Halloween Potion-ma-jig Costumes
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Costumes that the characters wore in Halloween Potion-ma-jig, Halloween 2005.
| Image | Character | Costume | Explanation | External Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Homestar Runner | Moocher | Moocher was a character in the 1979 film Breaking Away and subsequent TV show of the same name. He was played by Jackie Earle Haley. | IMDb listing |
 | Pom Pom | Walter Sobchak | Walter Sobchak is a Vietnam veteran, owner of Sobchak Security, bowler, and friend of "the Dude", played by John Goodman in the 1998 Coen Brothers movie The Big Lebowski. | Wikipedia Article for The Big Lebowski |
 | Coach Z | Theo Huxtable | Theo is one of five children born to Cliff and Clair Huxtable on the television series The Cosby Show and is their only son. He was portrayed by Malcolm-Jamal Warner. The shirt Coach Z is wearing is from the first-season episode "A Shirt Story", in which Denise tries to hand-make Theo a designer shirt and butchers it in the process. | Wikipedia Article |
 | The King of Town | Colonel Sanders | Colonel Harland Sanders (1890-1980) was the founder and mascot of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant franchise. The King is dressed in Sanders' trademark white suit with string tie and goatee; Sanders began wearing this outfit after his commission as a Kentucky Colonel and dressed the same way in public for the final 20 years of his life. | Wikipedia Article |
 | The Poopsmith | Ookla the Mok | Ookla the Mok is a cat-like humanoid character from the 1980s cartoon series Thundarr the Barbarian. Along with Princess Ariel, Ookla helped Thundarr fight evil in a post-apocalyptic society set two thousand years into the future. | Wikipedia Article for Thundarr the Barbarian |
 | Homsar | Tingle | Tingle is a delusional map-making man from Nintendo's Legend of Zelda video game series. He thinks he's a fairy, hence the clothes. Floating around on his Tingle Balloon and throwing confetti when helping the hero are two of his most common traits, which Homsar parodies. He also has created his own magic words: "Tingle, tingle, kooloo-limpah!" | Wikipedia Article |
 | Strong Mad | Gossamer | A classic Looney Tunes monster. An antagonist of Bugs Bunny, Gossamer is easily distracted by anyone willing to give him a manicure or a TNT laced hairdo. Despite his usually terrifying appearance, Gossamer runs in fear from the monsters in the audience... PEOPLE! | Wikipedia Article |
 | Strong Bad | Jambi | Jambi is a genie character created by Paul Reubens that first appeared as part of his 1981 stage production, The Pee-wee Herman Show, and later appeared as a character on the 1986 television series Pee-wee's Playhouse. Played by John Paragon (1954 – 2021), Jambi was a floating head that resided in a box (hence Strong Bad's wearing of a box surrounding his head) and would often appear whenever someone said the word "wish" ("Wish? Did somebody say wish?"). In order to grant wishes, JambI chanted, "Meka-leka-hi, Meka-hiney-ho", and the phrase became the character's trademark. | Wikipedia Article for Pee-wee's Playhouse |
 | The Cheat | Toad | A mushroom servant from Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers video game series; "Toad" is also the name given to the entire race of mushroom people. Toad typically appears to assist the player, but is also regularly playable in multiplayer games. As a denizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, Toad is a attendant to Princess Peach. | Wikipedia Article |
 | Bubs | Apollo Creed | A character played by Carl Weathers (1948-2024) in the "Rocky" series of movies. In Rocky, Apollo Creed is the undefeated world champion whom Rocky Balboa fights in the climactic fight of the movie; in later films, they become friends. | Wikipedia Article |
 | Strong Sad | Devo Member | Devo (short for "De-evolution") is an American New Wave/Punk band, known for their quirky uniforms and cult status since their appearance in the late 70s and 80s. Their biggest hit was 1980's "Whip It", although are well-known for other songs like "Girl U Want", "Beautiful World", and "Jocko Homo". Strong Sad is dressed as the band members dressed for the Freedom of Choice album cover and the "Girl U Want" music video, including the famous red "energy dome" hat. His glasses indicate that he is probably lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh, or possibly drummer Alan Myers. | Wikipedia Article for Devo |
 | Marzipan | Beaker | Beaker is a Muppet character who serves as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew's hapless lab assistant on The Muppet Show, where Muppet Labs' many experiments would go awry at his expense. Much like The Cheat, Beaker typically only speaks in nervous, high-pitched "meeps". | Wikipedia Article |
