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Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 16, 2006, 03:57:43 PM
Anime conventions always leave room for plenty of hilarity. :lol: And that's putting it lightly. Cosplaying is a huge source of laughs, for plenty of reasons, whether you see an outrageous costume that just cracks you up or if you're the one in costume and something funny happens to you. Here's your chance to share some funny stories about your experience!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Syxx on May 16, 2006, 03:59:38 PM
Sauske getting escorted in hand cuffs by the SJPD was pretty funny some ninja he got busted for stealing :)
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 16, 2006, 04:02:19 PM
that's great! I wish I could have seen that. I'm cosplaying as Kakashi this year, which should be funny since people are probably going to think I'm a guy...crossplay is fun!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 16, 2006, 04:34:01 PM
You guys will laugh, but I saw this nice looking Vash (Trigun) crossplayer chick....and so when I'm at the rave I ask this vash to dance thinking it's her...but it turns out to be a GUY!! :cry:  :cry:  :cry:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: hellangel on May 16, 2006, 04:36:16 PM
Quote from: "Syxx"Sauske getting escorted in hand cuffs by the SJPD was pretty funny some ninja he got busted for stealing :)

yeah, he tried it twice or three times, I don't remember -__-"
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 16, 2006, 04:44:06 PM
Haha. At the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, I saw a really good Cloud cosplayer, and commented on how cute he was. My friend stares at me and said "That's a girl."  :shock: I was so embarassed!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 16, 2006, 05:07:22 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"Haha. At the Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, I saw a really good Cloud cosplayer, and commented on how cute he was. My friend stares at me and said "That's a girl."  :shock: I was so embarassed!
*Giggles* That's funny. Yeah I covered it up with some lie about wanting to dance with a Vash or something to save face. It was pretty bad though. It's sad that I convinced him to dance with me...but I got totally turned down flat by that female Ranma cosplayer....ugh. That STILL upsets me, ESPECIALLY since my damned psychotic friend Kyros was dancing with her later. @.@
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 16, 2006, 05:21:02 PM
Crossplay stories are always funny. Even though I've always crossplayed, the fact that I'm not a guy has been obvious until now. You really won't be able to tell with the clothes I'm wearing and most of my face covered.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 16, 2006, 05:23:54 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"Crossplay stories are always funny. Even though I've always crossplayed, the fact that I'm not a guy has been obvious until now. You really won't be able to tell with the clothes I'm wearing and most of my face covered.
Well I hope I have half as much luck with my crossplay as you sound like you're gunna have ^^;;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 16, 2006, 05:27:38 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"
Quote from: "sheikfreak"Crossplay stories are always funny. Even though I've always crossplayed, the fact that I'm not a guy has been obvious until now. You really won't be able to tell with the clothes I'm wearing and most of my face covered.
Well I hope I have half as much luck with my crossplay as you sound like you're gunna have ^^;;
I'll be all right as long as I don't get attacked by fangirls.  :lol: That would be scary...Though the look on their faces would be priceless when they learn the truth!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Black Kawaii Kitty on May 16, 2006, 06:28:55 PM
This wasn't a personal experience but a friend of mine went to a convention on the East coast as Toboe from Wolf's Rain. Someone came up behind them and hugged them around them thinking it was a guy, but my friend is a girl XD Let's just say she was in quite a bit of pain after the ferocious hug >.<
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Syxx on May 16, 2006, 08:43:59 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"You guys will laugh, but I saw this nice looking Vash (Trigun) crossplayer chick....and so when I'm at the rave I ask this vash to dance thinking it's her...but it turns out to be a GUY!! :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

my lips are sealed but you have no idea how much i cant relate to that story :wink:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 16, 2006, 09:13:34 PM
*Giggles* Hehe. Well if you see someone with natural red hair...over 6' tall....doing the whole Gothic Loli thing then it's me.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Rette on May 16, 2006, 10:08:33 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"You guys will laugh, but I saw this nice looking Vash (Trigun) crossplayer chick....and so when I'm at the rave I ask this vash to dance thinking it's her...but it turns out to be a GUY!! :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Lol, Vash-s have all the fun!
I was one of the Vash crossplayers around, and several things happened...
- Someone caught me talking to my friend about Lord of the Rings and I was imitating Legolas and they took a picture...  :lol:
- Someone asked me to dance while I was wandering around the main floor in the middle of the day...
- Someone also asked me for a picture and when I said "Sure" he said "Whoa! That sounds like a girl's voice!"  :?
- Con Highlight: Free donuts!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 17, 2006, 09:50:36 PM
Well then maybeh it was YOU that I was trying to ask out to dance. Can I dance with you this year?^^;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Rette on May 17, 2006, 10:27:36 PM
There were one or two of us around, I think... I was the short one...
I was this Lady Vash:

(https://forums.fanime.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi15.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa357%2FR3tt3%2FFanime2005-Sun142.jpg&hash=27716c50bf22902c63481518c81ad125a4281b1b)
Coat's a bit messed up in the pic, but oh well...  :roll:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Shinsengumi on May 18, 2006, 01:47:49 AM
Quote from: "Syxx"Sauske getting escorted in hand cuffs by the SJPD was pretty funny some ninja he got busted for stealing :)

When I heard about that I started laughing :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: ~~Loktera~~ on May 18, 2006, 09:08:51 AM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"
I'll be all right as long as I don't get attacked by fangirls.  :lol: That would be scary...Though the look on their faces would be priceless when they learn the truth!

