Cosplayer Bingo!

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I just had an awesome idea, sparked by a post on renegadekitsune's LJ: Cosplayer Bingo. Cards with short text descriptions of things to look for, both characters and general descriptions. You sit at your artist alley table or wherever with your friends, each one gets a card, and you mark them as you see them. The first player to complete a five-marker line wins. Or, if you're hardcore, the person who fills in the entire card first wins.

So: give me ideas!

Examples:

--Sesshoumaru
--Sanzo
--Male crossplaying as a female
--Female crossplaying as a male
--Cosplayer of ambiguous gender
--Female version of male character
--Prop over six feet in length
--Cosplayer unable to see out of costume
--Costume wider than the cosplayer's height
--A group of three or more cosplaying the same character
--Wings on a character that does not wear them in canon
--A non-cosplayer carrying a keyblade
--A witty twist on a common character (i.e. Sephiroth wandering around with a tiny Aeris doll stuck on his sword.)

Etc.

ETA: -- A Star Trek character at an anime convention.

Comments

[renegadekitsune.livejournal.com]

--A Cardboard Gundam

--A Star Wars character at an Anime convention (Lol. Vic did it once.)

[chomiji]

Oh, great idea! No time right now, but you;re welcome to look at the mass o' pix I took at Katsucon for inspiration until I can get back to this ... .

[the-z.livejournal.com]

Naruto headbands
hand-written signs "yaoi fairy, glomp me, I'm jailbait lol"
non-anime cosplay
J-rock persona cosplay

Off the top of my head...

[mscongeniality.livejournal.com]

Someone playing Leeloo from the Fifth Element who really shouldn't be.

A group of more than ten characters from a single series (Bleach, Naruto, etc.) standing in one place but not at an official meet-up.

Inappropriate use of duct or electrical tape.

Unnecessary addition of cat ears to any character not normally sporting cat ears.

[ninja-tech.livejournal.com]

Jack Sparrow at an anime convention
TenTen from Naruto
any old school anime characters (speed racer era??)
cat boy (instead of a cat girl)

[melster.livejournal.com]

Maybe catgirls should be the free space.

[ninja-tech.livejournal.com]

lol. Yes, because you know you're guaranteed to see one...

[naria-teal.livejournal.com]

- A character only recognizable by prop(s)
- At least two characters from a single series hanging out with someone from a completely different series
- Someone cosplaying AS a prop (like the death note that was done at Sakura Con 08)
- A convention Mom (okay, so not a cosplayer, but they're still cool)
- An infant cosplayer

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

- Two cross-gender cosplayers who kiss/hug/grope each other for a camera for the delight of yaoi fangirls.
- .... Double that if it's two cosplayers who *aren't* crossgender.

[marith.livejournal.com]

Small girl playing Edward Elric! I've seen those at a number of different cons and they fill me with glee. Should definitely be worth points.

[n-finitefangirl.livejournal.com]

Anyone that's dressed like either an NPC, or their character (aka avatar) from Gaia Online. Very popular around California and some of the major anime conventions.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

- non-character-based Gothic Lolita

- non-character-based wafuku or hanfu

- non-character-based bondage or fetish clothing

- costumes that make it impossible for the cosplayer to walk (mermaid tails, Basilisk from Pet Shop of Horrors, etc.

- Aang cosplayers who have actually shaved their heads (bonus point if female?)

[myrabidpetspoon.livejournal.com]

A Sexy no Jutsu costume >.o

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Sexy human version of non-human character (i.e., Pikachu Girl whose costume consists solely of a yellow bikini, fuzzy ears on a headband, and two perfect rouge polkadots on her face)

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's awesomely wrong.

[the-z.livejournal.com]

Ippongi Bang! was at our second visit to A-kon dressed just as this.

http://www.io.com/~ksethre/akon/open/bang_pika.jpg

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

And the scary thing is, that's actually considerably more modest than some of the Sexy-Pikachu cosplay pics I've seen; I swear there was a point in the late-90s or so when that must have been a big thing because I remember seeing TONS of 'em in cosplay galleries...

[kittikattie.livejournal.com]

- Furry costume that has nothing to do with anime
- kimono "cosplay"
- satin kimonos
- "dead" people in kimono--you know, where they've got it wrapped the wrong way
- Disney cosplay that's not from Kingdom Hearts
- blackface at con (I've seen this -_-)
- random goth/emo/raver

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Giant accessories, like Wolfwood's Cross Punisher.