Okay. Long story short, for drama i have to dress up like a pathetic super hero (The Blue Mosquito) and ideas on what would make me look really goofy and kinda super heroish at the same time?
Is the Blue Mosquito a real character somewhere?
If you’re going to wear tights, make sure they bag at the butt and knees. That looks pathetic.
Patches on the costume making it look as if it has been inexpertly repaired at some point will look really pathetic!
Try and have a cape or something that clashes colourwise with the rest of the outfit.
Well, if you’re the Blue Mosquito, I’d say dressing all in red or yellow will make you look pretty goofy.
Every superhero needs a catch phrase. As a mosquito, you should make the sound of a mosquito, which is a low, sustained whine. That should certainly add to the pathos.
Where a long pointy nose extension.
By that, I mean wear a long pointy nose extension.
Wear some glasses. If you dont already wear
them, get some non-prescription with big black frames
and remember to duct-tape the middle and sides.
I love the baggy tights idea. Maybe go to a womens plus
size hosiery dept- I mean REALLY plus sized-and get some
big blue tights?
Get one of those hand buzzers, you know those gag things
that buzz when someone shakes your hand?
Maybe spray paint a Batman or Long Ranger eye mask blue?
This reminds me of an old Letterman “Top 10 Least Popular
Superhero Powers”. It was SO funny. Some of the powers were
-ability to calm jittery squirrels
-magnetic colon
-really bendy thumb
-ability to shake exactly 2 aspirin out of the bottle
etc…
No specific ideas, other than that you MUST wear your underpants (either boxers or briefs) on the outside of the tights.
I humbly recommend tracking down a copy of How to Be a Superhero, by Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine. The lovely Miss Creant will back me up on this – you may get some good ideas; if not, you’ll laugh 'til you rupture something.
A badge saying “I went to Ross River, and now I’m all tuckered out.”
I’ve been told this is practically copied from How to Be a Superhero … http://www.captainsafetysite.com/becomingsuperhero.html
Nortia:
Yep, those are all direct quotes. I’d even give page numbers if I had bothered to look them up – I’ve read HTBAS enough times that I recognize passages from memory. I’m tempted to report him to the publishers, just 'coz the copyright infringement and sheer lack of originality ticks me off.
Ah yes, but where he wears the extension is the question.
After all, he is the “blue” mosquito.
Wear antennae, but make them limp and droopy.
Have tattered “Wings” on your back.
Have a REALLY pathetic logo on your front.
Have the beginning of a logo on your chest crossed out, then the really pathetic logo below that. I’d also suggest large beat up footwear that doesn’t in any way match the rest of the ensemble…like bright yellow hightop sneakers or even some over-sized wingtips, with striped athletic socks over the tights. Let one sock droop for added effect. If you can get ahold of a blue silly straw (the curly kind)I’d use that to fashion a fake nose, maybe on a blue painted mask suggested earlier by scredle or on the glasses.
Your cape should be a towel tied around your neck. If it’s long enough, trip over it, and step on it so it gets pulled off constantly.
No. Diapers.
Just think what you could do with Underoos! The possibilities are endless.
A grown man wearing a child’s store-bought superhero outfit would look goofy.
Also try acting like an over-earnest crimefighter–lots of looking around, purposeful striding with butt stuck out like there’s a pencil in it.
That’s the way a boy acted in third grade who believed he was Batman. What a dork!
Wear the wrong shoes. Like, oh, old Birkenstocks. Also, make the costume too small (if you’re stout) or too big (if you’re thin). If you’re buff-n-studly, you have your choice!
Instead of a utility belt, sew on a pocket, and keep your super-gear in a pocket protector.
Draw on a mask with eyeliner, slightly crooked.
This is fun! Will you post a picture for us later?