Make Zem Do Summtheeeeng!

October 6, 2010 10:15 PM

Halloween costume ideas involving goggles?

So at this year's Burning Man festival I found an amazing pair of homemade, steampunk style leather goggles, which was a godsend after previously having the 70$ pair I had bought specifically for the fest stolen.

Now, I feel like they're going to waste hanging on a hook and waiting for next August, so I'd like to make them the centerpiece of a Halloween costume. So far all I can come up with is Radioactive Man, and that would just be for the novelty of yelling 'Ze Goggles, Zey Do Nuttheeng!!' repeatedly. Any other goggle-centric costume ideas?
thnks!

posted by mannequito to Clothing, Beauty, & Fashion (22 answers total)

An old-timey aviator. Amelia Earhart or Earhartesque if you're a guy.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 10:17 PM on October 6, 2010

Thomas Dolby!
posted by mintcake! at 10:22 PM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]

Cory Doctorow? All you need is a red cape.
posted by benzenedream at 10:24 PM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]

Snoopy? As the Red Baron of course.
posted by Mizu at 10:32 PM on October 6, 2010

McBain?
posted by cosmicbandito at 10:37 PM on October 6, 2010

the guy from Psychonauts?
posted by The otter lady at 10:39 PM on October 6, 2010

Cyber Hacker!
posted by Ahab at 10:47 PM on October 6, 2010

Dr. Horrible.
posted by eleanna at 10:49 PM on October 6, 2010 [6 favorites]

Young Carl Fredricksen
posted by hariya at 11:06 PM on October 6, 2010

Monterey Jack from Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers
posted by knile at 11:38 PM on October 6, 2010

Best answer: Doc Brown from Back to the Future

and otterlady, fantastic game reference!
posted by smirkette at 11:45 PM on October 6, 2010

Along the same lines as knile's suggestion, Launchpad McQuack wears flight googles and is arguably a better known character. Plus a duck bill is more obvious than an orange mustache. (though also more work)
posted by aubilenon at 11:51 PM on October 6, 2010

Best answer: A combination of goggles, Gogol, Google, a googol, a gaggle, a gargoyle, giggles, gargling, gangling, gagging, Gog & Magog, and, for extra points, Dr Gilbert Stanley Bogle.
posted by pracowity at 2:42 AM on October 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

Plague Doctor!
posted by KathyK at 5:59 AM on October 7, 2010

Wrongway Feldman!
posted by peagood at 7:20 AM on October 7, 2010

for a more recent/timely costume: one of the two eyed minions from Despicable Me?
posted by FlamingBore at 7:23 AM on October 7, 2010

Elmo Oxygen. Of course, you'll have to hope to run into people cool enough to know who he is. I did not when I went as Elmo.

Actually, Radioactive Man is a pretty good one.
posted by cmoj at 9:02 AM on October 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

Absolutely has to be Dr. Horrible!
posted by thatone at 9:16 AM on October 7, 2010 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Gyro Captain from Mad Max.
posted by orme at 9:36 AM on October 7, 2010

Quidditch player. You'd need a graduation gown in a nice color, a broom, and maybe the silly hat.
posted by meggan at 11:48 AM on October 7, 2010

If I had a totally sweet pair of goggles, I would be the Engineer from TF2.
posted by Zaximus at 3:42 PM on October 7, 2010

Response by poster: Wow, lots of fantastic suggestions everyone.

At the moment I think it's a fight between Doc Brown and Gyro Captain.

pracowity gets creative points, probably for being on the same substances I was when I found the goggles themselves!
posted by mannequito at 8:16 PM on October 7, 2010