Horrid Philly mascot Gritty photoshopped into the background of stock photos

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/27/horrid-philly-mascot-gritty-ph.html

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Very gritty.

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Honestly, there is nothing wrong with Gritty. It is just a thing that likes hockey.

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Gritty didn’t boo Santa - he chewed off his leg.

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Santa is just as offensive as the Phanatic.

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That’s why we threw batteries at him.

You’re welcome.

Edit - the guy deserves his story

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I like the one where it’s stalking Jason. It’s like an infinity mirror of nightmares.

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Gritty RULES.

He’s also rule-34-proof, probably on purpose.

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To be honest, this would work with practically all the pro mascots, and be equally creepy.

Just waiting for @beschizza 's eye-mouth 'shoops, though.

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Now you’re just tempting fate. I’m at work, so I can’t really look (and I’m not sure if I want to), but a very superficial search yielded Twilight fanfiction that somehow involves the Fenway Green Monster.

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I know, right? How has this not happened yet?

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Well, yeah! He’s like a big cuddly green Cookie Monster!

Quite honestly, I’m giving Gritty about 24 hrs until he’s got his own Chuck Tingle novel.

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The man is seriously prolific.

I was trying to come up with a potential title, but Dr. Tingle’s niche and phrases involving “grit” are uncomfortable bedfellows.

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gritted-butt

*disclaimer: not an actual Chuck Tingle book, sadly

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I’ll be darned… it does work.

I guess one must follow one’s bliss, wherever it might lead.

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Can I say it?
I do have certain in-grained personal issues with those that are orange.

Donnie-Two-Scoops, those mad-cap Jersey Shore kids, maybe Gritty…
I believe that with hard work and dedication I can learn to accept and live peacefully among the orange but it is going to be an uphill battle.

Did they maybe make him(?) orange to elicit this response?

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Nothing in this universe is Rule 34-proof.

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I think in fairness to the Flyers, Gritty is to hockey what the Phanatic is to baseball. If the Phanatic showed up at a hockey game he’d be pelted with broken bottles.

I don’t think anyone is going to throw a bottle at Gritty.

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The whole reason to have team mascots is to watch them tackle children:

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