Small hint:: THE FANGIRLS WON'T CARE! Most people who are classified as fangirls are usually crazy enough to the point where they don't care about gender just good cos/crossplay.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Sora on May 18, 2006, 09:16:23 AM
Quote from: "~~Loktera~~"Small hint:: THE FANGIRLS WON'T CARE! Most people who are classified as fangirls are usually crazy enough to the point where they don't care about gender just good cos/crossplay.

Indeed, they most likely won't. *chuckles*

Although here's something I thought was kinda silly: the Kenshin who came with my group last year had pink hair! As in, pink hair that almost bright pink! After of which I told him that Kenshin's (from Rurouni Kenshin) hair is fire-red and not pink. *dies laughing*
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 12:59:38 PM
PIIIIIIIINK! *_* I wanna see a picture of the pink haired Kenshin :cry:

Well you weren't the one I was gunna ask for a dance last Fanime, but still nice enough to ask to dance this year =P
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Rette on May 18, 2006, 01:46:46 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"PIIIIIIIINK! *_* I wanna see a picture of the pink haired Kenshin :cry:

Well you weren't the one I was gunna ask for a dance last Fanime, but still nice enough to ask to dance this year =P

Hehe, I thought so...  :lol:
Might've been a problem anyway cause I can't dance!  :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 01:58:43 PM
Quote from: "Rette"
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"PIIIIIIIINK! *_* I wanna see a picture of the pink haired Kenshin :cry:

Well you weren't the one I was gunna ask for a dance last Fanime, but still nice enough to ask to dance this year =P

Hehe, I thought so...  :lol:
Might've been a problem anyway cause I can't dance!  :lol:
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Neither do I...but with the ball thing going on with the slow songs I think we could wing some slow dancing ^^;; We could even crossplay at the ball together XD
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 02:02:30 PM
I sure hope my costume is worthy of hugs...I haven't finished it yet...

How many of you have ever been hugged by a stranger at Fanime? It tends to happen a lot...

You guys are actually right about fangirls not caring about gender. I got hugged in my Kouga costume even though I was obviously female. I just thought it would be kinda funny to surprise someone who thought I was a guy in the Kakashi outfit...except my voice is the only thing that would really give me away and it's not even that high. :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 02:04:45 PM
so when exactly is this ball that you guys are talking about. It sounds fun, but I've never been to it before.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 02:11:12 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"I sure hope my costume is worthy of hugs...I haven't finished it yet...

How many of you have ever been hugged by a stranger at Fanime? It tends to happen a lot...

You guys are actually right about fangirls not caring about gender. I got hugged in my Kouga costume even though I was obviously female. I just thought it would be kinda funny to surprise someone who thought I was a guy in the Kakashi outfit...except my voice is the only thing that would really give me away and it's not even that high. :lol:
I would SO give you a hug ^_^

Well they're not quite sure about the date yet. It's under "Ideas and Suggestions". It's gunna happen...we're just voting on what times, because it might interfere with Music Fest or Der Cosplay or other stuff ^^;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 02:21:29 PM
Thanks  :P . I really hope I can go. Do you know where its held exactly?

Excuse my ignorance  :(
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 02:26:02 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"Thanks  :P . I really hope I can go. Do you know where its held exactly?
Excuse my ignorance  :(
Sure. For the price of a pic of you hugging me of course :wink:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 02:31:56 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"
Quote from: "sheikfreak"Thanks  :P . I really hope I can go. Do you know where its held exactly?
Excuse my ignorance  :(
Sure. For the price of a pic of you hugging me of course :wink:

Haha! The world could use more hugs. Dress up as Iruka and we might get a mob of photographers...maybe :shock:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: ILuvHeijiHattori on May 18, 2006, 02:39:22 PM
I saw Ed Elric in a mini skirt O_O
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 02:42:08 PM
Quote from: "ILuvHeijiHattori"I saw Ed Elric in a mini skirt O_O

Why am I never there for the good stuff? :cry:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: ILuvHeijiHattori on May 18, 2006, 02:47:18 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"
Quote from: "ILuvHeijiHattori"I saw Ed Elric in a mini skirt O_O

