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!!Trivia for the TV show
* BannedEpisode: When the series was aired in the UK by the BBC in the late nineties and early noughties, nine episodes were not shown, almost certainly due to concerns over content, specifically the "Haunted Mask" series, the "Night of the Living Dummy" series, and "Strained Peas". (Despite this, the novelizations of these episodes ''were'' published.)
* CaliforniaDoubling: The TV series presumably took place in the States (explicitly stated in a few episodes), but was mostly filmed in Ontario, Canada with Camp Nightmoon being non-other than Oshawa's own Camp Samac.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode:
** Just like the books, R.L. Stine's favorite episode was ''The Haunted Mask''
** Director Ron Oliver's favorite episodes were ''The Perfect School'' and ''Cry of the Cat''.
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''. Incidentally, both were filmed in Canada, although in different areas, and quite a few actors popped up on both shows. While both are remembered for being good scary shows for children of the 1990s, ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' had better writing and acting than the TV adaptation of ''Goosebumps''.
* FakeAmerican: Most of the cast members were local talent from Canada.
* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-produced by Scholastic in the U.S. and Protocol Entertainment in Canada.
* InMemoriam: A dedication of Michelle Risi, who played Becca in ''Teacher's Pet'', appears at the end of that episode.
* TheOtherDarrin: The main cast of ''Say Cheese and Die'' was replaced for the sequel episode.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Kristen Bone, who is known for playing somewhat naive but generally supportive characters, such as [[WesternAnimation/MaggieAndTheFerociousBeast Maggie]], [[Literature/{{Franklin}} Snail]], and [[WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie Zoey]], portrays Tara Webster in the adaptation of ''Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', who happens to be one of the most sadistic and manipulative characters in the entire series (who isn't a monster anyway).
** Knowing [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} the actor's most famous voice role]] makes it quite jarring to learn that Creator/CalDodd was the voice of Slappy.
* PosthumousCredit: Michelle Risi, who portrayed Becca in the ''Teacher's Pet'' episode, is given a credit for her work since she completed her scenes before succumbing to meningitis in December 1997.
* ProductionPosse: Many child voice actors from ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'' TV series were featured in this show. Most notable are Amos Crawley (Arnold in the first season), Erica Luttrell (Keesha), Daniel [=DeSanto=] (Carlos), Stuart Stone (Ralphie) and Renessa Blitz (Janet). Both ''The Magic School Bus'' and ''Goosebumps'' are properties of Scholastic Inc.
* RecursiveAdaptation: Several television episodes received novelizations.
* ShootTheMoney: ''Attack of the Mutant'' features an elaborate set and miniatures to depict the Masked Mutant's headquarters. We end up getting an great look at all of them.
* TroubledProduction: ''Werewolf Skin'' had one. [[https://twitter.com/Spongey445/status/1380352047858470920/photo/1 First off]], it started production before the book was even finished so there wasn't a lot to go off off. Billy Brown and Dan Angel's script for it was seen as "unfilmable" due to having a lot of locations and stunts, as well as scenes considered too dark such as a werewolf biting a deer. After many arguments with the network, Billy and Dan left the show and Ron Oliver was brought in to rewrite the script. Even after that, the network had Oliver trim down the scarier parts of his first cut.
* {{Tuckerization}}: There's a fair few examples of locations and such named after crew members, a notable example being Billy Brown from ''The Perfect School'', who is named after one of the writers/showrunners.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The short story ''The Thumbprint of Doom'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/19980504163519/http://thebumps.com/recent1e.htm almost]] got an episode, but writer Creator/NealShusterman choose to do ''Awesome Ants'' instead.
** The series was almost animated but [[https://conventionalrelations.net/2020/08/20/an-oral-history-of-goosebumps-the-television-series/ producer Steve Levitan]] wanted it to be live action, which R.L. Stine was more up for.
** Billy Brown & Dan Angel's script for ''Werewolf Skin'' was rejected by the network, which caused them to leave the show. Ron Oliver had to step in and re-write that episode. Even after that, the network had the scarier parts of Oliver's cut trimmed down.
** ''The Perfect School'' was shot as a standard length episode, but the network liked what they had so much that they asked for extra footage to be filmed, making it a two parter.
* YouLookFamiliar: Several actors were reused in different episodes.
* BannedEpisode: When the series was aired in the UK by the BBC in the late nineties and early noughties, nine episodes were not shown, almost certainly due to concerns over content, specifically the "Haunted Mask" series, the "Night of the Living Dummy" series, and "Strained Peas". (Despite this, the novelizations of these episodes ''were'' published.)
