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* CloningBlues: His clone held him hostage in a basement for weeks and tried to take over his life.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Margaret shares a name with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_A._Brewer Margaret A. Brewer]], the first woman in the USMC to reach general officer rank.
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* BigSisterInstinct: Margaret tries to distract their father while Casey goes downstairs to get his shirt back. When he gets caught up in plant vines, Margaret tries to free him.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: Casey has blonde hair in the book but has brown hair in the TV episode.
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* DumbBlonde: Downplayed with Casey ([[AdaptationalDyeJob in the book, that is]]). While he can be a bit scatter-brained at times, he's not as bad as most examples of this trope.
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* SupportingProtagonist: A very rare instance for this franchise. The story is told from Margaret and Casey's perspective, but their father is the one the plot revolves around and who's forced to endure the horror of his creations.
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* NiceHat: An LA Dodgers cap, which covers the leaves on his scalp.
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* AdultFear: Margaret dealing with the slow realization that one of the people she loved and trusted most in the world is becoming a slowly unhinged antagonist.
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Characters from the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' novel ''Stay Out of the Basement''.
!! Casey and Margaret Brewer
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brewsibs.png]]
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Beki Lantos and Blake [=McGrath=] ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]])
The protagonists. They are two siblings having to deal with their father becoming increasingly distant from them, and eventually learning there's something even more distressing going on.
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* ActionHeroine: Margaret proves to be the rather intrepid protagonist as she investigates the goings-on in the CreepyBasement even after Dr. Brewer's angry threats. Taken up a notch in the TV series, where she is the one to kill the plant-clone of her father, spraying it with weed killer.
* AdultFear: Margaret dealing with the slow realization that one of the people she loved and trusted most in the world is becoming a slowly unhinged antagonist.
* BadassNormal: Margaret when she uses her quick thinking to figure out who her real father is, especially in the TV episode where she's the one to finish him off.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Both avoid many of the more Flanderized traits of the later protagonists, with Margaret's general BadassNormal persona and despite her (understandably) melancholic disposition, she proves to be much more of a poor soul than a StrawLoser. Casey's AnnoyingYoungerSibling traits are also greatly toned down.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Margaret hated her Father's nicknames of "Fatso" (she's slender) and "Princess", but misses them greatly as they were a sign of now-absent closeness. Also provides the key to finding out which Dr. Brewer is her real father.
* FishOutOfWater: Have had trouble getting used to their new California home from their native Michigan, though their father's reclusive behavior hasn't helped.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: A milder example than most, with Margaret the responsible to Casey's foolish.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: At the very end, a backyard sunflower claims to be Margaret's real father. In the show, a ''lot'' of flowers claim this]].
* PromotionToParent: With their mom away for most of the book and Dr Brewer being confined to the basement, Margaret has become a surrogate parent of sorts to Casey.
!! Doctor Michael Brewer
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/docbrew.png]]
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Judah Katz ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]])
A botanist/father who spent hours in his basement trying to create new forms of plant life. These experiments caused him some... unsettling changes.
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* AffectionateNickname: He calls Margaret "princess" and "fatso" (the latter ironically due to how skinny she is). Him calling her princess is partially what hints Margaret as to who her real father is.
* AntiVillain: Brewer himself is a type V. Grotesque as his experiments are, he's simply a good man who got caught up in playing god and wound up neglecting his family.
* TheAtoner: By the end of the book, he gives up his horrible experiments and tries hard to make up to his family. [[spoiler:Or so it seems.]]
* BadPowersGoodPeople: He's a well-meaning father/botanist with a talent for growing ''human-plant abominations''. Better be careful introducing him to your first dates, Margaret and Casey...
* BodyHorror: His mutation into a plant creature. And let's not even talk about the things he grows in the basement...
* CreepyBasement: His lab. The book is called "Stay Out Of the Basement" for a reason.
* CloningBlues: His clone held him hostage in a basement for weeks and tried to take over his life.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: To his boss for firing him.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: The real Brewer even states that while he knew what he's doing is wrong, he just couldn't stop, because creating life is just too damn exciting.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loves his kids, Margaret and Casey, hence why he created his clones to be with them.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Subverted. He's not really evil, just stubborn and willing to ignore certain morals.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Played with. He doesn't become a super-villain like most instances of this trope, but his reckless experiments turn him from a simple botanist to a MadScientist who endangers everyone around him.
* GeneticMemory: His clone went rogue because of this-since he was a near perfect copy of the original, he had all of that man's memories.
* GoodParents: Unlike his clone, he's very compassionate and close to his family and is extremely grateful to his kids for saving his life.
* HumanityEnsues: What made him think turning plants into humans was a ''good'' idea?
* ImpossibleGenius: An average middle-class man who, through some process that isn't elaborated on, was able to grow living, breathing human-plant organisms in his basement. How he could afford the equipment even necessary for such an experiment, or whether he has some kind of supernatural gift, is anyone's guess.
