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-> '''Portrayed By:''' Annick Obonsawin, Creator/CalDodd, and Ron Stefaniuk ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]]); Creator/JackBlack ([[Film/Goosebumps2015 Film]]); Creator/MickWingert ([[Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween Film 2]]); Joe Fria (Audiobook)

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-> '''Portrayed By:''' Annick Obonsawin, Creator/CalDodd, and Ron Stefaniuk ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} ([[Series/Goosebumps1995 TV]]); Creator/JackBlack ([[Film/Goosebumps2015 Film]]); Creator/MickWingert ([[Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween Film 2]]); Joe Fria (Audiobook)

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* AdaptationalBadass: Is far more competent and powerful in TheMovie than he ever was in the books.

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** In the 2023 series he is much more effective at manipulating his "slaves" than in the book and older series, where he mostly tries to bully or frighten them into following his orders, usually with little success.

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!! Wally

Another living dummy. One of Slappy's many siblings.

* DemonicDummy: Wally is a dummy built by the same person who created Slappy, Mr. Wood, and Goldie (Darkwell according to Slappy Beware, Franz Maher, who is also credited with making Snappy, according to I am Slappy's Evil Twin). Unlike the other dummies, he cannot live if Slappy remains alive. In order to bring him alive, a spell must be done to put Slappy to sleep and bring Wally to life. Jimmy O'James partly reads the spell, bringing Wally to life for one week and giving Slappy one week to do three good deeds in order to avoid being put to sleep forever. Wally proves to be just as evil as Slappy though, trying to sabotage Slappy's good deeds to remain alive, even if it means endangering innocent lives.
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:While the story turns out to have been AllJustADream, Wally turns out to be real when Jimmy brings him in at the end.]]



!! Wally

Another living dummy. One of Slappy's many siblings.

* DemonicDummy: Wally is a dummy built by the same person who created Slappy, Mr. Wood, and Goldie (Darkwell according to Slappy Beware, Franz Maher, who is also credited with making Snappy, according to I am Slappy's Evil Twin). Unlike the other dummies, he cannot live if Slappy remains alive. In order to bring him alive, a spell must be done to put Slappy to sleep and bring Wally to life. Jimmy O'James partly reads the spell, bringing Wally to life for one week and giving Slappy one week to do three good deeds in order to avoid being put to sleep forever. Wally proves to be just as evil as Slappy though, trying to sabotage Slappy's good deeds to remain alive, even if it means endangering innocent lives.
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:While the story turns out to have been AllJustADream, Wally turns out to be real when Jimmy brings him in at the end.]]
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!! Wally

Another living dummy. One of Slappy's many siblings.

* DemonicDummy: Wally is a dummy built by the same person who created Slappy, Mr. Wood, and Goldie (Darkwell according to Slappy Beware, Franz Maher, who is also credited with making Snappy, according to I am Slappy's Evil Twin). Unlike the other dummies, he cannot live if Slappy remains alive. In order to bring him alive, a spell must be done to put Slappy to sleep and bring Wally to life. Jimmy O'James partly reads the spell, bringing Wally to life for one week and giving Slappy one week to do three good deeds in order to avoid being put to sleep forever. Wally proves to be just as evil as Slappy though, trying to sabotage Slappy's good deeds to remain alive, even if it means endangering innocent lives.
* RealAfterAll: [[spoiler:While the story turns out to have been AllJustADream, Wally turns out to be real when Jimmy brings him in at the end.]]
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* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler:The only difference in appearance between him and Slappy is his black eyes whereas Slappy has green eyes. He's also even more evil than Slappy himself]].
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!! Ephraim Darkwell/Darkwell The Magician

A wizard who created dummies and brought them to life. After an angry mob arrived to burn down his cottage, he used his magic to bring Slappy to life, giving him the purpose of spreading chaos and evil throughout the world.

