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* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler:When Wendy gets the child slaves to "go on strike", the first one King Jellyjam tries to eat is Alicia. She at first panics, but Wendy advises her to stay on the ground, which Alicia follows that saves her life]].
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* DistressedDamsel: DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:When Wendy gets the child slaves to "go on strike", the first one King Jellyjam tries to eat is Alicia. She at first panics, but Wendy advises her to stay on the ground, which Alicia follows that saves her life]].
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* MadeOfIron: Wendy is playing baseball at one point, and she swings the bat and accidentally ''hits Buddy in the chest'', which shocks her and she believs she heard his ribs crack. But he cheerfully just tells her to not swing so hard. [[spoiler: Given that he's highly brainwashed, he might not be able to even ''feel'' pain]].
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* MadeOfIron: Wendy is playing baseball at one point, and she swings the bat and accidentally ''hits Buddy in the chest'', which shocks her and she believs believes she heard his ribs crack. But he cheerfully just tells her to not swing so hard. [[spoiler: Given that he's highly brainwashed, he might not be able to even ''feel'' pain]].
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* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler: What he apparently is for King Jellyjam. He keeps repeating camp slogans, encouraging campers to do sports at all times each day, and makes sure they do them so they have no choice. And when hypnotizing the other counselors each night, he tells them all to clear their minds and obey]].
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* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler: What he apparently is for King Jellyjam. He keeps repeating camp slogans, encouraging campers to do sports at all times each day, day and makes sure they do them so they have no choice. And when hypnotizing the other counselors each night, he tells them all to clear their minds and obey]].
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* KnightOfCerebus: He's one of the only villains in the series to have actually killed people (by eating them). He ate three kids just ''that day," so God only knows how many campers he ate before his eventual defeat.
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* KnightOfCerebus: He's one of the only villains in the series to have actually killed people (by eating them). He ate three kids just ''that day," day,'' so God only knows how many campers he ate before his eventual defeat.
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* KnightOfCerebus: He's one of the only villains in the series to have actually killed people (by eating them). God only knows how many campers he ate before his eventual defeat.
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* KnightOfCerebus: He's one of the only villains in the series to have actually killed people (by eating them). He ate three kids just ''that day," so God only knows how many campers he ate before his eventual defeat.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Has a habit of doing this. One minute she will be talking to someone, as soon as he or she gets distracted by something and looks back, she is gone.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: StealthHiBye: Has a habit of doing this. One minute she will be suddenly showing up and talking to someone, and as soon as he or she gets distracted by something else and looks back, she is gone.
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* HiddenDepths: Jellyjam is certainly more intelligent than you'd expect mute subterranean slime to be. The fact that he was able to organize a whole summer camp and play on the campers' spirit of competition also implies he is quite savvy to human culture and psychology.
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* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler:When Wendy gets the child slaves to "go on strike", the first one King Jellyjam tries to eat is Alicia.]]
* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: She discovers the truth behind Camp Jellyjam, but the counselors kidnap her and [[spoiler:force her to wash King Jellyjam without winning six coins first. Their attitude seems to be "if she can't hack it and gets eaten, not my problem."]]
* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: She discovers the truth behind Camp Jellyjam, but the counselors kidnap her and [[spoiler:force her to wash King Jellyjam without winning six coins first. Their attitude seems to be "if she can't hack it and gets eaten, not my problem."]]
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* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler:When Wendy gets the child slaves to "go on strike", the first one King Jellyjam tries to eat is Alicia.]]
She at first panics, but Wendy advises her to stay on the ground, which Alicia follows that saves her life]].
* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: She discovers the truth behind Camp Jellyjam, but the counselors kidnap her and [[spoiler:force her to wash King Jellyjam without winning six coins first. Their attitude seems to be "if she can't hack it and gets eaten, not my problem."]]"]]
* OffscreenTeleportation: Has a habit of doing this. One minute she will be talking to someone, as soon as he or she gets distracted by something and looks back, she is gone.
* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: She discovers the truth behind Camp Jellyjam, but the counselors kidnap her and [[spoiler:force her to wash King Jellyjam without winning six coins first. Their attitude seems to be "if she can't hack it and gets eaten, not my problem.
* OffscreenTeleportation: Has a habit of doing this. One minute she will be talking to someone, as soon as he or she gets distracted by something and looks back, she is gone.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: While Buddy on the cover of the book indeed mostly fits the description of him in the book, the one noticeable difference is that Buddy is mentioned to have blond hair, but Buddy on the cover has brunette hair.
