_mascot_controversy" title="Native American mascot controversy">controversy</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> surrounds some mascot choices, especially those using human likenesses. Mascots based on <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> tribes are particularly <a href="/wiki/List_of_sports_team_names_and_mascots_derived_from_indigenous_peoples" title="List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples">contentious</a>, as many argue that they constitute offensive exploitations of an oppressed culture.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, several Indian tribes have come out in support of keeping the names. For example, the Utah Utes and the Central Michigan Chippewas are sanctioned by local tribes, and the <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles" title="Florida State Seminoles">Florida State Seminoles</a> are supported by the <a href="/wiki/Seminole_Tribe_of_Florida" title="Seminole Tribe of Florida">Seminole Tribe of Florida</a> in their use of Osceola and Renegade as symbols. FSU chooses not to refer to them as mascots because of the offensive connotation.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has not, however, prevented fans from engaging in "<a href="/wiki/Redface" title="Redface">Redface</a>"—dressing up in stereotypical, Plains Indian outfits during games, or creating offensive banners saying "Scalp 'em" as was seen at the 2014 Rose Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some sports teams have "unofficial" mascots: individual supporters or fans that have become identified with the team. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> have such an individual in fan <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Sez" class="mw-redirect" title="Freddy Sez">Freddy Sez</a>. Former <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays" title="Toronto Blue Jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a> mascot <a href="/wiki/BJ_Birdie" class="mw-redirect" title="BJ Birdie">BJ Birdie</a> was a costumed character created by a Blue Jays fan, ultimately hired by the team to perform at their home games. USC Trojans mascot is Tommy Trojan who rides on his horse (and the official mascot of the school) Traveler. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_mascots">Sports mascots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sports mascots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Sports_mascots" title="Category:Sports mascots">Category:Sports mascots</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boomer_Beaver_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Boomer_Beaver_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Boomer_Beaver_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Boomer_Beaver_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Boomer_Beaver_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Boomer_Beaver_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Boomer_Beaver_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1226" data-file-height="1901" /></a><figcaption>Boomer Beaver (photographed in 2007) was the mascot for the <a href="/wiki/Portland_Beavers" title="Portland Beavers">Portland Beavers</a>, a now-defunct <a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball" title="Minor League Baseball">Minor League Baseball</a> team.</figcaption></figure> <p>Many sports teams in the United States have official mascots, sometimes enacted by costumed humans or even live animals. One of the earliest was a <a href="/wiki/Taxidermy" title="Taxidermy">taxidermy</a> mount for the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Cubs" title="Chicago Cubs">Chicago Cubs</a>, in 1908, and later a live animal used in 1916 by the same team. They abandoned the concept shortly thereafter and remained without an official "cub" until 2014, when they introduced <a href="/wiki/Clark_(mascot)" title="Clark (mascot)">a version</a> that was a person wearing a costume.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, some teams have young fans become "mascots". These representatives sometimes have medical issues, and the appearance is a wish grant,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the winner of a contest,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or under other circumstances. Mascots also include older people such as <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cross_(rugby_union)" title="Peter Cross (rugby union)">Mr England</a>, who are invited by national sports associations to be mascots for the representative teams.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the earliest was <a href="/wiki/Ken_Baily" title="Ken Baily">Ken Baily</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/John_Bull" title="John Bull">John Bull</a>-inspired appearance was a regular at England matches from 1963<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversies">Controversies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Native_American_mascot_controversy" title="Native American mascot controversy">Native American mascot controversy</a></div> <p>On October 28, 1989, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Miami" title="University of Miami">University of Miami</a> mascot <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_the_Ibis" title="Sebastian the Ibis">Sebastian the Ibis</a> was tackled by a group of police officers for attempting to put out <a href="/wiki/Osceola_and_Renegade" title="Osceola and Renegade">Chief Osceola's</a> flaming spear prior to <a href="/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_football" title="Miami Hurricanes football">Miami</a>'s game against <a href="/wiki/Florida_State%E2%80%93Miami_football_rivalry" title="Florida State–Miami football rivalry">long-standing rival</a> <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football" title="Florida State Seminoles football">Florida State</a> at <a href="/wiki/Doak_Campbell_Stadium" title="Doak Campbell Stadium">Doak Campbell Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tallahassee,_Florida" title="Tallahassee, Florida">Tallahassee</a>. Sebastian was wearing a fireman’s helmet and yellow raincoat and holding a fire extinguisher. When a police officer attempted to grab the fire extinguisher, the officer was sprayed in the chest. Sebastian was handcuffed by four officers but ultimately released. </p><p>University of Miami quarterback <a href="/wiki/Gino_Torretta" title="Gino Torretta">Gino Torretta</a> told <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a>, "Even if we weren't bad boys, it added to the mystique that, 'Man, look, even their mascot's getting arrested.'"