Doomy Tales of the Macabre Costumes
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Costumes that the characters wore in Doomy Tales of the Macabre, Halloween 2009.
| Image | Character | Costume | Explanation | External Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Strong Sad | Doyle from The Misfits | Paul Caiafa, also known as Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, was the guitarist for The Misfits from 1980 until the band's breakup in 1983, and again from its reformation in 1995 until 2001. He is the younger brother of bassist Jerry Only, one of the band's founding members. | Wikipedia article |
 | The King of Town | Colonel Mustard | Colonel Mustard is a character in the board game Clue (known outside North America as Cluedo). Strong Bad's remarks about the costume refer to the clues used in figuring out "whodunnit". The item the King is holding is the Rope, one of six potential weapons in the game. | Wikipedia article |
 | Marzipan | Lola | Lola (played by Franka Potente) is the eponymous character of the 1998 film Run Lola Run. Lola has twenty minutes to save her boyfriend's life, and three different versions of the events are shown. Homestar mistook the costume for an off-duty Ronald McDonald. | Wikipedia article |
 | Homestar Runner | Crispin Glover as Rubin Farr | Rubin Farr is a character portrayed by actor Crispin Glover in the 1991 film Rubin and Ed. Four years earlier, Glover appeared in character as Rubin in a notorious interview in Late Night with David Letterman. | Wikipedia article |
 | Coach Z | MC Skat Kat | MC Skat Kat is an animated feline rapper who made his debut in the 1989 music video for Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract." In 1991, he released an album The Adventures of MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob. | Wikipedia article |
 | Bubs | Jules Winnfield | Jules Winnfield is a contract killer played by Samuel L. Jackson in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction. | Wikipedia article |
 | Pom Pom | Pooka | The Pooka is the main type of enemy in the 1982 Namco game Dig Dug. The Poopsmith pops him in the same way Pookas are killed in Dig Dug. | Wikipedia article |
 | The Poopsmith | Goron King Dirunia | Darunia (the name is misspelled in the toon) is the leader of the Gorons in The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. One of the tasks Link must perform is to play Saria's Song for him, to which he dances (much like the Poopsmith). | Wikipedia article |
 | Homsar | Little Orphan Annie | Little Orphan Annie is a fictional character first created for a comic strip in 1924. The strip has run in newspapers continuously since then and spawned a popular children's radio program, a stage musical, and a 1981 film. Homsar's hat is dressed as Daddy Warbucks, another character from the series. | Wikipedia article |
 | Strong Mad | Sal from Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' | Sal, a mover, and co-worker Harv, were the main characters in the 1985 music video featuring groundbreaking (for its time) computer animation. His line in the Easter Egg, "Move-a Move-a", is a line from the song. | Wikipedia article |
 | The Cheat | The Lorax | The Lorax is a character created by Dr. Seuss whose job is to protect and "speak for" the trees in an environmentalist story. The Cheat "lifts" himself away much like The Lorax does in the cartoon, and the "unless" podium is a clue to the solution to the tree problem addressed in the story. The pink cloth next to The Cheat when he is first shown is a thneed. It is a fictional, all-purpose item made from the Truffula trees, which the Lorax tries to protect during the story. | Wikipedia article |
 | Strong Bad | Skull Kid | The Skull Kid is an antagonist in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Originally a mischievous, forest-dwelling imp, he becomes possessed by the titular mask and gains supernatural powers. He wreaks havoc on the land of Termina, including forcing the moon to crash into the planet in three days. | Wikipedia article |
