History Literature / AttackOfTheJackOLanterns

* IGotARock: While trick-or-treating, Tabitha and Lee are displeased that they got apples at one house. They threw them on the ground, and wondered why people do this trope, as they should know trick-or-treaters only want candy. Tabitha suggests that it's because some people are cheap.

It was adapted into [[Recap/GoosebumpsS2E10AttackOfTheJackOLanterns the tenth episode of the second season]] of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]], with a novelization based on the episode being released as book 16 of the ''Goosebumps Presents'' series.

It was adapted into the tenth episode of the second season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]], with a novelization based on the episode being released as book 16 of the ''Goosebumps Presents'' series.

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!!The episode provides examples of:

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Drew's dad snickers when Walker sprays him with a water gun, to explain the "stormy" of "Dark and Stormy Knight".
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Unlike in the book, Walker had never met Shane and Shana before and didn't know [[spoiler:they were aliens]].
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Book Drew was [[spoiler: in on the prank that Shane and Shauna did, so she was playing up her fear when the jack-o-lanterns started terrorizing the kids]]. In the TV episode, the twins just tell her they'll handle the details and bring Tabby and Lee to a designated meeting spot. Drew becomes legitimately scared that the pumpkin heads they see aren't Shane and Shauna, and warns Tabby and Lee.
* CostumesChangeYourSize: [[spoiler:Twin brother and sister Shane and Shana are revealed to be alien friends of the lead protagonist. When in their human disguises, they are at an average pre-teen kid-size, but after removing their LatexPerfection masks to reveal their green Muppet-esque alien heads, suddenly they are way taller, appearing even larger than an average adult human.]]
* MissingChild: Presented more prominently here than in the book. Drew's parents discuss if it's safe for their daughter to go trick-or-treating after a string of disappearances. They make Drew promise to stick with the group and head home if there's any trouble. Suffice to say, Drew doesn't get the chance to do this because the Jack-O-Lanterns make sure she and her friends can't run. [[spoiler: It was only Shane and Shauna pulling a prank on Tabitha and Lee, but they tease Drew to not eat too much candy or she'll be their next meal]].
* RaceLift: Lee goes from black to white, while Drew becomes black.

* CatapultNightmare: In both the book and TV episode, Drew wakes up from a nightmare where her friends and herself are taken prisoner by a crazy old man and woman who "collect" trick-or-treaters with what they consider good costumes and lock them up in their attic.
* CheapCostume: In Drew's fantasy of their third Halloween night, her and Walker, as well as Tabitha and Lee, have these going on. Drew and Walker were [[BedsheetGhost plain ghosts]], Tabitha was wearing her princess costume from two years ago but with green make-up on (to signify that she's a ''space'' princess), and Lee wore a hand-me-down Superman costume. This is why when a homeowner tells them they have wonderful costumes, Drew thought that sounded false.
** And on the actual night, Drew notices that her superhero outfit isn't too rad, but doesn't care.

* StingyJack: The main characters are forced to trick or treat all night by a group of entities that can breath fire with jack o'lanterns for heads. The are revealed to be [[spoiler: aliens]] by the end.

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Unlike, in the book, Walker had never met Shane and Shana before and didn't know [[spoiler:they were aliens]].

* AdultFear: Presented more prominently here than in the book. Drew's parents discuss if it's safe for their daughter to go trick-or-treating after a string of disappearances. They make Drew promise to stick with the group and head home if there's any trouble. Suffice to say, Drew doesn't get the chance to do this because the Jack-O-Lanterns make sure she and her friends can't run. [[spoiler: It was only Shane and Shauna pulling a prank on Tabitha and Lee, but they tease Drew to not eat too much candy or she'll be their next meal]].

* LaughThemselvesSick: [[spoiler: When Drew and Walker finally succeed in scaring Tabby and Lee, with Sane and Shana's help, they laughed until it hurt]].

* ToServeMan: The ending reveals that [[spoiler: Drew's friends Shane and Shana are the aliens who ate the four fat adults who were missing according to a local news story]].

* TryingNotToCry: This Drew's reaction when finding out from Tabitha that they're aren't coming to her party, which ruins her first chance at revenge.

