Ah, Halloween. A time to dress up in strange or mild or even outlandish outfits because it is fun. The following is a list of my top 15 picks for being the most recognized or obnoxious character out and about this year.

1) Two-person costume: Dress up like a wave and have another friend dress like an anime character. Viola! You have the March tsunami that hit Tokyo. Alternative for only one person: Dress up like an anime character and soak yourself in water.

2) Obama’s long-form birth certificate: There are two methods for this, depending on what side you think is funnier. Either dress up like a piece of paper that says “Certificate of Live Birth” and then a series of columns and boxes, or add the word “fake” in large letters across the completed costume.

3) Osama bin Laden assassination: Military coat, bushy greying beard, white turban, head wound that makes you almost look like a zombie. Sure to get you a free drink or some high-fives from fellow intoxicants.

4) Republican presidential hopefuls (Group costume): Mix and match however you please, just remember to have your American flag pin on your lapel and to argue with each other while stopping every few minutes to insult Obama. Bonus points if you can recreate Michele Bachmann’s crazy eyes or carry around a Godfather’s Pizza box as Herman Cain.

5) Group or single costume: As everyone knows, Halloween costumes for adults tend to involve being sexy and/or slutty. So ladies, why not add some violence in there and dress up like the cast from “Sucker Punch”? Those costumes guarantee a lot of potentially unwanted ogling and touching while out and about, and an embarrassing walk of shame home when you sober up.

6) Harry Potter: Or you can go as any character, and everyone will cheer. It doesn’t matter if you want to be in Hogwarts attire, or dirty street clothes, just have a wand and yell out spells. For added fun, yell “expelliarmus” and knock your friends’ drinks out of their hands.

7) Occupy Wall Street: Look tired and haggard and sorta bum-like. Carry a sign with some clever phrase about 99 percent or how you are broke. For added realism, dive into a garbage bin for that authentic “I’ve been sleeping on the street for a month” smell.

8) Zombie Steve Jobs: Mock turtle neck, glasses, scruffy salt and pepper beard, stone-washed jeans, tennis shoes, an iPhone or other iSomething and some light zombie makeup. Download some zombie apps or go trick-or-treating in an Apple store for bonus points.

9) Casey Anthony: Walk around with a baby doll with duct tape around its mouth sticking out of a trash bag. Drop it next to you while you get drunk.

10) Anthony Weiner: Simple to do. Wear a suit and offer to text people photos of you in your skivvies that emphasize your penis.

11) Dan Wheldon: You will need a red jumpsuit with a Target logo on it and then you need to light it on fire and add some gory slashes.

12) Immigration reform: Walk around dressed in a police uniform with an Arizona badge, and ask everyone for proof of identification.

13) Charlie Sheen: Dress up like you were going out for a night in Vegas. Run around like you were recreating the events in “The Hangover” and yell out, “Winning!” or claim you are a warlock. Be a wild man. Have a cup that says “tiger blood” for bonus points.

14) Muammar Gaddafi: Gaudy pajamas or similarly colored cloth draped about you; big, dark sunglasses; scruffy goatee and mustache; black checheya — that is the type of hat he tended to wear, it’s similar to a fez —basically just try to look like an emperor.

15) Rebecca Black: Long, dark wig; yellow backpack with a red handkerchief tied to it; purple-ish blue sleeveless top; black pants or skirt; and some small speakers in the backpack hooked to an MP3 player so you can play that “Friday” song as often as annoyingly possible.