Top failed Costumed Characters for Cartoons

One of the most underappreciated techniques is taking a 2D character and bringing them into the real world as meet and greet characters.  If done correctly, it is fun.  Sure technology has changed and the costumes looked much simpler back then, but overall they weren't too bad.  If done incorrectly, they are a failure.  This is what this list portains

Please note:

This article is not to intend nightmare fuel or to make you hate mascots.
This is a mix of my opinion and everyone else's opinion.  This is a balanced article.
They must be cartoon characters.  No creepy Ronald McDonalds here.
These are in no particular order so that each one gets equal honorable, or in this case dishonorable mentions
Finally, they may not represent today's costumes for these characters.

Fred Flintstone

Taking a cartoon caveman into the real world was not that easy, but it had to be done since The Flintstones were so popular.  There were Flintstones theme parks popping up across the land, but don't expect Disney quality type parks.  They were normally just a handful of attractions and various forms of costumed characters.

Fred never wore shoes.......nor had skinny arms.........

These are just some of the costumes used for these parks.  When Kings Island opened, the characters looked....better.

But even then, they looked a little off.  By the time Taft opened and bought new parks they looked much better.  Here's how they look today.

Tweety

Tweety is best known as being the cute one in Looney Tunes, but his original purpose is to be a bird that Sylvester always goes after for lunch.  His small size made it very difficult to make into a costumed characters.  Here are some samples.

But even some of the most recent costumes deem incorrect.

Equestria Girls

Spun off somewhat of Friendship is Magic, the original movie shows Twilight Sparkle going into the human world and meet her human versions of her friends to get back her crown from Sunset Shimmer.  The series has since then focused more on Sunset but still retained the main 5.  While the pony characters themselves had issues with their costumes over the years, their human counterparts had it worse.

Most of the time it's people in make up, but in this case.....what's wrong with your face, Twilight?  What's wrong with your hair Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy?  They look NOTHING compared to their cartoon versions.  Welcome to Zombie High.

Popeye the Sailor

It can be hard to adapt a gruff spinach eating sailor into a real world costumed character, and many versions, mostly unofficial, made Popeye look terrifying.  By the early 90's, Popeye seemed settled down for theme parks...............until 1996 which Elitch Gardens and Darien Lake started using Popeye.

Fortunately, not long after that they fixed him up and he now looks much better.

Fairly Oddparents

One of Nickelodeon's most memorable and awesome shows was Fairly Oddparents.  This series involves a 10 year old boy named Timmy Turner who receives Fairy Godparents, Cosmo and Wanda, that will grant him any wish to help turn his life around (provided it goes along with Da Rules of course).  As fun as the show was, Cosmo and Wanda meet and greets at Nickelodeon themed areas proved a different story.

The performers have no where to slip their hands in, so all the characters could do is stand there and walk around.  No hand shakes, high fives, or hugs.  Spongebob had it bad at that time too, but rods were able to control the arms allowing hand shakes, but no hugs, and even some Disney characters including Mickey Mouse had that same issue too, but Fairly Oddparents they never could figure out how to take them into this 3 Dimension world. 

Runner ups:
Spongebob Squarepants
My Little Pony characters
The Mad Hatter
Some anime characters