Why am I never there for the good stuff? :cry:
well, i can force Ed to wear a mini skirt xD
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 02:49:08 PM
Quote from: "ILuvHeijiHattori"
Quote from: "sheikfreak"
Quote from: "ILuvHeijiHattori"I saw Ed Elric in a mini skirt O_O

Why am I never there for the good stuff? :cry:
well, i can force Ed to wear a mini skirt xD

or at least Al's apron thing...
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 02:53:09 PM
what I love is the stuff that happens outside fanime while still in costume. The reactions you get from people is hilarious. I mean, here you are walking into your favorite restuarant, and there's a bunch of wierdos dressed up all sitting at a table and ordering food. Those wierdos would be my friends and me...I don't know why I'm so easily amused.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 03:01:32 PM
Well I'll be crossplaying as Gothic Lolita so if I'm around you should get even MORE looks ^^;;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: hellangel on May 18, 2006, 03:01:41 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"what I love is the stuff that happens outside fanime while still in costume. The reactions you get from people is hilarious. I mean, here you are walking into your favorite restuarant, and there's a bunch of wierdos dressed up all sitting at a table and ordering food. Those wierdos would be my friends and me...I don't know why I'm so easily amused.

i totally know what you mean. i love it when cosplayers take over a restaurant...just put tables next to each other and add on as more and more con-goers come in.
you can really tell who the non-con people are because their facial expressions are like "GOOD GOD THERE'S MORE OF THEM????"

it's hilarious  :D

Oh! And it's great fun crossing a street in a crowd of cosplayers. People are too busy staring at you to notice their light's green and that you're jaywalking ^^" (always happens before masquerade/musicfest)
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 03:06:57 PM
Then there was that time I was walking through Hillsdale with half my Hatori costume on... I felt like such a dork, but at the same time, I didn't really care. Let 'em stare!  :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 03:51:14 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"Then there was that time I was walking through Hillsdale with half my Hatori costume on... I felt like such a dork, but at the same time, I didn't really care. Let 'em stare!  :lol:
Yeah that's the spirit! Let those poor naive fools stare...it's only a matter of time before most of them join our collective. Anime and manga have grown more and more pervasive in our culture. Manga isn't just sold in comic shops...or in a small section....it takes up 3+ book cases in major bookstores around the country  :twisted: Not to mention it's gotten CHEAPER to! $10 for a graphic novel retail!!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 03:59:47 PM
soon they will all be ours!!  :twisted:

Okay, I've used up too much evilness for today. Now where's my halo?
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 04:09:13 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"soon they will all be ours!!  :twisted:

Okay, I've used up too much evilness for today. Now where's my halo?
Pfffft. That's nothing. I used to be quite the terror online. Ahhhhh back in my glory days I used to be so evil. Like having flying monkeys rape my online son-in-law while his sister-in-law was laughing and giggling at it. Those were the days...
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 04:25:14 PM
:shock: ...I don't know if I have a reponse to that.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 04:43:36 PM
though I could say I have a limited amount of evilness, mostly due to lack of sleep last night (Stupid finals!)
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Green_Tea on May 18, 2006, 05:21:53 PM
Let's see...funny things that happend during cosplay?

1. I glomped someone with marker on their chest and when I got down I had the writing mirrored on my white shirt.  :x

2. um..walking to my car dressed as a school girl someone mistook me for a whore and tried to get me to go in their car.  :oops:

3. Singing in a restaurant with 3 other cosplayers and totally scaring the old people...and then getting the staff to join in. Lol
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 05:41:15 PM
OMG! That's sooo funny! Remind me to hang out with you during part of the con Tea-san o.o;;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 06:11:24 PM
yay for cosplaying in restaurants! At Cherry Blossom, one of my friends was dressed up as Sailor Moon and we ate lunch at Benihana. Then, I went to the restroom with her, and there was this little kid that got all excited when she saw her. When they left, her mom was like, "Now you can say you went to the bathroom with Sailor Moon!"  :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 06:13:40 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"yay for cosplaying in restaurants! At Cherry Blossom, one of my friends was dressed up as Sailor Moon and we ate lunch at Benihana. Then, I went to the restroom with her, and there was this little kid that got all excited when she saw her. When they left, her mom was like, "Now you can say you went to the bathroom with Sailor Moon!"  :lol:
*Giggles and smiles* Awwww.....that's so cuuuuute!!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Sora on May 18, 2006, 06:19:35 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"PIIIIIIIINK! *_* I wanna see a picture of the pink haired Kenshin :cry:

Well you weren't the one I was gunna ask for a dance last Fanime, but still nice enough to ask to dance this year =P

