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{{short description|Unofficial mascot of the Rhode Island School of Design}}
{{about|the mascot|the ''South Park'' episode|The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox mascot
| name = Scrotie
| image =
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| team = Nads
| university = [[Rhode Island School of Design]]
| first_seen = 2001
}}
'''Scrotie''' is the unofficial [[mascot]] of the [[Rhode Island School of Design]]. The character is a giant anthropomorphic [[human penis]] designed by [[Brian Chesky]] in 2001. The mascot is known for his aggressively vulgar persona and for often [[Non-penetrative sex|dry-humping]] mascots of other schools.
==History==
Scrotie was designed to be the mascot of the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] hockey team, the Nads. The team had begun to lose popularity in the 1990s and by 2001 very few people arrived at their games, which prompted [[Brian Chesky]] to create the mascot in order to rejuvenate the team. The first costume was created by a puppet designer named B. Sure. Scrotie's presence attracted people to games and increased student involvement in the team.<ref name="MEL Magazine 2022">{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2022 |title=The Story of Scrotie, the Dick-and-Balls Hockey Mascot That Could |url=https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/scrotie-the-nads-origin-story |access-date=September 6, 2024 |website=MEL Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Scrotie also appears at games of other RISD sport teams, including the Balls, the Seamen, and the Pricks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ainsworth |first=Parker |date=August 12, 2020 |title=Mascot Madness - Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) |url=https://bellyupsports.com/2020/08/mascot-madness-rhode-island-school-of-design-risd/ |access-date=September 6, 2024 |website=Belly Up Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>
There have been several iterations of the Scrotie costume. Scrotie has appeared in several colors, including a Caucasian skin tone, bright red, and a sickly purple. One version could shoot water out of the urethra.<ref name="MEL Magazine 2022" /> Another version of the costume used a [[Superman logo]], but with the ''S'' shape formed by a sperm.<ref name="MEL Magazine 2022" /><ref name="Bustle 2014">{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2014 |title=Scrotie the Penis and 11 More of the Country's Weirdest College Mascots |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/14561-scrotie-the-penis-and-11-more-of-the-countrys-weirdest-college-mascots |access-date=September 6, 2024 |website=Bustle |language=en}}</ref>
==Reception==
Scrotie is tolerated by the administration of the Rhode Island School of Design, but not endorsed. The mascot is allowed at sporting events, but is banned from appearing on the school's campus.<ref name="MEL Magazine 2022" /> In 2016, Chesky described Scrotie as his "greatest creation yet".<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Daily, Nightly, Late Night Thread |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/24/1490580/-The-Daily-Nightly-Late-Night-Thread |access-date=September 6, 2024 |website=Daily Kos |language=en}}</ref>
Scrotie is widely considered to be one of the most bizarre college mascots, and has appeared on several lists of "weird mascots".<ref name="Bustle 2014" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 5, 2020 |title=Taking a look at the strangest college mascots |url=https://xaviernewswire.com/2020/06/05/taking-a-look-at-the-strangest-college-mascots/ |access-date=September 6, 2024 |website=Xavier Newswire |language=en-US}}</ref>
==See also==
*{{annotated link|Dick joke}}
*{{annotated link|Senhor Testiculo}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Mascots introduced in 2001]]
[[Category:Phallic symbols]]
[[Category:Object mascots]]
[[Category:Anthropomorphic objects]]
[[Category:Rhode Island School of Design]]
[[Category:Ice hockey mascots]]
[[Category:College mascots in the United States]]
[[Category:Fictional characters from Rhode Island]]
[[Category:Rhode Island culture]]
[[Category:Off-color humor]]
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