The History of Every Official Summer & Winter Olympic Mascot
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Currently the 2024 Summer Olympic games are taking place in Paris France. So what better time could there be to discuss the history of every official Summer and Winter Olympic mascot. I also rank them since there are so many. So stick around to the end to see what I consider to be the best 3 Olympic mascots, and who will get the Olympic gold medal! Leave a like and a subscription and MAYBE I'll make a video on every Paralympic Mascot (Emphasis on maybe).
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Regrettably, I had to remove the smokey entry due to copyright issues, which is why the transition to Schuss is so jarring now
Vinicius is the best, the charisma is amazing
I love Vinicius too! We both like Vinicius!😊^_^
My favorite is either Cobi or Vinicius. But the real question is if all the mascots fought who would win. Honestly i am going to have to say Roni because he had a gun and is sneaky, due to being a raccoon
First off great choices as to who your favorite mascots are. Second, if I were to put money on who would win in a fight I would put it on Miraitowa. He'd probably have great durability due to him being a robot.
@@MrTele-TellPlus, he has the ability to go places near-instantaneous.
But it'll be based of combat,not weapons
@@MrTele-Tell EXACTLY AND IF THEY WERE IN TEAMS, RIO 2016 AND TOKYO 2020 WOULD WIN
My favourites are Vinicius and Miraitowa. And i think Miraitowa would win a battle, because he’s a robot that is SUPER fast. Vinicius and Roni also have a chance, Vinicius having strechy limbs and being athletic and Roni having a gun.
Imagine if bluey and bingo became Olympic mascots for the city of Brisbane Australia.
I can kinda see them making a new Bluey character just for the Olympics lol. A weird comparison, but it sorta reminds me of how a new official Ultraman (Ribut) was created for the Malaysian cartoon Upin & Ipin lol
YES!!
They'll probably just commission the artists of Bluey to make a new mascot in similar style as much I hate saying that
Nah; it'll probably be a lizard with t!ts. Remember; in Sydney 2000, the "unofficial" mascot was "Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat." Australians are interesting creatures.
They have a petition online
The 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City had an unofficial mascot as well, named Chac Mool, a pink jaguar! Chac Mool means "great jaguar" in Yucatec Maya and was based off a throne of a pink jaguar found inside the Kukulkan/El Castillo pyramid at Chichén Itzá. Waldi was created by designer Otl Aicher, who was also responsible for designing the logo for Lufthansa! Waldi was based on a long-haired Dachshund named Cherie von Birkenhof. He was designed to match the colors of the Olympic rings, ergo, blue, yellow, orange and green. However, there were no black or red, which was a conscious decision by Aicher because those were colors related to the National Socialist Party's rule over Germany as they occupied much of Europe during WWII, thus they chose orange instead. And Vinicius de Moraes is no ordinary Brazilian musician, he was the co-writer of the famous bossa nova song The Girl from Ipanema! He wrote it alongside Antônio Carlos "Tom" Jobim, which is why the Rio 2016 mascots are named Vinicius and Tom! Vinicius represents Brazil's fauna while Tom represents its flora, and together, they symbolize Brazil having the greatest biodiversity on the planet! And for Tokyo 2020, it's a cool fact to mention regarding the vote that only elementary schools voted! Between December 2017 and February 2018, an election was conducted across 16,769 Japanese elementary schools to choose the winning entry, with each participating elementary school class allocated one vote. In total, 205,755 elementary school classes participated in the election, which was about 75% of elementary schools in Japan
