History Main / GoofySuit

'''Joey:''' No, no I mean she's really Goofy; at Disney World.

* One sidequest ''VideoGame/TokyoXanadu'' has [[PlayerCharacter Kou]] advertising a summer festival and performing in a commercial while dressed as the town mascot Morimaru.

* ''Anime/AzumangaDaioh'': During one of the culture festivals, the girls make a cat costume to serve as the mascot. [[HugeSchoolgirl Sakaki]] wears it much of the time, although Tomo steals it at one point, and [[spoiler:Mr. Kimura gets into it somehow]]. It's normally pretty cute, but when [[TokenMiniMoe Chiyo-chan]] wears it...

* One late episode of ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' centers around a long-running kid's show which includes a talking bear. The actor wearing the bear suit takes the studio hostage when he learns that the show is about to be cancelled and that the station has lined up new jobs for everyone in the production crew except him.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series has two:
** One chain of substories in ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 6}}'' has Kiryu being forced to become the "mascot" of Onomichi, known as Ono Michio. He has to do a meet and greet, beat up a bunch of punks while in costume, go to a karaoke bar and even sing in his Ono Michio costume (sadly no cinematic for it). Ono Michio has become something of a RecurringExtra in subsequent ''Yakuza''-related games, from having sidequests in ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' and ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}'' as well as being a summon in the former once the sidequest is complete.
*** The popularity of Ono Michio has lead to knock offs being made in his image in ''Like A Dragon'' with it's own chain of substories dealing with knock offs and people selling said knock offs. They even have their own knock-off mascot costume.
** ''Like A Dragon'' introduces Kamulop, a family-friendly bunny mascot Kamurocho made to help promote tourism. One of the vendors Ichiban runs into (the one who sells items and summons in exchange for Tojo Clan crests) is disguised as Kamulop to protect themselves from the Omi Alliance, and in one of ''VideoGame/LostJudgment'''s romance sidequests Yagami befriends a nervous Kamulop performer and she even beats up some thugs while dressed as the bunny.

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* In ''Anime/{{K}}'', Shiro escapes from Kuroh in the first episode by hiding in one of these, and then walking around in it for a bit.
** In one of the audio dramas, Saruhiko visits Misaki at his job, which is wearing one of these at an amusement show for kids. He's the monster that the superhero fights. He isn't very enthusiastic about it.

* One late episode of ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' centers around a long-running kid's show which includes a talking bear. The actor wearing the bear suit takes the studio hostage when he learns that the show is about to be cancelled and that the station has lined up new jobs for everyone in the production crew except him.
* Used a couple times in Anime/CodeGeass. Kallen ends up donning one to be part of a haunted house, and later dresses in a giant otter mascot in order to get C.C. after she sneaks off to the SchoolFestival for the giant pizza.

* ''Manga/DogbyWalksAlone'' is what happens when badasses have to wear a Goofy Suit.
* The ''ComicBook/NationalLampoon'' ran a bizarre comic-book format PSA where two men are acting irresponsibly - drinking heavily and driving recklessly, littering, starting forest fires - they pick up an impressionable hitchhiker who joins in the fun, and they dress up in promotional costumes of Mr. Peanut, Speedy Alka-Seltzer, and the Pillsbury Doughboy and head off again, shouting rude things at children, tying up police emergency phones with pointless blather...

* In the early 1980s, a story arc in ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' has Charlie Brown getting hustled into being the Pelican mascot for Peppermint Patty's baseball team. She won't even let him take the costume off between games, because that would mess with his ability to "think pelican... be pelican!" Marcie begs him to take it off "if not for your sake, then for someone who likes you." ([[ShipperOnDeck Sally]]: "Kiss her, you blockhead!") Charlie Brown, of course, ends up wearing the costume until a wild ball beans him. (This arc was adapted into a segment of the SaturdayMorningCartoon ''The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show''.)

* The title characters on ''WesternAnimation/BebesKids'' beat up costumed characters in Funland. The original stand-up routine was about the kids going to Disneyland and attacking Mickey and Donald, but naturally that got changed for the movie.

* [[Creator/WillFerrell Chazz Michael Michaels]]'s occupation is this in an ice-skating show after the opening montage of ''Film/BladesOfGlory''.