* CaliforniaDoubling: The TV series presumably took place in the States (explicitly stated in a few episodes), but was mostly filmed in Ontario, Canada with Camp Nightmoon being non-other than Oshawa's own Camp Samac.
* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode:
** Just like the books, R.L. Stine's favorite episode was ''The Haunted Mask''
** Director Ron Oliver's favorite episodes were ''The Perfect School'' and ''Cry of the Cat''.
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''. Incidentally, both were filmed in Canada, although in different areas, and quite a few actors popped up on both shows. While both are remembered for being good scary shows for children of the 1990s, ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' had better writing and acting than the TV adaptation of ''Goosebumps''.
* FakeAmerican: Most of the cast members were local talent from Canada.
* InternationalCoproduction: The series was co-produced by Scholastic in the U.S. and Protocol Entertainment in Canada.
* InMemoriam: A dedication of Michelle Risi, who played Becca in ''Teacher's Pet'', appears at the end of that episode.
* TheOtherDarrin: The main cast of ''Say Cheese and Die'' was replaced for the sequel episode.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** Kristen Bone, who is known for playing somewhat naive but generally supportive characters, such as [[WesternAnimation/MaggieAndTheFerociousBeast Maggie]], [[Literature/{{Franklin}} Snail]], and [[WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie Zoey]], portrays Tara Webster in the adaptation of ''Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', who happens to be one of the most sadistic and manipulative characters in the entire series (who isn't a monster anyway).
** Knowing [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} the actor's most famous voice role]] makes it quite jarring to learn that Creator/CalDodd was the voice of Slappy.
* PosthumousCredit: Michelle Risi, who portrayed Becca in the ''Teacher's Pet'' episode, is given a credit for her work since she completed her scenes before succumbing to meningitis in December 1997.
* ProductionPosse: Many child voice actors from ''Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus'' TV series were featured in this show. Most notable are Amos Crawley (Arnold in the first season), Erica Luttrell (Keesha), Daniel [=DeSanto=] (Carlos), Stuart Stone (Ralphie) and Renessa Blitz (Janet). Both ''The Magic School Bus'' and ''Goosebumps'' are properties of Scholastic Inc.
* RecursiveAdaptation: Several television episodes received novelizations.
* ShootTheMoney: ''Attack of the Mutant'' features an elaborate set and miniatures to depict the Masked Mutant's headquarters. We end up getting an great look at all of them.
* TroubledProduction: ''Werewolf Skin'' had one. [[https://twitter.com/Spongey445/status/1380352047858470920/photo/1 First off]], it started production before the book was even finished so there wasn't a lot to go off off. Billy Brown and Dan Angel's script for it was seen as "unfilmable" due to having a lot of locations and stunts, as well as scenes considered too dark such as a werewolf biting a deer. After many arguments with the network, Billy and Dan left the show and Ron Oliver was brought in to rewrite the script. Even after that, the network had Oliver trim down the scarier parts of his first cut.
* {{Tuckerization}}: There's a fair few examples of locations and such named after crew members, a notable example being Billy Brown from ''The Perfect School'', who is named after one of the writers/showrunners.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The short story ''The Thumbprint of Doom'' [[https://web.archive.org/web/19980504163519/http://thebumps.com/recent1e.htm almost]] got an episode, but writer Creator/NealShusterman choose to do ''Awesome Ants'' instead.
** The series was almost animated but [[https://conventionalrelations.net/2020/08/20/an-oral-history-of-goosebumps-the-television-series/ producer Steve Levitan]] wanted it to be live action, which R.L. Stine was more up for.
** Billy Brown & Dan Angel's script for ''Werewolf Skin'' was rejected by the network, which caused them to leave the show. Ron Oliver had to step in and re-write that episode. Even after that, the network had the scarier parts of Oliver's cut trimmed down.
** ''The Perfect School'' was shot as a standard length episode, but the network liked what they had so much that they asked for extra footage to be filmed, making it a two parter.
* YouLookFamiliar: Several actors were reused in different episodes.
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** In 2023, Stine [[https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/r-l-stine-goosebumps-inteview-books-censorship-horror-1234849389/amp/ expressed regret]] for that fat jokes in his earlier works, saying he understands Scholastic's desire to change them in reprints, stating they were "not appropriate".
