The cheapness of it eventually bites the Blue Squares in the ass after they had infiltrated the Yellow Scarves, as in order to infiltrate them, Kyohei got a bunch of Dollars to put on yellow scarves to remain undetected until the time was right to attack.

The Yellow Scarves' wear literal yellow scarves, yellow shirts or yellow hats to signify what gang they are in.

However, the Blue Squares undermine them by making it impossible to tell if Mikado is really there as they are all wearing shark masks.

Later, Chikage and Masaomi try to lure out Mikado in a fake hostage situation.

Durarara!!: Eventually, the Blue Squares begin using cheap, shark masks to conceal their identities while removing the 'bad apples' from the Dollars under Mikado's orders.

Dragon Ball Z had the 'historic' recreation of the Cell Games with the actors wearing plastic masks that had the yellow Super Saiyan hair, and were enormous.

Compare Improvised Clothes, Brown Bag Mask, Civvie Spandex. Often overlaps with Rummage Sale Reject, sometimes with Costume Copycat, or with Your Costume Needs Work, which is about the hero's real costume being perceived as an unconvincing imitation. The logical opposite of Impossibly Cool Clothes.

Not to be confused with Beta Outfit which describes the common evolution of superhero attire as they start out with a sort of 'dime store' version of their iconic costumes only to switch to their proper costumes at a later point. Sometimes it's even meta in that the show itself doesn't have budget for good costumes. Or, it is Halloween, and some characters dress up extravagantly but one cannot afford anything more than a potato sack. Or, an imitator may want to look like the hero and fail, since he doesn't have the budget to make up a nice costume (This might lead to an I Am Spartacus scene). Maybe the hero has to go into action, but doesn't have access to his official costume so he contrives a shoddy emergency costume. A costume that looks shoddy and inexpensive, for a variety of reasons.

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