History Literature / NightOfTheLivingDummyII

It was adapted into [[Recap/GoosebumpsS1E10NightOfTheLivingDummyII episode 10 of the first season]] of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]], with a novelization based on the episode being released as book 5 of the ''Goosebumps Presents'' series.

* NoEnding: The story ends with Slappy getting destroyed by Dennis, who is believed to be Jed in disguise (he was meant to [[WeNeedADistraction distract]] Slappy when he entered Sara's room) until Amy and the rest of the family find out that Jed overslept and didn't show up disguised as Dennis. The book abruptly ends on Amy coming to an OhCrap realization that Dennis is also alive, but there's no closure.

* NoEnding: The story ends with Slappy getting destroyed by Dennis, who is believed to be Jed in disguise (he was meant to [[WeNeedADistraction distract]] Slappy when he entered Sara's room) until they find out that Jed overslept and didn't show up disguised as Dennis. The book abruptly ends on Amy coming to an OhCrap realization that Dennis is also alive, but there's no closure.

* ShoutOut: Amy's father plays "Maggie's Farm" by Creator/BobDylan at one of the Family Sharing Nights.

It was adapted into episode 10 of the first season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]], with a novelization based on the episode being released as book 5 of the ''Goosebumps Presents'' series.

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!!The episode provides examples of:

* AdaptationDyeJob: Slappy is [[EvilRedhead a redhead]] instead of a brunette. Visually this makes him a sort of CompositeCharacter with Mr. Wood, who [[UnInstallment doesn't appear]].
* AmbiguousEnding: Unlike the book, it is confirmed Dennis was the one to defeat Slappy, though whether he did it to protect the family or to be top dummy is left up to our imagination.
* CompressedAdaptation: Slappy's multiple acts of vandalism which Amy is blamed for, such as dumping paint all over Sarah's rug and painting "Amy" all over her walls, are reduced to a single act of painting crude stick figures of the family on Sarah's new painting.
* RaceLift: Margo and Alicia aren't black in the book.
* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Amy's best friend Margo and Alicia, the girl whose hand gets caught by Slappy, are sisters in this version.

* WholePlotReference: This book is almost an unofficial ''Film/ChildsPlay'' {{novelization}}.

--> ''Living Dummy'' subseries: [[Literature/{{Night of the Living Dummy}} I ]] | '''II''' | [[Literature/{{Night of the Living Dummy III}} III]] | Literature/{{Bride| of the Living Dummy}}

* AffablyEvil: Outside of the fact that he wants to make preteen girls into slaves, Slappy seems like a fun guy. He just likes to play pranks and tell mean (but true) jokes, allowing the audience [[TooFunnyToBeEvil to forget how dangerous he really is]].

It was later reissued in the ''Classic Goosebumps'' line in 2015 as a companion to the [[Film/{{Goosebumps}} first movie]].

* AdultFear: As several people, along with the blogger himself, pointed out on the [[http://www.bloggerbeware.com snarky Goosebumps blog]], the ''Night of the Living Dummy'' series may be creepy as a child, but as an adult, a completely different layer of creepy reveals itself. The living dummy in question is obsessed with making preteen girls (and it's always girls, never boys in these books) into his slaves. When they refuse, he punches and slaps them - a rare act of physical violence for this series - and knocks one girl unconscious.
** This book also makes Slappy's mission explicitly to convince Amy's parents that she's insane, which is a bit more specific than the general mischief and mayhem he typically causes (this is the only book where the protagonist is treated as disturbed, rather than a deliberate troublemaker). At one point, Slappy [[KickTheDog cackles]] about making Amy's parents commit her to a mental institution if she doesn't follow his orders.

** This book also makes Slappy's mission explicitly to convince Amy's parents that she's insane, which is a bit more specific than the general mischief and mayhem he typically causes. At one point, Slappy [[KickTheDog cackles]] about making Amy's parents commit her to a mental institution if she doesn't follow his orders.

* AmbigousEnding: Unlike the book, it is confirmed Dennis was the one to defeat Slappy, though whether he did it to protect the family or to be top dummy is left up to our imagination.

^AmbigousEnding: Unlike the book, it is confirmed Dennis was the one to defeat Slappy, though whether he did it to protect the family or to be top dummy is left up to our imagination.

--> ''Living Dummy'' subseries: [[Literature/{{Night of the Living Dummy}} I ]] | '''II''' | [[Literature/{{Night of the Living Dummy III}} III]]

* WholePlotReference: This book is almost an unofficial ''Film/ChildsPlay'' {{novelization}}.

It was adapted into episode 10 of the first season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]].

!! It provides examples of:

%%* DemonicDummy: Two of them!

* WholePlotReference: This book is almost an unofficial ''Film/ChildsPlay'' {{novelisation}}.

* DemonicDummy: Two of them!

* TheUnfavourite: Amy's parents do love her, but it's pretty clear the favour Sara and Jed. Later in the book, it turns out Sara is actually jealous of Amy's own talents.