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Movement Mascot
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A character is created to be part of a series, a movie or any other media to be part of a story, being the protagonist, part of the main group or even being one of the villains or the rivals. But sometimes it becomes something more. It becomes a symbol, an icon, an emblem... a mascot. This is about characters that weren't conceived originally as mascot for a movement of any type (social, musical, political, etc.) but were chosen by their fans or followers as one, being part of many fanarts, music videos and even cosplays. Sub-Trope of Mascot (which is this but for Product Placement), Kitchen Sink Drama and Audience Reactions. Usually overlaps with Germans Love David Hasselhoff, being the character targeted as mascot from a different country. Not to be confused with Gushing About Characters You Like where a few people call it a mascot instead of a bigger group. See also Icon of Rebellion and The Voice of a Generation. Compare Intellectual Property Religion. |
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V from V for Vendetta is something of a half example. His mask has certainly become an icon for a wide variety of social movements (and even Anonymous identifies with it) but it's typically labeled as a "Guy Fawkes mask." While this is technically true, V for Vendetta codified the look of the Guy Fawkes mask. Full V cosplays are rather rare at protest, but not unheard of. | |
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Mei from Overwatch became a symbol for Hong Kong's protest for democracy in response to pro gamer Ng Wai Chung (aka "Blitzchung") speaking out in support of his native Hong Kong at the Hearthstone Grandmasters streaming event, resulting in Blizzard Entertainment (which Chinese tech giant Tencent owns 5% of) revoking his winnings and title. A surge of Fan Art depicting Mei as a protester followed in hopes that getting one of Blizzard's characters, who is Chinese herself to boot, Banned in China (similarly to how Winnie the Pooh is banned for memetic comparisons to President Xi Jinping) will further expose and scrutinize Blizzard and China for their unethical actions. | |
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Steven Universe: The title character and, in general, all the Crystal Gems have been marked as emblems in the LGBT community. Some also consider Steven an icon against the traditional and stereotypical norms of masculinity on the Internet and believe him to be an example to the new generations. | |
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The glider from Conway's Game of Life has been proposed as the "hacker emblem" by Eric S. Raymond, due to the game's connections to hacker culture. | |
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Sadly, this meme resulted in the Taiwanese indie horror game Devotion losing its publishing license in China, and it was pulled from Steam after it was review bombed by more nationalistic Chinese gamers. | |
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Joker: An In-Universe example occurs when Arthur is witnessed killing three employees of Wayne Enterprises (first as a Crime of Self-Defense, later as part of his personal agenda). Because outsiders only see him as an unknown guy dressed as a clown, his actions are interpreted as an act of rebellion against the system, and later protests are populated by a number of people wearing clown masks. Out-of-universe, the film's focus on the widespread social hardship that results in anti-authority rebellion resulted in Arthur Fleck's version of the Joker persona becoming a popular image among social protests in countries such as Hong Kong, Lebanon, Ecuador, and Chile. Many protesters show up in-costume as Fleck's Joker, to the point where many analysts dubbed him the "new" Guy Fawkes mask.note Worth noting is that these protests exclusively utilize Fleck's Joker; his comic book counterpart's following is a different story entirely. |
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Pokémon: Not exactly the character itself, but Pikachu also appeared as one of the mascots of the 2019 Chilean protests, in the form of a costume. The backstory is very innocent: a woman's child took the cellphone and bought various products from China, one of them being an adult sized Pikachu costume, then the conflict started and in October and when the "biggest march of Chile" happened, the woman opted to go as Pikachu, dancing during the protests and bringing joy and hope to the rest of the people and became a symbol until today. She's already know as "Baila Pikachu" (Dance Pikachu) and even has her own Instagram account. Sylveon has become a symbol of transgender pride and trans rights, due to its color scheme being similar to the trans flag, having a feminine appearance despite its male-slanting sex ratio, and evolving from the more masculine-looking Eevee. |
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Touhou Project's Momiji has become a pro-Trump symbol, thanks to a memetic image◊ of the character wearing a MAGA hat. | |
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The title character of Winnie the Pooh, specifically the Disney version, was used by Chinese (and non-Chinese) internet users to mock their president, Xi Jinping, because of the similarities with the character, usually getting photos of the president and compared with Pooh's poses. This was the reason that usage of this character in political context was Banned in China, and Chinese (and again non-Chinese) people who are against Xi Jinping still use Pooh's image as a symbol against Chinese government in general and their unfair laws. For example, in a Thailand vs. Chinese internet war in 2020, also known as the Thai-Chinese Meme War, a Thai person calls his home country poor but refers to China as "Pooh". To add insult to injury, he added a photo of people in a Polish city gathering around in Pooh Bear suits.◊ He also posted photos of Indian people (even more so since the ongoing China–India skirmishes) and Myanmar protestors wearing Pooh Bear masks as an insult to president Xi after Myanmar protestors were disappointed upon finding out that China has voiced their open support for Myanmar's military government. Sadly, this meme resulted in the Taiwanese indie horror game Devotion losing its publishing license in China, and it was pulled from Steam after it was review bombed by more nationalistic Chinese gamers. |
