The Halloween Costumes of Homestar Runner Ranked

It's Halloween time here at Funkhouser.  Halloween brings about a lot of traditions: Trick-or-Treat, costumes, candy induced comas, etc.  However, there is one true Halloween tradition, Homestar Runner Halloween Costumes. For those not familiar with Homestar Runner, HR is a flash based internet cartoon that started back in 2000.  The cartoons began revolving around the character Homestar Runner.  Over time, the creators (Mike & Matt Chapman and Craig Zobel) started adding more regular characters, including the uber-popular StrongBad.  The Homestar Runner Players expanded to the likes of The Cheat, Coach Z, Strong Mad, Strong Sad, Marzipan and more.  Every Halloween, the creators put together a cartoon based around the holiday, with the characters dressing up as popular 70s, 80s and 90s pop icons. After Homestar Runner returned on April 1st, the creators of the cartoon decided to bring back the series on a semi-regular basis.  Last week, a teaser was placed on HomestarRunner.com, alluding to a new Halloween Special.  So, in preparation for that special day, we rank the top-three costumes of each of the main characters of Homestar Runner.  The costumes are ranked on an overly subjective scale of obscurity, as well how much they look like the character/person they're portraying, (This does not include the 2010 Christmasween Costumes, other than one exception). __________________________________________________________

Homestar Runner

#3. John McEnroe

#2 Carl Spackler

#1 Artie "The Strongest Man In The World"

Honorable Mentions: Yahoo Serious, Greatest American Hero __________________________________________________________

Strong Bad

#3. Cesar Romero as the Joker

#2 Ozone (From Breakin' and Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo)

#1 Jambi (Pee Wee's Playhouse)

Honorable Mentions: Beetlejuice, Father Guido Sarducci __________________________________________________________

The Cheat

#3. Sigmund (Sigmund and the Sea Monsers)

#2 Izzy (1996 Olympic Mascot)

#1 Gizmo (Gremlins)

Honorable Mention: Garfield, Penfold (DangerMouse) __________________________________________________________

Strong Mad

#3. Slim Goodbody

#2 A Thwomp

#1 Magnum P.I.

Honorable Mentions: Nikolai Volkoff, Sal from Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing" __________________________________________________________

Strong Sad

#3 Sam Kinison

#2 Tony Clifton

#1 The Fat Kid From The Far Side

Honorable Mentions: Mikhail Gorbachev, Andy Warhol __________________________________________________________

Pom Pom

#3 The Big Boy

#2 Mario Batali

#1 Walter Sobchak

  Honorable Mentions: Michael Moore, Kamala The Ugandan Giant __________________________________________________________

Marzipan

#3. Stevie Ray Vaughan

#2 Beaker

#1 The Log Lady (Twin Peaks)

Honorable Mentions: Willie Nelson, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez __________________________________________________________

Coach Z

#3. So So Def Recordings Logo

#2 Humpty Hump

#1 Theo Huxtable from the "A Shirt Story" episode

Honorable Mention: Kool Moe Dee __________________________________________________________

Bubs

#3. Dead Guy From Die Hard (Decemberween Costume)

#2 Rerun

#1 Ross from "You Can't Do That On Television"

  Honorable Mention: Jules Winnfield __________________________________________________________

The King of Town

#3. Colonel Sanders

#2 Hägar The Hørrible

#1 The Gorton's Fisherman

Honorable Mention: The Rev. Al Sharpton __________________________________________________________

The Poopsmith

#3. Goron King Dirunia

#2 Doc Brown

#1 M. Bison

Honorable Mention: A Sleestak __________________________________________________________

Homsar

#3. Noony Noony Noo Typewriter Guy

#2 Ed Grimley

#1 Ghost Dog

Honorable Mention: Wimpy, Kumar from Bottle Rocket ______________________________________________________________ What were your favorite Homestar Runner Halloween Costumes?  Let us know in the comments. (All images courtesy of www.hrwiki.org)