The 20 best jack-o’-lanterns from last night’s pumpkin parades

The night after the trick-or-treaters pack it in, Torontonians lug their jack-o’-lanterns down to their local park for a final hurrah before they hit the green bin. Every year, these pumpkin parades—there are now more than 20 across the city—become less cute community event and more pop-up art exhibition, featuring intricately carved pop-culture references (Pokémon, Star Wars characters) and characters that range from mildly frightening (ghosts and demons) to downright terrifying (Donald Trump). Here, we count down our 20 favourite squash masterpieces.

#20. Here’s an iconic image from Mary Poppins:

#19. We love this R2-D2’s scrappiness (there were a few BB-8s rolling around, too):

#18. It’s me, Mario:

#17. This one’s Slimer, from Ghostbusters:

#16. The blood dripping from this vampire’s mouth is a nice touch:

#15. Ordinary idea, extraordinary execution:

#14. No Halloween’s complete without a zombie nun:

#13. The first of our twofers, featuring a haunted house and Gandalf:

#12. Twofer number two, with another haunted house and a raccoon:

#12. This E.T. is straight-up art:

#10. Here’s another impressive combo:

#9. Fittingly, this Trumpkin somehow seems more orange than all the other jack-o’-lanterns:

#8. Here’s the requisite Bowie pumpkin (we think):

#7. Is this another Bowie, Labyrinth style? Or Tina Turner? Or Steven Tyler? You decide:

#6. These aren’t the pumpkins you’re looking for:

#5. This batch gets extra points for originality:

#4. This might be cheating, because there are three of them, but, just, wow:

#3. Well, we know how this artist spent their entire October:

#2. We’re suckers for this one’s shadows and storytelling:

#1. Someone should really tell La Carnita to hire this artist, pronto: