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* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} [[Recap/AsterixAsterixTheLegionary the Legionary]]'', Asterix and Obelix join up with the Roman Army and spend about half the book rockin' the uniform.

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* In ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}} [[Recap/AsterixAsterixTheLegionary [[Recap/AsterixTheLegionary the Legionary]]'', Asterix and Obelix join up with the Roman Army and spend about half the book rockin' the uniform.uniform (although not when reporting for duty, leading to this line from a legionnaire):
-->If they catch you all dressed up, you'll get a dressing-down!
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* A season 6 episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' requires the entire cast to dress and act like it's TheSeventies for most of the episode, in order to not confuse a witness who thinks it's still 1978.

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* A season 6 episode of ''Series/{{Castle}}'' ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' requires the entire cast to dress and act like it's TheSeventies for most of the episode, in order to not confuse a witness who thinks it's still 1978.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. Since the entire premise of the show is based on time travel, this is a given. Most of the time, however, they don't even bother with this, and the Doctor themself [[ChangedMyJumper rarely changes their garb]], but some episodes have the Doctor's companion dress up, such as when Rose dressed in '50s style clothing in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp]]" and Donna dressed like a flapper in the '20s in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]". [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress On one occasion]], both Clara and the Doctor dressed to the nines, 1920s style, for a trip aboard a spaceship replica of the Orient Express.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. Since the entire premise of the show is based on time travel, this is a given. Most of the time, however, they don't even bother with this, and the Doctor themself [[ChangedMyJumper rarely changes their garb]], but some episodes have the Doctor's companion dress up, such as when Rose dressed in '50s style clothing in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]" and Donna dressed like a flapper in the '20s in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp]]" and Donna dressed like a flapper in the '20s in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]".Wasp]]". [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress On one occasion]], both Clara and the Doctor dressed to the nines, 1920s style, for a trip aboard a spaceship replica of the Orient Express.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' has an interesting variation with "Clothes Don't Make The Turtle". The episode sees the turtles doing an 80s fashion montage...only to realize partway through that they don't actually know what they're dressing up for. It's then revealed that the whole thing was a magical trap created by [[StageMagician Hypno-Potamus]].
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* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': The show lives on this trope. Practically every episode has the crew going to some different time period requiring a costume change.

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* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': The show lives on this trope. Practically every episode has the crew going to some different time period requiring a costume change. In one episode Hank complains about the Legends spending ''1.7 million dollars'' on historical costumes.
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It could be that they have to attend a MasqueradeBall without attracting attention to themselves, or that trace amounts of TimeTravel have suddenly and inexplicably thrown them back to the era in question. Maybe they have to [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries establish diplomatic relations with an alien race that is convinced they live in the 1920s]]. Whatever the reason, the main characters of the work dress up in recognizable, elaborate or [[AnachronismStew anachronistic]] costumes that they wouldn't otherwise wear.

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It could be that they have to attend a MasqueradeBall without attracting attention to themselves, or that trace amounts of TimeTravel have suddenly and inexplicably thrown them back to the era in question. Maybe they have to [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries establish diplomatic relations with an alien race that is convinced they live in the 1920s]]. Whatever the reason, the main characters of the work dress up in recognizable, elaborate elaborate, or [[AnachronismStew anachronistic]] costumes that they wouldn't otherwise wear.



It is most commonly (but not exclusively) seen in visual media like television and comics, because it can have the greatest effect without cluttering the narrative. In literature, this can easily turn into a wordy CostumePorn.

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It is most commonly (but not exclusively) seen in visual media like television and comics, comics because it can have the greatest effect without cluttering the narrative. In literature, this can easily turn into a wordy CostumePorn.



* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Nobby, Colon and Vetinari disguise themselves as performers while infiltrating their current enemy city. HilarityEnsues.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Nobby, Colon Colon, and Vetinari disguise themselves as performers while infiltrating their current enemy city. HilarityEnsues.



* ''Series/DoctorWho''. Since the entire premise of the show is based on time travel, this is a given. Most of the time, however, they don't even bother with this, and the Doctor himself [[ChangedMyJumper rarely changes his garb]], but some episodes has the Doctor's companion dress up, such as when Rose dressed in '50s style clothing and Donna dressed like a flapper in the '20s. On one occasion, both Clara and the Doctor dressed to the nines, 1920s style, for a trip aboard a spaceship replica of the Orient Express.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. Since the entire premise of the show is based on time travel, this is a given. Most of the time, however, they don't even bother with this, and the Doctor himself themself [[ChangedMyJumper rarely changes his their garb]], but some episodes has have the Doctor's companion dress up, such as when Rose dressed in '50s style clothing in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp]]" and Donna dressed like a flapper in the '20s. '20s in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]". [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress On one occasion, occasion]], both Clara and the Doctor dressed to the nines, 1920s style, for a trip aboard a spaceship replica of the Orient Express.



** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': As part of their undercover op on Freecloud, Picard, Rios and Elnor wear costumes that are ''very'' different from their normal attire in "Stardust City Rag."
* Happens all the time on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. In one episode, [[WildWest "Frontierland"]], Dean wears a cheesy cowboy costume, and is made fun of because it looks nothing like how the people actually dress. However in another TimeTravelEpisode to 1944, he lets someone from that time period dress him, and quite likes being a BadassInANiceSuit.

