--- title: Game of Thrones Olympics Meme Costume Wins Halloween description: One creative soul turned a hilarious Game of Thrones meme into an epic Halloween costume. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 27, 2017 4:59 PM UTC  HBO  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 27, 2017 4:59 PM UTC [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/)has inspired too many [memes](http://time.com/4914696/game-of-thrones-finale-memes/) to count over the years, but one of the most hilarious in recent memory revolves around the [Night King’s](http://time.com/4933669/game-of-thrones-night-king-gods-eye/) unexpected athletic abilities. Following the scene in “Beyond the Wall” — the sixth episode of season seven — when the leader of the White Walkers took down Viserion by launching an ice spear at the dragon with deadly precision, _Thrones_ viewers took to Twitter to poke fun at his extraordinary talent. “If the Night King took part in the Olympics as a javelin thrower,” one user captioned a [picture](https://twitter.com/faizaan210/status/897811340580065281) of the undead commander with dozens of Olympic gold medals around his neck. But now, one inspired soul has taken the joke to the next level by turning the meme into a Halloween costume. [Reddit user 1Voice1Life](https://www.reddit.com/r/gameofthrones/comments/78stna/everything%5Fnight%5Fking%5Folympic%5Fjavelin%5Fchampion/) shared photos of the epic get-up — which features a Night King mask, gold medal, tracksuit and javelin — on Thursday, garnering over 26 thousand upvotes from fans of the idea. > [](https://twitter.com/faizaan210/status/897811340580065281) See the hilarious shots below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5000373/halloween-game-of-thrones-night-king-olympics-costume/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5000373/halloween-game-of-thrones-night-king-olympics-costume/"},"headline":"This Epic Game of Thrones-Olympics Costume Officially Wins Halloween","datePublished":"2017-10-27T16:59:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:19.624Z","description":"The Winter Olympics are coming","url":"https://time.com/5000373/halloween-game-of-thrones-night-king-olympics-costume/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","olympics","game of thrones","Winter Olympics","TV","halloween","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltded548ca47becbe4/6988da637cdbacd1bbd59ab1/hbo-photo-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltded548ca47becbe4/6988da637cdbacd1bbd59ab1/hbo-photo-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-beyond-the-wall-night-king","caption":"","creditText":"HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5000373/halloween-game-of-thrones-night-king-olympics-costume/","name":"This Epic Game of Thrones-Olympics Costume Officially Wins Halloween"}}]}] ```