Androgynous EURO 2008 Mascot Twins Need a Name

By: Bob | September 27th, 2006

What is it about football tournaments and lame ass mascots? Just when we were getting over the mental image of that half naked lion Goleo from the World Cup along comes the unveiling of the mascots for the 2008 European Championships.

The mascots are twins and their spiked hair is supposed to resemble the mountains of the two host countries, Austria and Switzerland. Lame. The twins are currently without a name and no one is quite sure of their genders.

Fans in the two countries can choose from the names “Zagi and Zigi”, “Flitz and Bitz” or “Trix and Flix”.
However, one newspaper has already pointed out that “Zigi” is a slang word in the Swiss German dialect for “cigarette”.

“Trix” is also more commonly used as a girl’s name in Switzerland (an abbreviation for Beatrice or Beatrix), prompting one journalist to ask about the gender of the mascots.

“They are both boys — I assume,” was the hesitant reply of Austrian football association president Friedrich Stickler.

That would explain why the one in red appears to be wearing a skirt. We’ve always wondered a bit about those Swiss men.

The mascots will be featured on about half of the 2,000 products associated with the tournament and one can only hope that they are a bit more successful at selling shit than that no good Goleo.

Anyone care to take a crack at naming these two creatures?

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• Will |  September 27th, 2006 at 10:09 am

  
  
  

  The little girl in that picture looks scared shitless. Nice job mascots.

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• lazaro |  September 27th, 2006 at 10:19 am

  
  
  

  “Stupid and Dumb.”

  I hated that half naked lion and these two twins are idiotic. What is so difficult about finding a decent mascot?

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• Sam |  September 27th, 2006 at 10:20 am

  
  
  

  There goes every fantasy I ever had about twins.

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• Lulu |  September 27th, 2006 at 12:55 pm

  
  
  

  Oh dear.

  These things are trying to look human which is just moronic. How’s about “Frick and Frack?” “Itchy and Scratchy?” “Marco – Polo” works for US fans, don’t know if the game uses those names in Europe. And ‘Trix’ would work so well (not), considering the hookerish connotations.

  Oh heck, just go for “Thelma and Louise” because those things look like they really ought to drive off a cliff.

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• buas |  October 5th, 2006 at 4:24 am

  
  
  

  we love Austria

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• Bense |  October 14th, 2006 at 12:23 pm

  
  
  

  Man, that’s wrong. Cigarette is a Ziggi. Trixi is short for Beatrix. Anyways, these Batmans suck.

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• Chuck |  February 27th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

  
  
  

  How about Blix & Blatter?

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• Trix and Flix and the Euro 2008 Anthem - World Cup Blog - African Cup of Nations 2008 |  February 14th, 2008 at 12:53 pm | Pingback

  
  
  

  [...] 2008 is on the way people. It’s less than four months away. We’ve already met and then named mascots Trix and Flix, and now they star in the video for “Like a Superstar,” the [...]

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• hannah |  April 22nd, 2008 at 6:53 am

  
  
  

  ….. um well they could be called faith and hope!

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