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Every Year These Friends Dress Up As A Different Version Of The Same Celeb, And The Result Gets Better And Better
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Every Year These Friends Dress Up As A Different Version Of The Same Celeb, And The Result Gets Better And Better

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When a best friend joins the fun, anything you’re doing becomes twice as fun. But no duo can compare to a gang of seven besties. At least when it comes to Halloween group costumes. Meet Jamie Bell, Auburn Salcedo, and their friends.

Everything began eight years ago. “All seven of us were hired to work at a fashion blog offshoot of an advertising agency,” Jamie told Bored Panda. “Our boss was way too much to handle; eventually, it became an unbelievably toxic environment, so we all quit within two weeks of each other and have been best friends ever since!”

She also said that their first group Halloween costume idea wasn’t forced or anything. “We really didn’t overthink it that much; [it] just seemed like a natural thing for a girl gang to do.”

Choosing which of the popular celebrities to portray also happens very casually. “Reddit is very opinionated so that plays a role in the thought process, but we typically just have a quick convo the day after Halloween and one usually becomes the group favorite pretty easily!”

When the group settles on the actor, they start picking their characters. “We decide who’s dressing up as who through mud wrestling,” Jamie said. “But honestly, no. We have a pick order predetermined for the next 25 years.”

“We’re going to keep going with these funny Halloween costumes until we make it on The Ellen Show. It could take decades!”

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“Lots of people are asking about the Genie Photoshop in 2015,” Auburn added. “Yes, it’s true that this is doctored. I was there for the photo but the original has me in full Genie make-up and quite honestly, it’s terrifying. Gave kids nightmares. In an attempt to save many people emotional trauma, I opted to have a pre-makeup photo of me added in. If you find the original you will either be frightened to your core or laugh hysterically. It seems to go both ways!”

Auburn also explained that in 2017 the besties were in 4 different cities and couldn’t make their funny costume photo happen. “We’ve vowed to never miss another year again!”

Scroll down to check out the best Halloween costumes from this gang, and for more Halloween inspiration, be sure to fire up these 50+ People Who Took Halloween Costumes To Another Level.

2018 Tom Hanks: Toy Story, Castaway, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Big, David S. Pumpkins (SNL), A League of Their Own

Image credits: Paige (Stark) Dall

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2016 Bill Murrays: Garfield, Space Jam, Caddyshack, The Life Aquatic, Ghostbusters, Kingpin, What About Bob?

2015 Robin Williams: Mrs. Doubtfire, Mork, Jumanji, Popeye, Hook, Aladdin, The Birdcage

Full Disclosure: The Genie (OP/me…hi) is Photoshopped in (duh). I did full Genie makeup and it was horrific. I had nightmares from it and it was my own face. So yeah, I replaced it with a photo of Genie me pre-full face makeup. If you are looking for a Halloween scare, you can find the old photo… if you dare muahahaha!

2014 Will Ferrells: Elf, Blades of Glory, Zoolander, Anchorman, Night at the Roxbury, Semi-Pro, Talladega Nights

2013 Jim Carreys: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Dumb & Dumber, The Cable Guy, The Mask, The Grinch, Ace Ventura, Batman Forever

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2012 Johnny Depp: Fear and Loathing, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Cry Baby, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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And here’s a photo from a couple weeks ago so we can knock out all the questions about if we are really friends and what we look like out of costume

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Rokas Laurinavičius

Rokas Laurinavičius

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Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Rokas Laurinavičius

Rokas Laurinavičius

Author, BoredPanda staff

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Night Owl
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6 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They look like they had so much fun planning, dressing up and coming together. I hope the tradition continues.

ZombieGirl5591
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was a fun post! I cracked up so bad at the Ace Ventura lady! lol omg

Dorothy Parker
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really refreshing and creative. So tired of sex-object nurse, sex-object vampire, sex-object maid, etc. Dressed like men and still appealing and adorable.

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Night Owl
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6 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They look like they had so much fun planning, dressing up and coming together. I hope the tradition continues.

ZombieGirl5591
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was a fun post! I cracked up so bad at the Ace Ventura lady! lol omg

Dorothy Parker
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Really refreshing and creative. So tired of sex-object nurse, sex-object vampire, sex-object maid, etc. Dressed like men and still appealing and adorable.

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