The beauty of dressing up for Halloween is that you can be absolutely anything you want. A ghost, a dragon, a zombie, your favorite musical artist, a crayon, existential dread personified, the list goes on and on! But one option that you might not have considered is a knock-off version of one of your favorite characters from a film, novel or TV series. Forget Stranger Things; this year you can be a character from “Unusual Events”! Or if you think Game of Thrones characters are overdone Halloween costumes, maybe you want to try being someone from “Kingdom of Battles”?
Below, we’ve gathered some of the most hilarious and creative examples of knock-off Halloween costumes that are so bad they might just give you nightmares, as well as an interview we were lucky enough to receive from Kristen Stafford, host of the Halloween Art and Travel Podcast. Be sure to upvote the costumes that impress you with their creative names and methods of skirting around legal trouble, and let us know in the comments if you would ever wear any of these silly knock-offs. Then if you’re interested in viewing even more of these, perhaps to provide inspiration for what you should wear this weekend, you can find Bored Panda’s last article on the same topic right here.
#1 Halloween Karen
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#2 “Plastic Man” Halloween Mask
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#3 My All-Time Favorite Book Character: Missing Boy
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#4 Omg It’s 10 From Unusual Events
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#5 When You Don’t Own The Licensing Rights
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#6 Well, They’re Not Wrong
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#7 Trans Boy
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#8 I Found This “Girls Fantasy” Halloween Costume
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#9 Frendo Blaggins
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#10 Now You, Too, Can Be The Governor Of Tasteville
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#11 Thinking Of Going As This For Halloween
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#12 Halloween Stores Never Disappoint
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#13 It’s The Putin Mask Woah
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#14 Acute Little Costume I Found At A Store In Halloween
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#15 Anybody Wanna Be A White Clam For Halloween?
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#16 Totally Read This Wrong
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#17 Last-Minute Halloween Costume
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#18 I Loved The Movie
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#19 Halloween Is Great
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#20 There Is A Bunch Of Stuff Like This In My Local Costume Shop
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#21 Do I Get My Wife The Exact Halloween Costume She Asked For Or The This Version And Deal With The Consequences?
There comes a time in a married man’s life when he has to ask himself this question.
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#22 “Tiger King” Halloween Off-Brand Costume
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#23 “What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?”
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#24 Found This In My Canadian Halloween Shop
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#25 Super Hero Costume
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#26 This Incredibly Racist Wig I Found In A Halloween Costume Shop A Few Years Back
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#27 But Can I Get A “Mr. Metal Suit” Mask
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#28 I Love Halloween
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#29 Even Has Short Legs, Amazing
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#30 I’m Sorry But That’s Just A Poorly Made Costume
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#31 Heh, This Gives Me Nightmares. Found It In Wall Mart Looking For A Pennywise Costume. Found Something Scarier. Never Gonna Sleep Again
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#32 Rehab Wig
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#33 Ah Yes, Who Wouldn’t Want To Be Aquahero For Halloween This Year. Not Even The Costume, Just The Temporary Tattoos
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#34 Found These Gems In My Local Halloween Store
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#35 Daddy’s Little Disaster From That Famous Movie
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#36 Halloween Costume From My Local Discount Store
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#37 A Stranger Things Knock-Off Halloween Costume
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#38 Now Presenting The Sidekick Of Anime Man, A Manga Boy
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#39 Aqua Walker
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#40 This Children’s Maid Costume At The Thrift Store
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