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This happens like clockwork once every few months. A perfectly nice Halloween costume manufacturer sends us the latest disguises based on [insert upcoming $150-million movie's name here] and we have an ethical obligation to make fun of them. More »
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In 1995, New Mexico state senator Duncan Scott was getting aggravated by the number of psychologists and psychiatrists being used as expert witnesses in legal trials. To protest this perceived overuse of psychiatric professionals, Scott tacked the following protest amendment onto a bill: More »
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It's really refreshing to see photos that put the "play" into "cosplay." And photographer Michael Smith at Emerald Coast Cosplay does a fantastic job of capturing the playfulness and silliness of cosplay. His photos from SukoshiCON Destin and some other recent conventions are just bursting with personality. More »
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Even if you don't know a Golden Snitch from a frumious Bandersnatch, it's absolutely impossible to remain churlish at life when this duo is around. If anybody knows who could have done this, drop us a line and we'll credit Fluffy and 'Arry accordingly. On an unrelated note, Cerberus is the new vampires is the new zombies is the new selkies is the new tengu. More »
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Looking to pump out some optic blasts for less than a Ulysses S. Grant? Cosplay craftsman Peter Sorensen has written this tutorial for creating replicas of Scott Summers' famous eyewear. More »
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Forget clunky metal and plastic armor that leave you sweating and bruise everyone you scrape by at conventions. This soft and cozy crocheted cyclops outfit is a cool and crafty alternative. More »
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Old-school cosplayers were fucking rad. They'd spend hours constructing costumes, sometimes with zero guarantee that anybody would know who the hell they were. In this day and age, everyone's got the internet hooked up to their earmuffs. Imagine trying to explain who the Dirty Pair were when a hearty portion of the population still communicated via two tin cans and twine. More »
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In 1941, Salvador Dalí held a dinner party, seemingly for the express purpose of fucking with Bob Hope. That is all. More »
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This is Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, a Harajuku model/singer whose music video for the song "PONPONPON" won fans across the globe for its thrilling reenactment of what would happen if you subsisted solely on ayahuasca and gumdrops for a few weeks. More »
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These photographs of a Borg clan were taken by Winnie Au were at a Las Vegas Star Trek convention. Said Au of the shoot, "Everyone i met there was super friendly and down to earth, and they all knew each other and had been going to these conventions every year for many years. They really were like a big family, and it was cool for me to see how Star Trek can bring so many people together in a real manner." But does a Baby Borg get carried around in Baby Björng? I'll be here all night! More »
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It's not hard to dress up as he who slumbers in R'lyeh. All you need to do is shove a bunch of wriggling snakes up your nostrils like 53-year-old serpent master Liu Fei of Mianiang, China. Sure, this tactic may require nerves of steel and a lifetime of practice, but once you perfect it, you can pull it out for picnics and birthday parties and board meetings and piano recitals and croquet tournaments. More »
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There's nothing like a love story to bring balance to the Force. When a Bay Area couple decided to get engaged the other day, they didn't just have a nice dinner with a ring hidden in the cake. Instead, they did some absolutely stunning Star Wars cosplay, as captured by photographer Michael James. More »
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Last week, the $12-million, superhero-themed Victoria's Secret lingerie show graced New York with a cadre of ladies wearing nothing but capes, wings, tights, and meaningful gazes directed toward a non-existent dot somewhere on the horizon. More »
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Well, I don't remember Alpha Flight ever going on this adventure. Three teenagers from Chilliwack, British Columbia recently decided it would be a ripping idea to lure would-be pedophiles to public places using fake internet profiles. More »
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This is MIT student Tyler Christensen's Tesla coil hat, which — in the name of sheer comedy — he programmed to play the theme from Mortal Kombat (recently) and Harry Potter. Sadly, strapping a Tesla coil to one's head isn't always the best idea — the hat blew up before he could show it off on Halloween. More »
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Good morning, internet. As a prize for being up at such an ungodly hour, here is your Wampug (a.k.a. YouTuber StarWarsChick01's dog Chubbs). Now go seize that day, galvanized and emboldened by what you have witnessed here. More »
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Remember those hilariously bizarre Japanese cat ears you could manipulate with your mind? If you have a 3D printer, a Mindwave headset, some technical know-how, and a little bit of elbow grease, you can build your own pair. More »
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I know for a fact that this is the best Jurassic Park couples cosplay because I spent all Halloween trying to make a Papier-mâché T-Rex head and failed miserably. Where I failed, these two awesome geeks succeeded. Check out some amazingly clever cosplay — including the severed hand of Ray Arnold. More »
