History Literature / TheHauntedMask

It recieved two direct sequels. ''Literature/TheHauntedMaskII'' is part of the original series, and follows Steve when he finds a different haunted mask. ''The Scream of the Haunted Mask'', part of the ''Literature/GoosebumpsHorrorLand'' spinoff, continues Carly Beth's story, ignoring the events of ''The Haunted Mask II''.

The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' book about a haunted mask...[[NeverTrustAtitle kind of]].

It was adapted into [[Recap/GoosebumpsS1E1E2TheHauntedMask the very first episode]] of the [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV series]].

It was adapted into the very first episode of the [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} TV series]].

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!!The episode provides examples of:

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Shopkeeper. In the book, he sells Carly Beth a mask that he knows is cursed for only $30. In the TV adaptation, he flat out refuses to sell the mask, and Carly Beth winds up stealing it instead.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Chuck and Steve, dressed as pirates, dance around and sing “Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho and away we go!” This is the fictional pirate shanty from ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', but with the “bottle of rum” line changed to avoid referencing alcohol on a kids’ show.
* CatchPhrase: “I hate mints”. Chuck really doesn’t like finding them in his Halloween candy, and he uses this exact phrase in both the original and sequel episodes.
* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: When Carly Beth sneaks into the back room at the costume store, the shopkeeper has a chemistry set on a table for no readily apparent reason which passes by in the foreground. All of the vessels are filled with a bright blue liquid. We later learn he makes the haunted masks himself (and indeed his [[AllThereInTheManual backstory]] in the ''Goosebumps Collector's Cap Book'' pegs him as a failed chemistry student), but the glassware in the episode doesn't seem to serve much purpose besides being set dressing because the shopkeeper never uses any of it or alludes to its role at all.
* IWarnedYou: The Shopkeeper desperately tried to talk Carly Beth out of wanting the mask, either by offering her something else or trying to grab her before she could run off. When she returns after being unable to remove the mask herself, the Shopkeeper is apologetic but blunt about this.
* InformedAttribute: Characters are constantly freaked out by Carly Beth's voice when she wears the mask, asking how she's even able to sound like that, when it's very clearly just the actress speaking in a creepy tone. It's possible a filter was meant to go over it and the editors forgot.
* LovingBully: Due to the mild PromotedToLoveInterest mentioned below, Chuck and Steve were this to Carly. Carly is rather incredulous when told this, saying that's not how you treat someone you like.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When talking about how he made the cursed masks, the Shopkeeper likens himself to Carly Beth. He says he was also a very insecure person who tried to hide his inner faults rather than try to fix them or be comfortable with who he was.
* NothingIsScarier: The Shopkeeper reveals that his "face" is just another one of his masks, one he feels is starting to turn bad. He feels that what's underneath is too horrifying for words, though he wonders if showing Carly Beth would be a CruelToBeKind-style lesson for her.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Done mildly with Steve and Carly Beth in this episode and its sequel. In the first, Chuck and Steve both claim that they only teased Carly Beth "because we liked her," something the book never mentioned or even hinted at. The sequel episode expands on this.
* SynchroVox: Used to depict Carly Beth's head speaking in this episode.

* Bowdlerise: Chuck and Steve, dressed as pirates, dance around and sing “Fifteen men on a dead man’s chest, yo ho ho and away we go!” This is the fictional pirate shanty from ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', but with the “bottle of rum” line changed to avoid referencing alcohol on a kids’ show.

* Catchphrase: “I hate mints”. Chuck really doesn’t like finding them in his Halloween candy, and he uses this exact phrase in both the original and sequel episodes.

Carly Beth is a scaredy cat and is tormented by the bullies Steve and Chuck as a result. One day she gets sick of it and decides to visit a creepy mask shop to find a scary Halloween mask. In a the back room, she finds the perfect fit,but the Shopkeeper refuses to sell it to her. However, she eventually convinces him and brings it home. After she puts on, she starts acting a lot more monstrous. Is the mask doing this to her, and will she be able to put it off?

