Hugo (mascot)

[1] The Hugo moniker was selected from a pool of more than 6,000 fan suggestions, and was inaugurated as part of the Charlotte Hornets' first season.

[2] During a break between the first and second quarters of a 2008 game between the New Orleans Hornets and the San Antonio Spurs, Hugo jumped off a trampoline through a ring of fire and dunked a basketball.

NBA Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Stu Jackson canceled the halftime show and later fined the team.

During the halftime show, TV commentator Charles Barkley dared Hugo to repeat the stunt after the 3rd quarter.

Hugo, as well as three other NBA mascots (Benny the Bull, Crunch the Wolf and The Suns Gorilla), appears as a hidden player in the video game NBA Jam Tournament Edition.