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** There's also the reveal that [[spoiler: Dennis, the dummy Slappy replaced, had managed to come to life on his own and defeated Slappy. Even though Amy replaced Dennis, he was still loyal to her and saved her life.]]
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* ''The Ghost Next Door'' has Hannah [[spoiler: crossing over to a better place with er family.]]

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* ''The Ghost Next Door'' has Hannah [[spoiler: crossing over to a better place with er her family.]]
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* In the book version of ''The Haunted Mask II'', Steve's initial idea was to use his mask to scare the kids on the soccer team that he's supposed to manage (as punishment for a prank) because they always misbehave. By the time Halloween comes around and the mask has bonded to Steve's face, he still plans on going through with his attempt to scare the kids. However, rather than being freaked out or acting hostile, the kids try to help Steve because they think he really is an old man, calling him "sir" and asking if they can do anything for him (Although they still make fun of Steve apparently not showing up). All Steve's attempts to scare them just lead to the kids trying to be as considerate and kind as they can be, and eventually, Steve asks for them to help him make it to Carly Beth's house. Steve knew the only person who might know how to get the mask off him was Carly Beth.

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* In the book version of ''The Haunted Mask II'', Steve's initial idea was Steve planned to use his mask to scare the kids on the soccer team that he's supposed to manage (as punishment for a prank) because they they're always misbehave. By the time pranking him. When Halloween comes around and the mask has bonded to Steve's face, he still plans on going through with his attempt tries to scare the kids. However, rather than being freaked out or acting hostile, the kids try to help Steve because they think thinking he really is an old man, calling man. They call him "sir" "Sir" and asking ask if they can do anything for him (Although they still make fun of Steve apparently not showing thinking he didn't show up). All Steve's attempts No matter how much Steve tries to scare them just lead to the kids trying to be as considerate are totally patient and kind as they can be, kind, and eventually, Steve eventually he asks for them to for help him make it getting to Carly Beth's house. Steve knew the only person who might know how to get the mask off him was Carly Beth.
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* ''The Ghost Next Door'' has Hannah [[spoiler: crossing over to a better place with er family.]]
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** Notably, [[spoiler: Hannah]] is the only character in Goosebumps who retroactively manages to EarnYourHappyEnding. [[spoiler: In her original book, she was forced to pass on, because her time had come. In the film, she instead gets to have a second chance at life.]]
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** In the basketball game after her first wish, Samantha actually has a good time even though she hasn't gotten any better at playing. She actually ''makes a basket,'' and she doesn't even care that she's going to lose by a lot, because she's actually having fun. She gets so into it that she starts acting as a cheerleader, rallying her teammates.
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* In the book version of ''The Haunted Mask II'', Steve's initial idea was to use his mask to scare the kids on the soccer team that he's supposed to manage (as punishment for a prank) because they always misbehave. By the time Halloween comes around and the mask has bonded to Steve's face, he still plans on going through with his attempt to scare the kids. However, rather than being freaked out or acting hostile, the kids try to help Steve because they think he really is an old man. All Steve's attempts to scare them just lead to the kids trying to be as considerate and kind as they can be, and eventually, Steve asks for them to help him make it to Carly Beth's house. Steve knew the only thing that could stop the mask was his brotherly love for Carly.

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* In the book version of ''The Haunted Mask II'', Steve's initial idea was to use his mask to scare the kids on the soccer team that he's supposed to manage (as punishment for a prank) because they always misbehave. By the time Halloween comes around and the mask has bonded to Steve's face, he still plans on going through with his attempt to scare the kids. However, rather than being freaked out or acting hostile, the kids try to help Steve because they think he really is an old man.man, calling him "sir" and asking if they can do anything for him (Although they still make fun of Steve apparently not showing up). All Steve's attempts to scare them just lead to the kids trying to be as considerate and kind as they can be, and eventually, Steve asks for them to help him make it to Carly Beth's house. Steve knew the only thing that could stop person who might know how to get the mask off him was his brotherly love for Carly.Carly Beth.
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* Sara and Amy hugging it out in ''Night of the Living Dummy II'', after Sara admits she was jealous of Amy despite Amy also being jealous of her.

