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Wenlock and Mandeville

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The Resume

    (2010-2012)
    Mascots for the 2012 London Olympic (Wenlock) and Paralympic (Mandeville) Games
    Animated droplets of the steel used to build the Olympic stadium
    Have cameras for eyes and taxi lights on their heads

Why they might be annoying:

    They seem destined to give Izzy a run for its money as freakiest-looking Olympic mascots.
    Mandeville looks like he wet his pants.
    They drew comparisons to uncircumcised penises or to Kang and Kodos.
    Combine that with the number of people who have said that the Olympic logo looks like Lisa Simpson giving someone head, and the Olympic designers seem to have a disturbing obsession with sex and The Simpsons.

Why they might not be annoying:

    They were named after the towns of Much Wenlock, which held a forerunner of the modern Olympics, and Stoke Mandeville, where the first Paralympic Games were held.
    According to one of the designers, 'Children told us they weren't that sold on furry animals.'
    Children's author Michael Morpungo was hired to create a backstory for them.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 62 Votes: 80.65% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 85.71% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 84 Votes: 60.71% Annoying