History Main / InstantCosplaySurprise

** In one example of the television series he turned them into the cast of TaleSpin. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtBTLQYnZbo Seriously]].

** In one example of the television series he turned them into the cast of TaleSpin. Seriously.

* This happens a few times in ''[[{{ptitlegynukzwikxmd}} Ranma ½]]'', both the anime and manga:

* On ''MahouSenseiNegima!'', the girls do this to Negi on several occasions. Most notably, at the Mahora Festival haunted house, they dress him as a [[WholesomeCrossdresser cute female kitsune]].

** [[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]]

* In ''[[{{Fanfic/Ptitle0028gzjm}} Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon gains a sentient PDA he names Skynet. One of its abilities is that it lets any authorized user change Kyon's clothing. Haruhi uses this to scan pictures from the Internet, and makes Kyon cosplay in Victorian suits, along with Yuki in her ElegantGothicLolita dress.

* [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090813.html This strip]] of ''[=~Ménage à 3~=]''. Although Zii and [=DiDi=] agreed to tries the costumes, note that [=DiDi=] only reacts after being dolled up.

** [[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.]]

[[caption-width-right:282:What happens when your Fairy Godmother is a CosplayOtakuGirl.]]

->"Holy crudscones! Why am I in women's clothing?!"
-->-- '''Sokka''', ''AvatarTheAbridgedSeries''

Less ludicrous if it is some magic-user using a spell to induce the sudden clothes change, but then [[AWizardDidIt it's just cheating]].

Being knocked out and waking up in a weird outfit usually also count. After all, dressing up someone unconscious isn't that easy either. Not to mention the UnfortunateImplications.

Compare InstantCostumeChange / {{Changing Clothes Is a Free Action}}.

** Which is only the first occurrence. Fukuyama is a real ''master'' of this, and keeps doing it to most off the female cast (though Kirie stays his favorite victim) again and again, going through about every {{fetish}} clothes imaginable.

* [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1346854.html A certain, legendarily strange Superman/Batman team-up comic]]] has {{Superman}} pulling this on {{Batman}} and himself at the same time in reverse -- out of their costumes and back to normal clothing... in the time it takes Lois Lane to look to one side. Away from them, ''towards them''. Surprisigly played with just a hint of realism -- the speed is more than Bruce Wayne can take, resulting in him feeling highly nauseous and throwing up mere seconds later.

* [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090813.html This strip]] of ''[=~Ménage à 3~=]''. Although Zii and [=DiDi=] agreed to tries the costume, note that [=DiDi=] only reacts after being dolled up.

** [[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/c042/10.html It's really very fetching.]]

[[LuckyStar http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kagami_as_Rin_Tohsaka.jpg]]
[[caption-width:720:Kagami ''(left)'' as [[FateStayNight Rin]]? [[{{Tsundere}} Totally saw that one coming]].]]

This is frequently the deed of a LovableSexManiac, but even when not the case, the clothes will commonly be some kind of {{fetish}} wear, like CatGirl, {{Meido}}, NightNurse, PantyFighter, PlayboyBunny, [[GoGoEnslavement Slave Girl]], etc. -- [[DraggedIntoDrag even if the subject is male!]] Often an excuse for the artists to put the characters into some unusual costumes that they usually wouldn't be caught dead wearing.

* This happens a few times in ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'', both the anime and manga:

** A {{Filler}} scene in the very early anime implied that Nabiki kept doing this to female Ranma when the latter's clothes were all in the laundry. Although the changes happened offscreen, Ranma kept running in and out of frame wearing a [[WholesomeCrossdresser kimono]], a [[FetishFuel dominatrix outfit]], and even a Las Vegas-style showgirl outfit, complete with tiara and feathers, all while screaming at Nabiki to stop it.
** Would being knocked out and waking up in a wedding dress/wedding kimono/wedding tux count? That happened to Akane and Ranma twice each (and in Ranma's case, the tux ''and'' the kimono.)

* TheJoker found the Batpoles and slid down one in an episode of ''{{Batman}}''. He was shocked, at the bottom, to find himself dressed as Batman.

* Litchi repeatedly inflicts this on Noel in Noel's joke ending to ''BlazBlue'''s story mode.

*** JustifyingEdit: In the animated version of the above story, the scene where Ranma and Ryōga are being changed into their new costumes is subjected to a fast-forward effect, showing that the cosplay surprise wasn't exactly "instant".

[[caption-width:720:Kagami as [[FateStayNight Rin]]? [[{{Tsundere}} Totally saw that one coming]].]]

In ''[[{{Fanfic/Ptitle0028gzjm}} Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'', Kyon gains a sentient PDA he names Skynet. One of its abilities is that it lets any authorized user change Kyon's clothing. Haruhi uses this to scan pictures from the Internet, and makes Kyon cosplay in Victorian suits, along with Yuki in her ElegantGothicLolita dress.

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090813.html This strip]] of ''[=~Ménage à 3~=]. Although Zii and [=DiDi=] agreed to tries the costume, note that [=DiDi=] only reacts after being dolled up.

* [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-572 This strip]] of ''[=~Ménage à 3~=]. Although Zii and [=DiDi=] agreed to tries the costume, note that [=DiDi=] only reacts after being dolled up.
** That's, uh, not a link to Ménage à 3

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'': The girls do this to Negi on several occasions. Most notably, at the Mahora Festival haunted house, they dress him as a [[WholesomeCrossdresser cute female kitsune]].

* Happens to Hayate in ''HayateTheCombatButler''. Usually he ends up dressed as a CatGirl, or something likewise highly embarrassing.

* In ''TheSlayers'', 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 ''AliceInWonderland'' (with [[EverythingIsBetterWithPenguins 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 ''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 DrSlump.

[[folder:Fanfiction]]
In [[{{Fanfic/Ptitle0028gzjm}} Kyon: Big Damn Hero]], Kyon gains a sentient PDA he names Skynet. One of its abilities is that it lets any authorized user change Kyon's clothing. Haruhi uses this to scan pictures from the Internet, and makes Kyon cosplay in Victorian suits, along with Yuki in her ElegantGothicLolita dress.

* Litchi repeatedly inflicts this on Noel in Noel's joke ending to ''{{BlazBlue}}'s'' story mode.

* In 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 DrSlump.

[[folder:Comic Books]]
* [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1346854.html A certain legendarily strange Superman/Batman team-up comic]]] has {{Superman}} pulling this on {{Batman}} and himself at the same time in reverse - out of their costumes and back to normal clothing... In the time it takes Lois Lane to look to one side. Away from them, ''towards them''. Surprisigly played with just a hint of realism - the speed is more than Bruce Wayne can take, resulting in him feeling highly nauseous and throwing up mere seconds later.

* In classic cartoons, this tends to happen as a "whirlwind" or as a "tear-away", and can even happen with one's own skin and fur.

** [[[[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/c042/10.html It's really very fetching.]]