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30 Halloween Costume Ideas Only Cincinnati Residents Will Understand

By on Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 11:01 am

Cincinnati has plenty of weirdness that's begging to become the most niche Halloween costumes ever. Turn these Queen City landmarks, personalities and headlines into memorable, possibly award-winning getups and laugh as your friends from other cities try – and fail – to get it.
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3-Way This Halloween's sexiest costume is a 3-way. Dress up as Cincinnati’s favorite drunk food — steamy spaghetti topped with loads of chili and cheese.
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3-Way

This Halloween's sexiest costume is a 3-way. Dress up as Cincinnati’s favorite drunk food — steamy spaghetti topped with loads of chili and cheese.
Glier's Goetta Tube If goetta is good enough for its own festival, it's good enough for a Halloween costume. Bonus: you probably won't have to worry about anybody else wearing the same getup!
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Glier's Goetta Tube

If goetta is good enough for its own festival, it's good enough for a Halloween costume. Bonus: you probably won't have to worry about anybody else wearing the same getup!
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3CDC "Coming Soon" Sign These are common enough to be a fixture in Cincinnati lore now.
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3CDC "Coming Soon" Sign

These are common enough to be a fixture in Cincinnati lore now.
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The Brady Bunch at Kings Island Remember when the Brady Bunch crew filmed at Kings Island in 1973? This is your group costume, groovy plaid pants and all.
Photo: IMDB

The Brady Bunch at Kings Island

Remember when the Brady Bunch crew filmed at Kings Island in 1973? This is your group costume, groovy plaid pants and all.
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Loveland Frogman The Cincinnati area’s most famous cryptid is just begging for the costume treatment.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Loveland Frogman

The Cincinnati area’s most famous cryptid is just begging for the costume treatment.
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The Tyler Davidson Fountain at Fountain Square Wear something bronze-ish, hold blue streamers and call it a day.
Photo: Hailey Bollinger

The Tyler Davidson Fountain at Fountain Square

Wear something bronze-ish, hold blue streamers and call it a day.
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Joey Votto Bobblehead Even though he's recovering from shoulder surgery, Votto IS the Cincinnati Reds at this point and deserves his own costumed tribute. Alternate costume: Votto wearing a broadcast earpiece and a tank top that says "Gym Day."
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Joey Votto Bobblehead

Even though he's recovering from shoulder surgery, Votto IS the Cincinnati Reds at this point and deserves his own costumed tribute. Alternate costume: Votto wearing a broadcast earpiece and a tank top that says "Gym Day."
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Oyster Cracker Party all night dressed as this iconic Cincinnati snack. Couples costume idea: Have your significant other go as hot sauce or a 3-way.
Photo: Jason Zhang, Wikimedia Commons

Oyster Cracker

Party all night dressed as this iconic Cincinnati snack. Couples costume idea: Have your significant other go as hot sauce or a 3-way.
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Holtman's Donuts Sign Alas, Holtman's closed its Over-the-Rhine location in 2022, but the iconic pink sign still would make a peak Cincinnati Halloween costume.
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Holtman's Donuts Sign

Alas, Holtman's closed its Over-the-Rhine location in 2022, but the iconic pink sign still would make a peak Cincinnati Halloween costume.
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A Pothole Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by one of Cincinnati's biggest frustrations.
Photo: DDohler, Flickr Creative Commons

A Pothole

Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by one of Cincinnati's biggest frustrations.
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Fritz the Hippo The Cincinnati Zoo's newest baby hippopotamus is just as cute as his famous big sister Fiona.
Photo: Lisa Hubbard via The Cincinnati Zoo

Fritz the Hippo

The Cincinnati Zoo's newest baby hippopotamus is just as cute as his famous big sister Fiona.
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Brent Spence Bridge Only wear this costume if you want everybody to hate you.
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Brent Spence Bridge

Only wear this costume if you want everybody to hate you.
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A Big-Lipped J.D. Vance "All you do is kiss my ass to get my support," former U.S. President Donald Trump once told "hillbilly"-turned-MAGA Republican and Middletown native J.D. Vance.
Photo: Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia Commons

A Big-Lipped J.D. Vance

"All you do is kiss my ass to get my support," former U.S. President Donald Trump once told "hillbilly"-turned-MAGA Republican and Middletown native J.D. Vance.
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Capitoline Wolf Statue Okay, yes, it was a gift from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and, yes, it was stolen from Eden Park in 2022. That just means you have options: the full statue, the missing bear, or the two creepy kids.
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Capitoline Wolf Statue

Okay, yes, it was a gift from Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and, yes, it was stolen from Eden Park in 2022. That just means you have options: the full statue, the missing bear, or the two creepy kids.
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Blake “The Attorney” Maislin Break out your best suit and boxing gloves and tell all your friends to call 444-4444.
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Blake “The Attorney” Maislin

Break out your best suit and boxing gloves and tell all your friends to call 444-4444.
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Kroger Bag Need a last minute costume? Become the tumbleweed of Cincinnati.
Photo: Sarah Stierch, Flickr Creative Commons

Kroger Bag

Need a last minute costume? Become the tumbleweed of Cincinnati.
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Fashion Icon Joe Burrow Okay, sure, he's the Cincinnati Bengals' quarterback, but Burrow has become almost as well known for his style. Toss on some rose sunglasses and a SpongeBob suit and tell everyone you're on your way to the game.
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Fashion Icon Joe Burrow

Okay, sure, he's the Cincinnati Bengals' quarterback, but Burrow has become almost as well known for his style. Toss on some rose sunglasses and a SpongeBob suit and tell everyone you're on your way to the game.
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Jar of Frisch's Tartar Sauce Only crushed ice and Big Boy himself are more iconic at Frisch’s. Will you be regular tartar sauce or spicy tartar sauce? Go by what's in your fridge (you know you have some).
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Jar of Frisch's Tartar Sauce

Only crushed ice and Big Boy himself are more iconic at Frisch’s. Will you be regular tartar sauce or spicy tartar sauce? Go by what's in your fridge (you know you have some).
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Florence Y'all Water Tower Northern Kentucky's big beacon is begging for the costume treatment.
Photo: Jason Riedy, Flickr Creative Commons

Florence Y'all Water Tower

Northern Kentucky's big beacon is begging for the costume treatment.
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Slice of LaRosa’s Pizza If you want to be extra-Cincinnati, claim you're from the LaRosa's at Kings Island.
Photo: Facebook.com/LaRosasPizzeria

Slice of LaRosa’s Pizza

If you want to be extra-Cincinnati, claim you're from the LaRosa's at Kings Island.
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