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* GameFace: When Mr. Mortman transforms into a monster, his head becomes scaly, his teeth turn into fangs, and his eyes stick out of his head on stalks.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Lucy's parents, who are revealed as monsters, gruesomely devour the villain, much to their children's delight.]]
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Lucy's parents, who are revealed as monsters, gruesomely devour the villain, much to their children's delight.]]
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It was adapted into [[Recap/GoosebumpsS1E4TheGirlWhoCriedMonster episode 4 of the first season]] of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]], with a novelization based on the episode being released as book 15 of the ''Goosebumps Presents'' series.
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It was adapted into [[Recap/GoosebumpsS1E4TheGirlWhoCriedMonster [[Recap/Goosebumps1995S1E4TheGirlWhoCriedMonster episode 4 of the first season]] of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} [[Series/Goosebumps1995 the 1995 TV series]], with a novelization based on the episode being released as book 15 of the ''Goosebumps Presents'' series.
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!!The episode provides examples of:
* AdaptationExpansion: A minor case in that the episode extends the ending of the book.
* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: After their parents finished killing and eating Mr. Mortman, Lucy and Randy spot what appears to be another one outside the window. As the monstrous head gets closer, Mr. and Mrs. Dark bare their fangs again and prepare to attack it. But then the "creature" reveals himself to actually be Aaron wearing a monster mask]]. This then leads into...
* BaitAndSwitchComment: [[spoiler: The Dark parents hastily keeping their composure before Aaron notices that they're monsters. He asks them what they're doing, and Mr. Dark replies that they were just finishing up dinner, to which Aaron then asks what's for dessert. Mr. Dark then replies with this:]]
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' You... (''{{Beat}} as Lucy suddenly looks stunned'') like cherry pie? (''holds up a cherry pie'')
* BodyHorror: While the book merely describes Mr. Mortman's monster transformation, we get to see it here in all its glory. His head swells and becomes scaly, he grows a mouthful of fangs, and his eyes turn black and stick out on stalks.
* CatScare: A distinct example. Lucy forgets her roller blades at the library and goes back to get them, but as she's going up the stairs to the front entranceway, a black cat suddenly leaps over her feet out of nowhere and startles her.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The whole Dark family starts laughing in amusement after the BaitAndSwitchComment shown above, with even Aaron chuckling in amusement yet in a slightly confused manner. This ''does'' get interrupted by Mrs. Dark hiccuping and excusing herself after [[spoiler: eating Mr. Mortman]].
* ExactWords: Aaron shows up at the end, and asks the Dark family what's up. Mr. Dark replied that [[spoiler: they just finished dinner]]. Considering that [[spoiler: their said dinner was Mr. Mortman, he wasn't lying]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mortman tells Lucy, "Maybe we all have a little monster in us". [[spoiler: Lucy's family turns out to be monsters, so he's right.]]
* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TV adaptation.
* ThisIsReality: As Lucy is getting ''Frankenstein'' at the library, Aaron comments how it would be cool if monsters occur in real life, and Mr. Mortman replies that people would react like that in the movies, not in real life. But then it's revealed that Mr. Mortman himself is a monster. He most likely said to deflect suspicion away from him.
* AdaptationExpansion: A minor case in that the episode extends the ending of the book.
* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: After their parents finished killing and eating Mr. Mortman, Lucy and Randy spot what appears to be another one outside the window. As the monstrous head gets closer, Mr. and Mrs. Dark bare their fangs again and prepare to attack it. But then the "creature" reveals himself to actually be Aaron wearing a monster mask]]. This then leads into...
* BaitAndSwitchComment: [[spoiler: The Dark parents hastily keeping their composure before Aaron notices that they're monsters. He asks them what they're doing, and Mr. Dark replies that they were just finishing up dinner, to which Aaron then asks what's for dessert. Mr. Dark then replies with this:]]
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' You... (''{{Beat}} as Lucy suddenly looks stunned'') like cherry pie? (''holds up a cherry pie'')
* BodyHorror: While the book merely describes Mr. Mortman's monster transformation, we get to see it here in all its glory. His head swells and becomes scaly, he grows a mouthful of fangs, and his eyes turn black and stick out on stalks.
