--- title: Baby as TV Show Characters True Detective Game of Thrones description: Photo project features a baby dressed up as characters from hit TV shows. canonical: https://time.com/21315/the-only-thing-better-than-great-tv-shows-is-dressing-a-baby-up-like-all-the-main-characters/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-12T14:42:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:46.997Z og:title: 5 of the Cutest Photos of a Baby Dressed Up Like TV Show Characters og:description: From True Detective to Game of Thrones og:url: https://time.com/21315/the-only-thing-better-than-great-tv-shows-is-dressing-a-baby-up-like-all-the-main-characters/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 5 of the Cutest Photos of a Baby Dressed Up Like TV Show Characters twitter:description: From True Detective to Game of Thrones twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Only Thing Better Than Great TV Shows is Dressing a Baby Up Like All of the Main Characters  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 12, 2014 2:42 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Mar 12, 2014 2:42 PM UTC Photographer Karen Abad recently posted [adorable photos](http://karenabad.tumblr.com) on Tumblr of Olivia (“Olive”), her best friend’s baby daughter, dressed up like the main characters of hit TV shows. And suddenly, the baby versions of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), the conniving Vice President in _House of Cards_, and Walter White (Bryan Cranston), the meth maker in _Breaking Bad,_ do not seem malicious after all.  Walter White from Breaking Bad Karen Abad  Michonne from The Walking Dead Karen Abad  Rust Cohle from True Detective Karen Abad  Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones Karen Abad  Hannah Horvath from Girls Karen Abad ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/21315/the-only-thing-better-than-great-tv-shows-is-dressing-a-baby-up-like-all-the-main-characters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/21315/the-only-thing-better-than-great-tv-shows-is-dressing-a-baby-up-like-all-the-main-characters/"},"headline":"The Only Thing Better Than Great TV Shows is Dressing a Baby Up Like All of the Main Characters","datePublished":"2014-03-12T14:42:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:46.997Z","description":"Adds a lighter twist to some of the darkest shows on TV","url":"https://time.com/21315/the-only-thing-better-than-great-tv-shows-is-dressing-a-baby-up-like-all-the-main-characters/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Family"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/21315/the-only-thing-better-than-great-tv-shows-is-dressing-a-baby-up-like-all-the-main-characters/","name":"The Only Thing Better Than Great TV Shows is Dressing a Baby Up Like All of the Main Characters"}}]}] ```