Top 10 Worst Winter and Summer Olympic Mascots

Also known as "Whatizit" (a pun on "what is it?"), this snafu of a mascot was created by John Ryan and was announced at the end of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. To say that Izzy looks like a blob of blue snot is an understatement. The first computer-generated mascot ever, he was designed to morph into anything he wanted.

Despite receiving a massive redesign, merchandise, two video games, and even a TV movie (which is lost to this very day), Izzy was panned and mocked beyond all belief. Many called him names such as "The Sperm in Sneakers" (yes, really). Needless to say, this disaster didn't win any medals.

It's just sad that Greece - the birthplace of the Olympics - had these as their mascots. They're actually supposed to be modeled after ancient terracotta dolls called daidala and are named after the gods Athena and Apollo.

Overall, though, they look like upside-down feet... with feet. If mascots made in MS Paint weren't already lazy enough with The Snowlets, now we have these.

Created for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, these four snow owls look more like poorly drawn Batman cosplays made in MS Paint in five minutes. Named Sukki, Nokki, Lekki, and Tsukki, it's hard to understand why they were chosen over a weasel named Snowple.

With poorly made smiles and a design that doesn't resemble owls at all, these mascots were a disgrace to Japan. Luckily, Japan redeemed itself with the designs of Miraitowa and Someity, the mascots for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

These two cyclops-looking disasters were created by Iris, a creative company in London. Most of the time, you can't help but think they look like they were modeled after Kang and Kodos. They were supposedly made from drops of steel from the last girder of the Olympic stadium (according to a fictional storyline by author Michael Morpurgo, who also wrote the storyboard concepts for the animated shorts featuring the two mascots).

Wenlock was meant to represent the world coming to London, while Mandeville stood for friendship. Nevertheless, the two received a mixed reception and looked as questionable as the 2012 Olympics logo.

This "beaver" was supposed to be the mascot for the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976. However, one look at it and you'll probably mistake it for roadkill. It doesn't even look like a beaver at all. To make things worse, they gave it a sash, perhaps to hide the fact that it looks so poorly designed.

Created by Philippe Mairesse for the Winter Games in France, Magique was chosen over a mountain goat named Chamois. That decision was a poor one. Magique looks like a cross between a garden gnome and a Rubik's Cube. This mascot is just plain bad.

Created by Pedro Albuquerque, these nightmares were made for the 2006 Winter Games in Italy. These mascots are horrifying, to say the least, even more so than Hidy and Howdy. Just look at their eyes. They look like stone-cold killers staring deep into your soul. Combined with their unnaturally large smiles, you have mascots that could give you two weeks' worth of nightmares.