Malformed Mascots

21Jun08

Mascots are usually animals adapted as a symbolic figure, normally used to symbolize an event, especially a sports event. If you were to look at history of international mascots, there’s only a few that is actually considered ‘decent’ mascots.

Others…are really.. well.. you be the judge!

SUMMER OLYMPIC GAME MASCOT

1972 Munich Olympic game. It is indeed the first mascot in the history of Olympic. Fancy some colourful coney-dogs anyone?

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1976 Montreal : This is suppose to be a beaver, but it is easily mistaken as a big, black fur ball. I bet cats like it very much.

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1992 Atlanta and 1996 Barcelona mascots. Plush-version of the mascots looks pretty decent, but when it come to full figured mascot…it spells disaster:

The Simpsons creator Matt Groening described it as “a bad marriage of the Pillsbury doughboy and the ugliest California Raisin. In the US press, it was derided as anything from a “blue slug” to a “sperm in sneakers”. *ouch* LoL!

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Imagine when these 3 cute lil’ animals were transformed into …

these 3 ugly beings?! Well that happen in 2000 Sydney Olympic Game. Did someone call the animal protection department? This is abusing animal’s right… (to be protected from being depicted uglier than it originally is… haha!)

Oh, and, the full figure is even worse! :

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‘Bigfoot’? Or simply elephantiasis (big leg disease)?

Athens-2004 olympic

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WINTER OLYMPIC GAME MASCOT

1992 Albertville – Patrick in pyjamas???

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Another case of animal abuse in 1998 Nagona winter olympic games. Never would have guessed Sukki, Nokki, Tekki and Tsukki are owls huh?

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Meet Mrs. Snow and Mr. Ice Cube ….. *roll eyes* I guess they should stick back using animals instead… >.<

That’s all for now

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