heroes_of_cosplay_s01/01. Wizard World Portland.eng.srt

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Video games, comic books, anime,

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science fiction/fantasy
movies, and television

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have turned into a global,
multi-billion dollar phenomenon,

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creating characters so beloved,

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some fans are actually
compelled to become them.

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Welcome to the artistic,
sexy, and cutthroat world

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of cosplay.

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Cosplay is an amazing art form.

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Anyone you want to be,

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any story you want to tell,

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you can do that through cosplay.

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International
superstars are created.

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Cosplay has gone from
subculture to pop culture.

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And fandoms are brought to life

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right before your eyes.

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Now convention centers
around the world

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are being transformed into arenas

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where elaborate costume
competitions take place...

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We're going to have a blast.

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There's a lot of
money to give away.

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Testing the creativity...

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These are kitty tubes.

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The talent...

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To get a lot of motion
in a head this big

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is really difficult.

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And will of their contestants.

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I can't even figure
out how much I've spent

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putting this whole
thing together.

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In the world of cosplay,

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the stakes are no mere fantasy.

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Why is everything so serious
with these competitions?

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Just because there's
money involved.

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Thousands of dollars
are up for grabs

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at every competition,

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and the potential for
millions of new fans.

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It's no longer the body of work

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that defines a cosplayer.

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Now it's how many
followers they have.

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Winning a competition can lead

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to unlimited business
opportunities.

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Blizzard is concentrated
on developing

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the most epic gaming
experiences ever.

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We are showing this
to Guillermo del Toro.

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Tomorrow, our lives
are gonna change.

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At the competitions,

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judges demand accuracy
and perfection.

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Poison Ivy, she was
not in character.

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Ah!

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The competitors are ruthless.

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But that's really
rude of you guys.

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- We're done.
- We worked hard.

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It's okay. It's okay, I'm sorry.

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I understand her life is cosplay,

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but mine isn't.

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Aagh!

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It all comes down to
the moment of truth

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when the cosplayers
take the stage.

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Those who survive
can call themselves...

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No!

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The heroes of cosplay.

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The first convention stop
for the heroes of cosplay

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will be Wizard World Portland.

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Drawing as many as 50,000
visitors to an event,

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Wizard World Portland
is an important stop

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on the convention circuit.

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This is the inaugural
year for the convention,

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and to be the first cosplayer
to take home best in show

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gives you serious
bragging rights,

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as well as a hefty cash prize.

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And already, cosplayers are
preparing for the competition.

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In Los Angeles, Victoria,

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known in the community
for her accurate cosplay,

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has chosen an ambitious
costume to impress the judges.

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Every time you see a photo
of a costume of Lulu...

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I know, it's gray.
- Images.

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Yeah, like a nice, dark gunmetal.

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My name is Victoria,

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and I've been
cosplaying for 14 years.

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There are different
types of cosplayers,

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and one type is just
fun in a costume,

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and I don't really
do, like, "for fun."

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I'm trying to replicate a costume

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that has been on
TV or in the movies.

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I mean, there's a specific
way it looks in the video game,

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and that's what I want.

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It's awfully last minute,

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but I really want to do
Lulu from Final Fantasy X

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for Wizard World in Portland.

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- What about this stuff here?
- It's not long enough.

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Are you really just trying
to screw with me right now?

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Like, I don't know why you
have to make this so difficult.

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I've been dating
my boyfriend, Jinyo,

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for about seven years now.

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Part of what makes our
relationship work so well

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is that we want our
costumes to be top-notch.

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For me, like, it has
to have standards to it.

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It has to be perfect.

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That is not at all
what I want, though.

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Well, I don't really
get why you're so intent

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on doing this costume
in the first place.

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In a week and a
half? That's crazy.

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Look at Yaya.

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She, like, puts together
costumes in, like, three days.

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Like, I would think
that we should be able,

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with two of us, to put this
together in a week and a half.

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I'm a really crazy perfectionist.

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I don't care what Jinyo says.

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I don't care if he's tired.

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I am going to keep after
finding what I need to find

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until I get it.

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With the Wizard World
costume competition

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two weeks away,

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cosplayer superstar Yaya Han

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is making one of her many
convention appearances.

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Someone who I probably don't
need to introduce to this crowd,

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a costume designer,
model, and cosplayer,

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let's welcome Yaya Han.

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My name is Yaya Han,

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and I've been cosplaying
for over 13 years.

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I live and breathe cosplay 24/7.

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I've been called
the queen of cosplay,

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but I prefer to call myself
the ambassador of cosplay.

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I've been a huge fan of
yours for, like, ten years.

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Wow. Oh, my God.

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So it's wonderful to
finally be able to meet you.

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I go to conventions for a living,

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and I go to 25 to 30
conventions all over the world.

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Yaya Han.

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Please join me and
the other judges

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in the costume contest.

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I don't compete anymore,

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because I'm being invited
to cons to judge contests.

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All right, so who do we
like for the master prizes?

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But there's a lot riding
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her expert cosplay status.

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I'm very fortunate
that I took my hobby

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and actually turned
it into a business.

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Literally, cosplay
pays for my mortgage.

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My cosplay business has
many different aspects.

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First of all, I promote
myself as the Yaya Han brand,

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so I sell merchandise
that feature my face on it.

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So I have posters, prints,

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and I also have a
line of cosplay items

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that people can
purchase at conventions.

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Yeah, they don't want to
buy autographs from me.

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They want to...
- really?

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No, it's you they want.

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Brian is my fiance.
He is my lifeline.

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Our business is owned
by him and me together,

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and it's really a
50/50 partnership,

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even though I am the boss.

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Can you help me tonight at all?

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No, I can't help you tonight.

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I have to make a
fricking suit of armor.

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Time is really limited for me.

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In less than two weeks, I start

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a back-to-back
convention tour.

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I have six conventions
coming up every weekend.

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Up first is Wizard World, 
in Portland.

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I am constantly
striving to stay on top

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through creating
better, bigger costumes.

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If I don't come out with
these great costumes,

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then my fanbase will shrink,

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so it is a lot of pressure on me

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to maintain the high
standard for myself.

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You mind putting
in some overtime,

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just for the next couple weeks?

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Please?

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- All right.
- Thank you, baby.

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In Los Angeles,
scrappy cosplay veterans

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Jessica and Holly
are wasting no time

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getting started
on their costumes.

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Did you make any kind of list?

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We need to get stuff
for your head cast.

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Let's look at the makeup first,

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'cause that's more fun.
- All right.

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I'm Jessica Merizan,

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and I've been cosplaying
for nine years.

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I'm Holly Conrad,

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and I've been
cosplaying for ten years.

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We have our own show
on the Nerdist Channel

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called "Try This At Home!"

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We are here with
Guillermo del Toro.

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In 2010, Holly and Jessica

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were at the top of their game

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in the cosplay world

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and were featured in Morgan
Spurlock's documentary,

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Comic-Con Episode
IV: A Fan's Hope.

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This exposure gave
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to launch their own business.

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Crabcat Industries is our
costume fabrication shop,

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cosplay community,

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and new media
entertainment company.

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Now, Holly and Jessica

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plan to return to competing

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to help spread the word
about Crabcat Industries.

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This decision comes
with some risk.

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In the past, the stress
of the competitions

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brought out the worst
in Holly and Jessica

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and strained their friendship.

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Holly, like, threw a
spaz attack every time.

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She's like, "no,
why didn't we win?

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"I have to over-analyze this.

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I'm gonna get all crazy
and pee in jars now."

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That is Holly.

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That is my biggest fear
of what she will become.

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She takes it so personally.

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We are doing makeup on her.

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It's a drow,

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which is, like,
Dungeons & Dragons.

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It's like a dark elf.

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The drow is people's hero,

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who escaped the Underdark
and all that kind of stuff.

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I guess, for the
Tiefling Palette,

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I like the death wheel, actually.

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So I'm gonna make
my drow sorcerer,

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and Jessica is going
to be a Tiefling Ranger,

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as kind of a love
letter to our affair

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with Dungeons & Dragons.

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Are we using pros-aide
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- Yes.
- Okay.

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The iconic look of a Tiefling

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is having these
half-demonic horns,

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so Holly's gonna
do a head cast of me

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so that she can sculpt
some awesome Tiefling horns.

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Are you gonna have cleavage?

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I don't know.

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I haven't really
thought about it.

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I am too uncomfortable
to wear a low-cut shirt.

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What? You never wear a low-cut.

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I can't do it.
- Come on, just slut it up.

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I can't. No.

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- Show the ladies a little.
- Ew.

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You're in a competition.

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About costumes, not cleavage.

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This isn't a
cleavage competition.

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I just want to say, sex sells.

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- What?
- That's all.

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That's all I'm saying.

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You realize that
Wizard World Portland

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is less than two weeks away.

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Are we getting too
ambitious with this?

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We're always ambitious.

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We can literally make
anything and do anything.

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You've said it yourself.

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Yes, but just promise me

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you're not going
to have a freak-out.

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I can promise nothing.

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Thanks so much.
- Absolutely.

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- Thank you.
- Good luck, guys.

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I'm sure you'll see us again.

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For competitive
cosplaying newcomer Jesse,

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Wizard World is the
first stepping stone

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in his prop-making career.

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That's gonna look really
good when it starts to dry.

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00:09:30,282 --> 00:09:32,916
Though he's been cosplaying
for over five years,

257
00:09:32,918 --> 00:09:34,885
Jesse has yet to compete.

258
00:09:34,887 --> 00:09:36,853
I learned to make props
and costumes on my own,

259
00:09:36,855 --> 00:09:38,255
a lot of trial and error.

