Popular scientist character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween
With Halloween and cosplay season upon us, many people are looking for ideas for costumes. A popular option is to dress up as a scientist. This can be a great option for both men and women of all ages. Some ideas for a scientist costume include, a mad scientist, a doctor, a chemist, or even an astronaut. No matter what your budget is, there are plenty of ways to put together a great scientist costume that will impress your friends and family.
Shuri's Costume from Black Panther
Shuri's DIY costume can include a purple turtleneck and blue leggings combo styled with patches of blue cloth and gold ribbons as outline. It features a yellow waist cloth, arm guards, and boots.
Robert Oppenheimer Costume
Oppenheimer’s costume is a light blue dress shirt, a black tie, a classic-fit blazer and pair of pants, and a gray fedora.
Jimmy Neutron Costume
Jimmy Neutron’s costume is a red Jimmy Neutron nuclear T-shirt, stretch blue jeans, white casual sneakers, and has troll-style thick brown hair.
Isaac Newton's Costume
Isaac’s costume features layers filled with a white ruffled shirt, vest, coat, and pants. He also wears long socks and dress shoes. He has light-colored hair.
Jane Goodall's Costume
Jane Goodall wears a khaki camouflage top and shorts. She also carries binoculars.
Rosalind Lutece's (Bioshock) Costume
Rosalind Lutece wears various layers made up of a white shirt, green tie, vest, brown blazer, and a long skirt. She has brunette hair. For shoes, she wears a pair of heeled oxfords.
SCP-035 Costume
SCP035’s costume is a SCP035 Greek comedy mask, long-sleeved button down blue shirt, black dress pants, black leather shoes, blue tie, and white professional lab coat with SCP Foundation employee patch.
The Nutty Professor Costume
The Nutty Professor’s costume is a long-sleeved white button down shirt, brown work-to-weekend pants, casual brown slip on shoes, a brown belt and Y-shaped suspenders, a brown bow tie, retro round glasses, and a khaki blazer jacket.'
Doc Ock/Doctor Octopus Costume
Doc Ock’s costume is a black turtleneck shirt, a brown trench coat, dark brown jeans, brown boots, a green over-sized long coat, brown leather gloves, black John Lennon glasses, and four robotic tentacle arms.
Professor X Costume
Professor X’s costume is a formal two-piece royal blue suit, a navy blue formal suit vest, a red tie, and black leather shoes. He is also wheelchair-bound.
Dr. Drakken (Kim Possible) Costume
Dr, Drakken’s costume is a black turtleneck shirt, a blue double-breasted mid-length overcoat, blue pants, wide black belt, black boots, and long black gloves.
Dr. Eggman Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog) Costume
Dr. Eggman Robotnik’s costume is a red coat with two gold buttons on both side of the chest with white straps, black pants, black boots, white gloves, tinted eyeglasses, and goggles.
Professor Pyg Costume from D.C. Comics
Professor Pyg's costume features a pig's mask and a bloody butcher outfit complete with a white shirt, apron, bow tie, pants, and a toy butcher's knife.
Professor Oak's Costume from Pokemon
Professor Oak's costume has a red shirt, pants, and white lab coat.
Professor Utonium (Powerpuff Girls) Costume
Professor Utonium's costume comes with a white lab coat, neck tie, and pants. He also has a cigar pipe.
Herbert West–Reanimator Costume
Herbert West's outfit has a bloody shirt, pants, and a doctor's bag. He also carries a syringe with green fluid.
Doctor Manhattan's (Watchmen) Costume
Dr Manhattan's costume can be recreated with a blue bodysuit and face paint, too. For a more realistic touch, use full body paint, too.
Bumblebee's (DC) Costume
Bumblebee's costume can be recreated with a grey bodysuit, yellow tank top, boots, and a pair of wings. She also has a pair of blue arm guards.
Yokai (Big Hero 6) Costume
Yokai’s costume is a black zip-up vest, black pants, black sneakers, black gloves, a black long coat, and a Kabuki mask.
Flint Lockwood & Sam Sparks (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) Costume
Flint Lockwood and Sam Sparks’ costume are a punny shirt, a white lab coat, black pants, and black shoes as well as a purple tank top, purple button-down, khaki shorts, hiking boots, and large, square glasses.
