31 Totally Whacked Childhood Mascot Photos That’ll Make You Go “Wait, What?!”

“My brother met a clown during our trip to New York City. He was thrilled.”

“My sister at her Chuck E. Cheese birthday party. I’m the kid on the right doing absolutely nothing to fix this disaster.”

“Mr. Peanut still haunts me to this day.”

“Chicago, 1982. That’s the year I became scared of clowns. And whatever that creepy thing is behind me.”

"Our early 90s triplets showing off their perfectly timed blank stares with Santa."

“Here’s me in 1986 with this terrifying Big Bird where you can totally see the guy’s face peeking out below the beak.”

"It was 1979, I met Miss Piggy at a holiday park in North Wales. She looked like she’d had a wild night."

“Not sure why my mom wanted Halloween pics with the Michael Myers of penguins. Nightmare fuel!”

“My sister sitting on the creepiest Easter Bunny’s lap ever. Nope, not cute.”

“My mom thought hiring this... whatever it is... would be fun for my 3rd birthday. Seconds later I was screaming and crying.”

"My cousins and I at a party with Alf, looking like he’s had one heck of a day."

“We went to a church Easter egg hunt and got surprise mascot combo shots with a bunny, a clown, and a bird. Fun times.”

“My brother and I posing with some definitely-not-official Big Bird and Oscar in ’91.”

“Just what every kid recovering from surgery wants: a giant fish mascot from Long John Silver’s bringing coloring supplies. Early 90s rocked the weird.”

“My bowl cut and I got to meet Barney. Epic.”

"Stockton-On-Tees in the early 80s, and I got to meet Rupert!"

“Me with our local mall Easter Bunny in Texas. Something about this just felt... off.”

“Strange times at the Montgomery County Fair in Ohio, 1981. This mascot was definitely not playing by the rules.”

“My friend Shawn looking intensely at the camera in 2nd grade while posing with a mascot. Classic.”

“Digitizing old photos, found this gem. Late 70s in Des Moines, me with Cookie Monster and my brother, who only said, ‘miss that hat.’”

"Bert and Ernie celebrated my first birthday in 1978. That's me sitting on the lady in yellow’s lap."

“When I was 4, I met Mickey Mouse in Argentina. It was... interesting.”

“There was a meet-and-greet with Fred Flintstone at Shopper’s Drug Mart, and I got to sit on his lap. Childhood win.”

"Holiday pics at Westland Mall, 1984. This bunny looked like it was packed with pure darkness."

“At the Lakeside Mall in New Orleans, 1985, I met a leprechaun. I’m still not sure if it was real.”

“Me and a really drunk-looking Miss Piggy in Long Beach Island, 1982. No judgments - just weird vibes.”

“My first Easter. Even then, I knew something was totally dodgy about that bunny.”

“Four-year-old me on a caravan holiday in Cornwall, UK, 1998. The mascot situation was... memorable.”

"When I was one, I met Big Bird and the Easter Bunny in 1979 at a mall in Hamilton, Ontario."

“Big Bird was a big hit at our 1983 block party. By big, I mean giant and kinda scary.”