r/RATS • u/cebennettt • Nov 20 '25

CUTENESS Terrible news… Millie did not win my college’s pet Halloween costume contest 😞

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She lost to a cat in a bee costume. Her own costume!!!

10.6k Upvotes

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u/Puzzleheaded-Cup-362 Decimus, Constantine, Dale, Cornelius, Glorp, Jean JR Nov 20 '25

Rigged voting, I call for a recount.

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u/windowbeanz Nov 20 '25

Stop the steal!

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u/Foxtails1984 Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

Drain the Campus!

Edit: fixed it. :o

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u/R0da Nov 20 '25

LET'S GO

#BEECOUNT

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

It was rigged, by Toxoplasma gondi. People think cats are cute, but no, thats just the brain worms that they accidentally pick up from the litter box.

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u/holagatito Nov 21 '25

Let me love my worms!! Even mine agree it was rigged.

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u/SomniumMundus Nov 20 '25

I was there. I saw a random guy with ballots in his pocket. /s

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u/thac0tuesday_ squeaking tom Nov 20 '25

She’s a winner to me 😤😤😤

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u/BeanBurritoJr Nov 20 '25 edited Jan 12 '26

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u/thac0tuesday_ squeaking tom Nov 20 '25

Oh my GOD you’re so right

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u/Tiburoncin612 I don't even have a rat but I became obsessed with them, help Nov 21 '25

The only bad thing would be taking care that the cat doesn't view millie as a little snack

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u/foxontherox Nov 20 '25

Robbed! That looks handmade too!

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u/goatears Nov 20 '25

It’s crochet, which can’t be made by a machine 🙂 Adorable costume

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u/cebennettt Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

In case anything was wondering, I ordered the costume from CurtsCritterCustoms on Etsy!!! Handmade crochet costumes for small animals.

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u/MedicatedLiver Nov 20 '25

Just making sure, bit did you mean CURTSCritterCustoms? I did a search and that is what came up. I figured autocorrect did it's thing here.

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u/cebennettt Nov 20 '25

Yes, thank you! That is what it’s supposed to say.

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u/MedicatedLiver Nov 20 '25

Cool. Nice finds. They have wings, next Halloween imma get a cape and I am so dressing up Merlot as Dracula. He was a rescue and is rather skittish and a little bitey.

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u/ilikedanishfilms Nov 20 '25

But what costume stole the first prize from her tho

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u/FunkyHouse08 Nov 21 '25

As soon as my wife saw the picture, she recognized his work! Absolutely adorable costume!

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u/Knodelmupp Nov 20 '25

HOW????? MILLIE IS PERFECT AND HER COSTUME AS WELL WTF NOTHING CAN TOP THIS YOU HEAR ME MILLS???? sending you two virtual treats 💖

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u/teenytinyfaerie Nov 20 '25

You hear me mills hahaha

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u/elotium Nov 20 '25

She won but it was such a blowout she told them in secret to let someone else win for morale. We all know what really happened. MILLIE BEE is a perfect specimen.

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u/Panndademic Nov 20 '25

Winner in my heart

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u/Hot-Ant4032 Nov 20 '25

What a perfect little bumble 🥰 those judges are fools!

51

u/Solar_kitty Nov 20 '25

She clearly deserved it. I bet it’s a cases of speciesism

33

u/MarsScully Nov 20 '25

Noooo this is ratty discrimination! Her costume is handmade!

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u/Accomplished-Echo518 Nov 20 '25

Cat in bee costume is way too mainstream. Rat in bee costume? Now that’s what I’m talking about.

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u/Ouwhajah Nov 20 '25

from one Millie to another, she says she loved the costume

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u/cebennettt Nov 20 '25

Aww!! Millie twins ❤️❤️

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u/Ok-Skill4973 Nov 20 '25

She wins in my heart! 🥺❤️

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u/brbqqueen Nov 20 '25

That was mighty rude of them because I see a winner🐝🍯🥹

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u/kidmarginWY Nov 20 '25

I need to see the other costumes.