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This is so unapologetically stupid, but I can't help but applaud these guys for carrying a boombox around New York blasting the Immortals' always hilarious rave theme. (Random fact: The Mortal Kombat soundtrack has Orbital's "Halcyon" on it. Man, that song really got around.) Anyway, this video goes on for approximately eight minutes and has more critical merit than Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. More »
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At the YouTube account of costume designers Northfur, you can find dozens of videos of eerily realistic manimal masks. Who wants to travel down the rabbit hole and discover the pancake-powdered face of Marlon Brando? More »
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Last night's crazy Halloween debauch marked the end of our annual io9 Halloween Costume Show. You guys really outdid yourselves this year. Damn! Check out the standouts from the weekend. More »
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It's almost Halloween, and you don't want to simply wear a t-shirt, alienate your friends, or buy a craptacularly slutty store-bought costume that will drop $30 come All Saints' Day. Good for you! The only problem is that daylight's burning, and you can't waste the last 72 hours of Halloween shenanigans on elaborate pageantry. More »
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We're nearing the end of our annual io9 Halloween Costume Show, and you all look seriously hot. Check out some of the standouts from this week's batch, and post your own! More »
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I'm not really into putting on costumes, but I appreciate that this is the time of year when you're supposed to do it. That's why I went to a Halloween party a couple of years ago wearing a custom-made t-shirt that said: "This is my costume." If you're a tee-loving dork like me, there are actually better options that that. Here are just a few. More »
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There were many things wrong with Green Lantern besides the CG "streaky bacon" outfit that Hal Jordan and his fellow Corps members sported. But the choice to give Hal a CG outfit against a CG background certainly did the movie no favors. More »
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One easy way to save money on a Halloween costume is to try your hand at a little fancy make-up art. It's much cheaper than buying some over-priced store-bought monstrosity. Plus, they're sick as hell. Here are the best of the "how-to" videos that can turn you into the Black Swan, Mystique, and even Jadzia Dax (retro throw-back).

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This is probably the best Batman costume you'll ever see. A group of artists over at the Effects Lab forums created a real-life reproduction of the Batsuit from the Arkham Asylum and Arkham City games, taking painstaking care to match the textures and colors in the game. More »
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We're in the middle of our annual io9 Halloween Costume Show, and everybody is already outdoing themselves. Check out some of the standouts from this week's batch, and post your own! More »
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Halloween! It's the time of the year when some of us get dolled up in our finest regalia, and others have trouble remembering it's October. More »
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Hoping to find a timely Halloween costume this year — but not interested in being the 20th Nyan Cat at the same office party? Then try on these outfits for size. We've collected over a dozen great ideas for timely and exciting science fiction and fantasy costumes. More »
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Several months ago, Mark Wayne Williams was arrested in Petoskey, Michigan hanging from a building, wearing a Batman outfit and brandishing a baton, chemical spray, and weighted gloves. More »
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Holy Female Spider Jerusalem! There was some seriously creative cosplay at New York Comic Con this year. We combed the convention floor, looking for the best of the best, and here it is. Seriously, FEMALE SPIDER JERUSALEM. More »
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Here are two photos seemingly ripped out of the scrapbook of the Overlook Hotel's amorous canine monster. These two photos of enthusiastic Disney fans were taken in Serbia sometime in the 1930s. More »
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Given that the Smurfs have become the pint-sized cerulean emissaries for everything that is wrong with the world, it's unsurprising that their oxygen-starved countenance is being lent to crimes of dipsomaniac passion. More »
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Every year we celebrate Halloween on io9 by having a costume show on Flickr. Here you can see one of last year's costumes, Mr. and Mrs. Boba Fett, posted by Kristin D. Post your pictures in this year's io9 Halloween Costume Show! More »
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It will set you back ¥69,000, but if you want to pledge allegiance to Neo-Tokyo's foremost motorcycle gang, this replica of Kaneda's leather Capsule jacket by Bandai Visual is a good place to start. It's being offered here to commemorate the movie's 30th anniversary. More »
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Those of you keeping track at home will remember that the third Halloween film, Season of the Witch, had absolutely nothing to do with Michael Myers chasing Jamie Lee Curtis. More »
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