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List of mascots

Here is a list of several known mascots:

College mascots

• See List of unusual U.S. college mascots

Computer mascots

• Beastie, the FreeBSD daemon
• Hexley, the Darwin BSD platypus
• Konqi, the KDE dragon
• , Gentoo Linux
• Mozilla, the Netscape lizard
• Puffy, the OpenBSD blowfish
• Tux, the Linux penguin (Tux Racer)
• Wilber, the GIMP mascot
• The GNU wildebeest
• The OpenOffice.org seagull
• The Apple Developer Connection Tech Support Group's Dogcow

Commercial mascots

• Bunboy
• Cap'n Crunch
• Chuck E. Cheese
• Great Root Bear for A&W Restaurants and A&W Root Beer
• Jollibee
• KFC - Colonel Sanders
• Toys "R" Us - Geoffrey Giraffe
• McDonald's - Ronald McDonald
• Mr. Clean
• Frosted Flakes - Tony the Tiger
• Froot Loops - Toucan Sam

Professional sports mascots

• The New York Mets - Mr. Met
• The Philadelphia Phillies - Phillie Phanatic
• The Anaheim Angels - Rally Monkey
• The Gorilla of the Phoenix Suns
• The San Diego Chicken
• The Swansea City Football Club - Cyril the Swan
• Ottawa 67's - Riley Raccoon, Killer Puck, Riley Jr.
• Youppi of the Montreal Expos
• Thrash (mascot) of the Atlanta Thrashers
• Stanley C. Panther of the Florida Panthers
• Mariner Moose of the Seattle Mariners
• T D of the Miami Dolphins
• Burnie (mascot) of the Miami Heat
• Poe of the Baltimore Ravens
• Who Dey of the Cincinnati Bengals
• Swoop of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Sabretooth of the Buffalo Sabres
• Sir Purr of the Carolina Panthers
• Broxi Bear of Glasgow Rangers F.C.

See also: List of Major League Baseball mascots

Public service mascots

• United States Forest Service - Smokey the Bear
• McGruff The Crime Dog
• Vince and Larry - Crash test dummy

Television and movie mascots

• The Jim Henson Company - Kermit the Frog
• Pixar - Luxo Jr. (desk lamp)
• The Walt Disney Company - Mickey Mouse (sorcerer)
• The Walt Disney Company - Tinkerbell (human-like fairy)
• Warner Bros. Studios - Bugs Bunny

Computer and video game mascots

• Nintendo - Mario
• SEGA - Sonic the Hedgehog
• The ClueFinders - Socrates
• Master Chief - Microsoft (Xbox division)

Formerly used mascots

• Alex Kidd for SEGA
• Bonk for Nippon Electric Corporation's gaming system
• Crash Bandicoot was an unofficial mascot for the Sony PlayStation, until his games appeared on other systems.
• Gidget the chihuahua for Taco Bell
• Joe Camel for Camel cigarettes
• Johnny Turbo for Turbo Technologies Incorporated, an arm of NEC

See also

• List of famous puppets