I have a photo album I can bring along that has a photo of him. Want me to, Ayanami?
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 06:23:17 PM
Yeah!! That totally sounds awesome! It's just that pink is my fav color ^^;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Sora on May 18, 2006, 06:24:20 PM
:D Okay, I'll bring the photo album!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 06:29:01 PM
Quote from: "Edward Elric":D Okay, I'll bring the photo album!
Yaaaaaaay! W00t! I got all my pics of people in costume from last year online....you just need a yahoo account to view them ^^;;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 06:30:02 PM
yay for avatars. 'bout time I got one :roll:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 06:48:27 PM
Yeah I need to go through the trouble of getting myself a little avatar thing of Ayanami Rei ^^;;;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 18, 2006, 06:54:41 PM
i wish the picture files were allowed to be a bigger size
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 18, 2006, 09:23:46 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"i wish the picture files were allowed to be a bigger size
*Shruggles* Just go post the links around instead. It's not so bad ^^; Unless you're talking about a place to host them....
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Rette on May 19, 2006, 02:00:57 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"
Neither do I...but with the ball thing going on with the slow songs I think we could wing some slow dancing ^^;; We could even crossplay at the ball together XD

That might actually work.... the ONE dance I know how to do is the waltz  :lol:
Crossplay is always fun... and then I wouldn't have to haul out my formal junk.... suit a la Sephiroth  :twisted:  :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 19, 2006, 04:01:00 PM
Those stupid ninja shoes are giving me trouble. I can't get the ankle part right. It's funny how so many people complain about them, but they're right! I might have to redo them...

It's almost as bad as the Kouga bandaging last year. I didn't really want to go barefoot with only the cloth wrapped around my feet so I wrapped the cloth over the sandals I was wearing. The stupid cloth started falling off though. The worst time was when we were crossing the street to go get some food, and the cloth go completely untangled, so I was standing in the middle of the street with all the people in the cars watching me unwrap my foot and get across the crosswalk before the light changed. It was kinda funny.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 19, 2006, 04:01:56 PM
I hope the bandaging for my Kakashi costume won't be so troublesome. I'm thinking of using gauze this time.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 19, 2006, 04:18:36 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"I hope the bandaging for my Kakashi costume won't be so troublesome. I'm thinking of using gauze this time.
*Shruggles softly* I really don't know. Well I DO hope that your costumes work out well Sheik-san ^^
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 19, 2006, 09:07:09 PM
thanks =^-^=

just wait until I get home, Sewing Machine!  :evil: I won't stop until that stupid jounin vest is DONE!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 19, 2006, 09:26:35 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"thanks =^-^=
just wait until I get home, Sewing Machine!  :evil: I won't stop until that stupid jounin vest is DONE!
Hehe. Well maybeh we can pose for pictures sometime or something. That'd be funny.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Kazuko on May 19, 2006, 09:28:22 PM
x: i accidently complimented a boy cause i thought his outfit was a girl~
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 19, 2006, 10:07:56 PM
Quote from: "Kazuko"x: i accidently complimented a boy cause i thought his outfit was a girl~
Hehehe. Well they may have taken it as a compliment ^^
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 19, 2006, 10:23:29 PM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"
Quote from: "sheikfreak"thanks =^-^=
just wait until I get home, Sewing Machine!  :evil: I won't stop until that stupid jounin vest is DONE!
Hehe. Well maybeh we can pose for pictures sometime or something. That'd be funny.

sure. i'll be the only kakashi wearing bells (if no one steals my idea, that is).  :P
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 19, 2006, 10:26:21 PM
Quote from: "sheikfreak"
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"
Quote from: "sheikfreak"thanks =^-^=
just wait until I get home, Sewing Machine!  :evil: I won't stop until that stupid jounin vest is DONE!
Hehe. Well maybeh we can pose for pictures sometime or something. That'd be funny.

sure. i'll be the only kakashi wearing bells (if no one steals my idea, that is).  :P
Yay ^_^ Sounds like lots of fun ^^
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 22, 2006, 11:51:29 AM
Yay! I finally finished my wig! It looks kinda funky, but it's the best I can do...Next Halloween I'll buy I better one. This time since the costumes are out of season, it was a lot harder to find a decetnt wig. I ended up buy a rocker mullet, chopping it up, and spraypainting it silver (it was dirty blonde to start with). I just hope it lasts through the con. :P
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Sage_Yuffie on May 22, 2006, 04:39:36 PM
I have 3 stories to tell

Fanime 2005
on the way home, i filled up the tank,
a moogle hat school girl filled up her tank.
the other people sorta just stared


Fanime 2004, my dad picked me, my brother, and my boyfriend (who is now an ex) up.

We were all stubborn and didn't eat any food at fanime, we bought WEAPONS instead. (needless to say, dad was not pleased with my brother or i)

So my dad took us to the mcdonalds in gilroy on the way back from Fanime


the 3 of us were still in COSPLAY and we were VISUAL KEI cosplay too!!!!!

this one african american lady says "lord have mercy!" when she saw the 3 of us enter.
and the mcdonalds people just stared at us.