* BluntYes: In the lunchroom, Carly Beth tells Sabrina that she might go as a witch fo0r Halloween, but Sabrina replies that she thought she was afraid of witches. When Carly Beth accused her of thinking that she's a scaredy-cat, Sabrina replies with this trope.

* ThePrankster: Chuck and Steve from ''The Haunted Mask'' (who also take advantage of Carly Beth being easily scared despite [[WithFriendsLikeThese supposedly being her friends]])
* PuppyLove: Steve and Carly-Beth in ''The Haunted Mask'', though any romantic tension between the two is at best distantly implied in the book but [[AdaptationExpansion made into a major plot point in the TV series]].

* {{Foreshadowing}]: Early on, CarlyBeth tells Sabrina maybe she'll scare her someday, to which Sabrina says "No way!". Later on, CarlyBeth indeed gets to scare Sabrina with the mask.

** Steve Boswell in The Haunted Mask II is another example. In the show, he is able to remove his mask by throwing himself in front of Carly Beth in order to protect her.

* PromotedToLoveInterest: Done mildly with Steve and Carly Beth in this episode and its sequel. In the first, Chuck and Steve both claim that they only teased Carly Beth "because we liked her," something the book never mentioned or even hinted at. In the second, Steve gets his mask off through ThePowerOfLove when he makes a HeroicSacrifice to save Carly Beth from the first mask (something that never even came up in the book, which had a significantly different plot).

* ActuallyPretty: At the ScienceFair, Steve pretended that a spider from his project escaped, and put a pinching hand on Carly Beth's back. This caused her to scream and knock over her model solar system that she and Sabrina had made. When talking to Carly Beth on Halloween morning, Sabrina admits that it was a dirty trick, but also that it was kind of funny. This prompts an outraged response from Carly Beth.

* ChekhovsGun: Carly Beth's mom makes a plaster of Paris head of Carly Beth, and says she made because she loves her. Carly Beth later uses it as her symbol of love to defeat the mask.

* NeverTrustATitle: The mask isn't actually haunted.

It recieved two direct sequels. ''Literature/TheHauntedMaskII'' is part of the original series, and follows Steve when he finds a different haunted mask. ''Literature/TheScreamOfTheHauntedMask'', part of the ''Goosebumps [=HorrorLand=]'' spinoff, continues Carly Beth's story, ignoring the events of ''The Haunted Mask II''.

!!It proves examples of

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Apparently Steve and Chuck are supposed to be friends to Sabrina and Carly Beth but given their cruel pranks directed at the latter, it's hard to believe that.

* BecomingTheCostume: The bias for the story, as the mask basically becomes Carly Beth's skin and makes her act like a monster.

* AllThereInTheManual: One of the Collector's Caps books reveals the backstory the Shopkeeper, although a different one was used for the TV episode.

* HalloweenEpisode: The first of naturally quite a few in the franchise.

The ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}'' about a haunted mask...[[NeverTrustAtitle kind of]].

Carly Beth is a scardey cat and is tormented by the bullies Steve and Chuck as a result. One day she gets sick of it and decides to visit a creepy mask shop to find a scary Halloween mask. In a the back room, she finds the perfect fit,but the Shopkeeper refuses to sell it to her. However, she eventually convinces him and brings it home. After she puts on, she starts acting a lot more monstrous. Is the mask doing this to her, and will she be able to put it off?

!! It proves examples of

* HereWeGoAgain: Carly Beth gets the mask off...[[spoiler: but her little brother Noah puts it on.]]

* ReedRichardsIsUseless: The Shopkeeper in could've revolutionized surgery and ended permanent disfigurement, if he improved on his "mask making" skills.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Apparently Steve and Chuck are supposed to be friends to Sabrina and Carly Beth but given their cruel pranks directed at the latter, it's hard to believe that,

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