Most marketing directors I talk to pause on question two. The coverage exists, but it wasn't planned. And an unplanned channel presence is a liability, not an asset.
If I asked you to describe your mascot's personality, you could probably do it. Friendly. Energetic. Trustworthy. A little playful. Those words are not wrong.
I want to describe something specific, because most conversations about brand governance stay too abstract to be useful.
If you have a mascot and you have not built a Mascot System, your character is a sleeping asset.