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4->''"It's Halloween, it's Halloween!\
5The ghosts will spook, the spooks will scare,\
6Why, even {{Literature/Dracula}} will be there!"''
7-->-- '''Music/TheShaggs''', "It's Halloween"
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9[[HalloweenCosplay The characters are costumed]], their houses or offices are decked out haunted mansion style, they exchange [[GhostStory spooky stories]] and [[HalloweenTrickery play tricks on people]], and weird (or weirder than usual) things abound. Yep, it's the yearly [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] Episode!
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11''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'''s annual "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror" episodes are the iconic example, but most American kids' and genre shows will have at least one. While neither [[SantaClausmas Samhain nor All Saints Eve]] is ever mentioned, if any of the cast boasts Mexican heritage, then the similarly spooky (but more upbeat) holiday of Dia de los Muertos[[note]]Day of the Dead[[/note]] (Nov. 1--2) will at least get a shout-out; and if said character is the main character, then there's a good chance you're actually getting a full-on "Dia de los Muertos" Episode instead.[[note]]Despite popular belief, Dia de los Muertos isn't just "Mexican Halloween", but rather a remembrance celebration in which families honor deceased family members.[[/note]]
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13Will oftentimes be a BizarroEpisode as well; in that case, expect the cast to deal with monsters or any other supernatural/extraterrestrial phenomena that have turned out to be real. Or, if the show already takes place in such a setting, such phenomena will get far, far ''stranger''. Either way, coming across a Halloween episode of a show you watch in syndication is often an unexpected treat rather than a trick. There may even be some [[HalloweenSongs songs about the holiday]], either encapsulating it as a whole or one specific part. If the cast ends up in Halloween costumes, expect at least some of them to be a ShoutOut or even the occasional ActorAllusion.
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15Of course, if the Halloween Episode is ''too'' scary -- or rather, too ''successful'' -- this might lead to some serious NightmareFuel. On most non-supernatural-themed shows (particularly {{sitcom}}s), however, the tone will usually end up being considerably [[LightmareFuel lighter]].
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17There's a subversion/reversal in supernatural-oriented series in which Halloween is ''literally'' a holiday for supernatural beings, [[Literature/{{Discworld}} and they all stay home]]. (Some FridgeLogic here because this assumes that terrorizing the populace is a ''job'' for supernatural creatures, rather than leisure activity.)
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19See also HalloweenSpecial, HalloweenTrickery. For other holidays, see ChristmasEpisode, ThanksgivingEpisode, ValentinesDayEpisode, EasterEpisode, and StPatricksDayEpisode.
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21!!Example subpages:
22[[index]]
23* HalloweenEpisode/FanWorks
24* HalloweenEpisode/LiveActionTV
25* HalloweenEpisode/VideoGames
26* HalloweenEpisode/WebAnimation
27* HalloweenEpisode/WebVideos
28* HalloweenEpisode/WesternAnimation
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31!!Other examples:
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35[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
36* ''Anime/{{Aikatsu}}'' has "Idol☆Halloween". It's about Akari and her friends in a contest to collect the most candy in order to enter a special halloween audition.
37* ''Manga/AnimalCrossingNewHorizonsDesertedIslandDiary'': In volume 2, the final story is "How To Have a Proper Halloween", in which the human protagonists meet Jack, the Czar of Halloween. He sends the protagonists to go and get Halloween candy for him to eat so he won't play any tricks on them. [[spoiler:At the end, the protagonists reveal that they ate the candy they were supposed to give him. However, they did get something else for him... a bunch of pumpkins from Lucky.]]
38* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has a Halloween Episode as a {{Filler}}. It turns out that the events were [[spoiler:just dreamed by Sajin Komamura.]]
39* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' had a very pivotal case taking place on a Halloween cruise, where every attendee is expected to dress like a classic monster (though at the start, Kogoro {{Lampshades}} that it's nowhere close to Halloween date-wise). Ultimately, however, [[spoiler:the cruise itself turns out to be largely inconsequential and mostly a way to split off half the cast so Conan, Ai, and the newly-introduced FBI people can do all the ''real'' plot-moving]].
40* ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'' takes place on Halloween, during which Spike tries to stop the villain from spreading a deadly virus.
41* ''Literature/DirtyPair'' OAV episode 2 took place on Halloween. The plot involved a search for an escaped stolen combat robot, made more difficult by the camouflage provided by the many costumed people in town that day, and a fireworks display at midnight [[spoiler:during which the robot begins shooting missiles (which some bystanders assume are AllPartOfTheShow), and Yuri and Kei destroy the robot with the fireworks after their usual weapons aren't enough.]]
42* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'' (2018) has Halloween in an episode where a western vampire yokai takes over a movie theater and uses it to turn the visitors into vampires.
43* ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' had a single snapshot of the student council in costume for Halloween in episode 8.
44* ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}'' has one in the form of Ham Ham Halloween, which has the Ham Ham Gang have their own Halloween party. While at the same time, Laura and her friends go to their own Halloween party.
45* ''Anime/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
46** ''Hetalia Axis Powers'' has two Halloween strips. One of which involves America and England trying to outscare each other (a long running competition between the two). ''Hetalia'' also recently featured a Halloween Special Episode which also included France harassing a young woman and resulting in a trip to jail. [[spoiler:Surprisingly he didn't seem to mind that he had been detained and questioned by the police.]]
47** There was also [[Manga/{{Hetaween 2011}} a bigger one]] 2011, involving a party and costume contest.
48* ''Anime/KamisamaMinaraiHimitsuNoCocotama'' :
49** The 55th episode was about Kokoro's Cocotamas throwing a Halloween party and inviting other Cocotamas to join the festivities.
50** The Cocotamas hold another Halloween party in the 105th episode and have to find out who's responsible for knocking Tama-Senin unconcioous. [[spoiler:It's revealed in the end that Tama-Senin knocked himself out because he accidentally caused a bowling ball to fall on him.]]
51* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia2017'' has the last two episodes of the show’s first cour, "What You Will" and "Samhain Magic Festival", revolve around the latter episode’s titular witch festival, which takes place on All Hallow’s Eve.
52* ''Anime/LycorisRecoil'': One episode occurs around Halloween, while Chisato is running around doing jobs while still in costume, Takina is handing out treats to young students.
53* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' has a Halloween episode with a {{Kimodameshi}} competition. It also gives the cast the opportunity to remark on how Renge dresses up in costumes even when it's ''not'' Halloween.
54* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
55** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' has one, though it's about a [[YouMeanXMas Gourgeist Festival]] instead of a proper Halloween. In it, Team Rocket tricks a count into believing Ash and his friends are thieves who stole their Pikachu. Musashi/Jessie and the audience also learn that her [[YourTomcatIsPregnant Pumpkaboo is female]] and she evolves into a Gourgeist in this episode. Appropriately, the Pumpkaboo-Gourgeist evolution line is based on Jack O'Lantern.
56** ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'': In North America, "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak" was a ghost-themed episode that aired in October. In Japan, the episode aired in August.
57** Episode 94 of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' revolves around Ash and his friends hosting a haunted house for Lana's little sisters. It aired in October in Japan, but later internationally.
58* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
59** ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' has a Halloween episode. Unlike a lot of examples, it actually plays into the plot somewhat: It's the first episode after a major WhamEpisode involving [[spoiler:a change in villain management.]]
60** ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure'' has one as well. It's about the Precures and Blue entering a halloween parade. However the episode reveals that Queen Mirage has a new servant working for her but it isn't until the end of the episode that we see who it is... [[spoiler:Cure Tender/Maria, Iona's older sister.]]
61** ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'' had a whole [[Main/NonSerialMovie non-serial halloween-themed movie;]] which was actually three mini movies in one. Although most of them were themed around pumpkins.
62** ''Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure'' has a whole Halloween episode trilogy. Episode 37 has characters prepare for the Magic World's "Pumpkin Festival", which is the plot of the next episode. Episode 39 then has an actual Halloween festival in the Mundane World.
63** ''Anime/HugttoPrettyCure'' had yet another Halloween episode. Notable events include Daigan, who had previously been the victim of becoming a BaitAndSwitchBoss, being convinced to rejoin the Crisis Corporation and finally getting to fight the Cures (though he defects again after being defeated), and [[spoiler: the viewers getting their first look at Hugtan’s true form, though they wouldn’t learn it was called Cure Tomorrow until later into the series.]]
64** ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' has one that involves a costume contest. Among other things, [[PinkHeroine Hikaru]] dresses up as a [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti yeti]], [[HumanAliens Lala]] dresses up as a {{tsuchinoko}}, and [[CatFolk Yuni]] [[ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself goes as herself]]. When their enemy [[{{Kappa}} Kappard]] shows up, people also assume he's wearing a costume, which leads to the Cures staging a {{sentai}}-style fight to protect their identities (complete with SuperSentaiStance). It's largely a fluffy episode, but it does reveal some backstory for Kappard.
65** ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'': Episode 35 shows the team preparing their school's Halloween festival. When a [[MonsterOfTheWeek Yaraneda]] attacks, Manatsu [[LeeroyJenkins impulsively]] deals with before Laura could arrive, resulting in the stolen energy not being able to get returned until the next Yaraneda shows up.
66** ''Anime/DeliciousPartyPrettyCure'': In Episode 33, the Cures throw a Halloween party, while Amane has a PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage after she lashed out at the Parfait Recipepe.
67* ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'' has a Halloween episode with the Hidden Leaf Village having a Halloween festival, while Deidara and Tobi set out to ruin it with a giant pumpkin bomb.
68* ''Anime/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'': A chapter and episode discuss Halloween on how things change over time to the point they are unrecognizable.
69* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' had a Halloween episode where a mysterious girl who had apparently been adopted by a demon-like alien kidnapped Fuyuki.
70* ''[[Literature/{{Anpanman}} Sorieke! Anpanman]]'' has a few Halloween episodes over the series' run. These episodes feature Halloweenman, a pumpkin-headed ghost who represents the holiday.
71* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'': In "Shining Smiles! Happy Tamaween", the 30th episode of ''GO-GO Tamagotchi!'', Mametchi and his gang stumble across a house where a Tamagotchi has been trying to scare anyone who comes near it by pretending to be a ghost and get to know the costumed kid.
72* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Halloween is mentioned in one story arc, where Maria loves Halloween because of its association with witches. She wants to go trick or treating despite the fact that it is not a practice done in Japan.
73* The final episode of ''Literature/WashioSumiIsAHero'' starts around Halloween. Even 300 years in the future Halloween is still a foreign holiday in Japan. Sumi and Sonoko briefly dress up at school.
74* ''Anime/YokaiWatch'' has a Halloween episode where Nate (dressed as Jibanyan) goes to a costume party with his friends. There he meets several "classic yo-kai" that can be seen by normal humans.
75* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', the students wear various ''Duel Monsters'' costumes, then there is a duel between Judai and the materialized spirit of the Black Magician Girl. Almost everyone believes that the Black Magician Girl is a cosplayer like everyone else, but Judai figures it out. At the end of the episode, Sho, who is a Black Magician Girl {{Fanboy}}, gets a kiss on his cheek by her spirit.
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79%%* A disproportionate number of Creator/ECComics stories take place on Halloween. To name a few: "Halloween!", "Sugar 'N Spice 'N...", "The October Game,"
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81* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': While not taking place directly on Halloween, an early 2-part story during ''ComicBook/TheAvengersKurtBusiek'' sees the Grim Reaper unleash several deceased members of the team now zombified on the current roster, and it was originally released during October.
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83* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
84** ''Batman: ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'' was a thirteen-issue series where each issue was set on a holiday in the month it came out. The first and last issues, as the title suggests, were Halloween.
85** The sequel, ''[[ComicBook/DarkVictory Batman: Dark Victory]]'' likewise has the first issue take place on Halloween, with the failed attempt on Two-Face's life, his escape from Arkham Asylum, and the first Hangman killing occurring all on the same night.. The final issue subverts this however as the climax takes place a few weeks prior around Columbus Day and only the epilogue takes place on Halloween night.
86** The ''ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} Annual'' #7 contains two Halloween themed tales, one of Tim fighting "Scary Mary" in Gotham on the holiday (though he calls her "the great pumpkin") and another of Damian in Hong Kong. Tim also lampshades the Batbooks tendency to have Halloween themed issues:
87-->''“Traditionally, there are two nights each year that I’ve learned to absolutely dread. October 30th and 31st. Devil’s Night and Halloween. Two nights every year when all the pent-up crazies come pouring out of the woodwork. Batman calls them amateur nights.”''
88** ''ComicBook/Batman66'' featured a Halloween story titled "The Short Halloween" in the 46th issue of the digital version (with the print version only available through volume five of the trade paperback collection), the premise being that a boy and his younger sister dress as Batman and Robin to stop a pair of bullies stealing candy from children while wearing Joker and Penguin masks.
89* ''Creator/DCComics'': DC released annual ''Halloween Special'' {{Anthology Comic}}s between 2007 and 2010, with stories ranging from genuinely spooky to more lighthearted takes on the holiday.
90* ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'': One issue featured a crossover of ''Superman'' with the ''House Of Mystery'' title, which takes place on Halloween.
91* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': A CanonDiscontinuity comic story in ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' sees the clan take advantage of the holiday to go out in public without being feared, while Demona releases a wave of holographic monsters to attack the humans.
92** For a canon example, there's the combined mini-arc of "Masque" and "Bash," where most of the action occurs at a Halloween party held at the Eyrie Building.
93* ''ComicBook/HouseOfMystery'': TheNewTens version had two Halloween Annuals (2009 and 2010), which were actually Creator/VertigoComics anthologies similar to the ''DCU Halloween Specials''.
94* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'': Issue #9 takes place in a Halloween party. The Misfits decide to crash Jem's party because they're showing off their new music video. Kimber and Stormer make up after nearly breaking up due to [[spoiler:Kimber thinking Stormer was involved in an attempted murder plot on her sister.]] It also counts as a WhamEpisode because [[spoiler:Pizzazz gets into a car accident and we learn something is wrong with Synergy.]]
95* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'': The comic had two Halloween stories: "Trick Or Beatings" (issue #31) had the girls framed for Halloween pranks staged by the Gangreen Gang, and "Halloween Hiding" (issue #67) had the Gangreens hiding out from the girls at a Halloween dance party.
96* ''ComicBook/TheSmurfs'': The story "Halloween" has the Smurfs and the Smurflings celebrating Halloween together, with the Smurflings paying a witch and Gargamel a visit by wearing pumpkins for masks and using lighted pumpkins to scare them.
97* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': "Revelations", the very last arc of the infamous [[ComicBook/TheCloneSaga Clone Saga]] takes place on Halloween. Somewhat appropriate, given who the BigBad [[ComicBook/NormanOsborn turned out to be]] in the end.
98* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': A 2012 issue of ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' had a Halloween story, featuring a Phantom Zone escapee trapping Superman in the PhantomZone. In the New 52, Phantom Zone prisoners can walk in the real world but cannot be seen, heard or touched, making them closer to actual ghosts. For bonus points, the issue is number [[ThirteenIsUnlucky thirteen]].
99* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'': One story, "The Enemy Within," sees Eddie and ComicBook/{{Morbius}} team up to stop a demonic invasion on Halloween.
100* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': In ''ComicBook/SensationComics'', at once point during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Diana, Steve Trevor, Etta Candy and her Holliday Girls throw a Halloween party during witch they accidentally travel to back in time to the Salem witchcraft trials, while most of them are dressed as witches. Accidental time travel was a bit of a recurring theme for Golden Age ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1942}} but ending up in a time and place so thematically appropriate was rare.
101* ''ComicBook/XMen'': An early story spotlighting the ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}} in his furred appearance during Marvel's Amazing Adventures anthology saw Hank fighting longtime X-Men villain the Juggernaut on Halloween night.
102* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'': Issue #3 sees the gang hold a Halloween party for charity, while a time-traveling Mr. Mxyzptlk is released from before he becomes a trickster. HilarityEnsues as the gang has to make sure Mxy becomes the mischief-maker he's known for being in order to keep time and space from falling apart.
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106* The classic ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' Halloween tradition of Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin, who rises out of the most sincere pumpkin patch and delivers toys to all good little children.
107* The ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' arc that ran the week of [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1989/10/23 Monday, Oct. 23, 1989,]] in which Garfield imagines himself to be starving alone in a boarded-up house. Or at least he's probably imagining that--the Saturday strip that closes the arc leaves open the possibility that Garfield's happy, well-fed life might be the imaginary one.
108* ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' comics had a few giant-size Halloween special issues, naturally with plenty of stories featuring Little Itch the witch.
109* ''ComicStrip/{{Frazz}}'' has an annual tradition of Caulfield dressing up in a literature-themed costume for Halloween and challenging his teachers to guess his identity.
110* One of the ''ComicStrip/HsuAndChan'' comics that ran in ''Electronic Gaming Monthly'' had one of these in an October issue. The duo stage a haunted house attraction with a video game theme. Things go pretty normally until they reach a cemetery where obsolete video game systems are buried. Then the obsolete video game systems [[RiseFromYourGrave rise from their graves]] and send the brothers running.
111* ''ComicStrip/{{Retail}}'' used to have a Halloween contest at work every year. A RunningGag is about how much effort Cooper puts into his costumes, only to lose because he picks characters from obscure media (such as ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub'') and everyone else prefers something recognizable (such as Craig's Dracula). Eventually the Halloween contest went away because no one's heart was really in it anymore, and the Halloween story arcs became about how much the ChristmasCreep keeps pushing earlier and earlier (with one year featuring Stuart literally ''pushing'' a Halloween panel out of the way because 'it's Christmas now').
112* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': The very first time that the strip ran during Halloween there was a week-long series of comics about Calvin preparing for trick-or-treating (although it skips over the actual trick-or-treating part to the day after, when Calvin and Hobbes decide to go into town [[ChristmasCreep to admire Christmas decorations]]). This is also an example of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, as subsequent Halloween strips either didn't mention the holiday or limited it to a stand-alone strip.
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116* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': The "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" segment takes place around Halloween.
117* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanUnlimitedMonsterMayhem'' takes place on Halloween and features Solomon Groundy (a zombie), Silver Banshee, and Silvercrow.
118* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterHouse'' occurs on Halloween, with a RaceAgainstTheClock to destroy the titular monster before nightfall.
119* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'', a stop-motion animated mash-up of both a Halloween ''and'' Christmas movie.
120* ''Anime/{{Poupelle of Chimney Town}}'' by Akihiro Nishino takes place on Halloween in the titular town where Lubicchi befriends the mysterious titular trashman.
121* ''WesternAnimation/SongOfTheSea'': A majority of the film is set on Halloween as Ben seeks to return home to Conor's lighthouse but he and Saoirse end up on an adventure that will decide the fate of all the fairies.
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125* ''Film/ArsenicAndOldLace'' actually takes place on Halloween, although the only real nod to the holiday comes early on when some trick-or-treaters visit (in the daytime!).
126* ''Film/BatmanForever'' has a Halloween party in the Wayne Manor, and while Bruce and Dr. Chase reminisce, Alfred hands out the candy to trick-or-treaters. Two of them, however, are [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs more than just begging for candy]]...
127* ''Film/{{Casper}}'' happens around Halloween, ending at a Halloween party specifically.
128* ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' takes place a few days before, during and a couple more days after Halloween.
129* ''Film/{{Funsize}}'', a teen comedy which takes place mostly on Halloween night.
