Front and centre at Cbus Super Stadium every home game, an incredible milestone was reached in Round 24 for a special member of the Gold Coast Titans.
Blade - the club's mighty mascot - ran out for his 200th game against the Knights, an achievement that was quite the honour for the man underneath the suit, Dennis Mulheron.
Debuting in Round 16, 2007 - ironically also against Newcastle - he had high hopes of bringing Blade to life every home game when former Titans CEO Michael Searle gave him the job, but not for the 16 seasons he has done so.
"When I first starting doing it, I was enjoying it that much that I said to Searley he would have to take me out of the suit in a body bag if he wanted to get me out of this," Mulherin joked.
"I kind of envisaged I might do it for a while, but did I see the longevity of it over 16 seasons... I had no idea."
An integral member of the Titans Legion, nowadays it's more about posing for selfies than giving high fives; as well as leading the Gold Coast out to battle, revving up the home crowd and cheekily antagonised the away supporter bays, but the main goal remains the same... making those at Cbus Super Stadium have fun.
"My favourite part has to be interacting with the fans and making people smile," Mulheron said.
"You don't know what sort of a day these people have had leading up to coming to the ground, but if you can walk away at the end of the day helping put a smile on thousands of people every game, that's pretty rewarding.
"That's the best thing for me being Blade, just make complete strangers laugh and smile."
Whilst it was hard to choose a favourite moment as Blade, a game day Mulheron cherishes most is the weekend he was able to lead the team out with his young son Cooper.
"I remember one Super Hero Round, my son came along and dressed up as Batman. I think he was only three-years-old at the time and he got to run out with me before the game," he reminisced.
"So to be able to run the boys out and my son ran out with me on the field, that was probably one of my most memorable games."
After 16 seasons and over 200 games, the motivation has remained the same for the integral Titans mainstay, loving every moment of his time as the club's favourite character.
"It's really addictive just making absolute strangers have a great time while cheering on the Titans," Mulheron said.
"Even the way crowds... if I can win over an away crowd, then I feel I've done a decent job because I like to have a lot of fun with the away crowd.
"The motivation is for me is just to keep being to able to make people smile."
