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* YouLookFamiliar: Jillian is played by the same actress (Andreanne Benidir) who previously played Stephanie in [[Recap/GoosebumpsS2E5TheHeadlessGhost The Headless Ghost]].
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Based on ''Literature/BrideOfTheLivingDummy'', book #2 of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}} Series 2000''.
Jillian Zinman hates her sisters' doll Mary Ellen, whom they treat as though she's alive. One day though, Jillian brings home a ventriloquist's dummy named Slappy, who turns out to be ''really'' alive and wants a slave.
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!!The episode provides examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: In the book, Slappy wanted Jillian to be his bride. Here, it's Katie who he wants to be his slave.
* AdaptedOut: Amanda is removed, leaving Katie as the only sister.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jillian gets hit with this hard during the climax, wherein she doesn't believe Mary-Ellen is alive ''while she and Katie are running from Slappy''.
* TheArtifact: Mary-Ellen complaining to Slappy about being rejected despite everything she did for him... even though she didn't do anything until now? In the book Mary-Ellen is revealed to be the one behind all the mishaps and was {{Gaslighting}} Jillian into thinking it was Slappy before awakening him herself, but since the TV episode is a CompressedAdaptation, the context behind Mary-Ellen's complaint is missing.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Instead of Jillian, the episode ends with Harrison getting possessed.
* AgeLift: Jimmy was implied to be in his late teens in the book but in the episode he seems to be a full adult, possibly in his 30s.
* {{Flanderization}}: In TV episode Harrison is adapted into a fatty kid who loves eating, while in the book he showed an appetite during a lunch break scene and he's described being a BigGuy who's large, but not fat. Jillian even mentions that he has a large chest and muscular legs.
* ShoutOut: Slappy tells Jimmy he's about to make him [[Film/TheGodfather "an offer you can't refuse"]] .
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Jillian Zinman hates her sisters' doll Mary Ellen, whom they treat as though she's alive. One day though, Jillian brings home a ventriloquist's dummy named Slappy, who turns out to be ''really'' alive and wants a slave.
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!!The episode provides examples of:
* AdaptationDistillation: In the book, Slappy wanted Jillian to be his bride. Here, it's Katie who he wants to be his slave.
* AdaptedOut: Amanda is removed, leaving Katie as the only sister.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Jillian gets hit with this hard during the climax, wherein she doesn't believe Mary-Ellen is alive ''while she and Katie are running from Slappy''.
* TheArtifact: Mary-Ellen complaining to Slappy about being rejected despite everything she did for him... even though she didn't do anything until now? In the book Mary-Ellen is revealed to be the one behind all the mishaps and was {{Gaslighting}} Jillian into thinking it was Slappy before awakening him herself, but since the TV episode is a CompressedAdaptation, the context behind Mary-Ellen's complaint is missing.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Instead of Jillian, the episode ends with Harrison getting possessed.
* AgeLift: Jimmy was implied to be in his late teens in the book but in the episode he seems to be a full adult, possibly in his 30s.
* {{Flanderization}}: In TV episode Harrison is adapted into a fatty kid who loves eating, while in the book he showed an appetite during a lunch break scene and he's described being a BigGuy who's large, but not fat. Jillian even mentions that he has a large chest and muscular legs.
* ShoutOut: Slappy tells Jimmy he's about to make him [[Film/TheGodfather "an offer you can't refuse"]] .
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