Hodori does NOT mean tiger in Korean! The "Ho" (호) part of Hodori is derived from the actual Korean word for tiger which is "horangi"/호랑이 (hence the horang part of Soohorang) while "dori" (돌이) is a diminutive for boys in Korean. As mentioned, Koreans chose a tiger for both 1988 and 2018 because while wild Amur/Siberian tigers are no longer found in Korea, tigers are historically important in Korean culture. The tiger is viewed as the guardian of the Korean people, and the Korean Peninsula is said to resemble a tiger. Baekho, the white tiger, is described in myths and narratives as a divine imaginary animal that watches over the mountains and nature. In the myth of Dangun, the founder of Gojoseon, a bear and a tiger wished to become human beings. The bear turned into a woman by observing the commandments to eat only mugwort and garlic for 100 days in a cave, but the tiger could not endure the ordeal and ran off, failing to realize its wish. The bear gave birth to Dangun. Pyeongchang 2018's Soohorang is the continuity of Hodori, while the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympics's Bandabi is the continuity of Gomdoori from the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Miga is specifically part Kermode bear, which is an American black bear subspecies found only on the coast of British Columbia. Some of these bears are white, and the white variant is known as the spirit bear! According to First Nations’ legend, Kermode bears were turned white by Raven to remind people of the Ice Age. Orcas are also honored in the art and stories of West Coast First Nations, as travelers and guardians of the sea. And Mukmuk is specifically a Vancouver Island marmot, a rare species, and it is one of only five land mammals endemic to Canada. All of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic mascots represent a First Nation, as well as a part of the Vancouver region. Miga represents Vancouver and the Musqueam Indian Band, Quatchi represents West Vancouver and the Lil'wat First Nation, Sumi represents Whistler and the Squamish Nation, and the unofficial one Mukmuk represents Richmond and the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation. The four First Nations mentioned were the Four Host First Nations of the games, as part of a protocol they signed in 2004 in support of them. Miga lives off the coast of Vancouver Island, Quatchi lives in a mysterious forest, Sumi lives in Whistler, and Mukmuk lives on Vancouver Island. Mukmuk's name comes from the Chinuk Wawa word "muckamuck," meaning "food" or "to eat".
And the Fuwa have a lot more symbolism! If you take a piece of each of their names, Bei, Jing, Huan, Ying, Ni, together, the names form the sentence "北京欢迎你/Beijing huanying ni," which means "Beijing welcomes you". While originally given artistic licence in his commission, Han Meilin was subsequently requested by officials to include various Chinese designs and fauna in the Fuwa. Huanhuan took his motif from not just the Olympic flame, but also the fire design from the Mogao Caves, a system of 500 Buddhist temples located southeast of the center of Dunhuang, an oasis located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province. Huanhuan's elemental motif is of course fire. Yingying wasn't just based off the Tibetan antelope, but also Tibetan and Xinjiang ethnic costumes. The Tibetan antelope is an endangered species native to the Tibetan Plateau, known for its swiftness. His elemental motif is earth. For Nini, a sand martin (bank swallow) is a messenger of spring and happiness in Chinese culture and is seen as a symbol of good fortune. The Chinese character for swallow (燕 yàn) is also used in Yanjing (燕京), an old name for Beijing. Thus, the swallow alludes to Beijing. Her elemental motifs are sky and metal. Jingjing's element motifs are the forest and wood. The panda has become an international symbol of environmentalism. Jingjing's forest origins also symbolize the harmonious coexistence of humankind and nature. And Beibei's elemental motif is of course water. In traditional Chinese culture, the fish represents prosperity, as the character for fish (鱼 / 魚; yú) sounds the same as that for surplus (余 / 餘; yú). The "carp leaping over the dragon gate" is a traditional allegory of following one's dreams and achieving them. The pattern from Beibei's headgear comes from artifacts unearthed at Banpo, site of a Neolithic village of the Yangshao culture.
@@AverytheCubanAmerican well you certainly know your stuff
Weirdly enough, i couldn't find anything talking about what Migas based on.
Naaaahhh, that polar bear rip-off is criminal, how did they get away with that 😂
It's funny how the Polar Bear's face is literally just Misha's face
@@MrTele-Tell it is, the mouth is so blatant!!
Hidy and Howdy were inspired by Nelvana's Logo
Rio 2016 was my introduction to the Olympics and I've looked forward to both summer and winter games ever since. Vinicius was also my introduction to the Olympic Mascot and what a hell of an introduction. He is still a top 2 mascot for me to this day; Hodori is my #1.
