Thousands of people dressed as Jedi Knights, superheroes and even the pope headed to Boston's Fan Expo this weekend at the Thomas Menino Convention and Exhibition Center.

"It's a lot of people coming, enjoying their time, everybody loves going out in their costumes and stuff. It's a great time, everybody gets to geek out," said attendee Madi, who was dressed as Fiona from Shrek.

The annual pop culture event brought together fans of cosplay, comics, anime, sci-fi and gaming, filling the halls with Boston's self-proclaimed geeks. From Jedi knights to video game characters like Mario and Luigi, the creativity was on full display.

"Coming here on the Red Line, I was definitely getting a lot of looks, which is not surprising because when do you ever see the pope on the Red Line?" said

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