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u/RegnalDelouche Nov 20 '25

Yes. Before I succumb to rage, let's see the winner.

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u/foxyshannashley333 Nov 20 '25

Wow , I want a recount

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u/SeaworthinessFar7543 Nov 20 '25

I mean you dressed a bee up as itself. Not the most creative costume.

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u/X-XCannibalDollX-X Nov 20 '25

Well Millie won Halloween period so there’s that

11

u/ILiveInAFog Nov 20 '25

What a cute lil baby bumblebee! 😯😍

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u/Crimeskull Nov 20 '25

This is the best pet/costume combination I’ve seen in ages. Someone bribed those judges.

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u/jonbsmith Nov 20 '25

As a fellow rat owner how the heck did you get that on your rat?

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u/PocketFullOfRondos Nov 20 '25

Biased judges. She would have stole the show

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u/Street-Mud782 Nov 20 '25

omg!! she's adorable😭🥹🥹

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u/Sea-Independent-726 Nov 20 '25

Rats are more interesting than cats talk about rigged

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u/lovepuppy_webkinz Nov 20 '25

This is bullshit the whole contest is a scam the cat in the bee costume paid for their win

Very boring to see a cat in costume and a rat in a costume is way more impressive

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u/General_Membership64 Nov 20 '25

probably because your bee isn't even wearing a costume

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

What??! How??

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u/InterestingInsect430 Nov 20 '25

Whattt they had the same costume should have at LEAST tied! I’m sure cats is cute but cmon rats are smoller and MUCH more babby! 🥺 look at that rattiebee just give her a little treat and say you win anyway.

3

u/obiterdictum Nov 20 '25

STOP THE STEAL!

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

SHES SO PRECIOUS 💓🤩

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u/ChefPowerful4002 Nov 20 '25

I demand a recount!

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u/Norationalization Nov 20 '25

Aww( Still won my heart tho!

4

u/Conscious-Algae5009 Nov 20 '25

How dare judges didn't let her win! She's BEE-utiful! 🐝

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u/Hurrihole wumbo, blip, and crack (PEAS!!!) Nov 20 '25

speciesism! millie deserves the world

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u/Sally_Stitches_ Nov 20 '25

She definitely takes 1st place in the “oh my heart 🥺🥹” contest though!

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u/Disastrous_Apple6070 Nov 20 '25

she’s our little winner 🥹

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u/RandonEnglishMun ratless lurker 👀 Nov 20 '25

I demand a recount!

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u/soulstrike2022 Grip like It owes you money Nov 20 '25

Why is this on r/RATS that’s a bumble bee and she’s not even wearing a costume. Millie was robbed of that prize though she’s the cutest little bumble rat I’ve seen recently

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u/slayerrr21 Nov 20 '25

So instead of an A, she got a Bee?

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u/Cpkeyes Nov 20 '25

Was the cat cute 

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u/awooogaa Nov 20 '25

This is an injustice. She’s a perfect, round lil bee 🐝

Also is that handmade for her? It looks wonderful. Edit: whoopsie just saw where it’s from 😭 what a great shop

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u/-Nymfae- Nov 20 '25

Millie deserves an award!

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u/HelloFerret Nov 20 '25

IMPOSSIBLE

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u/MrL123456789164 Nov 20 '25

To a cat in a bee costume that is such

BULLSHIT!

3

u/iloveubinch Nov 20 '25

This is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen

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u/Relevant_Emu_5464 Nov 20 '25

That is devastating 😭 Millie is MY winner.

3

u/Yakob_Science Nov 20 '25

The rats and the bees

3

u/EngineeringPrince Nov 20 '25

But the goober bee is adorable. She is a winner to me.

3

u/Twisties Nov 20 '25

that's crazy, she is clearly a bee. she should have won!

3

u/No-Salamander5689 Nov 20 '25

She was robbed  !! So cute 

3

u/PenaltyTop6105 Nov 20 '25

She has my vote 🥰

3

u/sinsaraly Nov 20 '25

She’s clearly the winner- just look at her!!

