History Main / GoofySuit

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': Sam and Clover get Alex a job as a wearer of a suit for a ''[[BadJobWorseOutfit 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'': Sam and Clover get Alex a job as a wearer of a suit for a ''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 Mindy), the food tastes terrible, and she gets fired at the end.

ZigZagged in RealLife; Cracked listed it as [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19308_6-silly-sounding-jobs-that-are-way-harder-than-you-think.html a job that's harder than it looks.]] These mascot costumes can weigh up to thirty pounds -- not including the giant bobblehead -- can reach temperatures of up to 113 degrees or higher, and seriously restrict the wearer's ability to see and hear (leading to accidents and injuries). As a result, unskilled labor such as clerks or janitors are rarely asked to wear them, and are instead usually assigned to people who are already fairly coordinated and in good health -- in a lot of cases they're actually ''[[BadassAdorable security guards]].'' Do ''not'' mess with them.

A subtrope of BadJobWorseUniform. Supertrope of LoserTeamMascot. Compare BurgerFool, SuckECheeses, PlayingATree. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Is not]] necessarily a suit made to look like WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}. Don't confuse with [[TackyTuxedo a literal suit that looks goofy]].

* One late episode of ''Manga/{{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.

* One late episode of ''Manga/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.

* 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." (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''.)

A subtrope of BadJobWorseUniform. Compare BurgerFool, SuckECheeses, PlayingATree. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Is not]] necessarily a suit made to look like WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}. Don't confuse with [[TackyTuxedo a literal suit that looks goofy]].

* ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' once suggested that a way to improve attendance at football games would be to add a new rule: each team would score extra points if the opposing team's mascot is tied up and held hostage by fans for a sufficiently long period.

* In ''Dave Barry's Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need'' (by Creator/DaveBarry, natch), it says that Walt Disney World enforcement puts people in the Goofy suit as punishment for breaking the rules -- like trying to leave Walt Disney World (which is strictly forbidden) or not having a sufficient mood of childlike wonderment. In the column "Iowa's Safe But You'll Be Sorry," Dave Barry notes that these costumes "would make ideal disguises for terrorists."

* In ''Series/BlueMountainState'', Sammy manages to get a job as the team's mascot early in the series, which actually ''improves'' his social standing, but only because he was already the ButtMonkey.

* In ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'', the school's bear mascot costume is notoriously hot, stuffy, and hard to see out of, which causes the mascot to keep walking into walls. At one point, the coach remarks that he's lost three bears this way, causing CJ to wonder how you can lose three bears in a week. In "Say Yes to Everything For Day Thing!", CJ becomes the new mascot and has to wear the bear suit.

%%* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', [[spoiler:Valerie]] and later [[spoiler:Danny]] have to wear one of these.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'':
** "What Makes Bobby Run?" Bobby becomes the Tom Landry Middle School mascot, then is told of a tradition where the opposing team's band beats up on the Landry mascot if they (Landry) are winning.
** In another episode, Bobby is forced to wear an equally 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.

* The trope picture is the opening of ''Film/USMarshals''; Sam Gerard is staking out the residence of a fugitive disguised as the mascot of a fast food joint. Which basically means dancing around a street corner in a chicken suit while holding a tray of chicken nuggets for passersby to sample. Turns into BadassAdorable when the raid begins, he drops the food, marches across the street, yanks a gun out from under his shirt, cocks it and proceeds to kick ass. Once things are over, the viewer gets the stupidly awesome sight of a chicken yanking off his own head to reveal ''Creator/TommyLeeJones.''

* 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 hood.

* 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 suit guy.

->'''Joey:''' Well, I would invite my mom but she's Goofy.\\

* In the cobbled-together backstory to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'', one of the spare Freddy costumes was borrowed by a shift security guard to lure children into a back room to [[SerialKiller murder them]], thus giving a motive for the animatronic mascots going berserk and attacking each new night watchman. It's implied the killer's costume (painted a telltale gold) is a rare enemy in both the sequel and ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''.

* Used a couple times in Anime/CodeGeass. Kallen ends up donning one to be part of a haunted house, and C.C. at one point dresses as a giant otter mascot in order to covertly deliver a message to Lelouch.

* On ''Series/ModernFamily'', Hayley finds her old boyfriend Dylan working at Disneyland, first as part of a [[UsefulNotes/BarbershopMusic barbershop quartet]], then as Little John from ''Disney/RobinHood''. He's fired by the end of the episode, for fighting with the boy Hayley is currently seeing while in costume.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', Peedee Fryman has the job of playing 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 soon turns into an EldritchAbomination and attacks the town.

** Teddy has a morbid fear of mascot costumers. It's the eyes. The cold, dead eyes. Staring at you as they make love to your wife.

** [=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 at all.

** [=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.

* In an inversion, Creator/JeffGoldblum says his very first onstage experience was playing the Goodwill Industries mascot Good Willy (a cartoon boy in a wheelchair) for a school assembly when he was in third grade. He had no idea why he was picked for the part, but he ''loved'' the experience of being in a full-body suit, unrecognizable to his fellow students -- including his little sister -- until the DramaticUnmask at the end.