130* The classic 1978 [[SlasherMovie slasher flick]] ''[[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} Halloween]]'' involves masked killer Michael Myers slashing his way through his hometown on (of course) Halloween. The other films in the subsequent [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} franchise]] all take place on the holiday as well. Interestingly enough the original concept had the murders taking place over several days, but budget reasons led to them setting the whole story on one night.
131** ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' was an attempt to create an anthology series, but poor response scrapped these ideas and the producers have kept using Myers for the rest of the series. The plot of the film revolves around a man who believes that Halloween has grown too commercialized and has lost touch with its roots in pagan tradition, and seeks to restore that tradition by using his toy company and some Stonehenge-powered {{magitek}} to carry out a mass HumanSacrifice.
132* ''Film/{{Halloweentown}}'', of course.
133* ''Film/HocusPocus'' is set on Halloween.
134* The ''Creator/HuluweenFilmFestival'' happens on Creator/{{Hulu}} every October since 2018.
135* ''Film/MeanGirls'' has a scene where Cady goes to a Halloween party. The sluttiness of the women's Halloween costumes is both parodied and exploited for {{fanservice}}.
136* A Halloween party in ''Film/NightOfTheDemons1988'' and its sequels serves as a catalyst to demonic activity.
137* ''Kenny & Co'' follows a young boy and his friends' everyday lives over a few days leading up to Halloween. That gave the director [[Film/{{Phantasm}} some ideas]]...
138* ''Film/InAmerica'' - about Irish immigrants in America - has a portion of the movie where the sisters go into school wearing costumes they made themselves...only to [[CultureClash discover their classmates bought theirs]]. Showing that it was directed by [[ValuesDissonance someone who grew up before Halloween was popular in Ireland]], their parents don't seem to know what trick-or-treating is.
139* The climax of ''Film/JackReacherNeverGoBack'' is set on Halloween night. On a meta-level, the film was released ten days before the holiday.
140* ''Film/LeftBank'' features Samhain as the climactic ending night of the film when [[spoiler:the human sacrifice is performed]].
141* ''Film/OrdinaryPeople'' includes a brief scene of trick-or-treating children.
142* ''Film/MeetMeInStLouis'', which is set in 1903-04, has a Halloween segment. It depicts the turn-of-the-century "pranks and mischief" version of the holiday.
143* ''Film/SpacedInvaders'' depicts an attempted AlienInvasion of a small town by a crew of incompetent Martians after they intercept a Halloween re-broadcast of Creator/OrsonWelles' ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds''.
144* ''Film/ThePredator'' is set around and on Halloween.
145* ''Film/TheLittleGirlWhoLivesDownTheLane'' begins with protagonist Rynn celebrating her 13th birthday on Halloween night, only to be interrupted when her [[DirtyOldMan creepy neighbor]] shows up for trick-or-treating with his kids.
146* At the start of ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows'', the Turtles pass by a Halloween parade.
147* The [[SlidingScaleOfComedyAndHorror horror/comedy]] {{anthology}} film ''Film/TrickRTreat'' is based around Halloween, and proudly features many of the tropes surrounding it (including the popular conception of Halloween as an old Celtic pagan holiday).
148* In ''Film/VanHelsing'' Anna gets kidnapped by Dracula right before Halloween night, so the climax of the second act takes place at a masquerade ball in Budapest.
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152* For the first four ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books, an important plot development happens on Halloween and is usually the focus of the chapter in which it occurs, so those chapters could be said to be "Halloween episodes" in a sense. The first of these chapters is actually titled "Halloween".
153* The entiretly of ''Literature/TheBlueNosedWitch'' takes place on Halloween night.
154* No fewer than three ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' books have taken place on Halloween due to the date's supernatural significance. It also happens to be the title character's birthday.
155** ''Literature/GravePeril'', where the dead are restless and Bianca holds a costume party to celebrate her promotion ([[spoiler: both of which are related, as she uses the party as both a play for power and an excuse to kill several of her enemies]]). Harry, of course, decides to show up to the party as [[ClassicalMovieVampire the cheesiest vampire possible]].
156** ''Literature/DeadBeat'', wherein a whole bunch of necromancers descend on Chicago in a desperate attempt to claim godlike power.
157** ''Literature/ColdDays'' reveals that Halloween is one of the few times when [[spoiler: it is possible to permanently kill an immortal being]], with the plot revolving around Harry attempting to do just that.
158* ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' had ''Literature/TheHauntedMask'' (along with its sequels) and ''Literature/AttackOfTheJackOLanterns''. Series 2000 had ''Literature/HeadlessHalloween'', and ''Literature/GoosebumpsHorrorland'' had ''Weirdo Halloween'' and ''The Five Masks of Dr Screem''. Most Wanted had ''Literature/ZombieHalloween'', ''Literature/TrickOrTrap'', and ''Literature/TheHaunter'', and ''Literature/GiveYourselfGoosebumps'' had ''Literature/TrickOrTrapped'' and ''Literature/OneNightInPayneHouse''.
159%%* ''Literature/SporewikiFictionUniverse'' has Kol Daren's House of Horror.
160* Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Hallowe'en Party'' has Literature/HerculePoirot solving the drowning of a teenage girl in an apple-bobbing tub at the titular party.
161* The Franchise/DoctorWho novels Forever Autumn, The Shining Man, and Pack Animals (the latter of which is actually a Series/{{Torchwood}} novel). Also, the anthology collections A Universe of Terrors and Tales of Terror.
162* The Literature/EightySeventhPrecinct novel ''Tricks'' takes place on Halloween night.
163* The ''Literature/{{Relativity}}'' series has "Candy Corn." Unlike the other examples on this page, it's actually a comedy.
164* ''Literature/JunieBJones'' has the book ''Junie B., First Grader: BOO...and I MEAN It!''
165* ''Lord of the Wings'' from the ''Series/MegLangslowMysteries'' is based entirely around a Halloween festival being held in Caerphilly, Virginia. This being a murder mystery series, it's not complete, of course, without a couple of grisly murders and other troublesome incidents which [[MysteryMagnet Meg Langslow]] and her family / friends help to investigate.
166* ''The Halloween Tree'' by Creator/RayBradbury takes a group of boys through the history of Halloween as they try to save their missing friend.
167* In ''Literature/AmongOthers'', [[spoiler:the dead come back for a day on Halloween]].
168* In ''Literature/TheWorstWitch'' Halloween is a sacred holiday for witches. Every year Cackle's Academy goes to a celebration hosted by the Chief Wizard, and they appear to provide some entertainment. In the first book [[AlphaBitch Ethel]] gets revenge on Mildred by cursing her broomstick to wreck their class's display. In ''A Bad Spell For The Worst Witch'' Mildred is banned from the celebrations but sneaks off anyway to get the wizard to turn a friend of hers [[BewitchedAmphibions back from a frog]]. It's tradition that the morning after the celebrations the whole school has a lie-in until midday.