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* YouDontLookLikeYou: While Buddy on the cover of the book indeed mostly fits the description of him in the book, the one noticeable difference is that Buddy is mentioned to have blond hair, but Buddy on the cover has brunette hair.hair.
!! Alicia
A six-year-old girl who repeatedly warns people to stay away from Camp Jellyjam.
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* CassandraTruth: No one except Wendy pays attention to her warnings about the camp because they are too enthralled by how much fun everything is.
* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler:When Wendy gets the child slaves to "go on strike", the first one King Jellyjam tries to eat is Alicia.]]
* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: She discovers the truth behind Camp Jellyjam, but the counselors kidnap her and [[spoiler:force her to wash King Jellyjam without winning six coins first. Their attitude seems to be "if she can't hack it and gets eaten, not my problem."]]
!! Alicia
A six-year-old girl who repeatedly warns people to stay away from Camp Jellyjam.
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* CassandraTruth: No one except Wendy pays attention to her warnings about the camp because they are too enthralled by how much fun everything is.
* DistressedDamsel: [[spoiler:When Wendy gets the child slaves to "go on strike", the first one King Jellyjam tries to eat is Alicia.]]
* [[HeKnowsTooMuch She Knows Too Much]]: She discovers the truth behind Camp Jellyjam, but the counselors kidnap her and [[spoiler:force her to wash King Jellyjam without winning six coins first. Their attitude seems to be "if she can't hack it and gets eaten, not my problem."]]
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* EldritchAbomination: According to WordOfGod, he was formed when a camper left a bowl of gelatin inside a radioactive, snail-infested cave.
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* EldritchAbomination: According to WordOfGod, Stine, he was formed when a camper left a bowl of gelatin inside a radioactive, snail-infested cave.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: His stench. His lungs are apparently so weak that taking it in for one moment is enough to kill him.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: His stench. His lungs are apparently so weak that taking it in for one moment is enough to kill him.him.
!! Buddy
The head counselor at Camp Jellyjam. He is the one who finds Wendy and Elliot in the trailer that crashes near the campsite, and he takes them under his wing.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Once he's back to normal, he shows up to Wendy and Elliot's house weeks after the ordeal and sincerely apologizes. He even gives Elliot his King coin that he won at the track race [[IGaveMyWord just because he earned it]].]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Out of all the campers, Buddy seems to have the worst of it. He has a creepy insane grin most of the time, and when he is hypnotizing the other counselors, he doesn't seem to be in the trance himself which implies that he's so brainwashed that he doesn't need nightly check-ups]].
* CartesianKarma: [[spoiler: Is hinted to possibly be going through this at the end when he keeps his distance with Wendy and Elliot while visiting them, implied to be under surveillance. He served a ruthless supernatural tyrant and did his bidding in enslaving them for him all under mind control, and the police caught him in the act. However, it's unknown if the federal authorities know this for a fact. Considering the usual AdultsAreUseless antics in ''Goosebumps'', they might not believe this claim]].
* CheshireCatGrin: His default expression. It seemed to Wendy as if he had two thousand teeth.
* CreepyBlueEyes: His eyes give off quite an eerie impression. The cover truly reflects this trope.
* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: When Wendy causes King Jellyjam to die and she leads the others out of his lair, they run into a still-hypnotized Buddy who has gathered the rest of the also-still-hypnotized counselors outside to surround the campers. They are about to attack them when a police officer's whistle snaps them out of it]].
* ImprobableAge: He is the head counselor at Camp Jellyjam, taking charge of both child campers as well as teenage and young adult counselors. However, according to illustrator Tim Jacobus in an interview, he got a design request to feature Buddy on the book's cover. The message mentioned that Buddy is about '''17 to 18 years old'''.
* MadeOfIron: Wendy is playing baseball at one point, and she swings the bat and accidentally ''hits Buddy in the chest'', which shocks her and she believs she heard his ribs crack. But he cheerfully just tells her to not swing so hard. [[spoiler: Given that he's highly brainwashed, he might not be able to even ''feel'' pain]].
* MeaningfulName: His name is Buddy, and is very friendly most of the time, and wants to be everyone's friend. [[spoiler: Even after he's brainwashed, he still is very friendly and visits Wendy and Elliot himself to apologize]].
* MookLieutenant: He is the head counselor of this ruthless camp, and he [[spoiler: is the one who routinely brainwashes the other counselors each night so they can serve King Jellyjam and do his bidding]].
* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler: What he apparently is for King Jellyjam. He keeps repeating camp slogans, encouraging campers to do sports at all times each day, and makes sure they do them so they have no choice. And when hypnotizing the other counselors each night, he tells them all to clear their minds and obey]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: While Buddy on the cover of the book indeed mostly fits the description of him in the book, the one noticeable difference is that Buddy is mentioned to have blond hair, but Buddy on the cover has brunette hair.
!! Buddy
The head counselor at Camp Jellyjam. He is the one who finds Wendy and Elliot in the trailer that crashes near the campsite, and he takes them under his wing.
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* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Once he's back to normal, he shows up to Wendy and Elliot's house weeks after the ordeal and sincerely apologizes. He even gives Elliot his King coin that he won at the track race [[IGaveMyWord just because he earned it]].]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: Out of all the campers, Buddy seems to have the worst of it. He has a creepy insane grin most of the time, and when he is hypnotizing the other counselors, he doesn't seem to be in the trance himself which implies that he's so brainwashed that he doesn't need nightly check-ups]].
* CartesianKarma: [[spoiler: Is hinted to possibly be going through this at the end when he keeps his distance with Wendy and Elliot while visiting them, implied to be under surveillance. He served a ruthless supernatural tyrant and did his bidding in enslaving them for him all under mind control, and the police caught him in the act. However, it's unknown if the federal authorities know this for a fact. Considering the usual AdultsAreUseless antics in ''Goosebumps'', they might not believe this claim]].
* CheshireCatGrin: His default expression. It seemed to Wendy as if he had two thousand teeth.
* CreepyBlueEyes: His eyes give off quite an eerie impression. The cover truly reflects this trope.
* DragonTheirFeet: [[spoiler: When Wendy causes King Jellyjam to die and she leads the others out of his lair, they run into a still-hypnotized Buddy who has gathered the rest of the also-still-hypnotized counselors outside to surround the campers. They are about to attack them when a police officer's whistle snaps them out of it]].
* ImprobableAge: He is the head counselor at Camp Jellyjam, taking charge of both child campers as well as teenage and young adult counselors. However, according to illustrator Tim Jacobus in an interview, he got a design request to feature Buddy on the book's cover. The message mentioned that Buddy is about '''17 to 18 years old'''.
* MadeOfIron: Wendy is playing baseball at one point, and she swings the bat and accidentally ''hits Buddy in the chest'', which shocks her and she believs she heard his ribs crack. But he cheerfully just tells her to not swing so hard. [[spoiler: Given that he's highly brainwashed, he might not be able to even ''feel'' pain]].
* MeaningfulName: His name is Buddy, and is very friendly most of the time, and wants to be everyone's friend. [[spoiler: Even after he's brainwashed, he still is very friendly and visits Wendy and Elliot himself to apologize]].
* MookLieutenant: He is the head counselor of this ruthless camp, and he [[spoiler: is the one who routinely brainwashes the other counselors each night so they can serve King Jellyjam and do his bidding]].
* MouthOfSauron: [[spoiler: What he apparently is for King Jellyjam. He keeps repeating camp slogans, encouraging campers to do sports at all times each day, and makes sure they do them so they have no choice. And when hypnotizing the other counselors each night, he tells them all to clear their minds and obey]].
* YouDontLookLikeYou: While Buddy on the cover of the book indeed mostly fits the description of him in the book, the one noticeable difference is that Buddy is mentioned to have blond hair, but Buddy on the cover has brunette hair.
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Characters from the ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' novel ''The Horror at Camp Jellyjam''.
!! Elliot and Wendy
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wenellcomic.jpg]]
--> ''"To me, a game is just a game. But to Elliot, every game is life or death."''
The protagonists of ''The Horror At Camp Jellyjam'', two preteen siblings who separate from their parents after the trailer they were in unhitches from the car it was attached to and rolls down to Camp Jellyjam.
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* AllergicToRoutine: Both Wendy and Elliot get rather bored easily.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Their mother is described to be blonde and fair-skinned while Wendy, Elliot, and their father all have a darker complexion of their skin, implying that the siblings are biracial, though it's never actually confirmed. The ''Goosebumps Graphix'' adaptation makes them all African American.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted with Elliot. While his competitive streak gets on Wendy's nerves sometimes, he doesn't act like a SpoiledBrat.
* BadassAdorable: Wendy. See below.
* BadassNormal: Wendy was able to defeat King Jellyjam by instructing all the captive kids to stop washing the monster and lay down on the ground, realizing that King Jellyjam's fingers were too big and fat to be able to pick up anyone if they lied down flat on the floor, which causes King Jellyjam to be killed by its own extremely potent stench. She's also one of the few protagonists of the series to destroy the villain with leadership and bravery.
