Carbon Costume

In the Royal Tenenbaums, Dudley Heinsbergen is diagnosed by Raleigh St. Clair as suffering from a rare disorder combining symptoms of amnesia, dyslexia, and color-blindness, with a highly acute sense of hearing. Welcome to Dudley’s world.

In The Big Bang Theory, Raj Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar) works with Sheldon Cooper and maintains a bromance with Howard Wolowitz. His game suffers from his inability to talk to women sober, as well as his garish sweater vest and jacket combos.

Sue Sylvester is the conniving coach of the William McKinley cheerleading squad. She’s willing to win at any cost, and that includes bullying students and teachers on a daily basis. Sue’s closet has a tracksuit for every occasion.

King Vitaman might be royalty, but he’s not nearly as popular as the Count or Cap’n. No one’s had breakfast with the king in many years, yet he somehow manages to stay on the shelves.

Despite a highly successful career as an engineer and astronaut, Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) gets mocked constantly by his friends in The Big Bang Theory. He considers himself a ladies man, but that female attention comes mainly from his mother.

In Moonrise Kingdom, Suzy Bishop is a 12-year old girl who likes to look at everything through binoculars – it helps her “see things closer, even if they’re not far away.” While on the run together, Sam Shakusky gives her a pair of earrings made out of scarab beetles and fish hooks.

ERMAHGERD! ERM SER ERXCERTERD TER HERV A BERNCH ERF GERSBERMS BERKS FER MAH BERKBERG. SER SCERER. TRERNSLERT HER.

Alistair Hennessey is arch-nemesis to Steve Zissou in The Life Aquatic. True, Hennessey was once married to Zissou’s wife, but the animosity is more that he’s more handsome, rich, fashionable, and all-around successful than his counterpart.

Margot is the adopted child of the Tenenbaum family, which father Royal never forgets to point out during introductions. She has a checkered past that includes a secret marriage, wooden finger, and most shocking of all, a smoking habit.

Steve Zissou, played by Bill Murray in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, is an oceanographer who makes documentaries from aboard the Belafonte. He corresponds on Steve Zissou stationery and sports Steve Zissou special edition Adidas.