Aside from representing a team or an organization, a mascot’s main purpose is to entertain sports fans. The Olympic Games has tried to grasp this concept, but sometimes it just doesn’t work out.  For example, look at the mascots for this year’s Summer Olympics in Beijing.  All five of them represent something important, but their mascots are kind of scary and a bit weird.

The following list highlights the best 10 mascots; their ranking is determined by design, originality and a “cool factor”.  Which one do you think is the  “Coolest Olympic Mascot”?