The boys from The Big Bang Theory absolutely love to dress up, and not just at Halloween although an episode from the very first season, The Middle-Earth Paradigm, sees them invited to Pennys Halloween party, where they reveal their geek credentials by dressing up as Frodo, Robin Hood, Thor and The Doppler Effect Leonard, Howard, Raj and Sheldon, respectively (although originally they all wanted to be The Flash). But dressing up for conventions and meetings is their thing: the practice of cosplay, where one dresses up as ones favourite characters from films, television, comics or video games, especially if the source is related to Japanese manga or anime. Cosplay is engaged in for a variety of reasons, ranging from simple fancy dress fun, to a more serious performance and role play aspect (and, inevitably, a fetishised sexual exploration of that). While the boys seem to just love dressing up as their favourite characters, thank god, theyll certainly do it at the drop of a hat. Season fours The Justice League Recombination has them persuading Penny and her boyfriend to dress up as the members of DCs Justice League with them to win a fancy dress competition, while season sixs The Bakersfield Expedition sees them journeying to a local comics convention dressed as characters from Star Trek: The Next Generation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsDGbhpwJ94
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