* In the opening sequence of ''Film/TheSkateboardKid'', the gang of bully skateboarders distracts a cop by pulling the head off someone in a chicken suit advertising a wing store, and attaching his car to a towing line while he deals with the chicken-suited man. When he takes off in his car, the towing line smashes into the trunk.
* As part of his contract, Burt Reynolds' Stroker Ace in ''Film/StrokerAce'' has to wear a chicken suit with rubber slippers [[ViolationOfCommonSense while driving the Chicken Pit race car]].

* British writer Tim Lott wrote a short story about an actor who has to do this once. He finds that no-one takes him seriously, even when his wife is in urgent need of medical help.
* Comedian Dave O'Neil's biography is titled ''It's Hot Inside the Bear Suit'' after his time playing Humphrey B. Bear on the Australian kids show ''Here's Humphey''. The actors playing Humphrey are never credited.

* ''Literature/InfiniteDendrogram'': Shu Starling is always in a full-body suit to hide his identity, due to his virtual reality character being the exact same as his real-life self. His favourite suit seems to be a bear, but he also has a variety of others.
* One Creator/DaveBarry piece posits that the people inside the suits are actually executives undergoing punishment for their departments going over budget. Another that they're parents at Dineyland seen not happy enough.

* In the Israeli TV series ''Arab Labor'', newspaper reporter Amjad finally gets his big break in TV...as a children's TV host in a pink bunny suit. Later, due to a crisis, he winds up running out of the studio mid-filming...and winds up in the middle of a gay pride parade. His extremely conservative, traditionalist father sees his son on TV -- in a pink bunny suit at a gay pride parade -- and faints.
* Belker in ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' worked undercover wearing a chicken suit in two episodes. He even made an arrest wearing it.

* Happens in an episode of ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' when David gets sucked into a job at a local theme park [[BrandX known as "the Happiest Place in Illinois."]] He agrees to work in the park's art department, but ends up dressed as park mascot "Hans the Hare," being slowly, hilariously brainwashed into acting perky and enthusiastic at all times, about all things.
* An episode of ''Series/FullHouse'', as shown in the page quote.
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'': Carla's husband is a pro hockey player, but he gets cut from the Bruins. He calls her to let her know he got a job as a Penguin. She thinks he means with the Pittsburgh Penguins, but no - he's in a penguin suit for the Ice Capades.
* ''Series/LALaw'': Dan Castellaneta [[note]]who voices [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]][[/note]] plays [[CastingGag a man in a Homer Simpson suit]] who got fired because he removed the head while in public view-- he was sick.
* On ''Series/{{Succession}}'', Greg Hirsch initially works as a mascot at one of Waystar-Royco's theme parks, and he wears the requisite suit during his introductory scenes.

* Occasionally seen in ''Series/TheApprentice'' as a ploy to boost sales.

* ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' has featured many RealLife mishaps involving costumed mascots, theme park characters, etc. One $10,000-winning video featured a Chuck E. Cheese mascot becoming the victim of a kid's GroinAttack, whereupon he sinks to his knees and frantically signals to his assistant for a time out.
* On Series/BigBrother, a common punishment from some veto challenges is to have to wear a costume, often representative of an animal.

* ''Series/MarshalLaw'' had an episode where Sammo infiltrated a fast food restaurant's corporate headquarters dressed in a mascot suit (a giant chicken) in order to find evidence of their wrongdoing. Naturally this led to a big fight while he was in a chicken outfit.
* ''Series/BreakingBad'' has a pretty textbook case of this with Badger's dollar bill costume for a realty company. He claims to be quite proud of his sign-twirling skills, though Jesse (who also nearly got the job until he realized what it was) isn't as happy about it.
* ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'': On one week late in the Peter Marshall era, a square was occupied by two actors wearing [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble]] body suits. Their voices were provided by different actors with microphones offstage. Coincidentally, this was the first week after Creator/PaulLynde left the show.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': One sketch had host Creator/RayLiotta as an embittered, chain-smoking actor playing a ''Barney''-eseque character in a children's show who's perturbed with how one girl (Creator/RachelDratch) has suddenly hit puberty between seasons.

* Where was Yuna during the opening sequence of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2''? Outside the concert hall stuck in a [[MascotMook moogle]] costume, of all things.
* Kenny Crow from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', the mascot of the Crow's Nest fast food restaurant chain. He, or at least the person inside the costume, is infamous for his rather unsettling behavior like forcing Noctis to drink a bottle of Jetty's mineral water during the moogle festival or pretending to be a statue while waiting for people to take a photo of him so he can scream his catchphrase and spring into live, scaring his would-be fans. Noctis is understandably wary of him.

* ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' gives us Brett Ernst, who only ever calls himself "Slappy", after the character he plays (a stereotypical "geek" character with a giant rubber head). He's one of the psychopaths, having gone mad after the girl playing Slappy's love interest was killed by the zombies.
** In ''VideoGame/DeadRising4'', we have the Grim Gobbler, a deranged high school sports mascot in a turkey costume.
* For some reason, Goto from ''VideoGame/ManaKhemia2'' has been wearing these 24/7 for years. He's previously dressed as a penguin and a raccoon, and currently wears what looks like a white [[MixAndMatchCritters dog/cat/bear hybrid]] that he claims is [[spoiler:a ''pegasus'']]. Despite this, he manages to be TheCasanova.
* ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarOnline2'' has a huge variety of these based on its various mascot characters; the Rappy in particular having several color variations along with numerous seasonal variants. You can do whatever you like while wearing them, such as make yourself look utterly ridiculous in combat and story scenes.
* ''VideoGame/ResonanceOfFate'': The party is made to wear goofy costumes while on the ChristmasEpisode mission: Leanne wears a SexySantaDress, whereas Zephyr and Vashyron wear reindeer costumes.
* The Zeekeepers in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' are dressed like Pi'ilo Island's mythical guardian bird. Some of them are very enthusiastic about this and others are ... less so.

*** The popularity of Ono Michio has lead to knock offs being made in his image in ''Like A Dragon'' with it's own chain of substories dealing with knock offs and people selling said knock offs. They even have their own knock-off mascot costume

* [[SharkMan Shaz Aliart]] from VideoGame/{{Schwarzerblitz}} has a Penguin [[EmbarrassingAnimalSuit Mascot Alternate Costume]] that can be unlocked after clearing a Story Mode Episode.
* Described in ''VideoGame/TheSims2''; the starting level of the Athlete career is as the mascot for the Sim City Llamas. Naturally, your Sim wants to get promoted past wearing the Goofy Suit.
* Implied in ''VideoGame/{{Cataclysm}}: Dark Days Ahead''. Pizza parlors have a small chance of having a dinosaur suit in a locker. Almost makes you thankful [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the Cataclysm]] struck and relieved some unfortunate soul from their duties wearing it.
* The player can wear these in certain games in the ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' franchise:
** In "A Murder of Crows" from ''VideoGame/HitmanBloodMoney'', Clone Mark Purayah II and his two associates, former Olympic biathlete Raymond Kulinsky, and his wife Angelica Mason, all wear goofy crow suits you can wear.
** In ''VideoGame/Hitman2016'', there are several odd suits, some unlockable (like the "Corky the Clown" suit), some present in levels (like the "Plague Doctor" outfit in Sapienza), and some offer no explanation and are there purely to test the players' patience (The "Ninja" outfit turns all of Hokkaido into a hostile area).
** In "The Finish Line" in ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', there are flamingo mascots everywhere which you can wear, which can be used to impersonate a blackmailer and assassinate Sierra Knox. An easter egg also involving Agent 47 has him fly off into the sunset by flapping his arms.
** The Inventory System in ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' has a suit category called "Themed"; suits that don't fit any other category. In it, you will find the above-mentioned "Corky the Clown" suit, the "[[VideoGame/MiniNinjas Futo]]" Suit, the "Arkian Tuxedo", the "Buccaneer", "Santa 47", and many more.
* The first stage of ''VideoGame/NitroBall'' have a random mook in a chicken suit, who's a PinataEnemy at that; shooting him will yield a ''ton'' of pickups.
* Referenced in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', where [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Burgerpants]] says that Mettaton sometimes makes him try on silly outfits just for his own entertainment. In ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', he is actually seen dressed as the mascot for "Ice-E's P"e"zza" along with a few other employees (though this time Mettaton isn't responsible).
* ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'': Outside every stadium in Galar the player will find Ball Guy, a person wearing a body-covering suit with a Poké Ball for a head. He's presented as the mascot for the Gym Challenge but it's eventually revealed that he's not an official mascot, he's just some guy that really ''wants'' to be the league's mascot. As weird as that sounds he's very supportive of the player's quest to become Champion and occasionally gifts you a rare types of Poké Ball.
* The Octoling Octopus amiibo can be used with ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' to give the player in question the Fresh Fish outfit, which is basically this.
* One sidequest in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsToAzure'' is to go to the local amusement park and substitute for the park mascot because the usual guy who portrays Mishy is out sick.