We thought that was really funny, "GOTHS GO TO MC DONALDS!"



Fanime 2003, after the con, my dad stopped in D and J Hobbies and my mom and i went to the pet store next door and then to this drug store next to the pet store.

THe guy at the register said "hey, its Rinoa!" and i was really happy he reconized the outfit, since the duster wasn't even a "Rinoa Colored" one. it was dark blue with some black contrasts.
Hey, it was my first no budget cosplay that come out of the closet. XD
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Cerise on May 22, 2006, 06:19:01 PM
It's not exactly cosplay, but does anyone remember the WWII veterans reunion at the SJCC during famine 2004? My friend bought a japanese head band, and me who can only read a little kanji, saw the word 'wind'.
Me:  "Hm... wind... kaze... what would include kaz-Uh, *friends name* you might want to take that off!"
Friend: "Why?"
Me: "Because it says Kami Kaze!"
Friend: "OMG! :shock: " *takes off headband*

Yeah, fortunately we reconized it before it was too late.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 25, 2006, 11:42:38 AM
I'm debating whether or not to wear my costume on the train. It'd be really funny, but I'd probably scare people.  :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 25, 2006, 12:00:03 PM
by the way, does anyone know where to by cheap gauze? That's the only thing I still have to go out and get. Thanx!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Suspicious on May 25, 2006, 12:22:01 PM
I dressed up as Hanatarou from Bleach for Yaoi-con.  My friend was dressed up as a giant Kon.  I was chasing after her to give her a present I bought, but I tripped on my pant leg and fell on the pavement which is a stereotypical Hanatarou moment XD  I almost wished somebody took a picture if it didn't hurt so much :X  I gave up and limped back into the con center.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 30, 2006, 08:46:16 PM
well, I never got around to getting the bells, but the con was still a lot of fun. I got mistaken for a guy a couple times, which was funny, but expected. Those fangirls were hilarious. They tackled me from behind!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Rette on May 30, 2006, 08:49:43 PM
I had a group of fangirls follow me around Artist Alley singing One-Winged Angel (Sephiroth's theme song). It was pretty funny.... one of my friends joined in....
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Itamiko on May 30, 2006, 10:34:38 PM
At the Naruto Gathering there was ninja twister. I went up against someone dressed as Rock Lee and lost, but my final pose was me going underneath myself with my hand behind me and my legs in front. I think my ass was sticking high up in the air and the flap of my dress fell forward revealing my shiny green spandex underneath XD How embarassing
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 31, 2006, 11:33:58 AM
Quote from: "Itamiko"At the Naruto Gathering there was ninja twister. I went up against someone dressed as Rock Lee and lost, but my final pose was me going underneath myself with my hand behind me and my legs in front. I think my ass was sticking high up in the air and the flap of my dress fell forward revealing my shiny green spandex underneath XD How embarassing

The Naruto Gathering was so great! I loved it! I heard about the twister, but I didn't actually get to see that part. :cry:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on May 31, 2006, 12:10:39 PM
Mmmm....shiny green spandex! XD
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: D_Hime on May 31, 2006, 01:28:12 PM
i guess the funniest thing that happened to me was how i met Goofy Style threw my Larc En Ciel box lol. i was in my Daishi Love Is Dead costume awhile holding my huge Larc En Ciel box. i was about to leave the Dealer's room until i heard ''Larc En Ciel!'' from the left. i turned to my left and see the whole Goofy Style group looking at me ( at the time i didn't know they were Goofy Style lol). the drummer (at the time i didn't know he was the drummer) kept on saying Larc En Ciel and i was like ''yea! larc en ciel!!" like i said to everyone else to recognized the box lol. the drummer then came around the booth and started to talk to me. i think he said ''Larc en Ciel daisuki desu ka?'' for a moment i blanked out and he kept on asking again. i guess i didn't react so fast so he said ''do you like Larc En Ciel?'' and i was like ''yea!! i love them!!'' he then started to give me Goofy Style stickers and stuff. i wanted to give them something too so i was like ''wait! i have something for you!'' i dropped my box and as soon as i opened my box, the whole band started to laugh cuz i had sooo much crap in box. i quickly pulled out candy that was meant for a different gathering that i didn't make it to and i handed everyone including the translator. they all said thank you and i shook the drummer's hand and left. after that and seeing them in concert, i hella fell in love with them!! lol my Larc box led me towards a great band!! lol

another story is on sunday, i hell fogot my white gloves for my Daishi costume so my friends and i started to walk to the Crowne Plaza cuz that was the hotel i was staying at. as we're walking, i saw a bunch of ninjas in a green car and i yelled out with my arms in the air ''NINJAS! COME BACK!'' and they drove off. i didn't think they would come back but then the car came back in reverse and the ninja car stopped near us! they yelled out ''MORTAL COMBAT!'' or at least i think that's what they yelled out lol. i took they're pic and went off to my hotel. omg... the ninjas at fanime were sooo random... but great!! lol

