You better practice your best “Did I do that?” in a nerdy voice for a Steve Urkel costume.

By this point most of us have seen the Hello Kitty Darth Vader costume and other creative variations on this normally intimidating masked villain. But The Vader Project takes this idea of altering that iconic black mask to a new level. Each artist who participated in The Vader Project brought their own unique twist to the Darth Vader helmet by either creating a new character or just decorating it in a new way. The exhibit traveled to various comic book and sci-fi conventions featuring strange characters like the the UniVader and the Vader of Liberty.

For more information on the artists involved and the helmets visit TheVaderProject.com

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Now if only he had a group of ladies with him sweating to the oldies it would be a great Richard Simmons group costume.

We’ve seen a lot of mermaid costumes, but this one is so unique with details like scales painted on her skin and seaweed in her hair.

This dark and scary version of an Alice in Wonderland costume comes from the twisted games American McGee’s Alice.

Incorporating a wheelchair into a costume is very clever, and in the case of this Steampunk costume, it’s very cool.

If your goal with wearing a costume is to make a big impression there may not be anything that can give a bigger impression than stilts. From pink flamingos to tall tennis players, Tanya Turgeon brings costumed performances to new heights. She performs professionally (so don’t try this at home kids!) in circus acts, parades and other events. Don’t miss her Flamingo costume which gets the proportions of this long legged bird much better than the average costume.

Check out Tanya Turgeon’s stilting costume gallery for even more terrificly tall costumes.

This April O’Neil costume from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is old school with the yellow jumpsuit from the 80s.

What a creative couples costume idea! She’s wearing a Genie costume and he’s wearing a magic carpet costume and together they are magical.

If you wanted to be really accurate to the TV show Invader Zim, you would wear a robot GIR costume under your dog GIR costume.