Carbon Costume Movies
Landlady from Kung Fu Hustle
In Kung Fu Hustle, in a town full of crooks and thugs, the toughest person on the block is the middle-aged, chain-smoking Landlady (Yuen Qiu) of Pig Sty Alley. The landlady rules the slum with an iron fist, and all feel her wrath from her husband to the residents to encroaching members of the Axe Gang. Her powerful weapons include her Lion’s Roar technique, ability to run like the Roadrunner, and red slippers.
Little Nicky
In Little Nicky, Nicky (Adam Sandler) is one of Satan’s three sons along with Adrian and Cassius, who bully him. Cassius has even given Nikcy a disfigured jaw and speech impediment when he hit him in the face with a shovel. When his older brothers attempt to take over Earth, Satan sends Nicky, armed with a silver flask that traps whoever drinks from it inside, to stop them and save his father.
Brian from Half Baked
In the stoner comedy Half Baked, Brian (Jim Breuer) is friends with Thurgood Jenkins. He likes to dress head to toe in rainbow tie dye. When Brian gets fired from his job at the record shop, he does the sensible thing by grabbing his briefcase and walking off in into the sunset.
Andy Carmichael
In The Goonies, Andrea “Andy” Carmichael (Kerri Green) is a cheerleader who wears jock Troy Perkins’ letter jacket through most of the movie. However soon Andy finds herself a member of the misfit Goonies and falls for Mikey’s older brother Brand.
Thurgood Jenkins from Half Baked
In the stoner comedy Half Baked, Thurgood Jenkins (Dave Chappelle), aka Sir Smoke-a-Lot, is a janitor at a medical laboratory. He brings home some unusually potent experimental marijuana from his work, the gang get together and smoke it, and hijinks ensue.
Imelda Rivera from Coco
In Pixar’s Coco, Imelda Rivera is the former matriarch of the Rivera family who is now a spirit in the Land of the Dead. She is responsible for the ban on music in her family, which brings her head-to-head with her great-great-grandson Miguel Rivera.
Mulan
In the 1998 Disney film Mulan, when the Huns invade Han China, Mulan (voiced by Ming-Na Wen, sung by Lea Salonga) disguises herself as a man and takes the place of her elderly father, wearing his old armor. When Mulan first reports to training camp, her fighting skills are clearly lacking, but she gradually becomes a formidable warrior standing with the best of them.
Mouth
In The Goonies, the wise-cracking Clarke Devereaux (Corey Feldman) is nicknamed Mouth. He’s fluent enough in Spanish to be able to crack jokes in two different languages. In true 80s fashion, Mouth sports a Members Only jacket, parachute pants, and big hair he maintains with the brush kept in his back pocket.
Jasper and Horace from 101 Dalmatians
In Disney’s 101 Dalmatians, Jasper and Horace are the bumbling henchmen of Cruella de Vil. They pass themselves off as repairmen from the electric company to get access to the 101 Dalmatian puppies in order to dognap them.