another story is on friday night, after going to the dance, my friends and i hella just sat in the hallway in the lobby cuz we were hella tired. then i see hella ninjas run by and i yelled out ''NINJA!!'' they then turned around and hella jumped onto my friend, pulled out a camera, and yelled out ''MYSPACE!!'' lol omg... that was soo funny... lol
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: di3m05 on May 31, 2006, 03:45:16 PM
Quote from: "D_Hime"another story is on friday night, after going to the dance, my friends and i hella just sat in the hallway in the lobby cuz we were hella tired. then i see hella ninjas run by and i yelled out ''NINJA!!'' they then turned around and hella jumped onto my friend, pulled out a camera, and yelled out ''MYSPACE!!'' lol omg... that was soo funny... lol
Haha! My friends and I were visited by the Myspace ninjas sometime during the con too!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Dyon on May 31, 2006, 05:13:29 PM
Hey D_Hime the ninja's in the green car that yelled out mortal combat were me and my 2 friends ^_^ Do you have that picture on a website i so want to see it you took our pictures again later right?
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: PsychicPsycho on May 31, 2006, 05:19:01 PM
well, me and my best friend went as L and Raito, and we had to go to the bathroom, but when we walked out of the bathroom, handcuffed to eachother, she turned to me and goes "I bet this looks weird..." I wish I had a picture of it, lol

oh! and another was when she stole my death note note book... we must've spun around for 5 minutes before I finally got it back. :D
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Post by: D_Hime on May 31, 2006, 05:33:04 PM
Quote from: "Dyon"Hey D_Hime the ninja's in the green car that yelled out mortal combat were me and my 2 friends ^_^ Do you have that picture on a website i so want to see it you took our pictures again later right?

sure! here's the site:
http://pleca.negimaki.com/gallery2/v/fanime/


the car pic is on page 13 and the other one is on page 14. you guys are awsome!! i hope i see you next year!! ^_^
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Dyon on May 31, 2006, 06:10:36 PM
w00t!! Thanks ^_^ my mask was all messed up in that pic on 14 though =( i was one in all black. I'll definately be coming next year though i dont know about my friend he did not like the con all that much.. I loved it though ^_^
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: D_Hime on May 31, 2006, 08:16:23 PM
Quote from: "Dyon"w00t!! Thanks ^_^ my mask was all messed up in that pic on 14 though =( i was one in all black. I'll definately be coming next year though i dont know about my friend he did not like the con all that much.. I loved it though ^_^

i'll see you next year then! ^_^
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Akaihari on May 31, 2006, 08:53:55 PM
I have the best story.

There was this group of guys walking to 7-11 at four in the morning.  Two were cosplayers, Spike and Vash.  Vash started talking about how they might get mugged but to not worry becouse he had this....

This was a plastic water gun painted like Vash's gun.

:P  :roll:  :P
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on May 31, 2006, 11:04:25 PM
i'm sure lots of us have plenty of funny stories to share now that the con is over. Please share them!  :P
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Dyon on May 31, 2006, 11:22:49 PM
Okay this one isnt really funny... its just wrong.. but sorta funny.. me and my friend where sitting on these chairs near stage zero sunday night... and someone went walking by who we just played tag with well my friend decided he wanted to glomp him.. well thats cool right... well the thing is my friend is 300 pounds... anyway.. he ran as fast as he could and then he full on jumped on this guy... it was crazy... anyway afterwords my friend gave him a dollar... cause he felt bad... i then proceeded to give him another dollar because i know it must of hurt. Anyway that was pretty crazy.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: sheikfreak on June 01, 2006, 12:13:33 AM
haha. it was really hot during the naruto gathering, and was in my Kakashi costume. I burn easily, so I ended up with this funky tan line along where my mask had been. didn't last long though :lol:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: ZETA SHINTANi on June 01, 2006, 01:06:28 PM
I spent a lot of time putting on makeup in the morning to make the illusion that I was a girl. I played DDR when I went to the game room, and my makeup started to smear off. Regardless of the makeup, I was still mistaken for a girl  :shock:

People kept looking at my bare skin, too. One of my friends shouted out really loud "I CAN SEE YOUR BUTT!" and everyone looked  :oops:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on June 01, 2006, 01:06:49 PM
Quote from: "Dyon"Okay this one isnt really funny... its just wrong.. but sorta funny.. me and my friend where sitting on these chairs near stage zero sunday night... and someone went walking by who we just played tag with well my friend decided he wanted to glomp him.. well thats cool right... well the thing is my friend is 300 pounds... anyway.. he ran as fast as he could and then he full on jumped on this guy... it was crazy... anyway afterwords my friend gave him a dollar... cause he felt bad... i then proceeded to give him another dollar because i know it must of hurt. Anyway that was pretty crazy.
What the....YOU SAW ME GETTING GLOMPED BY THAT GUY?! DUDE!! That "guy" was so totally ME!! @.@  Also thanks for the dollar it was most appreciated ^______^

