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I tried to resist, but I felt that I just couldn't hold it in much longer...

Anywho, with Halloween of 2008 more or less in the can, it looks like the time is right (then again, that time is always right nowadays) for yet another thread in which to post ideas for Halloween of 2009! These ideas include, but are by no means limited to, contemplations of characters' costumes and ideas for H'ween toon plots (with and without said costumes).

So without further ado, I present now my costume ideas:

as Mike Seaver
as Judge Doom
as Figment (the purple dragon)
as Babs Johnson
as Klaus Meine (I just think that someone needs to be German)
as Silent Bob
as Beatrix Kiddo
as Ali G
as Red Green
as Rev. Jim Ignatowski (from "Taxi")
as Arsene Lupin III (from Weekly Manga Action)
as Inspector Clouseau

So those are my ideas for costumes; how about you guys? Remember, though, that this is not just a thread for putting costume ideas down; it can be about anything Halloween-related, including toon plots (main toons and otherwise). I'll put some of mine down later. But first, let's hear some of your ideas, huh?

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

I'll help get the ball rolling by re-typing the best ideas I had for Halloween '08 costumes (4 of my ideas, including Pom Pom's costume, got replaced here):
Vincent Vega
Leon Kowalski
Vanilla Who*e (from Scott of the Sahara)
Raichu
Alfred Hitchcock
Rubik the Amazing Cube
DJ Mel Mounds
MC Hammer
Jackie Gleason
Terry Gilliam as a knight with a chicken
A Hammer Bro

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Sweet! I was thinkin' about making this myself (until i saw this, obviously.)
Here we goooooooooooo:

as the Human Torch from Fantastic Four
as Curly from Goosebumps
as Spongebob
as da Vinci
as Pikachu
as Scrooge
as Soulja Boy
as Henry David Thoreau
as the red M&M
as Chef Boyardee
as the thing from the Nightmare at 20,000 feet episode of the Twilight Zone
as Yoda

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Badalang.

I'd love to see Homestar as Edward Scissorhands (I just watched the movie last night, and I immediately thought Homestar would be in a costume of him). The only problem is his lack of hands for scissors. Maybe they could be taped to his feet?
He'd make a great Charlie Brown, too. Yellow shirt, no hat and lame comb-over... TBC would somehow need to incorporate "I got a rock." from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for this costume to be truly great.

Well, some Halloween toons have made references to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown already. For example, in "The House That Gave Sucky Treats", one of the treats you can give to Strong Mad and The Cheat when they arrive is a pile of rocks, which refers to Charlie Brown receiving nothing but a rock at each house they go to. And then in "Happy Hallow-day", before we see the characters in their actual costumes, Strong Bad is seen wearing the witch hat and mask worn by Lucy Van Pelt in the TV special.

Anyway, I think Strong Sad would be better suited as Charlie Brown than Homestar. He has that yellow shirt with the black zig-zag on it already (at least he did as a child).

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

as Richard Simmons
as the puppet from Weinerville
as a Rubix Cube
as the Pillsbury Doughboy
as a Shy Guy
as King Dedede
as Grandmaster Flash
as Janis Joplin
as Leonardo
as The King
as a stormtrooper
as Nowhere Man

My ideas:
as Ash from Pokemon
as a Bionicle (from Lego)
as a Brick Wall
as Joe the Plumber
as Pikachu
as Al Roker
as Mr. Fantastic
as Sarah Palin
as the Everlasting Gobstopper guy
as Mayor McCheese
as a Ninja Turtle
as Igor (from said movie)

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I love those options.

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

Some ideas:
as Marvin the Paranoid Android (come on, think about it. You know you want it.)
as King Dedede (turns out I was thinking the same thoughts as Awexome)
as Bob/Weebl from Weebl and Bob
as Pillsbury Dough Boy
as Psycho Mantis (just think about it)

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I can't stop thinking about alternate options:

as either Pee-wee Herman, Steve Austin (from "The $6,000,000 Man") or Hunter Thompson, the author of "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas"
as J.R. Ewing
as Rocky (that dwarf gangster of Looney Tunes fame)
as Fezzik (or just Andre the Giant)
as Derek Smalls
as either Jerome Bettis or Ralph Kramden
as either Marge Gunderson or Sandra Clark
as Morpheus

Anyway, I'm thinking of doing a script for the Halloween toon, with it being themed to "Freaky Friday" and maybe calling it Freakin' Halloween. It is partially based on "Criss Cross Crisis", an episode of "The Powerpuff Girls". What happens is that Bubs is doing some kind of scientific experiments from the basement of his concession stand to turn apples into oranges and vice-versa and sell them as products for Halloween. Alas, the experiment fails to the extent that everyone gets switched with one another. Before I go into the script, though, I still need to finalize the costumes (which I'm working on right now), and also who gets switched with who. Here's what I was thinking of whose voices gets switched with whose:

Homestar and Strong Bad (to SB's chagrin, of course)
The Cheat and Strong Mad (The Cheat can actually talk here!)
Bubs and Coach Z

And in an Easter egg...
Homsar and the Goblin (The Goblin speaks in Homsar's voice while Homsar does the Goblin's little dance)

Now, can anyone help me out with the rest?

