Gritty is a Generational Mascot

[Willy Stylez]

Gritty is awesome.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Gritty is one hell of a sexy beast.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Gritty’s evolution from googly-eyed hockey mascot to meme to leftist avatar, explained

 

[Pizza the Hutt]

It's amazing what is possible in the NHL when marketing people start having actual fun.

 

[The Hanging Jowl]

My Halloween jack-o-lantern this past year:

 

[Fred McCarthy]

Hope those Santas' are ok from the other day from Gritty's unprovoked attack .Nothing is sacred anymore ...well except for Gritty himself I suppose

 

[Hasbro]

 

[GirouxCouturier]

This guy is absolutely insane

 

[TheAngryHank]

Got my gritty tee shirt and its awesome.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Gritizens deliver for first-ever 'virtual' Gritty 5K race for charity

 

[Auston Escobar]

Yeah, but how'd he do in the '80's, with all his current mascot equipment and training?

I'll bet most of you guys have never even heard of The San Diego Chicken.

You guys only started watching mascots this Summer?

Best post in this thread AINEC.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Gritty’s elite. I don’t think that should be up for debate. I need to see more before I say generational.

 

[chizzler]

I don’t see it.

 

[TheAngryHank]

It Gritty: Year 2 in Review

This is worth the click to see some of grittys tweets.

 

[HTFN]

It Gritty: Year 2 in Review

This is worth the click to see some of grittys tweets.

Lol, Gritty packing this nun and then giving her the look:

 

[TheAngryHank]

Lol, Gritty packing this nun and then giving her the look:

Pure comedy , walks off arms in the air like " im da man" thats just too funny , and the pic "lindsy could do better " to PK with arrows pointing to himself.. i love gritty.

 

[Nemesis Prime]

I don't even know any mascots in the league but Gritty.

 

[Richard]

Pens fan here, but Gritty is the best jagoff in the league. Love this mascot.

 

[tarheelhockey]

In the realm of unintended consequences, at a pivotal point in the history of the nation, Gritty is playing a substantial role as a mainstream media icon.

 

[PB37]

 

[HabsDood]

Before and after meth

 

[Super Cake]

In the realm of unintended consequences, at a pivotal point in the history of the nation, Gritty is playing a substantial role as a mainstream media icon.

More like a fake gritty is playing a substantial role. lol

No way the Flyers would let the real gritty participate in a protest like this.

 

[majormajor]

More like a fake gritty is playing a substantial role. lol

No way the Flyers would let the real gritty participate in a protest like this.

The actual Gritty and countless fake Gritty's are at this point one phenomenon known as "Gritty".

That's the perfect way to do marketing. Make something weird and let people meme it and inject it into all areas of public life, and since you aren't the one deciding where Gritty memes / representations pop up, there's no risk of blowback to the Flyers.

 

[tarheelhockey]

More like a fake gritty is playing a substantial role. lol

No way the Flyers would let the real gritty participate in a protest like this.

I don't think anyone believes the Flyers are connected to it. More that Gritty has become an icon strong enough to have an actual mainstream presence at a critical moment in history when nobody is thinking about sports. People are beginning to use him as a metaphor for Philadelphia as a political entity, which is a status that very few mascots have ever achieved.

 

[Mickey Marner]

The actual Gritty and countless fake Gritty's are at this point one phenomenon known as "Gritty".

That's the perfect way to do marketing. Make something weird and let people meme it and inject it into all areas of public life, and since you aren't the one deciding where Gritty memes / representations pop up, there's no risk of blowback to the Flyers.

He does have a sort of Pepe the frog thing going for him, sans the alt-right stuff.