History Main / Mascot

* {{GEICO}} has four mascots:

* The Pep Boys, Manny, Moe and Jack, for the automotive parts retailer of the same name (including the character names).

* A few metal groups have mascots, the best known example is probably Music/IronMaiden's undead EvilAlbino "Eddie".
** [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Motörhead]] has Snaggletooth the War-pig.
** Music/{{Megadeth}} has [[DemBones Vic Rattlehead]].
** Not man of Music/{{Anthrax}}.
** Face Bones of [[{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]].
** Music/{{Disturbed}}'s The Guy.
** Music/GammaRay has Fangface.
** Jack O. Lantern from Music/{{Helloween}}.
** The eponymous robed figure of Music/BlindGuardian.
** Set Abominae, main character of IcedEarth's ''Something Wicked Saga''.
** Captain Adrian of Music/RunningWild (a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] {{Pirate}} [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot thing]]).
** Grim Reaper from Music/GraveDigger, ChildrenOfBodom, Artillery and Grim Reaper.
** Soundchaser from Music/{{Rage}}.
** [[Music/{{ACDC}} AC/DC]] kind of have a big blow-up Rosie that appears during performances of "Whole Lotta Rosie".
** {{Dio}}'s Murray the horn-throwing demon, [[http://pictograms.blogspot.ca/search?q=Dio who actually has a rather interesting story behind his creation]].
** Thrash band Music/{{Sodom}} has Knarrenheinz.
** Music/{{Overkill}} has Chaly.
*** Music/AvengedSevenfold have the exceedingly similar Death Bat.
** Sergeant D. for the Stormtroopers Of Death
** {{Korpiklaani}} has Vaari, a forest spirit depicted as an old man with antlers.
** {{Hammerfall}} has Hector, a KnightTemplar with a [[DropTheHammer hammer]].
** An obscure example: Music/{{Skelteria}} has St. Trinity, a [[DoesNotLikeShoes barefoot]] [[EvilIsCool demon]] [[EvilIsSexy woman]] with [[GoodWingsEvilWings bat-like wings]].
** Music/DemonHunter has...well, what the fuck is it even called? You'd recognize it if you saw it.
** Riot has Johnny, a rather infamous mascot that seems to have human form with a weasel/rat/owl/seal-head. [[http://www.metal-metropolis.com/riot.htm More information can be found here]]
** Knucklehead of Music/FiveFingerDeathPunch, who has appeared on every one of their album covers. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQUk1Bt0pz4 He once punched a man in the soul]].
** In Flames' Jesterhead, who first appeared on the cover of ''The Jester Race'' and has undergone many transformations since. He's most known for his distinctive spiky jester-hat.

** [[FlamingSkulls Fire Skull]] ofMusic/ TheOffspring, though it may be closer to a symbol than a full-fledged character.

** {{Blink182}} have both a deranged [[HaveANiceDaySmile smiley face]] and a [[HairRaisingHare deranged rabbit]].

** All of these characters have been given their own webcomic, ''Webcomic/Breakfast of the Gods.'' Be warned: it's pretty violent.

** All of these characters have been given their own webcomic, ''[[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/poyorick/botg/series.php?view=archive&chapter=10960 Breakfast of the Gods]].'' Be warned: it's pretty violent.

* Alexander Orlov, spokesmeerkat for Compare The Market dot com. From [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0mXUC0cUPg this]] original spot, a vast merchandising empire was spawned...

*** Though Coco still lives on in some countries like Japan, where he's the mascot for Coco's Chokowa (basically a cocoa version of Froot Loops).

* Striker, the mascot for the 1994 [[TheWorldCup World Cup]], shows up prominently in the {{licensed pinball table|s}} ''Pinball/WorldCupSoccer''.

* Pikachu, appearing in nearly every episode of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime, and [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue appearing]] [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver in]] [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire every]] [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl game]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite of]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 the]] Pokémon series.

* Eastwood Insurance had a gunslinger mascot imitating ClintEastwood.

* Buster from ''MythBusters''.

-->-- ''TheAreasOfMyExpertise'', by "the PC".

Mascots were almost mandatory in the early days of advertising on radio and television, but are [[DiscreditedTrope far less common today,]] probably because of the growing sophistication of the audience coupled with the perception that they are, really, rather silly. Outside of advertising aimed at children and/or breakfast foods, a {{Mascot}} in a modern commercial is as likely to be [[SubvertedTrope a subversion]] as not.

''If you were looking for our lovable mascot, please see {{Trope-tan}}.''

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** In Japan, Sega actually had a second mascot specifically for the Saturn: Segata Sanshiro, a BadAss martial artist who would beat up people for not playing the Saturn. He eventually got his own video game, which was the last first-party game released for the Saturn.

** Thrash band Sodom has Knarrenheinz.

** In North America, the Playstation was originally going to have a mascot called Polygon Man who appears in the marketing of the console, but was completely absent in the console because Ken Kutaragi was disappointed with his design so he's absent in the final release and fell to obscurity. He returns unexpectedly in [[spoiler:VideoGame/PlayStationAllStarsBattleRoyale as the final boss.]]

* Michelin tires are hawked by Bibendum, a strange white bulbous fellow who looks like a cross between the Mummy and the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man.

* In the early days of the official Cirque du Soleil website (1996-97), the Baron from ''Theatre/{{Saltimbanco}}'' served as the "host". From 1998 to 2001 or so, the Great Chamberlain from the retired show ''Theatre/NouvelleExperience'' took on this duty. Nowadays, each show has one character who effectively is the face of it in advertisements, but that falls under SeriesMascot.

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* {{GEICO{} has four mascots:

* GEICO has four mascots:

* In the early days of the official Cirque du Soleil website (1996-97), the Baron from ''{{Saltimbanco}}'' served as the "host". From 1998 to 2001 or so, the Great Chamberlain from the retired show ''Theatre/NouvelleExperience'' took on this duty. Nowadays, each show has one character who effectively is the face of it in advertisements, but that falls under SeriesMascot.

* In the early days of the official CirqueDuSoleil website (1996-97), the Baron from ''{{Saltimbanco}}'' served as the "host". From 1998 to 2001 or so, the Great Chamberlain from the retired show ''NouvelleExperience'' took on this duty. Nowadays, each show has one character who effectively is the face of it in advertisements, but that falls under SeriesMascot.