Editing 2000 Summer Olympics (section)

===Mascots===
{{main|Olly, Syd and Millie}}
The official [[mascot]]s chosen for the 2000 Summer Olympics were Syd the [[platypus]], Millie the [[echidna]], and Olly the [[kookaburra]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/10/74/article211987410.shtml|title=Syd, Olly and Millie – mascots of the 2000 Olympic Summer Games|publisher=Beijing2008|date=5 August 2004|access-date=25 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517163244/http://en.beijing2008.cn/10/74/article211987410.shtml |archive-date=17 May 2013}}</ref> designed by Matthew Hattan and [[Jozef Szekeres]] and named by Philip Sheldon of agency Weekes Morris Osborn in response to the original SOCOG recommendation of Murray, Margery, and Dawn after famous Australian athletes.

An unofficial alternate mascot—[[Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat]]—was created by Australian comedians [[Roy and HG]] for their miniseries during the Games, ''[[The Dream with Roy and HG|The Dream]]''; the character was conceived as a satire of the increasing commercialization of the Olympics, with the duo often being critical of the official mascots (whom they jokingly nicknamed "Olly, Millie and Dickhead"). Only two plush toys of Fatso were made, one of which was placed in the Olympic Village; the plush was controversially smuggled into a medal ceremony by the Australian men's 4×200-metre relay team. The character achieved a cult following, with some Australians preferring Fatso to the actual mascots. One of the Fatso plushes was auctioned for charity following the Games (being sold to [[Kerry Stokes]], an executive of the [[Seven Network]], for [[Australian dollar|A$]]80,450), while a figure of Fatso was included in an display outside Stadium Australia that commemorated the Games' volunteers.<ref name="cougar">{{cite news |author=Jim Parsons |date=26 September 2000 |title='Fat-arsed' wombat mascot causes uproar in Australia |url=http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol66/26/sports/sports3.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508001640/http://www.stp.uh.edu/vol66/26/sports/sports3.html |archive-date=8 May 2005 |access-date=2006-04-11 |work=The Daily Cougar}}</ref><ref name="strategic">{{cite web|url=http://www.strategicresources.com.au/fatso.html|title=The Rise of Fatso&nbsp;– The Fat Arsed Sydney Olympics Wombat|publisher=Strategic Resources International|access-date=10 October 2008|date=February 2001|archive-date=28 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828171141/http://www.strategicresources.com.au/fatso.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="worker">{{cite journal|first=Jim|last=Marr|url=http://workers.labor.net.au/81/d_review_roy.html|title=Satire: Roy Slaven on the Rampage|journal=Workers Online|issue=81|date=8 December 2000|access-date=30 June 2006|archive-date=4 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060904145521/http://workers.labor.net.au/81/d_review_roy.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Singer |first=Jill |date=30 March 2006 |title=Is John So still our bro? |url=http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18646788%255E5000107,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060629045113/http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0%2C5478%2C18646788%255E5000107%2C00.html |archive-date=29 June 2006 |access-date=2006-04-11 |publisher=Herald Sun Sunday}}</ref><ref name="smh1">{{cite news |last=Browne |first=Rachel |date=18 July 2004 |title=Roy, HG leave Fatso home |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/17/1089694613537.html |accessdate=2006-06-30 |work=Sun Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Amply-rumped wombat was real darling of the Games |date=1 October 2000 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/10/01/montville_mascot/ |access-date=10 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006084838/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/news/2000/10/01/montville_mascot/| archive-date= 6 October 2008 | url-status=dead}}</ref>