Mojo Jojo (The Powerpuff Girls) Costume
Mojo Jojo’s costume is a long blue tunic with a white belt, white gauntlet gloves, white boots, a purple cape, and a long white and purple helmet that protects his exposed brain.
Gordon Freeman (Half-Life) Costume
Gordon Freeman’s costume is a grey suit, dark grey armor, black gloves, and brings along his iconic crowbar.
Linda (Rio) Costume
Linda all-blue bird costume features a sequined top and skirt. Then wear a blue garter on the legs, gloves, and blue sandals, too. Finish off the look with blue wings and heapiece and Linda's signature eyeglasses.
Jay Garrick (The Flash) Costume
Jay Garrick’s costume is his iconic red Flash jacket, blue leather pants, red knee-high boots, and his signature Flash helmet. You can say that Jay Garrick was the former Flash before Barry Allen.
Dexter & Dee Dee Costume
Dexter’s costume is curly red wig, a white buttoned lab coat, black slacks, black shoes, purple gloves, and black-rimmed glasses. Dee Dee’s costume is a blonde wig tied into pigtails, a pink dress, white tights, and pink ballerina flats.
Carl Sagan Costume
Carl Sagan's costume can easily be done by simply wearing a red turtleneck top under a brown blazer or jacket. Pair the jacket with matching brown pants and red sneakers.
Bill Nye the Science Guy Costume
Bill Nye's costume includes a white button-down with a red bow tie. He wears a blue coat and light-colored pants.
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas & Ferb) Costume
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz’s costume is a black turtleneck top, khaki pants, and a white lab coat. Dr. Doofenshmirtz is a middle-aged evil scientist trying his best to rule the Tri-State Area.
Nikola Tesla Costume
Nikola Tesla’s costume is a clean and crisp suit ensemble from the early 1900s partnered with clean styled hair and mustache. Nikola Tesla is a well-known engineering genius and inventor.
Dino Dana Jain Costume
Dana’s costume is a blue-striped shirt, a green vest, khaki pants, brown boots, and a beige backpack. No one is as dinosaur crazy as Dino Dana.
Abby Sciuto (NCIS) Costume
Abby Sciuto’s costume is a black top, black skirt, black boots, black lipstick, and a white doctor’s coat. Abby Sciuto is probably the happiest goth you’ll ever meet.
Dr. Nefario (Despicable Me) Costume
Dr. Nefario’s costume is a yellow shirt, a white lab coat, red plaid pants, black boots, black gloves, and safety goggles.
Odd Squad Costume
Odd Squad Agents typically wear blazers and pants and scientists have white lab coats. Ms. O, on the other hand, prefers a blazer and a skirt since she’s the big boss.
Heisenberg (Breaking Bad) Costume
Heisenberg's signature coverall costume is composed of a yellow coverall, red respirators, and blue gloves. Complete the costume with a fake beard and white sneakers,
Magenta, Riff Raff, Columbia (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) Costume
Magenta cosutme is a maid’s costume and Columbia resembles a show girl. Both Magenta and Riff Raff have the gothic look going for them.
Dr. Algernop Krieger (Archer) Costume
Dr. Krieger wears a long white lab coat. Under this lab gown is a yellow button-down shirt with a brown necktie. He wears light brown pants with a belt. He has black shoes, too. To complete the look, wear a brown wig with beard.
Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show) Costume
Dr. Frank-N-Furter wears a cropped corset, shorts, and garter belt. He also has fishnet stockings and heels. To complete his look, wear a curly wig, fingerless gloves, and pearl neklace. He also has dark eyeshadow and red lipstick.
Benjamin Franklin Costume
Benjamin Franklin wears a navy coat, yellow vest, a white undershirt, and a pair of navy cropped pants. To complete his costume, wear a wig with receding hairline, high socks, and dress shoes
Dr. W. D. Gaster (Undertale) Costume
Gaster costume is white top, black pants, and white gloves. His whole head is pure white with eyes that are totally black.
Thomas Edison Costume
Thomas Edison costume is composed of a black jacket, vest, white shirt, bow tie, and pants. He has white hair and carries a lightbulb.