Fast food restaurants can blame their decline in sales on people becoming more health-conscious, but we know the real reasoning ... it's those damn mascots that seem to get creepier and creepier.

If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a galaxy to erase the childhood memories of creepy burger-slinging clowns and sketchy chip-peddling cheetahs. Anyone with a television set over the ...

For 2014, Sochi went with passable animal mascots (though unimaginatively, they were just named the Hare, the Polar Bear, and the Leopard). Vladimir Smirnov / ZUMA But this being Russia, there was ...

Mascots at sporting events have been around since the early-1900's and at this point, they have become synonymous with all sports from high schools all the way to the professional level.

Everyone loves a good mascot, right? They're fun, they liven up games, goof with fans and are generally a good addition to sports. But there are also creepy mascots.And while they do all of the ...

From Ronald McDonald and Grimace to Chuck E. Cheese and the talking Taco Bell chihuahua, here are 14 iconic fast food mascots that have helped sling burgers and more for decades.

Even the chain's chief financial officer described the King as "creepy" to Bloomberg, saying the mascot scared away women and children. With that in mind, the chain unceremoniously retired the King.

Before social media influencers took over, brands had mascots that stuck in our heads and sold everything from fast food to ...

The wide variety of mascots, some of whom are somewhat bizarre or downright creepy. Many college programs have had mascots for well over 50 years, ...

The Pop-Tarts Bowl was so fun last year. Creepy? Yes, sure. That's fair to say. The Pop-Tart mascot is peak body horror. Something like that should not be running around with arms and legs.

No. 11 Providence’s men’s NCAA tournament run came to a quick close on Friday, as the Friars fell to No. 6 Kentucky 61–53. It is no surprise that those around the program took the loss ...