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San Diego Comic-Con is the largest and most iconic entertainment convention in the world, and every year it draws thousands of cosplayers and costumed superfans from all over the world to Southern California for four days of fantasy and fun. This year's con, which just wrapped up on July 24th, was definitely not short on memorable cosplay costume moments.

If you weren't too distracted by Gal Gadot sweetly comforting an emotional young fan, or Lupita Nyong'o joyfully celebrating an exclusive trailer for the upcoming Black Panther movie with her castmates, you would have noticed that this Comic-Con cosplayers took their game to whole new level this time around. Seriously, some of these cosplay characters looked like they walked straight off a cinema screen.

Don't believe us? Check out the best cosplays for yourself below, with each famous character's fictional origins (if relevant) labeled alongside their name, just in case you're a little stunted on your pop culture knowledge. Don't forget to vote for the coolest costumes!

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Liev Schreiber Took His Son To Comic Con Dressed As Harley Quinn

Liev Schreiber Took His Son To Comic Con Dressed As Harley Quinn

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Amy Burdewik
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This small child has beaten out like 500 other people dressed as harley quinn.#SucceedingYoung

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Darla Markle
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So sad there's so many judgmental people. This is awesome he took him as he wanted to dress up as. Stop judging. Many parents don't take time to do anything with their kids anymore.

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FABULOUS1
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The point is to have fun and not give a damn what others think. Good job letting your kid have fun!

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Mark Spencer
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's awesome! Love them so much for that. There is hope in this planet...

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Lori Wilson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because Dads with Daughters dressed like Guy Characters aren't the only Dads who are winning!

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Adriana E. Henricy
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its so amazing and supportive that he lets his son cosplay as whomever character he wants. You see adults cosplaying as other genders, so why not? It's about having fun!

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Niamhus The Great
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He is so adorable. I like how it isn't a mid-drift like in most Harley costumes, I reckon' it's a bit overly sexualised for someone so young to be wearing a mid-drift. Also, personally, I kinda hate how overdone Harley Quinn is. I liked her before she was popular (ikr, what a hipster) but now she's been butchered by "normies."(I spewed in my mouth a bit when I wrote that) Now I don't feel special for liking her so I'm going with the opposite. Wowza mate, I need to get over myself.

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Christina Lee
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've always liked Schreiber but this makes him like even more.

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Maia Newton
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I first thought that Liev Schreiber was an awesome parent. Then I read another mother's post about how it's wrong to sexualize children. Harley Quinn does dress provocatively- if a litttle girl was dressed in such an outfit, we'd be calling foul!

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Tanja Caloi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

lol a lot of little girls run around as harley quinn. personally I don't like the suicide squad version but to each their own. idk why his outfit is considered as too sexualized...

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Philip Phelan
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really? Because Harley Quinn is a highly sexualised character in a film meant for older viewers. I credit Liev with allowing his son to express his desire to dress up as whomever he wants (non gender limited) but this is a character representing adult themes. I was surprised to see children as young as 5 years old dressed up as Harley Quinn by their parents...

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Camilla Koutsos
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He should have gone for Wonder Woman; way more bad-a**e. Still nice to see gender fluid parenting happening :)

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Scott McCall
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

give the kid female hormones and a sex change operation. If you are going to let kids choose whatever gender they want then why stop there? let them set their own hours. let them choose to go to school or not. Let the kid choose anything he wants to eat. This isnt parenting. this isnt normal. nice job "dad"

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Mary Winter
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um...he's an 'excellent dad' because he dresses his son up as a girl? and that's what passes for top rate parenting now. what universe is this? now, this isn't about gender...god knows there's enough c**p talked about that now. it's that, from this one, dumb picture , people say he's an excellent father. does anyone understand what i'm saying...i feel like a lone voice in the wilderness!