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* In the second episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', the Moon is a tourist trap, so of course some poor chump has to stand around wearing a man-in-the-moon costume. Bender stabs the moon-man in the eye with a beer bottle, and the moon man says, "They've taken my dignity, but at least I have my self-respect." Then he bursts out sobbing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** "Itchy and Scratchy Land". This is one of the few stories where the Goofy suit guy gets revenge -- Homer is locked up because "I kicked a giant mouse in the butt!", and Bart torments another Itchy-suit by kicking him in the balls and shooting smoke bombs into the mouth. Later, when the robots start rampaging through the park, the guy in the mouse costume makes sure that the Simpsons are kicked off the last escape helicopter.
--->'''Goofy Suit Guy:''' When you get to Hell, tell 'em Itchy sent ya!
** In "Radio Bart", Bart has a birthday party at [[SuckECheeses Wall-E-Weasel's Pizza]], and the place’s mascot is …well a guy in a WeaselMascot costume, who gets pestered by kids while waiting tables.
** "Bart the Murderer" had one of these, where the kids visit a chocolate factory for a field trip. The mascot for this place was a giant beanie-wearing cocoa bean named Cocoa Beanie. They start off acting decent to the guy in the costume but by the end, the poor guy’s stuck lying on the floor being kicked by them.
** And in yet another episode, some poor schlub dressed as Doc Ock entertains at Nelson's birthday party, and Bart and Nelson beat him with his own tentacles.
** Inverted elsewhere on ''The Simpsons'' -- the baseball mascot the Capital City Goofball is revered by everyone in Springfield.
** During his stint as a Krusty the Klown impersonator, Homer beats up a guy dressed as the Hamburglar-esque "Krusty Burglar" during the opening of a new Krusty Burger restaurant, thinking him an actual burglar instead of a character putting on a show for kids. One of the kids thinks Homer killed him, but the guy manages to move around and woefully say "Uuuggh... check my medical alert bracelet."
** In the episode "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"", Chief Wiggum orders policeman Eddie to dress as a bear to be hit with clubs by Marge Simpson and other people who suffer of road rage, in order to get all of the rage out of their system.
--->'''Eddie:''' Chief? Could I at least protect my crotch?\\
'''Wiggum:''' Uh... Bears can't talk, Eddie.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' has had plenty, though a notable subversion is at [[SuckECheeses Piggy's Pizza Palace]], where the actor in the Piggy costume clearly seems to enjoy his job, even though he gets hurt while doing so (thanks to the Rugrats' shenanigans.) By the end he's bandaged and his arm in a sling while still in full costume, but still eager to say good-bye to the kids (and scare Chuckie in the process, of course.)
** One episode features a guy in a Reptar costume griping about his job as he stands outside a video store, roaring and passing out flyers. But since the babies love Reptar, they all give him hugs and he admits afterwards that he thinks he'll like his job.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': In one episode, Bobby is forced to wear a humiliating hot dog costume by Jimmy Wichard while working concessions at a NASCAR racetrack in Arlen. He is pelted with trash by the people in the stands while trying to grin and bear it.
* This happens to Candace from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' while working in the Har D Har Toy Company; after her brothers' Perry the Inaction Figure becomes famous she is forced to wear a platypus mascot costume (and later a brick costume), much to her complete embarrassment.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', the Titans are under mind control from villain of the week and each character is forced to wear some embarrassing costume. Beast Boy is in a pink bunny suit. Cue his confusion when he finally snaps out of it.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In "Frybo", Peedee Fryman has the job of playing the eponymous Frybo, the mascot of his father's fry shop. He hates it, but does it [[WellDoneSonGuy to win his father's approval.]] Steven uses Crystal Gem magic to bring the costume to life and let Peedee be free to play, but the costume [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters soon turns monstrous and starts force-feeding people fries]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
** [=SpongeBob=] has to wear one for the Krusty Krab, renamed the Kuddly Krab in "Bossy Boots". Being [=SpongeBob=], he's a rare example of a character who actually ''enjoys'' this. That is until Pearl forces him to stand outside in a smiley crab costume to attract customers. This time, he doesn't enjoy it one bit.
** [[ButtMonkey Squidward]] has also been forced to wear one on a few occasions. In one such instance, a mother tells her child that this is why it is important to go to college.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': A guy has to dress up as "Bobby the Bullet" the National Gun Association's official mascot in "Stannie get your Gun".
* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': Sam and Clover get Alex a job as a wearer of a suit for a ''[[BadJobWorseUniform terrible]]'' chicken restaurant called Captain Clucks, in the episode "Computer Creep Much?" On top of that her boss is a jerk, people laugh at her (including Mandy), the food tastes terrible, and she gets fired at the end.

