Red Shirt: a Badge of Star Trek Courage

By Alex in Film, Pictures on Sep 17, 2007 at 5:01 am

Flickr user artvixn took this photo of a humorous masquerade entry at the LA WorldCon 2006 about being a red shirt in Star Fleet.

Link [Flickr] | Artvixn’s LA Worldcon 2006 photoset – see also Analysis of the Red-Shirt Phenomenon in Star Trek – via Super Punch

Update 9/20/07: Here’s a YouTube clip of the entry, titled “Red Badge of Courage” by the costuming group ACRONYM – Thanks Arabella!


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  1. Arabella
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 10:57 am

    So that’s us! We are the costuming group ACRONYM.

    There are videos of the entry at YouTube

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXFBrL0Zytk

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMg7nlTOzko&mode=related&search=

    The Entry was called the “Red Badge of Courage”

    The Red Shirts and their fates are as follows
    From Right to Left

    The Hero (AKA Lucky) Bill Taylor
    Diplomacy (AKA Beat Up) Arabella Benson
    Technology (AKA Blown Up) Thomas Benson
    Shore Leave (AKA Knocked Up) Bridget Landry
    Sentient Cultures (AKA Blocked up) Carried by the Blue Shirt John Dougan
    Alien Fauna (AKA E’t Up) Kate Morgenstern

  2. Lucky
    Sep 17th, 2007 at 10:57 pm

    I think we looked great!

  3. Alex
    Sep 20th, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    Thanks Arabella! That was a great costume entry!


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