How to Dress Your Pet as Viral Hippo Moo Deng for Halloween And More Easy Pop Culture Costumes

Halloween is coming up and it’s time to start cementing costume ideas for the end of October.

It’s hard enough to come up with a look for yourself, but what should your pet wear? PEOPLE has a few ideas that are easy for pets and their parents. From Taylor Swift to Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippopotamus, these pop culture costume ideas are instant and require minimal materials.

Follow these suggestions and you won’t have to struggle with a 10-piece pet set on October 31st, and tricks won’t struggle to get what your pet costume is trying to reference.

Read on for eight easy pop culture Halloween costume ideas for your pet.

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Moo Deng, a small dwarf hippopotamus

A Moo Deng costume is an outfit worn by an attitude. Fortunately, most pets already come pre-installed with the bouncy, sassy, ​​screaming personality that made the viral baby pygmy hippo famous. Don’t overthink the Moo Deng costume, just change your pet’s name tag to read Moo Deng for Halloween and you’re all set. if your pet stays home to welcome the trick-or-treaters, consider giving them a kiddie pool to splash around in, like the hippos love.

Baby Penguin Pesto

Baby King Penguin pesto with an adult penguin.

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Another famous zoo baby who is so big right now is the giant king penguin chick Pesto. For a pet to dress up as a record-breaking bird, it helps if it already has a fluffy brown coat like Pesto. Then you just need to get a King Penguin stuffed animal smaller than your pet and place it next to your cat or dog. In an instant, they turn into Pest, who is a little bigger than his penguin mother.

Pilaf for dogs Demi Moore

Demi Moore and the dog Pilaf.

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For this costume, pet parents will have to do some heavy lifting as this outfit relies on pet parents literally carrying their furry friend. Part of the beauty of the relationship between Demi Moore and her pup Pilaf is that the actress takes the tiny dog ​​everywhere. To dress your dog or cat up in pilaf, all you have to do is carry them around in a carrier or by your arms all Halloween long.

Olympic champion in Paris

Stephen Nedoroscik at the Olympic Games in Paris.

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Because an Emily in Paris costume would require too much tailoring, PEOPLE suggests helping your pet embrace their Parisian spirit this Halloween with a Paris Olympian costume. Get your cat or dog their very own medal to wear around their neck and a baguette toy to nibble on and they’ll be ready for a costume party.

Cook at Bear

Jeremy Allen White in “The Bear”.

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Pet parents are just one little apron away from turning their cats or dogs into the chef they’re ready to be Bear. Complete the look by shouting, “I hear you, chef!” whenever your pet cries to be fed.

Swiftie

Taylor Swift fans show off their friendship bracelets at the Eras Tour in Sydney, Australia.

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You may have Eras Tour merchandise to share with your pet; if not, you can transform your pet into a Swiftie by giving him a personalized Halloween friendship bracelet necklace.

Travie Kelce

Travis Kelce.

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Jerseys are a costume for people who always get away with it; let the jerseys be the same for your pet. Dress up your furry friend as Travis Kelce by dressing him in a Kansas City Chiefs jersey. Bonus points if your pet already has a mustache to complete the look.

The Last Gasps of Brat Summer

Troye Sivan and Charli xcx.

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People spent the summer of 2024 debating “What is a Brother?” Show that your pet is part of the conversation by giving him a Halloween bandana in the same shade of neon green associated with Charli xcx Brat album.

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