Entertaining Halloween Costumes Based On TV Shows And Movies

Harley Quinn costume by clowngirlcosplays.

Halloween is coming soon — which means you’re sure to be searching for costume ideas. Where will you go for inspiration? The news (please, no)? Music (do-able)? Pop culture (so you can secretly judge anyone who doesn’t get which meme you are incarnating)?

TV shows and movies are always a nice touchstone. Harley Quinn is tracking to be a popular costume again this year, whether it’s the comic book version as above or the more recent Suicide Squad “Daddy’s Little Monster” Harley, like this one by infamous_harley_quinn. (More pictures here.)

You can also expect to see a fair number of Joaquin Phoenix Jokers this Halloween, now that we have a better idea of how he’ll look. People on Instagram are already doing makeup tests and mashup versions of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker:

Joker makeup test by highvoltage_lulu.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFCs6vjy8h/

Joker makeup test by twocrazyincrime.

Mashup of Harley Quinn and Joker by mizzrychcik.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoC3Yo_HCyp/

Speaking of mashups, there have been some funny ones of late:

“Gand-Alf” photographed by Original Funko.

“Chik-Fi-Leia” photographed by Smoove Cosplaya.

“Doctor Stranger Things” photographed by Jason Vann.

“Hela Kitty” (Hello Kitty / Hela from Thor: Ragnarok) photographed by Arthur Luiz Tavares.

https://twitter.com/alssst/status/1039247182568869888

Grimace/Thanos (aka “Grimos”) cosplayed by kittiecosplay.

And this DMV worker dressed as the Sloth DMV worker from Zootopia last year:

That’s just next level, and so is this Doctor Strange utilizing fake hands and LED fans:

These Black Panther, Wonder Woman, Star Wars, and X-Men cosplayers also went to awesome places:

Shuri (Black Panther) cosplayed by CutePieSensei, photographed by Smoove Cosplaya.

Erik Killmonger (Black Panther) cosplayed by Keith Kelley.

Wonder Woman cosplayed by Alyson Tabbitha.

Wonder Woman cosplayed by LuxSteez, photographed by DTJAAAAM.

Rose Tico (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) cosplayed by Jireh, photographed by Smoove Cosplaya.

Wolverine and X-23 (Logan) photographed by arcreactor_cosplay.

And these two Archer cosplayers achieved their look by cel shading with makeup and paint:

Pam Poovey and Dr. Krieger (Archer) costume by ihatepeacocks.

Others costumes tapped into our nostalgia:

Rainbow Bright and Twink costumes by lilythebluefairy.

Darkwing Duck photographed by Smoove Cosplaya.

Harry and Lloyd (Dumb and Dumber) costumes by Justin Mikita and Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Others got schwifty:

Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty) photographed by rachiedw.

And finally, in continuing the tradition of people who apparently want to catch these hands, here’s some straight-up nightmare fuel photographed by Jason Vann and Mothra P.I.:

We’re going to have to drink those two mental images away…

https://twitter.com/SKEJayRogers/status/1041504677844733952

Here are some of our other Halloween costume ideas:

• Make Your It Inspired Halloween Costume Count By Being The Best Pennywise You Can Be
• There Are Stranger Things You Could Wear Than These Halloween Costumes
• Rick And Morty Halloween Costumes To Wear While Getting Riggity Riggity Wrecked
• Harley Quinn Halloween Costumes Are Here To Hammer Out A Whole Gallery Of Awesome