Adam Busby’s Halloween Scare Totally Backfired — 5 Wild Busby Halloween Moments Ranked

Halloween is exactly one week away, and if there is one reality TV family that treats October 31st like the Super Bowl, it is the Busbys. Giant spiders on the doorstep. A dad in a horror-movie mask. Five girls who once dressed up as an entire superhero universe. We ranked the Busby family’s wildest Halloween moments ever — and fair warning, Dad does not come out of this looking cool.

1. The Superhero Takeover (2019)

The gold standard: in 2019, all eight Busbys — plus the dog — suited up as one crime-fighting universe, with Danielle casting everyone by personality. Adam was Captain America (“captain and boss of the house”), Danielle was Superwoman (“super mom”), and Blayke ruled her super sisters as Captain Marvel. The quints: Ava as Spider-Girl (she climbed everything), Olivia as a girly Flash (she never stopped running), Hazel as Robin the trusty sidekick, Riley as Batgirl (the family’s chief tattler), and Parker as Wonder Woman, the “concerned healer.” Even Beau the pup joined in as Superman. Try topping that, 2026.

2. Dad’s Scare That Backfired Spectacularly

Adam Busby loves scaring his family — Halloween is his Super Bowl. But his 2020 attempt backfired spectacularly. He pulled on the doll head from the horror movie Saw, crept into a dark room… and the quints beat him up. They swarmed him and tried to rip the mask off, until a defeated Adam admitted he should have just been the bunny: “Guess i need a bunny costume instead…”

He did get one win — FaceTiming Danielle on her girls’ trip while wearing the mask, which she admitted “scared the crap” out of her. The bunny saga: years earlier, Uncle Dale’s Easter Bunny costume in Lake Charles made the girls cry their eyes out. Dale swore never again — but Adam brought the bunny back the very next Easter anyway. Some dads never learn.

3. “A Nightmare on Quint Street” — The Halloween Episode

Season 2, Episode 7, “A Nightmare on Quint Street” (2016): before a single piece of candy could be collected, Adam and Danielle had to find costumes, shop for pumpkins, and get the whole house Halloween-ready — with toddlers underfoot. One of the show’s most rewatchable holiday episodes, and proof that the Busby Halloween chaos was televised long before it became an Instagram tradition.

4. The Great Halloween Faith Debate

Not every Busby Halloween is pure fun — one sparked a genuine fandom argument. In 2021, Danielle showed off the family’s front doorstep: giant spiders, webs, skeletons, pumpkins and mums everywhere. Her caption was revealing: “It’s Adam’s favorite thing to do, scare and trick our kids! I used to not like him making them cry while he laughed at scaring them, but now that they are older… I get a kick out of it now.” (One hard line, though: “NO to haunted houses!”) The year before, six of the eight Busbys had gone full spooky — vampire, witch, skeleton, sinister clown — while two rebels went as a princess and a unicorn.

But when Danielle wore a witch’s hat to a moms’ event, one follower worried it was un-Christian. The clapback was swift: “Seriously, wearing a bedazzled witches hat for a Halloween gathering has nothing to do with the Satanic world! Give me a break!!” Team Spooky won that round — but the debate pops up in the comments every October.

5. What Will Halloween 2026 Bring?

The bittersweet part: the quints are 11 now, Blayke is 15, and the era of eight matching costumes may be winding down. Will the girls still trick-or-treat together? Will Adam retire the scary masks — or escalate? With one week to go, fans are watching Danielle’s Instagram for this year’s theme and placing their bets. One thing is certain: with this family, Halloween is never just Halloween.

So tell us — which Busby Halloween moment is YOUR all-time favorite: the superhero takeover, Dad’s scare flop, or the great witch-hat debate? And what are YOU and your family dressing as this year? Drop your costume plans in the comments.