History Main / RummageSaleReject

* [[TheCreeper Jack Ryder]] actually got his costume from a costume shop's rejected costume parts. And it shows. In ''Batman: The Animated Series'' he acquired the costume from various clothes in a Vintage Clothing boutique.

* In ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'', TheCreeper bought his costume (a speedo, boots, gloves, and a giant cape-like red boa) at a thrift store in Gotham.

* At the height of Music/{{NSYNC}}'s fame, they regularly showed up to award shows and other functions in [[http://www.fabsugar.com/NSYNC-Fashion-Retrospective-MTV-VMAs-31165408 clashing]] outfits. The Huffington Post even noted being disappointed that they wore [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/25/nsync-vmas-costumes-2013_n_3813528.html simple black]] suits when they briefly reunited on stage.

* [[DOGSBulletsAndCarnage Badou Nails]] is almost a living embodiment of this trope, in all of his outfits. See [[http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/badou/diary/top-12.jpg this cover]] from Ultra JUMP for evidence. Granted, he's half blind and most of his clothes might have been rummaged for, but still.... Most of ''DOGS''' characters are this way to some extent - some stylishly, and some.. less so.

*** And at the start of the next season, he has a stetson. However, River Song doesn't like him in hats and has an... ''unambiguous'' way of demonstrating this. The [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E12ClosingTime last two]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E13TheWeddingOfRiverSong episodes]] of Series Six and the trailer for Series Seven, plus WordOfGod courtesy of MattSmith, show that the Stetson is here to stay.

* DavidTennant himself spends half his time like this, on one occasion wearing a [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lai6h0oZ7b1qc7qvfo1_500.jpg lurid green-gold paisley silk shirt and bright red tartan trousers]], and on another, a neat white tux jacket, cumberbund, shirt, and bowtie with orange-brown trousers. Another occasion saw him wearing an incredibly bizzare pink and blue brocade tie. His look as the Tenth Doctor is one of his more ''ordinary'' looks, apart from a straight up tux or jeans and a normal-looking shirt. Oh, and there's [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8odwhklMc1rzhm7co1_500.jpg this]].

* Kirika Kure, of [[''Puella Magi Oriko Magica'']]. Mismatched stockings, mismatched armbands, two skirts, a necktie with a weird medallion pinned to it, Too Many Belts (one with a stuffed animal dangling from it), the list goes on. In her case, it's meant to convey that she's [[AxCrazy really not quite]] [[PsychoSupporter right in the head]] [[spoiler: [[ManicPixieDreamGirl as a consequence of her wish.]]]]

* Kirika Kure, of [[''Puella Magi Oriko Magica'']]. Mismatched stockings, mismatched armbands, two skirts, a necktie with a weird medallion pinned to it, Too Many Belts (one with a stuffed animal dangling from it), the list goes on. In her case, it's meant to convey that she's [[AxCrazy really not quite]] [[PsychoSupporter right in the head]] [[spoiler: [[ManiacPixieDreamGirl as a consequence of her wish.]]]]

* Many male ''{{Pokemon}}'' characters wear very strange clothing combinations, like pieces of clothing designed for wildly different climates/temperatures mixed together (Gold's heavy sweatshirt and shorts, Lucas' winter scarf and skintight T-shirt in his original design) or highly unfashionable or ridiculous items thrown in an otherwise somewhat sensible outfit (Ethan's knickerbockers that would have been appropriate for a boy his age around eighty years ago but worn without stockings or even socks, Lucas' infamous beret, the ''thing'' on Brendan's head). Female characters, on the other hand, tend more towards {{Stripperific}}, [[AgeInappropriateDress on girls]] [[AgeInappropriateDress ''far'']] [[AgeInappropriateDress too young to be wearing such things.]] Player characters aren't limited to this, however; Brycen wears what looks like half of a kimono, a mask, and slip-on shoes.

* TropeTan, the [[MoeAnthropomorphism anthropomorphic representation]] of TV Tropes, wears an orange midriff top, patchy brown pants, yellow shoes, [[TooManyBelts crazy belts]], and [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]]. She was ''[[InvokedTrope designed]]'' to be a Rummage Sale Reject.

* At the height of Music/{{NSYNC}}'s fame, they regularly showed up to award shows and other functions in [[http://www.fabsugar.com/NSYNC-Fashion-Retrospective-MTV-VMAs-31165408 clashing]] outfits. The Huffington Post even noted being disappointed that they wore [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/25/nsync-vmas-costumes-2013_n_3813528.html tasteful]] outfits when they briefly reunited on stage.

* {{Macklemore}}'s ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes Thrift Shop]]'' mentioned a lot of items that considered under this trope (Zebra jammies, big ass coats, and velour jumpsuits, to name a few), which gets subverted into MundaneMadeAwesome territory due to the message of the song.

* SuperJunior's 5th album concept ended up looking a lot like this. [[http://static.allkpop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/20110721_leeteuk.jpg Hilarity]] ensued. [[hottip:*: No, you're not hallucinating. He's really wearing three pairs of underwear under fishnets, two coats, and a tube top made of ropes.]]

** The Tenth Doctor wears a brown pinstripe or blue suit (it varies) with an open collar shirt, a tie and... Converse trainers(in three varying colors). Not to mention the [[BadassLongcoat duster]]. Believe it or not, the whole thing works.

** Later expansions have done better, with more unified looking sets... At the cost of sometimes plunging deep into RealIsBrown.

* Many of the more ignorant wizards and witches in ''HarryPotter'' tend to err towards this when trying to pass off as Muggles. This is partly due to the majority of wizarding society secluding themselves from the Muggle world (thus not really interacting with them much, if at all), and/or dressing primarily in long robes and other such similar items.

* ''{{Macklemore}}'s'' "Thrift Shop" mentioned a lot of items that considered under this trope (Zebra jammies, big ass coats, and velour jumpsuits, to name a few), which gets subverted into MundaneMadeAwesome territory due to the message of the song.

* The school uniforms in ''PrincessTutu'' are distinctive enough (and odd enough) that they don't fit under this...but what the characters like to wear outside of their uniforms are just normal enough to make you scratch your head. Ahiru wears big poofy yellow shorts and a midriff-baring sweater that is appropriately bird-like, while Fakir seems to be wearing one of the standard boy's dance outfits...except that he has inexplicably torn up the top and haphazardly sewn it back together.

* Also from the ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'', Sprite (as Shadowcat was originally known) briefly had a home-made costume. Intended to look like something a young teenager in TheEighties would think was cool: it was [[http://girl-wonder.org/dimestoredames/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/kitty-1.jpg a gold lamé monstrosity with legwarmers and rollerskates]].

* In ''ElfQuest: Rogue's Curse'', Rayek assembles a new outfit by raiding boxes of leftover wares. [[http://www.comicvine.com/winnowill/29-1888/all-images/108-212307/winnowill___rayek/105-1226508/ Some people rather liked the results.]]

* In ''ElfQuest: Rogue's Curse'', Rayek assembles a new outfit by raiding boxes of leftover wares. [[http://www.comicvine.com/winnowill/29-1888/all-images/108-212307/winnowill___rayek/105-1226508/ Some people rather liked the results.]]