Best Celebrity Halloween Costumes: Kim Kardashian as North West, Paris Hilton as Britney Spears and More

Janelle Monáe didn’t need any inspiration for this year’s look. She created her own original character, “Phish Boy,” and her costume blew the competition out of the water with her hyperrealistic wandering bug eyes and scaly fish skin.

Hilton dressed up as Britney Spears and recreated her “I’m a Slave 4 U” performance at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards this year, proving that the two have more alike than just being blonde, early-aughts cultural icons.

This year, Hilton roped her family into her costume extravaganza, dressing as the Addams Family. Hilton went as Morticia, her husband Carter Reum as Gomez, daughter London as Wednesday and son Phoenix as Pugsley.

Halloween isn’t just one night a year for Hilton, who wore three costumes this year. The star and her family swapped their Addams Family madness for fantastical “Beauty and the Beast” garb for this costume.

While the saying usually goes like mother, like daughter, for Kim Kardashian, it’s the other way around. This year, Kardashian dressed as her 13-year-old, North West, whose signature punk-star look made Kardashian’s reference instantly recognizable.

Few celebrities have left as indelible a mark on spooky season as Michael Jackson, and this year, Palmer and her three-year-old son paid tribute to the legendary siblings Michael and Janet in their iconic black-and-white “Scream” music video.

For Palmer, the thrills didn’t stop after dressing up as the Jacksons. She also dressed up as her version of “Keke Frankenstein,” writing on social media that “Some Girls Are Born. Others Are Made. A Little Electricity, A Little Experimentation, And A Whole Lot Of Keke. The Monster Has Awakened. Keke Frankenstein. Out Now. Video Coming Soon.”

The “Adults” and “Overcompensating” stars finally came together to bring fans the collaboration we’ve been waiting for. Sort of. Replicating another iconic collaboration that went down this year, Thiele and Skinner, in full drag, dressed as PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson, respectively, in the sensational “Stateside” music video.

Silver knee-high boots, a jean miniskirt, a pink bra top and a matching wool cap might not seem like much of a costume, unless you’re Chloe Bailey and you designate yourself a”Hot Meg Griffin” from “Family Guy” for Halloween.

Towns and Woods celebrated their first Halloween as newlyweds with an elaborate “Game of Thrones” White Walker-inspired couples costume, crowning him the Night King and her the Night Queen.

In addition to topping the charts, Ella Langley is topping Halloween costume lists this year. TV host and radio personality Carson Daly’s recreation of her is becoming an instant crowd favorite.

NBC News’ morning show and Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie dressed as an NBCUniversal Page this Halloween, a highly coveted early-career position at the outlet.

King Caleb has entered the podcast studio. The podcaster and comedian donned his most regal attire this spooky season, dressing as the infamous King Henry VIII.

The “Boy Meets World” co-stars revisited a Season 1 Halloween episode of the beloved show in a holiday special of their podcast, “Pod Meets World,” reprising the exact same costumes from 33 years ago.

Alex Consani’s costume is a thumbs-up all around. This year, she donned full prosthetics and a red jumpsuit to embody the thumb-like henchmen in “Spy Kids.”

Lisa Rinna and Michael Gelman took inspiration from the very orange ensembles Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner wore to the premiere of “Marty Supreme” earlier this year, which has since been memed and replicated countless times.