smells like thunder, pt 3

More Rumble doppelgangers:

(1) Teen Wolf, as noted by aw-shucks Tramel.


(2) Chewbacca



Rumble seems to provide a bridge across the under-40 demographic with a series of cultural reference points (Star Wars, Teen Wolf, Messin' with Sasquatch). Add in the poignant mythology, the "Native American tale" as Baldwin puts it, which no doubt appeals to all those Americans with distant Cherokee grandmothers, and you've got yourself a truly trans-generational mascot. Here is that myth, in case you'd rather not have to read the DJ:

"A near-sellout crowd was told at halftime Rumble is a bison that hundreds of years ago led his herd to safety only to be trapped alone in a storm atop the Arbuckle Mountains. The story claims Rumble was struck by lightning and suddenly walked on two legs like a man."

And then the white man trapped him and made him dance with the Thundergirls, Oklahoma City's favorite dance team. Another tragic declension narrative.