The Elephant mascot is the first mascot the player encounters in Secret of the Mimic, and one of the three returning ones from RUIN. In RUIN, the costume does nothing more than hang in a closet inside the room the Mimic is sealed in. In Secret of the Mimic, however, the costume plays a slightly more notable role than most, being scripted to always be the very first mascot costume encountered, with it stalking the player when they turn on the power before it breaks out of a crate in the player's way, being the first enemy in the game.
Appearance
The Elephant's default appearance is that of a gray elephant dressed as a clown. They have circular rosy cheeks, long eyelashes, and plain white eyes with small, black pupils. They have a short trunk reaching down to their neck, and their top row of teeth is made up of two curved tusks. The Elephant's clown outfit is a half-green half-white outfit with the white half having tiny sparkled polka dots, three red pom-pom buttons on their chest, and large brown clown shoes. Their ankles, wrists and neck all have white frilled cuffs with red ends. They also have an extremely short tail sticking out the back of it with a small tuft of hair on the end. Finally, they wear a small party hat that matches the rest of their outfits half and half pattern and a red pom-pom on top.
The Elephant's appearance in RUIN is that of the above design, but with a slightly differently proportioned model, and a dirtier appearance.
The Elephant's orange variation takes on an appearance clearly based on Orville Elephant, a character from Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator. This variation takes on bright orange skin, blue eyes, and a dark orange suit covered in shiny yellow stars. It also wears a purple party hat with a white stripe near the bottom of it, and its frilled cuffs are a bright pink with purple trims.
The Elephant's final appearance is that of a bright pink elephant wearing bright blue striped clothes. Its face has large purple face paint around their eyes and on their eyelashes, small lighter spots on their ears, and bright pink cheeks. Their blue striped clothing is two-toned, with two shades of light blue in a vertical stripe pattern, and the cuffs and color are now salmon colored. Finally their hat, shoes and pom-pom buttons are all a seafoam green color, with the hat having a small orange pom pom.
On top of its base three variants, the Elephant is unique in that some areas actually hold combinations of the existing variants, most notably the orange variant wearing the clothing of the default one, or the default variant wearing the clothing of the pink elephant. It is the only mascot suit to have this trait, likely due to its skin and suit textures being entirely separate, unlike other suits where at least one part overlaps with the other.
The Elephant's foam variant follows the same general pattern of all foam suits; being in the general shape of the suit made of stitched together foam pieces that have yellowed over time. The Elephant's foam variant has multiple bits of writing on it to signify what suit pieces would go on the left or right, as well as red outlines for where the eyebrows would be attached, and where the nostrils in the trunk would be cut out.
Finally, Elephant has one final variant that the player cannot actually encounter in-game as an enemy. At multiple points throughout MCM, a covered Elephant costume can be found throughout the facility, acting as a static prop. Only the Elephant's ankles are visible, with the remainder of its body being covered by a burlap tarp tied around the Elephant's legs. However, because the ankles are visible, it can be seen that this suit has a unique design to it, wearing light blue pants with turquoise stars on them, and light brown shoes with darker brown toes. The rest of this design is completely unknown, however.
Trivia
- The Elephant was the only one of the three RUIN mascot costumes to be shown in promotional material for Secret of the Mimic.
- This was possibly done due to the other two appearing in much fewer areas, or because the Elephant is the first suit encountered in every playthrough of the game.
- The Elephant is the only mascot costume whose variations share traits between each other, with most other mascot variants having entirely unique colorations.
- This also makes the Elephant the mascot suit with the technical most amount of variations in the game, having eleven counting the foam, dirty, and covered variations, as opposed to most other mascots who have anywhere from six to eight variations (sans the Mycellium Men, who hold second place at ten variations).
- The Elephant is the only mascot suit to have fully voiced lines, though they are sometimes used by other suits.
- These lines normally cannot be deciphered as the in-game sound engine Wwise lowers their pitch to the absolute maximum, leaving them sounding like drawn-out groans. The files for these lines themselves however, are unedited, allowing for translation.
Penguin Mascot
The Penguin mascot is the second of the three mascots introduced in RUIN as an easteregg. In RUIN, the costume does nothing more than hang in a closet inside the room the Mimic is sealed in. In Secret of the Mimic, it is one of the rarer mascot costumes, and is only encounterable in a few select areas throughout Murray's Costume Manor, most notably the Retail Showroom.
