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Jaeger Pilot from Pacific Rim
The Jaeger pilots of Pacific Rim (pictured here played by Charlie Hunan and Diego Klattenhoff) work together to pilot giant mech suits in the battle against invading extraterrestrial Kaiju. Each Jaeger requires two pilots that are Drift Compatible, allowing them to merge their thoughts and control the giant machines. The pilots in the movie are best known for the panel armor suits they wear while in the Jaegers, but when they’re not in their rigs, they have a more mobile look. A standard flight jump suit and white t-shirt under a bomber jacket bearing the right patches is all you need to blend in with these brave men and women in the battle against the Kaiju!
Peni Parker from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Peni Parker is a Japanese-American student who pilots a mech suit called SP//dr through a psychic link with a radioactive spider. For this costume, you’ll have to be a bit crafty, attached the pink ribbon along the v-neck of the sweater. Add a cat face and yellow cat ears to your backpack for extra credit points.
Quatre Raberba Winner
Sweet, gentle, musical and peaceful, Quatre Raberba Winner does not at first fit in with the rest of the pilots on the anime TV show Gundam Wing. Although he dislikes violence, he nevertheless pilots gundam Sandrock and displays incredible endurance from his childhood in the desert. The series enigmatically hints that he may be “the heart of outer space” due to his empathetic abilities. He wears a colorful ensemble of a light pink shirt and dark purple vest and distinctive bugeye goggles.
Trowa Barton
Trowa Barton pilots the gundam Heavyarms on the anime TV show Gundam Wing. Quiet, reserved, determined and unflappable, he is a man of few words and calls himself “no name”. He took his current ‘Trowa Barton’ codename from the man originally intended to fly Heavyarms. A skilled soldier and gifted acrobat, he lost all memory of his childhood – including his sister Catherine – during a rebellion when his parents were killed. He wears a simple turtleneck and jeans underneath a fantastically long unibang.
Chang Wufei
A descendant of Chinese warriors, Chang Wufei pilots gundam Shenlong in the anime TV series Gundam WIng. He is a fierce, conflicted, emotionally volatile pilot, often triggered into impassioned outbursts and refusing to fight against those he deems weak. Before he piloted Shenlong, he was married to a woman named Meiran as per his clan’s customs. When she died in an Alliance attack on their colony, he took up his fight for justice in her name. He wears high-waisted baggy white pants over a blue tank top and sports a short ponytail.
Duo Maxwell
The class clown and best pilot of his group, Duo Maxwell helms the gundam Deathsythe on the anime TV series Gundam Wing. An orphan raised by the Maxwell church, he is the most personable, lively and ‘human’ of the pilots. Calling himself “shinigami”, or ‘the god of death’, he is always willing to come to the aid of his friends and shies away from no fight. He wears his hair in a signature long braid and dresses in a vintage jodhpurs outfit that bears hints of his religious upbringing.
Takashi Shirogane
In Voltron: Legendary Defender, Takashi “Shiro” Shirogane is a skilled pilot who leads the five Paladins of Voltron as the Black Lion. A natural born leader sensitive to the struggles of his fellow Paladins, he suffers both physical and mental scars from his times as a gladiator.
D.Va
In Overwatch, D.Va (real name Hana Song) is a former professional gamer from South Korea. After the Omnic crisis, she was drafted into the military, to pilot MEKA mech suits in defense of her nation. She takes this on with a fearless and upbeat attitude and like most gamers, indulges in junk food in her downtime. Complete the full look with this D.Va makeup guide.
