Pass Whatever They're Having! 14 Cosplays Bursting With Originality (15 photos)

Cosplay is at its best when it leans into the absurd. Store-bought costumes—or even meticulously crafted replicas that copy the original too closely—just don't wow anyone anymore. There is no real spark in them. It's a completely different story when someone comes up with an inventive, even if rough-around-the-edges, idea. Or better yet, cosplays something that seems impossible to cosplay—like a crate of beer.





Social commentary: Che Guevara T-shirts are far more popular than Che Guevara ever was.





A life-sized Firefox browser.

History's first recorded case of beer-on-beer cannibalism.

A lush, unripened avocado.

Masha grew old, and the Bear lost weight.

A dog cosplaying the Headless Horseman.

This Voldemort is even scarier than the movie version.

Peter Pan reunited with his shadow.

Princess Leia, complete with built-in snacks.

Jenkins from South Park. When all you need for a cosplay is to sit down at a computer.

Master Yoda attending a Jedi High Council meeting.

The Vatican just isn't what it used to be.

Homer after an accident at the nuclear power plant.

And so we finally settle who is stronger.