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Gritty - An internet sensation of a mascot is the Philadelphia Flyers' Gritty, who has become a meme on top of being the scariest National Hockey League figure to date.

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Mr. Met - In Major League Baseball, the New York Mets' mascot is a man with a baseball for a head.

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Beibei - Beibei was one of five Fuwa mascots at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Phillie Phanatic - Philadelphia likely has the highest concentration of weird sports mascots in the world, and the Philadelphia Phillies' mascot in Major League Baseball is no exception.

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Cozmo - Major League Soccer's LA Galaxy made their mascot this insect-like alien.

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Stuff the Magic Dragon - The National Basketball Association's Orlando Magic have gone full bonkers with their pixie mascot.

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Gunnersaurus - The Premier League's Arsenal have some sort of faux-dinosaur as their main cheerleader.

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Raymond - Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays' mascot looks more like a walrus than a devil ray.

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Erwin - FC Schalke 04, who play in Germany's Bundesliga, have Erwin as their mascot, a vaguely humanoid creature whose nose is larger than the rest of his face.

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Maggie and Monty - These magpies representing Newcastle United in the Premier League sure are strange-looking creatures.

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Swinging Friar - The San Diego Padres, sometimes called The Friars, of Major League Baseball have a friar to keep the fans going...

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Youppi! - Formerly the mascot for the now-defunct Montreal Expos of Major League Baseball, Youppi! (French for "Yipee") is now the Montreal Canadiens' mascot in the National Hockey League.

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Spike - Major League Soccer's Vancouver Whitecaps have a Belted kingfisher, a bird common to Vancouver, Canada, as their mascot.

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Stinger - The Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League already have a wacky name, and their mascot matches it.

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Presidents - These former US Presidents are the Washington Nationals' mascots in Major League Baseball.

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Mighty Mariner - In England's League Two, Grimsby Town FC have none other than the Mighty Mariner as their cartoonish mascot.

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Athena - This NBC News broadcast was interrupted by one of the 2004 Athens Olympics' mascots, Athena, who resembles a hot dog more than a goddess.

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Starman - In Australian cricket's Big Bash League, one of the Melbourne Stars' mascot is what appears to be a human-star hybrid.

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Squatch - The now-defunct Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association had a Sasquatch as their mascot.

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Kingsley - Partick Thistle FC of Glasgow, Scotland have managed to make a sun look angry with their mascot.

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Puddles - In American college football, the University of Oregon's team is the Oregon Ducks and naturally a duck would be their mascot. But Puddles is one weird-looking dude.

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Jolly Green Giant - Playing in England's League Two, Yeovil Town FC's mascot is this green guy.

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Mackerel Jordan - Mackerel Jordan, part of a larger sports entertainment troop called the ZOOperstars, entertains the crowds by eating people and regurgitating them. Really.

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Dynamo - Dynamo Moscow have a hockey team and soccer team, both sharing this ball of fur as their mascot.

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A hoot - Turkish soccer club Istanbul Basaksehir have what appears to be an owl with a sideways baseball cap as its mascot. Explain that.

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