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* ActorAllusion: At one point, Kareen's father calls her Princess. She is played by Rebecca Henderson, who previously played Margret in ''Stay Out of the Basement'', a character who was referred to as Princess by her dad.

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* ActorAllusion: At one point, Kareen's father calls her Princess. She is played by Rebecca Henderson, who previously played Margret in ''Stay "[[Recap/Goosebumps1995S1E12E13StayOutOfTheBasement Stay Out of the Basement'', Basement]]", a character who was referred to as Princess by her dad.



* ShoutOut: Dr. Hawlings in ''How I Got My Shrunken Head'' is stated to have been sent by [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Miskatonic University]].

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* ShoutOut: Dr. Hawlings in ''How I Got My Shrunken Head'' is stated to have been sent by [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Miskatonic University]].
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* EvilAllAlong: Kareen Hawlings convinces Mark that she, unlike her father, is on the good side. In reality, she’s almost as bad as he is.
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Based on ''Literature/HowIGotMyShrunkenHead'', book #39 of the original ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' series.

Mark travels to the jungles of Baladora to visit his aunt, only to discover the shrunken head she gave him is key to the magical powers he's unknowingly carried for much of his life.

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!!The episode provides examples of:

* ActorAllusion: At one point, Kareen's father calls her Princess. She is played by Rebecca Henderson, who previously played Margret in ''Stay Out of the Basement'', a character who was referred to as Princess by her dad.
* AdaptedOut: Mark's sister Jessica is removed, as are Mark's two friends Eric and Joel.
* ChekhovsGun: Mark's mother, Alice, mentions how Mark has a red ant farm. The end of the episode reveals that Mark kept the shrunken Hawlings there.
* ElvisImpersonator: The pilot of the plane that brings Mark to Baladora is this.
* FramingDevice: The episode is actually a story that Mark is telling to his mother's boyfriend.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Mark's surname Rowe originates from the episode, as does his mother's first name Alice.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Unlike the book, the episode has the villain experimenting on his henchmen to activate the powers of Jungle Magic. Instead of the desired results, they're possessed by an unknown energy that reduces them to mindless slaves.
* RelatedDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Richard and Carolyn Hawlings go from being siblings in the book to being husband and wife in the episode.
* ShoutOut: Dr. Hawlings in ''How I Got My Shrunken Head'' is stated to have been sent by [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Miskatonic University]].

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