Convention Fans:
100+ Cosplay Ideas for Couples of All Genders
Conventions are almost always more enjoyable when you're attending with a friend or a loved one. And that goes double for cosplay. Couple and group cosplay can be a whole lot of fun. But what if you're struggling to come up with ideas of who to cosplay as? Well, there are a lot of fun character pairs in various movies, television shows, comics and anime series that would work well as couples convention costumes. I've included a list of 100 ideas below, and have broken them down into pair types (male + female, male + male, female + female, and dual gender/gender neutral/transexual) based on the gender of the character. I've also tried to select cosplay ideas with different ages, body types, ethnicities, hair colors, and genres in mind. Of course, you don't have to limit yourself to cosplays that match any of those, including gender. You'll also note that not every pair is romantically connected - this is a list for cosplaying friends and couples. Feel free to add suggestions of your own by posting a comment!
Male/Female Couple Cosplay Ideas:
1. Han Solo and Princess Leia (Star Wars)
2. Link and Princess Zelda (Zelda)
3. Commander Riker and Deanna Troi (Star Trek)
4. Mal Reynolds and Inara (Firefly)
5. Inuyasha and Kagome (Inuyasha)
6. Robin Hood and Maid Marian (Robin Hood)
7. Superman and Supergirl (Superman)
8. Jack Skellington and Sally (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
9. Batman and Batgirl (Batman)
10. Batman and Catwoman (Batman)
11. Batman and Poison Ivy (Batman)
12. Edward Scissorhands and Kim (Edward Scissorhands)
13. Mad Hatter and Alice (Alice in Wonderland)
14. Mad Hatter and the Red Queen (Alice in Wonderland)
15. Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd)
16. Dracula and Mina Harker (Dracula)
17. Wesley and Buttercup (The Princess Bride)
18. Peter Pan and Wendy (Peter Pan)
19. Korben Dallas and Leeloo (The Fifth Element)
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I went by the gender of the character. Many of these can be cosplayed by anyone, regardless of what gender they identify with. If you have a list of popular culture geek characters that are neither male or female, then please send it along and I will be more than happy to add them.
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There's no denying there's a severe lack of characters in most fandoms who do not fit the gender binary. And those fandoms that do have a strong trans presence are not extremely popular.
However off the top of my head there's every single character in Simoun.
There's also Ranma from the Ranma 1/2 series, who regularly transforms from male to female and back again.
In ST:TNG there's the entire J'Naii species, who are androgynous. Soren and Riker would be an interesting pair. However the whole point of that episode (The Outcast) is that Soren is female and being denied the right to be female, so it would be a male + female couple there.
There's more I'm sure, but those are the only ones that pop right to mind at the moment, aside from some more obscure films, though I guess Crying Game isn't very obscure, but I can't imagine someone cosplaying Dill.
Probably also worth noting that Dr. Frank-N-Furter from Rocky Horror is actually a trans character, who self identifies as both transvestite and transsexual.
I swear I'm not trying to be a troll here. I just wanted so much to be able to sit here and go "hey look someone is using gender inclusive language and actually including all genders, not just male and female"... and then it totally didn't happen.