Critical Role Halloween | 2015-2022

[@amerlin388]

I loved the "Get a theater degree, kids. It's not *totally* useless.

[@xombified9]

As someone with a theater degree who used to dominate office Halloween costume contests, I felt this in my soul.

[@Sweet_Geisha_Skull5435]

As someone who has also studied theater. I loved that line so much😂🤣💖💕

[@Babbling_Wizard]

@@xombified9 don't worry someday you'll shine, someday

[@TaRatTinCan]

Damn, I just realized that Sam wearing cheapest, crappiest possible Halloween costume is a bit he consciously doing since the beginning

[@MyCarnageExtreme]

Me too! 😂😂😂😂 I realized when I saw the Fantastic Four costume

[@Aidscapade71]

The delivery of "I'm ketchup" kills me! Every time!

[@vworpin9945]

absolutely on purpose i can't believe i didnt realise it until now, the man is willing to put so much effort into the silliest bits that there's no way he wouldn't go all out on a halloween costume if he thought it would be funnier lol

[@Tazerboy_10]

Hmmm...

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

He really commits to the bit. S. Bits. He's got so many of them.

[@shoylerk9973]

"I'm not dead!" Oh, Laura didn't realize how right she was

[@jacobjantke6886]

Huh?

[@anamariefalk3796]

@@jacobjantke6886 bc she said Delilah isn’t dead which is true bc Delilah can not stay dead but that was only the first time she was killed

[@Logan_Baron]

Laura: "I'm not dead" Matt: "Spoilers".

[@JordanSugarman]

Not dead enough.

[@voyager2065]

Also notable: “you’re the only person alive!” In reference to Liam’s costume….. :’)

[@codeofclaw]

Marisha: “California passed a law where you can’t buy colored contacts over the counter.” Her husband: 👁️👁️

[@jessicajayes8326]

To Amazon!

[@supagirl277]

You can really fudge those "prescriptions" so legit sites can give you the good stuff

[@High-LordHarza]

Matt probably owned them ages before this

[@skylaralley2465]

It’s genuinely extremely dangerous and those contacts completely skip the FDA safety protocols and can lead to bacterial infections and blindness

[@krzysztofkaruzo6899]

@@skylaralley2465 California: worried about people eye safety Also California: LA tap water is toxic and will probably kill you

[@StrifeAiray]

I like that Matt acknowledges that he has a cosplay making problem 😂

[@Simkitty]

They must have a walk-in closet just for their costumes. 😹 =^..^=

[@StrifeAiray]

@@Simkitty He has a huge DnD office. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a walk in closet for their cosplays.

[@danielcook7975]

well he does look like Geralt and Dante so lol and he said that he is a witcher nerd lol which when Marisha says " he made that all himself" having a problem is a total understatement in the Gaming community lol

[@itamarbar9580]

God, matt's gambit eyes are terrifying.

[@TheeSweetboy]

I don’t know how he kept them in

[@knightjack]

Agreed

[@Blue_Lunacy]

He even wore them for the whole episode. 😲

[@the_person_without_a_name]

You don't know how much he scared me when the first frame was just him staring into your eyes

[@Achridian]

Fun scary though

[@SaintBigfoot]

I can’t get over how much like Marisha looks like Crowley from Good Omens in her Taliesin costume

[@danielarosindo]

Omg! Yes, I only noticed after you said it but you are totally right. Well, I'll never look at David Tennant the same way ever again 😅

[@fidellerosa]

David Tennant is a very talented actor. But Taliesin is a very chill demon himself.

[@SentiNel090]

All I'm saying is, you haven't seen Taliesin and Crowley in the same room together...

[@fidellerosa]

@@SentiNel090 nice nice nice!

[@TheDeadlySaint6396]

Honestly when she wore those horns I kind of thought it can kind of pass as a Ozzy Osborne cosplay

[@andrithio]

Love that when Ashley joined the first time on a costume episode, she put so much effort

[@fakename8713]

Henry crabgrass?

