T-Rex Costume
About
T-Rex Costume is an inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex costume made by Rubie's Costumes as part of their line of products for the 2015 science-fiction film Jurassic World. Much like the horse head mask, many Internet users have uploaded videos of people performing bizarre stunts while wearing the costume in public.
Origin
In April, 2015, Amazon[1][2] began selling adult and child's versions of the Jurassic World T-Rex Inflatable Costume (shown below).
On September 13th, 2015, YouTuber Pug50 posted a video of a person wearing the costume while making a bed (shown below).
Spread
On October 7th, 2015, YouTuber Brentwood Photography uploaded footage of a person traversing an obstacle course while wearing the inflatable costume (shown below). Within three months, the video accumulated upwards of 850,000 views and 130 comments.
On October 12th, 2015, the news site HLN[5] posted a compilation of notable T-Rex costume videos. On October 25th, YouTuber BestVideos2016 posted footage of a person in a T-Rex costume chasing a dog (shown below, left). On October 29th, The Daily Mail[3] published an article about the video. On November 5th, YouTuber Kassie K uploaded footage of herself exercising at a gym while wearing the costume (shown below, right).
On September 11th, 2015, Imgur user daishar08 posted an animated GIF of a person running around in a T-Rex costume, which gained over 2.8 million views and 13,000 points within five months (shown below). That day, The Daily Dot[4] published an article about the video clip. On December 16th, the Facebook[6] page TrexTuesdays was launched, featuring regular videos of people in the inflatable costume.
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On December 26th, YouTuber Ralph_The_Rex uploaded footage of several people in T-Rex costumes jumping out of the back of a pick-up truck to assault an inflatable Santa in someone's front yard (shown below, left). On January 22nd, 2016, the WeatherNation YouTube channel posted a video of a person shoveling snow while wearing the costume following winter storm Jonas (shown below, right).
Search Interest
External References
[1] Amazon – Rubies Costume Co Mens Jurassic World T-Rex Inflatable Costume
[2] Amazon – Jurassic World – T-Rex Inflatable Kids Costume
[3] The Daily Mail – What a little monster!
[4] The Daily Dot – This GIF of a man wearing an inflatable T-rex
[5] HLN – 7 times the Internets most active T-Rex embodied our spirit animal
[6] Facebook – TrexTuesdays
Top Comments
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