A
stuffed toy wombat made popular by
Roy and HG during the 2000
Olympics on their
televised roundup of the day's events, "
The Dream".
"The Battlers Prince" enjoyed immediate popularity and was the cause of much controversy with the games organizers, SOCOG, when Australian swimmer Michael Klim was seen holding Fatso when he received one of his gold medals. The view of SOCOG was that the official games mascots should have been used, and that Fatso infringed upon sponsorship arrangements.
Regardless, at the conclusion of the Olympics fatso was auctioned to raise money for Charity "Olympic Aid" and was in fact purchased by Kerry Stokes, the chairman of the Channel 7 network which had broadcasting rights for the games. The final figure was somewhere in the vicinity of $AU70,000 - testament to the popularity of The Dream, Roy and HG and Fatso himself.