Joke-o-Lantern
by Brian, Colin, and Violet Tivol
Do you like dumb riddles and bad puns? Too bad.
Each block of riddles is based on puns on the same scary creature. Each punchline comes from changing one phoneme in that creature’s name. Put those new phonemes together to sound out a word.
All eight blocks together form the message “Masked combatant like in the movie Nacho Libre,” cluing LUCHADOR.
| Riddle | Answer | Phoneme[?] |
| Clip 1, XENOMORPH | ||
| What kind of alien bullies everyone? | mean–omorph | M |
| What kind of alien takes the form of an ice unicycle? | Zan–omorph | AE |
| What kind of alien is on movie sets? | scene–omorph | S |
| What kind of alien is very sharp? | keen–omorph | K |
| What kind of alien always hangs out at the mall? | teen–omorph | T |
| (masked = M AE1 S K T) | ||
| Clip 2, POLTERGEIST | ||
| What kind of ghost haunts Santa’s naughty list? | coal–tergeist | K |
| What kind of ghost haunts funeral services? | pall–tergeist | AA |
| What kind of ghost haunts dermatologists? | mole–tergeist | M |
| What kind of ghost haunts college football games? | bowl–tergeist | B |
| What kind of ghost haunts their friend? | pal–tergeist | AE |
| What kind of ghost haunts a belfry? | toll–tergeist | T |
| What kind of ghost haunts door handles? | pull–tergeist | AH |
| What kind of ghost haunts grassy hills? | knoll–tergeist | N |
| What kind of ghost haunts the Mass Pike? | toll–tergeist | T |
| (combatant = K AA0 M B AE1 T AH0 N T) | ||
| Clip 3, GRIM REAPER | ||
| What personification of death jumps a lot? | grim leap–er | L |
| What personification of death makes fruit taste better? | grim ripe–r | AY |
| What personification of death is a pack rat? | grim keep–er | K |
| (like = L AY1 K) | ||
| Clip 4, TYRANNOSAURUS REX | ||
| What kind of dinosaur is popular in Casablanca? | tyrannosaurus Rick’s | IH |
| What kind of dinosaur holds its head high? | tyrannosaurus necks | N |
| (in = IH0 N) | ||
| Clip 5, DEMOGORGON | ||
| What Upside–Down creature is never with us? | them–ogorgon | DH |
| What Upside–Down creature is unable to talk? | dumb–ogorgon | AH |
| (the = DH AH0) | ||
| Clip 6, WENDIGO | ||
| What Native American spirit repairs fences? | mend–igo | M |
| What Native American spirit is badly injured? | wound–igo | UW |
| What Native American spirit sells things at a stadium? | vend–igo | V |
| What Native American spirit has slowly given up eating humans? | weaned–igo | IY |
| (movie = M UW1 V IY0) | ||
| Clip 7, BANSHEE | ||
| What moaning spirit divides floats by zero? | NaN–shee | N |
| What moaning spirit was found in West Germany? | Bonn–shee | AA |
| What moaning spirit is a crazy stuntman? | Chan–shee | CH |
| What moaning spirit gets chewed by dogs? | bone–shee | OW |
| (nacho = N AA1 CH OW0) | ||
| Clip 8, MEDUSA | ||
| What kind of monster, with just a look, can turn your eyes closed? | lid–usa | L |
| What kind of monster, with just a look, can turn you into a drunkard? | mead–usa | IY |
| What kind of monster, with just a look, can turn you a profit on eBay? | bid–usa | B |
| What kind of monster, with just a look, can turn you away? | rid–usa | R |
| What kind of monster, with just a look, can turn your bed down? | maid–usa | EY |
| (libre = L IY1 B R EY0) | ||