169* The ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series had a triple-length special centered around Trixie the Halloween Fairy. Like the rest of the specials, main characters Rachel and Kirsty have to find her three magical items (candy, in this case) so that Halloween can be safe and fun for everyone else. Notably, this is the first Special Edition in the US-exclusive lineup (although this particular book did eventually make it back to the UK).
170* ''Literature/RoysBedoys'':
171** Downplayed in "Don't Watch Grown-Up Movies, Roys Bedoys!", where Roys and Maker watch a horror movie because Halloween is "around the corner".
172** Played straight in "Let's Go Trick-or-Treating, Roys Bedoys!", where the kids trick-or-treat.
173** Played straight again in "Roys Bedoys's Spectacular Halloween Zoom Party", where the kids talk to one another online, while dressed up, on Halloween.
174* ''Literature/{{Spooksville}} had ''The Evil House'', where the gang enters a mysterious house that [[BecomingTheCostume turns them into their costume]].
175* ''Literature/FearStreet'' has ''Halloween Party'', the ''Sagas'' subseries had ''House of Whispers'' and ''Door of Death'', while Literature/GhostsOfFearStreet'' has ''Who's Been Sleeping in My Grave?'' and ''Halloween Bugs Me''.
176* ''Literature/SamuraiScarecrow'': The book is set around Halloween, and follows Yukio and his friends trick-or-treating, and running afoul of the titular scarecrow[[spoiler:, or rather, Kasha dressed as the titular scarecrow]].
177* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'' has ''The Powerpuff Girls Save Halloween''
178* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': ''Death of a Neighborhood Witch'', which revolves around solving a murder that happened on Halloween night.
179* ''Literature/StickDog'': Book 7 of the series, "Stick Dog Craves Candy", is set on Halloween Night, and follows Stick Dog and his friends as they try to get some candy to eat.
180* ''Holland-Tide; or Munster Popular Tales'' by Gerald Griffin: The tales from the title are seven ghost stories told to one another by guests at a Hallowtide celebration.
181** "Literature/TheBrownMan": A man curiously dressed up all in brown, owning a brown horse and a brown dog, marries Nora Guare. He treats her poorly and each night leaves their bed to go eat corpses at the cemetery. When she finds out, he kills her.
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184[[folder:Magazines]]
185* ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' magazine had a "horror issue" every October. This would feature features on undead or otherwise more "monstrous" monsters, articles about ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' and ''TabletopGame/MasqueOfTheRedDeath'', tips on [=DMing=] a horror adventure, and so on.
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188[[folder:Music]]
189* Music/MichaelJackson's "Thriller" is a classic staple of the American Halloween tradition, although the holiday itself is never mentioned in the lyrics.
190* "The Haunted House of Rock" by Whodini is a HipHop celebration of classic Halloween motifs.
191* "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" by the "North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative" is a charity single by a cast of performers.
192* "Spooky" by the Classics IV.
193--> ''Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin' my dreams, so [[WackyMarriageProposal I'll propose... on Halloween.]]''
194* "Halloween" by Music/{{Aqua}}. The song is also inspired by {{Slasher Movie}}s.
195* Music/BobDylan's not-otherwise-Halloweeny "She Belongs to Me" includes the lines:
196--> ''Bow down to her on Sunday, salute her when her birthday comes\
197For Halloween give her a trumpet, and for Christmas buy her a drum''
198* Most Pagan bands or artists will have at least one song dedicated to Halloween or Samhain.
199** British rock band ''Music/InkubusSukkubus'' have "Samhain," "Goddess of Samhain" and "All Hallows Eve".
200** British folk singer Damh the Bard has "On Samhain Eve".
201** Canadian singer Loreena [=McKennitt=] has "All Souls Night".
202** German folk band Faun has "Halloween".
203* "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" by Music/{{Muse}} not only uses the classic HauntedHouse metaphor in a [[DomesticAbuse surprising way]], it also excerpts the StandardSnippet/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor — better known as ''[[TropeCodifier the]]'' OminousPipeOrgan.
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206[[folder:Podcasts]]
207* The ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' episode “Inferno" is set during Halloween, with the main fight occurring in the middle of everyone trick-or-treating.
208* ''Podcast/TrialsAndTrebuchets'' has the "Weenie Hollow" mini-arcs whose episodes are released on the days leading up to Halloween, which use ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' rules and are [[ShowWithinAShow framed as horror books]] being read InUniverse by different [[NonPlayerCharacter NPCs]].
209* ''Podcast/UnwellPodcast'' has The Graveyard Shuffle, set on Halloween.
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212[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
213* One of the early editions of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' had a Halloween theme, including a sketch with Wrestling/RoddyPiper celebrating the holiday. One of the children in the segment was a young Stephanie [=McMahon=].
214* Wrestling/{{WCW}} had "Halloween Havoc", a Halloween themed pay-per-view event from 1989 onwards. Highlights from the event included Wrestling/RickRude debuting as a masked "Halloween Phantom," a "Chamber of Horrors" Match, a mummy called "The Yeti" attacking Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr losing his mask to Wrestling/EddieGuerrero.
215** Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} later revived Halloween Havoc as an annual event starting in 2020.
216* River City Wrestling's Halloween Horrors of 1994 in Winnipeg Manitoba. Yes, there was even a "Chamber Of Horrors" battle royal.
217* Wrestling/{{SMW}} had ''Halloween Scream'' events from 1995 onward to its shut down when its owner went on to work for the WWF.
218* All Pro Wrestling and Jersey All Pro Wrestling have the Halloween Hell event. ''Halloween Hell 2'' was to be APW's final garage show.
219* Wrestling/{{WWE}} will usually have something Halloween related in the week Raw or Smackdown falls on Halloween. The most famous one was in 2002 that featured a backstage Halloween party where Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon (then Smackdown GM) and Wrestling/EricBischoff (then Raw GM) kissed in Stephanie's office. That was also the night that started Wrestling/JohnCena's rapper gimmick as he dressed up as Vanilla Ice and performed a rap. However since Triple H took over for WWE Creative, Halloween elements have pretty much been downplayed in favor of more nuanced storylines other than having a Trick or Treat street fight every year.
220* These days you can usually expect the divas to have a costume contest which have been taking place since 2006. In fact in 2007 and 2008 the costume contests were part of the Cyber Sunday PPV. Wrestling/MickieJames won both of them, first for dressing up as Pocahontas and then as Lara Croft.