* CatScare: A distinct example. Lucy forgets her roller blades at the library and goes back to get them, but as she's going up the stairs to the front entranceway, a black cat suddenly leaps over her feet out of nowhere and startles her.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The whole Dark family starts laughing in amusement after the BaitAndSwitchComment shown above, with even Aaron chuckling in amusement yet in a slightly confused manner. This ''does'' get interrupted by Mrs. Dark hiccuping and excusing herself after [[spoiler: eating Mr. Mortman]].
* ExactWords: Aaron shows up at the end, and asks the Dark family what's up. Mr. Dark replied that [[spoiler: they just finished dinner]]. Considering that [[spoiler: their said dinner was Mr. Mortman, he wasn't lying]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mortman tells Lucy, "Maybe we all have a little monster in us". [[spoiler: Lucy's family turns out to be monsters, so he's right.]]
* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TV adaptation.
* ThisIsReality: As Lucy is getting ''Frankenstein'' at the library, Aaron comments how it would be cool if monsters occur in real life, and Mr. Mortman replies that people would react like that in the movies, not in real life. But then it's revealed that Mr. Mortman himself is a monster. He most likely said to deflect suspicion away from him.
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* AdaptationExpansion: A minor case in that the episode extends the ending of the book.
* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: After their parents finished killing and eating Mr. Mortman, Lucy and Randy spot what appears to be another one outside the window. As the monstrous head gets closer, Mr. and Mrs. Dark bare their fangs again and prepare to attack it. But then the "creature" reveals himself to actually be Aaron wearing a monster mask]]. This then leads into...
* BaitAndSwitchComment: [[spoiler: The Dark parents hastily keeping their composure before Aaron notices that they're monsters. He asks them what they're doing, and Mr. Dark replies that they were just finishing up dinner, to which Aaron then asks what's for dessert. Mr. Dark then replies with this:]]
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' You... (''{{Beat}} as Lucy suddenly looks stunned'') like cherry pie? (''holds up a cherry pie'')
* BodyHorror: While the book merely describes Mr. Mortman's monster transformation, we get to see it here in all its glory. His head swells and becomes scaly, he grows a mouthful of fangs, and his eyes turn black and stick out on stalks.
* CatScare: A distinct example. Lucy forgets her roller blades at the library and goes back to get them, but as she's going up the stairs to the front entranceway, a black cat suddenly leaps over her feet out of nowhere and startles her.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The whole Dark family starts laughing in amusement after the BaitAndSwitchComment shown above, with even Aaron chuckling in amusement yet in a slightly confused manner. This ''does'' get interrupted by Mrs. Dark hiccuping and excusing herself after [[spoiler: eating Mr. Mortman]].
* ExactWords: Aaron shows up at the end, and asks the Dark family what's up. Mr. Dark replied that [[spoiler: they just finished dinner]]. Considering that [[spoiler: their said dinner was Mr. Mortman, he wasn't lying]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mortman tells Lucy, "Maybe we all have a little monster in us". [[spoiler: Lucy's family turns out to be monsters, so he's right.]]
* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TV adaptation.
* ThisIsReality: As Lucy is getting ''Frankenstein'' at the library, Aaron comments how it would be cool if monsters occur in real life, and Mr. Mortman replies that people would react like that in the movies, not in real life. But then it's revealed that Mr. Mortman himself is a monster. He most likely said to deflect suspicion away from him.
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* HeyWait: After barely escaping from a suspicious Mr. Mortman, Lucy runs back home in a panic. But a few minutes later, she's shocked to find none other than the librarian at the door asking for her. It turns out that he came here because she left her backpack at the library, and went to the address that was written on there to give to her.
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* HeyWait: After barely escaping from a suspicious Mr. Mortman, Lucy runs back home in a panic. But a few minutes later, she's shocked to find none other than the librarian himself at the door asking for her. It turns out that he came here because she left her backpack at the library, and went to the address that was written on there to give to her.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: As Mr. Mortman first arrives at Lucy's house and starts talking to a frightened Lucy, she blurts out to him that her parents aren't home, so it's just her and her brother currently at home. She immediately and internally demands why she would say that to him.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: As Mr. Mortman first arrives at Lucy's house and starts talking to a frightened Lucy, she blurts out to him that her parents aren't home, so it's just her and her brother currently at home. She immediately and internally demands herself why she would say that to him.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: While Mr. Mortman chases Lucy through the library, she accidentally knocks over the card catalogue. While he may be a monster, [[AppealToInherentNature Mr. Mortman is also a librarian]], and therefore stops to organize the cards, allowing Lucy escape.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: While Mr. Mortman chases Lucy through the library, she accidentally knocks over the card catalogue. While he may be a monster, [[AppealToInherentNature Mr. Mortman is also a librarian]], and therefore stops to organize the cards, allowing Lucy to escape.