260
00:09:38,257 --> 00:09:42,659
I wanted to cosplay because
you get to be somebody else.

261
00:09:42,661 --> 00:09:44,094
I'm a network technician.

262
00:09:44,096 --> 00:09:46,363
I work a normal 9:00 to 5:00 job.

263
00:09:46,365 --> 00:09:49,432
I hate the, "you have to grow
up, you have to be an adult."

264
00:09:49,434 --> 00:09:52,469
In the cosplay world,
I don't have to.

265
00:09:52,471 --> 00:09:54,237
I don't want to be stiff
and in a suit and tie.

266
00:09:54,239 --> 00:09:55,405
I don't want to grow up.

267
00:09:55,407 --> 00:09:57,107
My end goal through cosplay is,

268
00:09:57,109 --> 00:10:00,010
I want to build
costumes for a living.

269
00:10:00,012 --> 00:10:01,645
I think it's
looking a lot better.

270
00:10:01,647 --> 00:10:02,879
I really like that build.

271
00:10:02,881 --> 00:10:03,947
It's, like, coming together?

272
00:10:03,949 --> 00:10:04,948
- That makes you look huge.
- Yeah.

273
00:10:04,950 --> 00:10:06,550
My girlfriend keeps me stable.

274
00:10:06,552 --> 00:10:07,918
I freak out about things,

275
00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:09,619
panic that nothing's good enough.

276
00:10:09,621 --> 00:10:11,188
Chin Chin will come in and
go, "what are you doing?

277
00:10:11,190 --> 00:10:13,156
This thing is perfect.
It looks gorgeous."

278
00:10:13,158 --> 00:10:14,825
What do you think?
Costume contest?

279
00:10:14,827 --> 00:10:16,326
Bada bing, bada boom.

280
00:10:16,328 --> 00:10:17,694
I don't know. We'll see.

281
00:10:17,696 --> 00:10:19,863
Wizard World, it's their
first year in Portland,

282
00:10:19,865 --> 00:10:21,898
and this is a perfect
opportunity for me

283
00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:23,200
to enter my power armor

284
00:10:23,202 --> 00:10:25,335
and get it in front of
everybody in Portland,

285
00:10:25,337 --> 00:10:27,604
and kind of get my name
out there and get seen.

286
00:10:27,606 --> 00:10:30,073
Wizard World is going to
be the perfect launching pad

287
00:10:30,075 --> 00:10:32,175
to get me to be a
professional prop maker.

288
00:10:32,177 --> 00:10:35,145
We'll see if I get the jitters
and just decide not to run it.

289
00:10:35,147 --> 00:10:37,047
But I don't know if I can compete

290
00:10:37,049 --> 00:10:38,248
on everybody else's level.

291
00:10:38,250 --> 00:10:39,416
Your butt is
totally not centered.

292
00:10:39,418 --> 00:10:42,419
I'm working on it.

293
00:10:42,421 --> 00:10:45,322
Back in Los Angeles,
theatrical cosplayer Becky

294
00:10:45,324 --> 00:10:47,390
is getting into her character.

295
00:10:47,392 --> 00:10:48,358
To be going back
to an archery range,

296
00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:49,693
it's been a long time.

297
00:10:49,695 --> 00:10:52,495
My name is Becky. I've
been cosplaying since 2006.

298
00:10:52,497 --> 00:10:55,699
I love getting into a
character, and showing the world,

299
00:10:55,701 --> 00:10:57,968
"look, I am this
person come to life."

300
00:10:57,970 --> 00:11:00,270
Wizard World's coming up, and
I'm really excited about it.

301
00:11:00,272 --> 00:11:02,072
For the costume competition
for Wizard World,

302
00:11:02,074 --> 00:11:03,907
I'm doing Merida from Brave.

303
00:11:03,909 --> 00:11:06,076
I feel like I go a
little bit farther.

304
00:11:06,078 --> 00:11:07,811
I want to be that character,

305
00:11:07,813 --> 00:11:09,880
have the accent, have
the look, everything.

306
00:11:09,882 --> 00:11:11,214
So I'm doing Merida from Brave,

307
00:11:11,216 --> 00:11:13,183
and she's an archer,
so I want to make sure

308
00:11:13,185 --> 00:11:14,184
my stance is correct, and...

309
00:11:14,186 --> 00:11:15,852
Okay, good. Okay, so, relax.

310
00:11:15,854 --> 00:11:17,087
Shoulders down.

311
00:11:20,625 --> 00:11:21,691
Good.

312
00:11:21,693 --> 00:11:23,760
I'm kind of the method actress

313
00:11:23,762 --> 00:11:25,362
of the cosplay world.

314
00:11:25,364 --> 00:11:27,430
When I cosplay, I cos play.

315
00:11:27,432 --> 00:11:29,699
It's not enough to just
look like the character.

316
00:11:29,701 --> 00:11:31,668
I have to be the character.

317
00:11:31,670 --> 00:11:33,436
Especially when it
comes to competition,

318
00:11:33,438 --> 00:11:36,940
that can really propel you
and take you to the next level.

319
00:11:43,648 --> 00:11:46,483
Ready for some, uh,
friendly competition?

320
00:11:46,485 --> 00:11:48,952
With Wizard World
Portland approaching,

321
00:11:48,954 --> 00:11:50,587
the L.A. cosplayers
are meeting up

322
00:11:50,589 --> 00:11:52,255
to get the scoop on
their competitors.

323
00:12:03,567 --> 00:12:05,635
So Holly and Jessica aren't doing

324
00:12:05,637 --> 00:12:07,904
an armor or a puppetry
piece this time around.

325
00:12:07,906 --> 00:12:09,306
They're doing
something that's cloth,

326
00:12:09,308 --> 00:12:11,441
which isn't their strength,

327
00:12:11,443 --> 00:12:13,043
so it's a little bit odd
that they would be going

328
00:12:13,045 --> 00:12:14,344
into competition with something

329
00:12:14,346 --> 00:12:16,947
that they don't really
know that much about.

330
00:12:19,884 --> 00:12:20,884
- Really?
- That's awesome.

331
00:12:25,356 --> 00:12:28,291
There's a big difference
between personifying a character

332
00:12:28,293 --> 00:12:30,961
and just saying, "well, I
look just like the character."

333
00:12:30,963 --> 00:12:32,228
If you don't have
it in your heart

334
00:12:32,230 --> 00:12:33,797
that you're doing it
because you love it,

335
00:12:33,799 --> 00:12:35,265
people are going
to be able to tell

336
00:12:35,267 --> 00:12:36,633
that you're not
enjoying yourself.

337
00:12:36,635 --> 00:12:37,634
What are you planning?

338
00:12:40,271 --> 00:12:41,371
- Really?
- Yeah.

339
00:12:46,110 --> 00:12:48,979
If Victoria hadn't said that
Jinyo was helping her with Lulu,

340
00:12:48,981 --> 00:12:51,848
I would have to be like, "honey,
it's an ambitious costume."

341
00:13:11,802 --> 00:13:13,003
Are you kidding?

342
00:13:13,005 --> 00:13:14,037
If anyone knows what's
gonna be done right,

343
00:13:14,039 --> 00:13:15,071
it's gonna be Yaya,

344
00:13:15,073 --> 00:13:16,106
and so I really...

345
00:13:16,108 --> 00:13:17,640
I can't have any mistakes here.

346
00:13:19,777 --> 00:13:21,811
You would think that I
just told Becky and Victoria

347
00:13:21,813 --> 00:13:23,146
that Snape killed Dumbledore.

348
00:13:23,148 --> 00:13:25,915
Spoiler alert, Yaya's the judge.

349
00:13:25,917 --> 00:13:27,584
I wasn't worried before,

350
00:13:27,586 --> 00:13:30,320
but maybe they know a side
of Yaya that we don't know.

351
00:13:30,322 --> 00:13:32,455
- I'm second-guessing
competing. - Really?

352
00:13:32,457 --> 00:13:35,592
I don't think I've ever
seen anyone so freaked out.

353
00:13:35,594 --> 00:13:38,028
You have never
been judged by Yaya.

354
00:13:41,654 --> 00:13:42,688
Knowing that, in a week,

355
00:13:42,690 --> 00:13:44,623
Yaya Han will be
one of her judges

356
00:13:44,625 --> 00:13:45,791
at Wizard World Portland,

357
00:13:45,793 --> 00:13:48,293
Victoria begins
working with Jinyo

358
00:13:48,295 --> 00:13:50,062
to figure out the
exacting details

359
00:13:50,064 --> 00:13:51,563
for a winning costume.

360
00:13:51,565 --> 00:13:55,601
This looks like a pretty
complicated costume.

361
00:13:55,603 --> 00:13:58,937
It's more embroidery than
we have, I think, ever done.

362
00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:00,939
Are you saying you want to
do all this stuff here, and...

363
00:14:00,941 --> 00:14:02,708
yeah, why wouldn't I? I'm
not gonna paint that on.

364
00:14:02,710 --> 00:14:05,410
Yaya is judging at
Wizard World Portland.

365
00:14:05,412 --> 00:14:06,745
If anyone is gonna
know if it's done right,

366
00:14:06,747 --> 00:14:07,913
it's gonna be her.

367
00:14:07,915 --> 00:14:10,182
This is going to take
a lot of embroidery.

368
00:14:10,184 --> 00:14:11,216
Okay.

