TV Characters who dressed up like TV characters for Halloween

Over the years, television characters have had a long love affair with Halloween—and sometimes with each others' personas! Check out this rundown of TV characters who’ve dressed up as their favorite TV characters for Halloween.

"Modern Family"

On  ABC’s hit sitcom "Modern Family," Cam (Eric Stonestreet) and his daughter Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons) took on the 1970’s series “Fantasy Island” when they dressed up as Mr. Roarke and his sidekick, Tattoo, for a Halloween costume party. While Cam didn’t originally plan to channel the proprietor of TV’s most mysterious island (the matador costume he ordered to show off his 32.4-pound weight loss arrived as a bull costume instead!), and getting Lily to trade in her princess tiara for Tattoo’s white suit was no easy task either, in the end, this father-daughter duo queued up the cuteness. De plane! De plane!

“Suburgatory”

The “Suburgatory” cast went retro in 2012, when Tessa (Jane Levy) and her friends dressed up as the “Scooby Doo” gang for Halloween. While red-haired Tessa was a natural to dress up as Daphne, and Lisa (Allie Grant) made a groovy Velma, the guys got it all wrong: Malik (Maestro Harrell) and Ryan (Parker Young)  both dressed up as Fred. So where’s Shaggy? In a deleted scene, apparently.

“The Office”

In 2010, the long-running NBC comedy, “The Office,” channeled the TV cartoon “Popeye,” with Jim (John Krasinski) dressing as the spinach-loving sailor and Pam (Jenna Fischer) dressing as Olive Oyl.  (Baby Cece even turned up as Swee’Pea.) But perhaps even more memorable was when Mindy Kaling’s  character, Kelly, dressed up as "Sex and the City"  character Carrie Bradshaw in the series’ 2008 Halloween episode. Let’s just say Kelly needed a little more practice walking in Manolos! You can check out a clip here.

“Freaks and Geeks”

If I were The Bionic Woman, what would I wear?” the character of Bill (Martin Starr) asked himself as he gazed in the mirror on the short-lived sitcom “Freaks and Geeks.” What followed was a hilarious montage detailing his transformation into Lindsay Wagner’s 1970’s TV character, OSI agent Jaime Sommers, as he talked to an imaginary Steve Austin and Oscar Goldman and feigned a bionic ear. The finished costume wasn’t particularly bionic, but you can’t find a character more determined to get into character than this one. Check out Bill’s transformation:

“The New Normal”

Last year on NBC’s “The New Normal,” Bryan (Andrew Rannells) geared up for a "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" Halloween. According to  TV Guide, show creator Ryan Murphy teased that the character Shania (Bebe Wood) “loves that show so they decide to go en masse as that family.” And there was  more TV character costuming to come. Jane (Ellen Barkin) doubled up on the blue eye shadow and zapped herself into “Bewitched” character Endora (check out a  pic here). In fact, there were 15 costume changes in the Halloween-themed episode.