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Stine has said this one may be too scary, because he hadn't found the series' humor yet. If he rewrote it, he'd add more jokes.
source ↗George A. Romero, of Night of the Living Dead fame, once wrote a concept for a movie based on this book.
source ↗It became a two-part episode in S2 of the 1995 show (eps. 20 and 21).
source ↗The original cover isn't by series artist Tim Jacobus. Only two original books share that exception.
source ↗In the book, the real dad chops the plant clone in half. In the episode, the kids beat the copy with weed killer, and at the end several flowers claim to be their father.
source ↗In the book, the witch Sarabeth curses an ordinary toy. In the episode, she makes the goo herself.
source ↗On TV, the goo is bouncier and more touch-sensitive, and it only stops growing once it's back in its jar.
source ↗The skeleton-family nightmare was written in after the cover was painted, so the story would match the art.
source ↗In the 1995 episode (S1, ep. 15), Greg is played by a very young Ryan Gosling.
source ↗It's one of the few Goosebumps books set at Christmas. Its sequel moves the action to summer.
source ↗The cover mummy is often mistaken for Prince Khor-Ru, who only shows up in Return of the Mummy.
source ↗Stine has said parts of the book were inspired by the 1990 movie Flatliners.
source ↗Series 2000's Ghost in the Mirror isn't a sequel, but it reuses the idea of kids swapped by creatures from a mirror.
source ↗It became episode 13 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗Unlike in later books, Slappy causes almost no trouble in his debut until the very end.
source ↗This book's dummy became the main villain of both movies, voiced by Jack Black in the first, and of the Disney+ series.
source ↗In Stine's first draft, the librarian ate children. Editors found it too gross, so he eats turtles instead.
source ↗The title and parts of the story riff on The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
source ↗It became episode 4 of S1 of the 1995 show.
source ↗The name Camp Nightmare came to Stine while visiting his son's bug-infested sleepaway camp.
source ↗This was the book that locked the series into a new release every month.
source ↗It became a two-part episode in S1 of the 1995 show (eps. 5 and 6).
source ↗Stine has called this one of his saddest books.
source ↗It wasn't adapted until S4, the 1995 show's final season, as a two-parter (eps. 3 and 4).
source ↗The mask isn't called the Haunted Mask in the first two books. That name first shows up in The Scream of the Haunted Mask.
source ↗For the show's opening episode (S1, eps. 1 and 2), the crew designed the shop's masks around the seven deadly sins.
source ↗In the book, Clarissa grants Sam three wishes. In the episode, Sam gets an amulet, and the final punishment goes to Judith, who becomes a park statue.
source ↗Along with Stay Out of the Basement, it's one of the two original books whose cover isn't by Tim Jacobus.
source ↗Stine first planned Guitar Lessons Can Be Murder, after his son's lessons, but switched to piano when people said guitars aren't scary.
source ↗In the book, Jerry finds the piano in the attic and Mr. Toggle is the school's inventor. In the episode, the piano is in the basement and Toggle is the janitor.
source ↗The dog Grady adopts is named Wolf in the book. In the episode, he's Vandal.
source ↗In 2001, Publishers Weekly put it at about 1.58 million copies, the 209th best-selling children's paperback of all time.
source ↗The book name-checks Dopey from Snow White and Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.
source ↗It became S2, episode 7 of the 1995 show, minus the exclamation point.
source ↗In 2015, fans voted it their favorite original-series book in a Scholastic poll. Stine counts it among his favorites too.
source ↗In the book, the family escapes by bus and even gets passes for next year. In the episode, their car teeters on a cliff and it was all a show watched by a Horror couple.
source ↗The cover scene never happens; Gary only swaps minds with a bee. The art seems to nod to the movie Return of the Fly.
source ↗The book never explains why Gary fears bees. He's already scared when the story starts.
source ↗It's the original series' first sequel.
source ↗The More Monster Blood episode (S2, ep. 16) follows the first book's adaptation. Its only link to this one is the character Conan.
source ↗The 1995 show has an episode called Deep Trouble, but it adapts the sequel, Deep Trouble II.
source ↗The original cover and tagline nod to the 1978 movie Jaws 2.
source ↗The tagline riffs on the 1989 movie Field of Dreams.
source ↗Stine has described this as one of his scarier books.
source ↗It became episode 14 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗In the book, the giant worm drags Todd underground on a baseball field. In the episode, he finds her in a cave in the woods.
source ↗It's one of the few original books never published in Spanish.
source ↗It's the only Goosebumps book where every human character shares a last name.
source ↗In 1996, KFC Canada sold the book for $2.29 with a meal.
