--- title: The Best Jokes About the Viral All Dog Picture description: Alyssa Milano joked about a dog-themed Charmed reunion canonical: https://time.com/5700772/dog-halloween-picture-jokes/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-15T17:20:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:52.349Z og:title: Finally, a Picture of Dogs in Halloween Costumes That's Making an Impact og:description: We would be 100% down with these reboot ideas. og:url: https://time.com/5700772/dog-halloween-picture-jokes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81fc20a190121794/698a0447929fadbca4bf50fe/dog-halloween-costume.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2121 og:image:height: 1193 og:image:alt: Dog in Halloween Dracula costume og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Finally, a Picture of Dogs in Halloween Costumes That's Making an Impact twitter:description: We would be 100% down with these reboot ideas. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81fc20a190121794/698a0447929fadbca4bf50fe/dog-halloween-costume.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Everyone Has the Most Positively Charming Jokes About This Spirited All-Dog Halloween Picture > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 15, 2019 5:20 PM UTC  Funny west highland white terrier dog in scary Halloween costume and red hat with devil horns sitting outdoor with pumpkins lanterns with fear spooky faces. Halloween night decorations concept. Funny west highland white terrier dog in scary Halloween costume and red hat with devil horns sitting outdoor with pumpkins lanterns with fear spooky faces. Halloween night decorations concept. monstArrr\_—Getty Images/iStockphoto by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Oct 15, 2019 5:20 PM UTC An idea for a new _Charmed_ reboot has gone straight to the dogs and fans couldn’t be more excited. Twitter user @AgathaChocolats posted a photo of three [dogs](https://time.com/5342964/human-bond-dog-thoughts/) dressed like witches and ready for Halloween trick or treating, captioning the photo, “In six words or fewer, write a story about this photo.” Eventually the photo reached [Alyssa Milano](https://time.com/author/alyssa-milano/). The actress, who played Phoebe Halliwell on the long-running TV show where three “charmed” sisters fought the powers of darkness, came up with a genius caption in just three words, “The Charmed Ones.” > [](https://twitter.com/Alyssa%5FMilano/status/1184110917782528004) Fans quickly glommed on to the idea of an all-dog reboot of the series and even started trying to figure out which dog would play each of the three Halliwell sisters. > [](https://twitter.com/MartyMcjeezy/status/1184112131412840448) > [](https://twitter.com/SDelporte/status/1184116983538835456) > [](https://twitter.com/char%5Fcharmed/status/1184112653440081920) > [](https://twitter.com/SpazzyKK/status/1184113656579215360) Sadly, the all-dog reboot is just a pipe dream, unless Hollywood is really looking for its next great idea that already has fans buzzing. The joke idea for the reboot comes after Milano and Holly Marie Combs, who played her on-screen sister Piper, reunited on _Grey’s Anatomy_ during part of ABC’s “Cast from the Past” week that brought fan favorites from the past to current shows. Perhaps next time ABC can have the dogs guest star, as well—or the actual [_Charmed_ reboot](https://time.com/5423363/charmed-reboot-review/), which is currently airing on The CW, can give the fans what they want they want and cast these photogenic pups. Of course, that wasn’t the only joke inspired by the photo of the Halloween-ready pups. There was one about “Marge from Accounting” and her multi-layered idea for a Halloween costume. > [](https://twitter.com/TamelaDAmico/status/1184128458219081728) Another Twitter user decided the pups were channeling the witches from Shakespeare’s _Macbeth:_ > [](https://twitter.com/krazykeithrules/status/1183920316877164545) Harry Potter was suggested. > [](https://twitter.com/GMDinthe513/status/1183921712452247552) Another thought the dogs were inspired by another Halloween classic, _The Witches of Eastwick :_ > [](https://twitter.com/LoraHelou/status/1183922165500010496) Or perhaps that was _Hocus Pocus_? > [](https://twitter.com/Stunod19/status/1183920454358175745) Others guessed that perhaps the spell went haywire, although the results were clearly, ahem, charming : > [](https://twitter.com/helenahandcart/status/1184112980163579904) > [](https://twitter.com/saguchip/status/1183920856130392069) > [](https://twitter.com/waiss%5Fz/status/1183921958704078848) > [](https://twitter.com/EldredBird/status/1183922912366956544) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5700772/dog-halloween-picture-jokes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5700772/dog-halloween-picture-jokes/"},"headline":"Everyone Has the Most Positively Charming Jokes About This Spirited All-Dog Halloween Picture","datePublished":"2019-10-15T17:20:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:52.349Z","description":"We would be 100% down with this reboot idea.","url":"https://time.com/5700772/dog-halloween-picture-jokes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","holidays 2019","Halloween 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81fc20a190121794/698a0447929fadbca4bf50fe/dog-halloween-costume.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81fc20a190121794/698a0447929fadbca4bf50fe/dog-halloween-costume.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Dog in Halloween Dracula costume","caption":"Dog in Halloween Dracula costume","creditText":"monstArrr_—Getty Images/iStockphoto","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/5700772/dog-halloween-picture-jokes/","name":"Everyone Has the Most Positively Charming Jokes About This Spirited All-Dog Halloween Picture"}}]}] ```