<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2024, <a href="/wiki/Midget#Mascots" title="Midget">five high schools</a> in the United States use <a href="/wiki/Midget" title="Midget">midgets</a> for their mascots. Advocates working with Little People of America have been campaigning to change it because of its common usage as a <a href="/wiki/Pejorative" title="Pejorative">pejorative slur</a> against disabled people.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_mascots">Corporate mascots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Corporate mascots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Lists_of_advertising_characters" title="Lists of advertising characters">Lists of advertising characters</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%A0pancirfest_-_zelenoplavi_%C5%A1tand_s_maskotom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/%C5%A0pancirfest_-_zelenoplavi_%C5%A1tand_s_maskotom.jpg/220px-%C5%A0pancirfest_-_zelenoplavi_%C5%A1tand_s_maskotom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/%C5%A0pancirfest_-_zelenoplavi_%C5%A1tand_s_maskotom.jpg/330px-%C5%A0pancirfest_-_zelenoplavi_%C5%A1tand_s_maskotom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/%C5%A0pancirfest_-_zelenoplavi_%C5%A1tand_s_maskotom.jpg/440px-%C5%A0pancirfest_-_zelenoplavi_%C5%A1tand_s_maskotom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Rooster is the mascot for a company in <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Mascots or advertising characters are very common in the corporate world. Recognizable mascots include <a href="/wiki/Chester_Cheetah" title="Chester Cheetah">Chester Cheetah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(character)" title="Sonic the Hedgehog (character)">Sonic the Hedgehog (character)</a>, Keebler Elf, the Fruit of the Loom Guys, Mickey Mouse, Pizza Pizza Guy for Little Caesars, Rocky the Elf, <a href="/wiki/Pepsi#Pepsiman" title="Pepsi">Pepsiman</a> and the <a href="/wiki/NBC_logo" title="NBC logo">NBC Peacock</a>. These characters are typically known without even having to refer to the company or brand. This is an example of <a href="/wiki/Corporate_branding" title="Corporate branding">corporate branding</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Soft_sell" title="Soft sell">soft selling</a> a company. Mascots are able to act as <a href="/wiki/Brand_ambassador" title="Brand ambassador">brand ambassadors</a> where advertising is not allowed. For example, many corporate mascots can attend non-profit events, or sports and promote their brand while entertaining the crowd. Some mascots are simply cartoons or virtual mascots, others are characters in commercials, and others are actually created as costumes and will appear in person in front of the public at tradeshows or events.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="School_mascots">School mascots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: School mascots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_college_mascots_in_the_United_States" title="List of college mascots in the United States">List of college mascots in the United States</a></div> <p>American high schools, colleges, and even middle and elementary schools typically have mascots. Many college and university mascots started out as live animals, such as bulldogs and bears that attended sporting events. Today, mascots are usually represented by animated characters, campus sculptures, and costumed students who attend sporting events, alumni gatherings, and other campus events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_mascots_–_Olympics_and_World_Expositions"><span id="International_mascots_.E2.80.93_Olympics_and_World_Expositions"></span>International mascots – Olympics and World Expositions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: International mascots – Olympics and World Expositions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Olympic_mascots" title="List of Olympic mascots">List of Olympic mascots</a> and <a href="/wiki/Expo_mascots" class="mw-redirect" title="Expo mascots">Expo mascots</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KoreaNet_Honorary_Reporters_20161024_21_(30412426272).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/KoreaNet_Honorary_Reporters_20161024_21_%2830412426272%29.jpg/220px-KoreaNet_Honorary_Reporters_20161024_21_%2830412426272%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/KoreaNet_Honorary_Reporters_20161024_21_%2830412426272%29.jpg/330px-KoreaNet_Honorary_Reporters_20161024_21_%2830412426272%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/KoreaNet_Honorary_Reporters_20161024_21_%2830412426272%29.jpg/440px-KoreaNet_Honorary_Reporters_20161024_21_%2830412426272%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3936" data-file-height="2323" /></a><figcaption>Soohorang (left) and Bandabi (right) were the mascots for the <a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics" title="2018 Winter Olympics">2018 Winter Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Paralympics" title="2018 Winter Paralympics">2018 Winter Paralympics</a>, respectively, in <a href="/wiki/Pyeongchang" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyeongchang">Pyeongchang</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The mascots that are used for the Summer and Winter Olympic games are fictional characters, typically a human figure or an animal native to the country to which is holding that year's Olympic Games. The mascots are used to entice an audience and bring joy and excitement to the Olympics festivities. Likewise, many <a href="/wiki/World_exposition" class="mw-redirect" title="World exposition">World expositions</a> since 1984 have had mascots representing their host city in some way, starting with the <a href="/wiki/1984_Louisiana_World_Exposition" title="1984 Louisiana World Exposition">1984 Louisiana World Exposition</a>'s mascot <a href="/wiki/Seymore_D._Fair" title="Seymore D. Fair">Seymore D. Fair</a>. </p><p>Since 1968, nearly all of the cities that have hosted the Summer or Winter Olympic Games have designed and promoted a mascot that relates to the culture of the host country the overall "brand" of that year's Games. Recent Winter/Summer Olympic games mascots include <a href="/wiki/Miga,_Quatchi,_Sumi_and_Mukmuk" title="Miga, Quatchi, Sumi and Mukmuk">Miga, Quatchi, Mukmuk</a> (<a href="/wiki/2010_Winter_Olympics" title="2010 Winter Olympics">Vancouver, 2010</a>), <a href="/wiki/Wenlock_and_Mandeville" title="Wenlock and Mandeville">Wenlock and Mandeville</a> (<a href="/wiki/2012_Summer_Olympics" title="2012 Summer Olympics">London, 2012</a>), <a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games_mascots" title="2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots">Bely Mishka, Snow Leopard, Zaika</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics" title="2014 Winter Olympics">Sochi, 2014</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Vinicius_and_Tom" title="Vinicius and Tom">Vinicius and Tom</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">Rio, 2016</a>) have all gone on to become iconic symbols in their respective countries.