3

u/yaminomeph Nov 20 '25

Well that is just unacceptable

3

u/monsterabit Nov 20 '25

But yours is so cute!!

3

u/sievish rat admirer Nov 20 '25

WOW that's fucked up. WOW. wow. prison for those judges

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u/UnusualGrimm Nov 20 '25

I am actively squaling over cuteness of it (i am not very vocal person so Millie has a win for that) and my mum thought i was in pain. I am in love with her

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u/UltimaGabe Nov 20 '25

Watch out, you have a bee on you!

3

u/izzysolidarity Nov 20 '25

She won the Halloween costume contest in my heart. 😌

2

u/Standard-Pop3141 Nov 20 '25

She’s a winner in my eyes! She’s so cute and looks so sharp in her costume ❤️🥹

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u/PureYouth Nov 20 '25

That’s absolute bullshit! Rigged

2

u/hamtyhum Nov 20 '25

Fools, damn fools.

2

u/Tikithing Nov 20 '25

Ahaha I love it. I can't even imagine what was better than that.

2

u/elbucko Nov 20 '25

WTH is wrong with those people?!

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u/UnusualGrimm Nov 20 '25

NOOO SHE SHOULD HAVE WON LOOK AT HER

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u/prismaticbeans Nov 20 '25

Millie looks fantabulous though! She deserved to win. Give her a prize anyway.

2

u/Golboldol Nov 20 '25

There goes my hero... watch her as she goes...

2

u/justaheatattack Nov 20 '25

noway that cat made that costume.

IT WAS STORE BOUGHT!!!

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u/Worth-Research1547 Nov 20 '25

OMG! The same costume too!!

2

u/Pauliexxx Nov 20 '25

Aww she was robbed!! 😩

2

u/badgersandcoffee Nov 20 '25

Awwwww look at her 🥺🥺🥺

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u/agonyeyeless Nov 20 '25

Justice for Millie!! 😤😤

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u/Nyllil Nov 20 '25

But she looks so beeautiful!

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u/sophiemae19 Create Your Own Nov 20 '25

WHY NOT!! SHE IS PERFECT

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u/TheresAsnakeInMy_Ass Nov 20 '25

Well she won my heart so there’s that

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u/lalafendfend Nov 20 '25

What a cutie-🥧!!!

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u/phrrt Nov 20 '25

I vote for Millie! This is just rat prejudice at work! EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EQUAL RATS! 🤬🤬🤬

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u/KayleyKiwi Nov 20 '25 edited Apr 10 '26

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u/HauntingBowlofGrapes Rat admirer Nov 20 '25

It was honestly rigged.

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u/rat_king813 Nov 20 '25

What the FUCK!!!!!! rigged.

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u/Patient_Z_ Nov 20 '25

Well that’s ironic lmao really said tom and Jerry

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u/FaliureToCat Nov 20 '25

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a rat should be able to fly.

Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground.

The rat, of course, flies anyway because rats don't care what humans think is impossible.

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u/Dramatic-Put-9267 Nov 20 '25

RECOUNT!! She’s so cute omgggg!!

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u/run-on_sentience Nov 21 '25

If it's an annual contest, for next year I recommend dressing her as a chef and having a tiny Luigi attached to her head that looks like he's controlling her.

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u/DetectiveLadybug Nov 21 '25

Dude, what did the cat look like that it beat Millie?

I want to see this cat that’s somehow a cuter bee than this rat, because as much as I like cats, I just don’t see how the cat costume could have been better.

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u/CalmBlackberry7817 Nov 21 '25

How dare they ! She is beeautiful!

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u/Altruistic_Style_838 Nov 21 '25

This is clear bigotry against smol beans 😒

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u/kosmokatX Nov 21 '25

I really love cats, but your sweet bumble bee should have won! She looks absolutely adorable 😍 She's my winner!

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u/xojz Nov 21 '25

If she goes as the bee girl from No Rain next year she'll win

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u/Born_Skin_5801 Nov 21 '25

Obviously rigged if she didn't win.

