Over the past few years, Call Of Duty has been experimenting a lot with skins and bundles. What started as basic reskins has quickly become full-body overhauls, transforming players into iconic characters, celebrities, and even animals, many of which cross the line into plain silliness.
There have been quite a few additions to the game that don't just affect how the player looks, but also how they interact with the battlefield. These include cartoon characters with strange hit-boxes, large-headed creatures running head-on into gunfire, and many more that can look quite out of place in what is supposed to be the premier multiplayer shooter experience.
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Beavis and Butt-Head
The Classic Cartoon Returns
- Game: Black Ops 6
Beavis and Butthead are names that many younger players will have never heard, but to the slightly older crowd, they represent the early age of adult cartoons, bringing absurdity and crudeness to an otherwise childish medium. So when their skins were announced, a lot of questions were raised regarding how an animation could fit into the gritty world of Call of Duty.
As it turns out, they don't. Many players have voiced their frustrations with the skins, both in terms of visual clarity and their fit in the wider context of the game. Whenever one of the skins appears in a lobby, the game feels more like a Fortnite match, which isn't an insult, but it makes COD feel far less serious than it otherwise should be.
Stan And Roger
Out Of Place In A Modern War Zone
- Game: Black Ops 6
After the developers dipped their toes into the animated waters, it was only a matter of time before another icon was added to the game. In this case, players can run around as Stan or Roger from American Dad, bringing comedy to firefights in a way that has never been seen before.
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What makes the skins so silly are the voice lines and finishers that add an extra level of insanity to every encounter. There is never a dull moment with one of these skins on the map, and despite being criticized for harming the game's core flow, they remain pretty darn funny to play with.
Nicki Minaj
Hot Pink All Over
- Game: Modern Warfare 2/3 (2022/23)
Call of Duty has a long history of working with celebrities. Whether through ad campaigns or in-game content, the series is no stranger to adding stars to their games, but when Nicki Minaj herself was announced as a new operator skin, it felt like quite a jump in terms of visuals.
The bundle doesn't hold back, boasting as much pink as possible. There's even a fully colored LTV skin for players to use in Warzone. The skin showed the community that the game wasn't afraid to take a less serious approach to future content, and paved the way for more wackiness down the line.
Wubz
Furry Friends With A Fury
- Game: Black Ops 6
The Wubz and Friends bundle contains a furry group of cute yet strangely sinister costumes for players to don in both multiplayer modes and Warzone. They stand out from a mile away, both in color and size, as the player no longer feels like an agile mercenary and appears more like a kid's show mascot.
The rest of the bundle doesn't hold back in terms of silliness either, with googly eye guns and a fluffy weapon charm for players to lean into the cuddly fantasy. Alone, the skin looks funny enough, but in the context of the CoD world, it is even more baffling that it exists.
Hazel and Cha-Cha
A Strange Cross-over With Even Stranger Skins
- Game: Vanguard
Hazel and Cha-Cha are easily some of the most unexpected skin crossovers in the history of CoD. The characters come from The Umbrella Academy, and although they may fit in due to their backgrounds as assassins, their actual appearance is far from normal.
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The combination of childish bobble heads with full suits and ties makes them stand out from the crowd of other operator skins in the franchise. They might not have the full-body flashiness that future skins have, but their overall aesthetic, combined with their origin, makes them more than silly enough to raise eyebrows.
Squid Game
Worldwide Icon Turned Infamous Meme
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Game: Black Ops 6
Squid Game took over the television world when it was released, and even though the show has now ended, its waves are still felt across the world of pop culture. In Black Ops 6, players can equip a range of skins from the series, ranging from guards to actual players. Thanks to the meme-worthy nature of the show, they appear more as comedy outfits than serious references.
Some are a bit more understated, like the Front Man, but others, like the Doll, stick out like a sore thumb. There's just something funny about taking an otherwise thrilling set of characters, putting them into war-like scenarios, and watching them fight it for victory, just without the money prize at the end.
Billy
Creepy Turned Comical
- Game: Modern Warfare (2019)
Over the years, many horror villains have found their way into Call of Duty. There's been Mike Myers, Jason, but among them all, Billy has to be the silliest. Taking a small, creepy doll and equipping it with a fully automatic weapon removes all the fear from his character and makes the puppet look more cute than crazy.
Despite not having flashy colors, Billy still manages to stand out against a sea of soldiers. His signature bow tie and rosy cheeks make players of all kinds grin with amusement rather than fear.
$queal
Not The Only Animal But Far Above The Rest
- Game: Modern Warfare 3 (2023)
The $queal bundle removes all aggression from the operator's face and replaces it with a giant piggy bank that would feel more at home in a mobile game rather than a fully-fledged shooter experience. It might just be a head, but seeing the porky player running across the battlefield will cause more than a few missed shots from laughter alone. There are quite a few other animal skins in the game, some silly, some menacing, but this one takes the cake from pure simplicity and unapologetic silliness.
