Do it Yourself: Become the Chosen One

Before beginning my spur-of-the-moment project, I had to figure out how I would dress myself to look like the Chosen One from the movie, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. The primary reason I selected The Chosen One is that his attire is really simple and straightforward. My main obstacle was figuring out how to create his weapon of choice, gopher-chucks, within just a couple of hours. Luckily, I use an actual chain for locking up my bicycle, and I could use this for my modified nunchucks.

So, my advice to you is to figure out what you need for the costume, figure out what you already have that you can use for the costume, and then figure out how you're going to create the rest of the costume.

For the Chosen One, you'll need long blue pants. Jeans won't cut it. Instead you'll need some sort of athletic pants, or even sweatpants. Look up a picture of the Chose One and try to match his pant color and style if you can, but as long as they're blue and plain, you should be alright. I didn't have any appropriate pants, so I actually drove over to everyone's favorite superstore and bought a pair for ten bucks. But, I'm keeping the tags so I can return it after the party, and get a full refund. In order to do this, find the thick end of that little plastic piece that the tags hang from, and fold it parallel to the thinner portion. Then proceed to slide it through the hole in the tags, leaving both of them undamaged. Later on, after the party, you can reverse this procedure to put the tags back on, pretending you never wore them.

That's about all you'll need for clothes. Matching shoes are optional, but I decided not to worry about them.

Now onto the cool stuff. In order to fully complete your Chosen One look, you'll need to create gopher-chucks. That means you need to get your hands on two gopher or chipmunk dolls. If you don't have anything that looks anything similar to these furry creatures, you might have to hit the store like I did. This time I went to the mall and found a card store that sells all sorts of stuffed animals. Ideally, your gophers should be about one foot tall. Anything smaller may look good, but might not give off the authentic gopher appeal you're looking for. Price doesn't matter, once again, because you can return these the next day, too, as long as you don't destroy them while flinging them around.

The other half of the gopher-chucks is the chain. I suppose any kind of chain should work well, but real silver, metal chain looks the best and matches the Chosen One's actual chain the most. I'm not sure what a good length for the chain would be, but I do know that mine is a little too long. Since I'm using the chain I use to secure my bike, I was stuck with a four-foot chain. It works, but a little shorter, like two to three, would have been better.

Anyways, now that you have the chain and two gophers, you need to attach them. What I found to be very successful is taking the animals' tails and weaving them in and out of the chain loops. This creates a secure connection without the use of any additional tools. However, zip ties and rubber bands should work just as well.

Now you have everything you need to become the Chosen One! Take off your shirt, put on your blue pants, and sling the gopher-chucks over your shoulder.

For additional fun, memorize some of the quotes from the movie.

I'm sorry if this guide is really lame, but I've got a party to go to so I just whipped it up really quickly.

I hope someone benefits from this!