Every Halloween brings with it the overplayed topical costumes - people read the headlines and think that they're the only people in the world with the idea to rip a costume idea from them. But let's be frank: these costumes are going to be everywhere, and if you jump on the bandwagon you're going to feel pretty stupid. Read our list of Halloween 2011 costumes and you'll have the eleven costumes you're going to see the most of this All Hallow's Eve. What you do next is up to you.
Halloween 2011 Costumes
Every year, some Halloween costumes tap into the zeitgeist. We're going to help you identify those costumes and avoid them so you look original. Check out our list of Halloween 2011 costumes.
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By K. Thor Jensen October 6, 2011 |
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| 11 | Charlie Sheen |
If one man sums up the degradation and pathetic grasping for fame that 2011 brought us, it's Charlie Sheen. The former Two And A Half Men co-star, already famous for his drunken escapades, went totally off the rails this year, getting fired from the show and embarking on a bizarre tour around the country. Sheen is on everybody's minds right now, and dressing up as him is totally easy: dark hair, sunglasses, ugly shirt, say "Winning" a lot. If you took a shot for every Sheen costume you saw this Halloween, you'd be... well, you'd be pretty drunk.
Amy Winehouse
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| 10 | Amy Winehouse |
After a celebrity dies, Halloween always sees a spate of people paying tribute to them in costume. Amy Winehouse has been on the list for years, but she finally croaked in 2011. Expect to see dozens of girls - and probably a few skinny dudes - putting up a beehive haircut, drawing Magic Marker tattoos all over their body, and letting Winehouse walk the earth one more time. This is another costume that is ripe for the "zombie variant," where a little green makeup and blood turns the costume scary.
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| 9 | Angry Birds |
Okay, sure, Angry Birds is a fun game, but what exactly has turned it into an overwhelming cultural phenomenon? Lord only knows. You can expect to see the series' titular fowl all over the place this Halloween, as some companies are actually making retail costumes based off of them. I'm sure there will be many, many homemade Angry Birds costumes as well. These costumes break the most essential rule of Halloween: they're too bulky to get up to any mischief. If you can't fit through a door, you're in a bad costume.
R.I.P., A.D.
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| 8 | Arrested Development |
With the news that ultimate hipster sitcom Arrested Development is coming back with new episodes, you can be sure that the show's devoted fans will once more be hitting the streets in their Tobias Funke nevernudes. Group costumes are always a popular choice, and the Bluth family and associated hangers-on provide a costume for just about everybody. Well, unless you're African-American. Then you have to be Gob's puppet. Hey, now that I think about it, that's pretty racist!
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| 7 | Princess Beatrice |
Okay, so all the furor over the Royal Wedding has mostly died down, but for the dedicated Anglophiles out there, it's still a big deal. And the biggest - and most ridiculous - thing to come from the whole media circus was Princess Beatrice's ridiculous hat. This insane-looking headpiece was the subject of much discussion during the event, and you can expect to see plenty of hand-made replicas of it this Halloween. The original article sold for $130,000 on eBay, which is kind of scary.
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