[@CookieBat16]

"I'm level 15 in maps" Such a pure character. We must protect him

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

I like how he's not even level 20 in maps

[@CookieBat16]

@@samuelstensgaard4828 he's not reached his full map potential

[@shkark2202]

2015: Sam can't smile (mustache) 2016: Sam can't speak (fake teeth) 2017: Sam... can't be looked at (generally horrifying) 2018: Ketchup! (ketchup) 2019: Sam can't control his hair (bad wig) 2020: Sam can't see (mask) 2021: Sam looks great! (travis) 2022: Sam can't tell you anything about the X-Men

[@hazimesahe]

Sam was Marisha

[@AndrewJW]

​@@hazimesahe Travis was Sam so Sam (Travis) looked great (because it wasn't Sam, it was Travis)

[@elliehansen1345]

2023: lord of the rings

[@amogus5902]

16:05 - 17:08 dear god this clip may be one of the funniest things in all of critical role, from the goofy mask and travis saying giggling and saying "hi matt", pointing to the wrong shoulder for the RIP, saying "tattoo" instead of "accent", then being like "it's really hot in this mask guys" and then whipping out bagpipes

[@Shadowking1104]

Whats costume tho

[@OfficialEdwardNewgate]

was literally tearing up from laughing too much during that moment lmao

[@advkow]

Years later, Amazon made up for almost destroying Matthew's 2016 costume by giving us an animated saga.

[@JoeyThorburn]

16:53 I will never not cry with laughter at the sound Travis produces here

[@supagirl277]

I can't get over how Sam lowered his voice to speak like Marisha haha. 2021 was my most favorite halloween year

[@steelydan1]

27:52 "...and whoever this douche is-" A perfect descriptor for Reed Richards

[@nathanbrehm1085]

Gambit turned into Dr Doom. Lol

[@High-LordHarza]

@@nathanbrehm1085 nah, Reed is a douche in general, especially in older comics.

[@nathanbrehm1085]

@@High-LordHarza I'm sure Sam could bring something to that role that would be worth it. 😂

[@KirbyCraftVids]

I will never get over Marisha absolutely nailing her Taliesin impression

[@MyopicMickey]

Laura and Travis as the Briarwoods~°○•☆~

[@jessicajayes8326]

That is the ultimate couple costume. Funny how Roy Mustang ended up with Lust!

[@thedogmaticdirector]

This video is the thing that finally made me connect that Sam was the voice of Phoenix Wright. The second I heard that "Hold It!", I went "WAIT, WTF!?" 14:42

[@CappyK]

I’ve always felt a little bad for Marisha. She’s the youngest and the others have had some pretty decorated voice careers. She’s absolutely talented but cracking into voice acting as full time job is pretty impossible unless you’re talented AND lucky. When they all had these iconic, well known characters in 2019 and Marisha had Soldier B I couldn’t really think of an iconic character that belonged to her. I hope she gets a lead role in something one day. She deserves it.

[@Arella17]

I'm surprised she didn't do her Persona 4 Character, Margaret. or Laura Arseid from Trails of cold Steel or one of the 7 Fire Emblem characters she voiced.

[@justjoey3801]

But it was a fucking hilarious choice. I love her sense of humor

[@ChampionAnalysis]

Now she has Keyleth in the Vox Machina animated series :D can't get cast in a lead role then might as well make it yourself

[@IceMetalPunk]

I've always got the feeling that she intentionally doesn't focus on voice acting as much as the rest of the cast do.

[@David_Blake91]

@@IceMetalPunk Yup, pretty much this. At this point she is doing CR as her main job, being the Creative Director. Maybe over the years she just found out, that she likes to the behind the sceens stuff more, than being in a VO booth, or on-camera. And lets face it, considering the way things are at CR, she is damn good at this job!

[@Cobalt163]

I loved the X-Men (and Mr. Fantastic) costumes. Matt’s Gambit eyes were so cool.

[@paintsplattered17]

I love the themes they pick! Their own voice roles, X-Men, *eachother*. I think that was my favorite actually. Matt's very subtle natural makeup and the oversized glasses really actually sold him as Laura, and the commitment with the hair coloring from Marisha and Travis (not to mention Travis' t-shirt lmao). They just look like they're having an absolute blast roasting the shit out of each other.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

And Laura as Robbie was perfection. Even more so when you consider that he hadn't been on the show with them for very long. I don't know how well they knew each other outside the show, but Laura absolutely nailed him. Marisha on the other hand, I'm not sure why she did Taliesin as Jeff Goldblum. 🤣

[@nickjinn]

Can’t believe that Ashley has only been in 3 Halloween episodes. We need more of her from now on

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

I love Taliesin's cry of pain when Marisha starts with her impression of him.

[@Tarv1]

love the joke of Where was Matt looking? with the Gambit eyes throughout the episode

[@naomibielaofficial]

The wind in Marisha's hair for Dark Phoenix was a paid actor

[@VegetaLF7]

To this day I'm still convinced that Matt sitting under the A/C vent in Undeadwood to have his hair in a perpetual breeze each episode was intentional.

[@Logan_Baron]

Until Laura, I never realized that a mustache could be a sexy fashion accessory for women.