369
00:14:11,218 --> 00:14:13,318
Trying to get Lulu finished

370
00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,187
in the really, really
tight time frame

371
00:14:15,189 --> 00:14:16,388
that we're dealing with,

372
00:14:16,390 --> 00:14:18,991
I think that embroidery
is gonna be a hurdle.

373
00:14:18,993 --> 00:14:21,293
You think we can
get it done in time?

374
00:14:21,295 --> 00:14:23,762
While Victoria and Jinyo
wonder if they have time

375
00:14:23,764 --> 00:14:25,197
to finish Lulu,

376
00:14:25,199 --> 00:14:28,300
Becky prepares in her own
way for Wizard World Portland.

377
00:14:28,302 --> 00:14:29,935
- Are you ready for this?
- Yes.

378
00:14:29,937 --> 00:14:31,837
When I saw Merida, one of
the first things I thought is,

379
00:14:31,839 --> 00:14:33,806
with my body type the
way it is right now,

380
00:14:33,808 --> 00:14:35,541
is that something I
can actually pull off?

381
00:14:35,543 --> 00:14:37,476
I've put on quite
a bit of weight.

382
00:14:37,478 --> 00:14:38,644
Right now is probably
the heaviest I've been

383
00:14:38,646 --> 00:14:39,711
in a long time.

384
00:14:39,713 --> 00:14:42,314
It's been a real, real struggle

385
00:14:42,316 --> 00:14:43,982
to try and stay thin enough.

386
00:14:43,984 --> 00:14:46,084
For girls, it's so tough,

387
00:14:46,086 --> 00:14:47,452
because all the good characters

388
00:14:47,454 --> 00:14:50,422
are drawn with such,
you know, skimpy outfits.

389
00:14:50,424 --> 00:14:52,524
And the Internet is unforgiving.

390
00:14:52,526 --> 00:14:54,860
It's like, "oh, my gosh,
it's the fat version of this,"

391
00:14:54,862 --> 00:14:56,929
or, "she needs to do sit-ups."

392
00:14:56,931 --> 00:14:59,398
You try not to let
it hurt you, but...

393
00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,067
After a while of
hearing it, it's like...

394
00:15:02,069 --> 00:15:03,769
Okay, I've got to do
something about it.

395
00:15:03,771 --> 00:15:06,605
I like this one 'cause
I can feel it in my butt.

396
00:15:06,607 --> 00:15:08,140
On the other side of town,

397
00:15:08,142 --> 00:15:10,342
Holly and Jessica have big plans

398
00:15:10,344 --> 00:15:12,244
for their original
D&D characters.

399
00:15:12,246 --> 00:15:13,512
So what I've been doing is,

400
00:15:13,514 --> 00:15:14,780
I've been thinking of horn ideas.

401
00:15:14,782 --> 00:15:16,715
- For mine?
- Yes.

402
00:15:16,717 --> 00:15:18,383
In order to sculpt
Jessica's tiefling horns,

403
00:15:18,385 --> 00:15:20,118
we need to have a
head cast of her.

404
00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,820
But it's super time-consuming,

405
00:15:21,822 --> 00:15:23,488
and it has a little
bit of danger.

406
00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:24,957
I guess if you were
going to kill anyone,

407
00:15:24,959 --> 00:15:27,526
you might as well kill me.

408
00:15:29,462 --> 00:15:30,929
All right, big guy.

409
00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:32,297
In Portland,

410
00:15:32,299 --> 00:15:34,566
Jesse struggles with a
major piece of his costume.

411
00:15:34,568 --> 00:15:36,301
The gun's got to spin.

412
00:15:36,303 --> 00:15:37,736
It's just the wow factor.

413
00:15:37,738 --> 00:15:40,205
It's that little bit
that goes so much further

414
00:15:40,207 --> 00:15:42,574
to impress the judges and
to impress the audience.

415
00:15:42,576 --> 00:15:43,775
It's kind of the problem

416
00:15:43,777 --> 00:15:45,978
with the extended
barrels on it, though.

417
00:15:45,980 --> 00:15:48,981
I can't have something
on my costume not work.

418
00:15:48,983 --> 00:15:50,682
This could be a huge disaster.

419
00:15:50,684 --> 00:15:53,318
Are you freaking kidding me?

420
00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,754
With Wizard World Portland
less than a week away,

421
00:15:55,756 --> 00:15:57,556
even Yaya is feeling

422
00:15:57,558 --> 00:15:58,957
the pressure of
creating a new costume.

423
00:15:58,959 --> 00:16:01,159
For Wizard World
Portland, I'm tackling

424
00:16:01,161 --> 00:16:03,528
Fiora from League of Legends.

425
00:16:03,530 --> 00:16:04,963
Even though I'm not competing,

426
00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:07,799
people hold me to a higher
standard than other cosplayers.

427
00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:10,002
I have to make
bigger, badder costumes

428
00:16:10,004 --> 00:16:11,904
to appease my fans.

429
00:16:11,906 --> 00:16:14,940
I'm going to use a
material called worbla

430
00:16:14,942 --> 00:16:17,276
for Fiora's armor.

431
00:16:17,278 --> 00:16:19,811
It's a thermoplastic that a
lot of European cosplayers use.

432
00:16:21,114 --> 00:16:22,648
Back in Los Angeles,

433
00:16:22,650 --> 00:16:25,150
Becky is using some
tricks of the cosplay trade

434
00:16:25,152 --> 00:16:27,119
for her Merida costume.

435
00:16:27,121 --> 00:16:29,721
With Merida, the wig is the
most pronounced piece of it,

436
00:16:29,723 --> 00:16:31,723
because it's bright
and in your face.

437
00:16:31,725 --> 00:16:33,959
The only way to get
the perfect color

438
00:16:33,961 --> 00:16:36,328
is to use marker,
every single strand.

439
00:16:36,330 --> 00:16:39,965
That's gonna be a
good 15 to 30 hours.

440
00:16:39,967 --> 00:16:41,617
Wizard World
Portland's competition

441
00:16:41,619 --> 00:16:43,485
is three days away.

442
00:16:43,487 --> 00:16:46,655
Victoria has left
herself no room for error.

443
00:16:46,657 --> 00:16:49,224
Jinyo and I have
been busting our butts

444
00:16:49,226 --> 00:16:50,993
on the Lulu costume.

445
00:16:50,995 --> 00:16:53,629
And there's so many
intricate details on it.

446
00:16:53,631 --> 00:16:55,931
Like, what I'm really concerned
about is the embroidery.

447
00:16:55,933 --> 00:16:58,267
How many individual pieces
of embroidery are there?

448
00:16:58,269 --> 00:17:01,103
Looks like 22 separate pieces.

449
00:17:01,105 --> 00:17:02,371
With embroidery, the first step

450
00:17:02,373 --> 00:17:06,541
is to recreate the pattern
exactly as possible.

451
00:17:06,543 --> 00:17:08,443
I'm not looking for close.
I'm looking for exact.

452
00:17:08,445 --> 00:17:10,412
Everything has to be perfect.

453
00:17:13,483 --> 00:17:14,883
What was that?

454
00:17:14,885 --> 00:17:16,618
Was that the embroidery
machine freaking failing?

455
00:17:16,620 --> 00:17:19,554
Yes, it was the embroidery
machine freaking out.

456
00:17:19,556 --> 00:17:20,889
If that thing doesn't
finish the pieces,

457
00:17:20,891 --> 00:17:22,958
then, like, all of
this is hopeless.

458
00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,893
With Yaya judging,

459
00:17:24,895 --> 00:17:27,696
I cannot send something
crappy in front of her.

460
00:17:27,698 --> 00:17:30,732
There's no way I'm gonna
be stepping up on that stage

461
00:17:30,734 --> 00:17:34,036
and not have every part of my
costume as perfect as it can be.

462
00:17:34,038 --> 00:17:35,871
I got bad news for you.

463
00:17:35,873 --> 00:17:37,372
There is no bad news allowed.

464
00:17:37,374 --> 00:17:39,141
I'm gonna need to replace it.

465
00:17:39,143 --> 00:17:41,009
What the hell are
you talking about?

466
00:17:41,011 --> 00:17:43,512
We only have a few more
days until Wizard World.

467
00:17:43,514 --> 00:17:45,647
We don't have time to fix this.

468
00:17:45,649 --> 00:17:47,883
I have to leave
basically tomorrow.

469
00:17:47,885 --> 00:17:51,486
I have to have this all done.
Do you not understand that?

470
00:17:55,391 --> 00:17:57,159
So what happened with the paint?

471
00:17:57,161 --> 00:17:58,760
You first said it was this color.

472
00:17:58,762 --> 00:18:00,662
And then you said
it was this color.

473
00:18:00,664 --> 00:18:01,797
So I'm down to the wire,

474
00:18:01,799 --> 00:18:03,332
finishing Fiora for wizard world.

475
00:18:03,334 --> 00:18:05,967
I haven't slept in two days.

476
00:18:05,969 --> 00:18:08,036
All of a sudden, we
touch up the paint

477
00:18:08,038 --> 00:18:10,205
and realize that it's a
completely different color.

478
00:18:10,207 --> 00:18:12,107
Okay, this was the
wrong shade, too.

479
00:18:12,109 --> 00:18:13,241
I know.

480
00:18:13,243 --> 00:18:14,643
And I need the whole
thing to be done.

481
00:18:14,645 --> 00:18:16,812
Yaya has already announced that

482
00:18:16,814 --> 00:18:18,914
she will debut the Fiora
costume at Wizard World.

483
00:18:18,916 --> 00:18:22,484
Her reputation depends on
getting this costume finished.

484
00:18:22,486 --> 00:18:24,219
I put the heater over
here in the corner.

