Carbon Costume

In Paddington 2, Phoenix Buchanan (Hugh Grant) is an egostical ex-actor on the West End who now resorts to dog food commercials to make ends meet. Using one of his many disguises and his acting chops, Phoenix steals a special pop-up book of London from an antique shop that Paddington Brown has been saving up as a 100th birthday present for his Aunt Lucy.

Frank Bartles & Ed Jaymes are the beloved mascots of Barltes & Jaymes, E&J Gallo’s brand of wine cooler popular in the 80s. Bartles and Jaymes are based on the founders of the company, and are portrayed as two older folksy gentlemen who sit on a porch and chit chat.

Pajama Sam is a point and click adventure and puzzle game released in 1996. It features a young boy (voiced by Pamela Adlon) with an active imagination who befriends many anthropomorphic inanimate objects on his adventures.

In the music video for the Porter Robinson single Shelter, Rin is a teenage girl who finds herself alone in the world. It’s revealed that a planetary object was on a collision course with planet Earth, and her scientist father labored for years to build a spacecraft for her to survive, forever plugged into the spacecraft’s simulation to experience life.

In Amphibia, Anne Boonchuy (voiced by Brenda Song) is a 13 year-old Thai-American girl who stumbles on a magical chest that takes her to Amphibia, a wild marshland island full of talking frog-people and giant versions of small animals. Anne has a disheveled look, with several leaves and a stick in her hair, a stain on her shirt, and a shoeless right foot.

In His Dark Materials, Lee Scoresby (Lin-Manuel Miranda) is a skilled aëronaut balloonist. He’s hired by the Gyptians to safely transport Lyra Belacqua to Svalbard. Lee’s dæmon is an arctic hare named Hester.

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) is on the deck of her flagship Raddus when the crew is expelled into deep space. Using the Force, Leia makes her way back to the ship and suppresses Poe Dameron. With the help of her brother Luke Skywalker, who distracts Kylo Ren, she makes her escape aboard the Millennium Falcon. For this costume, the star pieces are definitely the dazzling jewelry Leia wears, which stands out even more against her simple clothing.

In Danganronpa, Tsumugi Shirogane is a student of the Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles and the Ultimate Cosplayer. Tsumugi is quiet and dresses like a plain otaku, but has a wild imagination when it comes to anime and likes to recite quotes from her favorite ones. She also designs costumes, although she makes them for others and never for herself.

In The Office episode “The Carpet”, Michael Scott (Steve Carrell) reflects on being a friendly boss with his staff, and then reminisces about his old boss Ed Truck who was no-nonsense and no fun. The camera flashes to an old Dunder Mifflin staff newsletter photo where a young Michael Scott — mullet, fanny pack, and all — is shaking hands with Ed after receiving top sales honors.

In Danganronpa, Junko Enoshima is a popular student at Hope’s Peak Academy and the Ultimate Fashionista. Along with her school uniform, she likes to wear her strawberry blonde hair in long ponytails and has long red nails. Also, black and white bear hair clips she wears represent the two sides of Junko’s personality.