Isabelle Baguette, 1 (right), dressed as Petey from “The Little Rascals,” eats a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup while her brother Hugo Baguette, 4 (left), dressed as Pikachu, looks through his full candy bucket during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Isabelle Baguette, 1 (right), dressed as Petey from “The Little Rascals,” eats a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup while her brother Hugo Baguette, 4 (left), dressed as Pikachu, looks through his full candy bucket during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Gallery: Some spooky and not-so-spooky trick-or-treaters

It wasn’t all just ghosts and goblins out in Everett on All Hallow’s Eve

Herald photographer Olivia Vanni found some impressively costumed trick-or-treaters celebrating Halloween in downtown Everett on Thursday.

A family in costume crosses California Street during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A family in costume crosses California Street during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Erica Weis, Tammy Weiberger and Sara Coiley, dressed as the Sanderson sisters from “Hocus Pocus”, walk through Wetmore Plaza during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Erica Weis, Tammy Weiberger and Sara Coiley, dressed as the Sanderson sisters from “Hocus Pocus”, walk through Wetmore Plaza during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Gavin Brown, 8, dressed as Alien, and Kaleb Brown, 11, dressed as Predator, went trick-or-treating in costumes made by their dad during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Gavin Brown, 8, dressed as Alien, and Kaleb Brown, 11, dressed as Predator, went trick-or-treating in costumes made by their dad during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Samuel Pincus, dressed as Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas, gestures to people to come and grab candy during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Samuel Pincus, dressed as Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas, gestures to people to come and grab candy during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A Pikachu walks across California Street during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

A Pikachu walks across California Street during downtown trick-or-treating Thursday in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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