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Title: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on October 10, 2006, 07:36:36 AM
Halloween is near! Well, almost. But being as how I still have no costume idea, I have started this topic for Halloween costume discussion so I can steal an idea or two. It's also an opportunity to share anecdotes about Halloween, such as that lady's house I went to that had an actual stuffed cat on the wall.

Happy Halloween!
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: TEM on October 10, 2006, 12:06:42 PM
I'm wearing a blue suit seen here (http://kontek.net/LizardDude/SeniorTEM.jpg).

After putting on the suit, I will be convering my face in duct tape. While this sounds odd or perhaps down right goofy, the results will be somewhat disturbing/scary.

I will then make a mask out of a pumpkin. I will place mask over duct taped face, while wearing suit, and my costume will be complete.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on October 10, 2006, 12:30:04 PM
Anyone ever tried going out looking like this guy?

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geckolair.com%2Fmetroid%2Fhellokittydarth.jpg&hash=87d9ccf8c94c9037a5a0f08ca07499e0)

But seriously, I would really like to go out as Karel (seen here):

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi52.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg16%2FMidgetBottle%2Fart-024.jpg&hash=a0e46340c2084a791d2f0bd31cc6e088)
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Screech on October 10, 2006, 01:26:18 PM
I haven't done Halloween in like, forever.
I kind of collect novelty accessories (groucho glasses, funny hats, ect...)so I've probably got enough stuff here to make a costume. Hmmm...
I could be the Medieval pirate vampire king alien reaper. With like, fox ears or something.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Mr. Melee on October 10, 2006, 02:36:41 PM
I don't do Halloween anymore. I stick with real desserts, like cake, ice cream, and anything chocolate, instead of those little candy bars (but I will still eat them, like if I'm pasing out candy :). The whole candy thing has gotten old, and I can't think of a costume, either. Besides, I like Rocktober better. *Mr.Melee listens to Pink Floyd: The Wall*
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: MaxVance on October 10, 2006, 02:48:26 PM
I just buy candy in November. It's cheaper and often easier to come by.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: TEM on October 10, 2006, 03:14:05 PM
You can dress up and celebrate Halloween without trick-or-treating.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 10, 2006, 04:01:32 PM
I sure don't do Halloween for candy.
I'm thinking about being a Blue Mage. Or a Red Mage.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Vidgmchtr on October 10, 2006, 04:51:34 PM
I've had the job of helping hand out the candy to the children for the past 4 years or so....
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: The Chef on October 10, 2006, 05:25:56 PM
I reallt need to find a Darth Vader costume that fits me.....
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Markio on October 10, 2006, 05:51:45 PM
I want to put on a wig and just dress up and act like a totally different person.  Like, a normla person, but not me.
Title: Re: Spoony Spoonsational Spoontober Spoontacuar
Post by: BP on October 10, 2006, 05:53:59 PM
I'm going bowling with my friend (who will be dressed as Luigi) and I will be Mario. I have that cap already, all I need is a pair of overalls and a good red shirt, I'll be good to go. My mustache isn't full enough to not get a fake one. Yeah. This'll be awesome.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: NintendoExpert89 on October 10, 2006, 06:22:31 PM
I'm going to be attending the Halloween Mixer in our JROTC program as Lil' Slugger. I'm planning to buy some clothes from the Salvation Army: black shift, blue hoodie, green shorts, and a red baseball cap. I will also get a wiffle bat and melt-bend it to make it look like the bent golden bat the character uses. I'm thinking about getting a curly-hair wig too. I'm not sure if I will use real golden-colored inline skates or just golden-colored shoes (I have never skated).
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: CrzyFlmngMnkyHead on October 11, 2006, 06:58:24 AM
I plan on going around my neighborhood with my friends this year. We're going to be dressed up as various fast food characters, but we're also going to be carrying (airsoft) rifles, pistols and submachine guns.
No trick-or-treating this year, we're just scaring little kids. We're not actually going to shoot them... we're just scaring them.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Vidgmchtr on October 11, 2006, 12:24:04 PM
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we're just scaring little kids. We're not actually going to shoot them... we're just scaring them.
Yeah, sure you are. I'm sure they'll soil themselves once they see a WORKING PISTOL in your hands.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: TEM on October 11, 2006, 12:47:13 PM
I wouldn't suggest carrying any kind of gun, fake or otherwise with you while trick-or-treating unless it is very, very obvious that the gun is fake.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: dude677 on October 11, 2006, 04:12:57 PM
Yeah, like if its multicolored or something.

