AaaahWOOOOOooooOOOOOoo! It's the Hallowe'en name change competition!

[YetAnotherBeckyBOOMumsnet]

As chains rattle and bats flap,
Wind howls and windows tap,
For Hallowe'en is closing in,
So fill your cauldron up with ,
And those of a spooky disposition,
Come, join our name change competition...

That's right, guys and ghouls, it's the 2017 Hallowe'en Name Change Competition.

Enter by posting on this thread under your new spooktacular name, telling us what your usual user name is- so we can all marvel at your creative genius.

You have until Friday 27th October to post on this thread with your name change, and we'll then create a poll of the ten best ones.

You can then vote for your favourite, which we'll announce on Tuesday 31st October. The winner will receive a bundle of goodies including a much coveted Mumsnet mug

UPDATE! The poll is now open, please vote now!

@OvOntToSuckYourBlood dunno.. cookies and scream?

My usual is SongBirdsKeepSinging. My nn isn't very original

SpaghettiAndMeatballs normally... I feel I have failed a little by not thinking of something to replace 'Meat' with though.

This is a shout out to my exorcist,

my message being:

Thanks for trying but it's not working. Do you do top ups?

Too late to vie for a Mumsnet mug, I know, but keeping track of time is hard when you're possessed by demons.

(default moniker: OutwiththeOutCrowd)

I'm such a Jimmy Nae Pals that I made my DH vote for me. . It's not cheating if he joined years ago! (I made him join to enter all the comps 😂). I feel like I needed to own up to that.

Vote for me if you’ll go to hell #fact

@OvOntToSuckYourBlood you’re taking the lead!!

I guess dd,oh, the hamsters,fish and the cat could get a mumsnet account if you promised to share the bounty.

I see you OvOntToSuckYourBlood
I see you hiding behind a ghostly apparition.
I may be your enemy but I'm lagging behind.
Know that I do not judge you for your canvassing methods.
As the saying goes - all is fair in love, war and Halloween name change competitions.

Rebel, I'm sure it's not cheating as your hamster/fish etc are all HUGE MN fans and it was just a matter of time before they joined up!

Ah no, I'm too late! Was so excited that I'd actually thought of one as well

(Usually muminthecity)

There's always next year, Mummy! You can get your name in super-early!

Bloody hell. I’ve never made the shortlist for anything, ever!

Me neither CountessD! I was v happy and told my dp who didn’t engage with my enthusiasm at all. The bastard.

Mummy I like that name, it’s a shame you missed it.

So do I, Vlad - it's very apt for MN! If I could vote twice, I would vote for you, by the way! I've been admiring your name on various threads.

DanglyEarOrnaments

LinoleumBlownapart

I soooooo could win this if I outed myself to all my friends. The temptation ... for a 🍵 hahahaha

Thank you BetterCall .

I think I know you QOD .

Noooooooooooo @VladsFlappyBat

Usually minidoghugs

I see I'm too late for the competition. Can I just say that when I change my name back I will say I used to be miniwerewolfhugs but I'm all right noawoooow!

^ooh do you watch Stranger Things mini? Your stranger things name would be Demodoghugs if Dustin had anything to do with it!

I'm just watching it now!!

Spooky spooky

I'm not spooky I'm a Zombie Vampire Hedgehog, my Mum says I'm one of a kind I'm getting a new cloak for our Halloween photo. My Dad is a Zombie Hedgehog, my Mum is a Vampire Hedgehog, thus I'm a Zombie Vampire Hedgehog.

I bet you're wondering what's the worst part of being a ZVH, well it's having to brush my fangs with Vampire Sparkling Toothpaste so they really show when I smile. The best part is Mum is insistent that as our life span is thousands of years, every year I have a new cloak.

As I'm only 353 years old, I'm still classed as a youngster. I have 33 children ranging from 3 to 33 years old in age. We usually start having babies at 300 so we get to live our lives, tour the world, get to do everything we want. My husband is also a ZVH, he comes from the greatest clan ever known to man.

If I was human I'd be like Princess Kate, ironically my name is Catherine Countbatten Windsor. One day I'll sit on the throne to rule all the creatures of the night. I bet you're wondering why ZVH, well there was a war, so long ago I can't recall. We were doing our centennial hibernation that lasts a decade, it just so turned out that when we woke, we were the biggest clan around, so dethroning the Monster Mummy Moles was easy, as they're frightened of our spikles. It is reported in the big battle of 666 a Mummified Mole Monarch caught a loose bandage on a passing Zombie Hedgehog, who wasn't even fighting, ironically he took the throne, we've ruled ever since.

It's our 350th year of being in charge. Mighty celebrations are being held, especially November 5th when Ghoulish Guido Fangs tried to blow up parliament. For Christmas we're gifting every family a hamper from Frighten & Mwahahaha's. (Word has it you human folk have a Fortnum & Mason's which is the human branch, selling the best of the best)

Best go brush my teeth as they need to sparkle for this portrait, it's the basis for the creepy Christmas card we send. Everyone's in a splutter as I'm due a baby ZVH in April, they wonder why when we've got an heir and 32 spares, but the buzz of paparazzi outside Bloody Mary's is somewhat electric, I saw a dress and thought it would be ideal for those steps, so we just had to as it brightens up the nation and has the world glued waiting to see our latest creation.

Hotheaded Harold (quite unfortunate name, but he was quite a character in his 200's - guffaw) has a ghoulfriend, I had to get the attention away and back to us. I know this Christmas there may be word of wedlock, seriously our latest arrival, even though it's making me feel ghastly will steal all the eyes for the show.