Halloween Costume Ideas From the Viral Video World

Halloween’s coming up. Are you ready? Are you hoping to make a big splash at the nerdy online video gatherings you may be attending? Then you might consider some of the below ideas — complete with tip lists of necessary ingredients! — to make a splash at whatever spooky fiestas are on your agenda. (Heads up, San Francisco — Liz Gannes has dibs on this first one.)

Susan Boyle:

• Metallic lacy dress
• Contestant number
• Microphone
• Eyebrow pencil

JK Wedding Dance (or, The Office Wedding Dance, if that’s the way you roll):

• One bridal gown
• One tuxedo
• One ghetto blaster
• 1 copy of the Chris Brown album Exclusive

Maru the Cat (credit due to my friend Christine):

• One pair of cat ears
• One large cardboard box

Modification for Keyboard Cat — substitute Casio keyboard for cardboard box

One of Beyonce’s Single Ladies:

• High heels
• One-armed leotard
• Careful eye for choreography

Modifications include Single Baby (substitute diaper for leotard) or Single Man (shred leotard)

Evil Dr. Horrible

• This

Any other ideas? Share them with the Internet here! Or, you know, call dibs.

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