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* DeusExScuseMe: At one point while running from Mr. Mortman, who had just been deprived of his vision, Lucy accidentally collides with a book cart which made her susecptible to the monster's fury. But then the library telephone rang, which distracts Mr. Mortman, causing Lucy to successfully escape from his grasp.
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* DeusExScuseMe: At one point while running from Mr. Mortman, who had just been deprived of his vision, Lucy accidentally collides with a book cart which made her susecptible susceptible to the monster's fury. But then the library telephone rang, which distracts Mr. Mortman, causing Lucy to successfully escape from his grasp.
* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: After their parents finished killing and eating Mr. Mortman, Lucy and Randy spot what appears to be another one outside the window. As the monstrous head gets closer, Mr. and Mrs. Dark bare their fangs again and prepare to attack it. But then the "creature" reveals himself to actually be Aaron wearing a monster mask]]. This then leads into...
* BaitAndSwitchComment: [[spoiler: The Dark parents hastily keeping their composure before Aaron notices that they're monsters. He asks them what they're doing, and Mr. Dark replies that they were just finishing up dinner, to which Aaron then asks what's for dessert. Mr. Dark then replies with this:]]
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' You... (''{{Beat}} as Lucy suddenly looks stunned'') like cherry pie? (''holds up a cherry pie'')
* BaitAndSwitchComment: [[spoiler: The Dark parents hastily keeping their composure before Aaron notices that they're monsters. He asks them what they're doing, and Mr. Dark replies that they were just finishing up dinner, to which Aaron then asks what's for dessert. Mr. Dark then replies with this:]]
-->'''Mr. Dark:''' You... (''{{Beat}} as Lucy suddenly looks stunned'') like cherry pie? (''holds up a cherry pie'')
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mortman tells Lucy "Maybe we all have a little monster in us". [[spoiler: Lucy's family turns out to be monsters, so he's right.]]
* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TV adaptation.
* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TV adaptation.
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* CatScare: A distinct example. Lucy forgets her roller blades at the library and goes back to get them, but as she's going up the stairs to the front entranceway, a black cat suddenly leaps over her feet out of nowhere and startles her.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The whole Dark family starts laughing in amusement after the BaitAndSwitchComment shown above, with even Aaron chuckling in amusement yet in a slightly confused manner. This ''does'' get interrupted by Mrs. Dark hiccuping and excusing herself after [[spoiler: eating Mr. Mortman]].
* ExactWords: Aaron shows up at the end, and asks the Dark family what's up. Mr. Dark replied that [[spoiler: they just finished dinner]]. Considering that [[spoiler: their said dinner was Mr. Mortman, he wasn't lying]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mortman tellsLucy Lucy, "Maybe we all have a little monster in us". [[spoiler: Lucy's family turns out to be monsters, so he's right.]]
* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TVadaptation.adaptation.
* ThisIsReality: As Lucy is getting ''Frankenstein'' at the library, Aaron comments how it would be cool if monsters occur in real life, and Mr. Mortman replies that people would react like that in the movies, not in real life. But then it's revealed that Mr. Mortman himself is a monster. He most likely said to deflect suspicion away from him.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The whole Dark family starts laughing in amusement after the BaitAndSwitchComment shown above, with even Aaron chuckling in amusement yet in a slightly confused manner. This ''does'' get interrupted by Mrs. Dark hiccuping and excusing herself after [[spoiler: eating Mr. Mortman]].
* ExactWords: Aaron shows up at the end, and asks the Dark family what's up. Mr. Dark replied that [[spoiler: they just finished dinner]]. Considering that [[spoiler: their said dinner was Mr. Mortman, he wasn't lying]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mortman tells
* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TV
* ThisIsReality: As Lucy is getting ''Frankenstein'' at the library, Aaron comments how it would be cool if monsters occur in real life, and Mr. Mortman replies that people would react like that in the movies, not in real life. But then it's revealed that Mr. Mortman himself is a monster. He most likely said to deflect suspicion away from him.
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* MonstrousCannibalism: [[spoiler:Literally, as Lucy's monster parents eat Mr. Mortman, who is also a monster]].