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Marlowe Fitzpatrik
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No. They say he's an excellent dad because he doesn't shake his kid and put him in a batman outfit when the boy wants to be Harley Quinn instead. I agree with you that his parenting-skills can't be judged on that one fact alone. I mean, maybe he beats the kid bloody on occasion, I don't know enough about him to judge his parenting. BUT - in a world where STILL so many boys have to be little men and are shoved into manly roles no matter what they want (same as girls being shoved into pink pants and told to make themselves pretty), it's nice to see that you can be just as manly accompanying your boy when he's wearing a girl's outfit. Though it would have been a lot better if he'd worn something cool himself. I think he'd have made a pretty good Batman ;-)

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Luca
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, actually it's his Maine C**n-emu hybrid that he raised as human, plz don't tell

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Stephan Giunta
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way to to mess with your kids brain... at a crucial time of child development, to impose onto him your adult problems... :( this is just f****d up...

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My Son's Wheelchair TIE Pilot Cosplay

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Storm, X-Men

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Rosi Bohm
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is soooooo beautiful! Ororo was always a favorite of mine.

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Mr. Spock And Captain Kirk, Star Trek

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Rey And Rey, Star Wars

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Joker, Batman: Arkham Asylum

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Adriana E. Henricy
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was the make up done by Cinema Make Up School, every year they bring a character to life! They also made Thanos and Apocalypse in previous years!

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Weeping Angel, Doctor Who

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Nurse, Silent Hill

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Lara B.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That' seriously scary. The skin looks exactly like in the movie.

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Steampunk Deadpool

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Bill Lumbergh, Office Space

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Predator, Alien Vs. Predator

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Michelle Dodson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

See, my first thought was Predator & the Diva from "The Fifth Element". Cool costume, though.

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#30

The Winter Soldier And Captain America

The Winter Soldier And Captain America

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Dawn Richardson
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you so much for this pic! I'm the armless Winter Soldier, and I'm @wintertrickstercosplay on Instagram! I was also 'Red Wedding' Robb Stark on Thursday and Kaecilius on Saturday! :)

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#32

Xena And Gabrielle, Xena: Warrior Princess

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Kjorn
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i was so in love with Gabrielle! i can honestly say i mostly Watch that show for her :-/

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#34

Rocket Raccoon And Groot, Guardians Of The Galaxy

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Zoom, The Flash

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K-2so, Star Wars

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#41

Dawnseeker Ix'kin, Arakkoa Sun-sage, World Of Warcraft

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#42

Chewbacca, Star Wars

Chewbacca, Star Wars

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#45

Link, The Legend Of Zelda

Link, The Legend Of Zelda

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Wonder Woman And Queen Hippolyta

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Ghost Rider

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Esmeralda And Clopin Trouillefou, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

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Jason Voorhees, Friday The 13th

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Predator, Alien Vs. Predator

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Steampunk Slave Leia And Dr. Emmett Brown

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X-wing Fighter Pilot, Star Wars

X-wing Fighter Pilot, Star Wars

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#67

Commander Shepard, Mass Effect

Commander Shepard, Mass Effect

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Elrian Buck
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i love Mass Effect. i love this Commander Shepard. if this cosplayer read this, i love you. You're cosplay is AWESOMMME ! ^^' Congrats

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Poison Ivy And Harley Quinn

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Kayle, League Of Legends

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Megatron, Transformers

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Tina Belcher, Bob's Burger

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Naima Ivansdóttir
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she had to carry a sign around for people to figure out who she was impersonating? nice

#77

Master Roshi, Dragonball

Master Roshi, Dragonball

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Hanzo Shimada, Overwatch

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Diva Plavalaguna, The Fifth Element

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Red Sonja

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Ezra Miller As Edward Elric, Full Metal Alchemist

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Cheetah, Dc Comics

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Wonder Woman

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Ciri, The Witcher

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#92

Dark Space Stormtrooper, Star Wars

Dark Space Stormtrooper, Star Wars

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Tusken Raider, Star Wars

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#95

Hela, Thor: Ragnarok

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#96

Apocalypse, Marvel Comics

Apocalypse, Marvel Comics

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Ezio, Assassin's Creed

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Juliet Starling, Lollipop Chainsaw

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Yondu Udonta, Guardians Of The Galaxy

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Bombshell Katana, Dc Comics

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#105

Poison Ivy

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Blackwatch Genji, Overwatch

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Fighter Jet Pilot, Star Wars

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Cable, X-force

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Vanellope, Wreck It Ralph

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Steampunk Green Lantern

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Pharah, Overwatch

Pharah, Overwatch

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Pirates Of The Caribbean

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