30 Couples Costumes for You and Your Redheaded Girlfriend

I am, proudly, a recent redhead by choice. I was openly not born this way. Though I love my new ginger tresses, they are making Halloween more complicated than I may have anticipated. And I. Love. Halloween. Before I went red, the costume world was my oyster. Do you guys realize how many superheroes and Disney princesses are brunettes?! Sure I missed out on a few blonde costumes, but I could always get a wig. Now that I’m a ginger I feel compelled to dig deep and find a representative costume.

But there’s another confounding factor. A chick on the side. In the past I teased my friend mercilessly for the couples costumes. But now that I’m coupled myself, I find myself intrigued by the costumes that come in twos.

So here I have for you, in no particular order, a list of fun couples costumes where one person is a redhead! For the sake of sanity and practicality I have limited the costume ideas to those which can actually be identified as a costume. Otherwise it would have just been a list of redheaded lesbians. I have also done my best to include ideas for lots of different gender presenting couples but a lot of the redheads on TV are heteronormative women. I blame the patriarchy.

1. Poison Ivy and Batman/Harley Quinn

Make a Poison Ivy Costume

2. Natasha Rominoff/Black Widow and Iron Man/Hawk Eye (The Avengers)

Make a Black Widow Costume

3. Jessica Rabbit and Roger Rabbit

Make a Jessica Rabbit Costume

4. Archie and Betty/Veronica/Jughead (Archie Comics)

5. Wilma Flintstone and Fred Flintstone/Betty Rubble (The Flintstones)

Make a Wilma Flintstone Costume

6. Ginger and anyone else from Gilligan’s Island

Make a Ginger costume

7. Daphne and Fred/Velma/Shaggy (Scooby Doo)

Make a Daphne costume

8. Ronald McDonald and the Hamburglar

Make a Ronald McDonald costume

9. Joan Holloway and Don Draper (Mad Men)

Make a Joan Holloway costume

10. Sally and Jack Skellington (Nightmare Before Christmas)

Make a Sally costume

11. Princess Merida and a Bear (Brave)

Make a Merida costume

12. Ariel and Eric/Ursula (Little Mermaid)

Make an Ariel costume

13. Princess Fiona and Shrek (Shrek)

Make a Princess Fiona costume

14. Jean Grey and Storm/Cyclops/Wolverine (X-Men)

15. Magenta and Columbia (Rocky Horror Picture Show)

Make a Magenta costume

16. Kim Possible and Shego (Kim Possible)

Make a Kim Possible costume

17. Willow and Tara (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

I couldn’t find a “How to dress like Willow,” but here’s a “How to be Like Willow Rosenberg” article. This seems important, too.

18. Phineas and Ferb

How to make Phineas and Ferb costumes

19. Amy Pond and The Doctor/Rory (Doctor Who)

Make an Amy Pond Costume

20. Scully and Mulder (The X Files)

Make Mulder and Scully costumes

21. Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter (Harry Potter)

Make a Ginny Weasley costume

22. Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger (Harry Potter)

Make a Ron Weasley costume

23. Mystique and Destiny (X-Men)

Make a Mystique costume

24. Ygritte and Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)

Make an Ygritte costume

25. Emma Pilsbury and Mr. Schue (Glee)

Make an Emma Pillsbury costume

26. Jessica and Pam/Tara/Bill/Jason (True Blood)

Make a Jessica costume

27. Jane and George Jetson (The Jetsons)

Make a The Jetsons’ costumes

28. Batwoman and Maggie Sawyer/Renee Montoya – The Question

Buy a Batwoman(esque) costume

29. Fry and Leela (Futurama)

Make a Fry costume

30. Kate Andrews and Betty McRae (Bomb Girls)

Make a Kate Andrews’ costume

Big thanks goes out to Intern Chelsey, my co-redhead, for her massive ginger assistance on this massive ginger article