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“Go to bed, twerp!” Vicky is an antagonist in Nickelodeon’s Fairly Odd Parents. Ruthless and sadistic, she is Timmy Turner’s evil babysitter. To get revenge for her constant torture, Timmy relies on his fairy god parents, Cosmo and Wanda. She appears in most all the movie specials as his main rival. Chip Skylark writes a song about her, titled “Icky Vicky.” While the song describes her as “a fire breathing dragon in a pair of black jeans,” you can replace the jeans with black leggings. You can crop the t-shirt and wear pink contacts for added accuracy.

Lucius Malfoy is an antagonist in Harry Potter. He is the husband of Narcissa Malfoy and the father of Harry’s enemy, Draco Malfoy. Bellatrix Lestrange is his sister-in-law. Lucius and his wife belong to the Death Eaters, aka the most adamant followers of Lord Voldemort. Because of his wealth and status, he takes great pride in his aristocratic status. Like Draco, he looks down upon half bloods and Muggle born wizards, for he thinks pureblood wizards are inherently superior. Lucius has a particular disdain for the Weasley family, as well as Harry Potter himself. Jason Isaacs plays this role in the film adaptation.

Randy Meeks is a main character in the first two Scream movies. He’s a horror movie fanatic, which makes him paranoid about the identity of Ghostface. Despite surviving the Woodsboro murders, he gets murdered during the Windsor College Murders. While trying to help Gale and Dewey, Ghostface pulls him into a van, slits his throat, and stabs him four times. In Scream 3, his sister, Martha, delivers a tape he made before his death. Randy warns the survivors of what to expect, foreshadowing a third killing spree.

“Oh behave!” Austin Powers (Mike Myers) is the main hero in his self-titled spy parody movies. He is a 60s era British spy who enjoys cracking jokes and flirting with the ladies. After his arch nemesis, Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) freezes him in a cryonics experiment, he must adjust to life in the 90s. The movies follow his attempt to blend in while also trying to stop Dr. Evil’s malevolent plans. This groovy costume will have everyone saying “yeah baby!”

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Joel Jones is a main character in Scream 2. He becomes Gale Weathers’ new cameraman after Kenny’s murder. His sensibility and intuition allows him to realize something is wrong in Woodsboro. Because of this, he remains alive at the end of the film (although he was supposed to be a victim in the original script). You can make his Woodsboro news ID with a piece of paper and insert it into the badge cover. The plastic camera is included as a prop, but you can use an old or broken video camera if you have one.

Erik, better known as The Phantom of the Opera, is a main character of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musical. His real name is Erik. He lives underground beneath the Paris Opera House, and becomes infatuated with a soprano singer named Christine Daae. As a musical genius, he recognizes her talent and selects her to sing his music. He eventually falls in love with her, but she doesn’t reciprocate, which leaves him heartbroken. He wears a mask to hide half his face which had been disfigured from birth. The musical is currently running on Broadway, where Ben Crawford plays this title role.

Renesmee Cullen (Mackenzie Foy) is a character from the Twilight saga. She’s the daughter of Edward and Bella Cullen, and her name is a combination of Bella’s mother (Renee) and Edward’s mother (Esme). The Volturi want to kill her because she’s a hybrid. Renesmee and Nahuel are the only two existing hybrids. This drives the plot in the latter half of Breaking Dawn, where Bella and Edward recruit other covens to protect her. Jacob imprints on her, which repairs the relationship between the Cullens and the Quilete tribe. She grows at a rapid rate and possesses supernatural gifts, but she can sleep like a human.