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Pel-Air

Pel-Air Aviation Pty Ltd (trading as Pel-Air) is an airline based in Mascot, Sydney, Australia.


1. FC Köln

The club's nickname Die Geißböcke ("The Billy Goats") refers to the club's mascot, a male goat named Hennes after the veteran FC player and (later) manager Hennes Weisweiler.

Adelaide Fringe Festival

In 2014, the event's mascot will be Disco Cuttlefish, a 13 m long street performance puppet inspired by the Giant Australian Cuttlefish of Spencer Gulf, South Australia.

Arcanacon

1984 saw the convention at University High School and the major appearance of Syd the Arcanasaur, the convention's mascot.

Billy Brown of London Town

Billy Brown was also a mascot on sorties over Berlin during the war, with the advice "I trust it suffers no deflection, this stuff is for the Hun's correction" (i.e. Adolf Hitler.).

Canberra Cavalry

The Canberra Cavalry team mascot is a Yosemite Sam-type character named 'Sarge', with an Australian slouch hat, Cavalry-orange shirt, Auscam pants and brown Army boots.

Charlie Chalk

The UK based restaurant chain Brewers Fayre originally used Charlie Chalk as their mascot, but this image has since changed to the firm's own 'Brewster the Bear' who has nowadays been replaced with new kids character called 'Penny the Pineapple'.

Chidejika

He might be considered to become a mascot for the 2020 Summer Olympics if Tokyo wins the bid, however, his name and outfit will have to be changed.

Colby Village Elementary School

Its colors are black and yellow, and its mascot is a penguin in reference to Sidney Crosby, who attended Colby Village Elementary, as a child.

Connally Independent School District

The name comes from the former James Connally Air Force Base in the district (now the flagship campus of the Texas State Technical College System) and carries over to the school mascot, the Cadet.

Coyotes in popular culture

The cartoon coyote Wilber is the official mascot for GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), a free raster graphics editor.

Freddie Falcon

He is not to be confused with the namesake mascot of Bowling Green State University or that of the mascot of the ECHL's Fresno Falcons.

Fuleco

Fuleco the Armadillo is the official mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Green terror

The Gold Saum will also soon become the new mascot for McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.

Hamburg Freezers

Freezers' owners, Anschutz Entertainment Group, are also owners of the Kings and made the decision to replace the old yeti mascots with a lion; just like their Stanley Cup winning team's mascot.

Hamlin Independent School District

The school mascot is the Pied Piper, due to the town having a similar name to Hamelin, where the legend of The Pied Piper of Hamelin originated.

Hazen, Arkansas

The district and high school mascot and athletic emblem is the Hornet with purple and white serving as the school colors.

HC Slovan Bratislava

The mascot's name was determined by fans and its appearance will be of a bald eagle, which is also on HC Slovan's logo.

Indianapolis Colts Cheerleaders

The squad had a horse as a mascot, and often marched with the Baltimore Colts Marching Band, which was left behind in 1984 when the Colts moved to Indianapolis.

Jimmy The Idiot Boy

Jimmy the Idiot Boy is a cartoon character created and voiced by John Kricfalusi and is the official mascot for Kricfalusi's company Spümcø.

Leo Harris

Harris was also noted for striking a handshake deal with Walt Disney in 1947 that allowed Oregon to use the likeness of Donald Duck as the University's athletic mascot, The Oregon Duck.

London Rippers

The choice of the name and mascot proved controversial with some, as it was felt to represent Jack the Ripper.

MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery

According to the company, their activities, all fronted by their mascot, include "rescuing animals with the Humane Society, raising money for the Hurricane Katrina Victims, walking in support of a cure for breast cancer, assisting schools to raise money, or helping Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts earn their badges."

Mammoth Spring High School

The Mammoth Spring High School athletic emblem and mascot is the Bear with blue and white serving as the school colors.

Marvelwood School

In 1991, Marvelwood students voted on the school's first-ever mascot and chose the Pterodactyl in an effort to stand out from other schools.

