Halloween Fairstival Costumes
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Costumes that the characters wore in Halloween Fairstival, Halloween 2004.
| Image | Character | Costume | Explanation | External Links |
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 | Strong Bad | Cesar Romero As The Joker | In the 1960s Batman television series, the role of the Joker was played by veteran actor Cesar Romero. One of Romero's trademarks was his mustache — as he refused to shave it for the role, the Joker makeup was simply applied over it (hence the prominent mustache in Strong Bad's costume). | Wikipedia Entry |
 | The Cheat | Sigmund | Sigmund is the title character of the popular early '70s children's TV show Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. He ran away from his family and was befriended by two boys. | Wikipedia entry |
 | Strong Mad | Ben Wallace | Ben Wallace is a former professional basketball player who played from 1996 until 2012 for five NBA teams. He is one of four players in the history of the NBA to lead the league in rebounds and blocks in the same season.
In 2004, the year this toon was released, his Detroit Pistons won the NBA championship. At this time, Wallace was also famous for wearing his hair in a wild Afro style. | Wikipedia article |
 | Coach Z | Tupac | Tupac Shakur (also known by 2Pac and Makaveli) was a rapper and actor, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop artists of all time. His music addressed social and political issues, yet also drew controversy for violent gangsta rap themes.
In his costume, Tupac's iconic "Thug Life" tattoo is rendered as "Thorg Life," to indicate Coach Z's accent. | Wikipedia article  content warning
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 | Strong Sad | David Bowie | David Bowie was a British rock and roll musician, actor, and artist who has had a profound influence on rock and roll from the 1960s until his death in 2016. He is best known and regarded for his work with glam and experimentalism in the 1970s; in the 1980s, Bowie had greater success in releasing his music and made an unabashed bid for commercial success.
Bowie's career was marked by a use of a variety of characters and personas — Strong Sad's costume is inspired by the cover of Aladdin Sane, depicting a variation of the Ziggy Stardust character. | Wikipedia article |
 | Bubs | One of the 3 Most Important People in the World | "The Three Most Important People in the World" are characters in the film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, three figures from a utopian musical future. The trio are portrayed by musicians — Bubs is dressed as the Person played by Clarence Clemons, legendary saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band (the other two figures were portrayed by Martha Davis of The Motels and Fee Waybill). | IMDb listing |
 | The King of Town | The Mayor of Halloweentown | The Mayor of Halloween Town is a character in the animated movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, voiced by Glenn Shadix. The mayor of a magical town where Halloween is made, the character's head bears a different face on either side — a jovial, broadly-grinning positive expression and a deeply-frowning upset face — that rotates around as his mood swings. | IMDb listing |
 | Pom Pom | The Big Boy | Big Boy is the mascot for the hamburger chain "Big Boy" restaurants, a chubby boy wearing checkered overalls and often toting a hamburger tray. | Wikipedia article for Big Boy Restaurants |
 | The Poopsmith | Lion-O | Lion-O is a character in the science fantasy cartoon ThunderCats. He is the leader of the titular ThunderCats, cat-like humanoid aliens who battle the evil sorcerer Mumm-Ra. | Wikipedia article |
 | Homsar | Kumar | Kumar is a character from Wes Anderson's Bottle Rocket, played by Kumar Pallana. | IMDb listing |
 | Marzipan | Willie Nelson | Willie Nelson is a legendary country artist (and hippie) associated with the "outlaw country" movement of the 1970s and the Farm Aid project of 1985. Nelson's long hair is often braided into two long pigtails, like the ones Marzipan is wearing. | Wikipedia article |
 | Homestar Runner | Carl Spackler | Carl Spackler is a golf course groundskeeper in the 1980 comedy film Caddyshack, portrayed by Bill Murray. Tasked with removing a destructive gopher from the course, the unstable Spackler uses increasingly over-the-top methods culminating in detonating plastic explosives against the critter. | IMDb listing |
