History Main / CheapCostume

** During one part of the "Clone Saga," Peter once again found himself without a costume. He improvised with the tank-top, pants, and shoes he'd been wearing in prison, a leather jacket, the black mask and gloves left over from his cloth version of the symbiote costume (wearing his webshooters on the outside for some reason), and a leather jacket.

-->"[[BerserkButton IT IS NOT]][[CrowningMomentOfFunny ONE THE WRONG SIDE!]]"

** During a Team-Up with Wolverine Spidey once found himself abroard and in need of a costume. Luckly for him he was able to purchase a reasonable imitation of a Spiderman costume in a costumeshop in Berlin. Unfortunately it had "Die Spinne" written on the back, the name that the character was known by and that Spiderman comics were sold under in Germany back then.

* In {{Super}}, the Crimson Bolt's costume is clearly homemade and are pretty sloppy looking.

* Done in Kick-Ass, where some of the costumes are really cheesy. And yet the title characher makes a wetsuit look downright awesome.

*** Followed by a [[WhamEpisode Wham Moment]] when Spike and the other (real) vampires arrive to turn the kids. When they reveal themselves and clearly have no intentions of changing anyone but Ford, the teens are clearly and painfully terrified--and since they're locked in, ''they can't run away'' when the vampires start breaking necks and drinking blood.

-->"I'm not wearing hockey pads!"

** In ''The SpectacularSpiderMan'', the Chameleon was a pretty convincing Spidey, except for the fact that Pete had switched to the black costume at this point. Oh, and the Chameleon had some weak imitations of the webbing, really hammed it up with the voice, and had an "insect early warning sense".

* In the ''GalaxyAngel'' anime, all the fake Angels have perfect costumes, but, besides the fake Milfeulle, they are also all {{Gonk}}s and look completely different from their counterparts. (The GalaxyAngelGameVerse versions were almost exact copies, but a sharp eye could tell them apart anyway.)

* Subverted and combined with MistakenForAnImposter in {{Megamind}} where Bernard mistakes the title character for a fan in costume due to the fact he was at Metro Man's museum in his ''pajamas''.

* An episode of ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' involved Batman being hunted by a villain who desired his mask as a trophy. Upon finding himself in a death trap with no means of escape handy, Batman relents and throws off his mask, revealing... that he's wearing a black hankerchief tied over the top of his head with eye-slits cut into it.

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->'''Spider-Man:''' I think the lady said to leave her alone.
->'''Thug:''' Who the hell are you?
->'''Spider-Man:''' I'm Spider-Man. Read a paper.
->'''Thug:''' Where's your costume?
->'''Spider-Man:''' {{Your mom}}'s washing it for me.
->'''Thug #2:''' ''OHH DAYUM!''
-->-Spider-Man

** The Steel Spider began as a boy in a Spider-Man Halloween costume with (non-functional) aluminum arms coming off the back. He eventually developed his own, still Spider-Man–based identity.

** Well, his mask is a unique item made by [[PhysicalGod Dr Manhattan]] that defines his look, but everything else is his own.

->'''Spider-Man:''' Your mom's washing it for me.

** The Steel Spider began as a boy in a Spider-Man Halloween costume with (non-functional) aluminum arms coming off the back. He eventually developed his own, still Spider-Man–based identity.

A combination of RummageSaleReject and CostumeCopycat. Not to be confused with YourCostumeNeedsWork. See also ImprovisedClothes.

A combination of RummageSaleReject and CostumeCopycat. Not to be confused with YourCostumeNeedsWork.

* {{Spinnerette}}'s costume is composed of three storebought [[SpiderMan Venom]] costumes stitched together (well, one costume, plus the arms of two more, really).

** Actually, Rorschach's costume includes a very old-fashioned pinstripe suit, a white scarf, custom shoes, black gloves, a hat, and an overcoat. When he's in his more mundane identity-- for instance, when speaking with the newspaper vendor-- none of these appear.