And then Sam The Eagle is #3 because 'Murica. 🇺🇸
Miraitowa for me is a 100/10! My absolute favorite! And I shouldn't forget that Miraitowa has a Paralympic partner: Someity! They are almost always seen together, and the 2 still appear after the games! And still continue to have fanart made of them! Also for pronunciation, Miraitowa is said as Mee-RAI-toe-WA, and Someity is said as Som-Mee-TEE. I could go and talk about Miraitowa and Someity all day long. Oh and also good video!
HI!!!!!
I absolutely ❤ the Phryges! Would give them way more than 5/10.
Please do the Paralympic mascots next!
It's important to note by "inspiration for the Olympic Games" from Much Wenlock, that it's considered a forerunner for the MODERN Olympics, as the Olympics in general originated in ancient Greece! The mountain goat you showed at 7:59 isn't what they meant by goat. The mountain goat is native to North America and despite their name, they're not a true goat! They're not in the Capra genus, which is the genus that contains all true goats. Instead, they're in the genus Oreamnos (which they're the only living member of). So by the option of "mountain goat", they just meant an ordinary goat in the mountains (or perhaps a Chamois which are native to Bosnia but they're not true goats either), not a mountain goat which doesn't even live in Bosnia. Hidy and Howdy are wearing cowboy clothing and have those names because quite simply, that's what Calgary is famous for. Calgary is famous for the Calgary Stampede, which features one of the world's largest rodeos, agricultural competitions, concerts, chuckwagon racing, and indigenous exhibitions among other things. And the Saddledome, which was used as a venue for hockey and figure skating during the 1988 winter games, is used to host events for the Stampede. Miraitowa's (Mee-rai-TOE-a) name is a combination of the Japanese words "future" (未来, mirai) and "eternity" (永久, towa). According to the Tokyo 2020 organizers, the name "was chosen to promote a future full of eternal hope in the hearts of people all over the world"
Bing Dwen Dwen's colorful ring (an ice ribbon) specifically comes from the design of the Beijing National Speed Skating Oval they built for the games (which replaced the former Olympic Green Hockey Field from the 2008 games), while the shell is a tribute to embracing new technologies for a future with infinite possibilities. Cobi's a Catalan sheepdog designed by Javier Mariscal and his Cubist style was inspired by the interpretations of Picasso of a masterpiece from Diego Velázquez called Las Meninas. Cobi's name was derived from that of the Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee (COOB). The 2002 mascots were chosen because not just they're native to Utah, but they're all major characters in local indigenous legends, hence why they're wearing petroglyph charms to remind them of their heritage! And worth mentioning regarding the Sochi 2014 mascots that in 2008, an unofficial election was held in Sochi for the mascot, and Sochians picked a dolphin (common dolphins are native to the Black Sea where Sochi is located) but the organizing committee was like "Nah, let the rest of the country decide". The most popular mascot choice was actually a frog named Zoich! Despite being a popular Internet character, the committee chose not to introduce it to the final round of the voting. Upon introduction and until the end of the online voting, it was the most popular mascot from those submitted. It also took only about 40 minutes for Zoich to take the top spot.
..... how long did this take to write?????
It's very good to find you again supreme leader
The fuwa rating is outrageous. They are probably the best 2000s Olympic mascots, considering how everything else was boring and forgettable, but Quatchi and Miga are good enough.
the best of all is Vinicius from Rio 2016. Much more than a beautiful design. Vinicius has the charisma and joy of a Brazilian. I suggest you look for videos of him dancing
His design is magnificent
Mostly, my favourites are Vinicius and Tom, Miraitowa and Someity, Soohoorang, and Hodori. Those are the most that appeal to me. But I respect your opinions. Nice video and fair rating, keep it up!