Mr. Nintendo

Mario, Popular video game character and the mascot of Nintendo

Musselman High School

The original mascot chosen for Musselman High School was the "dragons" and the football team wore borrowed burgundy-colored uniforms from nearby Stonewall Jackson High School.

My Love Patzzi

There, Song-Yee is given the job as a mascot, having to wear a hot suit with a huge head (think Mickey Mouse at Disney World).

Nagagutsu o Haita Neko: Sekai Isshū 80 Nichi Dai Bōken

The main character is the Puss in Boots character from the tale; a cat named Pero (Toei Animation's mascot) He is also known as 'Perrault' in the game, as that was the name of the original author of the Puss In Boots story; Charles Perrault.

New Smyrna Beach High School

Their mascot is the Barracuda, which is most commonly referred to as the "Cuda."

Observation Tower Burgholzhof

The tower, in an anthropomorphic form known as "Burgi", is the mascot of the new community of Burgholzhof- constructed on land returned by the US Army from adjacent Robinson Barracks after closure of the Stuttgart main PX.

Preston, Iowa

The school colors are red and black and their mascot is the Trojans.

Real World Haskell

Real World Haskell is an O'Reilly Media book, ISBN 978-0-596-51498-3, about the Haskell programming language by Bryan O'Sullivan, Don Stewart, and John Goerzen and features a rhinoceros beetle as its mascot.

Roehm Middle School

The athletic teams were the Roehm Bucks until 1997, when the mascot was replaced with a Raptor.

Sinclair Oil Corporation

Sinclair has long been a fixture on American roads with its dinosaur logo and mascot, an apatosaurus (Brontosaurus).

Sri Lanka Premier League

The mascot was officially unveiled by the brand ambassadors, the Sri Lankan musicians duo Bathiya and Santhush.

Susumu Matsushita

His most famous works are the designing of the mascot Neppe of Orix Buffaloes, the Motor Toon Grand Prix, Hudson's Adventure Island series, Monkey Magic and the Maximo: Ghosts to Glory concept arts.

Taco Bell chihuahua

Gidget "The Taco Bell Chihuahua" (February 7, 1994 - July 21, 2009) was a popular advertising figure and mascot, voiced by Carlos Alazraqui, and developed by TBWA and used by Taco Bell, a division of Louisville, Kentucky (USA)-based Yum! Brands.

TD Bank, N.A.

The bank introduced its new mascot—named “TD”—in June 2010, at the TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship.

The Oregon Duck

The Oregon Duck (also known as the Fighting Duck, Puddles, or simply The Duck) is the mascot of the University of Oregon Ducks athletic program, based on Disney's Donald Duck character through a special license agreement.

Theodore W. Drake

was an American cartoonist, graphic artist, and sports artist known for creating the college-sports mascot the Notre Dame Leprechaun.

Tokyo Electric Power Company

Denko-chan (でんこちゃん), recently discontinued mascot character, designed by manga artist Shungicu Uchida

Tony Tulathimutte

Raised in South Hadley, Massachusetts, he is currently a times square mascot, and formerly worked as a writer and researcher on user experience topics.

Tulelake, California

Tulelake High School, located in the town of Tulelake, instructs grades seven through twelve, and its mascot is the Honker, a slang term for the Canada Goose.

Waverley, Nova Scotia

The mascot of Gold Rush Days is a cartoon character resembling Yosemite Sam called Gold Rush Gus.

West Florida Argonauts

UWF's official mascot is the Argonaut, a mythical group of Greek sailors, who accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest for the Golden Fleece.

Women in Uniform

The single cover features an image of Margaret Thatcher with a machine gun, preparing to attack the group's mascot, Eddie.

Wood Duck

Fulda, Minnesota has adopted the Wood Duck as an unofficial mascot, and a large number of nest boxes can be found in the area.

WVTT

WBYB's mascot during its run in country music was Bob the Builder.


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