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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:He's presumably devoured by the Egg Monsters, but it's pretty hard to feel sad, given he was an abusive, hypocritical, murderous kidnapper.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have something like UsefulNotes/AspergersSyndrome or another ASD.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Brandy was rightfully angry at her mother for [[IdiotBall not hard-boiling the eggs that were used for the birthday party]]. Her mother tries to argue, but stops herself as she realizes that her daughter is correct.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: HeavySleeper: Dana mentions that she is this, and this is why it took him so long to wake her up and show her the egg that he found.
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* BullyingADragon: This guy not only imprisoned a group of potentially dangerous aliens in his freezer, but he also screams at and threatens the one human they've grown fond of. As you can guess from this picture, it doesn't end well for him.

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* BullyingADragon: This guy not only imprisoned a group of potentially dangerous aliens in his freezer, but he also screams at and threatens the one human they've grown fond of. As you can guess from this picture, it [[spoiler: It doesn't end well for him.him]].



* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Minus being a SerialKiller, Gray is a similar character to [[Literature/PianoLessonsCanBeMurder Mr. Toggle]], as he's a sinister old MadScientist whose initially friendly before targeting the protagonist for his sick scientific curiosity. He also studies strange organisms in secret(Egg monsters in his case, cyborg hands in Toggle's) and eventually meets his demise when his test subjects revolt and allow his potential victim to escape.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Minus being a SerialKiller, Gray is a similar character to [[Literature/PianoLessonsCanBeMurder Mr. Toggle]], as he's a sinister old MadScientist whose initially friendly before targeting the protagonist for his sick scientific curiosity. He also studies strange organisms in secret(Egg secret (Egg monsters in his case, cyborg hands in Toggle's) and eventually meets his demise when his test subjects revolt and allow his potential victim to escape.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown, Gray has a skeleton in a freezer. After being asked about it, the [[WordOfGod designers]] for the game said it was Dana, this being a dark timeline.

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* DeathByAdaptation: In VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown, Gray has a skeleton in a freezer. After being asked about it, the [[WordOfGod designers]] designers for the game said it was Dana, this being a dark timeline.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown, Gray has a skeleton in a freezer. After being asked about it, a [[WordOfGod designers]] for the game said it was Dana, this being a dark timeline.

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* DeathByAdaptation: In VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown, Gray has a skeleton in a freezer. After being asked about it, a the [[WordOfGod designers]] for the game said it was Dana, this being a dark timeline.
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* DeathByAdaptation: In VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown, Gray has a skeleton in a freezer. After being asked about it, a [[WordOfGod designers]] for the game said it was Dana, this being a dark timeline.
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* AdaptionalHeroism: In VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown, their more ambiguously evilly traits are toned down and are portrayed as more heroic.

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* AdaptionalHeroism: In VideoGame/GoosebumpsHorrorTown, their more ambiguously evilly traits are toned down and are portrayed as more heroic.
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Mister Seahorse has to do with a mam being pregnant with a human baby, not an alien one. This trope is more applicable with Face Full Of Alien Wing Wong, which is more of a plot trope than a Character trope.


* MrSeahorse: [[spoiler:At the end of the book, Dana has just survived being trapped with the other egg creatures, and is out for a relaxing walk. But then he stops on the grass next to the sidewalk, and he lays a massive egg, which probably came from the egg monsters]].
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* IHatePastMe: According to his friend Anne, he used to be a major fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the age of 10, wearing a t-shirt of them at school every day, and having a Ruth day party that was themed all about it. Dana himself is highly resentful of her bringing this up.
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* BlackSheep: In a family consisting of people interested mostly in science, Brandy is the only one who does not partake in any of that.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: His parents are shown to videotape almost everything at his and Brandy's parties, which they find slightly annoying. Also, at Brandy's egg party in the beginning of the book, they stupidly not only don't paint the eggs, they don't even hard boil them. Unsurprisingly, when the other 10-year old party guests figure this out, they start a yolk-filled egg fight that leaves them and the front yard a mess.
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* ZergRush: Justified, given their size where each of them can fit in a single egg, and at the end of the story [[spoiler: a swarm of them managed to overpower Dr. Gray]].

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* ZergRush: Justified, given their size where each of them can fit in a single egg, and at the end of the story [[spoiler: a swarm of them managed to overpower Dr. Gray]].Gray]].

