Everyone thinks the Rio 2016 Olympic mascots look like Pokemon

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After the terror of the Sochi Olympic mascots — the creatures that looked like the love-children of the Charmin bear and the devil — the world has been poised for an equally eyebrow-raising mascot to helm the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

But thanks to the Olympic gods, we've been blessed with mascots that are more nostalgia-inducing than nightmarish: a yellow cat and a bluish-green shrub

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“The Rio 2016 mascots represent the diversity of our culture, of our people,” Rio 2016 brand director Beth Lula said in a statement. “They represent our joy, our way of being." Read more...

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