I Wanna Be Like You

TV characters who've dressed as/like each other:

After getting über drunk at a birthday party thrown for him at the Simpsons' house, Barney Gumble descended the stairs dressed as Marge Simpson in The Simpsons.

When he was told to dress as somebody he admired, Alan Shore (James Spader) turned up at the office costume party dressed as his colleague Shirley Schmidt (Candice Bergen) in Boston Legal.

Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) imitated his co-workers when he dressed as a "Squint" (someone with a very high IQ and basic reasoning skills) in Bones.

As part of a "Freaky Friday social experiment" to try to prove who has it harder in America, women or black men, Jenna Maroney (Jane Krakowski) and Tracy Jordan (Tracy Morgan) switched roles in 30 Rock.

Dude Looks Like A Lady... Again

Following Dude Looks Like A Lady, here are four other characters from film and TV who've dressed in drag:

Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a sweet transvestite from the planet of Transsexual, in the galaxy of Transylvania made a man (with blond hair and a tan) in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr) wore women's clothes, a long blonde wig and make-up to go trick-or-treating as Jaime Sommers from The Bionic Woman in Freaks and Geeks.

Hank Rossi (Clark Gregg) wore women’s clothes and became known as Henrietta when he decided to become a woman in The Adventures of Sebastian Cole.

Jerry Espenson (Christian Clemenson) donned a Little Bo Peep costume when he incorrectly thought it was Halloween already in Boston Legal, while his colleague Carl Sack (John Larroquette) dressed as a French maid in an effort to prove he could still behave like a kid sometimes.

Five Ways To Make A Memorable, TV-Style Entrance

1. Fall down the stairs like Whitney Port did in The Hills when she tripped while modelling an Oscar gown on live TV.
2. Show up in drag like DEA agent Denise Bryson (David Duchovny) did in Twin Peaks when he she helped Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan), a former colleague who previously knew Denise as Dennis.
3. Arrive in fancy dress as Jerry Espenson (Christian Clemenson) did in Boston Legal when he wore a Little Bo Peep costume to work, mistakenly believing it was Halloween already.
4. Dress to impress excess as Sam Weir (John Francis Daley) did when he wore a ridiculous Parisian night suit to school in an attempt to impress Cindy Sanders (Natasha Melnick) in Freaks and Geeks.
5. Gatecrash a party like Dawn Denbo (Elizabeth Keener) did in The L Word when she found out Shane McCutcheon (Katherine Moennig) slept with her lover Cindi (Alicia Leigh Willis) behind her back.

Costume Drama

TV characters who like to play dress up:

Sam Weir (John Francis Daley) and his friends Neal Schweiber (Samm Levine), Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr) and Harris Trinsky (Stephen Lea Sheppard) dressed up to go trick-or-treating in Freaks and Geeks.

Alan Shore (James Spader) and Denny Crane (William Shatner) dressed as flamingos for their office Halloween party in Boston Legal and referenced 80s teen film Pretty in Pink (which James Spader appeared in) when Alan said "Denny, you look pretty in pink".

Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) went undercover as a Russian knife-throwing act named Buck and Wanda Moosejaw in order to investigate the murder of conjoined circus twins in Bones.

CIA double agent Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) kicked ass and looked good doing it as she donned various disguises while attempting to bring down SD-6, and other organisations that threatened the security of the free world in Alias.

Dude Looks Like A Lady

Dragtastic characters from film and TV:

High school student Chris Calder (Corey Haim) disguised himself as a girl in order to avoid being bullied by Kurtis "Kurt" Stark (Cameron Bancroft) and his friends in Just One of the Girls (aka Anything for Love).

Clarence Bell (Gary Anthony Williams) took on the persona of an assertive and confrontational woman named Clarice in an attempt to overcome his shyness in Boston Legal.

Captain Monica Stark (Charles Busch) tried to track down the culprit responsible for a series of mysterious deaths in Psycho Beach Party.

Cross-dressing DEA agent Dennis/Denise Bryson (David Duchovny) helped former colleague Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) investigate drug trafficking in Twin Peaks.

A Case Of The Mondays

Jerry Espenson (Christian Clemenson) in Boston Legal

Guys And Dolls

Boy meets girl doll:

Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) fell for Bianca, a life-sized doll he ordered through the Internet in Lars and the Real Girl.

Kenneth Winslow (Desmond Harrington) ended up in a bizarre love triangle with Lisa Bellmer (Melissa Sagemiller) and a custom-crafted silicone doll named Nikki in Love Object.

Jerry Espenson (Christian Clemenson) had a relationship with Patty, a life-sized sex doll in Boston Legal. He later began a real relationship with Leigh Swift (Mary Gross), an objectaphile who subsequently left Jerry for an iPhone!

Jake Train (Alex House) developed romantic fantasies around Tani, a Barbie-like doll owned by his younger sister in The Safety of Objects.