The Flyers Have a New Mascot and the Citizens of Philadelphia Should Be Concerned For Their Safety

The word on the street for quite some time was that the Flyers were getting a new mascot. Today, we got to meet this beauty:

Well, I for one am just glad that character from Monsters, Inc. has bounced back from his 2319:

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Hand up, I’m not a big hockey guy but what is going on here? Gritty makes it so that Flyers games are no longer a family friendly event. This is like when IHOP switched to IHOB and focused on burgers instead of pancakes. Then things went so totally awry, we didn’t know if that campaign was real or if it was just a PR stunt gone horribly wrong. That’s what we have here, I’m not sure if the Flyers are serious or this unveil was supposed to go so poorly that it’s funny. Either way, I love Gritty with all my heart.

Somehow, this was not the worst Philly mascot of all time. To me, Hip Hop, the old Sixers mascot always looked like Chuck E. Cheese’s meth addicted cousin. Or vice versa. It’s unreal that in a city with one of the most iconic mascots of all time with the Phanatic, now also has a blue dog and “Gritty” in the mascot department.

And if you thought the eyes on Venom were something to behold…

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Those are what we call “Henny eyes”. These are the eyes of someone who is 6 shots deep of Hennessy and trying to send a 2am, “you up?” text. We’ve all been there, it’s just that Gritty is always there.

Like I said, I’m not a big hockey guy but I will be glued to the TV watching the Flyers home opener. I want to see this thing torture those in attendance at Wells Fargo Center. Just absolutely genius move by the Flyers marketing department.

By Aidan Powers | September 24, 2018