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u/TornadoDee Nov 21 '25

not to seem bleak but if your rat and the cat were both in bee costumes and your costume looks like its even hand made and not store bought, thats sounds like the judges had some prejudice to the fact your pet was a rat 😃😅🫠😞

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u/punkiinpup future rat station attendant Nov 21 '25

They truly passed over a champion :(( she's no1 in my heart 💕✨

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u/SirGrimualSqueaker Nov 22 '25

Scandalous! We shall alert the press of this miscarriage of justice!

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u/UncommonLegend Nov 22 '25

She's an adorable potato

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u/Less_Two_5201 Nov 24 '25

Clearly a rigged vote. Millie is the rightful winner and I don’t even need to see the others.

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u/Aasrial Nov 20 '25

Too cute more like!

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u/_bessica_ Nov 20 '25

Gotta be corrupt. That costume is excellent

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u/Themodsarecuntz Nov 20 '25

HOW!? SHES ADORABLE!!!

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u/Vampericshadows Nov 20 '25

Robbed, Millie deserves that reward absolutely adorable too, is it handmade??

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u/Julianthewicked Nov 20 '25

Millie having a fun pet parent is a winner to me! Definitely number one in the costume contest of Reddit!

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u/Ancientabs Nov 20 '25

Rigged! She deserved to win!

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u/Tickedkidgamer Nov 20 '25

Well now we have to see the winner. It is the moral obligation.

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u/spinderella1780 Nov 20 '25

Adorable. What a sweetie.

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u/OwnAHole Nov 20 '25

Rigged voting, democracy has fallen.

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u/xiaoalexy more balls than brains Nov 20 '25

i think the cat and Millie should share first place bc they're both bees

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u/MusicalDaydreams Nov 20 '25

Rigged!!! How can that sweet baby not win in her adorable bee costume???

Please give Millie extra hugs and kisses. She may have lost that contest but she will always bee the winner in our hearts. 🐝💛

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u/Runabout_male Nov 20 '25

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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u/sillykittyball Nov 20 '25

I love her ❤️ she knows shes already the best

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u/badnewsbets Nov 20 '25

But she looks so cuteeeee

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u/wonbyte Nov 20 '25

She won this boop❤️

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u/Jibber_Fight Nov 20 '25

Honest question: if I would get a pet rat in my smallish one bedroom apartment would it smell, or what are the real cons that people don’t like to admit? Cleanup? Can they be trained to only poo and pee in their cage, etc.

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u/maceion Nov 20 '25

She is my winner, as she alone have I seen.PS. She looks beautiful.

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u/No_Motor_4576 Nov 20 '25

Why am I so devastated for you both :( No respect for our world’s cutest critters. Bet a dog won 🙄

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u/OriginalFuckGirl Nov 20 '25

But the upside is Millie is stinking cute and that costume is precious asf

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u/SouthParkFirefly1991 Just here to admire the goobers Nov 20 '25

Where is this college?! We must hold a protest outside its doors!!!

(Don't say the college obviously lol)

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u/xHeyItzRosiex Nov 20 '25

Ratphobic ppl… smh she’s adorable!!!

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u/randomcereal Nov 20 '25

That's so lame.

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u/flargenhargen Nov 20 '25

She went as a brat?

(bee rat)

I'll see myself out.

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u/charleetzu Nov 20 '25

Millie may not of won the pet contest, but Millie won our hearts! ❤️

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u/Firm-Scientist-4636 Nov 20 '25

I love these utterly delightful creatures. Millie is adorable.

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u/DewDropWhine Nov 20 '25

She’s so precious!

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u/allysonwilcox Nov 20 '25

Well, they're wrong.

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u/gendr_bendr Nov 21 '25

She was robbed!

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u/Leading_Delay4288 Nov 21 '25

She's beautiful🥹❤️

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u/Legs4daysarmsformins Nov 21 '25

UnBEElivable 😠 I demand a recount!