* EvilSorcerer: While he was originally just a wizard who liked to bring his dummies to life and meant no harm, after an angry mob attacked his cottage, he became vengeful and created Slappy out of spite to terrorize the world. [[spoiler:He apparently did come to realize the error of his ways overtime, however.]]
* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, he appears before Slappy to try and put him to sleep forever. He fails to notice Slappy covering his ears while Darkwell says the chant, and doesn't bother to make sure Slappy is really asleep and not faking it before taking his leave.]]
* ForWantOfANail: If he had [[spoiler:noticed Slappy covering his ears, pulled his hands away from his ears, or taken Slappy with him after seemingly putting him to sleep, Slappy's reign of evil could have finally been brought to an end.]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Had one over the centuries and eventually tried to correct his actions by putting Slappy to sleep forever.]]
* KarmaHoudini: While he ''did'' [[spoiler:come to see the error of his ways]], he still gets off without any punishment for orchestrating Slappy's over 200 years of evil. He also [[spoiler:fails to make up for what he did, as he fails to actually put a stop to Slappy due to not noticing that Slappy managed to cover his ears when Darkwell attempted to put him to sleep permanently.]]
* MotivationalLie: [[spoiler:Lied about Slappy needing to do one bad deed for every day he was awake in order to keep himself from falling asleep forever so that Slappy would be more inclined to do evil.]]
* {{Rewrite}}: Slappy was previously said to have been carved out of wood from a coffin by an unnamed evil sorcerer who transferred his soul into the dummy when he died. This story was retconned in ''I am Slappy's Evil Twin'' to say that Slappy was created by a man named Franz Maher, who only wanted to have living dummies as his friends. The story of Darkwell retcons this a second time, creating a third origin story for Slappy. The book synopsis ''does'' address the first origin story, stating that it was only one of several rumored origin stories for Slappy, and that the story of Darkwell is the true one, but it completely ignores the story of Franz Maher and makes no mention of Snappy, who was Slappy's even more evil twin brother from the same book that featured Maher. It also makes no mention of Goldie or Wally, Slappy's other siblings, and shows that there was a mass-produced line of Mr. Wood dummies besides the one from the first book. Honestly, at this point, the lore of Slappy is very confusing.
* RobeAndWizardHat: He wears a typical pointed wizard hat and a robe.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: At first he was a non-malevolent wizard who just liked bringing his dummies to life. After the village formed a mob and attacked his home while accusing him of using the living dummies he created for evil, he became vengeful and created Slappy to make humanity suffer for scorning him and treating him like a menace.
* UngratefulBastard: He had Slappy use his magic to send the police officer who came to warn Darkwell of the mob flying off into the distance.
* WizardBeard: He has a long grey beard to go with his RobeAndWizardHat and make him look just like the classic image of a wizard.
* WizardsLiveLonger: [[spoiler:He is still alive in the present, over 200 years later.]]
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* TheDreaded: In the movie, it quickly becomes clear that Stine -- who comes across as a pretty scary person himself -- is ''scared'' of him in a way that he doesn't see his other creations.

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**In the books as well, as it’s mentioned [[https://imgur.com/1E06YCb here]] that Slappy is the one villain who makes other villains tremble with fear, including the Horrorland Horrors, a race of powerful monsters who would do anything to stay on his good side during his visit in Horrorland.
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* EvilSoundsRaspy: He is often noted to have a raspy voice and is given such in several audiobook adaptations.
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-> '''Portrayed By:''' Annick Obonsawin, Creator/CalDodd, and Ron Stefaniuk ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]]); Creator/JackBlack ([[Film/{{Goosebumps}} Film]]); Creator/MickWingert ([[Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween Film 2]]); Joe Fria (Audiobook)

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-> '''Portrayed By:''' Annick Obonsawin, Creator/CalDodd, and Ron Stefaniuk ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]]); Creator/JackBlack ([[Film/{{Goosebumps}} ([[Film/Goosebumps2015 Film]]); Creator/MickWingert ([[Film/Goosebumps2HauntedHalloween Film 2]]); Joe Fria (Audiobook)
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* BlueandOrangeMorality: Averted in the books and TV show but played straight in the movies at least. Considering Stine wrote him to be how he is as he's literally made of evil he really can't be held responsible for his actions.

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* BlueandOrangeMorality: BlueAndOrangeMorality: Averted in the books and TV show but played straight in the movies at least. Considering Stine wrote him to be how he is as he's literally made of evil he really can't be held responsible for his actions.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In Revenge of the Living Dummy, he tried to use the Mind Stealer to make Britney his slave, but ends up having his mind stolen by it instead.
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* CardCarryingVillain: He states in Son of Slappy that "Evil is its own reward".
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* LesserOfTwoEvils: Many times such as "Bride of the Living Dummy", "Slappy's Nightmare" and "Streets of Panic Park" but best example is in "The Dummy Meets the Mummy!". Slappy only wants to enslave the main characters wile Arragotus wants to outright kill them. This is why the kids bring Slappy to life so he can fight the mummy, which he does and he does help them, but not for noble reasons.

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* LesserOfTwoEvils: Many times such as "Bride of the Living Dummy", "Slappy's Nightmare" and "Streets of Panic Park" but best example is in "The Dummy Meets the Mummy!". Slappy only wants to enslave the main characters wile while Arragotus wants to outright kill them. This is why the kids bring Slappy to life so he can fight the mummy, which he does and he does help them, but not for noble reasons.

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