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These meme costumes won Halloween

Obviously, there are Gritty costumes.

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Samira Sadeque

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With memes essentially established as millennials’ main form of communication, it was only about time they took over as 2018’s favorite Halloween costumes.

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This year, the moth and lamp couple costume was a big hit (because, obviously). The moth and lamp memes originated in late September after a redditor posted a photo of a moth outside his window. It soon spiraled into an internet-wide joke about moths being attracted to lamps and inspired these couple costumes. Pretty good for a generation known too well for ghosting and one-sided romance.

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Comedian Larry Owens dressed up as child Cardi B (and kinda nailed it). The costume was a spinoff of Cardi B’s photo that went viral earlier in the summer, with the caption, “My momma said y’all have to play with me,” that led to a series of “My momma said” memes. The Daily Dot has reached out to Owens for comment.

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Some went for their version of A Star is Born, which Yahoo has named costume of the year. The movie, starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, pulled in $250 million at the box office this weekend, and has inspired a series of memes since the trailer was released. 

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This couple went the extra mile and used a dog:

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And then there’s Gritty, the mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers, that went viral a month ago. Last Tuesday, the Flyers’ Twitter account made a call out to people who dressed up as Gritty, and they got all kinds of responses:

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And you can’t go wrong with Gritty pups:

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What a time to be alive.

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