Will Ferrell scored laughs and applause when he appeared on the Comic-Con stage in a blue costume with a large domed head early Thursday morning.

Ferrell wore the get-up in a nod to his character Megamind, the title star in the new Dreamworks flick of the same name.

The comedian brought a box of doughnuts and a jug of orange juice with him - breakfast for 6,500 panel members. “I didn’t think there would be so many of you,” Ferrel explained.

He was later joined by Megamind co-stars Tina Fey and Jonah Hill. Brad Pitt, who plays the superhero Metro Man, was not in attendance - though he was represented by a large, cardboard cut-out.