!! Brandy Johnson

Dana's younger sister. For her tenth birthday party, she is having an egg hunt, but it all goes awry when the guests find out that the eggs are highly breakable.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Well, she isn't ''horrendous'', but she can be a bit irritating towards Dana. He is constantly in her shadow, to which he dislikes. And after his whole tragedy involving the egg monsters, Brandy tells her friends all about it and how her brother's going crazy, much to his embarrassment as he overhead.
* BreakTheHaughty: As soon as the party goes haphazard, Brandy starts shrieking at them to stop as it's her birthday, but gets hit with an egg herself while her guests laugh at her. And then her parents come out, to which her father starts yelling at her for not preventing this from happening, even though he mostly spoils her.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Brandy was rightfully angry at her mother for [[IdiotBall not hard-boiling the eggs that were used for the birthday party]]. Her mother tries to argue, but stops herself as she realizes that her daughter is correct.
** She is also understandably furious at Dana for trying to show her an egg that night almost right after eggs were the subject matter that ruined her party.
* KnuckleCracking: According to Dana, she does this when there are no adults around. And when the alien egg is cracking the morning after Dana discovers it, he initially thinks Brandy is doing this.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: As part of the presents she got, Brandy's grandmother gave her a pair of fuzzy slippers and a pair of pajamas. Dana can tell that she doesn't like either of them, and she'll probably give the former to a dog as chew toys and she pretended to really enjoy the latter.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: She has curly red hair and wide green eyes.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: If Brandy didn't have her birthday party in her back yard, which had an egg theme going on, Dana would have likely never found the alien egg.
* SpoiledBrat: She gets everything she wants, and Dana believes that if she asks her parents for a red, white, and blue ostrich, they would give her one. She's not nearly as bad as Tara from ''Literature/TheCuckooClockOfDoom'', though.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Minus being a SerialKiller, Gray is a similar character to [[Literature/PianoLessonsCanBeMurder Mr. Toggle]], as he's a sinister old MadScientist whose initially friendly before targeting the protagonist for his sick scientific curiosity. He also studies strange organisms in secret(Egg monsters in his case, cyborg hands in Toggle's) and eventually meets his demise when his test subjects revolt and allow his potential victim to escape.

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* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: The egg monsters managed to devour Dr. Gray, ''whole'', without leaving behind any traces. The following morning when Dana leads his parents back to the lab, the entire place is empty]].



* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: They managed to devour Dr. Gray, ''whole'', without leaving behind any traces. The following morning when Dana leads his parents back to the lab, the entire place is empty]].
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They're considered as one of the more marketable monsters from the series, back during the peak of Goosebumps' popularity in the 90s, featured in merchandise such as stickers, magic slime and colouring books.

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They're considered as one of the more marketable monsters from the series, series (because they're just so ''darn adorable'') back during the peak of Goosebumps' popularity in the 90s, featured in merchandise such as stickers, magic slime and colouring books.
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* WouldHurtAChild: After his VillainousBreakdown, he threatens to freeze Dana to death for supposedly ruining his work.

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* WouldHurtAChild: After his VillainousBreakdown, he threatens to freeze Dana to death for supposedly ruining his work.work.

!! The Egg Monsters

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The eponymous monsters from the book's title. These critters are displaced from their home planet thanks to a solar storm, which sent them across the galaxy before landing on Earth in a meteor shower years ago. Dr. Gray is on a campaign to capture each and every single one of them for reasons unknown, and one of these monsters ending up in Dana's possession kicks off the story's plot.

They're considered as one of the more marketable monsters from the series, back during the peak of Goosebumps' popularity in the 90s, featured in merchandise such as stickers, magic slime and colouring books.

* BizarreAlienReproduction: [[spoiler: They reproduce by impregnating any living things they covered, including humans, as Dana finds out at the end of the story]].
* BlobMonster: Their default form, upon hatching, resembles "a yellow puddle with two beady black eyes". The cover art and subsequent merchandise fits their description perfectly.
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler: After being imprisoned for god knows how long by Dr. Gray, they finally broke out of the lab and the first thing they did is to devour Gray ''[[EatenAlive alive]]''. Offscreen, though]].
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler: They managed to devour Dr. Gray, ''whole'', without leaving behind any traces. The following morning when Dana leads his parents back to the lab, the entire place is empty]].
* NonMaliciousMonster: They're alien monsters who crash-landed on Earth years ago, merely acting on instincts to reproduce as all living creatures do.
* ShoutOut: They seem to be a G-rated homage to the titular creatures from the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films, in a way that their life cycle starts by hatching from eggs, ability to adapt in alien environments within short periods of time and [[spoiler: reproducing by impregnating human beings]].
* ZergRush: Justified, given their size where each of them can fit in a single egg, and at the end of the story [[spoiler: a swarm of them managed to overpower Dr. Gray]].
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* DoesNotLikeSpam: While in Dr. Grey's lab, Dana is starving and demands food. He receives macaroni and cheese, to which he screams over and over that he hated it. Considering this is the only food that Dr. grey is giving him, Dana reluctantly eats it, even though he hated how it tasted.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: When he is complaining about Brandy's birthday party and its' American Girl doll theme, Anne reminds him that HE used to have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme going on at HIS party. When Dana denies this, she starts listing off certain TMNT merchandise he used to also have as proof, with him still denying this.
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!! Dana Johnson