Well, anyways, I'm not really going trick-or-treating.
I'm planning to dress up like a scarecrow and sit on my front porch, next to a bowl of candy. When kids try to get the candy...

BOO! I wake up and grab their arm.
This'll be a howling good time...

Oh, and yes. I'm back.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 11, 2006, 04:15:01 PM
I've had the job of helping hand out the candy to the children for the past 4 years or so....

The kids are so traumatized, they never come back.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Kojinka on October 11, 2006, 05:57:58 PM
I'm gonna be one of those wandering warriors with a cloak that can be seen in fantasy.  I answer the door for trick-or-treaters at my aunt's house.  Two years ago I was Shadow Link, but I wasn't able to dress up last year 'cause I had musical rehearsal.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Mr. Melee on October 11, 2006, 06:41:07 PM

I'm planning to dress up like a scarecrow and sit on my front porch, next to a bowl of candy. When kids try to get the candy...

BOO! I wake up and grab their arm.
This'll be a howling good time...

...yeah, for us, if you get punched. There was a guy on AFV (America's Funniest Home Videos) who dressed up just like that. He was doing his job when a guy came up to the house. The scarecrow scared the man, who, with lightning reflexes, punched the scarecrow guy in the nose, breaking it. Like I said, howling time for us if that happens to you.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on October 13, 2006, 08:21:11 AM
Broken nose = good time.

I've decided to go as the Invisible Man this year. Of course, considering how clueless the people are on my block (they thought I was a cowboy when I went as Ash from The Evil Dead) they'll say something along the lines of:

"Oh, hi there! Hey Ted, look! We got a little...uh...Harry Potter here! With, uh, mummy wrappings...and no wand...and a Fedora...and a trenchcoat. Say kid, what kind of Harry Potter do you think you are? Here's your candy. Oh look, a Power Ranger! With cat ears...and cat fur...and a cat tail...and no Power Ranger helmet..."
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: The Chef on October 13, 2006, 02:08:56 PM
That reminds me of when my cousin went as Link one year (pretty well made costume), and some mother whose kid was dressed as Robin Hood thought my cousin was also a Robin Hood. *sighs*
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: superstarMASIAH on October 13, 2006, 02:39:32 PM
I got mistaken as a girl one year when I dressed up as an army man, people around my neighborhood are.... let's just say they're clueless, even though they need a stronger term for how stupid they are.  I havent done Halloween in forever, if I do this year, I will be the white guy with the afro, black shirt, green suspenders, army pants, and combat boots with the joint stuck in his hair from G.I.Joe.  I can't remember his name.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Kojinka on October 13, 2006, 04:58:51 PM
A friend of mine dressed as Link in his Zora Tunic get-up one year, and people thought she was a pirate. O.O

I dressed as a Team Rocket member one year, and only a few kids recognized me.  Same thing as the year I was Shadow Link, only a bit less kids recognized me.  One of these years I wanna dress up as Mario or Luigi.  If hardly any of the kids recognize me, then we're living in a sad world.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: GiftedGirl on October 13, 2006, 06:07:43 PM
I'm dressing up as Beaker from the Muppets this year, but I think I'll stick to passing out candy with my mom this time around.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on October 14, 2006, 10:35:49 AM
Well, assuming my Invisible Man costume doesn't work, I could go as someone else with glasses. Maybe Gordon Freeman, or...uh...hmm. Yeah, I guess that's it. Even if I do go as Gordon Freeman, they'll think I'm Harry Potter with a crowbar in a Hazardous Environment suit. They always think I'm Harry Potter.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: TEM on October 14, 2006, 01:41:04 PM
Do you glasses look like this (http://www.costumeexpo.com/2005_products/rubies/426.jpg), Glorb?
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 14, 2006, 02:05:59 PM
Haha, now I want to dress as Gordon Freeman. Just the though of carrying a crowbar around...
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on October 17, 2006, 05:10:49 PM
Well, the other day I concoted a few "ingredients lists" for glasses-friendly costumes.

Invisble Man
- Gauze (to wrap around head; be sure to leave eyeholes)
- A black bowler hat or fedora (the bowler looks best)
- Black or brown trench coat and dark-colored shirt
- Any-color (dark, of course) pants (dark green works best)
- Pilot-style leather gloves
- And, of course, glasses
If you don't wear glasses, try goggles or something.