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* Clark apologising for blaming Gretchen and the two of them coming to terms with being siblings in ''How to Kill a Monster''.

--> '''Clark:''' I guess we make a pretty good team...sister.
--> '''Gretchen:''' I guess we do, brother.
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* Flora getting reunited with her family in ''The Twelve Screams of Christmas''. [[Spoiler:Of course, the TwistEnding where she abandons them to live with Kate ruins that slightly, but still.]]

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* Flora getting reunited with her family in ''The Twelve Screams of Christmas''. [[Spoiler:Of [[spoiler:Of course, the TwistEnding where she abandons them to live with Kate ruins that slightly, but still.]]
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* Flora getting reunited with her family in ''The Twelve Screams of Christmas''. [[Spoiler:Of course, the TwistEnding where she abandons them to live with Kate ruins that slightly, but still.]]
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* In ''Calling all Creeps'', the Creeps' loyalty to their "Commander" seems surprisingly genuine, even apologizing to Ricky for having bullied him before learning the "truth". They even give him the final push to join them by encouraging him to take revenge on the students who are making fun of him.
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** Her bond with her pet dog is also very sweet. Samantha clearly loves him to bits, and he's pretty much the ''only'' good thing in her life.
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* In ''Be Careful What You Wish For'', when Samantha undoes her second wish (which erased everyone else from existance), she goes through an [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife It's a Wonderful Life]]-like sequence where she runs around happily greeting every single person she sees, even if she can't stand them most of the time. It's one of the only moments in the book where we actually see her happy for any length of time.
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* In a twisted sort of way, the ending to ''The Girl Who Cried Monster''. After Lucy's parents devour Mr. Mortman ({{it makes sense in context}}), they say that they can't wait until their children get their "training fangs", and Lucy and her brother seem quite happy with this.
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* The egg monsters protecting Dana from the evil scientist in ''Egg Monsters from Mars.''
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* In The Perfect School Ending Brian [[spoiler: having tricked The Perfect School's headmaster and his parents into switching places with his clone, is breaking into the Perfect School's Computer systerm to save the other kids from their fate]].

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* In The ''The Perfect School Ending School'' ending Brian [[spoiler: having tricked The Perfect School's headmaster and his parents into switching places with his clone, is breaking into the Perfect School's Computer systerm system to save the other kids from their fate]].



* Despite being caught in an absolutely terrifying situation, the vast majority of the students band together to fight against the monsters and to help each other during the potential apocalypse.

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* Despite being caught in an absolutely terrifying situation, [[TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople the vast majority of the students band together to fight against the monsters and to help each other during the potential apocalypse. apocalypse.]]
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* Near the end of ''Weirdo Halloween'', after Meg cuts her hand [[spoiler: to prove she's not a robot]], one of the Horrors stops to bandage her bleeding cut. It's easy to miss, but sweet considering how antagonistic the Horrors were in the original series.

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!!The Movie

* Oddly enough, Slappy gets exactly ''one'' moment like this: he is ''genuinely'' happy to see Stine when he's released from his book (even if Stine [[OhCrap doesn't exactly return the sentiment]]), affectionately calls him "Papa," and is excited to see what trouble he's been summoned for this time, thinking that Stine let him out on purpose. And then the moment's gone [[OhCrap when he catches Stine trying to discreetly pick up his book to trap him inside again]].
* Despite being caught in an absolutely terrifying situation, the vast majority of the students band together to fight against the monsters and to help each other during the potential apocalypse.
* Hannah helping both Zach and Stine to [[spoiler: learn to let her go, while simultaneously helping them both dealing with their respective grief: Zach from the loss of his father, and Stine from the loss of his wife, as well as to face his loneliness and open up to real people again instead of his imaginary characters]].
* R. L. Stine [[spoiler: writing one more book to bring Hannah back, and allowing her to finally live like a normal teenager with Zach]]
** Even before that, Stine [[spoiler: never told Hannah she was the character from ''The Ghost Next Door'', simply because he loved having her around, considering he was dealing with his wife's departure]].
* Tim Jacobus, who painted the series' memorable and popular book covers, had not been involved with the franchise for at least ten years before being brought back to work on some of the films merchandise. The film's end credits sequence serves as a ''gorgeously'' animated tribute to his artwork, something he was apparently kept in the dark about until he saw the film for himself.