I took a picture of my straight friend doing a Hard Gay impression....and he was totalling have his ass in front of his male crossplaying friend! I was like "Dude I am SO taking a picture of this since it's just too funny not to" XD We even got my friend to do the Hard Gay impression to the guy in the solid snake box. I just fell on the floor laughing at that point. :twisted:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Nick D. on June 04, 2006, 12:13:55 PM
wow....all good times...good times

now time from some stories from the perspective of Nicholas D. Wolfwood;

I was the Wolfwood running around with the 6 foot wooden cross.  At one point a Vash i was talking to looked ovr my shoulder and said "incoming" and started to dive away.  I looked over my shoulder and this little asian girl (i shit you not, couldnt have been any taller than 4'5") is comming at me at oh...around Mach 6.2.  Anyway, i set the cross and down and jerk it to a .45 degree angle just as she got to me.   she hits this thing and rebounds, rolls, bounces for about 5-6 feet.  Then she just gets up and runs away.  We just stood there for a moment s then i was like "dudes, i feel kinda bad.  As cool as that was, i just deflected someone's kid"  :shock:

*Later*

We were all at the Trigun gathering and as we walked away i jumped onto one of the Vashi and well, he proceeded to move in lets say *sensual* ways.  Kinda disturbing, yet the fangirl cheers and screams of glee sure made up for the slight embaressment.
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Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on June 04, 2006, 01:45:26 PM
*Snickers* Hehehe. Now THAT is funny!! I hate to say it.....I was dissapointed in you Wolfwoods. None of you really seemed to capture the essence quite like my friend did last year. Although at least you got some fangirl cheers :twisted:
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Nick D. on June 04, 2006, 01:57:48 PM
oh fear not Miss Rei.  Twas my first time cosplaying ever.  Next year im gunna have my mini confessional to absolve you of all your sins (while partaking in some of my own).  My lady friend may join me as Milly, im going to be revamping my cross punisher, got the shades at the con, gunna get a pack of cigs on the way down next year.  All that and ill feel more comfortable in character so i should be able to pull it better.  Oh and this year i had long hair so it kinda killed it, next year we're springing for the expensive black wig (cus i refuse to cut my hair, need it for my Reno and IL_BAN costumes)
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: MeliCat on June 04, 2006, 05:16:52 PM
It was UBER windy outside during my photoshoot and my habit for my Bridget cosplay flew off into the fountain water! XD Hazukashii na....Mooouuu.... >.<
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Sheepy on June 05, 2006, 01:58:28 PM
Don't know if this is considered funny, but...

For those of you who know Sol Badguy from Guilty Gear.

My friend (Sol) and I (Ky) were walking around Fanime '06 and I can't believe how many "Free what?" or "What's free" that we got : /.

Nothing is free! It's part of the costume!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: MzreYuen on June 05, 2006, 03:21:36 PM
Quote from: "Syxx"Sauske getting escorted in hand cuffs by the SJPD was pretty funny some ninja he got busted for stealing :)

that guy does it every single year and even after he gets arrested.. he just comes back in another naruto outfit. he tried to steal something from my booth last year
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Blue Impulse on June 05, 2006, 05:39:42 PM
People came up to me several times at fanime assuming I was the Kwoon guy [Todd Roy] and asked me when I was doing the video... XD
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Post by: Asa_Gohan on June 05, 2006, 05:57:52 PM
just 5 words...Captain Planet and the Planeteers....
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Nick D. on June 06, 2006, 06:36:59 PM
whats funny is that i was at the Con with the group that did the Planeteers...wasnt in the Skit though.  What you all missed earlier on was us joking about how if the black kid yelled "BLACK POWAHH!!!" instead of "heart" that Captain Planet would come out black with a huge fro and hammer pants  ^_^^_^
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Blue Impulse on June 06, 2006, 06:41:00 PM
Quote from: "Nick D."whats funny is that i was at the Con with the group that did the Planeteers...wasnt in the Skit though.  What you all missed earlier on was us joking about how if the black kid yelled "BLACK POWAHH!!!" instead of "heart" that Captain Planet would come out black with a huge fro and hammer pants  ^_^^_^

Actually the black guy is 'earth' -- heart is the kid from brazil or hawaii or whatever -- the one who had the monkey :P
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Nick D. on June 06, 2006, 10:59:16 PM
oh well...shows how much i watch Captain Planet...oh well, we had a black guy playing the part vus thats all we had -_-;..."adapt, adopt, improve"...yay for obscure monty python quoting!!
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Post by: Nick D. on June 06, 2006, 10:59:56 PM
oh...and i almost forgot.....

