Everything about Costumed Character totally explained
The term
costumed character sometimes refers to a costume that covers the performer's face. These range from
theme park "walk-around" or "meetable" characters, the
mascots of corporations, schools, or sports teams, some novelty act performers, to personal
fursuits. Some costumes cover the performer's face; others, especially those in theme parks, may leave the performer's face visible.
In theme parks
They are intended to add to the fantasy experience by enabling visitors to encounter and interact with fictional characters, such as
mascots for the company.
They are a major feature of
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, where the most ubiquitous of them is
Mickey Mouse, but a wide variety of characters from different
media franchises are portrayed at various parks. For example, Disney parks feature characters from their animated movies;
Six Flags parks feature
Time-Warner's
Looney Tunes cartoons and
DC Comics superhero characters;;
Cedar Point,
Knott's Berry Farm, and other
Cedar Fair parks feature
Peanuts characters; and
Kings Island and
California's Great America features
Nickelodeon characters. Some theme parks create their own meetable characters.
The characters are portrayed by park employees in costume. Some of the costumes consist of clothing and makeup (for example
Snow White,
Sleeping Beauty,
Batman), while those for non-human characters generally conceal the performer entirely and include a full-head mask (for example
Donald Duck,
Goofy,
Bugs Bunny,
Snoopy). Park employee regulations are careful to prevent visitors from seeing performers
out of character, and in the case of more elaborate costumes, to be seen "with their head off".
On television
Current shows featuring a costumed character puppet include
Big Bird of
Sesame Street,
Barney from
Barney and Friends, and Bear of
Bear in the Big Blue House. Less complicated characters include
Hip Hop Harry or
RAGGS Kids Club Band.
Older examples include
New Zoo Revue,
H.R. Pufnstuf,
Banana Splits, and British series
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