Carbon Costume

…In the Sega Genesis platformer Kid Chameleon, the boss of the new virtual reality video game “Wild Side” begins abducting players and the main character, Casey, goes to beat it and rescue them. He does this by using masks to change into different characters in order to use different abilities….

…Valerie Sassyfras is a New Orleans musician who hit mainstream attention when her performance of “Girls Night Out” was featured on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. She sings lines like “I’m horny and I’m lazy” while bending over and clutching her behind. It’s only when the YouTube video pans the crowd that we realize she’s performing in a backyard for a children’s party….

…Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) is the protagonist of the 2018 action horror film Mandy. He is a lumberjack in the Pacific Northwest who goes on a revenge-fueled killing spree against the Children of the New Dawn, a band of crazy LSD tripping cultists who murdered his girlfriend Mandy Bloom. Burn the tactical vest a bit to give it that rough charcoaled texture from the film….

…Arguably the most hardworking and ambitious of all of Disney’s princesses, Tiana (Anika Noni Rose) is the protagonist of The Princess and The Frog. She is a cook and waitress living in Jazz Age New Orleans, with the dream of opening her own restaurant. After a series of misadventures involving voodoo, bayou creatures, and a Maldonian prince, she eventually accomplishes her goal….

…Nero is one of three protagonists along with Dante and V in the 2019 Capcom video game Devil May Cry 5. The son of Vergil, Nero boasts a serious temper that’s only amplified when his Devil Brigner arm is cut off. Armed with the new robotic Devil Breaker arm forged by Nico Goldstein, Nero sets out to prove to Dante that he is not just dead weight….

…Lou Strickland (voiced by Rob Schneider in the U.S. version of the film) is the new police chief and main antagonist of Top Cat: The Movie. Lou pursues Top Cat after TC steals his Lazlo-Lazlo concert tickets. Lou has ginger colored hair and a noticeably hairy mole on the point of his chin. He wears a red bow tie, green blazer, and brown pants pulled up very high on his waist….

…Try as he might to make a new name for himself, Robert Van Winkle, better known as Vanilla Ice, will always be remembered for such classics as “Ice Ice Baby” and “Ninja Rap.” While the rapper now dresses like a member of Limp Biscuit, it’s his hi-top haircut and harem pants of the ’80s that make his costume fun to imitate….

…David Bowie took fashion to a new level when he unveiled his alter-ego Ziggy Stardust. Part rock star, part alien-being, it takes more than just a colorful unitard and elaborate makeup to pull off this look. You need the confidence to go along with it. Of course, it also doesn’t hurt if you can sing….

…In the indie adventure game Sally Face, Sal Fisher is a boy with a prosthetic face and mysterious past. When Sal and his father move into a new apartment with odd neighbors and a crime scene, misfortune awaits them. Sal sometimes keeps his blue hair in pigtails, wears two piercings in each ear, and has ripped knees in his pants….

The Narrator (adult Peter Watson) is from the new short film by Wes Anderson: The Swan, and is played by Rupert Friend. Wes Anderson has released a series of four short films on Netflix that are based on the stories of Roald Dahl. The Swan follows a boy named Peter Watson who encounters two bullies who kidnap him and turn the gun on a swan. The Narrator is the adult version of Peter Watson who tells the audience the story as we watch young Peter…