Wait a Minute, is This a Pug? Check Out Our 30 Favorite Pug Costumes!

April 27, 2022

When you see a businessman, but he's only 2 feet tall, you have to ask yourself: "Wait a minute, is this a Pug?"

When you see a cactus in the desert, but it has a funny face, you have to ask yourself: "Wait a minute, is this a Pug?"

When you see the Easter Bunny, but it looks a little funny, you have to ask yourself: "Wait a minute, is this a Pug?"

Pugs, dear reader, are masters of disguise! Anybody--or anything--could be a Pug. We ask, nay, implore you, to stay aware of the Pugs who are definitely hiding in plain sight all around us. If you see something, say something! Namely, go ahead and exclaim, "Wait a minute, is this a Pug?"

Read on to discover 30 extremely clever Pug disguises!

1. Pug Garfunkel

Pug dressed in striped shirt playing a guitar

"Are you going to Scarborough Fair? I actually don't know what that is, because I'm a pug."

2. Mushroom Pug

"I'm a very rare species, and possibly poisonous!"

3. Regular, Standard Chicken. Wait a minute!!!

Pug wearing hat that looks like a chicken

"Yes, I am a regular, standard, chicken. Why do you ask?"

4. Puguaro Cactus

Pug wearing a costume that looks like a cactus — Scientific name: Pugnegiea gigantea

5. Puggerfly

Pug wearing pastel butterfly wings — "I used to be a puggarpillar!"

6. Little Red Riding Pug and the Big Bad Pug

Two pugs dressed as the big bad wolf and little red riding hood

"Why Grandmother, what a squished nose you have!"

7. Astropug

Pug dressed as an astronaut — "Gravity? Never met her!"

8. Regular, Standard, Holstein Cow. Wait a minute!!!

Pug dressed as a holstein cow — "Yes, I am a Holstein Cow. Why do you ask??"

9. The Devil

Pug dressed as a devil — "Don't be scared... I'm really just a pug."

10. Piñata Pug

"I'm full of dog treats!"

11. The Dreaded Pugrate Black Jowls

"Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!"

12. Frog

"Woof! Ooops, I mean ribbit!"

13. Octopug

Pug dressed as an octopus — "Are you squidding me? This Octopug is totally tenta-cool!"

14. Olympic Diver. Wait a minute!!!

"Yes, hello, I am a human person on the Olympic Diving Team. Why do you ask?"

15. Christmas Trees

"How do you know it's a Christmas tree? Because of its bark!"

16. Pug-o-Lantern

"Trick or dog treat!"

17. Whatever this is

Pug dressed in a furry yellow and blue costume — This pug's disguise is so obscure, it must be in the witness protection program.

18. Santa Paws

"My presence is the only gift you need."

19. A Real Unicorn

Pug wearing a hat that makes it look like a unicorn — Some people say that unicorns aren't real. Here is photo evidence to the contrary!

20. The Easter Puggy

Pug wearing a bunny costume surrounded by Easter eggs

Ok, after a thorough investigation, we figured out that Santa Paws is actually a pug. But this MUST be the real Easter Bunny. Wait a minute!!!

21. A Lawyer

Pug sitting on a fancy office chair wearing a tie

From the firm of Rover, Buddy, and Spot.

22. Pugdolph

Pug wearing reindeer antlers — All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. Sad!!!

23. Lions

"We tried to catch a wildebeest but we are too slow."

24. Pugsley Addams

Pug dressed in black and white striped shirt — They're fuzzy and they're furry
Smashed faces, they look worried
Eat their kibble in a hurry
The Addams Family!

25. Munchkins

Three pugs dressed in colorful striped shirts

"We represent the Lollipop Guild!"

26. Bee

Pug dressed as bumblebee — "My favorite novel is *The Great Gatsbee*, by F. Scott Pugsgerald."

27. Hot Dog

"I'll take one Hot Dog with extra wrinkles, please!"

28. Normal Human Man

Pug wears bowler hat and bow tie — There's nothing to see here folks! Just a regular, average, everyday, unremarkable human man, dressed appropriately for our modern times.

29. Dragon

Pug wearing dragon costume — Why are dragons large, red and and scaley? Because if they were small, brown and fuzzy, they'd be pugs! WAIT A MINUTE.

30. Finally, Just a Normal, Average, Everyday Pug. Wait a Minute!!!

Baby wearing a pug costume — "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% a baby!"

Well, we hope you enjoyed this helpful guide through the Pugs' many disguises. We've laughed, we've cried, we've found Pugs in every nook and cranny.

If you'd like to get the upper hand, er, paw, over these devious costumed Pugs, consider disguising your feet as two Pugs! How, you ask? With our fabulously lifelike Pug Slippers!