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* CreatorsOddball: While primarily a horror series, several stories deviate from traditional horror conventions. Some are more sci-fi adventure (''Literature/WelcomeToCampNightmare'', ''Literature/AttackOfTheMutant'', ''Literature/BrainJuice'') others are fantasy morality tales (''Literature/WhyImAfraidOfBees'', ''Literature/DeepTrouble'', ''Literature/HowILearnedToFly'') and some are even SliceOfLife comedies with no real fantastic elements (''Literature/AreYouTerrifiedYet'', ''Literature/ScreamSchool'', ''The Thumbprint Of Doom'').
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* GenreAdultery: While primarily a horror series, several stories deviate from traditional horror conventions. Some are more sci-fi adventure (''Literature/WelcomeToCampNightmare'', ''Literature/AttackOfTheMutant'', ''Literature/BrainJuice'') others are fantasy morality tales (''Literature/WhyImAfraidOfBees'', ''Literature/DeepTrouble'', ''Literature/HowILearnedToFly'') and some are even SliceOfLife comedies with no real fantastic elements (''Literature/AreYouTerrifiedYet'', ''Literature/ScreamSchool'', ''The Thumbprint Of Doom'').
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!!Trivia for the whole franchise
* TheWikiRule: The [[https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/Goosebumps_Wiki Goosebumps Wiki]].
* TheWikiRule: The [[https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/Goosebumps_Wiki Goosebumps Wiki]].
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* CreatorBacklash: Stine has admitted that he doesn't care for ''Literature/TheBarkingGhost'', as well as [[https://web.archive.org/web/19980205081421/http://thebumps.simplenet.com:80/askrl3.htm not being happy with the writing]] in ''Literature/GoEatWorms''. He also does not have fond memories of writing ''Literature/CryOfTheCat'', the first ''Series 2000'' book, because Scholastic kept rejecting Stine's drafts and [[ExecutiveMeddling forcing him to rewrite it]] to make the story "scarier."
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* OldShame: Stine has admitted that he doesn't care for The ''Literature/TheBarkingGhost'', as well as [[https://web.archive.org/web/19980205081421/http://thebumps.simplenet.com:80/askrl3.htm not being happy with the writing]] in ''Literature/GoEatWorms''. He also does not have fond memories of writing ''Literature/CryOfTheCat'', the first ''Series 2000'' book, because Scholastic kept rejecting Stine's drafts and [[ExecutiveMeddling forcing him to rewrite it]] to make the story "scarier."
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** There were three Spanish language magazines entitled ''Pesadillas'' including six short stories written by Stine and various comic strips by other creators. Only one of the stories, "Joe Is Not A Monster," was printed in English in the short story collection ''Beware!''.
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** There were three Spanish foreign language magazines entitled ''Pesadillas'' including six short stories written by Stine and various comic strips by other creators. The three issues were printed in French, Italian, and Spanish. Only one two of the stories, stories were distributed in English, "Joe Is Not A Monster," was printed in English Monster" in the short story collection ''Beware!''.''Beware!'', and "A Really Exciting Night" in a special U.K. exclusive magazine printed by Panini.
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** There've been at least three known comic book adaptations produced in Britain in the late 90s that were never globally distributed.
*** [=FBX=] (For Boys Exclusively) Magazine featured over 30 two-page comic adaptions of full-length books and short stories.
*** The Funday Times ran serialized comic strips adapting ''A Night In Terror Tower'' and ''Night Of The Living Dummy II''.
*** Panini released a special edition Halloween magazine featuring two exclusive stories, "Stranglehold" and "Monster Under The Bed," along with the text story "A Really Exciting Night" which was one of the stories published in the ''Pesadillas'' magazines.
*** [=FBX=] (For Boys Exclusively) Magazine featured over 30 two-page comic adaptions of full-length books and short stories.
*** The Funday Times ran serialized comic strips adapting ''A Night In Terror Tower'' and ''Night Of The Living Dummy II''.
*** Panini released a special edition Halloween magazine featuring two exclusive stories, "Stranglehold" and "Monster Under The Bed," along with the text story "A Really Exciting Night" which was one of the stories published in the ''Pesadillas'' magazines.
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* DuelingShows: With ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''. Incidentally, both were filmed in Canada, although in different areas, and quite a few few actors popped up on both shows. While both are remembered for being good scary shows for children of the 1990s, ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' had better writing and acting than the TV adaptation of ''Goosebumps''.
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* DuelingShows: With ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''. Incidentally, both were filmed in Canada, although in different areas, and quite a few few actors popped up on both shows. While both are remembered for being good scary shows for children of the 1990s, ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' had better writing and acting than the TV adaptation of ''Goosebumps''.