source ↗It became episode 9 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in September 1994 as No. 23 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 9 of S1 of the 1995 show.
source ↗The title riffs on The Phantom of the Opera, and the school play's Eric may be a pun on that story's Erik.
source ↗It's one of only five original books left out of the 2003–2007 reprints.
source ↗It became episode 7 of S1 of the 1995 show.
source ↗Stine says this one has the best surprise ending of any Goosebumps book.
source ↗In the S2 two-parter (eps. 2 and 3), 1960s Batman Adam West guest stars as the Galloping Gazelle.
source ↗It came out in December 1994 as No. 26 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 11 of S1 of the 1995 show.
source ↗The premise borrows from history: in 1483, two young princes vanished in the Tower of London.
source ↗Early drafts had far more chase scenes. Editors found them dull, so Stine rewrote it with more breathers.
source ↗It became a two-part episode in S1 of the 1995 show (eps. 16 and 17).
source ↗Tara is named after a girl who asked Stine at a book signing to make her a bad character in a Goosebumps book.
source ↗S1, episode 3 keeps the book's ending, missing year and all.
source ↗It came out in March 1995 as No. 29 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗The title spoofs the 1950s movie It Came from Beneath the Sea.
source ↗Tim Jacobus didn't sign this cover, one of the few times in the original series.
source ↗It became episode 14 of S1 of the 1995 show.
source ↗This is where Slappy returns as the dummy everyone knows: Amy's dad picks him up at a pawn shop.
source ↗It was the first Slappy book the 1995 show adapted, in S1, episode 10. His debut book never got an episode.
source ↗In the book, the final swap goes wrong and Cooper and Margaret end up as chipmunks. In the episode, it's Cooper's brother Mickey who swaps with a chipmunk.
source ↗Stine counts this among his least favorites, though he likes the cover, which recalls Stephen King's Cujo.
source ↗It came out in July 1995 as No. 33 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗In the episode, neighbor Major McCall tries to toss the gnomes and gets turned into one. In the book, Joe's dad swaps them for a plaster gorilla.
source ↗Stine has said he wasn't happy with the writing, grouping it with Go Eat Worms! among the weaker books.
source ↗It came out in September 1995 as No. 35 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 1 of S3 of the 1995 show.
source ↗In the S2 two-parter (eps. 11 and 12), the original mask gets far more screen time and returns to take revenge on Carly Beth.
source ↗On the original 1995 cover, Tim Jacobus's signature sits on the porch floor.
source ↗In the French edition, Duane becomes a girl named Diane.
source ↗The 2018 Classic Goosebumps reprint swapped a Walkman mention for just listening to music.
source ↗It became episode 5 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in December 1995 as No. 38 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in January 1996 as No. 39 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became a two-part episode in S4 of the 1995 show (eps. 1 and 2).
source ↗In the S2 two-parter (eps. 24 and 25), a lightning bolt destroys Slappy. In the book, he leaves intact, as a parting gift to cousin Zane.
source ↗It came out just nine months after the second, the shortest gap between sequels in the original series.
source ↗It came out in March 1996 as No. 41 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 4 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in April 1996 as No. 42 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in May 1996 as No. 43 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in June 1996 as No. 44 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 18 of S3 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in July 1996 as No. 45 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in August 1996 as No. 46 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 18 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in September 1996 as No. 47 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗The ending may owe something to The Twilight Zone's To Serve Man. Stine has called Rod Serling an inspiration.
source ↗The Classic Goosebumps reprint cover first misplaced the apostrophe as Jack-'O-Lanterns; it was fixed before release.
source ↗It became episode 10 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in November 1996 as No. 49 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 17 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in December 1996 as No. 50 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 19 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in January 1997 as No. 51 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in February 1997 as No. 52 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in March 1997 as No. 53 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in April 1997 as No. 54 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 4 of S3 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in May 1997 as No. 55 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 23 of S2 of the 1995 show.
source ↗It came out in June 1997 as No. 56 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in July 1997 as No. 57 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became episode 2 of S3 of the 1995 show.
source ↗The S4 two-parter (eps. 7 and 8) is called Deep Trouble but adapts this book, which confuses plenty of fans.
source ↗In the episode, villain Jacob Ritter ends up as a gill-finned man on display at an aquarium.
source ↗By Wikipedia's count, it's the longest book in the original series at 170 pages.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It came out in October 1997 as No. 60 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It became a two-part episode in S3 of the 1995 show (eps. 13 and 14).
source ↗It came out in November 1997 as No. 61 of Scholastic's original series.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
source ↗It closed out the original series in December 1997 with the goo's fourth outing.
source ↗It's one of 19 original-series books the 1995 show never adapted.
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