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

Well, Captain, I was going to do this myself! Once again you beat me!

anyway, hows about and switch, and and Think about it! Marzi would just love all that fertilizer, and Pom Pom would be HUGE!

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Badalang.

Well, why don't you explain your plot idea, if you have one? Maybe we can work together to make it.

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

I think Kazaam would also make a good Coach Z or Bubs costume.

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Alright, going along with Bubs mixing up fruit genes...Here we Goooooooooo!!!!!!! [Note: I am not good w/plots]

Because of the switching and my KOT/PomPom idea, it will mainly be...like The Blob. That's as far as I got.

However, as will broom-shovel the way out! (after they all get eaten)

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Badalang.

wait...how can you shovel out of a balloon? Wait! That won't happen! Instead, will show up and scare the out of , thus switching them, and can dig them out!

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Badalang.

Except who could Senor Cardgage be? I'm thinking how about Apu from "The Simpsons"? And would Senor be the one who switches everyone back?

Also, they should do a Teen Girl Squad Halloween toon, also with the girls in costume. Given Halloween, there is no way the girls can live long enough at all in this special! Who should they dress as, though?

Here is a sample of what they can do for a Halloween-themed episode:

(The Ugly One approaches a doorway in her costume and rings the doorbell)
DOORBELL: Ding-dong. Ding-dong, yo.
(A man, looking suspiciously like the Arrow'd Guy opens the door and looks at her)
THE UGLY ONE: (holding up her trick-or-treat bag) Trigger treat!
ARROW'D GUY: Aren't you a little old for trick-or-treating?
THE UGLY ONE: No way!! I'm a gullible three-years-old!
ARROW'D GUY: You sure don't look three.
THE UGLY ONE: Alright, then, I'm a gullible four-years-old!
ARROW'D GUY: Well, then...
(He throws at her an apple with a razor blade through it. The Ugly One tries to catch it in her bag, but it slices through the bag and then slices her in half)
STRONG BAD: (voiceover) RAZORBLADE CANDY APPLE'D!
THE UGLY ONE: Ow! My middlin'!

...and so it goes.

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

The only one I can think of is as Brak. Someone a while ago said that, too, but I forget who. Or when. Or why.

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Okay, I will begin my script for my Halloween toon concept soon. Until then, here is the final list of the costumes for to be used therein:

as Pee-wee Herman
as Judge Doom
as Figment
as Babs Johnson
as Klaus Meine
as Silent Bob
as Sandra Clark
as Ali G
as Fred G. Sanford
as Mayor McCheese
as Arsene Lupin, III
as Gomer Pyle

And a special guest appearance by...

as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

The title for the toon will be called Freakin' Halloween! MU-HU-HA-HA...

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

Dr. Strangelove of Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to Stop Worrying and love the bomb.

Spider Jerusalem of Transmetropolitan

Tik Tok of return to Oz (thanks, Singing Poopsmith.)

Kirk Hammett of Metallica

"Wierd Al" from the 'Fat' Music video

Arthur From the Tick

Blanka from Street Fighter

Marky Mark from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

Sgt. Slaughter or Papa Shango of WWE

Darkman from Darkman

Zap Rowsdower of the Final Sacrafice

two s as a White Spy and Black Spy from Spy vs Spy

as Matt Foley from SNL

Also, this year- Jay and Silent Bob might be two of the costumes. I can feel it.

That's great.

DOORBELL: Ding-dong, ding-dong, yo!
TOMPKINS: Tricka Treat
ARROW'D GUY: Aren't you the kid who keeps vandalizing my yard and playing pranks?
TOMPKINS: Um...no. Now gimme some Twizzlers, you undapants.
TWIZZLER ANACONDA'D!
TOMPKINS: Aww, peas!

I'll try to be more specific about the costumes I thought of for the Squad earlier:
Cheerleader as Farrah Fawcett (as seen on the poster)
So and So as Carol Seaver (as seen in season 1 of Growing Pains, complete with glasses)
What's Her Face as Thorn Harvestar (as seen in Bone Volume 2: The Great Cow Race)
The Ugly One as Gene Simmons (I don't think an explanation's necessary)

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Here now is the first part of the script for the new Halloween toon I have thought up. It's called Freakin' Halloween, based on the movie "Freaky Friday", as well as the Powerpuff Girls episode, "Criss Cross Crisis", with a bit of "The Blob" thrown in as well. As mentioned before, these are the costumes that the characters are wearing here:

as Pee-wee Herman
as Judge Doom
as Figment
as Babs Johnson
as Klaus Meine
as Silent Bob
as Sandra Clark
as Ali G
as Fred G. Sanford
as Mayor McCheese
as Arsene Lupin, III
as Gomer Pyle

And a special guest appearance by...

as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon

NOTE: I use the following notation to deal with characters in other people’s bodies. When two names are separated by a slash, the first indicates the speaking voice, while the second tells whose body is being used. For example, “ / ” means that Strong Bad is speaking while in Homestar’s body. Also, I would like help whenever possible.