* BigDamnHero: If it wasn’t for Wendy’s quick thinking, many more campers would have been eaten and the counselors would have been hypnotized longer.
* CompetitionFreak: Elliot. As Wendy puts it, "To Elliot, every game is life or death."
* DeadpanSnarker: Wendy can sometimes be this when annoyed.
* {{Determinator}}: Elliot cares so much about winning that he refuses to turn down the games of the camp until he earns his sixth coin.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Wendy and Elliot are reunited at home after the former defeats King Jellyjam.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed. While Wendy sometimes takes the role as the responsible, Elliot is more adamantly competitive rather than flat-out foolish, as he doesn't act as an annoying pest to Wendy.
* TheGlomp: After Wendy saves many of the campers whom were enslaved by King Jellyjam, many of them thank her by giving her big hugs while some even do this with TearsOfJoy.
* IHaveBrothers: Wendy mentions to her new bunkmates that she's used to dumb jokes due to having Elliot as a brother.
* ILetYouWin: Wendy mentions she often lets Elliot win in multiple games they play together in. Also, she is about to win a swimming race, when she suddenly sees how Dierdre (who is her bunk mate and in second place) really wants to win this race, reminding her of her brother. So she intentionally slows down to let Dierdre win and get her sixth King coin, much to a counselor’s disapproval who saw what she did. Unfortunately, [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom her getting this sixth coin led to Dierdre getting sent to the Winners’ Walk and onto work for King Jellyjam]].
* KidHero: Wendy ends up saving the day after finding the right tactics to defeat King Jellyjam and rescuing the slaves.
* LetsGetDangerous: After realizing that the campers are in danger of DEATH, Wendy decides enough is enough, and she does a ploy that involves among Jellyjam dying and the campers whom were enslaved by him to be freed from his control.
* LittleMissBadass: Because of her tactics to defeat King Jellyjam, Wendy ends up saving the rest of the children from the monster from slavery.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Wendy would often use this against Elliot to prompt him to compete in whatever game the two suggest.
* OnlyOneName: Their surname isn't revealed in the story.
* OnlySaneWoman: Wendy is the only one in the book who isn't obsessed with winning.
* SoreLoser: Elliot simply can't stand losing, which sometimes worries Wendy.
!! King Jellyjam
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jellyjam.jpg]]
The mascot of the titular camp in ''The Horror at Camp Jellyjam''. A disgusting smelling purple BlobMonster that sweats snails, and must be constantly cleaned and bathed by his slaves.
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* AndIMustScream: He can never leave his cave, and apparently he's been there his whole life. Throughout most of the book the counsellors act as his eyes and ears.
* BigBad: Of ''The Horror At Camp Jellyjam''.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He's literally been in a cave his whole life trying to survive, so naturally he knows nothing of human empathy and mercy.
* BerserkButton: Interfere with his constant bathing, and you're ''lunch''.
* BlobMonster: One that sweats snails and wears a crown.
* TheCameo: He makes an appearence on a poster in the first entry in Creator/RLStine's ''Just Beyond'' graphic novel series.
* ChildEater: He eats campers that try to take a break from washing him, and doesn't appear to live off of anything else.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: He's too massive to leave his cave, and needs to have his deadly smell constantly washed away to survive. Ironically, this continued dependence leads to his downfall.
* EldritchAbomination: According to WordOfGod, he was formed when a camper left a bowl of gelatin inside a radioactive, snail-infested cave.
* {{Expy}}: Shares some similarities with [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]] - both are hedonistic {{blob monster}}s that own slaves, have said slaves eaten if they displease them, and suffocate to death [[HoistByHisOwnPetard via their own means.]] Also, see SatanicArchetype.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: If you take his recent reprint's origin story as canon, he began life as a small mutant slug born from radioactive waste and a cup of jello.
* FreudianExcuse: He was born into his repulsive condition by careless humans, and is motivated by desperation to survive. It doesn't make him any less horrible, but it ''does'' explain why he's like that.
* AGodAmI: To Jellyjam, humans are little more than toys, and the counselors worship him like a god.
* TheHedonist: He literally spends all day sitting in a cave being tended to by his slaves and marinating in his own B.O. Doesn't get much more hedonistic than that.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He suffocates to death on his own stench after his child slaves stop washing him. This is likely because he spent so much time being washed, he never actually had time to adapt to the smell. In the end, his desperate attempts to sustain himself were what destroyed him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He sees the children and counselors as nothing more than [[LackOfEmpathy tools to keep himself alive]], and has brainwashed the counselors into dedicating their lives to serving "The Master".
