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Cover of Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns
1996 (Nos. 39–50) · Halloween, 1990s

Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns

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Drew and Walker plan Halloween payback and pick up two pumpkin-headed tagalongs

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Drew Brockman loves Halloween, but Tabby and Lee's pranks ruined two in a row. This year she and her friend Walker plan payback with help from Shane and Shana. On Halloween night, the four go trick-or-treating with Tabby and Lee and meet two pumpkin-headed figures who lead them to a strange street that looks brand-new. The Pumpkin Heads won't let anyone go home and force them to eat their candy. Then they lead the group to a street full of the creatures, and Tabby and Lee run off in terror. The twist: the Pumpkin Heads are Shane and Shana, who staged it all and are aliens. When Drew asks what they eat, the answer is not reassuring.

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What changed on screen

  1. ReferenceTo Serve Man

    The ending may owe something to The Twilight Zone's To Serve Man. Stine has called Rod Serling an inspiration.

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  2. Behind the scenesMisplaced apostrophe

    The Classic Goosebumps reprint cover first misplaced the apostrophe as Jack-'O-Lanterns; it was fixed before release.

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  3. Behind the scenesMade it to TV

    It became episode 10 of S2 of the 1995 show.

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