* MadnessMantra: Tabitha and Lee soon get tired of the Pumpkin Heads demanding that they continue trick-or-treating, and chant "No way!" in protest.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Book Drew was [[spoiler: in on the prank that Shane and Shauna did, so she was playing up her fear when the jack-o-lanterns started terrorizing the kids]]. In the TV episode, the twins just tell her they'll handle the details and bring Tabby and Lee to a designated meeting spot. Drew becomes legitimately scared that the pumpkin heads they see aren't Shane and Shauna, and warns Tabby and Lee. Tabby and Lee are a little catty and arrogant, but nowhere near the bullies, they were in the book. They obviously see Halloween as a time to have fun.
* AdaptedOut: Todd and Jeffrey are absent.

* ForceFeeding: When the group protests that their bags are full and they can't do candy anymore, they are forced.

* CatapultNightmare: In both the book and TV episode, Drew wakes up from a nightmare where her friends and herself are taken prisoner by a crazy old man and woman who "collect" trick-or-treaters with what they consider good costumes and lock them up in their attic.
* DoorSlamOfRage: At the beginning of the book, when Drew is going out and her father calls her [[EmbarrassingNickname elf]], and she responds by slamming the front door shut.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The human-eating aliens leave unimpeded at the end, assuring that they'll return for the buffet next year. They do reassure Drew that they won't eat her because she's too skinny and they’re friends]].

* TrapDoor: As part of their ideas for revenge on Tabitha and Lee, Walker suggests a trap door to send the two from Drew's living room to the basement. Drew herself liked the idea, but had to reject it because [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome her parents wouldn't like her sawing up the floor to build it, and also because that might break Tabitha and Lee's necks]]

* AdultFear: Drew's parents discuss if it's safe for their daughter to go trick-or-treating after a string of disappearances. They make Drew promise to stick with the group and head home if there's any trouble. Suffice to say, Drew doesn't get the chance to do this because the Jack-O-Lanterns make sure she and her friends can't run. [[spoiler: It was only Shane and Shauna pulling a prank on Tabitha and Lee, but they tease Drew to not eat too much candy or she'll be their next meal]].

* AgonyOfTheFeet: When Walker hears Drew's father call her [[EmbarrassingNickname elf]] one time, he decides to give that a try himself. She responds by stopping on his foot so hard that he never tried that again.

* DudeNotFunny: After it is revealed that Tabitha and Lee faked a break-in in which two teenagers pretend to be criminals and force most of the party members to perform exercise, the partygoers abruptly [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere leave the house]], telling Tabitha and Lee that their prank was not funny at all.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: The human-eating aliens leave unimpeded at the end, assuring that they’ll return for the buffet next year. They do reassure Drew that they won’t eat her because she’s too skinny and they’re friends]].

* AgonyOfTheFeet: When Walker hears Drew’s father call her [[EmbarrassingNickname elf]] one time, he decides to give that a try himself. She responds by stopping on his foot so hard that he never tried that again.

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: At Lee’s party, Walker is wearing a mummy costume and he is worried because it keeps unraveling. Shane asks him if he is worried about this because he is not wearing anything underneath, and Drew briefly imagines Walker caught in his underwear at the party. [[SubvertedTrope Walker assures them that, yes, he is wearing clothes underneath, but he is instead worried]] about slipping on a loose piece of cloth.

* SpottingTheThread: As the members of Lee’s party are forced by supposed thugs to do push-ups, Drew notices that Tabitha and Lee are not doing push-ups with the rest of them, and are looking rather amused. This clues her in that they orchestrated this party and “break-in” as part of a massive prank.

* TeensAreMonsters: Todd and Jeffrey are two teenage boys who agree to pretend to be thugs who break into Lee’s house while a party is going on, and threatening everybody to do push-ups. They seem to have a lot of fun doing it.

* TooOldToTrickOrTreat: In Drew’s dream, Walker mentions how as twelve year-olds, this trope is supposed to be in effect a year later, and Drew thinks that this was a depressing thought.

* KarmaHoudini: The human-eating aliens leave unimpeded in their spaceship at the end, assuring that they'll return for the buffet next year. [[spoiler: They do reassure Drew that they won't be eating her since she's too skinny and they're friends]].

* RaceLift: Lee goes from black to white, while the protagonist becomes black.