1. Silk Spectre

"Lily! Lily!" Marshall collapsed into their booth, causing Barney and Lily to look up with interest. "I've got it! Silk Spectre from Watchmen!"

"Huh?"

"The girl superhero that you could be?"

Barney grinned. "Wow… I see your point, dude. Tell me you bought the costume?"

Marshall ignored him. "I was thinking, with the film coming out, we could dress as Silk Spectre and Night Owl for Halloween?

"Lily, you look good in bangs… and the costume is basically… kinky stripper…"

"Barney!"

"Besides, you've got that doughy Dan Dreiburg thing down, dude."

Lily began to laugh.

"I give up." Marshall sighed.

2. Rorschach

"No, no… we could all go as Watchmen characters for Halloween! That way, we force Ted out of his lame Hanging Chad obsession. Marshall, that's a great idea."

Marshall frowned. "Barney…"

"So… let's do this. From lame to cool. Rorschach..?"

"Rorschach isn't lame!"

"Ted, obviously." Lily said, crossing her arms over her chest. "He's one broken heart away from psychosis."

Barney raised his glass to Lily. "Nice…"

Marshall looked horrified. "Lily! That's my best friend you're talking about…"

Barney shot him a look.

"I mean… Dan Dreiburg and Rorschach are, like, best friends." Marshall said, grinning.

Barney shrugged. "Fair enough."

3. The Comedian

"So, come on guys, focus. The Comedian…" Barney sat back in his chair, swilling the ice cubes around the bottom of his empty glass.

"What are his powers?" Lily asked.

He shrugged. "He's a kind of gun-toting, cigar-smoking, hard-drinking-"

"He's basically Robin…?" Lily grinned. "The Comedienne?"

Marshall was scowling.

"What?" Lily asked.

"Well…" Marshall looked away.

"What?" They both demanded.

"The Comedian is also a rapist."

"Dude!"

Marshall shrugged. "I didn't write it!"

They all looked thoughtful.

"There were two Silk Spectres…" Marshall suggested.

Barney smiled slowly. "I got it! Silhouette…!"

Marshall rolled his eyes. "Right."

Barney laughed. "Lesbian! Hot…"

4. Ozymandias

Ted joined them at the booth. "What're you talking about?"

Marshall grinned. "Watchmen costumes - for Halloween next year! You get to be freakin' Rorschach!"

"Dude! Really?"

Barney rolled his eyes. "Lame!"

Marshall sighed. "Who do you think is the coolest character?"

"The hero! The main guy!"

"Dan's the hero." Marshall said incredulously.

Ted shook his head slowly. "He's talking about Adrian Veidt."

Barney raised an eyebrow, put his hands together and bowed. "He's awesome."

Marshall shook his head.

"This is the guy who always roots for the villain..."

"Dude, he wears a gold crown!"

"Only you, Barney… only you."

5. Dr Manhatten

They were all very drunk by the time Robin joined them. "Wow… what did I miss?" She asked, as the others laughed hysterically.

"What Watchmen character would you be?" Ted slurred, trying to stifle a giggle.

Robin grinned. "Let me guess…" she drawled. She frowned and pointed to Lily, "Silk thingy - perv costume."

Marshall gasped. "Correct!"

Robin beamed, her finger drifting to Marshall, "Night Owl", Ted, "Rorschach".

"Wow," Ted's jaw dropped. "That's uncanny."

Robin frowned at Barney. "Blue naked guy?"

Barney looked smug. "Nope." Then he looked thoughtfull. "Although…"

Robin winked at him.

Barney chuckled. "Scherbatsky, I love you."