Japanese 'Mundane Halloween' Costume Contest Returns With Delightfully Boring Costumes

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Oct 28, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

It is generally accepted that there are two types of people in this world: those who go all out with an elaborate costume for their Halloween party and those who put on some eyeliner and a witch hat and call it a day. However, what if there was also a secret third thing? What if there were people out there who put a lot of thought and effort into what they were going to wear for spooky season, but their costumes were all about the most boring things imaginable? 

Such is the premise behind the Japanese website dailyportalz's Mundane Halloween contest, where participants come up with creative outfits that relate to pedestrian and everyday scenarios. As in previous years, people didn't shy away from thinking up all kinds of ideas that we might not expect to see on our doorstep when the trick-or-treaters come around. This takes it to another level.

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    Nick Kapur @nick_kapur "Mundane Halloween" returns! Follow It's that time of year again, when Japanese website @dailyportalz holds its annual contest to dress up as something super ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2024 contest!
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    "Person who really likes the crunchy part of the corn dog"
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    アメリカンドッグの カリカリした部分が なんきなん ハックイン
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    "Guy sweating bullets because he's been asked to cut a pizza into four equal slices at a lunch with important business contacts he's never met before"
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    メンチで
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    "Student volunteer at a university's 'open campus' day"
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    Cheezburger Image 10421460224
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    "Person standing in line at the security checkpoint of an airport"
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    Cheezburger Image 10421460736
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    "Person who foolishly ordered curry udon despite wearing white clothes"
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    でん ハロウイン
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    "Guy at karaoke surreptitiously trying to learn the next song in the queue"
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    カラオケで 人気の曲をこそ する人、 Bu TRINE
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    "Man who keeps getting mistaking for a store employee"
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    Cheezburger Image 10421463296
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    "Students who went to the cafe to study but ended up spending the whole time reading manga and looking at their phones"
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    433
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    "Guy who just got back from the swimming pool"
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    プール 帰り ハロウィン
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    "Actor in an airline safety video"
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    安全ビデオの人 カズライン
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    Ophelia (from Shakespeare's "Hamlet")
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    uya to the World!
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    "Wedding photographer"
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    ANOS 結婚式場の カメラマン
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    "Part-time worker paid to brace the fence at the front of a live concert"
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    ALL 1796
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    "Woman who only became a Hanshin Tigers fan to please her boyfriend"
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    ge
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    "Person who was stingy and only paid for the smallest plastic bag"
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    ケチって 小さい袋に した人 冷ハロウィン この picana
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    "Photo of your Dad when he was your age"
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    World! AOLIC 親 若頃
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    "One of those really low ceilings in Ueno station"
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    彡頭上注意 上野駅
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    "One of those guys who conducts surveys on the street by asking people to place a sticker on a board"
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    Id 今日の自分は地味である 地味である よくわかってない地味ではない
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    "Waitress who provides half-hearted service"
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    Cheezburger Image 10421475584
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