Carbon Costume

Dave Madson is the creative mind behind the YouTube channel and series davemadson’s LT parodies, a parody cartoon account.  Dave’s animation style is simplistic and relies on flat colors, making for an easy costume assembly.  To look like Dave from the LT parody episodes, you’ll need a black wig, red hat, grey shirt, and blue pants.  Top the outfit off with white high tops and black sunglasses.  If you’re not interested in growing a pencil mustache of your own, a black eyebrow pencil will suffice to draw one on.

Old Coot (voiced by Ryan Miller) is the main character in The Old Coot Show, a YouTube show that follows Old Coot and his son on a series of brief wacky adventures.  To recreate this simple look, you’ll want to flesh-colored zentai suit to evoke the eyeless design of the character, as well as a grey beard to wear over that.  You can forgo the cross and rope accessories that come with the brown monk’s robe, leaving you with just the hooded cloak necessary for the costume.

Cal Chuchesta is the weird, bumbling, but extremely talented roommate of famous YouTube music critic Anthony Fantano. Cal is fierce behind the keyboards and unrivaled with his songwriting. Cal also has a keen sense of fashion, with his XXXL sweater, manly mustache, and steely squint.

Anthony Fantano is the Internet’s busiest music nerd. His time is filled playing bass and reviewing albums on his popular YouTube channel, The Needle Drop. Fantano is known for his uncanny resemblance to a melon, his vast collection of plaid flannel shirts — each color having a deep symbolic meaning, and for having the best teeth in the game. Fantano’s roommates with the eccentric Cal Chuchesta, who he hates.

Ross (real name Charles Ross) is the mastermind behind Vlog Creations, a YouTube channel known for its hilarious pranks. One of the recurring characters is a slack-jawed idiot who fills computers and cars with black beans or SpaghettiOs and then hire technicians to diagnose the problem.

In the eponymous video game created by YouTuber Dani, Milkman Karlson must make his way to the store to buy milk.  However, this is no ordinary milk run, with enemies appearing in his path to slow him down.  Milkman Karlson must use his weapons to dispatch of these enemies and he can earn money by not only killing his enemies, but by doing “epic” tricks and flips.  To dress as Milkman Karlson, you’ll need a black shirt, yellow pants, and blue overshirt.  For a little extra pizzazz, you can also opt for a pair of googly eye glasses and bright green socks to pull it all together.

Remember that song “Friday?” Its catchy yet obnoxious chorus about “looking forward to the weekend” was stuck in everyone’s head. From parodies to voice dubs, it became one of the most viral memes in existence. Ten years later, Rebecca Black returns with an fast paced, electro-pop remix featuring Dorian Electra, Big Freedia, and 30H!3. Its music video borrows elements from the original, but a grown up, glam-punk Rebecca is street racing as oppose to going to school. It surpassed 2 million views on Youtube and 650,000 streams on Spotify.

John Freeman is a character created as part of a fanfiction story written for the Half-Life video game franchise.  John is the brother of Gordon Freeman, the scientist players become when they play the game.  The poorly written fic was given new life when it was adapted into a five-minute YouTube video.  John’s character design is based on Citizen 07 from the original game, and he wears and fingerless gloves and a dark grey beanie paired with a grey vest and jeans.