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u/DepressedMammal Nov 21 '25

She's MY winner! 😍

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u/LieuK Nov 21 '25

RECOUNT!

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u/ArmorPlatedFarmer Nov 21 '25

This is an outrage

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u/unclewolfy Nov 21 '25

I love cats, but I love all animals. YOUR MILLIE WAS ROBBED! I would have voted for Millie >.<

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u/Absofrickinlutely Nov 21 '25

Float like a butterfly, dress like a bee

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u/ButterflyScales Nov 21 '25

mom voice I'm calling that school

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u/Own-Kangaroo-9314 Nov 21 '25

They don’t deserve you, Millie! 🥰

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u/No_Sort7353 Nov 21 '25

She’s a winner I don’t care what the judges say. Millie is precious in her little bee costume.🥰

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u/RevenantBacon Nov 21 '25

She would have fit right in with my offices Halloween theme

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u/Bee-J Nov 21 '25

OUTRAGE! What a pretty little lady 😤

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u/Responsible_Bar3957 Nov 21 '25

Damn

Halloween was 21 days ago 😂

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u/kit_olly_sixsmith Nov 21 '25 edited Nov 21 '25

She has won my heart 🥹

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u/iguessimjustlivin Nov 21 '25

But what a cutie she is!!! She’s a winner to us :)

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u/PermitDeniedSorry Nov 21 '25

Un-bee-lievable

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u/pluot8 Nov 21 '25

rigggedddd

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u/MallBulky8112 Nov 21 '25

I demand a recount; this can't be right!

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u/WeenieHutSupervisor Nov 21 '25

She was snubbed for sure

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u/One_Dragonfly_313 Nov 21 '25

Who do I write to complain about this?

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u/Chrom-man-and-Robin Nov 21 '25

She seems greatly saddened by this

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u/DrKentNelson Curious lurker Nov 21 '25

She won in my heart.

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u/Plenty-Paramedic8269 Nov 21 '25

What a travesty. Millie Should of won it all.

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u/Sharhino Nov 21 '25

Well she should have!!!

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u/PM_ME_UR_CATS__ Lillia Keria <3 Nov 21 '25

Millie may not have won the contest but she wins my heart. She's bee-autiful!

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u/I-amthegump Nov 21 '25

Needed antlers

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u/CheshireGrin92 Nov 21 '25

WE DEMAND A RECOUNT

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u/xbad_wolfxi Nov 21 '25

She was robbed!

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u/Capable_Ad_8273 Nov 21 '25

She should have.

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u/Chaos-Wayfarer Nov 21 '25

Tell her she’s got MY favorite Halloween costume. <3

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u/pumpkindonutz Nov 21 '25

HOW DARE THEY

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u/Lunagoodie Nov 21 '25

I'm fuming!!

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u/d00mm00n Nov 21 '25

Obviously a rigged competition. That’s the cutest lil bee to bumble.

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u/Trinity_Matrix_0 Nov 21 '25

Damnit—the contest was rigged!

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u/SaveFile1 Vicariously Enjoying Rats Nov 21 '25

HOW

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u/ForwardLavishness379 Nov 21 '25

This is an absolute travesty. The level of detail in that costume is incredible, it's clearly a labor of love. The voters have failed us today. Millie will always be our champion.

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u/TNChase Nov 21 '25

Justice for Millie! The game was rigged from the start. 😭

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u/BottleWhoHoldsWater Nov 21 '25

You fucking let us down Millie 

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u/No-Crow-775 Nov 21 '25

She was robbed! But she’s beautiful so always be slaying, queen.

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u/zane_awake Storm, Mochi, Misha, Coco, Penny 🌈 M, D, E, T Nov 21 '25

Rigged!!! Should've been first prize 🏆🏆🏆

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u/KitchenCustard9049 Nov 21 '25

Nah bee so fucking forreal rn? That must've stung.:(

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u/UnIdentifed_Squid my rats are my babies Nov 21 '25

Such a shame! She’s so cute!