221** The NXT rookie divas had a contest as well with Wrestling/{{Aksana}} as a devil, Maxine as an ice queen, Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} as the Hamburger Helper hand, Wrestling/AJLee as [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Raphael]], and Wrestling/{{Kaitlyn}} as Vickie Guerrero.
222*** However, the practice of having WWE's female talents donning Halloween costumes has been phased out since the [[WWEWomensEvolution Women's Evolution]] as the focus shifted from looks to athleticism.
223* WWC began its ''Halloween Wrestling Extravaganza'' tours in 2006.
224* Dynamo Pro Wrestling and Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA Pro met up for ''Halloween Bash'' in 2009.
225* NWA had another Halloween-themed PPV, ''Samhain'', in 2023.
226* LLF's ''Noche de Halloween'' has been one of its more popular shows since 2009. 2013's included La Chacala putting Diana La Cazadora in a casket.
227* During its guest host phase, The Muppets were the guest stars for Halloween Raw and yes, Divas were in costume again.
228* When World Wonder Ring Stardom adopted the Fukumen Mask Fiesta in 2014, it moved the event from July to October in order to run it alongside a Halloween party.
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231[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
232* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' has a direct-to-video entry called "Barney's Halloween Party", with the first part focusing on Riff struggling to choose a costume. The second part finds BJ helping a boy named Ramon trick-or-treat without his mother for the first time. Riff puts together a one-man band costume, and BJ and Baby Bop point out that he basically dressed as himself, to which Barney says it's fun to be yourself anytime of the year. This was all built around a big event at the park where kids could trick-or-treat at different stations without being too far away from their families. When Ramon's treats fall out of a hole in his trick-or-treat bag, BJ shares his with Ramon, and the other kids share theirs with BJ.
233* ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' had a Halloween episode where made a point of telling the audience that Halloween is nothing to be afraid of, because it's just pretend.
234* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' had an episode which originally aired on October 31 where Robbie, stuck home baby-sitting Baby, told a scary story about becoming a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent were-caveman]]. This scared Baby so much he was going to tell on Robbie unless he was given candy. Since there was none in the house Robbie took Baby next door to ask for some.
235-->'''Neighbor:''' Is this some kind of trick?
236-->'''Robbie:''' No, it's just a treat for the baby.
237* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'':
238** Not an actual episode, but it [[https://twitter.com/DonkeyHodiePBS/status/1454883756758736897?s=20 had a web-exclusive clip]] featuring Donkey Hodie and Bob Dog wishing the viewer a happy Halloween.
239** An actual Halloween episode, "A Donkey Hodie Halloween," released in 2022. It focuses on Donkey and the others helping Purple Panda to overcome his fear of Halloween, which he's never experienced before, as they don't celebrate Halloween on Planet Purple.
240* ''Series/EureekasCastle'': In the Halloween special "It Came From Beneath the Bed, [[EitherOrTitle or]] Nightmare On Magellan Street," Magellan sees a monster outside the window at night and sets out to catch it to prove to Eureeka and the others that it's not just his imagination.
241* ''Series/FraggleRock'' had an episode (not explicitly referred to as a Halloween episode, but it ''was'' released on at least one Halloween-themed home video release) called "The Terrible Tunnel" about a place where Fraggles went and supposedly disappeared.
242* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': Both the Creator/VincentPrice and Music/AliceCooper episodes. The former was filmed the week leading up to Halloween 1976 (although it actually aired in late January 1977 in the U.S., and late April the same year in the U.K.), and the latter aired two days after Halloween 1978 in the U.S.
243* ''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'': The episode "Spooky!" doesn't mention Halloween by name, but it first aired around Halloween and revolves around [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin spookiness]], with an {{Aesop}} that girls can enjoy spooky things just as much (and be just as good at scaring people) as boys.
244* ''Series/SesameStreet'': After decades of building up a library of home media on the subject, Sesame Street produced a proper Halloween episode as the season 46 finale. It debuted time for Halloween 2016 on Creator/{{HBO}} and a year later on Creator/{{PBS}}. The show's posthumous tribute to Jerry Nelson, who played Count Von Count, isn't directly addressed as a Halloween episode. However, it featured most every character involved dressing as the Count and aired on Halloween 2013.
245* ''Series/UnderTheUmbrellaTree'': In the special [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Halloween Under the Umbrella Tree"]], Iggy injures himself and has to stay at the animal hospital overnight and miss his friends' Halloween party.
246* ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' has one titled "Halloween" in which the characters dress up in outrageous costumes and gather private stashes of candy. Through the first three songs "It is Fall", "Halloween Party Song", and "Trick or Treat" the characters learn what happens on Halloween, and just as important, the fourth song "Too Much Candy" helps the characters to understand eating candy in moderation.
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249[[folder:Radio]]
250* No discussion of Halloween episodes can overlook Creator/OrsonWelles' infamous radio dramatization of ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' in a 1938 Halloween Eve broadcast of ''Radio/TheMercuryTheatreOnTheAir''. According to legend, the first half of the program (presented as a PhonyNewscast of the Martians' invasion of New Jersey) led to panic in some parts of the country when listeners took the "reports" as real.
251* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'' had a radio Halloween episode named [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Halloween Party"]]. Miss Brooks, Mr. Boynton, and teenagers Walter Denton, Harriet Conklin, and Stretch Snodgrass intend to have a small Halloween party the night before halloween, as Harriet is going away for the weekend. Miss Brooks intends to dress as a witch, and [[WhatTheHellHero Mr. Boynton uses real bones from his anatomy student days for a skeleton costume]]. Walter Denton dresses as a BedsheetGhost, while Stretch Snodgrass dresses as [[ShoutOut HopalongCassidy]]. Harriet was going to wear her party dress. At the end, [[CoolOldLady Mrs. Davis]] arrives home wearing a pumpkin on her head. HilarityEnsues as Mr. Conklin cannot be around a party as he's near nervous collapse -- he goes to Miss Brooks' to flee the party only to be surprised and frightened by Mr. Boynton, Walter Denton and Stretch Snodgrass in costume.
252* The Christian radio drama ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'' has an interesting variant -- an episode from early in the show's run called "What Are We Gonna Do About Halloween?" that taught AnAesop about Halloween being evil. Due to criticism, the episode was pulled from rotation and later released on the "Lost Episodes" album.
253* A 1948 episode of ''Radio/TheAdventuresOfArchieAndrews'' was about Archie throwing a wild Halloween party as his house. His father is less than pleased however and refuses the money Archie's friends threw in to fix the damage.
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256[[folder:Roleplay]]
257* ''Roleplay/EquestriaChronicles'': "In the middle of a civil war, ponies throw a Nightmare Night party."