485
00:18:24,221 --> 00:18:25,587
This'll help it dry.

486
00:18:25,589 --> 00:18:28,290
Any time I do anything
wrong on any of my costumes,

487
00:18:28,292 --> 00:18:29,458
they notice it.

488
00:18:29,460 --> 00:18:30,792
Here's what I think we should do.

489
00:18:30,794 --> 00:18:32,094
30 minutes before
you're about to pack,

490
00:18:32,096 --> 00:18:33,362
we'll gloss coat it.

491
00:18:33,364 --> 00:18:34,930
It'll still be soft underneath,

492
00:18:34,932 --> 00:18:36,264
but it'll seal it in.

493
00:18:36,266 --> 00:18:37,265
We just need to be very
careful how we pack it.

494
00:18:37,267 --> 00:18:41,403
I hate painting.

495
00:18:43,573 --> 00:18:46,408
Oh, my God, we've entered a cult.

496
00:18:46,410 --> 00:18:48,710
Are you really that
worried about getting dirty?

497
00:18:48,712 --> 00:18:50,412
Holly's gonna do
a head cast of me.

498
00:18:50,414 --> 00:18:52,581
The head cast is so that
we'll have an exact replica

499
00:18:52,583 --> 00:18:55,283
of her head to actually
sculpt the horns

500
00:18:55,285 --> 00:18:57,252
directly to the
contours of her face.

501
00:18:57,254 --> 00:18:59,755
Let's get this party started.
- Holly delegates everyone.

502
00:18:59,757 --> 00:19:01,857
Thankfully, Holly's husband Ross,

503
00:19:01,859 --> 00:19:03,258
Graham, my husband,

504
00:19:03,260 --> 00:19:04,926
and our friends are gonna help,

505
00:19:04,928 --> 00:19:06,395
and hopefully I won't die.

506
00:19:06,397 --> 00:19:09,731
Your quest objective is
to not suffocate Jessica,

507
00:19:09,733 --> 00:19:11,166
and get it done in five minutes.

508
00:19:11,168 --> 00:19:12,734
All right, Graham, you're
in charge of her nose.

509
00:19:12,736 --> 00:19:13,835
Everyone else...
- All right.

510
00:19:13,837 --> 00:19:15,704
When this is mixed
up and I say go,

511
00:19:15,706 --> 00:19:19,174
we're gonna start putting
it on top of her head.

512
00:19:19,176 --> 00:19:20,475
Okay, let's go.

513
00:19:20,477 --> 00:19:23,178
Take chunks of it. We
put it on top of her head.

514
00:19:23,180 --> 00:19:25,247
Alginate takes the
impression of the face.

515
00:19:25,249 --> 00:19:27,282
It has about five
minutes to get hard,

516
00:19:27,284 --> 00:19:28,650
so once the alginate
is hard enough,

517
00:19:28,652 --> 00:19:31,086
we'll start making the
plaster bandage mold.

518
00:19:31,088 --> 00:19:32,254
See, like, you can't know.

519
00:19:32,256 --> 00:19:33,889
You're still... you guys know.

520
00:19:33,891 --> 00:19:35,757
So we have to make sure
that everything is vaselined,

521
00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:38,427
'cause even one little
piece of plaster,

522
00:19:38,429 --> 00:19:39,895
like, touches this,

523
00:19:39,897 --> 00:19:41,062
then she'll be entombed
in plaster forever.

524
00:19:41,064 --> 00:19:42,998
We have one batch
to get it right,

525
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,299
and if we don't get it right,

526
00:19:44,301 --> 00:19:46,234
then we're not going to
be able to have horns.

527
00:19:46,236 --> 00:19:49,037
That could mean a
bad name for Crabcat.

528
00:19:49,039 --> 00:19:50,872
It could mean us looking silly.

529
00:19:50,874 --> 00:19:53,141
It could mean us being
not as good fabricators.

530
00:19:53,143 --> 00:19:55,844
Personally, I'm just really,
really nervous right now.

531
00:19:55,846 --> 00:19:58,280
So I'm gonna start
trying to pull this off.

532
00:19:58,282 --> 00:20:01,817
And of course this is
kind of, like, stuck.

533
00:20:01,819 --> 00:20:04,619
Did you guys make sure to get
all of the vaseline on here?

534
00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:06,121
No, no, no, like, it's not funny.

535
00:20:06,123 --> 00:20:08,623
I really don't want to
have to call an ambulance.

536
00:20:08,625 --> 00:20:10,592
If we have to cut Jessica
out of this head cast,

537
00:20:10,594 --> 00:20:12,594
she will not only
have no costume,

538
00:20:12,596 --> 00:20:13,962
she will have no head.

539
00:20:13,964 --> 00:20:15,130
Sorry.

540
00:20:18,881 --> 00:20:21,215
Of course this is,
like, kind of stuck.

541
00:20:21,217 --> 00:20:22,250
Sorry.

542
00:20:22,252 --> 00:20:23,851
Jessica is stuck
in her head cast,

543
00:20:23,853 --> 00:20:25,353
and I'm freaking out.

544
00:20:25,355 --> 00:20:27,221
I really don't want to
have to call an ambulance.

545
00:20:27,223 --> 00:20:28,723
Having a giant cement
head as a friend

546
00:20:28,725 --> 00:20:31,325
is gonna make cosplaying
a little bit difficult.

547
00:20:31,327 --> 00:20:32,727
This is not good.

548
00:20:32,729 --> 00:20:33,961
You okay, Jessica?

549
00:20:33,963 --> 00:20:35,563
Oh, it's coming off!

550
00:20:35,565 --> 00:20:37,064
It's coming off! Yay!

551
00:20:37,066 --> 00:20:38,165
Yay, nobody died.

552
00:20:38,167 --> 00:20:39,767
Thumbs up. Yay, it's okay.

553
00:20:39,769 --> 00:20:41,536
We don't have to call 911 again.

554
00:20:41,538 --> 00:20:42,937
You did it!
- She's been reborn.

555
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:45,339
- Yay. Hi.
- You did really good.

556
00:20:45,341 --> 00:20:47,742
It was an existential
crisis in there.

557
00:20:47,744 --> 00:20:50,177
The whole time, I was
thinking, does it hurt to die?

558
00:20:50,179 --> 00:20:53,347
How much is it gonna cost
to be buried in plaster?

559
00:20:53,349 --> 00:20:55,249
Yay, it worked. It's me!

560
00:20:55,251 --> 00:20:58,219
But at the end of the day, the
head cast looks pretty good.

561
00:20:58,221 --> 00:20:59,787
We should bring your
forehead up a bit,

562
00:20:59,789 --> 00:21:01,756
and then put the horns there.
- M'kay.

563
00:21:01,758 --> 00:21:03,491
The reason that we
need the head cast

564
00:21:03,493 --> 00:21:06,427
is we're gonna sculpt horns
directly to Jessica's forehead.

565
00:21:06,429 --> 00:21:08,629
So we don't have to use
a headband or anything.

566
00:21:08,631 --> 00:21:10,932
It just sticks... pop!
Right here.

567
00:21:10,934 --> 00:21:12,767
The judges are gonna
be really impressed.

568
00:21:12,769 --> 00:21:15,102
Once I sculpt the horns, I
have to go in and mold them.

569
00:21:15,104 --> 00:21:17,004
And we're really,
really cutting it close.

570
00:21:17,006 --> 00:21:20,341
It's just a really
labor-intensive process.

571
00:21:20,343 --> 00:21:22,043
Victoria's costume
depends on having

572
00:21:22,045 --> 00:21:24,478
all the details in place.

573
00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:25,947
With construction
at a standstill,

574
00:21:25,949 --> 00:21:29,083
her chances of placing at
wizard world are slipping away.

575
00:21:29,085 --> 00:21:31,285
We've got, like, five hours
before I need to leave.

576
00:21:31,287 --> 00:21:32,753
Are you telling me we
can't get it done in time?

577
00:21:32,755 --> 00:21:34,255
Yeah, that's exactly
what I'm telling you.

578
00:21:34,257 --> 00:21:36,090
With the embroidery
machine broken,

579
00:21:36,092 --> 00:21:37,391
there's no way we're
finishing the costume

580
00:21:37,393 --> 00:21:39,827
here in L.A. before I have
to fly out to Portland.

581
00:21:39,829 --> 00:21:42,663
I'm gonna stay here and
finish up the pieces.

582
00:21:42,665 --> 00:21:44,065
I'll overnight it to your hotel.

583
00:21:44,067 --> 00:21:46,400
Well, I'd rather
you come with me.

584
00:21:46,402 --> 00:21:49,337
Babe, it's the only shot that
we have of finishing this thing.

585
00:21:52,774 --> 00:21:54,342
It's the first day of
Wizard World Portland,

586
00:21:54,344 --> 00:21:57,478
and the convention
center is filled

587
00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:58,679
with cosplayers from
around the country.

588
00:21:58,681 --> 00:22:00,982
Many of them have spent months

589
00:22:00,984 --> 00:22:02,917
and thousands of dollars
on their costumes,

590
00:22:02,919 --> 00:22:04,819
preparing for
tomorrow's competition.

591
00:22:09,891 --> 00:22:11,592
Okay, we're checking in.
- All right.

592
00:22:11,594 --> 00:22:13,628
So the competition is tomorrow.

593
00:22:13,630 --> 00:22:16,864
I'm still not 100% confident
in the way I look right now.

594
00:22:16,866 --> 00:22:18,132
So what brings you into Portland?

595
00:22:18,134 --> 00:22:19,367
Portland Wizard World.

