The 'Ecce Homo' painting disaster

'Brave'

(via Imgur, http://i.imgur.com/gnlnQ.jpg?1)

'Gotye'

(via Imgur, http://i.imgur.com/aM0Eq.jpg)

Ryan Gosling from 'Drive'

'Pinterest' costume

(via buycostumes.com, http://aka.ms/honey-boo-boo-costume)

An adult 'Honey Boo Boo' costume

A Mitt Romney 'binders full of women' costume

(© CafeMomStudios via YouTube, http://aka.ms/binders-costume)

A 'binders full of women' costume, sans Mitt Romney

(via Imgur, http://i.imgur.com/9GTMa.jpg)

'Bane'

(via Jonno vs. the internet, http://aka.ms/50-shades-dog)

A 'Fifty Shades of Grey' costume for a dog

(via buycostumes.com, http://aka.ms/big-bird)

A 'Big Bird' inspired costume, just add a Vote Obama button

(via Imgur, http://i.imgur.com/SWYJc.png)

An 'Evil Flo' from Progressive Insurance costume

(via halloweencostumes.com, http://aka.ms/felix-costume)

A 'Felix Baumgartner' inspired costume (just add some Red Bull patches)

13 hot Halloween costumes that didn't exist last year

10/25/2012

It's been a busy year, what with the presidential campaign, a royal wedding, Honey Boo Boo winning hearts and minds, the Ecce Homo painting fiasco and so much more. There's no shortage of inspiration for ripped-from-the-headlines Halloween costume ideas for 2012, and some of the best are captured in the gallery above.

Update: This story was edited after it was originally posted.

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