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"There is nothing the producers of the Olympic opening ceremonies like more than a magical fantasy creature. Sometimes they&amp;#039;re cute. Sometimes they&amp;#039;re creepy. And sometimes they&amp;#039;re just weird. So weird. Either way, the games just wouldn&amp;#039;t be the same without them. 1. Sochi, 2014 An oddly muscular teddy bear and a white rabbit who may or may not have just smoked a joint.   2. Beijing, 2008 Just a bunch of glowing green men. Nothing to see here.  3. Turin, 2006 The flaming ponytail, I get, but rollerblades?  4. Athens, 2004 A glowing red centaur that can walk on water. Cuz, you know.   5. Athens, 2004 Prosthetic peens? Oh no they didn&amp;#039;t! Oh yes, they did.  6. Salt Lake City, 2002 Flash frozen. Right?  7. Salt Lake City, 2002 Ghost moose!  8. Sydney, 2000 He&amp;#039;s a lion and he&amp;#039;s lost and he&amp;#039;s cute. So cute.  9. Atlanta, 1996 Something obviously has these little mechanical coin-faced people running scared.  10. Atlanta, 1996 Oh! This is what they&amp;#039;re running from: a giant 4-winged snow angel.  11. Atlanta, 1996 Giant sparkly butterflies. Everyone likes butterflies.  12. Lillehammer, 1994 A mythical Norwegian vetter, with prescription glasses!   13. Albertville, 1992 Human snow globe.  Follow Charles on Twitter. Do you have fashion or style questions? Submit them here or tweet your questions to our Style Editor @charlesemanning.  Photo Credit: Getty Images RELATED ARTICLES: 30 Olympic Uniforms of Yore The Unflattering Olympics Faces You Just Have To See 30 Best Figure Skating Outfits of All Time "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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