Some number of kids, who should probably be in school, turned out for the unveiling of Franklin, whose backstory is that he’s a dog that was present at famous Philly and Sixers events, such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence…

… Allen Iverson’s step-over…

…. and so on.

For some inexplicable reason, Franklin has morphed from a normal-ish blue bulldog into a walking, dunking, human-sized ball of fuzz. [Stay off HGH, kids.]

The modern iteration of Franklin made his debut by rappelling from the ceiling whilst, thankfully for the kids in attendance, successfully avoiding his very own Blue Blazer moment:

And then he danced and dunked because why not?