[@VegetaLF7]

Seriously, between her as The Gentleman and her as Dorian, she honestly nails having facial hair

[@grahamkristensen9301]

She'd make a really good drag king.

[@yew2oob954]

Laura can make anything sexy.

[@adoragrayskull]

I was so attracted to her in both the gentleman and robbie, it's bizarre how good she looks in that

[@amadeus5889]

“I’m my dad.”

[@camilaherrera-ramirez2704]

I really hope that one day, they'll do another "character that we voiced" theme for Halloween.

[@timfortune9]

The one that is needed the most for that is Matt doing Mikisugi from "Kill la Kill".

[@camilaherrera-ramirez2704]

@@timfortune9 personally, I want to see Sam Riegel wear a Teddie suit from Persona 4.

[@kedandunn]

And maybe by then Liam could do nightcrawler

[@goingghost8297]

My god Travis as takashi morinozuka

[@eltevo6669]

I would love for Liam to dress up as Grimoire Weiß.

[@RonPower]

As I said in the chat that night, I never knew we needed a Swedish Colossus until Travis made it apparent.

[@mannelundin4614]

that is not a swedish accent XD

[@RonPower]

@@mannelundin4614 Well it sure ain't Russian lol

[@mannelundin4614]

@@RonPower German mayhaps

[@oldfrend]

@@mannelundin4614 german. he even says 'Ja' at the end. wonder what he was going for since he probably knew colossus was russian.

[@rnopcrer]

@@oldfrend yeah he totally says peter RASPUTIN as the name so idk what he was thinking there lol

[@GwenShep]

I still adore when they dressed up as eachother, they were so perfect

[@TitaniaBird]

It is my personal favorite Halloween theme so far, especially with Taliesin taking the wholesome route at dressing up as Liam and Marisha playing into all the "Taliesin is an ancient immortal" jokes.

[@samuelstensgaard4828]

​@@TitaniaBird Marisha also doing a really good Taliesin impression because they're best friends

[@Aloysius_OHare]

Hands down Matt cosplaying as Victor and the Trash Robot are the best thing to bless us

[@AdamEspersona]

I think in terms of overall best Halloween costumes, I'll do it like this: Matt: Geralt (2015). He made all that himself, and put a lot of love into it... even if it was so very hard to move in. Either that or Artagan (2020). Travis: Two-Face (2019). He really used that theater degree to its utmost. Marisha: A tie between Ripley (2016), Celia (2020), and Dark Phoenix (2022). Liam: Astrid Becke (2020), easily. He pulled off that look flawlessly. Sam: Well... what can I say? Either his costumes are purposefully bad (Pac-Man, Ketchup) or just LOL funny (Burt Reynolds, Mr. Fantastic). Overall, I think his best might be Hotis (2016). He suffered for his art, especially when he reused it in C2. And chances are when he eventually gets to that same point in C3, we'll see it again. Laura: Either Delilah (2016) or The Gentleman (2020). Ashley: She's only really had three Halloween episodes, but easily her best is Henry Crabgrass (2020). Taliesin: He just looks good in EVERY costume. But perhaps his best one IMO is his most recent one, Mr. Sinister (2022).

[@TheeSweetboy]

I think I’ve got to throw in Matt’s Gambit 2022 as well! Him being able to keep those contacts in is a true feat of will

[@AdamEspersona]

@@TheeSweetboy fair point. That was good too.

[@andrewadams2925]

I think Kiri is Sam's best.

[@romxxii]

I vote for Marisha's Taliesin. She got him extremely accurately.

[@AdamEspersona]

@@romxxii Also a strong one.

[@sketchtheparadigmyork1217]

11:34 I just know Laura was miserable the rest of the night. After the initial reveal the excitement fades and how she’s just uncomfortable and probably hot all night hahaha

[@joshkaid]

The 2019 one is Marisha just accepting the fact she hasn't played any iconic characters, which I 100% appreciate.

[@cashclam1126]

I was like “I’m sure I’ve heard her somewhere before” but yeah, she was just ensemble voices. But to be fair, those did pay the rent.

[@TheDeadlySaint6396]

She has voiced characters for Fire Emblem not sure if she did that before this episode though

[@ariannegorringe9143]

to be fair she’s like way younger then everyone else like laim tal and sam are like 12/13 years older than her and she was pretty young and didn’t really have an astablished career like the others before cr started and then she was the creative director of geek and sundry and then cr

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

@@cashclam1126 She was Margaret in Persona 3, and she has had a couple other named roles, but nothing really big.

[@fionn_mac_ribs]

She was Margaret in Persona 4.

