--- title: Neil Patrick Harris Kids Halloween David Burtka: Here Are There description: Neil Patrick Harris and family appear especially all set for a festive holiday canonical: https://time.com/3551947/neil-patrick-harris-halloween/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-31T22:15:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:16.639Z og:title: See Neil Patrick Harris and Family Dressed Up As Batman Characters og:description: Neil Patrick Harris and family appear especially all set for a festive holiday og:url: https://time.com/3551947/neil-patrick-harris-halloween/ 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: See Neil Patrick Harris and Family Dressed Up As Batman Characters twitter:description: Neil Patrick Harris and family appear especially all set for a festive holiday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # See Neil Patrick Harris and Family Dressed Up As Batman Characters  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 31, 2014 10:15 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Oct 31, 2014 10:15 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/ActuallyNPH/status/528298961304817664) No one loves a costume like a [celebrity](http://time.com/3548768/halloween-celebrity-costumes/), 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"}}]}] ```