596
00:22:19,369 --> 00:22:22,603
Jinyo's gonna continue
to work at home

597
00:22:22,605 --> 00:22:24,038
on the embroidery pieces,

598
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,273
and just overnight
ship them to me.

599
00:22:26,275 --> 00:22:27,842
There's literally no
other options I have

600
00:22:27,844 --> 00:22:29,176
to finish this costume.

601
00:22:29,178 --> 00:22:31,312
What else is in this
box? It's very heavy.

602
00:22:31,314 --> 00:22:34,749
I padded clothes
around the sword.

603
00:22:34,751 --> 00:22:37,251
I've been invited to judge
Wizard World Portland,

604
00:22:37,253 --> 00:22:38,719
and if I'm going to judge,

605
00:22:38,721 --> 00:22:41,789
it is important for me to
appear worthy to be a judge.

606
00:22:41,791 --> 00:22:43,190
Today, I'm going
in a costume I made,

607
00:22:43,192 --> 00:22:45,459
Carmilla from Vampire
Hunter D: Bloodlust.

608
00:22:59,242 --> 00:23:01,042
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to the floor

609
00:23:01,044 --> 00:23:02,710
Yaya Han.

610
00:23:06,449 --> 00:23:07,581
With the convention underway,

611
00:23:07,583 --> 00:23:09,917
Jesse is putting the
last minute touches

612
00:23:09,919 --> 00:23:11,686
on his enclave armor to take it

613
00:23:11,688 --> 00:23:13,888
for a test drive before
the competition tomorrow.

614
00:23:13,890 --> 00:23:15,022
I was thinking maybe

615
00:23:15,024 --> 00:23:16,190
I go running around
in this a little bit

616
00:23:16,192 --> 00:23:17,491
and make sure I can
actually, you know,

617
00:23:17,493 --> 00:23:20,061
walk around in
the Con with it on.

618
00:23:20,063 --> 00:23:22,897
I've spent eight
months on this costume.

619
00:23:22,899 --> 00:23:24,231
I finally got the
kinks worked out

620
00:23:24,233 --> 00:23:25,266
of the gatling gun.

621
00:23:25,268 --> 00:23:26,801
I hope I get some recognition,

622
00:23:26,803 --> 00:23:29,904
because it's what I
want to do for a living.

623
00:23:29,906 --> 00:23:30,905
Ugh.

624
00:23:30,907 --> 00:23:32,873
My legs don't bend that way.

625
00:23:32,875 --> 00:23:34,041
Oh, come on.

626
00:23:34,043 --> 00:23:35,543
I don't think that's doable.

627
00:23:35,545 --> 00:23:37,278
I'm gonna go with no.
- Wuss.

628
00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:39,380
It looks like we're walking.

629
00:23:43,285 --> 00:23:44,685
Since I'm not getting
the embroidered pieces

630
00:23:44,687 --> 00:23:46,721
from Jinyo until
tomorrow morning,

631
00:23:46,723 --> 00:23:48,055
I'm gonna go throw
on my rainbow dash

632
00:23:48,057 --> 00:23:49,690
and have some fun
at the convention

633
00:23:49,692 --> 00:23:51,358
with Becky and Lance,
and try not to think

634
00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:52,626
for a little bit on how much

635
00:23:52,628 --> 00:23:54,061
I still have to
do on the costume.

636
00:23:54,063 --> 00:23:56,931
Oh, look at that guy's armor.

637
00:24:00,103 --> 00:24:03,104
uh-oh, I see somebody
that I recognize.

638
00:24:03,106 --> 00:24:05,272
She's so amazing in that costume.

639
00:24:05,274 --> 00:24:07,475
So here's Yaya, and she's
in her Carmilla costume.

640
00:24:07,477 --> 00:24:08,676
Oh, hey.

641
00:24:08,678 --> 00:24:10,578
It kind of put it
in perspective, like,

642
00:24:10,580 --> 00:24:12,847
"oh, crap, she's our judge."

643
00:24:12,849 --> 00:24:14,348
She's scary as all hell,

644
00:24:14,350 --> 00:24:16,383
and she's extremely intimidating.

645
00:24:16,385 --> 00:24:18,185
I can't believe
you wore this here.

646
00:24:18,187 --> 00:24:19,487
How about you guys?

647
00:24:19,489 --> 00:24:20,955
- Trying to have fun today.
- Yes.

648
00:24:24,926 --> 00:24:26,494
I'm a little bit worried, because

649
00:24:26,496 --> 00:24:28,929
Victoria sort of has a history of

650
00:24:28,931 --> 00:24:31,432
being very, very last
minute with her costumes.

651
00:24:31,434 --> 00:24:33,734
I'm gonna be my usual
sternness tomorrow,

652
00:24:33,736 --> 00:24:35,402
so I just wanna make
sure that you guys

653
00:24:35,404 --> 00:24:37,371
are fully prepared
for the contest.

654
00:24:37,373 --> 00:24:38,506
All right.

655
00:24:38,508 --> 00:24:40,307
I'm really overwhelmed right now.

656
00:24:40,309 --> 00:24:41,742
I'm stressed beyond belief.

657
00:24:41,744 --> 00:24:43,077
I really need Jinyo here,

658
00:24:43,079 --> 00:24:44,979
because this is what
happens when he's not here.

659
00:24:44,981 --> 00:24:46,380
I just become a complete mess.

660
00:24:46,382 --> 00:24:48,349
Hey, babe.
- How are things going?

661
00:24:48,351 --> 00:24:51,352
Um, not that great.

662
00:24:51,354 --> 00:24:54,088
Becky and I went to go say hi

663
00:24:54,090 --> 00:24:55,489
to yaya at the booth and stuff.

664
00:24:55,491 --> 00:24:57,658
And, it's just, you
know, she was making,

665
00:24:57,660 --> 00:25:00,828
like, very pointed reminders
about the craftsmanship.

666
00:25:00,830 --> 00:25:02,530
I mean, the stuff
that we have together

667
00:25:02,532 --> 00:25:04,064
so far is top notch.

668
00:25:04,066 --> 00:25:05,366
I don't think you have to worry

669
00:25:05,368 --> 00:25:07,034
about the craftsmanship.

670
00:25:07,036 --> 00:25:09,537
But you... but you say
that, and it's, like...

671
00:25:09,539 --> 00:25:11,572
I don't even have
anything finished.

672
00:25:11,574 --> 00:25:12,673
Don't give up, okay?

673
00:25:12,675 --> 00:25:14,608
All right. I'll
talk to you later.

674
00:25:14,610 --> 00:25:15,776
All right. I love you, sweetie.

675
00:25:15,778 --> 00:25:17,945
- I love you too.
- Bye.

676
00:25:21,082 --> 00:25:22,483
With time running out,

677
00:25:22,485 --> 00:25:24,652
Holly and Jessica
have to make a decision

678
00:25:24,654 --> 00:25:26,587
that may compromise
their creative vision,

679
00:25:26,589 --> 00:25:28,255
and cost them a
chance at best-in-show

680
00:25:28,257 --> 00:25:29,490
in the competition.

681
00:25:29,492 --> 00:25:31,192
I don't have any time to do this.

682
00:25:31,194 --> 00:25:32,493
We're still in L.A.

683
00:25:32,495 --> 00:25:34,361
We are still
finishing our costumes.

684
00:25:34,363 --> 00:25:36,397
All of the other
cosplayers are probably

685
00:25:36,399 --> 00:25:37,498
in Portland right now.

686
00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:38,632
We're stressed out.

687
00:25:38,634 --> 00:25:39,834
This is our reputation.

688
00:25:39,836 --> 00:25:42,469
This is the future of Crabcat.

689
00:25:42,471 --> 00:25:45,005
This is whether or
not we have it in us

690
00:25:45,007 --> 00:25:46,307
to keep competing like this.

691
00:25:46,309 --> 00:25:47,408
I'm gonna say something,

692
00:25:47,410 --> 00:25:48,843
and I don't want
you to freak out.

693
00:25:48,845 --> 00:25:50,311
But I think that we should

694
00:25:50,313 --> 00:25:52,213
just get
off-the-shelf horns.

695
00:25:52,215 --> 00:25:54,348
I am just worried we are
not going to have time

696
00:25:54,350 --> 00:25:56,617
to mold and cast
them to the level

697
00:25:56,619 --> 00:25:58,185
holly has to get to.

698
00:25:58,187 --> 00:26:00,621
I think we need to
go buy a pair of horns

699
00:26:00,623 --> 00:26:02,189
and just alter them.

700
00:26:02,191 --> 00:26:03,390
Are you serious?

701
00:26:03,392 --> 00:26:05,359
None of them are going
to look professional.

702
00:26:09,248 --> 00:26:10,648
I can't believe
you wanna do this.

703
00:26:10,650 --> 00:26:11,715
I don't think that we're gonna

704
00:26:11,717 --> 00:26:13,651
look professional
if we buy horns.

705
00:26:13,653 --> 00:26:16,353
If we walk in there
with a store-bought item

706
00:26:16,355 --> 00:26:18,088
on our costume, that completely

707
00:26:18,090 --> 00:26:19,323
brings us down a notch.

708
00:26:19,325 --> 00:26:20,758
This was about having fun.

709
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,727
If you can't have fun with this,

710
00:26:23,729 --> 00:26:26,063
and sometimes roll
with the punches,

711
00:26:26,065 --> 00:26:27,431
then I'm not gonna
do this with you.

712
00:26:27,433 --> 00:26:28,832
It's not about that,
it's about quality.

713
00:26:28,834 --> 00:26:30,134
No, it is about that.
It is about that, Holly.