[@AndrewJW]

I'll never get over Matt's Witcher costume.

[@cathylatte741]

I've never cried from laughing as much as I did when I first saw Travis-Orly playing those 'bagpipes'

[@Awes0m3n3s5]

Cowabunga! Also Laura dying next to him is fantastic

[@Skaðisdóttir]

Matt having made his Geralt costume was the most badass thing ever! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Rannulfus]

If Travis's next character isn't Zemnian just so he can spend the whole campaign doing a German accent, I'm gonna be thoroughly upset.

[@shiningfennec2360]

4:53 I can't get enough of Travis laughing with visible sharp fangs 😳

[@Vipre-]

7:09 Laura with fangs makes the world feel "right" somehow.

[@Lunabellamoon]

I just realized for Marsha’s dark phoenix bit she has some sort of fan blowing to make her move.

[@shaneflores5657]

The "don't fųcking smile, don't fųcking smile" from Travis to Ashley is so freaking hilarious. Grog and Pike really are the best buddies.

[@TexYMatt98]

Matt is just too good, he always goes hard with his costumes.

[@gren8te319]

26:22 the dm respondig to mr. fantastic's long arms by throwing a card at him is awesome!

[@Antonicane]

I like how they went from 'dress as whatever you like', to 'Vox Machina NPCs', to 'video game characters, but vampires 'cuz we're playing Vampire', back to 'whatever you can slap together on no notice', to 'characters you've VA'd', to 'Mighty Nein NPCs', to 'each other', to 'IDK, X-Men characters'.

[@TLhikan]

I like how hard of a time Sam has figuring out characters from games he himself has played characters for.

[@h.s.6269]

I love how into it Matt is. I wish the others would have similar enthusiasm, but to each their own. Some of the costumes looked so good though!

[@gifdar]

I was listening to the first campaign on Spotify, and the Halloween episode was the first I actually watched so seeing Geralt staring me in the face on opening was pretty jarring

[@MadamFoogie]

Even though all these costumes are so cool, Sam's lazy Phoenix Wright outfit is still my favorite. He looks utterly insane. Ace Attorney on a really, really bad day. And yes, Matt's Gambit eyes were amazing. Can't believe he wore those contacts all night. Really added to the creepiness factor.

[@cognitionignition]

And it was unexpected perfection when Matt had those contacts in when he brought Paté de Rolo to life. Impossible to imagine that little bird skull without those eyes gleaming out, now.

[@ConeJellos]

9:58 the USB connecting sound is the video. You are not going crazy.

[@RuviGaPo]

Matt's cosplays are so cool !!!

[@thetiktokpenguin4343]

Liam, nooooo!! Best blue boy could’ve returned from Wolverine and the X-Men!

[@SapphicTypographic]

Nothing, and I mean nothing, kills me like Travis' Orly intro. It was nothing short of masterful.

[@--s-0-]

can we talk about how smart the Lisa Frank Castle idea was??!!

[@micayoung5578]

i started cr with c3, so the dressing up as each other one was my second episode ever 😆 i honestly don't know how i kept them all straight

[@silviasabo962]

13:19 That voice change was so cool!

[@DrVagax]

Liam in 2016 gives me some serious Milo Thatch from Atlantis vibes. Look up the opening scene (in the museum) of that movie and you know what I mean

[@TheMarkoSeke]

Laura 2021: Robbie Daymond Laura 2020: Blue Robbie Daymond

[@vinnymakrulz420]

They will never lose their passion for cosplay... well maybe Travis will.

[@danilopapais1464]

Props to all of them, but Laura is my favorite Rogue so far.

[@מעייןחברון-ט9י]

I love that every campaign sam dress the same as he did in the Halloween episode of the same number. So he just keeps adding episodes with costumes every year so eventually he would need to dress up for every episode.

[@mattperiolat]

God, Mercer’s EYES this year! That’s frightening. Props to Marisha pulling off a great Phoenix too! Laura as Delilah though… I look at that outfit and all I’m thinking is “And lo, later that night, Ronin was conceived.”

[@jonathanw.4041]

Soldier B, best in class

[@Lurklen]

Those contacts Matt was rocking were awesome.

[@RegalMermaid]

Can’t believe 2020 was Ashley’s first time ❤❤

[@Nexusofgeek]

of course it was, she was not around a lot in many of the previous years, at least not consistently

[@shangc2781]

She made the most of it with her costume choice

[@SHADOWASH7]

Seeing Matt dressed up as Gambit made me go absolute fan girl crazy.