Appearance
The Penguin's default appearance is a large indigo bird with black hair cut into a bowl-cut, a wide yellow beak & matching legs. She wears large, pink glasses with pointed rims and bead-like hinges, matching bead bracelets, a white bib with a pink rim and a matching white & pink apron with a stitched heart on it. Finally, her beak is permanently affixed into a large smile, revealing a pointed magenta-colored tongue.
The Penguin's appearance in RUIN is that of the above design, but with a slightly differently proportioned model, and a dirtier appearance.
The Penguin's second variation is that of a vibrant pink bird with bright blonde hair. In this variant, she wears a light blue one-piece suit with red and purple hearts decorating it, and a small seafoam green bow. Her bracelets and the rims of her glasses have been changed to a similar seafoam green color to the bow, and the bead-like hinges on the glasses are now a bright baby blue. Her feet have been painted to appear as if she were wearing red heels, and she wears two red ankle bracelets. Finally, her eyes have been changed to a vibrant yellow with partially-closed light blue eyelids, and the tip of her beak progressively darkens in color to appear as a more brownish color.
The Penguin's final variation is that of a green bird dressed as a chef. She wears an all-white suit fitted with a chef's jacket and pants, with the jacket having small golden buttons and a blue trim, and black painted feet to appear as dress shoes. Around her waist is a white, blue-trimmed apron with a slice of bread in the center, and around her neck is a matching blue bib and a red bow. Her bracelets are a pale yellow, and her glasses are now made of gold. Finally, her eyes are a vibrant hazel color, and her hair is a matching ginger color.
The Penguin's damaged variants all share a unique quirk between each other of having a large crack-like tear in the center of the Penguin's stomach. This is done to make the hearts on the aprons of the first two variations appear as broken hearts, and by extension, the slice of bread shares this same motif.
Finally, the Penguin's foam variant follows the same general pattern of all foam suits; being in the general shape of the suit made of stitched together foam pieces that have yellowed over time. The Penguin's foam variant has multiple bits of writing on it to signify what suit pieces would go on the left or right, as well as red outlines for where the tongue would go, the nostrils cut out, and a bit of writing on the back of the head denoting a stitched line as the outline for the Penguin's hair piece. Strangely, the Penguin's foam variant has clown shoe-like feet that more closely match the Elephant mascot, as opposed to the three-toed bird feet worn by the finished suits.
Trivia
- Before Secret of the Mimic, many fans were unsure as to what kind of bird the Penguin was meant to be, as RUIN's files for the mascot suits did not discern any type of animal between the three, and simply labeled them as "Mascots".
- Initially, some jumped to her being some kind of corvid given the general color and beak shape, though Secret of the Mimic's files for the mascot would eventually reveal her to be a penguin.
Lion Mascot
The Lion mascot is the third and final mascot costume who debuted in RUIN. Unlike the other two, the Lion was never seen in-game, but was used as a base for the amalgamation costume used by the Mimic in the DLC's secret ending. In Secret of the Mimic, it is one of the rarer costumes, only encounterable in a few particular areas.
Appearance
The Lion's default appearance is that of a large yellow lion with a brown mane, zig-zagged whiskers, and sharp white claws. He wears a dark blue varsity jacket with lighter blue trims and a white logo that looks like a T & an L mixed together. The jacket on the suit uses three small buttons with X-stitch patterns on it to keep it closed, and beneath the jacket is a dark navy turtle-neck shirt with a light blue collar. He also has an extremely short tail sticking out the back of it with a small tuft of hair on the end. On the bottom of the lion's left foot, thin stitches can be seen barely keeping the fabric from ripping open, with the foam stuffing underneath being slightly visible. Finally, the suit's eyes are colored a dull gray.
Of the three RUIN mascots, the lion receives the most drastic redesign, most notably in the damaged variant. Much like the other RUIN costumes, the Lion's design is that of the default one in Secret of the Mimic, but with an older model and a dirty appearance. However, in RUIN, the Lion very notably has a very large gash across his stomach, which later has wires pouring out in the amalgamated suit Mimic wears. This gash is entirely absent in the Secret of the Mimic variation.
