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In my attempt to come up with a good Halloween costume, I did some brainstorming tonight.  I scoured my brain for all the coolest characters I could think of--from film, books, and history.  Some I've seen done before... none, I think, is truly original (meaning, someone, somewhere, has done it before), but I don't think that really takes away from the coolness factor.

1. Lola, from Run Lola Run (yes, that is Natalie Portman)
2. Jem
3. Penny Lane from Almost Famous
4. Princess Leia (nighttime)
5. Rogue from the X-Men - more common but harder to execute
6. Aeon Flux
7. Anastasia Krupnik
8. Anne of Green Gables
9. Arwen
10. Chun Li
11. Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
12. Cleopatra (a classic)
13. Dagger from Cloak & Dagger - a good couples' costume
14. Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz (another classic)
15. Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady - I got to hand it to this chick, what an inventive outfit!
16. Frida Kahlo
17. Juno
18. The Bride from Kill Bill (a bit overdone)
19. Zelda - such high quality execution!
20. A headless Marie Antoinette - very original and creepy!
21. Penelope
22. Princess Leia (daytime)
23. Princess Mononoke
24. Psylocke from the X-Men - I dressed up as her my senior year of college.  Got great reactions.
25. Rainbow Brite
26. Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas (I really wanted to do this last year!)
27. Maria from The Sound of Music
28. Yvaine from Stardust
29. Tootsie!
30. Vicki from Small Wonder
31. Wonder Woman