This Halloweekend came with many surprises. We all predicted that there were gonna be millions of Barbies and Oppenheimers roaming about but in actuality, characters from The Bear and French bed bugs ruled the weekend for the straights. The gays, on the other hand, stayed true to their roots; insanely specific and outlandish costumes that need to be explained every second of the night.

A great meme popped up during Halloweekend with people tweeting “I hate gay people on Halloween. what do you mean you’re going as [insert nich pop culture reference here].” 

In this gallery, we have Survivor challenges, Renne Rapp’s Sweetgreen ad, Bjork’s Swan dress remixed, Lady Gaga’s migraine medication ad, and one person as Wendy Williams’ Lips costume when she was on The Masked Singer (which the user misidentified as the Rocky Horror Lips from the Glee episode where the glee club does Rocky Horror Picture Show).

The only way to explain why gays do this is to remind you all that it’s always been this way. They were the kids that went as concepts for Halloween back in the day. No, I'm not Bob the Builder, I’m a working man with a heart of gold! The ones that get it, get it.

So as a treat for you tricksters, we’ve compiled these nich queer costumes and added the appropriate amount of context to get. And if you still don’t, then that’s ok.