History Main / EmbarrassingAnimalSuit

* in the first ''Literature/BadNewsBallet'' ''The Terrible Tryouts'' book the gang, as the Rat King's mice, wear old flannel mice costumes with padded bellies and tight hooded headgear with ears. The costumes are the only ones remaining from a production ten years ago (unlike the rest of the costumes, which are all brand new) and don't fit them well at all. Fitting that the re-release was titled ''Drat, We're Rats!''

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* The Christmas special of ''Series/GhostsUK'' sees Mike forced to wear a reindeer onesie for the occasion, much to his displeasure. Robin (who, for context, is a caveman dressed in animal skins) comments that "He [[HulkSpeak look]] like dumb animal!"

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'': The Arnold Betrays Iggy episode. At the end of the episode, Arnold has to go out while wearing bunny pajamas in front of the whole town so that Arnold's "friend" can forgive him for witnessing him in bunny pajamas and telling the whole school about it. And this is after Arnold did his chores for a week. Sid and Stinky convince Iggy that Arnold did nothing wrong, but it's too late by then.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has a dramatic example: while fleeing from the Yellow Scarves, Anri is forced into a large pink bunny costume so she can escape unnoticed.

The character may need to take a FallenOnHardTimesJob and need to wear an animal costume to try to get customers to come into a store. A professional ice skater who's fallen on hard times might need to do Ice Capades, a kids' show, and dress like a dinosaur. A character might be getting married, or he's a FratBro joining a college fraternity, so his pals force him to wear the animal suit as a hazing.

Compare GoofySuit.

Having a character get a job that requires suchba costume is a common trope in {{Anime}}. If a character, or group of characters, is forced to take on an odd job, it will involve wearing one of these.

The character may need to take a Fallen-on-Hard-Times Job and need to wear an animal costume to try to get customers to come into a store. A professional ice skater who's fallen on hard times might need to do Ice Capades, a kids' show, and dress like a dinosaur. A character might be getting married, or he's a FratBro joining a college fraternity, so his pals force him to wear the animal suit as a hazing.

The character may be DownOnTheirLuck and need to take a job wearing a mn animal costume to try to get customers to come into a store. A professional ice skater who's fallen on hard times might need to do Ice Capades, a kids' show, and dress like a dinosaur. A character might be getting married, or he's a FratBro joining a college fraternity, so his pals force him to wear the animal suit as a hazing.

For some reason or another, this is a common trope in {{Anime}}. If a character, or group of characters, is forced to take on an odd job, it will involve wearing one of these.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'', during the attempt at a "heist for good" Professor Marmalade gives the Bad Guys the "makeover" they need to appear less menacing. Cue the gang dressed in ridiculously cute animals onesies, standing in StunnedSilence while [[NotSoAboveItAll a laughing Marmalade rides off]].

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* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', the loser of the club's games is often forced into one as punishment, or at the very least, a costume with animal accents. Among them are a swan-like ballerina outfit, and a cat-eared-and-tailed maid.
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* In ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the SOS Brigade end up in an assortment of frog costumes as per the odd job rule mentioned above, and spend the day nearly overheating while making fools of themselves. For their hard work, they're allowed to keep the costumes.

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has a dramatic example: while fleeing from the Yellow Scarves, Anri is forced into a large pink bunny costume so she can escape unnoticed.

* In one episode of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', the cast has to wear mascot-like stuffed critter costumes in order to infiltrate the tower of a mad toymaker-mage/demon/whatever (it's a complicated story). The only one who complains about his is Zelgadiss, who has to wear a bunny rabbit costume. Zelga-bunny!

* The Christmas special of ''Series/{{Ghosts}}'' sees Mike forced to wear a reindeer onesie for the occasion, much to his displeasure. Robin (who, for context, is a caveman dressed in animal skins) comments that "He [[HulkSpeak look]] like dumb animal!"

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* There's a flashback in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' where Yahiko, Konan, Nagato and Jiraiya are all dressed up as frogs, for no reason other than that Jiraiya is the Toad Sage.
* The cast of ''Manga/KOn'' are forced to do this to recruit more members to the Light Music Club. No-one is entirely sure ''what'' animals have to do with pop music, and the suits are weird enough that they put people off.
* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': After losing a duel (and a bet), Joey is forced to wear a rather cartoony dog costume. Afterwards, Yugi has to play a game to get Joey out of it.
* In ''Manga/{{Gravitation}}'' this is one of Shinji's traits.

