7.15.10 - 12:30PM
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Drew Villano

34 Extremely Silly, Awkward Mascots

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Mascots are supposed to rile up the crowd while looking cool and like they're having a blast all at the same time. It must be really hot in those suits, and getting heckled probably doesn't help the poor kid's morale when he's stuck inside a 60-pound fur suit that vaguely resembles some sort of haggard duck. The only thing that could make things any more difficult is getting stuck with one of the costumes from the discount store -- you know, the leftover mistakes. Like a weird yellow squash-tree with a gaping mouth. Here are 34 really silly mascots.

Western Kentucky University's mascot, Big Red, just missed out on Grimace's job at McDonald's because of his poor choice of footwear.

Why not have an axolotl as your mascot? Because no one can spell it, that's why.

J.J. Jumper is supposed to be a frog, but he looks more like one of the lemmings from the old days of MS DOS. Where's his little umbrella?

South Africa's mascot for the 2010 World Cup looks like some terrifying furry.

Land Before Taste.

The Padres' Friar is said to imbue their team with the patience and fortitude of the brotherhood. No luck as of yet.

Hey! Eyes up here, buddy!

Unsurprisingly, this is a mascot for a Japanese baseball team.

Conker's left the video game world and taken up the mascotting gig.

This walking spinach tree is not a healthy choice for a mascot.

The Dandy used to be the mascot for Baseball greats, the New York Yankees. I wonder what possessed them to 86 this wonderful Captain Crunch-looking mascot.

Jazz Jackrabbit has really let himself go.

This is Lightning, the mascot for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. "Daddy, I don't want to ride the pony."

Even the mascot himself doesn't understand why he has to exist.

A Corny mascot gets a corny caption.

Way to inspire fear in the opposition, guys.

Now this one is just too frightening. Won't someone please think of the children?!

This mascot's name is Gaylord the Camel. Seriously.

The Southern Illinois (Demonically Possessed) Saluki.

No caption required.

The most tubular mascot in the history of sports.

E.T. go home.

This horrible mascot looks like a bad guy from one of the old Mario Bros. games.

Star Fox's unfortunate brother, Bueford.

Talk about adding insult to injury.

Syracuse University's Otto the Orange Cheese Puff.

This is an actual mascot. O RLY? YA RLY.

Puff the Effeminate Dragon, cheered for his team. His nostrils were demented, he made kids wanna scream.

Now that Chucky's got a helmet, he'll be nigh unstoppable.

The most amorphous mascot in history.

Please, end my life. I am not meant to be!

Nice loin cloth, Brutus.

That burger patty he's carrying looks a tad overcooked.

Howard the Duck in his post-film career.

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7.15.10

By BBQandBourbon.com

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GO BIG RED (WKU's Big Red Rawks)

7.18.10

By Connie

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The Southern Illinois University Saluki pictured here is not the current one. They changed the look and costumes of both Saluki mascots (Brown Dawg and Grey Dawg) last year so they look more kid friendly. They never looked demonically possesed, they use to look like they were seriously behid their. Saluki, a breed of Egyptian dog is approperate for a college in an area that has ahistor yof being know as little Egypt.

7.16.10

By Maggie

Neutral

Now, I hate the Wichita State University 'Shockers' mascot (seriously) as much as anyone else. But he's not corn, he's a shock of wheat, hence the 'Shockers'.

Also, I'll probably have nightmares now.

7.18.10

By jammindog

Highest Rank

Maggie...I was gonna say the same thing! As an alumni of Wichita State, I was pretty sure I would find a picture of Wu-Shock before I got to the end of the pictures, however I did not expect him to be so insulted as to be called CORN! Really...lol

7.17.10

By HH

Highest Rank

Open jian is from a Taiwanese team, not Japanese one.

7.17.10

By Gary Hondel

Highest Rank

Then there are the teams with decent looking mascots, but the character makes no sense when you consider the name of the team. The Seattle Mariners have a moose as their mascot...a MOOSE? I understand that it's Washington state and that moose are like stray dogs there, but they're called the MARINERS!!! How about an actual fisherman type character or something! Then there's the Minnesota Twins who have a bear as a mascot. The Twins have had two perfectly great mascots in the form of Minnie and Paul (the two baseball players shaking hands over the Mississippi River inside the shape of Minnesota). They could have a great slapstick mascot duo here! A couple of goofy fat guys running around the field bumping into each other and other acts of hilarity. But NO....they have something running around that looks like it's meant to appeal to preschoolers!

7.17.10

By eallison112294

Highest Rank

My high school mascot is likely the worst of all, I come from good 'ol New Braunfels, Texas, Home of the Fighting Unicorn,and yes, Unicorn Pride is IN FACT Justified, I guess

7.17.10

By Gree

Neutral

Hey! Don't be hating on Big Red! WKU has one of the best Mascots in the Country. GO BIG RED!

7.18.10

By K.

Neutral

My high school mascot was Gladiator, and I never see it anywhere else! Plenty of Spartans and Trojans out there but no Gladiators.

By the way, every school I went to from elementary, jr high, high school, and community college had the colors blue and gold. Only when I went to university did I finally encounter different school colors.

7.18.10

By FENG

Neutral

Unsurprisingly, this is a mascot for a Japanese baseball team.→Ｘ
Unsurprisingly, this is a mascot for a "TAIWANese" baseball team.→O

7.18.10

By ty

Lowest Ranked

Drew who?? This article is supposed to be appropriate? its just the ravings of a moron who thinks he is a writer. These mascots mean a lot to the schools and teams that they represent. Where does the writer get off making fun with lame ass comments. Get over yourself jerkoff and try to write something that is actually meaningful but then I am sure you can't. make your stupid comment in Madison or columbus or Miami or Carbondale and see how fast you get a well deserved punch in the face.

7.18.10

By MikeB

Neutral

Well, this was fun & the SD Padre really fit the bill for this article. But the writer apparently left off the three worst mascots of all time:

(1) The rediculous trojan on the white horse
(2) Lord Jeff of Amherst College
(3) Stuffy Titan of Fullerton State

They should tie all three together with a live hand granade which is held by the SD Padre. Life would improve dramatically.

7.18.10

By Sherry

Neutral

Actually I can spell the second one: Zorapteran.
Granted, I did need to look it up, but hey at least I tried...so I did a better job than whoever wrote this, lol.
I find that kind of sad.

7.18.10

By Roger

Neutral

They have to have all these stupid mascots because of our politically correct times. Can't have anything that resembles any race,sex,or color.

7.18.10

By David S.

Neutral

And do tell us, Roger, which race, gender, and skin tone do you have such a burning desire to make fun of?

7.18.10

By J.E.Buckingham

Neutral

So, did Gaylord the Camel offer that kid a cigarette while sitting on his lap?

7.18.10

By Jean

Neutral

Not hardly. Even though it's in North Carolina, Campbell has a law school and a seriously publicly-aware alumni group, so believe me, they've done everything right!