** In "The Finish Line" in ''VideoGame/Hitman2'', there are flamingo mascots everywhere which you can wear, which can lead to assassinate Sierra Knox. An easter egg also involves Agent 47 flies off into the sunset by flapping his arms.
** The Inventory System in ''VideoGame/Hitman3'' has a category called "themed" that essentially lets you dress up in these kinds of suits, such as the "Futo" Suit, the "Corky the Clown" suit, the "Arkian Tuxedo", the "Buccaneer", and many more.

->'''Joey:''' Well, I would invite my mom, but she's Goofy.\\
'''Jesse:''' Joey, that's a horrible thing to say about your mother!\\
'''Joey:''' No, she's really Goofy; she works at Disneyland.

* ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'': To advertise for the SchoolFestival, Misaki wears a bear ''kigurumi'' and Mashiro wears a cat one (with [[GoingCommando nothing underneath]], as Sorata finds out).

** In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "mascot", Homestar plays the role of Crazy-Go-Nuts University's mascot, the "Jolly Dumple", by dressing as a ravioli in a tricorn hat.

** They eventually made a short, "On Break", about Strong Bad (as the Tragic Clown-Dog), Coach Z (as the Drive-Thru Whale), and Homestar (as the Jolly Dumple) hanging out in their costumes while on break.

** In "Radio Bart", Bart has a birthday party at [[SuckECheeses Wall-E-Weasel's Pizza]], where the kids start off acting decent to the guy in the Wall-E costume but by the end he's lying on the floor and they're stomping on him.

* The Octoling Octopus amiibo can be used with ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' to give the player in question the Fresh Fish outfit, which is basically this. And yet, if you ask the fanbase about the goofiness of its appearance, they'll usually tell you [[UncannyValley it's the furthest thing from]].

* Used a couple times in Anime/CodeGeass. Kallen ends up donning one to be part of a haunted house, and later dresses in a giant otter mascot in order to get C.C. after she sneaks off to the SchoolFestival for the giant pizza.

* [[SharkMan Shaz Aliart]] from VideoGame/{{Schwarzerblitz}} has a [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Penguin]] [[EmbarrassingAnimalSuit Mascot Alternate Costume]] that can be unlocked after clearing a Story Mode Episode.

[[caption-width-right:350:Might not look so, but [[https://twitter.com/paul_haine/status/716343382554054656 this chicken is packing some serious heat]].]]

* During the Endless Eight in ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', the SOS brigade get part time jobs as grocery store mascots, where they hand out balloons (outside, in the middle of the summer) while wearing frog mascot suits. It's portrayed as miserable and overwhelmingly hot- Mikuru nearly passes out afterward.

* ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'': Pacifica dons a Mr. Soopy costume to help promote a bakery; she isn't very good at the job. Trainee knight Leo, however, really takes to wearing the outfit, and brings it with him when he leaves.
* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'': Kumiko was tricked into wearing a Tubacara suit.

* ''Literature/InfiniteDendrogram'': Shu Starling is always in a full-body suit to hide his identity, due to his virtual reality character being the exact same as his real-life self. His favourite suit seems to be a bear, but he also has a variety of others.
* Used a couple times in Anime/CodeGeass. Kallen ends up donning one to be part of a haunted house, and later dresses in a giant otter mascot in order to get C.C. after she sneaks off to the SchoolFestival for the giant pizza.

* ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'': To advertise for the SchoolFestival, Misaki wears a bear ''kigurumi'' and Mashiro wears a cat one (with [[GoingCommando nothing underneath]], as Sorata finds out).