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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: According to Stine, the book was inspired by him seeing a kid's parents at an airport give an envelope. He imagined that the it had a note reading "We are not your parents" and the story spiraled from there.
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* RecycledScript: While not a direct copy, certain elements are similar to ''Literature/HowIGotMyShrunkenHead''. Both have a kid being taken to a far off place where people think he has a thing that he doeesn't think he actually have, [[spoiler: but in both cases, they indeed do.]] And also in both, [[spoiler: they befriend a girl who was working for the villain, who is her dad.]]
