Scary good costume names that avoid trademark infringement
I love Halloween and I love good naming.
I’m here to celebrate the horrifically great naming generated by knock-off halloween costume makers. Despite making the world a worse place by ripping off other people’s work and pumping plastic junk into the world, these folks deserve a little praise for their naming prowess.
Here’s some of their best work:
Where’s the Stripey Dude?
Right here! Here is the Stripey Dude, you found him! Here in this bag is a dude running away from trademark infringement, away from licensing fees, and away from, quite possibly, his family, his friends, and his responsibilities. Huzzah!
Juice Demon
Look at that horrible demon, so juicy and terrible. He’s even got that little bit of juice dripping down his chin. Maybe try saying his name three times and see if he cleans up his act. Juice Demon, Juice Demon, Juice De…
Dr. Ken Abyss
The aha moment you get when you first meet Ken is stellar. Really A+ stuff. You realize he’s a medical doctor who is also is stoned a.f. It’s just divine — and dumb, really dumb. And sometimes this kind of costume and wordplay is better than some highfalutin costume spun up by someone with a big brain that takes twelve seconds to decipher while the costume wearer grins and grins and grins and won’t tell you that, yes, in fact they are the last dying breaths of the Rococo movement!
A-Lad-In A Costume
This is my second favorite costume name I’ve ever come across. It takes a special mind, and some real guts, to carefully dissect and reconstruct a highly trademarked (and storied) name with a couple of nip and tuck hyphens to create something so beautiful as “A-lad-in A Costume.” Ace work.
Hermany Grinder
This one plays for keeps. It’s inappropriate and a blatant ripoff. Though, what really sets Harmany Grinder in motion is the line “THE TOP STUDENT AT CHOGBORTS!” That one really kills me and still does even after looking at it a couple dozen times. And because the name and what’s printed on the packaging is an everlasting, everflowing fountain of creative muck, Hermany Grinder is queen of the costume names — a master class in ducking trademarks and distorting language. Bend the knee, all hail Hermany Grinder.
