Carbon Costume

In LoliRock, Princess Carissa of Calix is a brave young girl full of spirit and heroism. Her motif is a sparkling star and her transformation item is a purple gem armband. Carissa is most skilled in hand-to-hand combat, though she’s also capable of casting spells and using a pair of purple clubs that can merge into a war hammer.

Vex’ahlia or “Vex” is a character from Critical Role, a DnD campaign on Youtube, played by Laura Bailey. He is also a character in Legend of Vox Machina, the animated adaptation on Amazon Prime. Vex is a half-elf ranger/rogue party member of Vox Machina. She is the twin sister of Vax’ildan, born and raised in Byroden, then taken to live in the elven city of Syngorn. But neither of them were happy there, so they left together to adventure. Joining Vox Machina, she wielded the legendary bow Fenthras to fight against the Chroma Conclave. She earned the blessing of Pelor and became its champion to face Vecna. Later on, Vex married Percy de Rolo, and the couple had five children. She went on to serve on the Tal’Dorei Council. Vex is often seen with her Trinket, her loyal brown bear companion.

Professor Wonder is the mascot of the science amusement park WonderWorks. His top-secret research laboratory was located on a remote island in the Bermuda Triangle, but when an experiment went wrong, a man-made tornado lifted the lab and dropped it onto its current location. He’s a kooky professor with frazzled white hair and mustache that strongly resembles a certain Albert Einstein.

In Grand Theft Auto IV, Luis Fernando Lopez (voiced by Mario D’Leon) is a former member of the Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers. In The Ballad of Gay Tony, his life takes a turn when he meets “Gay Tony” Prince, a nightclub owner in Liberty City. They develop a friendship and work together, first with Luis as his bodyguard and later as his business associate.

Dread Duckies are enemies that appear in the Stranger Sewers level of horror indie game Dark Deception, as bloodthirsty minions of the enemy boss Doom Ducky. Dread Duckies are hard mechanical duck floats atop a pair of shriveled rotten legs. They also wear traffic cones on their heads.

In One Piece, Uta is a world famous diva singer and the adopted daughter of the Red-Haired Shanks. She has long white hair on her left side and long red hair on the right, arranged as ponytails with circle braids at the ends. She wears a short white frilly dress, a light blue sleeve on her left arm, and always golden headphones over her ears. She and Luffy are longtime friends and rivals. Uta is the star of One Piece Film: Red.

In Resident Evil Village, Lord Karl Heisenberg is the patriarch of the Heisenberg family. He’s a genius engineer who runs the Heisenberg factory and serves Mother Miranda in the Eastern European mountains. He first encounters Ethan Winters in Castle Dimitrescu, where he entombs him in scrap metal and brings him to Lady Dimitrescu and the other lords.

In Andor, Cassian Jeron Andor (Diego Luna) is a thief whose planet was destroyed by the Galactic Empire’s mining project. He starts out as a cynic only looking out for himself, and gradually transforms into a reluctant revolutionary and then together with Jyn Erso and others, a hero of the Rebellion.

In Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third, Doris (voiced by Larry King!) is one of Cinderella’s step-sisters, who works as a bartender. She puts forth Puss in Boots to King Harold for the task of assassinating Shrek. Eventually she ends up as part of Princess Fiona’s inner circle. Whether she’s ugly is subjective — Simon Cowell certainly thinks so — but her makeup with gaudy eyeshadow, pencil-thin eyebrows, and prominent mole, is ultimately what makes or breaks this cosplay.

Agent Norman Jayden (voiced by Leon Ockenden) is one of the four playable characters in the gritty adventure game Heavy Rain.  Agent Jayden is tasked with investigating the Origami Killer who abducted Ethan Mars‘ son.  He also struggles with drug addiction and subsequent withdrawal symptoms.  Agent Jayden’s costume is pretty straightforward; a dark-colored suit and tie that befits the seriousness of his position.  To replicate the futuristic Added Reality Interface (ARI) device he uses during the game, you can snag a pair of dark sunglasses and a single compression glove for your write hand.