Can you recall the moments when these costumed fanatics took things a step too far?
Why did Mr Met, the baseball-headed mascot of the New York Mets, make headlines in 2017?
He got his large, spherical head stuck in railings at Citi Field
He raised his middle finger to heckling fans
He ran for governor’s office in New York
He was caught speeding while wearing his full costume
Bertie Bee, Burnley FC’s mascot, made a famous on-pitch intervention in 2002. But what did he do?
Confronted the referee about a penalty decision
Tried to drag an injured player off the field
Tackled a streaker to the ground
Cleared an opposition shot off the line
This is Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers mascot who has shaken up US sports. But why was he in hot water recently?
He was accused of punching a 13-year-old boy
He turned up in the jersey of local rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins
He made an unauthorised entrance into the arena on a parachute
He threw his helmet at an NHL official
Staying in the city of brotherly love, how did the Phillie Phanatic accidentally hurt a fan in 2018?
He knocked her over while running from the stand to celebrate a winning home run
He ran over her foot while riding his famous dune buggy
She was hit in the face by a hot dog fired from the Phanatic’s cannon
She suffered whiplash after a car-park collision with the mascot, who was out of his costume at the time
‘The mascot is out of order, isn’t he? There’s contact. It wasn’t given.’ Which manager put the boot into Watford’s Harry the Hornet for suggesting his player had dived?
Sean Dyche
Sam Allardyce
Roy Hodgson
Ian Holloway
What did Aston Villa’s mascot, Hercules the Lion, do to earn his P45 back in 1998?
Grappling with John Gregory
Going out on the town with Villa players
Mooning Mike Riley
Getting too close to Miss Aston Villa
Berlino, the mascot for the 2010 world athletics championships, gave Jamaica’s Melaine Walker a piggy-back after her 400m hurdles win. Why did he come to regret it?
He dropped Walker, who damaged ligaments in her knee
He ran straight into a pile of hurdles
They collided with the runner up, Lashinda Demus
Walker had actually been disqualified
Swansea mascot Cyril is, predictably enough, a swan. What’s less predictable is his behaviour. Which of these offences are on his rap sheet?
Kicking another mascot’s head into the crowd
Tangling with the opposition’s assistant manager
Dipping his beak in a referee’s cup of coffee
All of the above
Former LA Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda had little time for mascots messing with him. In 1989, why did he have Montreal Expos mascot Youppi ejected?
For walking on top of the Dodgers’ dugout
For goading him with a blow-up doll
For crushing a Dodgers player’s helmet
All of the above
During the Oregon ‘Civil War’ college football game, the two sides’ mascots memorably threw down on the field. What were the animals involved?
A seagull and a squirrel
A duck and a beaver
A chicken and a hamster
A cat and a dog
How did the San José Sharks’ mascot, SJ Sharkie, cause an NHL game to be delayed?
He gave the coach a ride to the stadium, but his car broke down
His zipwire got stuck as he made his descent onto the ice
His giant foam head got stuck in a ticket barrier
He drove a Zamboni machine into a barrier
And finally, a mascot on the receiving end. Which heavyweight boxer had to apologise for punching a mascot on TV?
Tyson Fury
Deontay Wilder
Anthony Joshua
Dereck Chisora
9 and above.
Stick your flag in the centre circle
4 and above.
Not exactly diamond lights
0 and above.
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