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The hero has to go into action, but doesn't have access to his official costume. So he contrives a shoddy emergency costume. Usually [[Played for Laughs]].
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** And were ''enormous''
*** Not even [[Fake Ultimate Hero|Mr. Satan]] was spared!
* In the ''[[Galaxy Angel (anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' anime, all the fake Angels have perfect costumes, but, besides the fake Milfeulle, they are also all [[Gonk
* One of Maron's heists in ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' gets complicated when her [[Transformation Trinket]] ends up in the hands of the possessed [[Victim of the Week]]. Her makeshift disguise includes an altered yukata, a (much, much plainer) handmade cross, hair extensions, and spray-on hair dye. Things get even more complicated when she gets caught in a [[Drowning Pit]], the dye washes off, and the hair extensions float away.
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* In [[The DCU]], Nightwing had a "rival" hero called Nite-Wing with a 'costume' that consisted of a hockey jersey and combat pants.
* Molly Hayes of ''[[Runaways]]'' tried to make her own costume with a T-shirt cape and cheap mask. This lasted a few seconds before Gert yanked the mask off herself.
* Rorschach's costume in ''[[Watchmen]]'' is something of an inversion; he works in a tailor's shop in his day job and has the skills and equipment make himself any costume his imagination could devise -- [[Fan Wank|it's possible he made Nite Owl II's in exchange for that]] [[Grappling Hook Pistol|rope gun]]
** After he {{spoiler|escapes from prison}} he doesn't have time to do more than grab his coat, hat, mask and scarf over what he was wearing at the time, which definitely makes him fit the trope more.
* Towards the end of the ''[[Birds of Prey]]'' series, former Batgirl Barbara Gordon met with a teenage girl who was co-opting her old identity. The cheapness of the young lady's
* In ''[[Kick-Ass]]'', a few of the costumes are pretty lame. It's kind of the point.
* Harley Quinn's costume was just something she stole from a costume shop. Joker's duds may count as well, given he just wears a ratty old suit. This tends to fall into [[Depending on the Writer]] at times. In ''Salvation Run'', Joker mentions that his famed purple tuxedo is made of pure velvet.
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