The Lion's second variation is that of a red lion with almond-colored fur and a pale pink colored snout and stomach. His mane is colored black, with light green painted streaks growing throughout it. This variation's most noteworthy feature is that of his missing eye, with his left eye and eye socket being painted a matte black with an eyepatch band going across its face to mimic an eyepatch over a pale pink scar. His right eye, on the other hand, is a lime green color with a pale yellow-green sclera. The Lion's top right tooth is golden in color while the other three which remain unchanged. The Lion's jacket is now a black leather jacket with gray trims, with the strange logo being a bright yellow, and it now has multiple silver zippers on the pockets and below the wrists. On the back of the jacket is a large stitched-on open maw with sharp teeth and small blue lightning bolts shooting out of it. Finally, the small tuft of hair on the tip of the Lion's tail has been changed not to a black color to match the mane, but is rather a dull, dark green color.
The Lion's third variation is that of a white lion, with light colored fur and a yellow mane. His face has been altered to now have a fancy mustache on his snout, a large black mole on his right cheek, and half-closed dark brown eyes. His jacket has been changed to a bowling jacket, being a shiny blue color with bright yellow trims, and a stitched-on design on its back featuring a bowling ball between two pins below an orange and white paw print. Finally, the T/L logo has been changed to that of a dark orange color, and the lion's undershirt has been changed to that of a purple and white stripped t-shirt.
Finally, the Lion's foam variant follows the same general pattern of all foam suits; being in the general shape of the suit made of stitched together foam pieces that have yellowed over time. The Lion's foam variant has multiple bits of writing on it to signify what suit pieces would go on the left or right, as well as red outlines for where the tongue, teeth, whiskers, eyebrows and ears would go. On top of this, the suit holds a large dotted line to outline where the mane would be attached, as well as labels for where to cut the suit to attach the mane. Strangely, the Lion's foam variant has clown shoe-like feet that more closely match the Elephant mascot, as opposed to the more paw-like feet seen on the finished suits.
Trivia
- The Lion's second variant may possibly be a reference to Scar, the main villain of Disney's 1994 The Lion King. This can be seen in the variant's similarly colored fur and mane to the character, the green eyes matching, as well as its scar being on the same eye as the Disney villain.
Birthday Puppy
Birthday Puppy is a large, dachshund-like mascot costume encounterable in multiple areas. It is one of two mascot costumes who is also a part of the Demo-tronic Welcome Show. They are a mascot owned by a company known as Best Birthday Co.
Appearance
Birthday Puppy is a large, orange dog-like suit with a long snout and a goofy face with its tongue sticking out at all times. They have large paws instead of hands with dark magenta claws. They wear a big, shiny, purple bowtie, green and purple striped pants, and a tall party hat. It has large bulging yellow eyes looking in opposing directions, with long eyelashes and dark magenta rings under the eyes. Birthday Puppy has a long yellow snout with a pink nose and a goofy face with a magenta tongue sticking out at all times. Finally, their tongue and ears both have a pink and yellow diagonal stripe pattern, and they have multiple square, crooked teeth.
Birthday Puppy is unique in that their variants are all identical, with the only difference being their shirt. The default appearance has Birthday Puppy wearing a dark orange shirt, similar to their animatronic counterpart. The two variants feature Birthday Puppy wearing a onesie with the green and purple striped pattern from their pants, and a variation in which Birthday Puppy wears no shirt at all.
Finally, the Birthday Puppy's foam variant follows the same general pattern of all foam suits; being in the general shape of the suit made of stitched together foam pieces that have yellowed over time. The Birthday Puppy's foam variant has multiple bits of writing on it to signify what suit pieces would go on the left or right, as well as red outlines for where their nose, teeth, bowtie, hat, eyelashes and tongue would go, with another red line around their waist signifying where their pants would be.
Trivia
- Despite Birthday Puppy's variants using the same base color scheme, Birthday Puppy does hold an alternate color variant seen as a variant of their animatronic counterpart, being a mostly white and blue variation.
- Birthday Puppy's pajama onesie variant has a notable error in its textures, lacking the stripes on the ears and having them be plain yellow.
- This is most definitely an error, as the dirty form of this same variant has the stripes again.