* LegoGenetics: Apparently, combining plant and human DNA only took him a few weeks.
* MadScientist: His freakish experiments with plant matter are what causes the book's conflict.
* {{Planimal}}: His entire time in the basement was spent creating these. Unlike most examples, these aren't cute or friendly in the slightest.
* TheWorkaholic: Spends hours in his basement trying to perfect his experiments and ends up sorely regretting it.
!! Doctor Brewer's Clone
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brewerclonetv.png]]
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Judah Katz ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]])
One of Dr. Brewer's plants that he accidentally brought to life.
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* AdaptationalBadass: The plant clone in the book is a clumsy and pitiful freak doing a very bad job fitting in with his human family. The one in the 2015 game is a full-blown plant monster with a giant nasty temper who can turn his appendages into crushing vines. Weed killer doesn't even destroy him like in the TV episode.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Official artwork, merchandise, and the video games tend to portray him as some horrible BotanicalAbomination, when in the story itself he was passably human outside of having green blood and leaves instead of hair.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed in the TV adaptation. While the clone still overpowered Dr Brewer and stole his identity in the book, there is never anything else especially ulterior about his motives. He just seems to want to continue the doctors research himself and live life as a human. The TV adaptation fleshes him out more, revealing that he wants to create plant clones of all of humanity to KillAndReplace them. [[AdaptationalJerkass He also is even more hostile and abrasive to Margaret and Casey then he was in the book.]]
* AffablyEvil: He's a pretty [[NiceGuy nice guy]] in human form [[SarcasmMode aside from the minor detail of knocking out and tying up Dr. Brewer and Mr. Martinez for days]]. He does try to be a good father to Margaret and Casey and even helps a neighbor install his sink.
* AntiVillain: He just wanted a chance to be human and even tries to be a good one.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: He's chopped in half with an axe by the original Dr. Brewer, in full view of the rest of the family.
* GeneticMemory: He went rogue because of this-since he was a near perfect copy of the original Dr. Brewer, he had all of that man's memories.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He wanted to be human and experience a normal life outside of being a plant.
* KillAndReplace: He was presumably planning this, both for him and the rest of his family.
* NiceHat: An LA Dodgers cap, which covers the leaves on his scalp.
* ObliviouslyEvil: According to Dr. Brewer in the TV adaptation anyway, who claims it just wanted to dominate its environment like most plants naturally do.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: His cold and indifferent treatment of Dr. Brewers family while impersonating him quickly alarms Margaret and Casey, as their pop is usually very close with them.
* PlantPerson: One accidentally created when Dr. Brewer cut his hand and some of his blood mixed with a plant.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: He imprisoned his creator and stole his identity.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Plant Clone!Brewer may be one of the most creepy and intimidating villains in the series, but he really just wants to be human and gain a family. This even extends to his short appearance in the 2015 video game, where he only attacks you if he thinks you're threatening him, and starts whimpering pitifully once you spray him with weed killer.
!! Casey and Margaret Brewer
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brewsibs.png]]
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Beki Lantos and Blake [=McGrath=] ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]])
The protagonists. They are two siblings having to deal with their father becoming increasingly distant from them, and eventually learning there's something even more distressing going on.
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* ActionHeroine: Margaret proves to be the rather intrepid protagonist as she investigates the goings-on in the CreepyBasement even after Dr. Brewer's angry threats. Taken up a notch in the TV series, where she is the one to kill the plant-clone of her father, spraying it with weed killer.
* AdultFear: Margaret dealing with the slow realization that one of the people she loved and trusted most in the world is becoming a slowly unhinged antagonist.
* BadassNormal: Margaret when she uses her quick thinking to figure out who her real father is, especially in the TV episode where she's the one to finish him off.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Both avoid many of the more Flanderized traits of the later protagonists, with Margaret's general BadassNormal persona and despite her (understandably) melancholic disposition, she proves to be much more of a poor soul than a StrawLoser. Casey's AnnoyingYoungerSibling traits are also greatly toned down.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Margaret hated her Father's nicknames of "Fatso" (she's slender) and "Princess", but misses them greatly as they were a sign of now-absent closeness. Also provides the key to finding out which Dr. Brewer is her real father.
* FishOutOfWater: Have had trouble getting used to their new California home from their native Michigan, though their father's reclusive behavior hasn't helped.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: A milder example than most, with Margaret the responsible to Casey's foolish.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: At the very end, a backyard sunflower claims to be Margaret's real father. In the show, a ''lot'' of flowers claim this]].
* PromotionToParent: With their mom away for most of the book and Dr Brewer being confined to the basement, Margaret has become a surrogate parent of sorts to Casey.
!! Doctor Michael Brewer
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/docbrew.png]]
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Judah Katz ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]])
A botanist/father who spent hours in his basement trying to create new forms of plant life. These experiments caused him some... unsettling changes.