Gordon Freeman
- Black sweatshirt and sweatpants
- Black boots
- Darkish-orange paintball-style plastic body armor
- A goatee (assuming you don't already have one)
- A crowbar (not %100 neccessary, but it completes the look)
- Yellow paint (to paint a lambda symbol on the front)
- Glasses, of course (not wire-rim)

Harry Potter (my costume nemesis)
- Navy or dark-blue robe-y looking thing
- Dark-red shirt (goes underneath robe)
- Some way to make that scar thing on your forehead
- A wand (really, even a stick will do)
- Wire-rim glasses


That's about all I can think of. I hope this helps my fellow glasses-wearers. Other obvious costumes include a stereotypical nerd or even Smithers from The Simpsons.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: TEM on October 17, 2006, 05:14:34 PM
A well-done Smithers costume would be really cool.

edit: lol smiters
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: bobman37 on October 17, 2006, 06:12:54 PM
I really want to dress up like John McEnroe from his famous days. All I need is longer, curly hair and a red, white and blue sweatband. I already have short shorts, a broken wooden racquet and a temper. It should be fun at school.

"Er... no, the answer is sixteen."
"WHAT? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!? IT'S SEVENTEEN! SOMEONE GET SOME CAMERAS OUT HERE!"
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on October 18, 2006, 06:05:41 PM
Heh, that would be a neat costume; bonus points for originality.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 19, 2006, 08:56:59 PM
:< The crowbar is 100% essential.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on October 20, 2006, 10:05:35 AM
Oh, okay. Man, you must be obsessed with crowbars. Every single one of your posts is "crowbar" this and "crowbar" that. Man, Lizard Dude, enough with the crowbars! Sheesh!

Just kidding.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on October 30, 2006, 09:55:32 PM
I know the scariest costume ever.  It's what I'm going to be.  I shall be....a Flasher.  I have a one piece, flesh colored leotard-thing, a trench coat, a pair of sunglasses.  Leaving little to the imagination, and it gets a little chilly, but I think it's such a great idea I couldn't pass it up.  Hopefully I won't get suspended from school for wearing it.  They said no masks, no face paint, they never said anything about no pants.  And trust me, there will be NO photos.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 30, 2006, 10:29:27 PM
I had to read that twice before I noticed the leotard-thing.

Still, excellent job.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on October 31, 2006, 11:05:35 AM
I went as the Invisible Man for my sister's school's Halloween dance/costume contest thingy, and got second place. The winning costume? A kid who pretended to have a stick in his brain.

The funniest part was, when they called my name, I thought I had won, so I threw up my arms and cheered, then ran towards the stand, triumphanty yelling "That's ME!! I WON!!" Of course, when I got there and saw all the other kids, I thought, "Who are they?" Then I learned that I had just gotten to the finals and won second place. Pfft.

Oh, and believe it or not, another kid there went as Gordon Freeman. Excellent job, too (must've used my advice).
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: TEM on October 31, 2006, 05:31:15 PM
A spooky song for Halloween.

Halo Night Organ (http://kontek.net/TEM/Music%20and%20Sounds%20and%20Movies/Halloween%20Music%2006/Halo%20Night%20Organ.mp3)

Halo Night Organ 2 - The Final Reverb (http://kontek.net/TEM/Music%20and%20Sounds%20and%20Movies/Halloween%20Music%2006/Halo%20Night%20Organ%202%20-%20The%20Final%20Reverb.mp3)
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Suffix on October 31, 2006, 08:13:17 PM
Nice job with the organ chords, TEM!

And now the important message: Halloween's not over yet! What designs did you make for your pumpkins?
Personally... I did something a bit unorthodox. Unfortunately, 96% of people thought it was a spider. Fools!
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: SolidShroom on October 31, 2006, 08:19:21 PM
Awesome, totally awesome.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Kojinka on October 31, 2006, 08:59:13 PM
That is the coolest pumpkin I've ever seen!
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Glorb on November 01, 2006, 01:19:25 PM
Well, for a while I had no pumpkin, so I just called mine the Invisible Pumpkin. But eventually I found one and carved it in the likeness of Space Ghost.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 01, 2006, 01:51:32 PM
My pumpkin rotted before I could even give it a design.

But I still got tons of candy.
Title: Re: Spooky Spooksational Spooktober Spooktacuar
Post by: The Chef on November 01, 2006, 04:36:50 PM
I forgot to get a pumpkin this year. That and I originally intended to go pumpkin-picking this season, like I did many years ago.