Mine is same as yours
@@VinitomMirasomelover cool :3
I have a special place in my heart for the Vancouver Olympic mascots
I like them as well, since most of the mascots are animals it's a nice change for them to be mythical creatures
(7:45) The name isn't Vucko, but Vučko, and the Č is pronounced like the English Ch in "chair", so "Vootchko" is the closest English spelling.
(Do mind that you can't just strip diacritics from letters, C and Č are different letters with different pronunciations, like how you see E and F as different letters)
Yea I knew I'd probably end up mispronouncing some words, apologies for that. In response to your second point, and this may sound stupid, but how do you get that letter on keyboard 😅
(12:15) The name is actually Håkon. Like before, you can't just remove parts of a letter and turn it into a different letter. Closest English sound to Å is the vowel in "thought", so I guess the approximate English spelling is "Houghkon".
loving all the olympic content thats getting reccomended to me. can't wait to see what the future mascots will look like in 26 and 28
IMO The Phryges are my favorite so far. They're so unhinged AF!
I live for Tina the stoat
It's odd how you never said the country for the cities in USA. You mentioned the countries for every other city, even though some are obvious, having the consistency and not going on assumption is great. But USA was left out of being mentioned together with the cities.
I think the Beijing ones are pretty fun tbh! Kinda weird looking but I like their theming a lot + the motifs incorporated into their designs. 4/10 is way too low, I'd give them a 6 at least
The fact that he said New York rather than Lake Placid pissed me off.
Tbf Lake Placid is still in the STATE of New York, but yeah, I get it
I really love the 2016 rio mascots
BRO SAMEE
The polar bear from Sochi 2014 definitely looked like a winter version of Misha from Moscow 1980!
The polar bears out of Calgary wore cowboy clothes because of the ranches out there and the Calgary Stampede. It was to link it to that particular province Alberta and the area. Polar bears because Canada, so that’s likely the country link.
Edit: Also thank you for the video. I added a line about the Polar Bears.
Hidy and Howdy wear “cowboy clothes” because of the Calgary stampede and indigenous roots
Awesome video! Very entertaining, and the amount of research behind it is amazing. Thank you!
Waldi superiority, his shape and colour scheme are amazing💚🧡🩵💛💙
Glad you enjoyed it! It did indeed take a long time to make, haha
Amazing video!! My favourite is Vucko, he just looks so mischievous
Thanks! That's a great pick as to who your favorite is
Poor Smokey🥲
RIP
So much American ignorqnce it makes my head hurt
Cobi looks like a character from Dogman!
Thank you for this informative video!
My favorite is between Misha & the Snowlets, they are so precious in their own ways hahahah
Bing Dwen Dwen in my heart still is the best, just because how often he fell over/was pushed over during the figure skating gala.
Humorously, someone said that when sam the eagle first appeared, he infamously fell down. That had to be embarrassing for the Americans.
Miraitowa and Vinicius are by far the best!
My favorite is Copper a 2002 Winter Olympic mascot.
EXACTLY there is just something about him that makes him adorable
Humorously i think i never saw miraitowa as a robot, i thought he was just a goofy cartoon character like izzy and wenlock were
I'll be honest I did not know either before I started to work on this video
surprised to see your subscriber count with such high quality content. keep at it!
Thanks, will do!
Thanks for rating me
No problem lmao!
The snowlets and Athena and pevos they look like they we're drawn by a kid!
For some reasons i have seen basically all of these before but the only one that i just randomly remember is Tokyo 2021
I wonder what's the Los Angeles Summer Olympics Games 2028 mascot going to be.
If it’s Mickey Mouse I am not surprised
I think it will be mountain lion
I think it’s probably gonna be an angel since Los Angeles is nicknamed the city of angels
i live kind of near lake placid so i have some bias towards roni . our lifeless eyed raccoon king
you know this is legit when they use the mario and sonic at the olympic games music
6:42 biggest joke ever 😂😂😂
I WISH FIGHT FOR MISHA I LOVE HIM
When Australians were told Brisbane was hosting in 2032, people were already suggesting the mascot be a Bin Chicken.