MONKEY!!!!  :D
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Post by: swordmanjoe on June 07, 2006, 11:39:20 AM
Wolfwood is that you? We were at the con I was Soge King. Ha fancy meeting you here. Regardless my friend had a very strange half naked cat man dancing behind him and I had Pyramid head behind me. Also when I was coming down the elevator this old lady saw all these cosplayers and said it was weird and I told her "not to worry ma'am I'm a super hero" she said "I feel so much safer and I said "rest assure ma'am your in good hands"
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Nick D. on June 08, 2006, 12:37:23 AM
Wow...sup dude...and yes, cat-boy was mildly intimidating.  and im fairly sure what he was doing isnt considered dancing in a numbeer of countries...the US included :shock:
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Post by: swordmanjoe on June 08, 2006, 03:16:47 AM
and right behind qwuami to.
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Post by: Nick D. on June 09, 2006, 11:32:43 AM
yeah...thanks for killing my good dreams last night dude
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: swordmanjoe on June 09, 2006, 01:39:03 PM
Do you have a sin YOU wish to confess?
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Nick D. on June 11, 2006, 12:34:52 PM
i have plenty of sins that needs confessing...but no, none that ui want to ^_~ :twisted:
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Post by: RyuHayabusa on June 11, 2006, 12:43:15 PM
Can we get back on topic please?
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Post by: Sora on June 13, 2006, 10:06:12 AM
I got glomped on Saturday by an Al. I asked her to glomp me and she did. There was this great "whomp!" and the next thing we knew, I was on the floor laughing my head off. Of course, people were asking me if I was okay, and I was truly fine. *dies laughing*
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: petercort on June 13, 2006, 10:45:37 AM
Quote from: "Ayanami Rei First Child"
Quote from: "Dyon"Okay this one isnt really funny... its just wrong.. but sorta funny.. me and my friend where sitting on these chairs near stage zero sunday night... and someone went walking by who we just played tag with well my friend decided he wanted to glomp him.. well thats cool right... well the thing is my friend is 300 pounds... anyway.. he ran as fast as he could and then he full on jumped on this guy... it was crazy... anyway afterwords my friend gave him a dollar... cause he felt bad... i then proceeded to give him another dollar because i know it must of hurt. Anyway that was pretty crazy.
What the....YOU SAW ME GETTING GLOMPED BY THAT GUY?! DUDE!! That "guy" was so totally ME!! @.@  Also thanks for the dollar it was most appreciated ^______^

I took a picture of my straight friend doing a Hard Gay impression....and he was totalling have his ass in front of his male crossplaying friend! I was like "Dude I am SO taking a picture of this since it's just too funny not to" XD We even got my friend to do the Hard Gay impression to the guy in the solid snake box. I just fell on the floor laughing at that point. :twisted:

That was me in the box! You like?
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Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on June 14, 2006, 07:24:08 PM
OMG! That was sooooo funny!! That had me on the floor laughing!! Oh my I have NEVER laughed so hard in my ENTIRE life as I did that night!!
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Touya no Miko on June 14, 2006, 08:51:33 PM
A lot of funny things happened to me at Fanime. I played Ninja twister with my buddies. The first game it was down to just me and Sasuke...then I lost.

Next would be when I met Kamijo-san. On Sunday I was still in my Anko costume and carried around a giant snake toy with me. Kamijo liked it and even coiled it around his arm for the photo. It was so cute. XD I have a pciture of it here.

http://images.cosplay.com/showphoto.php?photo=699421

On Monday I was dressed up as zombie L. i had white makeup, fake blood, and even a little sign that says "Zombie L wants your brains!!" I met up with some other Ls and we attracted quite the attention. We even pretended to be zombies! Also throughout the con I took photos of me pretending to eat people's brains.

All in all, it was a blast.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Ayanami Rei First Child on June 14, 2006, 08:57:26 PM
Hey were you that girl I gave a bag of ramen to at the least day of the con?O.o;
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: Touya no Miko on June 14, 2006, 09:50:00 PM
Um, I don't think so.
Title: Funny Cosplay Stories, Anyone?
Post by: mochyan on June 15, 2006, 06:24:33 PM
this random chick in black pants, a purple-ish shirt, and a black wig (i'm thinking form inuyasha) hugged/glomped me within the first 10 seconds of me stepping foot into the room. in the middle of the glomp, i asked her "do i know you" and she said "no" so i came the shocking realization that i finally got glomped. after soo many years of avoiding it, it was envitable.  :cry: then my friend found me somehow, grabbed me, and practically threw me over her shoulder and walked half way down the length of one row in the dealer's room. that was weird too -_-''