Halloween Hijinks Costumes
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Costumes that the characters wore in Halloween Hijinks, Halloween 2020.
| Image | Character | Costume | Explanation | External Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Homestar Runner | Bod | Bod was a BBC animated children's television program that aired in the US on Nickelodeon in the early '80s. It is about a young boy named Bod who lives in a town with several other characters, which his costume Easter egg references. As far back as 2001, The Brothers Chaps have cited Bod as an early inspiration of Homestar Runner. | Wikipedia article |
 | Strong Bad | General Zod | General Zod is a supervillain from DC Comics, a megalomaniacal Kryptonian and one of Superman's greatest foes. While Zod originally debuted in 1961, Strong Bad's costume specifically homages Zod’s appearance in Superman II, portrayed by actor Terence Stamp. The film invented several iconic aspects of Zod’s character that are referenced In Strong Bad's Easter Eggs: Strong Mad and Marzipan dress as Zod's minions Non and Ursa respectively and Strong Bad quotes the famous "Kneel before Zod!" line. | Wikipedia article |
 | Strong Mad | My Pet Monster | My Pet Monster was a plush toy line created by American Greetings in 1986. The toy line spawned a Saturday morning cartoon series that aired on ABC in 1987. American Greetings took a different approach with My Pet Monster than with most other plush dolls of the era, specifically marketing the toys toward young boys. | Wikipedia article |
 | Strong Sad | Baxter from The Great Space Coaster | Tubby Baxter is a puppet clown character from the children's TV show The Great Space Coaster, a series featuring many Muppets and Sesame Street alumni. He is an inhabitant of Coasterville that pilots the coaster and formerly worked for the "M.T. Promises" circus. | Wikipedia article |
 | Coach Z | Del from Gorillaz | Del the Funky Homosapien is an American rapper. Collaborating with the virtual band Gorillaz on their first album (including the single Clint Eastwood, which Coach Z quotes in an Easter egg), he was featured as "Del tha Ghost Rapper" - a murdered musician whose spirit took residence in drummer Russel Hobbs' body. | Wikipedia article |
 | Pom Pom | The Capital City Goofball | The Capital City Goofball is the mascot for the Capital City baseball team on The Simpsons. He first appeared in the episode “Dancin’ Homer”, where Homer Simpson becomes a mascot for the Springfield Isotopes. In that appearance, his only speaking role, he was voiced by actor Tom Poston. | Wikipedia article |
 | The King of Town | Captain Cupcake | Captain Cupcake is an advertising mascot created to promote the line of CupCakes made by Hostess Brands. He was the second mascot introduced to promote the company’s snack cakes, following the earlier Twinkie the Kid. The Captain, like his predecessor, is an anthropomorphic version of the product he promotes, dressed in clothing similar to what a navy ship’s captain might wear. However, unlike his predecessor Captain Cupcake was not as popular and is not as widely seen on packaging as Twinkie the Kid is in modern times. | Wikipedia article |
 | Bubs | Beedle | Beedle is a recurring merchant in The Legend of Zelda series who made his first appearance in the 2002 game The Wind Waker for the Nintendo GameCube. Bubs’ costume represents Beedle as he appears in the 2017 Nintendo Switch and Wii U title Breath of the Wild. | Wikipedia article |
 | Marzipan | Captain Planet | Captain Planet is a superhero conceived by media mogul Ted Turner to promote environmental awareness and the central character of the 1990s cartoon series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The story of his origin involves five teenagers from various parts of the world, each of whom is given a special ring with a specific power by Gaia, the Greek goddess of the Earth who awoke in the 20th century to discover her realm had been overrun by pollution. Four of the rings represent the four classical physical elements (Earth, fire, wind, water) and the fifth represents life (heart). When the five rings are joined together, the combination of the five powers is strong enough to summon Captain Planet. | Wikipedia article |
 | The Cheat | Ponyo | Ponyo is a human-like fish creature from the Hayao Miyazaki anime film of the same name. In the film, she uses magic to grow legs and become more humanoid, demonstrated in The Cheat's Easter egg when he sprouts chicken-like legs. | Wikipedia article |
 | The Poopsmith | 1 Guy from Andromeda | The Two Guys from Andromeda are the developers of Sierra's Space Quest franchise of adventure games. They would appear in-character as aliens with mohawks and false pig noses. | Wikipedia article |
 | Homsar | B.O.B. | Old B.O.B. is a robot voiced by Slim Pickens from the 1979 Disney film The Black Hole. He along with his best friend V.I.N.CENT. are last of their kind aboard the U.S.S. Cygnus, which he calls a "Death Ship". His battered appearance is courtesy of other robots who bully him and call him a freak. | Wikipedia article |
