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10 Last-Minute Meme Costumes—From Damn Daniel to Nasty Woman

Make this dumpster fire of a year work for you by adapting its many fire memes into an eleventh-hour October surprise.
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Another Halloween, another chance for you to take the memes you've seen all over the internet this year and take them out into the real world as costumes so that other people can praise you for your creativity! Sure, you could dress up as a presidential candidate, or even debate standout Ken Bone, but that wouldn't show off how deep your dankness goes. Maybe you could be Tom Hanks' Saturday Night Live character David S. Pumpkins, but you weren't quick enough—the jacket you'd need has been sold out since last week. Thankfully, we've got you covered; if you're scrambling for a costume, we've got some ideas how you can bring a little bit of internet culture to the rare gathering where (hopefully) nobody is staring at a little screen.

  • This only takes one article of clothing—a white pair of Vans slip-ons—matched with almost any outfit you’d like. But it also requires a hype man to sporadically yell that you’re “back at it again with the white Vans.” Just repay their hard work by taking them on *Ellen* with you.
  • Glue on a beard, rock a brown hooded cloak, and hold the door to the bar or house party open...or closed! Every *Game Of Thrones* fan will break down in tears once they realize your chivalry—and they'll be buying you rounds (of Dornish wine, we assume) all night.
  • Replicate poor Ben's existential reckoning with a dark green sweater and a melancholy demeanor. It’s also probably to your benefit to stand near a bubbly, well-coiffed British person in a blue sweater. If you're having trouble getting the perfect hangdog expression, just imagine that you've hitched your career to Zack Snyder's star.
  • On the cover of Drake’s April album *Views*, the Toronto rapper is photoshopped sitting atop the iconic CN Tower. So recreate the ensuing [deluge of macros](http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/04/25/drake-views-from-the-six-memes/) by shelling out to get the [actual jacket](https://www.schottnyc.com/products/b3-leather-bomber-jacket.htm?catID=8) Drake wore on the cover, and then...well, just sitting on things while looking pensive and thirsty. So, so thirsty.
  • The Texas senator and presidential hopeful suffered under the bright lights of mainstream media scrutiny during the GOP primaries—but even more under the bizarre theory that he’s actually the mysterious Zodiac Killer. Get a blobfish mask, carry around a [police sketch](http://media.salon.com/2016/03/zodiac_cruz.jpg) as a comparison, repel children, and bask in the hate. [Samantha Bee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMgaqhTZBlg) would be proud.
  • You won't get anonymous donations contributing to a scholarship fund for your kids, but this costume is only [slightly more](https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=chewbacca+talking+mask&safe=off&tbm=shop) than $20. That's a small price to pay for walking around and bothering everyone with Wookie noises all of Halloween.
  • Wear all green, and ride a unicycle. It doesn't get much simpler than that. Or, if you never learned the dork dark art of riding the thing, just lean on it and sporadically shout out "O SHIT WADDUP." Anyone who's spent any time on Reddit or Twitter this year will appreciate it.
  • Woven basket with a handle arched over it
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    Basket of Deplorables

    Walk into any grocery store getting ready to toss its produce department's "harvest" theme in favor of some bullshit root vegetables, and ask for a fruit basket. Instead of using it to carry Red Delicious, though, fill it with printouts of all the racist/xenophobic/misogynist/anti-Semitic Facebook posts you've seen this election season. Can't find any? Don't forget to check your uncle's and high-school acquaintances' feeds!
  • The morning after Donald Trump interjected during the final presidential debate to call Hillary Clinton "such a nasty woman," there were already countless t-shirt manufacturers jumping on that catchphrase. So you could go the easy route with a graphic tee, or pull out the crimping iron and black high-heeled boots and replicate [Janet Jackson's outfit from "Nasty."](https://vimeo.com/44004289)
  • Sometimes all you can find is a cardboard box. That's fine! Skip the terrible robot costume—just slap some construction-paper flames on the sides of it. When anybody asks what you are this Halloween, simply reply that you're the year 2016, a walking [dumpster fire](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/284041) that cannot come to an end soon enough.

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