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* AdultFear: Lucy's parents are clearly horrified when Aaron confirms [[spoiler: that yes, Mr. Mortman is a monster and he nearly tried to kill Lucy for exposing him. It doesn't help that Mrs. Dark shooed Lucy to the library that morning and she realizes that she sent her daughter to a place where a predator works. Part of the reason they eat Mr. Mortman, in addition to keeping monsters from being found out, is to make sure Lucy is out of danger]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mortman tells Lucy "maybe we all have a little monster in us". [[spoiler: Lucy's family turns out to be monsters, so he's right.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseEducation: Mr. Mortman assigning ''Huckleberry Finn'' and ''Frankenstein'' for a preteen to read as part of a summer program. He also buys her BlatantLies that she liked the description for ''Huckleberry Finn'' the best. Lucy is established as BrilliantButLazy, and usually, those books are assigned at a high school level, if not college. The TV series fixes this by having Lucy check out ''Frankenstein'' with no reading program and half-heartedly receive recommendations from Mr. Mortman.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The Collector's Cap books explain that Dark family is from Romania and left due to all the other monsters living there.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The Collector's Cap books explain that [[spoiler: the Dark family is from Romania and left due to all the other monsters living there. there]].
* AntiSneezeFinger: During her prolonged time at hiding from Mr. Mortman in a shadowy bookshelf corner, Lucy could feel her nose start to twitch from the dust, and she realizes she's about to blow. She presses two fingers under her nose to stop herself.
* BlindingCameraFlash: Once a hiding Lucy takes a photograph of Mr. Mortman while he's in monster form, the camera flash startles him and temporarily rendered him sightless. Lucy has to run away while a blinded Mr. Mortman tries to find her.
* AntiSneezeFinger: During her prolonged time at hiding from Mr. Mortman in a shadowy bookshelf corner, Lucy could feel her nose start to twitch from the dust, and she realizes she's about to blow. She presses two fingers under her nose to stop herself.
* BlindingCameraFlash: Once a hiding Lucy takes a photograph of Mr. Mortman while he's in monster form, the camera flash startles him and temporarily rendered him sightless. Lucy has to run away while a blinded Mr. Mortman tries to find her.
* DeusExScuseMe: At one point while running from Mr. Mortman, who had just been deprived of his vision, Lucy accidentally collides with a book cart which made her susecptible to the monster's fury. But then the library telephone rang, which distracts Mr. Mortman, causing Lucy to successfully escape from his grasp.
* ExactEavesdropping: [[spoiler: Aaron happened to be inside the library, and saw an unaware Mr. Mortman transform and go after Lucy. This ''finally'' convinced him that she was telling him the truth about this librarian all along]].
* GutFeeling: Upon re-entering the library to retrieve her rollerblades, Lucy can't help but feel an ominous pressure inside of her that something terrible is lurking around the corner, to which she refers to as a "premonition". Indeed, she soon finds out that the sole librarian in the building is a beastly creature.
* HeyWait: After barely escaping from a suspicious Mr. Mortman, Lucy runs back home in a panic. But a few minutes later, she's shocked to find none other than the librarian at the door asking for her. It turns out that he came here because she left her backpack at the library, and went to the address that was written on there to give to her.
* HypocriticalHumor: Lucy once overhears an elderly lady looking after her granddaughter, Samantha, as they peruse through the library. The woman starts talking to Mr. Mortman, and then Samantha ''loudly'' tells her that they're in a library, so they're supposed to whisper.
* ExactEavesdropping: [[spoiler: Aaron happened to be inside the library, and saw an unaware Mr. Mortman transform and go after Lucy. This ''finally'' convinced him that she was telling him the truth about this librarian all along]].
* GutFeeling: Upon re-entering the library to retrieve her rollerblades, Lucy can't help but feel an ominous pressure inside of her that something terrible is lurking around the corner, to which she refers to as a "premonition". Indeed, she soon finds out that the sole librarian in the building is a beastly creature.
* HeyWait: After barely escaping from a suspicious Mr. Mortman, Lucy runs back home in a panic. But a few minutes later, she's shocked to find none other than the librarian at the door asking for her. It turns out that he came here because she left her backpack at the library, and went to the address that was written on there to give to her.
* HypocriticalHumor: Lucy once overhears an elderly lady looking after her granddaughter, Samantha, as they peruse through the library. The woman starts talking to Mr. Mortman, and then Samantha ''loudly'' tells her that they're in a library, so they're supposed to whisper.
