Parade lineup could garner extra attention.

1. More “Wicked”

There’s no escaping the cultural phenomenon of Gregory McGuire’s novel-turned-Broadway musical and now blockbuster box-office movie hit — there’s even a float for it.

Good witch Galinda anchors the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group’s entrant in fluffy pink tulle carnations. Evil witch Elphaba defies gravity by flying her broomstick stretched out over the front of the float.

2. Mariachi mania

The Sierra Madre Rose Association will bring the party on New Year’s Day, complete with the Mariachi Divas de Cindy Shea, a Grammy-winning all-female mariachi band.

The float — titled “Fiesta!” — and members of the Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles dancing alongside, will likely get folks dancing in their seats … and talking.

3. A sure meme-maker

There are lots of moving parts on Trader Joe’s “Here We Go!” entry, but — if the real deal holds true to the float’s rendering — we’re betting on memes stemming from some mustachioed vegetables.

As of this writing, sitting in a gravy boat beneath a pineapple submarine are two suspicious-looking characters with mustaches: a squat yellow pepper … and a nicely shaped eggplant.

4. Got bowling?

In the early 1990s, we had the Got Milk? advertising campaign. 2025, it seems, will have the recreation sector’s equivalent: Go Bowling.

The website GoBowling .com is banking on a massive international audience to promote itself as a one-stop shop for learning the game and on where to find lanes in your area. The advocacy group is also sponsoring Floatfest this year — the three-day post-parade showcase for close-up views of the floats.

5. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Boomers everywhere are going to love “Play Hooky in Illinois,” the state’s Office of Tourism entry about the teen and friends who skipped school to romp through downtown Chicago in the 1986 film. This float includes a midparade performance with Brian Culbertson, an Illinois native and Grammy nominee, delivering a musical nod to “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”

But, will the younger, social media crowd understand the inside jokes: the Nrvous license plate, Chez Quis and “Save Ferris?” As Mathew Broderick’s lead character says: “You’re still here? It’s over! Go home! Go.” If you know, you know.

6. Clydesdale competition?

This first-time entrant of eight black-and-white North American Spotted Draft horses is sure to give the Rose Parade-regular Budweiser Clydesdales a prance for their money.

Craig Wilder and Gail Nelson of Ferndale, Washington, dedicate the horses’ inaugural appearance to Paul Nelson, who died from leukemia two years ago. Nelson was a Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient who, according to a GoFundMe page, loved his country and the Spotted Draft horse.

7. Kindhearted lions

Hearts will melt when Lions International rolls out four fluffy pampas-grass cherub-like lion cubs on its “Celebrating a Day of Service” float.

Two of the little dudes are bespeckled, a nod to the nonprofit’s commitment to vision care. The internet will want more of this cuteness.

8. All health all the time

Fifty-five feet of nutritious foods, interspersed with reminders about physical activity — sports balls, bicycles — hydration, heart health, sleep habits and mental calmness will go one of two ways.

Either America will be ready to embrace Kaiser Permanente’s “More Healthy Days for More Healthy Years” or they’ll still be bleary-eyed from too much holiday consumption.

9. Baby dinosaurs

A rumbling volcano that erupts with smoke and flames and adorable little dinosaurs could elicit a lot of oohs and aahs.

The city of Burbank’s “Having A-Lava Fun” float will be partially constructed from trash volunteers pick up throughout the city in a true bid to save the planet.

10. Aliens among us

A space traveler gives an alien a joy ride on a Mars rover and tiny other martians pop up from the red planet in this playful entry from La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association.

The self-built float is usually whimsical, and this year is no exception. “Rover Rendezvous” will surely give us all New Jersey-drone-vibes and get people speculating.

11. Beeing together

A pair of sweet-faced bees are front and center in this animated entry from Kiwanis International, titled “BEEING Together.” The organization is as dedicated to community service as it is a good pun as its float description urges all children need someone to “beelieve” in them.

12. Alligator grins

Somehow, giant alligators seem to be Rose Parade favorites, at least for the last couple of years. The Louisiana Office of Tourism is banking on it this year with its giant gator with a crown. He’s reining over the state’s promotion of 2025 as the “Year of Food.”

This float offers another midparade performance with new country artist Timothy Wayne, the nephew of superstar Tim McGraw.

13. Love for immigrants

Another first-time parade entrant will likely cause a buzz, given the current political climate. Love 2 Yeu, a global initiative that supports empowering youths, sponsors a gorgeous float celebrating Tet, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. The center of the “Journey of Dreams” float holds a boat of refugees who will ride alongside Vietnamese dancers.

14. Charlie Chaplin

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is back in the Rose Parade after bowing out over a creative issue last year. This year’s entry has the legendary Charlie Chaplin ringing in the New Year with a dance hall girl from the 1925 silent movie “The Gold Rush.”

Chaplin overcomes hardship to find a “Home Sweet Home.” It’s a nod to the foundation’s Healthy Housing Foundation, which since 2017 has transformed historical hotels and roadside motels into affordable housing.

15. Nessie surfaces

It only makes sense the legendary Loch Ness monster would finally escape the bogs of Scotland to surface in Pasadena on New Year’s Day.

Fan favorite Cal Poly Universities student-built float will have Nessie turning her head to look at paradegoers as its slimy fuschia body acts as a slide surface for adorable penguins and otters.