258* ''Roleplay/JourneyThroughTheMultiverse'' had a Halloween episode using the FandomSpecificPlot of Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer's Halloween Episode, in which the characters become their costumes in Buffy's World.
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261[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
262* In ''TabletopGame/{{Mysterium}}'', the ghost is only able to send his visions on Samhain (which equals to Halloween) because the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest.
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265[[folder:Theme Parks]]
266* At the Ride/DisneyThemeParks:
267** All of the Disneyland/Magic Kingdom parks have their own Halloween event where guests are allowed to dress up and trick-or-treat around the park, with special Halloween festivities being available as well.
268** At Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland, ''Ride/SpaceMountain'' gets a DarkerAndEdgier Halloween overlay and becomes ''Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy'' during the season.
269** At Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland, ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'' becomes ''Haunted Mansion Holiday'', an with overlay based on ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' that mixes elements of Halloween and Christmas together. Because of the mixed holidays, it doubles as a ChristmasEpisode and lasts until early January, unlike the other Halloween overlays, which are removed in early November.
270** As of 2017, California Adventure gets a Halloween overlay and festive decorations. 2017 also introduced the Halloween overlay for ''Ride/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMissionBreakout'', entitled ''Guardians of the Galaxy - Monsters After Dark''.
271* Ride/UniversalStudios has Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights, a haunt event run in September and October that contains numerous haunted houses, scarezones, and special shows. It's also an event that grew so big in scope and fans that it was enough to warrant its own page.
272* Ride/BuschGardens has Theatre/HowlOScream, a haunt event very similar to Horror Nights.
273* Depending on the location, Ride/SeaWorld has either the horror-oriented Howl-O-Scream, or the Halloween Spooktacular, which is a family-friendly event similar to what Disney has.
274* Ride/SixFlags has Fright Fest, again very similar to HHN and Howl-O-Scream.
275* Theme park "Hellendoorn" in the Netherlands is Halloween-themed during the entire month of October, and renames itself "Heksendoorn" during that time ("Heks" is Dutch for witch).
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278[[folder:Theater]]
279* ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'''s Lunatic Party stage play is their Halloween episode. Hajime, Haru, Rui, and Iku go to a Halloween market and buy gifts for their pets, and end up transporting them into a demon world where the pets turn human. Complete with sheet ghosts.
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282[[folder:Web Animation]]
283* ''WebAnimation/HelloKittyAndFriendsSupercuteAdventures'': A few, all of which double as Kuromi's birthday, but she herself considers Halloween to be a bigger deal, as she once gets out of bed saying, "Happy birthday to me, but more importantly... [[SuddenlyShouting HAPPY HALLOWEEN]]!"
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286[[folder:Web Comics]]
287* ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' has [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c60/p1.html Mischief Night]]. Paulo dressed up as [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward]] for his girlfriend, Jasmine as an undead Geisha, Mike as [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]], and Lucy as Lieselotte, an expy of Lucy from an RP on the forums.
288* ''Webcomic/BoyAndDog'': In one strip, baby Rowan is complaining about not being old enough to eat his Halloween candy.
289* ''Webcomic/ByTheTail'' had [[https://yiffytimes.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/october2002.jpg?w=700&h= two]] [[https://yiffytimes.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/halloween_comic.jpg?w=700&h= pages]] set at Halloween throughout its run.
290* Fetish comic ''Webcomic/CravingControl'' had a two part special featuring its gluttonous protagonist Lalia going trick or treating and cleaning out the whole neighbourhood before any of the kids could show up.
291* Chapter 5 of ''Webcomic/CobwebAndStripes'' brings Betelgeuse into the living realm to spend Halloween with Lydia, enabling her to escape being at home for another of Delia's terrible parties.
292* ''Webcomic/FreddyFox'' has had three Halloween strips so far:
293** The [[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/11954789/ 11th strip]] (made in 2013) had Simon dress up as a vampire and Freddy as [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
294** The [[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/14893670/ 56th strip]] (from 2014) saw a portion of the cast go trick-or-treating and [[GuestStrip featured artwork that was drawn by]] [[http://stu-jojo.deviantart.com/ Stu-Jojo]].
295** [[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/18117039/ The Monster Inside Me]] (a 2015 strip) saw Freddy turning into a werehuman, which was something that he wasn't expecting to happen to him.
296* In ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'', no matter what else may be going on in the storyline, the gigantic [[https://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com/comics/399 Halloween Monster]] always shows up for a cameo in the strip nearest to Halloween. His appearance changes subtly with each reappearance, and he does occasionally show up out of season.
297* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' took this to the extreme with the annual "Schlocktoberfest", in which the storyline filling the month of October always took a dark theme, sometimes associated with classic horror movies. Howard discontinued Schlocktoberfest after the arc about Tagon's 49th birthday.
298* [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=39 This]] issue of ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' has the main characters talking about Halloween episodes of webcomics.
299* For Halloween 2008, nudist webcomic ''Webcomic/TheBarePit'' featured three spooky stories told around a campfire, although the cartoonist admits that Australians don't celebrate Halloween the way Americans do.
300* ''Webcomic/AngstTechnology'' often had the team attending an office Hallowe'en Party. ''Webcomic/InkTank'' has continued the tradition.
301* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' had one every year. The first two were general costumes (with someone dressing as the Pink Franchise/{{Power Ranger|s}} as a RunningGag) Starting with 2002 (and barring 2004), each year had a theme to the costumes.
302** 2002: Super Heroes
303** 2003: ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
304** 2005: Video Games (Mostly Creator/{{Nintendo}}, but some Creator/{{Sega}} [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog too]])
305** 2006: Anime (also set in the hand-drawn universe)
306* ''Webcomic/{{Newman}}'' has a halloween episode (Season 1, EP 18) where the main characters are dressed up at a Halloween party in the drow kingdom. This episode does, however, tie into the main story.
307* ''Webcomic/NicktoonsTales'' has the [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] ''Nicktoons Tales of Terror'' episode. It has the main trio (A.D.S., Timmy, and ZIM) tell scary stories ala Simpsons' Treehouse Of Horror format.
308* Webcomic/TheBugPond had a very short one where the insects at said pond celebrate a holiday called Hallow-Bean, where they dress up as common predators of bugs. With exception of one kid who went as a scorpion princess.
309* ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff'' has [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=023.jpg one]]. True to [[StylisticSuck tradition]], it was written and published on ''[[DelayedReaction Christmas Day 2010]]''. [[spoiler:It later received a CallBack in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' when [[TeamMom Kanaya]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent "died"]]. [[DudeNotFunny Not everyone thought this was appropriate.]]]]
310* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' got one after the GrandFinale through the official ''WebComic/MSPaintAdventures'' Snapchat. This shows not only the surviving characters partaking in Halloween celebrations [[spoiler: but also [[BigBad Caliborn]], [[MonsterClown Gamzee]], the citizens of Earth-C dressing up as the comic's other characters for the holiday.]]
311* The ''Webcomic/{{Keiki}}'' comic "Beefer Madness" became a Halloween special about halfway through, because Peter Paltridge didn't have time to write a whole new story.
312* ''Webcomic/{{Mulberry}}'' had the title character hunt a zombie in "Franken-Berry", and later, pull some frightening pranks on her rival in "Let's Scare Mary Roach To Death".
313* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' almost always has a Halloween-related story around October. Mostly it's just parties where {{Crossover Cameo}}s from other webcomics abound, but on occasion it's a full story arc, like with the 2010 and 2012 ZombieApocalypse story arcs.
314* Chapter 6 of ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' has Rain and her friends attending a Halloween party at Chase's mansion.
315* In ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'', the Halloween arc is traditionally the highlight of the year. Be it a Costume Party that gets derailed into a MurderMystery (2008) or a ZombieApocalypse (2011).
316* An ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' filler page for Halloween [[http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/321 here]] has drawings of the artist and site maintainer dressing up. Well, more like one getting into the festive spirit and the other wondering what the point is...
317* The first Nightmare Night story arc in ''Blog/SliceOfLife'', which starts off with costume planning, arcs through Pinkie Pie taking a bunch of kids out for candy, the telling of not-so-scary stories, and ending with the Cake Twins sneaking off to visit a Haunted House.
318* ''Webcomic/TypicalStrange'' does a Halloween Issue every October.
319* ''Webcomic/{{Savestate}}'': Starting [[http://www.savestatecomic.com/2015/09/graveyard-shift/ here]] and running for the next 5 strips. It's kicked off by Nicole suggesting that Harvey get a job at the local haunted house.
320* ''Webcomic/ErikaAndThePrincesInDistress'': This [[https://yatuu.fr/erika-et-les-princes-en-detresse-special-halloween/ Haloween Special]] follows Erika and Pita as they venture into a [[HauntedHouse creepy mansion]] in order to rescue a supposedly-distressed Prince, only to find out said Prince not only already died long ago and now haunts the place, but also has [[GhastlyGhost a few literal skeletons in his closet]]...
321* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': [[https://www.sleeplessdomain.com/comic/fright-night This late-October page]] has Anemone explain the upcoming in-universe holiday of [[YouMeanXmas Fright Night]], in which children dress up as monsters and ask for candy from the adults in order to placate the monsters' spirits.
322* The concept of Hell houses is mocked in a ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' strip [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp10042006.shtml here.]]
323* A series of ''Webcomic/PebbleAndWren'' strips show Pebble's first Halloween.
324* ''Webcomic/ValAndIsaac'' have the alien equivalent of "[[https://val-and-isaac.tumblr.com/post/190484085022 Fear Day]]", with some of the cast detailing the different customs of their individual planets. One of the only example not to be released on Halloween itself.
325* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has had [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2002-10-20 several]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2002-10-27 Halloween]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2002-11-03 filler]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2007-11-03 strips]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2004-10-31 usually]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2017-10-31-trick-or-grace with]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2003-10-31 the]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2005-10-31 main]] [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2007-10-31 characters]] dressed up. Also, the storylines "Marker" and "Escape From The Mall" take place a week before Halloween.
326* The ''WebComic/DumbingOfAge'' storyline "This Was Halloween" flashes back to the Halloween of the first semester, in which three of the biggest questions of the second semester were answered: why Ruth and Billie broke up [[spoiler: (Ruth broke it off because she believes the relationship was doomed to become toxic again and wanted to spare Billie that)]], why Billie was now hanging out with Raidah [[spoiler: (After getting foiled in her attempt to stop the breakup, Billie runs into Raidah, who convinces Billie to join ''her'' instead)]], and why Amber and Walky broke up [[spoiler:(Walky thought a bad taste joke about the deceased Mike still being alive was cool, and Amber, one of Mike's closest friends, didn't take it well)]].
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329[[folder:Web Original]]
330* Blog/AnimatedCritic celebrates Halloween every year with a marathon that last all October called Toon-O-Ween.
331** 2015: Evan reviewed Princess Butterfly (WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst), Scaredy Pants (WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants), Luna Eclipsed (WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic), Speed Demon (WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998) and planned a review of Manga/TokyoGhoul that never materialized.
332** 2016: Evan reviews Horror Club (WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse), Shanghaied (WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants), Soos and the Real Girl (WesternAnimation/GravityFalls), an episode of WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog and an episode of Anime/PokemonTheSeries.
333* Website/IMockery absolutely love [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]], and all October the site is given a change in design with articles exclusively focusing on the holiday, what candy seems to be handed out this year, impressive (along with kitschy or downright terrible) celebrations throughout America, tributes to old horror games and movies, and the usual antics of the staff getting caught up in the holiday. They have a similar celebration for Christmas as well.
334* ''Website/TheOnion'':
335** A one-two punch at both [[UsefulNotes/ChristmasInAmerica the commercialization of Christmas]] and [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]]'s alleged pagan history by asking the question, [[http://www.theonion.com/video/in-the-know-has-halloween-become-overcommercialize,14284/ "Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?"]]
336** [[http://www.theonion.com/video/how-to-find-a-masculine-halloween-costume-for-your,14378/ "How to Find a Masculine Halloween Costume for Your Effeminate Son"]]
337** [[http://www.theonion.com/video/how-to-get-your-son-to-remove-his-halloween-costum,30233/ "How to Get Your Son to Remove His Halloween Costume"]]
338* ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' had a whole arc dedicated to the Halloween season in late 2007; it featured a vampire who sucked on powers (as opposed to blood) who went around turning people into ghouls after sufficiently draining them of their powers and [[CastFromHitPoints life force]]. He was brought down in dramatic flare and fashion by having an [[ShockAndAwe electrified sword]] driven into his chest where he promptly exploded [[DishingOutDirt into sand]]. At the end of the story a huge fireworks display is shown over the city with a good old fashion Happy Halloween scrawled in the sky.
339* The ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' had a big Halloween spectacular for the fall of 2006 (Whateley time), when everyone dressed in fun costumes (Phase ''hated'' his)... and the campus was attacked by cyborgs, robots, and dropships full of Syndicate badguys. It ended up taking three full stories to wrap it up. {{Fanon}} has speculated on what might happen at Halloween 2007.
340* The horror/comedy [[WebOriginalFiction web novel]] ''Literature/{{TOT}}'' takes place entirely on [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]] night and focuses on a group of adolescent trick-or-treaters.
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