PHOTOS: Pumpkin carving competition takes on 2016 politics, pop culture

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Saturday, October 29, 2016
This is "Solar Sys-kin by Pete Davis as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Kin gone wild" by Emmy DAvis and Niole Aderholt as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "My Sweet Pea-Kins" by Whitney Lehmann as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Burger Kin" by Hugo Rocha as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Pooh Bear Kin" by Kelly Bowman as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Splitskin" by Mason Hart as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Samsung Galaxy Note-kin" by Mike Castillo as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Glen-kin (by Negan)" by Matt Jones as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Stranger Thingkins" by Sarah Brock as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Resting Witch Face" as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is Patrick the Star, a character on Spongebob Squarepants, made out of a pumpkin as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This creation is a tape dispenser made out of a pumpkin as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This pumpkin creation is part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This pumpkin creation is part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is Rumple Stilts-kin as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Close Encounter-kin" by Kristy Sexton as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Yuuuge-kin" by Kalie Brown as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Disco-kin" by Courtney Barfoot as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Downtown-kin" by Dove Harrell as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Vamp-kin" by Paige Hull as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Unicorn-kin" by Angie Ahearn as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Trump-kin" as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "The Bloody Truth Kin" by Marcela Conatser as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Troll-kins" by Ray Smith as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Ghord-a-Rita" by Amanda Lyons as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Stranger Things-kin" by Katie Bloodworth as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Slow Poke-In" by Kristen Digmon as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Negative Space-kin" by Diem Le as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Octonauts-kin" by Cong Iu as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "All Pumpkin Lives Mattkins" by Danny Buentello as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Jack-O'-Lantern & the Beanstalk" by Hugo Perez and John Meyer as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
This is "Trolling Under the Bridge-kin" by Steven Wolfson as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.
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PHOTOS: Pumpkin carving competition takes on 2016 politics, pop cultureThis is "Solar Sys-kin by Pete Davis as part of Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving contest.

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- What do "The Walking Dead", Donald Trump and Burger King all have in common?

Their likeness is used in Houston marketing company Adcetera's 19th annual pumpkin carving and decoration contest.

The entries range from popular shows on Netflix, to politics, to a little bit out of left field (see: "Solar Sys-kins", where pumpkins make up the planets in the solar system).

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80 entries are competing for the title of best and beside the competition, the company is holding a blood donation awareness campaign.

A winner will be named on Halloween.