The main character. He finds a leftover egg monster in his backyard during his sister's birthday party, and he decides to bring it to a local scientist.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: His parents are shown to videotape almost everything at his and Brandy's parties, which they find slightly annoying. Also, at Brandy's egg party in the beginning of the book, they stupidly not only don't paint the eggs, they don't even hard boil them. Unsurprisingly, when the other 10-year old party guests figure this out, they start a yolk-filled egg fight that leaves them and the front yard a mess.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He seems to have something like UsefulNotes/AspergersSyndrome or another ASD.
* AnimalLover: He once recalls how he found a turtle in his friend's backyard and decided to take care of him. When he finds an egg monster in the same area, he decides to bring him to Dr. Grey's laboratory for safety.
* DisappointingOlderSibling: His sister, Brandy, does not think highly of him.
* GenderBlenderName: Yes, the name "Dana" is unisex, but very few males were named "Dana" in the 1990s.
* GentlemanAndAScholar: Despite being really smart for his age, he rarely, if ever, acts superior about it.
* ImplausibleDeniability: When he is complaining about Brandy's birthday party and its' American Girl doll theme, Anne reminds him that HE used to have a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme going on at HIS party. When Dana denies this, she starts listing off certain TMNT merchandise he used to also have as proof, with him still denying this.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: When he finds the Martian egg, he wants to show Brandy his discovery. Brandy, who just had a humiliating birthday party involving a massive egg fight earlier that morning, is furious at Dana and slams her bedroom door in his face when he tries to show it to her.
* MrSeahorse: [[spoiler:At the end of the book, Dana has just survived being trapped with the other egg creatures, and is out for a relaxing walk. But then he stops on the grass next to the sidewalk, and he lays a massive egg, which probably came from the egg monsters]].
* NiceGuy: He's a nice kid in general, and even cares about the egg monsters despite being grossed out by them.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: He takes the egg monsters to Dr. Grey out of concern for their well being, only to find out Dr. Grey has other plans...
* PlatonicLifePartners: His best friend, Anne, lives next door to him, and he mentions how he's been best friends with her for many years.
* ShrinkingViolet: He's a shy and nerdy but goodhearted kid.
* TheUnfavourite: His parents clearly prefer Brandy over him, mostly because she wins them over with her sweet attitude and batting eyelashes. Even Dana himself admits that he can't blame them.

!! Doctor Grey

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A MadScientist who imprisons Dana and the egg monsters from Mars in his lab in order to experiment on them.
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* BigBad: Of ''Egg Monsters From Mars''.
* BullyingADragon: This guy not only imprisoned a group of potentially dangerous aliens in his freezer, but he also screams at and threatens the one human they've grown fond of. As you can guess from this picture, it doesn't end well for him.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: You're led to believe at first that the egg monsters are the antagonists, but they turn out to be good and in fact save Dana from Dr. Grey. [[spoiler:Then again, they did essentially rape him in his sleep.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Gray imprisons Dana for being in contact with the Egg Monsters. What he doesn't consider is that he's been in contact with them longer than this kid has, and that he wasn't even wearing ''gloves'' when taking Dana's specimen.
* KnightTemplar: He insists that his kidnapping Dana is so that he can experiment on him for his and the rest of the planet's safety.
* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Despite his claims above, he has no problem kidnapping and even ''murdering'' an innocent kid to keep his experiment safe, all the while ranting about how Dana ruined his work.
* VillainousBreakdown: He completely loses it when he sees that the egg monsters have merged into a blanket in order to keep Dana warm.
* WouldHurtAChild: After his VillainousBreakdown, he threatens to freeze Dana to death for supposedly ruining his work.

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