#1 What majesty!
- Alright, the young lady appears rather comely as she daintily arises from the tropical waters. But that polar bear is truly nailing it. First off, he probably weighs more than the girl, plus all the water weight in his fur. Second, you know she didn't lumber out of that pool, do a full-body shake, and then eat a sea lion. Sea lion's probably not even allowed on her prissy diet. (Too much blubber.).
#2 Try This At Home. No Wait, Don't
- We poor, clumsy lummoxes. We see something that looks like good, clean fun online, made to look perfectly simple by a nice lady in an apron, and then we hamfistedly try to replicate the results, smearing liquefied crayons on our nice, white walls before adhering them there with a chewed mouthful of duct tape like the glorified ape-children we are. Oh, the humanity!
#3 There's a Tiger in All of Us
-We in fact prefer this gentleman's homage to the original, as it suggests the hero dwelling within the humblest of gym shorts. And anyone who's ever met a cat knows that all cats, from house to jungle, have the same level of self-esteem: all of it. And props for attention to detail! The dimensions are perfectly replicated. Disregard the lack of a boat..
#4 Yeah, She's Hot, But Look at the Canvas Once in a While
- Ok, so homeboy isn't quite getting his subject's, er, dimensions. But in his splatterings, we detect a ferocious adoration on par with that which DiCaprio felt for Winslet in that terrible movie. What's the last nice thing you did for your girlfriend? Brought home chicken wings? Get with it, you louse. Try nailing it like this dude..
#5 Winner of The Costume "Sprint"
- This it-nailer is clearly a busy guy, working as he does as some sort of stockroom guy or janitor. Give him credit, then, for throwing together a dead-on Patrick from Spongebob in no time flat. Flat also being what he's going to fall on his face when he tries to get to the Halloween party.
#6 Wolverana
- Another great example of nailing it on a budget, this fine fellow is either doing a sort of X-Men/Elephant Man mash-up, or wanted to get a little more use out of his sweet banana costume from last year. Slap on some stripes, claws, and spectacles, and go intimidate some nerds at Comic con, bub! For all you know, he's got Hugh Jackman's physique under there. But why doesn't the underwear go all the way around? Is... is not pooping part of his healing factor?
#7 God of Thunder And Accidental Asphyxiation
- This assiduous devotee of the only Norse god born in Australia was clearly dealing with what a lot of guys with hammers go through: you can do it cheap and quickly, cheap and well, well and quickly — but not all three. We personally feel that, if anything, he makes Hemsworth's get-up seem tawdry and overwrought. We dub thee Baghead, God of Nailing It!
#8 Octopi Pies.
- This well-intentioned, aquatically-interested amateur baker's take on a pie crust resembling a frightening octopus succeeds wildly — in that her version is much, much, far and away more frightening. To our eye it resembles not so much a sinister cephalopod as a dimension-warping Cthulhu, psychotropically engorged on the flesh of its previous victims— and you're next!
#9 Okay, This Guy Really Is Nailing It.
- Credit where it's due, this proud Papa shows his love for his daughter in a way that no faulty refrigerator magnet can undo. I mean, let's be honest, when she's 15, she's gonna give him endless crap for having done this. And if he gains weight, that adorable tiger-bear thing is gonna get to looking pretty weird. But who are we to judge such a unique and permanent expression of love for your child? Anonymous people on the internet, that's who.