just so you guys are all aware, the only reason gritty exists is allegedly because the NHL made a rule that every team HAD to have a mascot and were apparently assholes about it. so the fliers made him as a chaotic fuck you. hell the first tweet made on his official account was a "sleep with one eye open" threat towards another mascot for making fun of his design

are we not going to talk about how he launched an entire sheetcake into that man’s face, probably killing him?

gritty was canonically found in a sealed chamber below the flyers stadium and now has been literally unearthed to wreak havoc

Bear in mind that the Philadelphia Phillies, the baseball team, have a mascot called the Philly Fanatic who has been the biggest asshole mascot in all of professional baseball for decades, so imagine what happened when the order came from the NHL and Philadelphia found out they had to make another mascot.

“Well, sir, it’s official. The Fliers are required by the league to have a mascot. There’s no getting out of it.”

“Then there’s only one thing left to do. Call the excavator and start digging.”

“The... but sir, the city council ordered the tunnel sealed! Everyone agreed, after the Fanatic was unleashed, it was too risky to go back!”

“The NHL shouldn’t have fucked with us then.” 

“Does anyone even know where the entrance is anymore? All the maps were destroyed.”

“Check the parking lot of the Four Seasons Landscaping company.”