History Main / GroupCostumeFail

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->'''Dennis:''' ''(dressed as [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]])'' Dude, what are you doing? Where's your Mario costume?!
->'''Mac:''' ''(dressed as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]])'' I went with a sexier look.
->'''Dennis:''' Without my Mario, what am I? I'm just like some weird Italian plumber, I look like an asshole!

* In ''WebVideo/MinecraftChampionship'', teams will often wear themed group skins for festive events. Wilbur Soot has shown up to two of these events in a row without changing his skin, causing Noxcrew admins to forcibly put a "Sweater of Shame" on him.

-->'''Homer:''' Moo? Lenny, you were supposed to "E"!
-->'''Carl:''' See what happens when you skip rehearsal?
* Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''. Royal Prep is having a costume contest, and James and his best friend Zandar decide to go as a two-person dragon so that they each only have to make half a costume. They don't wind up finding each other until after the judging has completed, but neither is too bothered by it and concede that they wouldn't have won anyway.

* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'': In the first HalloweenEpisode, Randy and Howard were going to wear a two-person cow costume, but Howard chose to dress as Viceroy (one of Randy's enemies) instead, because he has "style", leaving Randy just wearing cow udders.

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->'''Mac:''' ''(dressed as [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragon]])'' I went with a sexier look.

->'''Mac:''' I went with a sexier look.

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* In ''WebOriginal/MinecraftChampionship'', teams will often wear themed group skins for festive events. Wilbur Soot has shown up to two of these events in a row without changing his skin, causing Noxcrew admins to forcibly put a "Sweater of Shame" on him.

* ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'': Kotarou is not at all impressed that the Sun Rangers, whom he mistakes as part of a HeroShow, are all in red uniforms, and yells them off the stage in indignation at their laziness in wardrobe.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E7LoveBheits Love Bheits]]", the Venture family is returning from a Halloween party where three of them went as characters from ''Franchise/StarWars'', while Hank ruined it by going as ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''. Dr. Venture mentions two previous instances as well, where the family tried to go as characters from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and the members of Music/{{Kiss}} but Hank ruined them both by going as Batman.

* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'': During one of Disney Channel's Halloween {{Crossover}} events, the sitcom's main cast tried to do a group costume as a BLT sandwich, with Austin as bacon, Ally as a tomato, Trish as the bread, and Dez was ''supposed'' to be the lettuce... but for some reason he thought the "L" in BLT was for lemon. In a later HalloweenEpisode, they subvert this trope by doing a successful group costume as an {{Expy}} of the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Scooby-Doo gang]].

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-->'''Homer''': Moo? Lenny, you were supposed to "E"!
-->'''Carl''': See what happens when you skip rehearsal?

** In "The Justice League Recombination", the gang recruit Penny and her ex-boyfriend Zack to compete in the comic book store's New Years Eve group costume contest with them so they can go as the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica. Penny rebels first because she doesn't want to wear the brunette wig for ComicBook/WonderWoman and later because of feeling awkward around Zack and Leonard, but eventually does join, in the wig, helping them clinch victory (especially because the other groups dressed as the Justice League looked terrible in comparison).
** In "The Holographic Excitation", Sheldon and Amy struggle to agree on a couples costume. They end up compromising as Literature/RaggedyAnn and... Raggedy [[Franchise/StarWars C-3PO]]. Downplayed, since Amy is just glad the costumes are ''somewhat'' related so she can say she's officially in a couple.

** In the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS2E06Epidemiology Epidemiology]]", Troy and Abed go as Ripley in the power loader and the alien queen from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', respectively, after spending days creating their costumers. When Troy realizes that girls are turned off by the "nerdy" costume, he switches to a shirtless "sexy Dracula" instead, upsetting Abed.
** In the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage Paranormal Parentage]]", Jeff and Annie dress up as a boxer and Ring Girl, which Annie misinterprets as being Samara from ''Film/TheRing'' as opposed to a boxing ring girl, like Jeff intended.

** An early episode has Robin joke with her new boyfriend over email that they should dress up as Literature/HanselAndGretel for Halloween. He thought she was serious, resulting in him being embarrassed when he shows up to the bar in costume and sees Robin wearing regular clothes.

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000:'' Pearl Forrester attempts to [[InvokedTrope invoke this trope]] in the episode [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S09E12TheScreamingSkull "The Screaming Skull"]]. She, along with Observer and Bobo, dress up in penguin costumes, then call Mike and the 'bots to desperately ask why they don't also have penguin costumes on--gaslighting them into thinking they'd forgotten a prior agreement to dress up as penguins together for some reason. Mike and the 'bots fall for it, and scramble to put on the only animal costumes they have on hand (a dog, a sheep, and a deer). Pearl laughs at them all for being so gullible, then makes herself look even lamer than them when she boasts about how [[OverlyPrepreparedGag "easy"]] it was to set up this prank.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Downplayed. The Party decides to dress up as the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} for Halloween and all of them do get the costumes. The problem arises when it turns out both Mike and Lucas decided to put Peter Venkman's name tag on their jumpsuits, when it was assumed [[TokenMinority Lucas]] would use Winston Zeddmore's.

-->'''Unwinder:''' I was setting her up for a just-Kate costume, but apparently having a couples costume is more important than being on top of pop-culture.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "The Pig War", Arnold, his friends, and Grandpa Phil are all participating in a war reenactment as the American side. However, while the British team members are all wearing period appropriate attire, their side is sporting a wide assortment of inappropriate costumes (ex. Stinky wears a Confederate solder's uniform, Sid is dressed like Davy Crockett, and Harold looks like Rambo).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheVentureBrosS2E7LoveBheits Love Bheits]]", the Venture family is returning from a Halloween party where three of them went as characters from ''Franchise/StarWars'', while Hank ruined it by going as ''Franchise/{{Batman}}''. Dr. Venture mentions two previous instances as well, where the family tried to go as characters from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and the members of Music/{{Kiss}} but Hank ruined them both by going as Batman.

** In the episode "[[Recap/CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage Paranormal Parentage]]", Jeff and Annie dress up as a boxer and Ring Girl, which Annie misinterprets as being Samara from ''Film/TheRing'' as opposed to the a boxing ring girl, like Jeff intended.

->'''Dennis:''' Without my Mario what am I? I'm just like some weird Italian plumber, I look like an asshole!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E16Pygmoelian Pygmoelian]]," Homer, Lenny, and Carl show up to support Moe at a bartending contest, with the plan for each of them to have a letter painted on their chest to spell out "MOE." However, Lenny got confused and thought he was O instead of E, leading them to spell out "MOO" when they their shirts off.

->'''Dennis:''' ''(dressed as Luigi)'' Dude, what are you doing? Where's your Mario costume?!

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* ''Series/HowToRock'': In "How To Rock Halloween", Gravity 5 planned to go trick-or-treating as a complete hand, each being a separate finger. However, Kacey chose to dress up as an old-fashioned queen with the intention of going to a party. This not only led to the band being disappointed in her breaking theme; they also questioned her loyalty to the group, and whether or not she was trying to get back with the popular crowd.