* In ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', the SOS Brigade end up in an assortment of frog costumes as per the odd job rule mentioned above, and spend the day nearly overheating while making fools of themselves. For their hard work, they're allowed to keep the costumes.
* In one episode of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', the cast has to wear mascot-like stuffed critter costumes in order to infiltrate the tower of a mad toymaker-mage/demon/whatever (it's a complicated story). The only one who complains about his is Zelgadiss, who has to wear a bunny rabbit costume. Zelga-bunny!

* ''WebAnimation/EdEddNEddy20YearsLaterEP'': Eddy has been working odd jobs here and there. In "Home, Like Plank Did", he's shown wearing a rabbit costume that he hates.

* In ''Film/AllSuperheroesMustDie'' and the [[ComicBook/AllSuperheroesMustDie comic book prequel]]. Rickshaw forces his minions to wear animal costumes.

* In ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', the team is about to transform into the Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger, but the team realizes there's only five keys. Not wanting her to be left out, Emiri hands Ahim her "Abare Pink" key. It works, but to the others confusion, they discover that "Abare Pink" is just a homemade, pig-themed costume, which leaves poor Ahim embarrassed. It's only then that [[AscendedFanboy Gai]] remembers that Abare Pink was what [[SailorEarth Emiri created in her imagination]].

* Two examples in ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}''. The first one is Pete, who during Halloween, is forced into a pink bunny costume by Gary, leading him into getting bullied right away. The second one is Jimmy, who has to wear the school's mascot outfit in order to pull a series of pranks on the Jocks.
* In ''VideoGame/AuditionOnline'', one mode has the losing team wear penguin costumes during the results screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'': The Arnold Betrays Iggy episode. At the end of the episode, Arnold has to go out while wearing bunny pajamas in front of the whole town so that Arnold's "friend" can forgive him for witnessing him in bunny pajamas and telling the whole school about it. And this is after Arnold did his chores for a week. Sid and Stinky convince Iggy that Arnold did nothing wrong, but it's too late by then.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Part of the ritual for Zap Apple season is dressing up in a bunny suit while jumping around watering cans and singing the [=ABCs=]. [[TheBully Diamond Tiara]] mocks Apple Bloom for her bunny suit, but she ends up being forced to wear one as punishment for talking smack about Granny Smith.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "The Inconveniencing", Mabel shows a picture of a young Dipper in a lamb costume to Wendy, his crush. Later in the episode, Dipper ends up having to wear the costume and do the 'Lamby Lamby Dance' to save everyone.
* WesternAnimation/DangerMouse and Penfold are dressed in a camel costume as they make their initial confrontation with the alien Quark. When Penfold asks why they're dressed in a camel suit, DM explains it's because [[LazyArtist the animators couldn't draw horses.]]

* ''Manga/YuGiOh''. After losing a duel (and a bet), Joey is forced to wear a rather cartoony dog costume. Afterwards, Yugi has to play a game to get Joey out of it.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold!'': The most infamous version of this trope appears in the Arnold Betrays Iggy episode. [[spoiler: At the end of the episode, Arnold has to go out while wearing bunny pajamas in front of the ''whole town.'' Just so that Arnold's "friend" can forgive him for witnessing him in bunny pajamas and "telling" the whole school about it. And this is after Arnold did his chores for a fucking week! And Iggy gets to sit in a high chair because he's a douchebag. But then Sid and Stinky finally get it through Iggy's ''thick fucking skull'' that Arnold did nothing wrong. And now it's too late to stop this. And you'd think the grown-ups who were there couldn't laugh at a child wearing bunny pajamas. Kids laughing, sure. But if the grown-ups laughed, that would be ridiculous, right? Well, maybe in the real world. But in this world, the grown-ups also laugh for some reason even though ''they shouldn't! It's just a child in Pajamas! What the hell is wrong with this fucking town?!'' And now Arnold is understandably pissed at the fucking asshole who made Arnold a laughingstock.]] And my last words? [[PunctuatedForEmphasis:''Fuck. This. Town.'']]