History Literature / TheScarecrowWalksAtMidnight

It was adapted into [[Recap/GoosebumpsS2E14ScarecrowWalksAtMidnight the fourteenth episode of the second season]] of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]]. It was also adapted into an installment of the ''Goosebumps Graphix'' series, included in the ''Creepy Creatures'' collection.

It was adapted into the fourteenth episode of the second season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]]. It was also adapted into an installment of the ''Goosebumps Graphix'' series, included in the ''Creepy Creatures'' collection.

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!!The episode provides examples of:

* AbledInTheAdaptation: Grandma Miriam has eyeglasses in the book. In the episode, she seems to be able to see just fine without them.
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Instead of a [[spoiler:stuffed bear]], it is a [[spoiler:thrasher that comes to life at the end]].
* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Jodie is a blonde in the book, but a brunette in the episode.
** Also in the book, Grandma Miriam has bright, curly red hair that Jodie is amazed at and believes it's dyed. In the episode, it's just blonde.

* CloudCuckoolander: Stanley, the superstitious, mentally ill farmhand. [[spoiler: Deconstructed in that it makes ''him'' the villain character of the story, as he creates the eponymous evil scarecrows. And then he learns ''nothing'' from it, as shown in the obligatory CruelTwistEnding]].

** Also, when walking to the farm pond for fishing, Stanley keeps going on and on about superstitions from the book he's reading. Mark chimes in to discuss more about it with him. But Jodie invokes this trope by saying that she can hear the creak.

* PlotAllergy: [[spoiler: As part of a ChekhovsGag, Jodie was sneezing throughout the trip because she was allergic to much material around the farm. And when she, her family, Sticks, and Stanley were getting surrounded by scarecrows that were about to kill them, Jodie sneezes when one brushes its' straw hand at her. The sneeze startles Mark, who jumps backward in shock. To their astonishment, the rest of the scarecrows copy him. Because he was dressed as a scarecrow, the living ones mistake Mark as their leader and copy his movements for a bit. This gives Sticks enough time to race to the barn and bring over his flaming torches]].

* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Jodie cracks and finally tells her grandparents about the random scarecrow occurrences around the farm, she talks about it as if Sticks was doing these as pranks, which is what she believed at the time. Her grandparents, (whom really know that [[spoiler: Stanley actually brought them to life]]), go along with this notion to apease her.

* AnimateInanimateObject: The scarecrows, which were brought to life by magic. [[spoiler: In the last chapter, Stanley ends up animating a taxidermied bear too. In the TV episode, he animates the farm's wheat thresher instead.]]

* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: On their first lunch, Grandma Miriam brings up how Stanley would want to show the children the scarecrows. Grandpa Kurt then clears his throat and asks Mark if he's still taking guitar lessons. Jodie clearly has the feeling that he's doing this trope.

* HandRubbing: After their first night's sleep at their grandparents' place, Jodie and Mark are at the kitchen table eagerly waiting Grandma Miriam's delicious chocolate chip pancakes, and they do this trope to indicate their excitement. Jodie even compares it to them doing it "like cartoon characters do." But they are massively disappointed when Miriam ''doesn't'' give them pancakes, but bowls of cornflakes instead.
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: When Stanley sees a scarecrow lying on the ground, he is convinced that they are alive (which they actually were), and brings out the book of superstitions to cast a spell, but Sticks convinces him that everything is fine and he should put the book away. Just as Stanley is relieved and does so, Mark shows up in his scarecrow costume, which makes Stanley run away in fear and cast a spell]].

* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Jodie cracks and finally tells her grandparents about the random scarecrow occurrences around the farm, she talks about it as if Sticks was doing these as pranks. Her grandparents, (whom really know that [[spoiler: Stanley actually brought them to life]]), go along with this.

** Also in the book, Grandma Miriam has bright, curly red hair that Jodie is amazed at and believes it's dyed. In the episode. it's just blonde.

* NeverTrustATitle: The Scarecrows seem to be able to walk whenever they want, midnight doesn't really play into it that much.Then again, this is a case of TitleDrop.

* ScarecrowSolution: Late in the book, Jodie gets Mark to dress up as a scarecrow in order to scare Sticks, whom they believe has been pulling the same prank on them repeatedly. It backfires, because Stanley sees Mark in his costume and thinks he's one of the twelve ''real'' scarecrows, whom he promptly brings back to life so he can properly de-animate them this time.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Instead of a [[spoiler:stuffed bear]], it is a [[spoiler:thrasher that comes to life at the end]].

* HopeSpot: When Stanley sees a scarecrow lying on the ground, he is convinced that they are alive (which they actually were), and brings out the book of superstitions to cast a spell, but Sticks convinces him that everything is fine and he should put the book away. Just as Stanley is relieved and does so, Mark shows up in his scarecrow costume, which makes Stanley run away in fear and cast a spell.

* CloudCuckoolander: Stanley, the superstitious, mentally ill farmhand. Deconstructed in that it makes ''him'' the villain character of the story, as he creates the eponymous evil scarecrows. And then he learns ''nothing'' from it, as shown in the obligatory CruelTwistEnding.

* IntimidationDemonstration: Essentially what the villain of the book is revealed to have done. He demonstrated his magic by animating the titular walking scarecrows and only put them back to sleep if his employers agreed to do what he wants.

* NeverTrustATitle: The Scarecrows seem to be able to walk whenever they want, midnight doesn't really play into it that much.

%%* TitleDrop: Stanley name-drops the book's title a few times in the first chapter's last few sentences. And another time the next chapter.
%%--> '''Stanley''': "The scarecrow walks at midnight... the book says so."

--> '''Stanley''': "The scarecrow walks at midnight... the book says so."

* TitleDrop: Stanley name-drops the book's title a few times in the first chapter's last few sentences. And another time the next chapter.

* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Instead of a stuffed bear, it is a thrasher that comes to life at the end.

* AdaptionalAlternateEnding: Instead of a stuffed bear, it is a thrasher that comes to life at the end.

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