714
00:26:30,136 --> 00:26:31,268
It's about quality
in our costumes,

715
00:26:31,270 --> 00:26:32,369
and making it look good.
- No.

716
00:26:32,371 --> 00:26:33,537
You just do whatever you want.

717
00:26:33,539 --> 00:26:34,605
I'm gonna be in the car.

718
00:26:34,607 --> 00:26:37,241
I'm gonna be in the car.

719
00:26:38,504 --> 00:26:39,504
With time wasting...

720
00:26:39,506 --> 00:26:40,939
I'm gonna be in the car.

721
00:26:40,941 --> 00:26:43,241
And her cosplay partner
putting her foot down,

722
00:26:43,243 --> 00:26:46,378
Holly has few choices left.

723
00:26:50,183 --> 00:26:52,017
here's your stupid horns.

724
00:26:52,019 --> 00:26:53,352
Thank you.

725
00:26:53,354 --> 00:26:54,853
I can't believe,
after all of this work,

726
00:26:54,855 --> 00:26:56,421
this is the outcome.

727
00:26:56,423 --> 00:26:57,656
I just wanna get on the plane

728
00:26:57,658 --> 00:26:59,091
and play some DS.

729
00:26:59,093 --> 00:27:00,692
This is gonna be
a good convention.

730
00:27:00,694 --> 00:27:03,428
Just go, please.

731
00:27:06,566 --> 00:27:07,933
Right here.

732
00:27:07,935 --> 00:27:09,701
So Lance and I decided
that we're gonna go out

733
00:27:09,703 --> 00:27:11,470
and sample the
nightlife in Portland

734
00:27:11,472 --> 00:27:12,671
with a bunch of cosplayers,

735
00:27:12,673 --> 00:27:14,106
and Victoria wants to come along.

736
00:27:14,108 --> 00:27:16,375
She's got a lot of
work still left to do,

737
00:27:16,377 --> 00:27:17,676
but I'm not her mama.

738
00:27:17,678 --> 00:27:18,944
Wizard World and costumes.

739
00:27:18,946 --> 00:27:20,178
- Wizard World.
- Whoo.

740
00:27:20,180 --> 00:27:21,346
Are we supposed to
have it all at once?

741
00:27:21,348 --> 00:27:23,115
- You needed more anyway.
- There I go.

742
00:27:23,117 --> 00:27:24,282
Hi.
- What's up?

743
00:27:24,284 --> 00:27:25,317
How's it going?

744
00:27:25,319 --> 00:27:27,452
I could be in a hotel room alone,

745
00:27:27,454 --> 00:27:29,154
or being out with,
like, a bunch of friends

746
00:27:29,156 --> 00:27:31,323
and just being the
awesome geeks that we are.

747
00:27:31,325 --> 00:27:33,792
It's like, is there
really a choice there?

748
00:27:35,628 --> 00:27:37,462
I'll need another one of these.

749
00:27:37,464 --> 00:27:39,998
Victoria's had enough
drinks for the both of us.

750
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,033
Everybody kept
bringing drinks over.

751
00:27:42,035 --> 00:27:43,935
Portland is a very friendly town.

752
00:27:51,744 --> 00:27:53,412
I think Victoria is swimming

753
00:27:53,414 --> 00:27:55,247
way down in the
deeps of the ocean.

754
00:27:55,249 --> 00:27:56,715
You know, a little
in over her head.

755
00:27:56,717 --> 00:27:58,183
You drank way too much.

756
00:27:58,185 --> 00:28:00,218
- I know, let's go home.
- Are we going now?

757
00:28:00,220 --> 00:28:02,220
Yeah.
- Yes.

758
00:28:15,301 --> 00:28:17,068
Today's the day
of the competition.

759
00:28:17,070 --> 00:28:19,237
And I have to get into
my judging costume.

760
00:28:19,239 --> 00:28:21,473
It's Fiora from
League of Legends.

761
00:28:24,510 --> 00:28:26,878
In a lot of ways, the
pressure is the same

762
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,046
as when I competed.

763
00:28:28,048 --> 00:28:30,582
I still have to
finish a new costume.

764
00:28:30,584 --> 00:28:32,217
It still has to be spectacular.

765
00:28:32,219 --> 00:28:33,285
It still has to be better

766
00:28:33,287 --> 00:28:35,086
than the last-year
costume I made,

767
00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:37,456
so I can't disappoint my fans.

768
00:28:37,458 --> 00:28:39,291
All right. Let's
go show them all.

769
00:28:47,333 --> 00:28:49,134
I love this costume.

770
00:28:49,136 --> 00:28:50,602
I'm very proud of it.

771
00:28:50,604 --> 00:28:52,838
And the reaction
on people's faces

772
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:54,005
when they see me in the costume

773
00:28:54,007 --> 00:28:58,009
makes it completely worth it.

774
00:28:58,011 --> 00:29:00,412
It's the day of the competition,

775
00:29:00,414 --> 00:29:02,614
and Victoria is still
feeling the effects

776
00:29:02,616 --> 00:29:04,249
of sampling Portland's nightlife.

777
00:29:04,251 --> 00:29:06,284
Seriously?

778
00:29:06,286 --> 00:29:07,586
Great, I've overslept.

779
00:29:07,588 --> 00:29:09,087
And the embroidered pieces
are coming this morning.

780
00:29:09,089 --> 00:29:10,489
I probably could've been
working on the costume

781
00:29:10,491 --> 00:29:11,723
or been done with it.

782
00:29:11,725 --> 00:29:13,191
I don't know what
I'm gonna do now.

783
00:29:13,193 --> 00:29:16,094
Um, I think there is a
package that got delivered.

784
00:29:17,463 --> 00:29:18,463
Oh, no problem.

785
00:29:18,465 --> 00:29:19,698
Thankfully, the embroidery

786
00:29:19,700 --> 00:29:20,966
is at the front desk.

787
00:29:20,968 --> 00:29:22,334
It's amazing that
Jinyo was able to get

788
00:29:22,336 --> 00:29:24,202
the embroidery machine
working in time,

789
00:29:24,204 --> 00:29:25,937
but I only have a few hours left

790
00:29:25,939 --> 00:29:28,907
to get all those pieces
sewn onto the skirt.

791
00:29:28,909 --> 00:29:30,809
Hi, we are checking in.

792
00:29:30,811 --> 00:29:32,677
Oh, my God, it's Scruffy Rebel.

793
00:29:32,679 --> 00:29:34,379
No, it's Victoria. Oh, my God.

794
00:29:34,381 --> 00:29:36,047
We see Victoria in the lobby.

795
00:29:36,049 --> 00:29:37,749
She's picking up a package.

796
00:29:37,751 --> 00:29:40,018
Which, to me, is a red alert

797
00:29:40,020 --> 00:29:42,020
in that something has
just been shipped to her,

798
00:29:42,022 --> 00:29:44,155
and maybe she's not
finished with her costume.

799
00:29:44,157 --> 00:29:45,557
Well, we'll see you
later this afternoon.

800
00:29:45,559 --> 00:29:46,558
Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna go finish

801
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:47,592
working on my stuff.

802
00:29:47,594 --> 00:29:49,928
Not only am I exhausted
from last night,

803
00:29:49,930 --> 00:29:51,930
I'm up against the likes
of Holly and Jessica.

804
00:29:51,932 --> 00:29:53,765
They're known for being amazing.

805
00:29:53,767 --> 00:29:55,033
I'm pretty much screwed.

806
00:29:58,038 --> 00:29:59,671
With the competition looming,

807
00:29:59,673 --> 00:30:02,574
the competitors begin their
cosplay transformations.

808
00:30:02,576 --> 00:30:05,544
I'm not at all happy
with this costume.

809
00:30:07,113 --> 00:30:09,080
Can do it anymore?

810
00:30:09,082 --> 00:30:10,849
'Cause I hear my shoulder pop.

811
00:30:10,851 --> 00:30:13,752
It just brings it right
back in my face that

812
00:30:13,754 --> 00:30:14,953
I have put on weight,

813
00:30:14,955 --> 00:30:16,621
and any confidence that I had

814
00:30:16,623 --> 00:30:18,823
is just evaporating.

815
00:30:18,825 --> 00:30:21,393
I'm really concerned
about this dress now.

816
00:30:21,395 --> 00:30:23,094
So we have to hustle.

817
00:30:23,096 --> 00:30:26,031
I'm just gonna do some quick
dry-brushing on the horns.

818
00:30:26,033 --> 00:30:29,534
We're coming in five hours
before the competition.

819
00:30:29,536 --> 00:30:31,403
I am super stressed out.

820
00:30:31,405 --> 00:30:33,071
Every time I compete,
I have a little bit

821
00:30:33,073 --> 00:30:35,473
of that, like, spark
of crazy come back.

822
00:30:35,475 --> 00:30:36,708
- Don't worry.
- Hurry it up.

823
00:30:36,710 --> 00:30:37,943
If it stops being fun,

824
00:30:37,945 --> 00:30:40,445
I have no problem
pulling the plug.

825
00:30:40,447 --> 00:30:41,880
Don't tell me to hurry.

826
00:30:41,882 --> 00:30:44,916
I learned that from Mary Poppins.

827
00:31:03,436 --> 00:31:05,804
Whoo!

828
00:31:11,410 --> 00:31:13,345
Oh, there's a lot
more people today.

829
00:31:13,347 --> 00:31:15,146
There's a difference between
getting into a character

830
00:31:15,148 --> 00:31:16,247
and knowing how to do

831
00:31:16,249 --> 00:31:18,316
a great impression
of a character.

