The Phanatic still is, as requested 42 years ago when Phillies President Bill Giles commissioned creation of a team mascot, “fat, green, indefinable. And lovable.”

The Phanatic underwent a makeover, and the results were unveiled at the Phillies’ spring training home-opener Sunday. And some might be forgiven for wondering what, exactly, had changed.

His face showed some changes to the shape of the snout, the star-shaped eyelids. He also grew a longer tail with blue feathers on the end, as shown in this Tweet.

His arms and hands have changed as well, including what appears to be the addition of scales to his arms.

The bottom photo, shot in November 2019 by Julia Hatmaker of PennLive, shows the Phanatics arms before the makeover. The photo at the top, taken Sunday by Yong Kim of The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS, shows fingers and something that could be scales. And are those arms longer?

And he’s been given new socks and sneakers: