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Nightmare Night is upon us once more, and as one of Pine Thunderoak's favorite times of the year, he's ready to celebrate. After all, this spooky holiday has pretty much everything he could ever want, from candy to pranks to jack-o'-lanterns to parties to the best of all, costumes.
While Pine's costume last year was a goofy and lovable cartoon character, this year he decided to try something a bit morbid and go as Buddy from the 2026 horror film of the same name. For those unfamiliar, Buddy is a unicorn who kidnaps children (as well as a few adults), forces them to participate in a cheesy 90s preschool show, and kills anyone who refuses to play along. Despite his source material being fairly recent, the aforementioned unicorn has already gotten a big following with horror fans, who've declared him a slasher icon among the likes of Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger. And given the scary nature of Nightmare Night, as well as Buddy and Pine both being equines, the latter couldn't resist dressing up as the former.
Unfortunately, Pine is a pegasus rather than a unicorn, so he had to make a horn by rolling up a piece of paper and taping it to his head. He also taped a purple heart made out of construction paper to his stomach, put on some shoes that resemble unshorn fetlocks, and wore gauze over one side of his face, similar to what Buddy does when he gets half of his face burnt off. And to make the costume extra authentic, Pine tracked down replicas of Buddy's red scarf and the axe he carries around at certain points in the movie. You better watch out, because that friendly pegasus turned killer unicorn is coming for you and your children!
One last aspect of Pine's costume that he decided to experiment with was his mane and tail color. Both of them are normally an oaky brown, but the pegasus thought it'd might be interesting to dye his mane and tail blonde, just like Buddy. Which color do you like best?