832
00:31:18,318 --> 00:31:21,686
If I'm not bringing
that character to life,

833
00:31:21,688 --> 00:31:23,054
then I don't think I can win.

834
00:31:24,191 --> 00:31:26,224
It's my princess friend Belle.

835
00:31:26,226 --> 00:31:28,126
How are you, dear?
- Nice to meet you.

836
00:31:28,128 --> 00:31:30,228
Oh, it's so nice to meet you.

837
00:31:30,230 --> 00:31:32,364
When I grow up, I'm
gonna shoot arrows

838
00:31:32,366 --> 00:31:34,232
just like you, Merida.
- You are?

839
00:31:34,234 --> 00:31:36,001
You're gonna be an
archer? - Uh-huh.

840
00:31:36,003 --> 00:31:37,469
Are you gonna hit the
target right in the middle?

841
00:31:37,471 --> 00:31:38,570
Yes.

842
00:31:38,572 --> 00:31:39,871
Having this innocent little girl

843
00:31:39,873 --> 00:31:42,574
really believe that
I was the character...

844
00:31:42,576 --> 00:31:44,275
Give me five. Okay.

845
00:31:44,277 --> 00:31:46,511
Now I feel like Merida.

846
00:31:55,421 --> 00:31:57,088
Have a great day, princess.

847
00:31:57,090 --> 00:31:59,557
- Uh-huh, bye.
- Good-bye.

848
00:31:59,559 --> 00:32:03,061
With the crowds and
anticipation mounting,

849
00:32:03,063 --> 00:32:06,197
it's time to start the
costume competition.

850
00:32:07,533 --> 00:32:09,868
In line, you know,
I'm standing there,

851
00:32:09,870 --> 00:32:12,203
looking at every
costume around me,

852
00:32:12,205 --> 00:32:14,472
judging up the competition.

853
00:32:14,474 --> 00:32:16,574
It's a little intense.

854
00:32:19,346 --> 00:32:22,681
- Don't panic.
- Don't panic.

855
00:32:22,683 --> 00:32:23,748
So we're waiting in line,

856
00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:25,183
ready to go into the competition,

857
00:32:25,185 --> 00:32:27,252
and I don't see
Victoria anywhere.

858
00:32:27,254 --> 00:32:30,155
I have no idea what
to think at this point.

859
00:32:34,427 --> 00:32:36,995
Last night was the
stupidest thing I ever did.

860
00:32:38,583 --> 00:32:40,450
Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,

861
00:32:40,452 --> 00:32:41,918
geeks and freaks of all ages,

862
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,787
welcome to the Portland

863
00:32:43,789 --> 00:32:46,023
Wizard World costume
cosplay contest.

864
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:51,595
I'm gonna introduce an
esteemed panel of judges.

865
00:32:51,597 --> 00:32:53,363
I would first like to introduce

866
00:32:53,365 --> 00:32:56,733
the world-renowned Yaya Han.

867
00:32:59,671 --> 00:33:04,508
Next up, the Green
Ranger, Jason David Frank.

868
00:33:06,011 --> 00:33:07,878
Having Jason David Frank,

869
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,781
somebody who is in
a costume every day,

870
00:33:10,783 --> 00:33:12,149
having to be a character,

871
00:33:12,151 --> 00:33:13,650
that's kind of cool for me,

872
00:33:13,652 --> 00:33:15,052
because that's
what I'm going for.

873
00:33:15,054 --> 00:33:19,489
So next up... Jesse Snider.

874
00:33:19,491 --> 00:33:21,591
Jesse Snider wrote
the comic Evil Ernie,

875
00:33:21,593 --> 00:33:22,793
which is pretty awesome.

876
00:33:22,795 --> 00:33:25,829
I cannot wait to see
all you guys onstage.

877
00:33:25,831 --> 00:33:28,799
Criterias for judging at
the Wizard World contest

878
00:33:28,801 --> 00:33:32,836
are showmanship,
craftsmanship, and difficultly.

879
00:33:32,838 --> 00:33:35,038
Craftsmanship means
everything to me.

880
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,740
If you're gonna
make a suit of armor,

881
00:33:36,742 --> 00:33:38,508
I want it to look like armor.

882
00:33:38,510 --> 00:33:40,844
If you have chosen
a sewn project,

883
00:33:40,846 --> 00:33:42,479
I want it to fit you well.

884
00:33:42,481 --> 00:33:44,047
I want a lot of
emotion, a lot of energy.

885
00:33:44,049 --> 00:33:45,315
And we're gonna have a blast.

886
00:33:45,317 --> 00:33:47,117
There's a lot of
money to give away.

887
00:33:47,119 --> 00:33:48,585
Bring it, you know.

888
00:33:48,587 --> 00:33:50,854
Whatever you got,
show us, all right?

889
00:33:50,856 --> 00:33:52,222
I need to get up on that stage

890
00:33:52,224 --> 00:33:53,657
and be Merida.

891
00:33:53,659 --> 00:33:55,459
I need to forget all
of my insecurities,

892
00:33:55,461 --> 00:33:56,960
because that's not who Merida is.

893
00:33:56,962 --> 00:34:01,064
If I can do that,
then I think I can win.

894
00:34:01,066 --> 00:34:02,933
With the competition
already begun,

895
00:34:02,935 --> 00:34:05,335
Victoria struggles to hand-sew

896
00:34:05,337 --> 00:34:07,337
the last pieces onto her costume.

897
00:34:07,339 --> 00:34:10,107
Seriously?

898
00:34:13,111 --> 00:34:16,480
All right, contestants,
are we ready?

899
00:34:16,482 --> 00:34:17,747
There's a lot of nerves.

900
00:34:17,749 --> 00:34:21,284
All eyes are on you
and your costume.

901
00:34:21,286 --> 00:34:23,220
It's awesome, but
it's wholly terrifying

902
00:34:23,222 --> 00:34:24,654
in the same sense.

903
00:34:24,656 --> 00:34:27,023
Oh, I just got nervous.

904
00:34:27,025 --> 00:34:28,692
Let's get this show on the road.

905
00:34:28,694 --> 00:34:29,993
Roll it.

906
00:34:29,995 --> 00:34:32,562
Ohh!

907
00:34:47,146 --> 00:34:49,679
Iron Man.

908
00:34:49,681 --> 00:34:51,781
Can I ask what material you used?

909
00:34:51,783 --> 00:34:54,451
It's made out of yoga
mats and a Snapple bottle.

910
00:34:54,453 --> 00:34:55,852
Wow.

911
00:34:59,458 --> 00:35:01,758
Galactus.

912
00:35:06,198 --> 00:35:07,664
I mean, that helmet looks like

913
00:35:07,666 --> 00:35:08,999
I could buy it at a store.

914
00:35:09,001 --> 00:35:11,668
- How'd you make it?
- The helmet is fiberglass.

915
00:35:11,670 --> 00:35:13,236
It's so shiny.

916
00:35:13,238 --> 00:35:16,039
Automotive paint.

917
00:35:24,650 --> 00:35:26,883
So it's my turn to go up onstage.

918
00:35:26,885 --> 00:35:29,286
I need to just think about

919
00:35:29,288 --> 00:35:31,288
that little girl who
thought I was Merida,

920
00:35:31,290 --> 00:35:34,824
not letting this get
in the way of this.

921
00:35:34,826 --> 00:35:37,794
Please welcome,
from Brave, Merida.

922
00:35:42,701 --> 00:35:44,201
Now don't panic.

923
00:35:44,203 --> 00:35:46,503
There may be a
bear roaming around.

924
00:35:59,450 --> 00:36:01,585
Not only is Becky
doing her voice,

925
00:36:01,587 --> 00:36:03,453
but her self-assurance
and confidence,

926
00:36:03,455 --> 00:36:05,455
they're coming through onstage.

927
00:36:05,457 --> 00:36:09,559
She really convinced
me that she's Merida.

928
00:36:15,534 --> 00:36:16,666
I'm standing there at the edge

929
00:36:16,668 --> 00:36:18,435
of the stage, panicking.

930
00:36:18,437 --> 00:36:19,836
I spent hundreds of dollars

931
00:36:19,838 --> 00:36:21,638
putting this whole
thing together.

932
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:24,040
I have this moment to
walk up on the stage

933
00:36:24,042 --> 00:36:25,542
and get it all judged.

934
00:36:25,544 --> 00:36:26,876
I want more recognition.

935
00:36:26,878 --> 00:36:27,978
That's what I want...

936
00:36:27,980 --> 00:36:29,746
everybody to know my name.

937
00:36:29,748 --> 00:36:32,682
All right, next up we
have the Vault Dweller,

938
00:36:32,684 --> 00:36:36,353
Fallout 3.

939
00:36:50,001 --> 00:36:54,471
That is a big gun.

940
00:36:54,473 --> 00:36:55,705
Why would you like to win?

941
00:36:55,707 --> 00:36:57,040
I love making costumes,

942
00:36:57,042 --> 00:36:58,775
and it's really what I wanna do.

943
00:36:58,777 --> 00:37:01,378
I could definitely
tell that Jesse

944
00:37:01,380 --> 00:37:03,446
is very dedicated
to the character.

945
00:37:03,448 --> 00:37:06,116
And I really think
Jesse could go very far.

946
00:37:06,118 --> 00:37:11,988
Round of applause
for the Vault Dweller.

947
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:14,424
You're gonna walk out, and
I'm gonna, like, stalk out.

948
00:37:14,426 --> 00:37:16,993
And then you're gonna see
this, like, come by your head.

