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Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic mascots are here

Even in context, there isn’t much context.

Bill Hanstock
Bill Hanstock is a writer, author and Emmy Award-winning producer. He began writing for SB Nation in 2011.

Just going off of what we’re given in the video here:

- These mascots were apparently created as a result of rapturous joy and fireworks, which is also how the movie Look Who’s Talking starts
- One of these mascots is a tree and the other one is a ... monkey? With wings sometimes? A person in a monkey costume? ... With wings, sometimes? I don’t ...
- This is all supremely Adventure Time-y
- I’m totally okay with that

All in all, the least-creepy Olympic mascots in quite some time. Well done, Brazil!

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