Our Favorite Pop Culture Halloween Costume Ideas for Couples, Throuples, and Groups

The British Olympic diving team's Brat summer in Paris

This costume is the perfect balance of timely (the Olympics still feel like they happened other day), thirst trappy (you will be one of the least-dressed in attendance at any party), and simple to pull off (figuratively, and literally!). Sure, it's an excuse to show up to a party in a Speedo, but with neatly Sharpie-drawn Olympic ring tattoos on your biceps, and a cheeky attempt at the accent for as long as you can keep it going, being British athletes for the night sounds like a great idea! If you've got time to DIY craft an Olympic medal to wear, that would be fantastic, but to be honest, the medal you earned for completing the charity fun run in your freshman year will work just as well. Jazz it up with some gold spray paint if you're into it! Going for gold with this costume would include getting the boys together to recreate the video of the divers doing the "Apple" dance.

Charli xcx and Troye Sivan at the Sweat Tour

You can wear whatever you want (and as little as you'd like!) for this costume, and none of it needs to be coordinated. The Sweat Tour look is all about the casually messy hair (Charli's dark lengths, and Troye's blonded dark roots); the statement rave sunglasses; the edgy, BDSM or bedroom-inspired piece (be it a studded collar or a leather harness); super-low riding pants that reveal a happy trail, a poppers-inspired crop top, a white vest with a Brat lyric or a bedazzled all-caps "SWEAT" and, of course, the partied-hard aesthetic coming together as soon as you step into the party. With the guest stars they're bringing on stage, you've got a world of options if you're a bigger group – you can be Addison Rae in that white upside-down tutu look, Kesha in the bouncy, big fur coat, or Lorde casually twinning with Charli in true "Girl, so confusing" style, long dark hair blowing in the wind (they worked it out on the remix so that you can walk into the party together). Alternatively, this is a great time to rewear your Renaissance tour, Eras tour, or Chappell Roan show fits.

The "Challengers" throuple

We've got three options for you to embody the sexual tension and horny energy of the movie of the summer: First, the outfits in this scene make for an especially good group costume if you're attending a party with two people who you'll naturally be hanging around for most of the night. This concept also comes built-in with that spectacular pose, perfect for posting to Instagram! Secondly, the classic "I TOLD YA" tee is easy to get printed, even last-minute, and it'll be up to you if you each get a copy of the T-shirt, or if you'll replicate the way the "Challengers" throuple rotated and shared the tee throughout the film. Finally, a cheeky, simple, lowkey version of this costume for someone who is reluctant to dress up: Get the unforgettable, instantly iconic tennis racket pose that Patrick uses to confess the truth to Art printed onto a shirt, show up to the party, and call it a day.

The "Taste" music video

Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega's costumes for the "Taste" music video are inspired by cult classic films and playfully recreate some iconic, very stylish murder scenes. You can really go all-out here if you're into it: Craft a few inches of picket fence and attach it to your torso in a way that looks like you've fallen to your death onto it.

Purchase a blow-up toy shaped like a chainsaw to really nail your Instagram poses. You should have no trouble finding or making the "Kill Bill" killer nurse costume Jenna Ortega wears; Find matching black-and-white nightgowns and a picnic-blue gingham two-piece... then drench them in blood. If you'd like to be more understated and recreate the duo's all-black chic funeral moment, make sure your hair is freshly blow-dried to match the "Short n' Sweet" songstress' signature voluminous locks.

The "Wicked" movie press tour

The "Wicked" movie is not even out yet, despite us having lived through a years-long, multi-phase, scandal-filled press tour for it, so it feels more appropriate to say this costume is more about the press tour than the film itself. What's especially fun about this look is all you really need is clothing in the iconic pink and green shades. Make like Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande's press tour and coordinate whichever vibe you're feeling – casual or elegant, tailored or off-the-rack. Remember their custom Louis Vuitton sequin-adorned shirts at the Super Bowl? Whether you choose to wear twin embellished dresses or casual color-coordinated clothes, just have fun with it! And yes, you will need to recreate the iconic "Wicked" poster with your partner.

Nara and Lucky Smith

You don't need to make this costume from scratch to make it look like you're about to bake your kids' cereal from scratch while wearing designer gowns in your kitchen, full makeup and designer gown on, while your husband occasionally hangs around in the background to taste the finished product. This is the perfect costume for someone who doesn't really feel like doing a costume-costume. You know, someone who always prefers to wear a sharp suit or dazzling party dress. Go ahead and slay in your formal wear! Just make sure that one of you has a sleek dark bob and a radiant sweep of lip color and gloss, while the other person has their hair slicked back with gel, a few too many buttons undone on their shirt, and a toothpick poking out from between their lips. This would also be a fun couples costume to drop as an Instagram post, with your very own demure voiceover about how your kids asked for a PB&J so you went ahead and started kneading dough for bread, before picking fruit in your garden to make the jam.

"Fellow Travelers"

This is another easy, low-effort but effective costume that would work perfectly for a last-minute party. Wear your suit pants a little higher, throw on a knitted vest or cardigan, find a blazer that's a little loose on your frame. One of you will need to wear the Tim glasses; thankfully we all have a random pair hidden somewhere in the house from years ago. Both of you will need to part your hair differently than you usually do, depending on the "Fellow Travelers" decade you're gonna represent, but once that's in place you're pretty much sorted. With a little imagination, if you're into it (or it's that kind of party), you could absolutely modify these quaint period costumes into much more slutty renditions.

Anna Delvey on "Dancing with the Stars"

Do you see how the "Inventing Anna" muse bedazzles her court-ordered ankle monitor to match her "Dancing with the Stars" dance partner's outfits every week? Do you see how it sparkles as they spin around the dance floor and hit deeply slayful poses? It's anything but demure. If you've got time to craft and sparkle an ankle monitor-looking accessory of your own, we hope it's for a party where they'll be taking full outfit photos – perhaps at least somewhere with a thematic wall and great lighting so you can glide your ankle up into frame to capture the magic (this Delvey post shows us how she does it), not only of you and your partner's coordinated, colorful, embellished joint slay, but of a scandalous pop culture moment that will go down in TV history. And for your Instagram costume reveal? It's gotta be a recreation of this incredible "celebrity on the way to the awards show red carpet" moment, Delvey's legs dangling out of the car window to a soundtrack of Addison Rae's "Diet Pepsi," with sparkling dress, wispy feathers swaying in the breeze, and perfectly matching ankle monitor on display.

The "Agatha All Along" coven

With each member of this quirky, makeshift coven keeping secrets from each other and being tested by the trials along The Witches' Road, we see so many different sides to the coven as we spend more time on the "Agatha" adventure. The trials (and the nature of this meta, twisty, stylized "WandaVision" spin-off) each have their own episodic aesthetic, but if you've watched the show, there's certainly gonna be a look, a test, a costume that made you think: "That one."

It could be Joe Locke's goth Teen; Kathryn Hahn as Agatha when she's messy and out of control, or Agatha when she's all buttoned up and trying to look like she has her life together; Aubrey Plaza is fierce and sexy in every outfit she wears as the mysterious antagonist, and each of the dynamic, talented witches who join them for this thrilling, surprising ride has a specific trait that would make them fun to dress up as. Whether you're a queer couple dressing up as Hahn and Plaza's characters as an ode to the fantastic sexual tension between them, or a group of friends ready to arrive like the band of powerful troublemakers that you are... Happy Halloween!