Niche Pop Culture Costumes to Make You Hate Gay Halloween

They’re taking the aerial tramway.
Photo-Illustration: Photos: TikTok; Illustration: Vulture

If you can’t do a good lip sync with your Halloween costume, is it even really Halloween? Ahead of Halloweekend, folks are already posting their best and most niche pop culture Halloween costumes. From viral TikTok sounds to Trisha Paytas’s kids to multiple NeNes Leakes, here are the best pop culture Halloween costumes of 2026.

This costume is based on comedian Matt Ketai’s Gal Gadot audition series. Gal (Ketai) is trying out for the role of Dory, and Kal-El (Tim Janas) is having trouble getting through to the star about the general vibe.

There were many, many, many Aerial Tramway Emoji costumes out and about this year. And scant few heart emojis. Makes you think.

Complete with controversial half-bun. And made more timely by the resurgent Scamanda drama online.

Just in time for the Glee-boot.Will NeNe Leakes reprise her role of Coach Roz? Only time will tell.

Basically? What we’re gonna do is dance.

This costume serves double duty as a tribute to Tim Curry and his most iconic line of video game voice work.

Another double duty costume, this time also serving BratTour “Apple” dance.

Sephora’d Ike was also a big reference in Jack O’Lanterns this year. But as far as South Parkcostumes go, Lorde still reigns supreme.

Malibu Barbie, Elvis, and Aquaman are here to slay. And not talk about their estranged uncle-in-law.

The evidence we finally need to break open this conspiracy.

A NeNessaince is taking place on TikTok. We love to see it.

This TikTok user did a better job referencing the painting thanLauren Sánchez Besos at the Met Gala this year.

Niche Pop Culture Costumes to Make You Hate Gay Halloween