I can get behind that! A Bin chicken seems like it could be a pretty goofy mascot
Because they are everywhere lol
What's a bin chicken?
@@gabrielchee8470 a white Ibis
@@hotaruFirefly2huh, I wonder why they got their name
I love Vinicius. Rio 2016.
🦜🇧🇷🎇🎆🎉🎊
Maccas sold toy mascots in 2000 in Australia lol
Do the Paralympic mascots and the youth mascots also do the unofficial ones
Well I'll go ahead and let you know that one of those is happening...
The best are Ollie, Millie and Sid, no doubt
Please, make one video like that for the Worldcup mascots. ⚽
My favorite ones of these is definitely the snowlets, mostly because they evoke rowlet vibes.
However wenlock is the one i have the most nostalgia for since 2012 was the only time i kind of actually dabbled in Olympics stuff (though i also like the hats).
Vinicius is my favourite but Miga and the Fuwa have a soft spot in my heart. On the other hand, I absolutely despise Wenlock
I really don't like Wenlock either lmao
Bro, the mascot of Japan in the 20s looks like it came out of Pokémon😭😭😭
I'm a Pokemon fan. Tell me how miraitowa looks like pokemon and not just using design tropes that work beyond just for Pokemon
Wenlock and Mandeville’s names are great, logical decision to name them after British places with connection to the Olympics and Paralympics, but I totally agree with you about the baffling designs. Along with Izzy from Atlanta 1996, they just make me wonder “What on earth is THAT meant to be?!” 😂
i highly appreciate the usage of music from the mario and sonic olympic games series
Hmm...how many times did Mario, sonic and friends cross paths with these guys
Great video dude. But, tbh, I wouldn't recommend starting your olympics themed video by saying you don't like the olympics 😂
I gotta be honest! haha
My favorite is America
Which is Sam Eagle
You also forgot the 1964 Tokyo Japan Olympics mascot. The character was based on the Japanese folklore Kapa. Ashley I looked it up and yet there is a picture of the character.
I think he said only official, smokey and schuss were just granted permission to be here
Waldi and Sam Eagle are my favorite Olympics mascot. ❤
Vinicius is the best and more beautiful mascot
Yes I love him
Schuss looks like a tadpole.
I’m RELIEVED that we skipped from 1932 to 1968, I would rather not-see any mascot created for the 1936 Berlin Games.
Really want to watch the Eagle-Sama anime now though
The 1968 Olympics had an unofficial official mascot. It was a Mexican boy wearing a big Sombrero.
Smokey poof 1:47
Favorite is Vuko and Tina
WHAT!!!! I LOVE THE OLYMPICS!!!
And 1980s Russia
Let’s save Mario and Sonic at the Paris Olympic Games
Its over, move on with your life or just watch the actual Olympics instead of spamming in literally every Olympics related video
@@PeruvianPotato I’m not giving up until Mario and Sonic at the Paris Olympic Games happens
@@MichalaJohnson-zv5pp EXACTLY
Vučko is mah main man #vučkonationrizeup
Can we just mention what the LA28 Mascots are gonna be we need some respect
Well we don't know what they are.
And they could be anything.
An animal.
An inanimate object.
Even an Izzy 2.0 is probably not out of the picture.
@@gabrielchee8470 Well we need DeviantArt to find out tell a user what they could concept for the LA28 mascot
Maybe a bison
A wolf
Coyote maybe
Maybe a white star with red and blue stripes
Or even an uncle Sam hat
It's your concept
@@gabrielchee8470 Maybe an anthropomorphic star with stripes
Or an anthropomorphic blue wolf wearing a blue and red striped ribbon on his neck
We don't know
@@JwolfAj2009 ironically we kinda have an anthro star with magique (I can't remember how to spell his name) though he's more french themed.
@@gabrielchee8470 alright but how about an anthropomorphic American wolf that's gonna get the furries attention
Quatchi all the way!
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phryges❤️❤️😘