Editor’s Note: Originally published March 26, 2018. Updated March 24, 2022.

They tower among us.

These oversized Funko Pops! adorn the Funko flagship building at the corner of Wetmore and California.

Can you name them all? Their identities are revealed at the bottom of the post. 

Good luck!

1. Tree boi

2. Who is that masked girl anyway?

3. Mauve monkey

4. Four eyes, kinda bowl cut

5. Bow tie

6. Hammer time

7. Big blue

8. Black magic woman

9. Hairy fella

ANSWERS

1. Groot - Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel Comics

Groot is an alien but he's also a plant (technically he's a Flora colossus from Planet X. Duh.). He's part of the Chris Pratt-led superhero team Guardians of the Galaxy.

2. Bat-Girl - DC Comics

In early comics she was the love interest of Batman's sidekick, Robin. So, yeah. Robin was in love with the younger, female version of his father-figure employer. Seems awfully Freudian. Funko has a thing for the Batman Family: many of their oversized statues are bat-related. 

3. The Grape Ape - The Great Grape Ape Show, Hanna-Barbera

The Great Grape Ape Show was a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon featuring a 40-foot tall gorilla. The Grape Ape was a well-meaning simple-minded guy, but his size intimidated people he met. That was pretty much the premise of the show. 

4. Harry Potter - Harry Potter

Easy. He's a boy wizard who lives under the stairs in a traumatic CPS situation until... his destiny is revealed...

5. Freddy Funko

He's the Funko mascot, first released in 2012. He looks like a retro kid because that's the whole point: Funko does popular culture nostalgia like no other.

6. Hulk - Thor: Ragnarok, Marvel Comics

This is the Hulk wearing galactic gladiator getup. Some context: in Thor: Ragnarok, the superhero/god is held captive on the planet Sakaar, where he must beat the Hulk in a gladiator-esque duel to safely return to Asgard. So that explains the armor.

7.  James P. "Sully" Sullivan - Monsters, Inc.

Lovable monster with a heart of gold, as voiced by John Goodman. He hangs out in an apartment with a cyclops who talks a lot like Billy Crystal.

8. Maleficent - Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent

Originally she was a no-good fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" in Sleeping Beauty. Then there was a postmodern retake on her life in 2014, featuring Angelina Jolie. Is Maleficent truly bad-bad or merely tragic and misunderstood?  

9. Chewbacca - Star Wars

Almost too easy.

Just remember, folks: always let the Wookie win.

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Richard Porter writes for Live in Everett.