Carbon Costume

On Saturday Night Live, Hans and Franz (Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon) are a pair of Austrian bodybuilders who flex their muscles for skinny “girlie men” and teach how to “pump you up”. Any resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger is strictly coincidental.

In One Hour Photo, Seymour “Sy” Parrish (Robin Williams) is a photo technician at SavMart. His has little to speak of outside of work, but works hard to do a good job. He fantasizes about the happiness and affection he sees in the photos, to the point that it starts creeping out his customers.

Slenderman is a thin, unusually tall man who wears a black suit and has a white featureless face. He appears at random when it’s dark to stalk and abduct the unsuspecting who are outside alone.

In Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, King Hippo is a boxer from Hippo Island. Both his girth and face resemble a hippopotamus. He has helpfully taped an X over his belly, which gives Mac a target to aim for when trying to hit King Hippo’s weak spot.

In The Matrix, Neo (Keanu Reeves) is a computer programmer by day and a hacker by night. After he encounters another hacker named Trinity, he soon goes down the rabbit hole, with Agent Smith in hot pursuit.

In Fargo, Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand) is the local police chief in sleepy Brainerd, Minnesota. Seven months pregnant, she finds herself investigating a murder case involving a car salesman who’s acting suspicious, you betcha.

In Metal Gear Solid, Big Boss is also known as Naked Snake, Punished Snake, Venom Snake, or Snake. He’s been a covert operative, decorated war hero, and rogue mercenary, making his allegiances as hard to keep track of as his codenames.

In Say Anything…, Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) is an average student pursuing Diane Court, a valedictorian way out of his league. When asked by Diane’s father what he wants to do after graduation, he reveals that he wants to be a professional kickboxer.

In Sucker Punch, Amber (Jamie Chung) is the pilot of the group in the fantasy world. Whether it’s a helicopter or a giant mecha suit, she knows how to use it to level all enemies in her path.

In Star Trek: Voyager, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) serves on the USS Voyager. Born Annika Hansen, she was assimilated by the Borg at age 6, but the Doctor is able to remove most of her cybernetic implants and restore her humanity.