Trick-or-treating
Trick-or-treating was a tradition practised once a year on Halloween night. Children wore Halloween costumes and went door to door receiving sweets. Trick-or-treating was practised on Earth (PROSE: Forever Autumn [+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"]) and Verticulus. (COMIC: Wholloween [+]Loading...["Wholloween (comic story)"])
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In 2007, Rick Pirelli went trick-or-treating with his friends Scott Beaumont and Thad Steiner. They planned on watching scary movies afterwards, but the trick-or-treating was brought to a premature close when Scott vomitted.
In 2008, Rick, Scott, and Thad planned on going trick-or-treating, but weren't able to due to the Hervoken trying to destroy their hometown. (PROSE: Forever Autumn [+]Loading...["Forever Autumn (novel)"])
On a 30 October in the 2010s, four trick-or-treaters approached Hector and asked him for candy. Also on this day, an elderly man was affected by the Cerebravore emotion field and became terrified of a trick-or-treater dressed like a superhero. (COMIC: Revolutions of Terror [+]Loading...["Revolutions of Terror (comic story)"])
The Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond once encountered two trick-or-treaters on the planet Verticulus. They were disappointed when they got Jammie Dodgers instead of baby brains and they covered the Doctor's TARDIS in toilet paper. (COMIC: Wholloween [+]Loading...["Wholloween (comic story)"])
Dan Lewis had various trick-or-treaters at his door on Halloween in 2021. He happily gave treats to three children, but refused to serve an adult man who was not even dressed up. (TV: The Halloween Apocalypse [+]Loading...["The Halloween Apocalypse (TV story)"])
In Paradise Towers, Martha taught the Kangs the tradition, and every year, the gangs would set aside their differences and knock on residents' doors, asking for food or knowledge with the phrase, "Tricks and treats!" (PROSE: Tricks and Treats [+]Loading...["Tricks and Treats (short story)"])