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** ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': As part of their undercover op on Freecloud, Picard, Rios Rios, and Elnor wear costumes that are ''very'' different from their normal attire in "Stardust City Rag."
* Happens all the time on ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. In one episode, [[WildWest "Frontierland"]], Dean wears a cheesy cowboy costume, costume and is made fun of because it looks nothing like how the people actually dress. However However, in another TimeTravelEpisode to 1944, he lets someone from that time period dress him, and quite likes being a BadassInANiceSuit.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': "West In Pieces," has the cast in an old west steampunk setting and dressing accordingly.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'': ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': "West In Pieces," has the cast in an old west steampunk setting and dressing accordingly.
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Note that while examples of this trope are predominantly historical costumes, time travel is not a requisite. It's any time the main characters dress in costume for the duration of an episode/scene/whatever, usually in order to blend in or detract suspicion.

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Note that while examples of this trope are predominantly historical costumes, time travel is not a requisite. It's any time the main characters dress in costume for the duration of an episode/scene/whatever, usually in order to blend in or detract deflect suspicion.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. Since the entire premise of the show is based on time travel, this is a given. Most of the time, however, they don't even bother with this, and the Doctor himself rarely changes his garb, but some episodes has the Doctor's companion dress up, such as when Rose dressed in '50s style clothing and Donna dressed like a flapper in the '20s. On one occasion, both Clara and the Doctor dressed to the nines, 1920s style, for a trip aboard a spaceship replica of the Orient Express.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho''. Since the entire premise of the show is based on time travel, this is a given. Most of the time, however, they don't even bother with this, and the Doctor himself [[ChangedMyJumper rarely changes his garb, garb]], but some episodes has the Doctor's companion dress up, such as when Rose dressed in '50s style clothing and Donna dressed like a flapper in the '20s. On one occasion, both Clara and the Doctor dressed to the nines, 1920s style, for a trip aboard a spaceship replica of the Orient Express.

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** In the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]]'' episode ''A Piece of the Action'', Kirk and Spock are sent to a planet whose citizens base their entire livelihood on the mob bosses of the 1920s (think UsefulNotes/AlCapone).
** In the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'', the Holodeck is often the setup for a DressUpEpisode.
** Time travel is also a common cause of this.

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In the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Original Series]]'' episode ''A "A Piece of the Action'', Action", Kirk and Spock are sent to a planet whose citizens base their entire livelihood on the mob bosses of the 1920s (think UsefulNotes/AlCapone).
** In the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'', the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': The Holodeck is often the setup for a DressUpEpisode.
the main characters to dress up in outfits that are appropriate for the setting of the program.
** Time travel is also a common cause ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': As part of this.their undercover op on Freecloud, Picard, Rios and Elnor wear costumes that are ''very'' different from their normal attire in "Stardust City Rag."
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* Chapter 112 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has Kaguya testing out multiple costumes in preparation for the cosplay cafe her class will be doing during the culture festival. She also uses it as a chance to get a rise out of Shirogane and force him to confess, but it fails because [[spoier:he had already decided to start being honest with his feelings for her in the previous chapter, which catches her completely off guard.]]

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* Chapter 112 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has Kaguya testing out multiple costumes in preparation for the cosplay cafe her class will be doing during the culture festival. She also uses it as a chance to get a rise out of Shirogane and force him to confess, but it fails because [[spoier:he [[spoiler:he had already decided to start being honest with his feelings for her in the previous chapter, which catches her completely off guard.]]
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* Chapter 112 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has Kaguya testing out multiple costumes in preparation for the cosplay cafe her class will be doing during the culture festival. She also uses it as a chance to get a rise out of Shirogane and force him to confess, but it fails because [[spoier:he had already decided to start being honest with his feelings for her in the previous chapter, which catches her completely off guard.]]
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* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', Nobby, Colon and Vetinari disguise themselves as performers while infiltrating their current enemy city. HilarityEnsues.

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* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'', ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'', Nobby, Colon and Vetinari disguise themselves as performers while infiltrating their current enemy city. HilarityEnsues.
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* ''Series/DeadGorgeous'': In "Reliving History", the school recreates life as it was 150 years ago, so the entire school is dressed in period garb.
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* ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' has the two-parter episode "Movie Madness", in which a mutant transports the Rangers to different movie genres, all with appropriate clothing (Trip and Wes as cowboys in a Western, Jen in a quipao in a Chinese martial arts film, etc.). When they're able to escape the movie dimension, even more dressing up occurs, complete with WholesomeCrossdressing and even an ActorAllusion to Vernon Wells' previous role in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior''.

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* ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'' has the two-parter episode "Movie Madness", in which a mutant transports the Rangers to different movie genres, all with appropriate clothing (Trip and Wes as cowboys in a Western, Jen in a quipao in a Chinese martial arts film, etc.). When they're able to escape the movie dimension, even more dressing up occurs, complete with WholesomeCrossdressing crossdressing and even an ActorAllusion to Vernon Wells' previous role in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior''.

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