(The toon starts. The sky is orange as the sun is setting before finally turning dark in night. Crickets are heard chirping. Cut to a silhouetted long shot of Bubs' Concession Stand, with a tall transmitter tower somehow set up behind it. Ratcheting sounds as well as Bubs grunting off-screen can be heard.)

(off-screen; stops ratcheting) There! Now let's give it a shot! And here-a I-a go-a!

(Foreboding music (sounding exactly like that from "Jibblies 2") plays in the background, as the tower suddenly shakes and rattles violently; the camera then vibrates, too. A low rumble begins, then grows, followed by a flash of white light that fills the screen. Then the shaking and rumbling stops. Then the sky flashes a different color once and, as the music intensifies, an energy field radiates outward from the transmitter, while the toon title, "Freakin' Halloween", is displayed. The waves pass over the House of the Brothers Strong, which shakes briefly afterward, accompanied by a crashing sound (the credits read, "Yet another Halloween-y toon"). The same happens at the following locations, each accompanied by another piece of the credits: Homestar Runner's house ("By the exact same people"), Marzipan's house ("who always made these toons"), The Cheat's grill ("in case you don't know"), Coach Z's locker room ("which you should by now.") and the King of Town's castle ("Here-sa it-sa go-sa!"). Cut to a long shot of most of the Free Country area, with the energy field radiating over the entire view, still to the foreboding music from "Jibblies 2". After a few seconds, the emissions stop and the screen shakes with a crashing sound. The music dies down. Long silence.)

(from inside concession stand) Aw, crap! Now what's up?!

(Footsteps are heard as he leaves the concession stand, but before he can be seen leaving, the camera cuts to the front door of the House of the Bros. Strong. Footsteps are heard approaching the door, on which someone knocks.)

(off-screen) Hey, Strong Bad!

(off-screen; mumbling) Jungle... Strike... (mumbles again before gets up. He is then heard approaching the door) Hang on, Bubs, I'll be right there!

(Strong Bad reaches the door. Cut to the opposite side of the door, where Bubs is apparently waiting. The door opens and the camera then swivels over to the door knocker. But it is not Bubs - it's Coach Z, already in his Halloween costume. However, the voice is Bubs'.)

/ Strong Bad, I need to speak to you!

What do you...

(Suddenly, Bubs gasps in shock and then stammers as the camera cuts to his perspective - looking toward Homestar Runner in his costume, who speaks in Strong Bad's voice.)

/ What! What are you staring at?

/ (stifling laughter) Go look in the mirror!

(Strong Bad does just that. He goes to a bathroom mirror. When he realizes what has happened, he gasps and then screams his head off. He then races back toward the front door.)

/ What the crap's happened to me!! I did not plan to dress up as one of the lame, armless characters for Halloween!

/ (trying to hold back laughter) Now calm down, Strong Bad. There's a perfectly rational explanation for this.



...and this is as far as I will go for now. Anything you can do now to help with this script would be greatly appreciated.

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

What if the climax involved cheesy water-skiing like the original Freaky Friday? (which I never saw the middle of) Or what if some band like Cool Tapes performed at the end? (kinda like the 2003 Freaky Friday)

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Or, could beat up for making him fat(ter). You know like here. Substitute for , though, of course. By the way, CPHP, great jorb on the costumes. I only knew , , and .

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Badalang.

should be the toaster strudel person.

BEST IDEA EVER:

as Tik-Tok from "Return to Oz"

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- Rayman
- Pop up Pirate
- The neighbour from the game Neigbours From Hell
- One of the Grox from Spore
- Hedwig from Harry Potter
- Bosco from Sam and Max
- The Kandoo frog (This is perfect)
- Marge from the Simpsons
- Mike from Monsters Inc.
- Ronald McDonald
- A Cyberman from Doctor Who
- R2D2

YES YES YES VERY YES

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I just had another idea for a costume for The Cheat: any of the Wuzzles!

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"Mekka-lekka-hi-mekka-The Cheat, throw a TV on 'im...ho."
--Strong Bad, about Homestar

Well, I once imagined him to be either Bumblelion (bumblebee and lion) or Moosel (moose and seal), since both appear kinda short in size. But as always, I'll leave it all up to TBC, who may or may not be aware of a fictional world where every creature is two in one.