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* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: After Lucy's parents actually ''know'' that Mr. Mortman is a monster who's trying to eat their daughter, their solution to the problem is to eat him alive. They also did this because too many monsters at one place endangers TheMasquerade to humans.
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* LetMeGetThisStraight: Aaron says this to Lucy when she is trying to convince him that a large sassafras tree near her house has a monster on top of there, and is asking him to poke at it with a rake to prove it.
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: After Lucy's parents actually ''know'' that Mr. Mortman is a monster who's trying to eat their daughter, their solution to the problem is [[spoiler: to eat him alive. They also did this because too many monsters at one place endangers TheMasquerade tohumans.humans]].
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: After Lucy's parents actually ''know'' that Mr. Mortman is a monster who's trying to eat their daughter, their solution to the problem is [[spoiler: to eat him alive. They also did this because too many monsters at one place endangers TheMasquerade to
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* CryingWolf: The whole book is about a girl who constantly tells monster tales to freak people out. Eventually, she finds out that the librarian is a monster, but nobody believes her. Of course, this Aesop is a bit undermined by [[FantasticAesop the inherent nature of it]] -- people ''may'' believe you if you say there's a wolf in town, but a bug-eyed monster? [[CassandraTruth Unlikely in any case]]. It turns out that [[spoiler: Her parents -- as well as her and her brother -- are actually monsters, which she didn't know at the time and they had been acting like they didn't believe her when they were planning to eat the librarian.]]
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* CryingWolf: The whole book is about a girl who constantly tells monster tales to freak people out. Eventually, she finds out that the librarian is a monster, but nobody believes her. Of course, this Aesop is a bit undermined by [[FantasticAesop the inherent nature of it]] it -- people ''may'' believe you if you say there's a wolf in town, but a bug-eyed monster? [[CassandraTruth Unlikely in any case]]. It turns out that [[spoiler: Her parents -- as well as her and her brother -- are actually monsters, which she didn't know at the time and they had been acting like they didn't believe her when they were planning to eat the librarian.]]
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* BodyHorror: While the book merely describes Mr. Mortman's monster transformation, we get to see it here in all its glory. His head swells and becomes scaly, he grows a mouthful of fangs, and his eyes turn black and stick out on stalks.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: While Mr. Mortman chases Lucy through the library, she accidentally knocks over the card catalogue. While he may be a monster, [[AppealToInherentNature Mr. Mortman is also a librarian]], and therefore stops to organize the cards, allowing Lucy escape.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: While Mr. Mortman chases Lucy through the library, she accidentally knocks over the card catalogue. While he may be a monster, [[AppealToInherentNature Mr. Mortman is also a librarian]], and therefore stops to organize the cards, allowing Lucy escape.escape.
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* RaceLift: Aaron, who is described as red-haired in the book, is black in the TV adaptation.
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It was adapted into episode 4 of the first season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]].
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The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book about the evil librarian.
Lucy Dark loves monster stories. She's always scaring her little brother by telling him there's a monster hiding behind everything they see, and the only books she wants to read for her local library's summer reading programme are the ones about monsters. Unfortunately for her, monsters are about to get a whole lot more real. She discovers that Mr. Mortman, the librarian, is a monster himself. To make things worse, nobody believes Lucy. She'll need to find some way to prove she's telling the truth about this monster before it's too late.
It was adapted into episode 4 of the first season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]].
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!! It provides examples of:
* AdultFear: Lucy's parents are clearly horrified when Aaron confirms [[spoiler: that yes, Mr. Mortman is a monster and he nearly tried to kill Lucy for exposing him. It doesn't help that Mrs. Dark shooed Lucy to the library that morning and she realizes that she sent her daughter to a place where a predator works. Part of the reason they eat Mr. Mortman, in addition to keeping monsters from being found out, is to make sure Lucy is out of danger]].
* AffablyEvil: Mr. Mortman, who was perfectly nice and friendly aside from being a monster who ate flies, and only tried to kill Lucy when she kept trying to expose his secret.
* AlasPoorVillain: Mr. Mortman. His privacy was violated and he wasn't really doing anything except having particularly grotesque eating habits.
* ChildEater: Mr. Mortman chases Lucy with the intention of catching her and eating her.
