MTV Video Music Awards is just hours away, otherwise known as the only red carpet where a disastrously scandalous outfit that makes people want to push you off a can actually make your career.

In preparation for expecting the unexpected when it comes to VMA ensembles, let’s take a look back at some of the events more memorable fashion "faux pause" of recent memory—those whacky and tacky looks that were just too fake and contrived to be real that we had to take a moment to pause.

1999: Lil’ Kim’s purple jumper and exposed left breast, complete with a glittery seashell-shaped pasty that no one could get enough of—especially Diana Ross

1999: What's a red carpet back in the days without Britney Spears showing off her midriff. During Britney's heydays all we used to see was her little crop tops

2003: Christina Aguilera’s pink feather duster frock that looked like something out of a Dr. Seuss book

2007: Lil Mama’s adult Little Bo Beep with pacifier that looked like something out of a perverted Dr. Seuss book

2010: Lady Gaga’s raw meat dress caused such a stir it actually now has its own Wikipedia page

2011: Nicki Minaj as a schizophrenic Japanese toy store or the tail end of a kite... or both.

Some people call it the VMAs, we just call it Halloween!