Need Halloween costume ideas involving a mustache!

September 29, 2009 5:39 PM

Anyone have any good ideas for a Halloween costume involving a mustache?

I'm growing a mustache all month so I figured I might as well incorporate it into my costume. So far I've come up with Rafael Palmeiro on Levitra or a Reno 911/Supertroopers character. I'm about 6'2 210 with dark blond hair if that matters for your ideas. Any and all suggestions are welcome. I'm not shy

posted by no bueno to clothing, beauty, & fashion (32 comments total)

Be a member of The Hathaway Moustache Ride Company.

posted by Midnight Rambler at 5:43 PM on September 29

Not shy? Mark Spitz.
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:44 PM on September 29 [2 favorites]

haha oh man. mark spitz is tempting. i'm not sure too many people would get the mustache ride company but that would be great too. keep the ideas coming!
posted by no bueno at 5:47 PM on September 29

Robert Redford as The Sundance Kid comes to mind, given your self-description.
posted by longsleeves at 5:47 PM on September 29

If you have some really short shorts and a tank top, you could be Freddie Mercury

If you have some really short shorts, an Aloha shirt, and a Tigers cap, you could be Magnum P.I.

For some reason, moustaches and really short shorts go together.
posted by The World Famous at 5:48 PM on September 29

Geraldo. Pose with a mic, some cement dust and an empty whiskey bottle.
posted by fire&wings at 5:50 PM on September 29 [2 favorites]

I'm planning on going as Daniel Plainview, solely as an excuse to do the milkshake monologue.
posted by dephlogisticated at 5:50 PM on September 29

Put on a red flannel shirt, a pair of suspenders, and go as the Brawny paper towel guy. You can carry a roll of Brawny with you in case people don't get it.
posted by ga$money at 5:52 PM on September 29 [1 favorite]

Plus, you're handy at parties, for cleaning up spills.
posted by ga$money at 5:52 PM on September 29 [2 favorites]

Sammy from The Wedding Singer
Lawrence from Office Space.
Freakshow from Harold & Kumar I
Gene from Wet Hot American Summer
posted by rhizome at 5:53 PM on September 29

Hulk Hogan
posted by mikeweeney at 5:56 PM on September 29

Can you rock a uniform or a bandolier?

Pancho Villa.
Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Field Marshal Haig.
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 6:04 PM on September 29

More than 10 comments and no one's suggested Groucho Marx?
posted by zizzle at 6:06 PM on September 29

Hercule Poirot, perhaps?
posted by usonian at 6:06 PM on September 29

Lyle from Achewood.

Misfits skull t-shirt, bottle of cheap whiskey, cheap squarish wire-rim glasses, optional black knit cap (and moustache).
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 6:06 PM on September 29 [2 favorites]

doubt i'd be able to get the uni. last time i grew it out though it was long enough to wax the ends straight out. I wish I would've started earlier so i could curl it.
posted by no bueno at 6:06 PM on September 29

Freddie. Mercury.
posted by drjimmy11 at 6:08 PM on September 29

Juan Valdez, baby! Everybody loves that guy. You could mount a papier mache coffee burro head on your torso.
posted by Askr at 6:11 PM on September 29

Seconding Juan Valdez, but only if you're the designated driver.
posted by rokusan at 6:25 PM on September 29

Magnum P.I.
Burt Reynolds as 'The Bandit'
That dude that was supposed to die in Galaxy Quest...
posted by Nanukthedog at 6:33 PM on September 29

Go as this.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 6:35 PM on September 29

Snidely Whiplash
posted by caddis at 6:42 PM on September 29

Sarah Silverman
posted by Sara Anne at 6:43 PM on September 29

If you go as ROU's suggestion, you must carry a blue bucket.

(Anyone who gets it will be fun to drink with.)
posted by rokusan at 6:51 PM on September 29

Any of the appropriate Village People. With the blond hair, you could probably pull off Construction Worker or Leatherman.
posted by jquinby at 7:51 PM on September 29

Teddy Roosevelt! You can go with or without glasses.
posted by cobwebberies at 8:29 PM on September 29

Charlie Chaplin?
Albert Einstein?
posted by crazycanuck at 8:40 PM on September 29

Take the Teddy Roosevelt idea a bit meta and go as Teddy Brewster from Arsenic and Old Lace. Make comments about burying fever victims in the basement and run up stairs yelling CHARGE!!!

Sidenote: My stepfather is going as Snidely Whiplash this year and my mom is Nell Fenwick. We had to get him a fake moustache though.
posted by elsietheeel at 8:43 PM on September 29

Rip Taylor
posted by Taurid at 10:12 PM on September 29

The guy from the Super Mario game.
My name is Earl
Tom Sellack.
Freddy Mercury.
posted by 8dot3 at 7:30 AM on September 30

You know who else had a mustache?
posted by Cookiebastard at 8:00 AM on September 30

"You know who else had a mustache?"

Jamie from Mythbusters. All you need is a white blouse shirt and a beret.

(inspired by ROU_Xenophobe's suggestion)
posted by revgeorge at 10:03 AM on October 21