949
00:37:16,995 --> 00:37:18,428
We're inching closer
and closer to the stage.

950
00:37:18,430 --> 00:37:19,562
This is a big moment.

951
00:37:19,564 --> 00:37:20,897
I'm getting a little bit nervous.

952
00:37:20,899 --> 00:37:24,801
Next up, we have a Tiefling,

953
00:37:24,803 --> 00:37:27,337
the Drow.

954
00:37:27,339 --> 00:37:29,472
Ooh.

955
00:37:31,576 --> 00:37:33,777
Did Holly just drop the mic?

956
00:37:33,779 --> 00:37:35,445
Is this happening right now?

957
00:37:35,447 --> 00:37:37,814
I don't even wanna see
where this is gonna go.

958
00:37:37,816 --> 00:37:39,215
Do you wanna just do a hero pose?

959
00:37:39,217 --> 00:37:42,752
- Let's do a hero pose.
- Let's do it.

960
00:37:42,754 --> 00:37:44,754
Four years ago, I probably
would've freaked out,

961
00:37:44,756 --> 00:37:46,523
ran offstage, and
hid in a hermit hole

962
00:37:46,525 --> 00:37:48,224
somewhere in the
middle of the desert.

963
00:37:48,226 --> 00:37:50,727
But honestly, everything
turned out okay.

964
00:37:57,736 --> 00:37:59,536
What was your inspiration
behind these characters?

965
00:37:59,538 --> 00:38:00,870
They're very unique.

966
00:38:00,872 --> 00:38:03,206
These are actually
our D&D characters.

967
00:38:04,643 --> 00:38:06,343
- Hey, I play D&D.
- That's awesome.

968
00:38:06,345 --> 00:38:09,713
I see hooves, I see horns.

969
00:38:09,715 --> 00:38:11,114
How did you make those things?

970
00:38:11,116 --> 00:38:12,582
These, actually, we didn't.

971
00:38:12,584 --> 00:38:14,617
We had our sculpted ones but then

972
00:38:14,619 --> 00:38:15,685
time was of the essence,

973
00:38:15,687 --> 00:38:18,588
so we actually
altered these ones.

974
00:38:18,590 --> 00:38:22,325
Buying such an important
part of a costume

975
00:38:22,327 --> 00:38:23,560
where you could have made it,

976
00:38:23,562 --> 00:38:26,863
obviously they lost points
immediately in my book.

977
00:38:29,201 --> 00:38:31,101
And hit the next marks here.

978
00:38:31,103 --> 00:38:34,037
So I'm watching as all the
contestants come through

979
00:38:34,039 --> 00:38:35,505
and strut their stuff.

980
00:38:35,507 --> 00:38:37,674
And then I realized,
"where's Victoria?"

981
00:38:37,676 --> 00:38:40,410
Our last contestants.

982
00:38:42,748 --> 00:38:45,348
One of my favorite
games of all time,

983
00:38:45,350 --> 00:38:48,284
Team Fortress 2: The Engineer.

984
00:38:50,389 --> 00:38:52,422
What happened to Victoria?

985
00:38:52,424 --> 00:38:54,324
I mean, did she not
finish her costume?

986
00:38:54,326 --> 00:38:55,625
I don't know.

987
00:38:58,063 --> 00:38:59,429
Hi, sweetie. How's it going?

988
00:38:59,431 --> 00:39:00,930
Obviously not that great.

989
00:39:00,932 --> 00:39:04,467
I'm gonna have to ditch Lulu.

990
00:39:04,469 --> 00:39:05,802
Jinyo is clearly my soul mate.

991
00:39:05,804 --> 00:39:08,805
And I can't do this without him.

992
00:39:08,807 --> 00:39:11,674
If he's not around,
I really am unable

993
00:39:11,676 --> 00:39:13,410
to actually finish a costume.

994
00:39:13,412 --> 00:39:14,911
I'm sorry I couldn't be
there to help you, sweetie.

995
00:39:14,913 --> 00:39:17,647
I know, it really sucked
doing this without you.

996
00:39:17,649 --> 00:39:19,649
I came in to this competition

997
00:39:19,651 --> 00:39:22,519
to try to, you know,
at least kind of

998
00:39:22,521 --> 00:39:23,887
impress Yaya,

999
00:39:23,889 --> 00:39:26,956
and, like, it's
just all completely

1000
00:39:26,958 --> 00:39:28,057
fallen apart in front of me.

1001
00:39:28,059 --> 00:39:29,125
I love you, baby.

1002
00:39:29,127 --> 00:39:30,927
I love you too.

1003
00:39:32,430 --> 00:39:33,630
I'm gonna consult
with the judges.

1004
00:39:33,632 --> 00:39:35,698
Soon as they're done,

1005
00:39:35,700 --> 00:39:38,067
we will announce all the
winners and the prizes.

1006
00:39:38,069 --> 00:39:41,237
The main prize is the
best in show award,

1007
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:42,572
but there's also best team

1008
00:39:42,574 --> 00:39:44,707
and honorable mention categories.

1009
00:39:44,709 --> 00:39:47,977
Did you guys like the girl
with the crazy orange hair?

1010
00:39:49,414 --> 00:39:51,614
Cosplay is a really
expensive hobby.

1011
00:39:51,616 --> 00:39:54,117
Cash prizes really matter.

1012
00:39:54,119 --> 00:39:55,852
He did some good showmanship.

1013
00:39:55,854 --> 00:39:57,554
Yeah, I thought he did well.

1014
00:39:58,690 --> 00:40:01,191
Did you guys like
Dungeons & Dragons,

1015
00:40:01,193 --> 00:40:02,692
Holly and Jessica?

1016
00:40:02,694 --> 00:40:05,562
I know Holly and I said that
we wouldn't get too serious

1017
00:40:05,564 --> 00:40:07,764
and stressed about
about competing again,

1018
00:40:07,766 --> 00:40:10,567
but now that we're up here,
it would be really awesome

1019
00:40:10,569 --> 00:40:12,135
to be able to take home hardware.

1020
00:40:12,137 --> 00:40:14,437
We do not have enough
awards, seriously.

1021
00:40:17,602 --> 00:40:22,038
All right, next up, Yaya
Han and her co-judges

1022
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:24,006
are gonna announce
the winners for us.

1023
00:40:24,008 --> 00:40:27,577
Cosplay competitions are
very good launching points

1024
00:40:27,579 --> 00:40:29,011
you know, it's the
crucible of your work,

1025
00:40:29,013 --> 00:40:30,446
especially as a prop master.

1026
00:40:30,448 --> 00:40:32,748
So I'm gonna have to win one.

1027
00:40:32,750 --> 00:40:34,317
Everyone deserves
a round of applause.

1028
00:40:34,319 --> 00:40:36,552
All of youse contestants.

1029
00:40:36,554 --> 00:40:42,291
All right, honorable
mention will go to...

1030
00:40:42,293 --> 00:40:44,427
Brave.

1031
00:40:48,032 --> 00:40:50,533
This proves that
having confidence

1032
00:40:50,535 --> 00:40:52,135
and having an amazing
presence onstage

1033
00:40:52,137 --> 00:40:53,669
and embodying a character

1034
00:40:53,671 --> 00:40:56,339
trumps having the
perfect body type.

1035
00:40:56,341 --> 00:41:00,743
Okay, so now we're moving
on to the big money prizes.

1036
00:41:02,514 --> 00:41:06,048
Third place goes to...

1037
00:41:06,050 --> 00:41:07,717
Totoro!

1038
00:41:09,888 --> 00:41:12,788
For Totoro to have
the impressive height,

1039
00:41:12,790 --> 00:41:15,224
I mean, he was a real
life-sized totoro.

1040
00:41:15,226 --> 00:41:17,260
It was above and beyond.

1041
00:41:18,930 --> 00:41:22,865
Second place goes to...

1042
00:41:22,867 --> 00:41:25,668
Futurama Group!

1043
00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:28,037
You guys are amazing.

1044
00:41:28,039 --> 00:41:30,673
All right.

1045
00:41:30,675 --> 00:41:31,741
Best team.

1046
00:41:34,077 --> 00:41:36,078
Dungeons & Dragons.

1047
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:38,981
Whoo! That's us.

1048
00:41:38,983 --> 00:41:41,050
I give Holly and Jessica credit

1049
00:41:41,052 --> 00:41:43,386
for thinking outside the
box and being creative.

1050
00:41:43,388 --> 00:41:44,954
We do appreciate
that they created

1051
00:41:44,956 --> 00:41:46,355
some original characters.

1052
00:41:46,357 --> 00:41:47,356
- Well done, guys.
- Thank you.

1053
00:41:47,358 --> 00:41:48,524
Good job, y'all.

1054
00:41:48,526 --> 00:41:49,992
We won a trophy

1055
00:41:49,994 --> 00:41:51,494
♪ Aren't you pleased ♪

1056
00:41:51,496 --> 00:41:53,129
You can, like,
celebrate a little bit.

1057
00:41:53,131 --> 00:41:54,363
We could have done
something more...

1058
00:41:54,365 --> 00:41:56,399
oh, God, you're touching me. No!

1059
00:41:56,401 --> 00:41:58,801
- I am gonna hit you.
- Smile, smile, smile.

1060
00:41:58,803 --> 00:41:59,936
We won.

1061
00:41:59,938 --> 00:42:01,737
All right.

1062
00:42:01,739 --> 00:42:04,207
First place,
master, best in show,

1063
00:42:04,209 --> 00:42:06,475
Wizard World, Portland!

1064
00:42:09,012 --> 00:42:10,011
Galactus!