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SpongeBob SquarePants became an unofficial mascot for youth protesters in the Middle East during the Arab Spring. | |
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Warhammer 40,000: Supporters of Donald Trump sometimes depict him as the God-Emperor of Mankind, which started from a satirical parade float. Other Alt-Right leaders worldwide followed this tendency and also became Memetic Mutation based on Trump's version. One of the most known versions is in Chile, where Alt-Right politician Jose Antonio Kast (also known by oppositors as KKKast and directly called as "nazi") has his own version of this meme as the "God-Emperor Kast". |
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The Punisher's skull insignia has been co-opted by a few police departments and military units thanks to his no-nonsense approach to stopping crime and his background as a war veteran. Gerry Conway, who created the character, criticized this practice as the Punisher was meant to be a violent vigilante and a representation of the failures of the justice system. There's even a story where Frank Castle himself tears the skull from a police car calling out the Misaimed Fandom. Marvel has since deprecated the old skull logo in 2022 after it was co-opted by alt-right and far-right groups, replacing it with a demon's skull logo inspired by the Japanese mythological figure Oni. | |
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Manny Heffley from Diary of a Wimpy Kid became the face of an anti-police brutality movement on TikTok in 2020, with people drawing or painting graffiti of Manny's head next to leftist slogans. "The Manny will not be televised" became a rallying cry, based off the Gil Scott-Heron poem "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." | |
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The Argentinian comic strip Mafalda has been chosen noneless by UNICEF (United Nations' children protection area) to represent Children's rights worldwide. The comic strip has been labeled as "Peanuts with politics", and Mafalda herself represents the children's voice and left a mark not just in Latin America but the rest of the world, reason more than enough to be chosen by UNICEF as their fictional representant. | |
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is very popular in Chile. When the social movement started on October 2019 against the president Sebastian Piñera, Inosuke Hashibira became the mascot of the movement, having A LOT of fanarts of him battling police and being part of the movement as another Chilean, even having his own place in the national emblem◊. As a way to support Chile, other fellow Latin American countries like Bolivia and Peru (also in conflict with their governments) adopted the series' other protagonists as their mascots◊. | |
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Stitch became a minor LGBTQ+ mascot on June 26, 2015 when the Supreme Court of the United States declared in a 5-4 decision that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry in the United States as guaranteed by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Since the date of the decision matched Stitch's experiment number when written in the MDY date format that the U.S. uses (6/26), this led to the original film's openly gay co-writer/co-director Dean DeBlois to share a drawing of Stitch waving a rainbow flag and Lilo's rag doll Scrump waving a flag with the gold equal sign on a navy blue square logo of the Human Rights Campaign, which led to other Stitch fans doing the same, sometimes with other characters including other experiments. Now every "Stitch Day" on June 26, there will be Fan Art of Stitch celebrating LGBTQ+ pride or there will be an LGBTQ+ symbol added somewhere in the artwork. | |
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And about anime characters as unofficial mascots, Tsubasa Ozora from Captain Tsubasa was (and still is) one for the Japan national football team, even appearing in the 2002 FIFA World Cup made along with (South) Korea. In 2014, also Pikachu was chosen as the mascot of the team. | |
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The character of Neo and in general The Matrix franchise made enough impact to create, more than a movement, a religion. As you read, this is what "Matrixism" (or "The Path of The One") is about, founded through The Internet and being a tendency during the Turn of the Millennium. | |
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Sylveon has become a symbol of transgender pride and trans rights, due to its color scheme being similar to the trans flag, having a feminine appearance despite its male-slanting sex ratio, and evolving from the more masculine-looking Eevee. | |
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Voltes V is big in the Philippines because it was banned there by a since-ousted president, who is often claimed to have found its themes threateningnote The latter half of the anime is of the heroes working to overthrow the corrupt Planet Baron of Boazania, Emperor Zambajil, who himself is based on the Bourgeoisie of The French Revolution - The Other Wiki has more details. | |
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