History Main / InstantCosplaySurprise

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* This happens to Phase in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' at Halloween, just without the ''instant'' transformation. Phase is a teenaged boy who unfortunately looks like a really pretty girl. His team decides to go as the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' characters, since his teammate Tennyo looks so much like Ryoko to start with. At the last minute, he finds out his costume is... Tsunami. He's not a happy boy.
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* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'': Whenever Julie enters the dream world to discuss with Quizmalia, she ends up cosplaying another fictional character thanks to the fickle demigoddess. Such as Bulleta from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' (including a basket full of grenades) or ComicBook/WonderWoman.

[[caption-width-right:274:What happens when your Fairy Godmother is a CosplayOtakuGirl.]]

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': When [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060628 Lucrezia abruptly gains control of Agatha's body]], she's astonished to discover the dress that Tarvek provided for Agatha.
-->'''Lucrezia:''' ''Really'' now -- playing with ''dolls'', at ''your'' age.

* A variant in ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'''s "Ménage à Troi", when Deanna and Lwaxana are beamed ''out'' of their own clothing and ''into'' [[NakedPeopleAreFunny Ferengi female clothing]]. It's played as both comic and sinister at the same time.
-->'''Lwaxana:''' I should have known. Even their transporters can't be trusted.
* In ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E08TheElysianKingdom The Elysian Kingdom]]", Doctor M'Benga is summoned to the bridge to treat an injury. As he steps out of the turbolift, he suddenly finds himself wearing the robes of a king while the bridge is decorated like a throne room, and every bridge officer is similarly dressed in medieval clothing and behaves like a children's book character. Off-screen, the same thing happens to Hemmer, except he doesn't have the benefit of having read the book.

* In ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'', [[http://www.sgvy.com/archives/Edda4/Issue5/Page5.html Loki goes the magic route]] to put Chiaki into a skimpy red bikini before commenting a Valkyrie battle sport-broadcast style.

* The ''[[WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983 Dungeons & Dragons]]'' cartoon has an example in the intro itself: after being whisked into the other world by the ''D&D'' roller-coaster, the kids look in puzzlement at their clothes that have just been changed into adventurer gear.

* Averted (and maybe even subverted) by ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'', in that getting Mikuru into a costume usually involves an extended sequence of Haruhi wrestling her down and stripping her (more or less offscreen).

* In the ''Manga/LuckyStar'' OVA, Konata (already cosplaying as [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Nagato's]] wizard costume from the NonIndicativeFirstEpisode) changes Kagami into a {{Meido}}, {{Miko}}, [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2894425402_b267df7680_o.png Rin Tohsaka,]] and [[http://anime2.kokidokom.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lucky-star-ova-8.jpg Hatsune Miku.]] Can you resist the Grade S ZettaiRyouiki?!

* ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'''s tenth episode features Ayase tricking her friend Kanako into cosplaying from a popular MagicalGirl show. Despite the costume design being a treasure trove of MagicalGirl tropes, Kanako only notices that it's "bratty anime crap" when she catches sight of herself in a car side-mirror.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', at a point midway through the third season, immediately following a WhamEpisode where the party was scattered and unknown whether to be alive or dead. Lina wakes up wearing an ElegantGothicLolita costume. After several moments of gathering her thoughts and trying to figure out where she is, she finally notices, leading to an even split of mortification and all-consuming rage. The remainder of the episode plays out as an homage to ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' (with penguins!), and at the end, she discovers that her outfit is an amusement park costume, receiving her regular clothes back in a dry-clean bag. However, the last line of the episode is her saying, "There's just one thing I haven't figured out. '''Who took off my clothes?'''"

* In the ''Manga/LuckyStar'' OVA, Konata (already cosplaying as [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Nagato's]] wizard costume from the NonIndicativeFirstEpisode) changes Kagami into a {{Meido}}, {{Miko}}, [[http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2894425402_b267df7680_o.png Rin Tohsaka]], and [[http://anime2.kokidokom.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/lucky-star-ova-8.jpg Hatsune Miku]]. Can you resist the Grade S ZettaiRyouiki?!

* Poor Linda Knight in ''Webcomic/Collar6''. Unhappy captive one minute, ''seriously'' unhappy [[http://collar6.com/archive/collar6-789 rubber housecat the next]].

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Ellen immediately notices the PowerPerversionPotential of Nanase's [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-06-25 clothing exchange spell]].

* One of [[TheFairFolk Jareth's]] {{Signature Move}}s in ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'', for the great annoyance [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-116-Party-Hats-169674358 of everyone else]].

* The Genie from Disney's adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' sometimes does this to his friends. In [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the television series]], there is an episode titled "When Chaos Comes Calling" where he turns them into the cast of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin''. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/3/39/Gen.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120315185727 Seriously]].

* In ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', at a point midway through the third season, immediately following a WhamEpisode where the party was scattered and unknown whether to be alive or dead. Lina wakes up wearing an ElegantGothicLolita costume. After several moments of gathering her thoughts and trying to figure out where she is, she finally notices, leading to an even split of mortification and all-consuming rage. The remainder of the episode plays out as an homage to ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' (with [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]]!), and at the end, she discovers that her outfit is an amusement park costume, receiving her regular clothes back in a dry-clean bag. However, the last line of the episode is her saying, "There's just one thing I haven't figured out. '''Who took off my clothes?'''"

** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsMagicalMovieNight'': From "Movie Magic", the stagehand who mistakes the girls for the actresses playing the JustForFun/PowerPonies has no trouble putting all seven of them in costumes -- within three minutes according to the dialogue -- and then pushes them on set. This is made even more unlikely if you know anything about real-life movie superheroes costumes, which tend to be very elaborate affairs.

* It happens in a 2007 ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' {{machinima}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-RmSG2s1k "The Ballad of the Sex Maniac"]] (at 2:30), where a pervert dwarf put a human mage into girly clothing during his sleep. Based around a 1980s French song by Richard Gotainer, "La Ballade de l'obsédé" ("The Ballad of the Sex Maniac").

* Downplayed in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', where Harem uses her {{teleportation}} and multiple bodies to take off Halo's glasses, switch her shirt for another, put a wig on her and apply some make-up, which is shown in three quick panels, [[https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-787-going-outcognito/ though it's still too fast for Sydney to resist it.]]

** A similar "dressing themselves without realizing what they're wearing" variant occurs to female Ranma. When trying to help a [[IllGirl sickly young boy]] who won't take his medicine unless she takes him on a date, she accepts the clothes he hands to her just to play along. It's only after she's dressed that she realizes she's wearing a SailorFuku blouse and gym bloomers (no skirt). She [[MegatonPunch kicks him out the window]] and calls him a paedophile.

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* In ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E08TheElysianKingdom The Elysian Kingdom]]", Doctor M'Benga is summoned to the bridge to treat an injury. As he steps out of the turbolift, he suddenly finds himself wearing the robes of a king while the bridge is decorated like a throne room, and every bridge officer is similarly dressed in medieval clothing and behaves like a children's book character.

** The trope could be said to be half-used during the fight against Ryū Kumon, where Ranma performs the Umi-Senken to remove Ryū's (and Sōun's) clothes in a blink. This one doesn't even need PowerPerversionPotential to be misapplied.

Sometimes justified by the cosplay enthusiast using a [[MartialArtsAndCrafts weird martial art]] allowing him or her to undress and then dress the victim at high speed.

Some hapless character is swept off his/her feet by a {{cosplay}} enthusiast (or a whole bunch of them) and ends up wearing a new costume or disguise. Even if the outfit is extremely elaborate, the change looks [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction almost instantaneous]] to the audience, sometimes shortly hidden by a SmokeShield with the occasional FlungClothing.

* In ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'' when Howard stumbles into a parade's prep area he is mistaken for the actor playing Turbo Man. He's quickly whisked into the dressing area, bundled into a costume, and sent out on the float.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983'' cartoon has an example in the intro itself: after being whisked into the other world by the ''D&D'' roller-coaster, the kids look in puzzlement at their clothes that have just been changed into adventurer gear.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons'' cartoon has an example in the intro itself: after being whisked into the other world by the ''D&D'' roller-coaster, the kids look in puzzlement at their clothes that have just been changed into adventurer gear.

* In ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'', after Kokoa is turned into a little girl, the other girls take her shopping for clothes that fit. She is shocked to find herself cosplaying Arale from ''Manga/DoctorSlump''.

* In [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090813.html a strip]] of ''Webcomic/MenageA3'', although Zii and [=DiDi=] agreed to tries the various costumes, [=DiDi=] only reacts after being dolled up.

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* Ninja gear in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' is put on via TransformationTrinket. When Suzu asks Reo for a "cute" set to try on, she literally cannot tell until wearing it that [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Reo's idea of a "cute" outfit]] is much [[ChainmailBikini skimpier]] than Suzu is comfortable wearing.

* Happens a few times in ''Manga/AiKora''.

* In the ''Anime/MaiHime'' doujinsoft game ''Fuuka Taisen'', one of [[JokeCharacter Haruka's]] specials is a box where, if she grabs her opponent, will almost instantly change her (all the playable characters are female) into an anime character from another series. It doubles as a [[ActorAllusion Voice Actor Allusion]] because the character she changes them into are voiced by the same seiyuu (e.g., Mai, who is voiced by Creator/MaiNakahara, gets changed into Rena from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'').

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* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'':

** [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c042/9.html Konoka drags Setsuna into a costume shop]]. She winds up in [[WholesomeCrossdresser Samurai garb]] to complement Konoka's [[{{Ojou}} princess outfit]]. [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c042/10.html It's really very fetching.]] Random people passing by thought they were a couple, leading to a [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v05/c042/11.html rather "nice" photo shoot]].

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': This happens to Ichigo in one of the [[{{Anime}} New Year]] [[{{Filler}} specials]]. He's roped into helping [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Komamura]] and [[MamaBear Unohana]] make a film about a humanoid dog hero that saves lives, only to find himself forced to wear a badly designed dog costume. He's not amused.

* It happens in a ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz-RmSG2s1k animated music video]] (at 2:30), where a pervert dwarf put a mage into woman's clothing during his sleep. Based on a French song by Richard Gotainer, "La Ballade de l'obsédé".