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable secondary sources. (July 2017)">non-primary source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Since 2010, it has been common for the Olympic and Paralympic games to each have their own mascots, which are presented together. For example, the <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympics" title="2020 Summer Olympics">2020 Summer Olympics</a> in Tokyo is represented by <a href="/wiki/Miraitowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Miraitowa">Miraitowa</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Paralympics" title="2020 Summer Paralympics">2020 Summer Paralympics</a> are represented by <a href="/wiki/Someity" class="mw-redirect" title="Someity">Someity</a>, and the two often appear together in promotional materials. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_mascots">Government mascots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Government mascots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yuru-chara">Yuru-chara</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Yuru-chara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Yuru-chara" title="Yuru-chara">Yuru-chara</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, many municipalities have mascots, which are known as <a href="/wiki/Yuru-chara" title="Yuru-chara">Yuru-chara</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: ゆるキャラ <a href="/wiki/Hepburn_romanization" title="Hepburn romanization">Hepburn</a>: yuru kyara). Yuru-chara is also used to refer to mascots created by businesses to promote their products.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NASA_mascot">NASA mascot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: NASA mascot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Camilla_Corona_SDO" class="mw-redirect" title="Camilla Corona SDO">Camilla Corona SDO</a> is the mission mascot for <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Solar_Dynamics_Observatory" title="Solar Dynamics Observatory">Solar Dynamics Observatory</a> (SDO) and assists the mission with Education and Public Outreach (EPO).<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_mascots">Military mascots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Military mascots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_mascot" title="Military mascot">Military mascot</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RoyalRegimentWalesGoat_gobeirne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/RoyalRegimentWalesGoat_gobeirne.jpg/170px-RoyalRegimentWalesGoat_gobeirne.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/RoyalRegimentWalesGoat_gobeirne.jpg/255px-RoyalRegimentWalesGoat_gobeirne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/RoyalRegimentWalesGoat_gobeirne.jpg/340px-RoyalRegimentWalesGoat_gobeirne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1938" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The goat mascot and Goat Major of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Wales" title="Royal Regiment of Wales">Royal Regiment of Wales</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2015</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Mascots are also popular in <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> units. For example, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> uses the <a href="/wiki/English_Bulldog" class="mw-redirect" title="English Bulldog">English Bulldog</a> as its mascot, while the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> uses the <a href="/wiki/Mule" title="Mule">mule</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> uses the <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goat</a>, and the United States Air Force uses the <a href="/wiki/Gyrfalcon" title="Gyrfalcon">Gyrfalcon</a>. </p><p>The goat in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Welsh" title="Royal Welsh">Royal Welsh</a> is officially not a mascot but a ranking soldier. Lance Corporal <a href="/wiki/William_Windsor_(goat)" title="William Windsor (goat)">William Windsor</a> retired on 20 May 2009, and his replacement "William Windsor II" was captured and formally recruited on June 15 that same year.<sup id="cite_ref-A_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several regiments of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> have a live animal mascot which appear on <a href="/wiki/Parade" title="Parade">parades</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom)" title="Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)">Parachute Regiment</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders">Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders</a> have a <a href="/wiki/Shetland" title="Shetland">Shetland</a> pony as their mascot, a <a href="/wiki/Domestic_sheep" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic sheep">ram</a> for The Mercian Regiment; an <a href="/wiki/Irish_Wolfhound" title="Irish Wolfhound">Irish Wolfhound</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Guards" title="Irish Guards">Irish Guards</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1992)" title="Royal Irish Regiment (1992)">Royal Irish Regiment</a>; a <a href="/wiki/Gypsy_Vanner_horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Gypsy Vanner horse">drum horse</a> for the Queen's Royal Hussars and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards; an <a href="/wiki/Antelope" title="Antelope">antelope</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Fusiliers" title="Royal