Carbon Costume Cartoons
Jo from Total Drama
Jo is a character from the Cartoon Network animated series Total Drama: Revenge of the Island, the fourth season of the Total Drama franchise. At different points during the series, Jo is part of both the Mutant Maggots and the Toxic Rats. Jo has dark blonde hair and wears a brownish-gray sweatshirt and comfortable grey pants with green sneakers.
Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington (voiced by Chris Sarandon with Danny Elfman providing his singing voice) is the main character in the stop motion animated film The Nightmare Before Christmas. The King of Halloween, Jack finds himself dissatisfied with his usual holiday shenanigans, and with the help of his fellow Halloweentown residents, including Sally, Jack takes over Christmas. His bid to spread holiday cheer doesn’t go exactly as planned, but everyone ends up with a greater appreciation for the holiday season. Jack is a tall, skinny skeleton with a pinstripe suit. If you don’t want to wear a plastic mask, you could always paint your face, though that won’t achieve his immediately recognizable round face.
Justin from Total Drama Island
Justin is a character in the first iteration of Cartoon Network’s Total Drama Island. He was a member of the Screaming Gophers, but he speaks very little, so not much is known about his personality. However, as a member of the Killer Grips on Total Drama Action, the show sees a new side of him. Using his supermodel looks, Justin can manipulate others. This makes him an antagonist of the season. What people may not know is that he’s insecure about his appearance, knowing it’s the only thing that gets him by. Unlike Alejandro or Heather, he isn’t necessarily always mean-spirited, and he tends to be friendlier towards the other contestants.
Fat Freddy Freekowtski from The Freak Brothers
Of The Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy Freekowtski (voiced by John Goodman) is the one most likely to get burned on a drug score, perhaps because he’s always preoccupied with food. He has curly yellow hair and mutton chops that connect to his mustache. Fat Freddy has a bulbous nose and a similarly bulbous belly.
Leshawna from Total Drama Island
Leshawna is a character on the first iteration of Cartoon Network’s Total Drama Island. She was a member of the Screaming Gophers. In Total Drama Action, she was a member of the Screaming Gaffers. In Total Drama World Tour, she was a member of Team Victory. Leshawna will tell it like it is and won’t hold back on someone who wronged her. For instance, she finds her first enemy in Heather, the resident mean girl. Off camera, she volunteers to better the lives of less fortunate teenagers, and her goal is to open her own community center.
Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek from The Freak Brothers
In The Freak Brothers, Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek (voiced by Woody Harrelson) is the street-smart member of the titular trio. He’s tall, skinny, with a waterfall mustache and a ponytail. In “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” comics, his hair can be red, blonde, or light brown depending on the colorization. In the Tubi animated series, it’s more of a light orange.
Phineas T. Phreak from The Freak Brothers
The Freak Brothers are the titular characters of an animated series currently streaming on Tubi based on the comic book “The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers” by Gilbert Shelton that ran from 1968 to 1997. It follows the wacky misadventures of a trio of hippies and their cat. Phineas T. Phreak (voiced by Pete Davidson) is the idealist of the group. He sports a big, bushy beard and a nose shaped like a joint.
Carl from Family Guy
Carl (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) the convenience store guy manages the Quahog Mini-Mart on the Fox animated series Family Guy. Carl is friends with both Brian and Peter, though he does not get along with Meg. Carl is a pudgy man with dark blonde hair. He wears a blue vest is part of his uniform and he also sports a backward trucker hat.
Katie Mitchell from The Mitchells vs the Machines
Katie Mitchell (voiced by Abbi Jacobson) is the main protagonist of the Sony Pictures Animation film The Mitchells vs. the Machines. Katie is quirky and creative, and a film student in college. Katie wears distressed jeans and shoes embellished with markered details. To have some fun with her look, be sure to add little details to your own clothes (and hands!) like Katie does in the movie.
Gabriela “Gabi” Hernández from Vivo
Gabriela “Gabi” Hernández (voiced by Ynairaly Simo) is the the 10-year-old deuteragonist of the animated film Vivo. Vivo, the titular monkey, enlists Gabi to help him deliver a song to a famous singer at her farewell show. Gabi has purple and a colorful sense of style, with a colorful plaid skirt an bright pink collared shirt paired with a checkered tie. You can get the sleeveless look of Gabi’s character by cutting the sleeves off a standard polo. And if you can’t find the exact skirt Gabi uses in the movie, don’t be afraid to find the most colorful one you can and commit to it.