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* AffectionateNickname: He calls Margaret "princess" and "fatso" (the latter ironically due to how skinny she is). Him calling her princess is partially what hints Margaret as to who her real father is.
* AntiVillain: Brewer himself is a type V. Grotesque as his experiments are, he's simply a good man who got caught up in playing god and wound up neglecting his family.
* TheAtoner: By the end of the book, he gives up his horrible experiments and tries hard to make up to his family. [[spoiler:Or so it seems.]]
* BadPowersGoodPeople: He's a well-meaning father/botanist with a talent for growing ''human-plant abominations''. Better be careful introducing him to your first dates, Margaret and Casey...
* BodyHorror: His mutation into a plant creature. And let's not even talk about the things he grows in the basement...
* CreepyBasement: His lab. The book is called "Stay Out Of the Basement" for a reason.
* CloningBlues: His clone held him hostage in a basement for weeks and tried to take over his life.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: To his boss for firing him.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: The real Brewer even states that while he knew what he's doing is wrong, he just couldn't stop, because creating life is just too damn exciting.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He loves his kids, Margaret and Casey, hence why he created his clones to be with them.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Subverted. He's not really evil, just stubborn and willing to ignore certain morals.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Played with. He doesn't become a super-villain like most instances of this trope, but his reckless experiments turn him from a simple botanist to a MadScientist who endangers everyone around him.
* GeneticMemory: His clone went rogue because of this-since he was a near perfect copy of the original, he had all of that man's memories.
* GoodParents: Unlike his clone, he's very compassionate and close to his family and is extremely grateful to his kids for saving his life.
* HumanityEnsues: What made him think turning plants into humans was a ''good'' idea?
* ImpossibleGenius: An average middle-class man who, through some process that isn't elaborated on, was able to grow living, breathing human-plant organisms in his basement. How he could afford the equipment even necessary for such an experiment, or whether he has some kind of supernatural gift, is anyone's guess.
* LegoGenetics: Apparently, combining plant and human DNA only took him a few weeks.
* MadScientist: His freakish experiments with plant matter are what causes the book's conflict.
* {{Planimal}}: His entire time in the basement was spent creating these. Unlike most examples, these aren't cute or friendly in the slightest.
* TheWorkaholic: Spends hours in his basement trying to perfect his experiments and ends up sorely regretting it.
!! Doctor Brewer's Clone
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brewerclonetv.png]]
-> '''Portrayed By:''' Judah Katz ([[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV]])
One of Dr. Brewer's plants that he accidentally brought to life.
----
* AdaptationalBadass: The plant clone in the book is a clumsy and pitiful freak doing a very bad job fitting in with his human family. The one in the 2015 game is a full-blown plant monster with a giant nasty temper who can turn his appendages into crushing vines. Weed killer doesn't even destroy him like in the TV episode.
* AdaptationalUgliness: Official artwork, merchandise, and the video games tend to portray him as some horrible BotanicalAbomination, when in the story itself he was passably human outside of having green blood and leaves instead of hair.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed in the TV adaptation. While the clone still overpowered Dr Brewer and stole his identity in the book, there is never anything else especially ulterior about his motives. He just seems to want to continue the doctors research himself and live life as a human. The TV adaptation fleshes him out more, revealing that he wants to create plant clones of all of humanity to KillAndReplace them. [[AdaptationalJerkass He also is even more hostile and abrasive to Margaret and Casey then he was in the book.]]
* AffablyEvil: He's a pretty [[NiceGuy nice guy]] in human form [[SarcasmMode aside from the minor detail of knocking out and tying up Dr. Brewer and Mr. Martinez for days]]. He does try to be a good father to Margaret and Casey and even helps a neighbor install his sink.
* AntiVillain: He just wanted a chance to be human and even tries to be a good one.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: He's chopped in half with an axe by the original Dr. Brewer, in full view of the rest of the family.
* GeneticMemory: He went rogue because of this-since he was a near perfect copy of the original Dr. Brewer, he had all of that man's memories.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: He wanted to be human and experience a normal life outside of being a plant.
* KillAndReplace: He was presumably planning this, both for him and the rest of his family.
* NiceHat: An LA Dodgers cap, which covers the leaves on his scalp.
* ObliviouslyEvil: According to Dr. Brewer in the TV adaptation anyway, who claims it just wanted to dominate its environment like most plants naturally do.
* OutOfCharacterAlert: His cold and indifferent treatment of Dr. Brewers family while impersonating him quickly alarms Margaret and Casey, as their pop is usually very close with them.
* PlantPerson: One accidentally created when Dr. Brewer cut his hand and some of his blood mixed with a plant.
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: He imprisoned his creator and stole his identity.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Plant Clone!Brewer may be one of the most creepy and intimidating villains in the series, but he really just wants to be human and gain a family. This even extends to his short appearance in the 2015 video game, where he only attacks you if he thinks you're threatening him, and starts whimpering pitifully once you spray him with weed killer.
