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** In the end, when the REAL threat shows up, [[spoiler: Slappy comes to life, not only in front of his owner, but in front of her classmates, and in the process not only PROVES that the one person who knew he was alive was [[KnewItAllAlong right all along]], but in trying to take out his enemy, he hurts his owner and [[BrokenMasquerade shows his real self in the process]], which leads to his permanent destruction...until we learn that this was AllJustADream and HereWeGoAgain.]]

* ''Slappy's Nightmare'' is a {{Deconstruction}} of the previous books he's been in. The ''Night of the Living Dummy'' books usually follow the following formula: Kid gets dummy (Slappy or Mr. Wood). Mysterious things happen. Protagonist gets blamed. Dummy reveals he's alive, and demands the kid to be his slave, or this continues. Kid tries to prove the dummy did it. Parents don't believe them/dismiss the story/still blames the kid for wrongdoing. Kid finds a way to defeat him. In ''Slappy's Nightmare'', every single point in the pattern is mocked, averted, inverted, or subverted: [[spoiler: Slappy himself is put in his owner's place in terms, but instead of proving his innocence, he has to maintain the {{Masquerade}} and avoid revealing himself. He has to do three good deeds (which someone else always ruins) and gets a taste of his own medicine when another character keeps accusing him of the wrongdoing. The mother in this book ''actually realizes'' that yes, part of the problems ARE because of the dummy, even if it's more, "Gee, my daughter's been acting weird since this thing came into my house," than "Yes, dear, I know Slappy did it." She even has the thought of locking him in the closet for a time until her daughter calms down/gets help! Slappy also ''never'' reveals himself or causes trouble unless his life is threatened: remember, he has to do good deeds, and can't act like the bastard he usually is until the curse is lifted. The ONLY other times he comes to life are to attempt his good deeds (instead of his usual mean pranks) without being seen. In the end, when the REAL threat shows up, Slappy comes to life, not only in front of his owner, but in front of her classmates, and in the process not only PROVES that the one person who knew he was alive was [[KnewItAllAlong right all along]], but in trying to take out his enemy, he hurts his owner and [[BrokenMasquerade shows his real self in the process]], which leads to his permanent destruction...until we learn that this was AllJustADream and HereWeGoAgain.]]

* ''Slappy's Nightmare'' is a {{Deconstruction}} of the previous books he's been in. The ''Night of the Living Dummy'' books usually follow the following formula: Kid gets dummy (Slappy or Mr. Wood). Mysterious things happen. Protagonist gets blamed. Dummy reveals he's alive, and demands the kid to be his slave, or this continues. Kid tries to prove the dummy did it. Parents don't believe them/dismiss the story/still blames the kid for wrongdoing. Kid finds a way to defeat him. In ''Slappy's Nightmare'', every single point in the pattern is mocked, averted, or subverted: [[spoiler: Slappy himself is put in his owner's place in terms, but instead of proving his innocence, he has to maintain the {{Masquerade}} and avoid revealing himself. He has to do three good deeds (which someone else always ruins) and gets a taste of his own medicine when another character keeps accusing him of the wrongdoing. The mother in this book ''actually realizes'' that yes, part of the problems ARE because of the dummy, even if it's more, "Gee, my daughter's been acting weird since this thing came into my house," than "Yes, dear, I know Slappy did it." She even has the thought of locking him in the closet for a time until her daughter calms down/gets help! Slappy also ''never'' reveals himself or causes trouble unless his life is threatened: remember, he has to do good deeds, and can't act like the bastard he usually is until the curse is lifted. The ONLY other times he comes to life are to attempt his good deeds (instead of his usual mean pranks) without being seen. In the end, when the REAL threat shows up, Slappy comes to life, not only in front of his owner, but in front of her classmates, and in the process not only PROVES that the one person who knew he was alive was right all along, but in trying to take out his enemy, he hurts his owner and shows his real self in the process, which leads to his permanent destruction...until we learn that this was AllJustADream and HereWeGoAgain.]]

* Overlaps with FridgeHorror: Harrison Sadler from ''Ghost Beach'' plans to trap the ghost kids in a sacred cave. He also has a German Shepard hanging around. This is because he was planning to use it as ''bait'', since the ghosts hate dogs and kill any they can catch. Most of the dog skeletons in the woods were probably from previous failed attempts. Than he meets Jerry and Terry and figures it'd be easier to lure the ghosts with someone they could ''trust.''

* ''I Live In Your Basement'' is freakish and bizarre as it is, but when you ask yourself how long Keith and his mother have lived in the basement, how they got down there, and the need for "monsters" to hide away in such tiny, cramped spaces, it takes on a [[{{Deconstruction}} much, much different atmosphere.]]

* In ''Stay Out Of The Basement'', apparently the plant clone impersonating Dr. Brewer wasn't evil-he genuinely thought he was the real deal, and was just trying to gain a family of his own.
Even after Margaret uncovers the truth, he simply begs for his life before [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman his creator cuts him in half.]] That's right-Brewer just murdered his artificial son, right in front of his real children.

** Making the original AdultFear entry creepier, ''Bride of the Living Dummy'' mentions that the toymaker who built Slappy infused his evil to bring him to life. The way it was written can be interpreted two ways: ''actual'' evil powering his life force, OR Slappy has ''the soul of a an older man and his personality'' giving him life. Considering his treatment of his owners, and especially young girls, it suddenly adds ''another'' layer of (probably unintentional) creepy to it.

