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Best Wendy Peffercorn Costume Guide
If you grew up in the 90’s, chances are you have seen the classic 1993 film The Sandlot. If you have, you’d be familiar with the lifeguard from the local pool in The Sandlot, Wendy Peffercorn. The object of the boys’ infatuations – especially Michael ‘Squints’ Palledorous. Wendy was played by actress Marley Shelton in the coming-of-age movie, and instantly become the subject of every teenage boy’s fantasies. Wendy is remembered for her red bathing suit, white sunglasses, and stunning blonde hair, and while she was only a minor character in the film, she was one of the most memorable, and the one who every boy wanted to rescue them from danger!
If you’re going to protect the pool like Wendy Peffercorn, you’ll need the following: White glasses, Red Lanyard, Life Guard Patch, Red Headband, One Piece Swimsuit and your trusty Whistle.
Wendy Peffercorn Cosplay Costumes
Wendy Peffercorn was the subject of every teenage boy’s desires in the early 90’s. Now, you may not be wanting to attract a horde of excited teenagers, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pay tribute to this memorable character who is now part of pop-culture history due to the lasting legacy of The Sandlot. If you’ve got a costume party to attend, especially in summer, Wendy Peffercorn is the perfect choice and sure to be recognized by anybody who was watching movies in the 90’s!
If you can get enough friends together, you can really celebrate this iconic movie the right way. When you’re all decked out in your life-saving Wendy Peffercorn gear, you can have some friends go as Benny, Small, Squints, Yeah-Yeah, Kenny, Bertram and Timmy, and Tommy – the Sandlot’s baseball team. We’d love to see pictures of your Wendy Peffercorn cosplay efforts, so don’t forget to upload them!
About Wendy Peffercorn
Wendy Peffercorn is a minor character in the 1993 coming-of-age sports comedy film The Sandlot. Such is the legacy of the film; there would be few people who haven’t seen the film or at least heard of it. In the story about a group of local kids and their love for baseball, Marley Shelton plays Wendy Peffercorn, the blonde-haired lifeguard on duty at the local pool. She is adored by most of the boys, but most specifically it is Michael ‘Squints’ Palledorous who chases her affections more than the others.
In what is now an iconic piece of cinema history, Squints leaps into the deep end of the pool, even though he couldn’t swim. This forced Wendy to save him and perform CPR – at which point Squints reveals he isn’t really unconscious and tries to kiss Wendy. Despite being infuriated initially, Wendy grows to learn that Squints does like her, and she may even return the feelings.
