Chad Owens danced onstage with his young son while Jalil Carter rode shirtless in the back of a pickup truck sipping from a Tim Hortons cup, and Adriano Belli planted a smooch on Toronto's embattled mayor.
Cornerback Evan McCol-lough arrived late, running to catch up to the parade at Yonge Street.
The Argonauts and their fans celebrated a rare treat Tuesday - a championship party in their own backyard.
And all the crazy antics culminated with the common refrain of "Repeat!" from a CFL team and its fans that could certainly get used to winning.
"All the ups, the downs, the stretches we went through, when we lost five out of six games, just knowing that we stuck together, persevered through and never lost sight of our dream and our goal and we made it through," said Owens, the wide receiver who won the league's Most Outstanding Player award this season.
"It's so special. The 100th Grey Cup. In our city. Never going to forget that."
The Argonauts paraded the venerable trophy through downtown Toronto, arriving at Nathan Phillips Square to a festive lunchtime crowd of several thousand to celebrate Sunday's 35-22 victory over the Calgary Stampeders in the 100th Grey Cup.
Fans - clad in jerseys and tuques in the Argos' double blue - lined the streets and packed into the square, bouncing up and down top the blaring pop music. Some blew on horns, others waved Argos flags or white towels in celebration of the team's first championship since 2004.
"This is awesome," said quarterback Ricky Ray. "It feels like a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Not everybody gets to win the Grey Cup, and experience what we got to today, and just to come here and share it with our fans is awesome."
The fans and players came ready to party. Carter, a rookie defensive back, danced shirtless atop a truck despite the numbing 3 C temperature, hollering at fans "Man, it's hot out!"
One fan yelled back, about the Tim Hortons he clutched: "Carter, what's in your cup?"
It was the first championship celebration in Toronto since the Argos won the Grey Cup eight years ago and will be a shot in the arm for the city's long-suffering sports fans.
Canada's largest sports market has been its most underachieving. Baseball's Blue Jays haven't won a championship since 1993, hockey's Maple Leafs have been shut out since 1967 and basketball's Raptors and soccer's Toronto FC haven't even come close.
"This is what you work for, this is what these guys put all their hours in for, and to have it in your own city, it doesn't get any better than that," said rookie head coach Scott Milanovich.
"It's been awesome, we've felt the love all week, we could kind of feel the city turning and seeing the people wearing Argos gear outside and the chants going on downtown, it's been fun and hopefully that's going to carry over to next year."