* According to the HorrorLand spinoff books, the Goosebumps books are set in [[CrapsackWorld the same universe.]] Now just imagine the kid protagonists years later, with their own kids. What's life like going to be like for them?
* ''Chicken Chicken'' is horrible enough,but it [[UpToEleven gets worse] when the story implies that Crystal and Cole weren't Vanessa's first victims.

* ''A Shocker On Shock Street'' became increasingly bizarre and insane the further it went on, up to the Erin and Marty robots short circuiting and needing to be shut down. Someone on the "Blogger Beware" website commented on the review that the insanity of the book's events made more sense when one realizes the story is being told from the point of view from a robot that has been steadily malfunctioning, so naturally Erin's perception of the world had become warped and unstable.

* During ''Egg Monsters From Mars'', the main character, Dana, is locked into a fridge cell and the titular egg monsters wrap all around him, supposedly to protect him from the cold. In the end, the protagonist (a 12-year-old boy) lays an egg while walking on the lawn]]. This means that the monsters did not really want to protect him from the cold, [[spoiler: they wanted to [[MisterSeahorse impregnate]] him.

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* As noted elsewhere on this wiki, the ''Night of the Living Dummy'' books in the ''{{Goosebumps}}'' series is about ten times scarier when you consider the situation. They're about dummies (Slappy or Mr. Wood, depending on which book you're reading) attempting to enslave pre-teen girls. When the girls resist him, [[DomesticAbuse he slaps and hits them]]. To top it all off, in one book [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty he demands a bride]], a preteen girl, who he gives violent attacks and calls then "love taps".
** Also in one of the Goosebumps books; Revenge of the Living Dummy, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Slappy hasn't been awake for most of the book]] so when you think about the time Brittney was pushed the stairs by the dummy, that means that [[spoiler:Ethan actually pushed his cousin down the stairs, just for an elaborate joke.]]
* During ''Egg Monsters From Mars'', the main character, Dana, is locked into a fridge cell and the titular egg monsters wrap all around him, supposedly to protect him from the cold. In the end, the protagonist (a 12-year-old boy) [[spoiler: lays an egg while walking on the lawn]]. This means that the monsters did not really want to protect him from the cold, [[spoiler: they wanted to [[MisterSeahorse impregnate]] him.]]
** From the same book, [[spoiler:the fate of Doctor Gray. He held the egg monsters captive in the lab and threatened their friend Dana, so the creatures strike back by burying him in a sort of "egg blanket", assumably smothering him. When Dana returns to the lab,though, [[NeverFoundTheBody there's no trace of him,]] and what happened is left to our imaginations. If these aliens "reward" their friends by impregnating them, what would they do to people they hate, like Gray?]]
* Near the end of ''Deep Trouble'', [[spoiler: the villains try to dispose of Billy and his family by locking them in a glass tank and pushing it into the sea. A school of Merpeople show up, and Billy at first thinks they want revenge for kidnapping their friend. Fortunately, the creatures save the heroes after realizing their good intentions. Alexander and the thugs, however, don't have these ideals, and the Mermaids stop them by capsizing their boat. They're never seen again. Dr.Deep should be ''really'' grateful he stopped hunting mermaids...]]

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* In "Phantom of the Auditorium", the protagonists are snooping around the titular Phantom's lair. They come across a bowl of freshly poured corn flakes, which they then assume to be a sign that the villain is near. This may sound like stupid logic, but it's actually a clever bit of deductive thinking. If someone pours a bowl of cereal and goes a short distance before someone finds it,the cereal would still be fresh. However, if someone were to go a long distance after pouring that cereal, it'd be soggy due to being left for all that time.
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* Near the end of ''Deep Trouble'', [[spoiler: the villains try to dispose of Billy and his family by locking them in a glass tank and pushing it into the sea. A school of Merpeople show up, and Billy at first thinks they want revenge for kidnapping their friend. Fortunately, the creatures save the heroes after realizing their good intentions. Alexander and the thugs, however, don't, and the Mermaids stop them by capsizing their boat. They're never seen again. Dr.Deep should be ''really'' grateful he stopped hunting mermaids...]]

* Near the end of ''Deep Trouble'', [[spoiler: the villains try to dispose of Billy and his family by locking them in a glass tank and pushing it into the sea. A school of Merpeople show up, and Billy at first thinks they want revenge for kidnapping their friend. Fortunately, the creatures save the heroes after realizing their good intentions. Alexander and the thugs, however, don't, and the Mermaids stop them by capsizing their boat, after which they're never seen again. Dr.Deep should be ''really'' grateful he let that first mermaid go...

* During ''Egg Monsters From Mars'', the main character is locked into a fridge cell and the titular egg monsters wrap all around him, supposedly to protect him from the cold. In the end, the protagonist (a 12-year-old boy) [[spoiler: lays an egg while he sits on the toilet]]. This means that the monsters did not really want to protect him from the cold, [[spoiler: they wanted to [[MisterSeahorse impregnate]] him.]]
* In the Curse of "Camp Cold-Lake" Sarah says she hates swimming camp and then Della shows up, but got chased away by her camp friend. [[spoiler: It is never revealed what happened to Sarah afterwards when her ghostly camp-friend had a (presumably) poisonous snake.]] Was Sarah forced to stay at the camp for ''life''?