This Scottish soccer mascot will haunt your dreams

Partick Thistle Mascot
(Image credit: Twitter/PartickThistle)

When Scotland's Partick Thistle Football Club secured a new sponsorship, the team decided it was time to unveil a new and improved mascot:

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Many fans, however, aren't sure the unibrowed yellow mascot is an improvement. The new mascot looks like "Lisa Simpson from the perspective of a person on strong drugs," one fan tweeted. "All hail the demented sun god!" added another.

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