* KnightOfCerebus: He's one of the only villains in the series to have actually killed people (by eating them). God only knows how many campers he ate before his eventual defeat.
* ManipulativeBastard: Acting through the counselors, he plays on the children's desire for rewards and victory, which leads them into his slimy clutches.
* MonsterOfTheAesop: Essentially in a story where most of the characters (including the protagonist's brother) are extremely over-competitive and obsessed with winning, Jellyjam is there to show the sinister side of where too much competition can get you.
* PsychicPowers:
** MindControlConspiracy: Camp Jellyjam is one giant front to acquire new slaves for him.
** MindRape: Under his power, dozens of innocent men and women have become grinning, emotionless zombies. Even worse, now and then his control starts to wear off...
** PeoplePuppets: Again, those poor camp counselors.
* MistakenForQuake: His burps are powerful enough to shake the ground.
* SatanicArchetype: A giant underground monster who manipulates power-hungry, competitive people into being his toys. Sound familiar?
* SilentAntagonist: Clearly sentient and cunning, but he never does and probably can't speak. Councillor Buddy seems to act as his [[MouthOfSauron mouthpiece.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: To the point where he's not even on the original cover of his book. The new cover art changes this, though.
* WeakButSkilled: His large size doesn't leave much room for physical strength. Doesn't stop him from becoming one of the most dangerous menaces in the whole franchise, though.
* WeaksauceWeakness: His stench. His lungs are apparently so weak that taking it in for one moment is enough to kill him.
!! Elliot and Wendy
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wenellcomic.jpg]]
--> ''"To me, a game is just a game. But to Elliot, every game is life or death."''
The protagonists of ''The Horror At Camp Jellyjam'', two preteen siblings who separate from their parents after the trailer they were in unhitches from the car it was attached to and rolls down to Camp Jellyjam.
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* AllergicToRoutine: Both Wendy and Elliot get rather bored easily.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Their mother is described to be blonde and fair-skinned while Wendy, Elliot, and their father all have a darker complexion of their skin, implying that the siblings are biracial, though it's never actually confirmed. The ''Goosebumps Graphix'' adaptation makes them all African American.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Averted with Elliot. While his competitive streak gets on Wendy's nerves sometimes, he doesn't act like a SpoiledBrat.
* BadassAdorable: Wendy. See below.
* BadassNormal: Wendy was able to defeat King Jellyjam by instructing all the captive kids to stop washing the monster and lay down on the ground, realizing that King Jellyjam's fingers were too big and fat to be able to pick up anyone if they lied down flat on the floor, which causes King Jellyjam to be killed by its own extremely potent stench. She's also one of the few protagonists of the series to destroy the villain with leadership and bravery.
* BigDamnHero: If it wasn’t for Wendy’s quick thinking, many more campers would have been eaten and the counselors would have been hypnotized longer.
* CompetitionFreak: Elliot. As Wendy puts it, "To Elliot, every game is life or death."
* DeadpanSnarker: Wendy can sometimes be this when annoyed.
* {{Determinator}}: Elliot cares so much about winning that he refuses to turn down the games of the camp until he earns his sixth coin.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Wendy and Elliot are reunited at home after the former defeats King Jellyjam.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Downplayed. While Wendy sometimes takes the role as the responsible, Elliot is more adamantly competitive rather than flat-out foolish, as he doesn't act as an annoying pest to Wendy.
* TheGlomp: After Wendy saves many of the campers whom were enslaved by King Jellyjam, many of them thank her by giving her big hugs while some even do this with TearsOfJoy.
* IHaveBrothers: Wendy mentions to her new bunkmates that she's used to dumb jokes due to having Elliot as a brother.
* ILetYouWin: Wendy mentions she often lets Elliot win in multiple games they play together in. Also, she is about to win a swimming race, when she suddenly sees how Dierdre (who is her bunk mate and in second place) really wants to win this race, reminding her of her brother. So she intentionally slows down to let Dierdre win and get her sixth King coin, much to a counselor’s disapproval who saw what she did. Unfortunately, [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom her getting this sixth coin led to Dierdre getting sent to the Winners’ Walk and onto work for King Jellyjam]].
* KidHero: Wendy ends up saving the day after finding the right tactics to defeat King Jellyjam and rescuing the slaves.