[@feitocomfruta]

“Liam doesn’t know how to use swords” Honey, you’ve got a big storm comin’

[@theblackrosedaughter]

3:30 Man I feel this on a spiritual level

[@HiQueenJenn]

Thank you for this. I was following CR up until the end of C2 , always loved the halloween episodes.

[@mrod1075]

I refuse to believe that Laura and Travis as the Briarwoods didn't inspire the Legend of Vox Machina show.

[@whitestoneandy797]

Laura as Rogue...wow

[@StealthNull]

The irony of Matt thanking Amazon at 3:30 is great now

[@moore2life_2012]

I've been DYING for an update THANK YOU!!!

[@jamesragsdale]

5:51 it’s giving Sharon and Ozzy and I love it

[@charliebaker1427]

Holy shit how did i not know vax was gaara and geez travis was two face in the early 90s

[@xanderlaskey2753]

Bro same also learned that Travis has played Thor multiple times and he was Roy Mustang

[@Henrikstinker]

Travis' Two Face is a bit misleading. He's dressed up as him from the animated series, but he played Two Face in the Batman Telltale games. He was still a kid when the animated series aired

[@wind_reader]

I love how Laura's Robbie costume is big hat + mewing and OMG Ashley as Emma Frost looks so gorgeous

[@TheRealChemlock]

Matt opening for 2016 is the single greatest thing i've ever seen him do.

[@kathosprime986]

Travis as Orly always gives a deep down belly chuckle right at the start... *muffled chuckling during Matt's intro

[@stumbling_]

I love how Travis was Colossus cosplaying as Wolverine

[@tomawen5916]

JUST. LOVE. THIS. UPDATE!! the CR cast keep getting better and better with their costumes. LOVE Ashley Johnson's Emma Frost costume for 2022. She is (frostily) HOT! SAME for Marisha (Jean Grey as Dark Phoenix) and Laura (Rogue)!

[@nbeutler1134]

10:12 lmao travis using the pacman gloves from sams costume the year prior

[@alexandrelaforest5838]

Laura absolutely roasting the living shit out of Robbie with her imitation still makes goes SNEEZE LAUGHING

[@jphugin]

I would love to have Matthew Mercer as a teacher. He is so damn talented, is a nice dude and probably is chill to hang out with

[@juliataylor707]

I can hardly wait to see who they are this year!

[@jarbuthn]

This is wonderful. Thanks for posting this!!

[@Blue_Lunacy]

I think Matt blink more often than usual with his Gambit cosplay. I guess it's because of the contact lenses. I am surprise he kept them on for the whole episode. It does added the benefit of Matt being able to scare Travis more than usual :D.

[@lauramullan8830]

True, Matt's Gamit eyes are scary but floating glowing orange lights when Sam was briefly The Invisible Man was hilarious to me

[@Etherealsighting]

Matt Mercer: Thanks Amazon for delaying my orders making me put together my costume last minute form shit I found at Home Depot, so uh, thanks Amazon. This aged interestingly lol

[@Alepoudiitsa]

i can't wait to see what the will be this year.

[@clivevii2231]

2021 the cast had so much fun

[@blupengu]

i love ace attorney so much... i was very happy seeing sam come out in his phoenix wright costume 😂

[@mfbandit7930]

lauras impression of robbie was so goddamn hilarious. I watched it like 20 times

[@kariissmol9172]

2022 Tal: I took grandpa Draculas robe, hopefully he doesn't see this

[@Randomnerd2002]

Please Tal is way older than that whippersnapper

[@AgtPaper665]

I love it when people I love also love the people I love. Knowing that Laura, Taliesin, and I are into the same obscure comic-bookery; while Matt, Marisha, and I are hardcore Sloths really makes me smile.

[@V3x0r]

Wow Matt's cosplay looks incredible.

[@620n1]

Sam is the epitome of not understanding the assignment and I am here for it!

[@Nexusofgeek]

he understood it, he just wants to seem clueless, it's an act

[@thebluest_blue1145]

oh he understood the assignment alright, actually following the assignment tho....

[@Nordrig]

Matt was also in Injustice 2 as Deadshot and he had a scene with Flash, nice!

[@TheCrazeace]

Jesus I cannot believe we're only like 30+ episodes in since the start of Campaign 3 . I really felt like it was only a couple of months ago since Halloween 2021.

[@heromedley]

matt’s dante is pretty fucking epic

[@willmcgonigle3107]

I was scrubbing tgrough episodes to see when pike came back abd seeing geralt out of nowhere jumpscared me

[@ShadowyFox_86]

I love the propeller beanie taking off. 🤣