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* Oddly enough, Slappy gets exactly ''one'' moment like this: he is ''genuinely'' happy to see Stine when he's released from his book (even if Stine [[OhCrap doesn't exactly return the sentiment]]), affectionately calls him "Papa," and is excited to see what trouble he's been summoned for this time, thinking that Stine let him out on purpose. And then the moment's gone [[OhCrap when he catches Stine trying to discreetly pick up his book to trap him inside again]].
* Despite being caught in an absolutely terrifying situation, the vast majority of the students band together to fight against the monsters and to help each other during the potential apocalypse.
* Hannah helping both Zach and Stine to [[spoiler: learn to let her go, while simultaneously helping them both dealing with their respective grief: Zach from the loss of his father, and Stine from the loss of his wife, as well as to face his loneliness and open up to real people again instead of his imaginary characters]].
* R. L. Stine [[spoiler: writing one more book to bring Hannah back, and allowing her to finally live like a normal teenager with Zach]]
** Even before that, Stine [[spoiler: never told Hannah she was the character from ''The Ghost Next Door'', simply because he loved having her around, considering he was dealing with his wife's departure]].
* Tim Jacobus, who painted the series' memorable and popular book covers, had not been involved with the franchise for at least ten years before being brought back to work on some of the films merchandise. The film's end credits sequence serves as a ''gorgeously'' animated tribute to his artwork, something he was apparently kept in the dark about until he saw the film for himself.
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* Despite being caught in an absolutely terrifying situation, the vast majority of the students band together to fight against the monsters and to help each other during the potential apocalypse.
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* Hannah helping both Zach and Stine to [[spoiler: learn to let her go, while simulaneously helping them both dealing with their respective grief: Zach from the loss of his father, and Stine from the loss of his wife, as well as to face his loneliness and open up to real people again instead of his imaginary characters]].

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* Hannah helping both Zach and Stine to [[spoiler: learn to let her go, while simulaneously simultaneously helping them both dealing with their respective grief: Zach from the loss of his father, and Stine from the loss of his wife, as well as to face his loneliness and open up to real people again instead of his imaginary characters]].
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** Even before that, Stine [[spoiler: never told Hannah she was the character from ''The Ghost Next Door'', simply because he loved having her around, considering he was dealing with the loss of his wife (at least implied)]].

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** Even before that, Stine [[spoiler: never told Hannah she was the character from ''The Ghost Next Door'', simply because he loved having her around, considering he was dealing with the loss of his wife (at least implied)]].wife's departure]].
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** Even before that, Stine [[spoiler: never told Hannah she was the character from ''The Ghost Next Door'', simply because he loved having her around, considering he was dealing with the loss of his wife (at least implied)]].
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* In The Perfect School Ending Brian [[spoiler: having tricked The Perfect School's headmaster and his parents into switching places with his clone, is breaking into the Perfect School's Computer systerm to save the other kids from their fate]].
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* Tim Jacobus, who painted the series' memorable and popular book covers, had not been involved with the franchise for at least ten years before being brought back to work on some of the films merchandise. The film's end credits sequence serves as a ''gorgeously'' animated tribute to his artwork, something he was apparently kept in the dark about until he saw the film for himself.
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* Hannah helping both Zach and Stine to [[spoiler: learn to let her go, while simulaneously helping them both dealing with their respective grief: Zach from the loss of his father, and Stine to face his loneliness and open up to real people again instead of his imaginary characters]].

