--- description: Neil Patrick Harris and family appear especially all set for a festive holiday title: See Neil Patrick Harris and Family Dressed Up As Batman Characters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See Neil Patrick Harris and Family Dressed Up As Batman Characters  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 31, 2014 10:15 PM CUT  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Oct 31, 2014 10:15 PM CUT > [](https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/status/528298961304817664) No one loves a costume like a [celebrity](http://time.com/3548768/halloween-celebrity-costumes/ "undefined"), and Neil Patrick Harris is no exception. Harris and his husband David Burtka dressed as the Batman villains, the Riddler and the Joker, while their son Gideon is dressed as Batman and daughter Harper appears to be Catwoman. But despite all the preparation, Harris still couldn’t satisfy his 4-year-old kids’ eagerness to get out and do some trick-or-treating. > [](https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/status/528253007100919808) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3551947/neil-patrick-harris-halloween/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3551947/neil-patrick-harris-halloween/"},"headline":"See Neil Patrick Harris and Family Dressed Up As Batman Characters","datePublished":"2014-10-31T22:15:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:16.639Z","description":"Time to go trick or treating!","url":"https://time.com/3551947/neil-patrick-harris-halloween/","keywords":["Newsfeed","kids","Neil Patrick Harris","celebrity","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"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/3551947/neil-patrick-harris-halloween/","name":"See Neil Patrick Harris and Family Dressed Up As Batman Characters"}}]}] ```