Mascots of Brazilian football sides
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Each Brazilian football team has a number of symbols attached to it and used prominently by the fandom. Among these symbols are the badge, the flag, the anthem and the mascot. While the first three are commonplace all over the world, the last one is peculiarly Brazilian both in its character and its use.
A club's mascot is a cartoon character, often that of an animal, that symbolises some virtue boasted by the team. Most of them have proper names. Usually mascosts come in two versions, a "soft" une, which is the official and a "hardcore" one used by ultras and torcidas, which often contain traces of vulgarity or violence.
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Elefante |
An elephant |
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Coelho |
A cute white “bunny” rabbit. Extremely popular. |
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Macaca (“she-monkey”) |
A female ape. Extremely popular. |
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Azulão (“big blue”) |
A blue bird |
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Galo Carijó (“Spotty Rooster”) |
A black-and-white feathered rooster. |
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Leão |
A lion |
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Biriba/Cachorro |
A mongrel dog, very popular in the 40's/50's, is being adopted again by the fans since the late 90's. |
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Jacaré |
An alligator |
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Azulão (“big blue”) |
A blue bird |
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Galo |
A black-and-white feathered rooster. Extremely popular. |
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Galo-da-campina |
A small white-red bird (the name translates literally into “country rooster”) |
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Urubu |
A black vulture. Extremely popular. |
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Leão |
A lion |
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Timbu |
A brown rat |
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Tigrão |
A tiger |
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Raposa |
A brown fox. Extremely popular. |
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Papagaio |
A parrot |
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Leão |
A lion |
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Tubarão |
A white shark |
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Touro do Sertão (“the bull from the outback”) |
A ferocious bull |
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Leão |
A lion |
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Periquito |
A green parakeet |
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Coelho |
A rabbit |
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Bode |
A goat |
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Sapão (“he-toad”) |
A big green toad |
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Galo |
A rooster |
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Gralha azul |
An Azure Jay, a dark-blue bird with a long beek |
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Piauí Esporte Clube |
Ratinho |
A mouse |
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Cobra-coral |
A striped snake |
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Peixe (“fish”) |
A white whale (though the whale is not actually fish). |
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Periquito |
A green parakeet |
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Periquito, Porco (“swine”) |
A green parakeet, the original and official mascot, and a hog, adopted by the supporters. The second is more popular nowadays. |
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Leão da Ilha (“Island Lion”) |
A lion |
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Galo da Borborema |
A rooster |
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Tigre |
A tiger |
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Human (or Somewhat Human) Figures |
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Diabo |
The devil, himself, pictured red, with pointy black beard, horns, arrow-pointed tail and sporting a trident. Very popular. |
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Fantasma (“phantom”) |
A fiendish ghost |
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Manequinho |
A boy pissing, a replica of Manneken Pis. Adopted in the 80's, since the late 90's is being replaced by the mangrel dog (used in the 50's) among fans. |
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Xerife |
A sheriff |
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Vovô (“grandpa”) |
An old man with a shotgun. |
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Furacão (“hurricane”) |
A lamp genie |
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Almirante |
A Portuguese sea captain. Not much used by the fandom. |
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Capeta (“demon”) |
The devil (with horns, pointy tail, trident and all) |
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Vovô (“grandpa”) |
An old man (usually sporting a cane or listening to a portable radio) |
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Super-Herói |
A man in a blue super-hero costume. |
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Pó-de-Arroz |
A man in a colourful suit. Not much used by the fandom. |
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Xavante |
An indian |
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Mosqueteiro |
A musketeer (a man in a XVI-Century army uniform). Very popular. |
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Bugre |
An indian |
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Moleque Travesso (“trickster boy”) |
A fair-haired boy with a freckled face (homage to the Italian immigrants who founded the club). |
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Saint Paul |
A white-bearded man wearing the club’s jersey. |
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Bepe |
A drunk man in Italian costume. |
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Mosqueteiro |
A musketeer (a man in a XVI-Century army uniform). Very popular. |
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A black one-legged boy wearing a phrygian cap and smoking from a pipe. Very popular. |
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Monsters and other |
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Dragão |
A dragon |
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Dragão |
A red dragon |
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Moto Clube (MA) |
A red furry monster. |
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A furry monster. Very popular. Sometimes pictured as the “big bad wolf”. |
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Souza Esporte Clube |
Dinossauro |
A dinosaur |
[edit] External links
- Mascotes do Futebol -- features custom cartoons (not the official ones, which are copyrighted by the clubs).
- Juarez Corrêa]'s cartoons are the most used officially. Also in paperback picture book elsewhere.