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* Hannah helping both Zach and Stine to [[spoiler: learn to let her go, while simulaneously helping them both dealing with their respective grief: Zach from the loss of his father, and Stine from the loss of his wife, as well as to face his loneliness and open up to real people again instead of his imaginary characters]].
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* Oddly enough, Slappy gets exactly ''one'' moment like this: he is ''genuinely'' happy to see Stine when he's released from his book (even if Stine [[OhCrap doesn't exactly return the sentiment]]), affectionately calls him "Papa," and is excited to see what trouble he's been summoned for this time, thinking that Stine let him out on purpose. And then the moment's gone [[Ohcrap when he catches Stine trying to discreetly pick up his book to trap him inside again]].

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* Oddly enough, Slappy gets exactly ''one'' moment like this: he is ''genuinely'' happy to see Stine when he's released from his book (even if Stine [[OhCrap doesn't exactly return the sentiment]]), affectionately calls him "Papa," and is excited to see what trouble he's been summoned for this time, thinking that Stine let him out on purpose. And then the moment's gone [[Ohcrap [[OhCrap when he catches Stine trying to discreetly pick up his book to trap him inside again]].

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* At the end of the TV show episode "The Ghost Next Door" [[spoiler:Hannah, the ghost, fulfills her mission of saving Danny and 'crosses over" to be reunited with her family in what can be assumed to be Heaven]]. The book ends a bit...less happily, with Danny [[spoiler: never seeing Hannah after she saves him and, her going off to the afterlife]] but it still ends up being sweet.

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!!The Movie

* At Oddly enough, Slappy gets exactly ''one'' moment like this: he is ''genuinely'' happy to see Stine when he's released from his book (even if Stine [[OhCrap doesn't exactly return the end of the TV show episode "The Ghost Next Door" [[spoiler:Hannah, the ghost, fulfills her mission of saving Danny sentiment]]), affectionately calls him "Papa," and 'crosses over" is excited to be reunited with her family in see what can be assumed trouble he's been summoned for this time, thinking that Stine let him out on purpose. And then the moment's gone [[Ohcrap when he catches Stine trying to be Heaven]]. The discreetly pick up his book ends a bit...less happily, with Danny to trap him inside again]].
* Hannah helping both Zach and Stine to
[[spoiler: never seeing learn to let her go, while simulaneously helping them both dealing with their respective grief: Zach from the loss of his father, and Stine to face his loneliness and open up to real people again instead of his imaginary characters]].
* R. L. Stine [[spoiler: writing one more book to bring
Hannah after she saves him and, back, and allowing her going off to the afterlife]] but it still ends up being sweet.finally live like a normal teenager with Zach]]

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* The ending to TV version of ''Vampire Breath'', where it's revealed that the vampire chasing the protagonists was really just their long-lost grandfather.


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* At the end of the TV show episode "The Ghost Next Door" [[spoiler:Hannah, the ghost, fulfills her mission of saving Danny and 'crosses over" to be reunited with her family in what can be assumed to be Heaven]]. The book ends a bit...less happily, with Danny [[spoiler: never seeing Hannah after she saves him and, her going off to the afterlife]] but it still ends up being sweet.
* The ending of ''Vampire Breath'', where it's revealed that the vampire chasing the protagonists was really just their long-lost grandfather.
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* ''[[JerkAss Slappy]]'' of all people gets a minor one in the HorrorLand book, ''The Streets of Panic Park''. It says enough when arguably the most selfish bastard in Stine's canon [[spoiler: keeps the kids focused on getting to the Whirlwind ride to escape Panic Park, and was even willing to let the kids go first]]. Prior to that, he also [[spoiler: insulted the Menace just to make the kids laugh and bring the Fear Meter down to ensure their survival]]. Granted, that latter one was partially him just [[JerkAss being himself]] and getting back at a double-crosser, but the fact that he's ''helping at all'' speaks volumes.

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