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Line 2: [[File:Lucky Star cosplay.jpg\|link=Lucky Star\|frame\|Too bad this isn't a [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]].]] '''Cosplay''' is a [[Portmanteau]] of the words "costume play". It refers to the fan hobby of making costumes of their favorite characters from anime, TV, movies, comics, ~~videogames~~video games, etc. and wearing them at fan gatherings. At anime conventions cosplay is one of the most popular events.▼ ▲'''Cosplay''' is a [[Portmanteau]] of the words "costume play". It refers to the fan hobby of making costumes of their favorite characters from anime, TV, movies, comics, videogames, etc. and wearing them at fan gatherings. At anime conventions cosplay is one of the most popular events. And to some people, it is [[Serious Business]]. Don't even think about trying to get them to wear the [[Official Cosplay Gear]]. They will often wear a [[Sexy Whatever Outfit]] though. If it's a character ~~getting~~meeting cosplayers of the character in the same universe, the actual character might get told [[Your Costume Needs Work]]. This can even happen to celebrities in [[Real Life]]. The ''concept'' and ''practice'' of Cosplay is decades old, but the term itself is of more recent vintage, having been coined in Japan in the 1990s, after which it spread to North America in the early 2000s. See also [[Cosplay Fan Art]], [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]] (characters in works being cosplayers), [[Whole Costume Reference]], [[LARP]]. {{examples}}▼ ▲{{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * In episode 16 of ''[[Bodacious Space Pirates]]'', pirate captain Marika has members of the Girl's Yacht Club help out on her ship, the Bentenmaru, while the regular crew is stuck in quarantine due to a virus they got in an earlier episode. When they raid a ship, the girls all show up in various cosplay costumes. Marika chuckles nervously throughout the entire "raid", but the guests on the ship don't seem to mind the costumes overall. * ''[[Cosplay Complex]]'' is all about this. * As in the picture, ''[[Lucky Star]]'' has this at both a convention and the [[Haruhi Suzumiya\|Haruhi Theme Cafe]]. Line 25 ⟶ 26: * One episode of ''[[World of Narue]]'' has Narue entering a costume competition because her boyfriend likes the character (and she thinks he likes the voice actress better than he likes her). She's the only one who actually makes her costume, the other contestants buying theirs off-the-rack. == ~~Comics~~[[Comic Books]] == * ''[[Transmetropolitan\|]]'': Spider Jerusalem]] at one point raids a religious convention while cosplaying as Jesus. == [[Fan ~~Fiction~~Works]] == * In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', SOS Brigade and some guests (Nonoko, Kuyou, Sasaki, and Kyouko) make a [[Memetic Mutation\|Big Damn Cosplay]] parade of ''[[Touhou]]'' characters. * In ''[[The Key to a Successful Interview]]'' [[Attractive Bent Gender\|Girl]] [[Ranma ½\|Ranma]] dresses up in a [[Neon Genesis Evangelion\|Plugsuit]], [[Fan Service\|supposedly for plot reasons]]. [[Rule 34\|There has got to be some fan art of it somewhere out there.]] * In ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'', ~~one~~Alex attends the San Diego Comic Con with a friend, and both of them are provided with a different cosplay for each day of the convention. In the same sequence, Terawatt's turns up for a fight ~~scenes~~scene ~~takes~~taking place outside the San Diego Comic Con, ~~and~~which involves her being backed up by roughly ''forty'' Terawatt cosplayers... and significantly, ~~one~~Alex's friend, who is, incongruously, dressed as Rogue from Marvel's ''X-Men''. (This scene is also referenced in several later stories in [[The Teraverse]].) == [[Literature]] == * [[Downplayed Trope\|Downplayed]], in ''[[Anne of Green Gables\|Anne of Avonlea]]''. Rather ~~then~~than cosplaying as particular characters Anne and Diana simply dress in white muslin dresses as the heroines in Charlotte E. Morgan's stories are known to wear. == [[Live -Action TV]] == * In one ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' episode, three of the guys dress up for a science fiction convention. * In season five of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)\|Supernatural]]'' Sam and Dean meet people cosplaying as ''them''. They're understandably creeped out by it. Line 48 ⟶ 49: == [[Western Animation]] == * The [[Closing Credits]] Sequence of ''[[Daria]]'' features the characters in various alternate costumes. Most of the time, the costumes are generic ~~an inspecific~~, like a cheerleader or a business woman, but occasionally they make specific references ~~like~~such as Brittany dressed as [[Edward Scissorhands]]. * When the cast of ''[[Futurama]]'' goes to Comic Con 3010, they take part in the costume contest, with some of the contestants dressed as characters from the very show they're on. Lrr tries to invade Earth during the contest, but is dismissed as [[Your Costume Needs Work\|just another guy in a costume]]. The winner, by the way, is Bender, who dresses as "every nerd's fantasy", Leela. * In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Nerds of a Feather", the boys go to a convention where almost everyone is dressed up as characters from either [[Space Opera\|"Space Adventure"]] or [[High Fantasy\|"Stumbleberry Finkbat"]]. And [[Periphery Demographic\|Candace]] goes dressed as [[Widget Series\|Ducky Momo]]. * In ~~[[The Legend of Korra]] in~~ the final match of the pro-bending season in ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'', you can see two groups of cosplayers in the stands; one dressed as the Wolf-Bats, and one dressed as our heroes, the Fire Ferrets. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Fan Work~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:~~Cosplay~~Fan Works]]▼ [[Category:Acceptable Hobby Targets]] [[Category:Truth in Television]] [[Category:Fanservice Costumes]] [[Category:Costume Tropes]] ▲[[Category:Cosplay]]