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1	* Editor's note: It's recommended that books have a minimum of ten tropes for their main page before being split.
2	* Related thread: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16168737750A13425300 Here]].
3	* As of 03/02/24, all extant books up to ''Slappyworld'' #13, plus ''House of Shivers'' #1, have their own pages.
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8	!!''Slappyworld'' books:
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10	[[folder: ''Slappyworld'' #14: ''Fifth Grade Zombies'' (5 tropes)]]
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13	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Todd spends most of the book trying to avoid the zombies, even when they try to turn him. [[spoiler: But in the end, he agrees to become a zombie, as long as they let him in their band.]]
14	* ChekhovsGun: Subverted. Todd has a lighter that he got from his grandfather. Later, he tries to use it only for [[spoiler: it to not light.]]
15	* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover depicts the zombie kids on a jungle gym, which doesn't happen.
16	* LostInTheMaize: At one point, Mila drags Todd outside to see the Harvest Moon, and he winds up getting lost in the cornfield, where he starts seeing signs of the zombie kids.
17	* ThePrankster: Skipper plays the role this time, but he actually apologizes for it later on as he thinks it's causing Todd to be on edge.
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21	[[folder: ''Slappyworld'' #15: ''Judy and the Beast'' (4 tropes)]]
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24	* CoversAlwaysLie: The blurb on the back claims the story is set in winter, when it's actually spring.
25	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ira likes to make wooden monsters. [[spoiler: Because he is one.]]
26	* ChekhovsHobby: Judy has a bad habit of whistling when she's nervous. [[spoiler: This helps when it turns out the beast hates whistling.]]
27	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: It turns out Judy has the "Beast Disease" that Ira also has, and the book ends with her sprouting fur.]]
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31	[[folder: ''Slappyworld'' #16: ''Slappy in Dreamland'' (2 tropes)]]
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33	* DreamWeaver: Slappy gains the power to invade and control people's dreams. As expected, he uses it to terrorize his victims.
34	* FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler: The book ends with Richard accidentally switching bodies with Slappy after linking their minds up.]]
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38	[[folder: ''Slappyworld'' #17: ''Haunting with the Stars'' (2 tropes)]]
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40	* MultipleHeadCase: Every alien on the planet has two heads.
41	* NeverTrustATitle: There are actually no ghosts in this book or hauntings of any kind.
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45	[[folder: ''Slappyworld'' #SP: ''Slappy, Beware!'' (8 tropes)]]
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47	* ContinuityNod: Slappy says he is a "baaaaad boy" a few times, a likely reference to how he said it in ''[[Literature/GoosebumpsHorrorLand Revenge of the Living Dummy]]''.
48	* ChristmasEpisode: Part the book is set around Christmas time, with someone getting Slappy as a gift.
49	* ChekhovsGun: Slappy is given some earbuds by Bryce, which he later uses to [[spoiler: not hear a spell that Darkwell says out loud]].
50	* {{Dedication}}: This marks the first ''Goosebumps'' book to have one. It's dedicated to Joan Waricha, Susan Lurie and R.L. Stine's wife, Jane Stine.
51	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Much like ''Literature/SlappysNightmare'', one part of this book is in Slappy's POV. In this case, he struggles to commit an evil deed and it becomes more of a comedy of errors.
52	* MythologyGag: Slappy pretends to be a different dummy for most of it. The name of it is Mr. Wood, a callback to the true villain of the very first [[Literature/NightOfTheLivingDummy Dummy book]].
53	* OriginsEpisode: The second one for Slappy, with the first part being dedicated to exploring it further.
54	* TheEndOrIsIt: The trope name is said word for word after what seems to the end. [[spoiler: Slappy is seemingly put to sleep forever, before it is revealed that he's still alive.]]
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58	[[folder: ''Slappyworld'' #18: ''Night of the Squawker!'' (3 tropes)]]
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60	* AbusiveParents: It turns out that the parents [[spoiler: have been using Power Juice to turn their kids into birds against the will, just because ''they'' long to be birds]].
61	* ForcedTransformation: A random bite from a bird causes Anna to start transforming into a bird.
62	* RedHerring: Oggie the bird [[spoiler: who turn out to not behind Anna's transformation. In reality, the parents had caused it as part of an experiment.]]
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66	[[folder: ''Slappyworld'' #19: ''Friiight Night!'' (9 tropes)]]
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68	* AdultsAreUseless: The parents do believe Kelly about the monster, but they see him being picked as the monster's date as an honor despite the chance of him being eaten.
69	* AssholeVictim: Gordo ends up being a jerk to Kelly and eventually gets eaten by Burrph. Kelly makes the monster spit him up though.
70	* ChekhovsHobby: Kelly is shown to be into juggling. He later uses that skill to distract the monster Burrrph.
71	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: While most ''Goosebumps'' stories are set in a fairly normal world where people generally don't know about the monsters, this one is set in one where it is known at least one state has a monster in every school.
72	* HereWeGoAgain: Kelly deals with the monster in the school basement. At the end, [[spoiler: Mrs. Waxman says now he has to deal with the monster in the music room.]]
73	* HighSchoolDance: The titular ''Friiight Night'' event acts at one. It's a normal dance, but one kid is selected to be the school monster's date.
74	* LampshadeHanging: During one of Slappy's interludes, he acknowledges that plans never work out for the kids in these stories.
75	* SwitchingPOV: There are a couple chapters told through Charlene's POV, as she tries to get her mom to take her to Kelly's school.
76	* WeirdTradeUnion: While it's not directly confirmed, Charlene's Mom says at one point that she thinks the school monsters have a union.
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