Carbon Costume

In the Apple Macintosh commercial, directed by Ridley Scott and aired during the 1984 Super Bowl, rows of people mindlessly march in step to Big Brother giving a speech on the telescreen. This monotony is broken up when a nameless runner (Anya Major) dressed in colorful gym clothes hurls a hammer through the screen, awakening the brainwashed masses from their routine.

In the Lord of the Rings, Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) is a wizard who leads the Fellowship of the Ring. He faces off against some of the biggest and baddest, including the Balrog, Sauron, and Saruman the White.

In Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) is a socialite who’s attacked one day by a seagull. Not long after, she notices a huge number of crows amassing at a nearby playground. The birds are acting strange, but you’d never guess what they do next.

In Over the Garden Wall, Greg (voiced by Collin Dean) is Wirt’s younger half-brother. Unlike his worrywart brother, Greg is carefree and loves adventure. For this costume, you’ll need to roll up your sleeves to hem the overalls and dye them olive green and to paint the teapot-hat silver.

In The Witcher 3, Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon (voiced by Jo Wyatt), or Ciri for short, is the princess of Cintra and the adopted daughter of Geralt. With ashen hair and a scar on her cheek, she is an exceptional fighter with mystical powers.

In South Park, Professor Chaos is the alter ego that Butters takes on after he’s exiled from the crew for being too uncool. As Professor Chaos, he spreads discord in the world by doing things like spraying aerosol cans to destroy the atmosphere, and no doubt wasting lots of aluminum foil.

In The Karate Kid, Daniel (Ralph Macchio) learns how to defend himself from bully, Johnny Lawrence, after he is taken under Mr. Miyagi’s wing. Daniel’s a slow learner however, and doesn’t understand that he can’t master moves like The Crane until he first masters skills like wax on and wax off.

Orko is a Trollan who’s accidentally transported by a cosmic storm to Eternia, where he saves a young He-Man. Despite having magical powers they are usually unpredictable and backfire on him. Though he keeps his face hidden, this doesn’t seem to hinder him from finding a girlfriend.

In Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter, Kumiko (Rinko Kikuchi) lives a lonely and depressing life until she discovers an old VHS of Fargo. Believing the movie to be real, she’s convinced that it depicts buried treasure. She embarks on journey that takes her from Tokyo to the middle of no where Minnesota. Good thing she prepared for the cold conditions with her homemade blanket poncho.

In Spirited Away, No-Face is a lonely spirit who follows Chihiro Ogino after he develops an interest in her sincerity. He soon becomes obsessed with her though and tries to win her affections with gold and stolen tokens for the bathhouse.