* CryingWolf: The whole book is about a girl who constantly tells monster tales to freak people out. Eventually, she finds out that the librarian is a monster, but nobody believes her. Of course, this Aesop is a bit undermined by [[FantasticAesop the inherent nature of it]] -- people ''may'' believe you if you say there's a wolf in town, but a bug-eyed monster? [[CassandraTruth Unlikely in any case]]. It turns out that [[spoiler: Her parents -- as well as her and her brother -- are actually monsters, which she didn't know at the time and they had been acting like they didn't believe her when they were planning to eat the librarian.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Lucy's parents, who are revealed as monsters, gruesomely devour the villain, much to their children's delight.]]
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: After Lucy's parents actually ''know'' that Mr. Mortman is a monster who's trying to eat their daughter, their solution to the problem is to eat him alive. They also did this because too many monsters at one place endangers TheMasquerade to humans.
* NonindicativeName: InUniverse, where Lucy's family lives in the town of Timberland Falls. But its name is this trope -- as Lucy herself puts it, "There are a few forests outside of town, but nobody cuts the trees down for timber. And there aren't any falls. So, why Timberland Falls?"
* OurMonstersAreWeird: Mr. Mortman, a bug-eyed monster disguised as a human who devours strange creatures.
* TomatoSurprise: The end reveals that [[spoiler: not only is the librarian a monster, so are Lucy and her whole family]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: While Mr. Mortman chases Lucy through the library, she accidentally knocks over the card catalogue. While he may be a monster, [[AppealToInherentNature Mr. Mortman is also a librarian]], and therefore stops to organize the cards, allowing Lucy escape.
The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book about the evil librarian.
Lucy Dark loves monster stories. She's always scaring her little brother by telling him there's a monster hiding behind everything they see, and the only books she wants to read for her local library's summer reading programme are the ones about monsters. Unfortunately for her, monsters are about to get a whole lot more real. She discovers that Mr. Mortman, the librarian, is a monster himself. To make things worse, nobody believes Lucy. She'll need to find some way to prove she's telling the truth about this monster before it's too late.
It was adapted into episode 4 of the first season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]].
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!! It provides examples of:
* AdultFear: Lucy's parents are clearly horrified when Aaron confirms [[spoiler: that yes, Mr. Mortman is a monster and he nearly tried to kill Lucy for exposing him. It doesn't help that Mrs. Dark shooed Lucy to the library that morning and she realizes that she sent her daughter to a place where a predator works. Part of the reason they eat Mr. Mortman, in addition to keeping monsters from being found out, is to make sure Lucy is out of danger]].
* AffablyEvil: Mr. Mortman, who was perfectly nice and friendly aside from being a monster who ate flies, and only tried to kill Lucy when she kept trying to expose his secret.
* AlasPoorVillain: Mr. Mortman. His privacy was violated and he wasn't really doing anything except having particularly grotesque eating habits.
* ChildEater: Mr. Mortman chases Lucy with the intention of catching her and eating her.
* CryingWolf: The whole book is about a girl who constantly tells monster tales to freak people out. Eventually, she finds out that the librarian is a monster, but nobody believes her. Of course, this Aesop is a bit undermined by [[FantasticAesop the inherent nature of it]] -- people ''may'' believe you if you say there's a wolf in town, but a bug-eyed monster? [[CassandraTruth Unlikely in any case]]. It turns out that [[spoiler: Her parents -- as well as her and her brother -- are actually monsters, which she didn't know at the time and they had been acting like they didn't believe her when they were planning to eat the librarian.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler: Lucy's parents, who are revealed as monsters, gruesomely devour the villain, much to their children's delight.]]
* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf: After Lucy's parents actually ''know'' that Mr. Mortman is a monster who's trying to eat their daughter, their solution to the problem is to eat him alive. They also did this because too many monsters at one place endangers TheMasquerade to humans.
* NonindicativeName: InUniverse, where Lucy's family lives in the town of Timberland Falls. But its name is this trope -- as Lucy herself puts it, "There are a few forests outside of town, but nobody cuts the trees down for timber. And there aren't any falls. So, why Timberland Falls?"
* OurMonstersAreWeird: Mr. Mortman, a bug-eyed monster disguised as a human who devours strange creatures.
* TomatoSurprise: The end reveals that [[spoiler: not only is the librarian a monster, so are Lucy and her whole family]].
* WeaksauceWeakness: While Mr. Mortman chases Lucy through the library, she accidentally knocks over the card catalogue. While he may be a monster, [[AppealToInherentNature Mr. Mortman is also a librarian]], and therefore stops to organize the cards, allowing Lucy escape.