Regiment of Fusiliers">Royal Regiment of Fusiliers</a>; and a <a href="/wiki/Domestic_goat" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic goat">goat</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Welsh" title="Royal Welsh">Royal Welsh</a>. Other British military mascots include a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a pair of <a href="/wiki/Ferret" title="Ferret">ferrets</a>. </p><p>The Norwegian <a href="/wiki/Royal_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Guard">Royal Guard</a> adopted a <a href="/wiki/King_penguin" title="King penguin">king penguin</a> named <a href="/wiki/Nils_Olav" title="Nils Olav">Nils Olav</a> as its mascot on the occasion of a visit to Edinburgh by its regimental band. The (very large) penguin remains resident at <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Zoo" title="Edinburgh Zoo">Edinburgh Zoo</a> and has been formally promoted by one rank on the occasion of each subsequent visit to Britain by the band or other detachments of the Guard. Regimental Sergeant Major Olav was awarded the Norwegian Army's Long Service and Good Conduct medal at a ceremony in 2005. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Smokey_Bear">Smokey Bear</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Smokey Bear"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Bear" title="Smokey Bear">Smokey Bear</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Forest_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forest Service">U.S. Forest Service</a> uses mascot <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Bear" title="Smokey Bear">Smokey Bear</a> to raise awareness and educate the public about the dangers of unplanned human-caused <a href="/wiki/Wildfire" title="Wildfire">wildfires</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_music">In music</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Mascot" title="Special:EditPage/Mascot">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Some bands, particularly in the <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> genre, use band mascots to promote their music. The mascots are usually found on album covers or merchandise such as band T-shirts, but can also make appearances in live shows or music videos. One example of a band mascot is <a href="/wiki/Eddie_(mascot)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eddie (mascot)">Eddie</a> of the <a href="/wiki/English_people" title="English people">English</a> heavy metal band <a href="/wiki/Iron_Maiden" title="Iron Maiden">Iron Maiden</a>. Eddie is a <a href="/wiki/Zombie" title="Zombie">zombie</a>-like creature which is personified in different forms on all of the band's albums, most of its singles and some of its promotional merchandise. Eddie is also known to make live appearances, especially during the song "Iron Maiden". </p><p>Another notable example of a mascot in music is Skeleton Sam of <a href="/wiki/The_Grateful_Dead" class="mw-redirect" title="The Grateful Dead">The Grateful Dead</a>. South Korean hip hop band <a href="/wiki/B.A.P_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="B.A.P (band)">B.A.P</a> uses rabbits named Matoki as their mascot, each bunny a different color representing each member. Although rabbits have an innocent image, BAP gives off a tough image. Hip hop artist <a href="/wiki/Kanye_West" title="Kanye West">Kanye West</a> used to use a teddy bear named Dropout Bear as his mascot; <a href="/wiki/Dropout_Bear" title="Dropout Bear">Dropout Bear</a> has appeared on the cover of West's first three studio albums, and served as the main character of West's music video, "<a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_(Kanye_West_song)" title="Good Morning (Kanye West song)">Good Morning</a>". </p><p>The question of whether a "hype-man" can legitimately be considered a hip-hop organization's mascot is currently an active subject of debate within academic Hip-Hop circles. However, local polling in relevant regions suggests acceptance of the "hype-man" as a legitimate organizational mascot. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_television">In television</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: In television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some television series have mascots, like the <a href="/wiki/Cleatus_the_Robot" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleatus the Robot">Cleatus the Robot</a> animated cartoon figure on the U.S. sports television show <i><a href="/wiki/Fox_NFL_Sunday" title="Fox NFL Sunday">Fox NFL Sunday</a></i>. </p><p>Another example of a cartoon mascot on television is the Sir Seven knight character on Wisconsin's <a href="/wiki/WSAW-TV" title="WSAW-TV">WSAW-TV</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mascots" title="List of mascots">List of mascots</a> (college, computing, commercial, sports, public-service, television and movie, computer and video games, political parties)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amulet" title="Amulet">Amulet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Car_mascot" class="mw-redirect" title="Car mascot">Car mascot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fursuit" title="Fursuit">Fursuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_luck_charm" class="mw-redirect" title="Good luck charm">Lucky charm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mascot_Hall_of_Fame" title="Mascot Hall of Fame">Mascot Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_emblem" title="National emblem">National emblem</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_personification" title="National personification">National personification</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_animals" title="List of national animals">National animals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Player_escort" title="Player escort">Player escort</a>, children accompanying football players also sometimes called mascots</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talisman" title="Talisman">Talisman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Totem" title="Totem">Totem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Costume" title="Costume">Costume</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mascot&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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