History Main / BecomingTheCostume

* On the ''DarkwingDuck'' episode "Slaves to Fashion", Tuskernini, the villainous walrus filmmaker, creates a gas that causes people to take on the personality of whatever costumed character they dressed up as. HilarityEnsues.

** ''SSssmokin''' example!!

* The TV special ''Witch's Night Out'' (1978) has a witch turn two kids and their babysitter into the monsters they're costumed as. Later she turns other folks in town into the characters they'd like to be for just one night.

* The [[http://shifti.org/wiki/Xanadu_(setting) Xanadu storyverse]], is all about this. At a costume convention with ten thousand in attendance, costumes become real and those wearing them are changed. Mentally the transformation varies from person to person, from "Suddenly my costume is much more accurate" to "Where am I, what is this planet?" Stories tend to be either furry or WelcomeToTheRealWorld.

** The worst victim was arguably Mayor Joe Quimby, who dressed up as Mayor [=McCheese=] from the old [=McDonald's=] ads. He turned into a ''real hamburger'' and was ''eaten by dogs.''
** Actually he was only gnawed on by dogs. that said Disco Stu's costume was himself with an arrow going through his head, so he became DeaderThanDisco, [[{{IncrediblyLamePun}} which]] [[{{AndThatsTerrible}} is]] [[{{CaptainObvious}} worse]].

* This is a gameplay mechanic in CostumeQuest, a PlayStationNetwork and XboxLiveArcade title from [[{{Psychonauts}} Double]] [[BrutalLegend Fine]].

* The [[http://shifti.org/wiki/Xanadu_(setting) Xanadu storyverse]], not to be mistaken for any [[{{Film/Xanadu}} other]] {{Xanadu}}s, is all about this. At a costume convention with ten thousand in attendance, costumes become real and those wearing them are changed. Mentally the transformation varies from person to person, from "Suddenly my costume is much more accurate" to "Where am I, what is this planet?" Stories tend to be either furry or WelcomeToTheRealWorld.

** Actually he was knawed on by dogs, that said DiscoStue's cosume washimself with an arrow going through his head SoYeah.

** ctually he was knawed on by dogs, that said DiscoStue's cosume washimself with an arrow going through his ears SoYeah.

** ctually he was knawed on by dogs, that said DiscoStue's cosume washimself with an arrow going through his ears [SoYeah so yeah].

* The Deku, Goron, and Zora masks in ''[[TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' are much more than facial accessories...

Not to be confused with BecomingTheMask or EvilCostumeSwitch. Can overlap with TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody, which is [[OhCrap bad news]].

* This will play a big role in ''Costume Quest'', an upcoming PlayStationNetwork and XboxLiveArcade title from [[{{Psychonauts}} Double]] [[BrutalLegend Fine]].

It's {{Halloween}} and the kids are trick-or-treating and everything is normal, but something magical is afoot, and it makes it so that people become whatever costume they are wearing. So if you're dressed as a werewolf, you actually become a werewolf. You'll be surprised how often this happens.

Not to be confused with BecomingTheMask or EvilCostumeSwitch. Can overlap with TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody (which is bad news). May be the subject of a HalloweenEpisode.

* ''TheTwilightZone'' had "The Masks", where a dying millionaire forces his worthless heirs to wear masks caricaturing their worst personality traits - if they take them off before midnight, they get cut out of his will. At midnight, he dies, and they shed the masks... [[spoiler: to discover their faces have taken on the shapes of the masks permanently.]]

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* Robert Haynie's ''RanmaOneHalf'' tale ''Girl Days'' does this at one point. Ranma and the gang head to a costume party held at the Kuno's at the time when an inept wizard messes up a spell. HilarityEnsues.
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* On the ''DarkwingDuck'' episode "Slaves to Fashion", Tuskernini, the villainous walrus filmmaker, creates a gas that causes people to take on the character of the costumes they are wearing. HilarityEnsues.

*** Xander dressed up as James Bond. Oz put on a nametag that said ''God''!
*** The whole joke there was that Willow dressed up as Joan of Arc, explaining that [[CrowningMomentOfFunny she has a close personal relationship with God]].

* An episode of ''MartinMystery''.

* At least one character in ''[[ThereforeRepent Therefore, Repent]]!'' transforms thus.
* Happens at a [[AttackOfTheTownFestival revived pagan festival]] in ''{{Hellblazer}}'', to the detriment of everybody (new father in baby costume to infant: "You're taking all of mummy's attention and it's! not! fair!" *splat*; a dentist(?) with a rictus grin mask wants [[StepfordSmiler EVERYONE]] [[GlasgowGrin TO]] [[SlasherSmile SMILE!]]). John and his friend discover that [[ThePowerOfRock loud punk rock]] cancels the effect [[spoiler: a little too late: an ex-fighter pilot is "cured" just seconds after he releases a nuke, destroying the town and everyone in it (except John, of course).]]
* Robert Haynie's ''RanmaOneHalf'' tale ''Girl Days'' does this at one point. Ranma and the gang head to a costume party held at the Kuno's at the time when an inept wizard messes up a spell. HilarityEnsues.
* ''TheTwilightZone'' had "The Masks", where a dying millionaire forces his worthless heirs to wear masks caricaturing their worst personality traits - if they take them off before midnight, they get cut out of his will. At midnight, he dies, and they shed the masks... to discover their faces have taken on the shapes of the masks permanently.
* This will play a big role in ''Costume Quest'', an upcoming PlayStationNetwork and XboxLiveArcade title from [[{{Psychonauts}} Double]] [[BrutalLegend Fine]].
* This is a major plot point in the indie comic series Underburbs.
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Not to be confused with BecomingTheMask or EvilCostumeSwitch. May be the subject of a HalloweenEpisode.

* This will play a big role in ''Costume Quest'', an upcoming PlayStationNetwork and XboxLiveArcade title from [[Psychonauts Double]] [[BrutalLegend Fine]].