* LetsGetDangerous: After realizing that the campers are in danger of DEATH, Wendy decides enough is enough, and she does a ploy that involves among Jellyjam dying and the campers whom were enslaved by him to be freed from his control.
* LittleMissBadass: Because of her tactics to defeat King Jellyjam, Wendy ends up saving the rest of the children from the monster from slavery.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Wendy would often use this against Elliot to prompt him to compete in whatever game the two suggest.
* OnlyOneName: Their surname isn't revealed in the story.
* OnlySaneWoman: Wendy is the only one in the book who isn't obsessed with winning.
* SoreLoser: Elliot simply can't stand losing, which sometimes worries Wendy.
!! King Jellyjam
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jellyjam.jpg]]
The mascot of the titular camp in ''The Horror at Camp Jellyjam''. A disgusting smelling purple BlobMonster that sweats snails, and must be constantly cleaned and bathed by his slaves.
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* AndIMustScream: He can never leave his cave, and apparently he's been there his whole life. Throughout most of the book the counsellors act as his eyes and ears.
* BigBad: Of ''The Horror At Camp Jellyjam''.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He's literally been in a cave his whole life trying to survive, so naturally he knows nothing of human empathy and mercy.
* BerserkButton: Interfere with his constant bathing, and you're ''lunch''.
* BlobMonster: One that sweats snails and wears a crown.
* TheCameo: He makes an appearence on a poster in the first entry in Creator/RLStine's ''Just Beyond'' graphic novel series.
* ChildEater: He eats campers that try to take a break from washing him, and doesn't appear to live off of anything else.
* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: He's too massive to leave his cave, and needs to have his deadly smell constantly washed away to survive. Ironically, this continued dependence leads to his downfall.
* EldritchAbomination: According to WordOfGod, he was formed when a camper left a bowl of gelatin inside a radioactive, snail-infested cave.
* {{Expy}}: Shares some similarities with [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba the Hutt]] - both are hedonistic {{blob monster}}s that own slaves, have said slaves eaten if they displease them, and suffocate to death [[HoistByHisOwnPetard via their own means.]] Also, see SatanicArchetype.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: If you take his recent reprint's origin story as canon, he began life as a small mutant slug born from radioactive waste and a cup of jello.
* FreudianExcuse: He was born into his repulsive condition by careless humans, and is motivated by desperation to survive. It doesn't make him any less horrible, but it ''does'' explain why he's like that.
* AGodAmI: To Jellyjam, humans are little more than toys, and the counselors worship him like a god.
* TheHedonist: He literally spends all day sitting in a cave being tended to by his slaves and marinating in his own B.O. Doesn't get much more hedonistic than that.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He suffocates to death on his own stench after his child slaves stop washing him. This is likely because he spent so much time being washed, he never actually had time to adapt to the smell. In the end, his desperate attempts to sustain himself were what destroyed him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: He sees the children and counselors as nothing more than [[LackOfEmpathy tools to keep himself alive]], and has brainwashed the counselors into dedicating their lives to serving "The Master".
* KnightOfCerebus: He's one of the only villains in the series to have actually killed people (by eating them). God only knows how many campers he ate before his eventual defeat.
* ManipulativeBastard: Acting through the counselors, he plays on the children's desire for rewards and victory, which leads them into his slimy clutches.
* MonsterOfTheAesop: Essentially in a story where most of the characters (including the protagonist's brother) are extremely over-competitive and obsessed with winning, Jellyjam is there to show the sinister side of where too much competition can get you.
* PsychicPowers:
** MindControlConspiracy: Camp Jellyjam is one giant front to acquire new slaves for him.
** MindRape: Under his power, dozens of innocent men and women have become grinning, emotionless zombies. Even worse, now and then his control starts to wear off...
** PeoplePuppets: Again, those poor camp counselors.
* MistakenForQuake: His burps are powerful enough to shake the ground.
* SatanicArchetype: A giant underground monster who manipulates power-hungry, competitive people into being his toys. Sound familiar?
* SilentAntagonist: Clearly sentient and cunning, but he never does and probably can't speak. Councillor Buddy seems to act as his [[MouthOfSauron mouthpiece.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: To the point where he's not even on the original cover of his book. The new cover art changes this, though.
* WeakButSkilled: His large size doesn't leave much room for physical strength. Doesn't stop him from becoming one of the most dangerous menaces in the whole franchise, though.
* WeaksauceWeakness: His stench. His lungs are apparently so weak that taking it in for one moment is enough to kill him.
