Sandbox / Goosebumps Split Project

• Editor's note: It's recommended that books have a minimum of ten tropes for their main page before being split.
• Related thread: Here.
• 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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Slappyworld books:

Slappyworld #14: Fifth Grade Zombies ( 5 tropes)

• And Then John Was a Zombie: Todd spends most of the book trying to avoid the zombies, even when they try to turn him. But in the end, he agrees to become a zombie, as long as they let him in their band.
• Chekhov's Gun: Subverted. Todd has a lighter that he got from his grandfather. Later, he tries to use it only for it to not light.
• Covers Always Lie: The cover depicts the zombie kids on a jungle gym, which doesn't happen.
• Lost in the Maize: 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.
• The Prankster: 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.

Slappyworld #15: Judy and the Beast ( 4 tropes)

• Covers Always Lie: The blurb on the back claims the story is set in winter, when it's actually spring.
• Foreshadowing: Ira likes to make wooden monsters. Because he is one.
• Chekhov's Hobby: Judy has a bad habit of whistling when she's nervous. This helps when it turns out the beast hates whistling.
• Tomato in the Mirror: It turns out Judy has the "Beast Disease" that Ira also has, and the book ends with her sprouting fur.

Slappyworld #16: Slappy in Dreamland ( 2 tropes)

• Dream Weaver: Slappy gains the power to invade and control people's dreams. As expected, he uses it to terrorize his victims.
• "Freaky Friday" Flip: The book ends with Richard accidentally switching bodies with Slappy after linking their minds up.

Slappyworld #17: Haunting with the Stars ( 2 tropes)

• Multiple Head Case: Every alien on the planet has two heads.
• Never Trust a Title: There are actually no ghosts in this book or hauntings of any kind.

Slappyworld #SP: Slappy, Beware! ( 8 tropes)

• Continuity Nod: Slappy says he is a "baaaaad boy" a few times, a likely reference to how he said it in Revenge of the Living Dummy.
• Christmas Episode: Part the book is set around Christmas time, with someone getting Slappy as a gift.
• Chekhov's Gun: Slappy is given some earbuds by Bryce, which he later uses to not hear a spell that Darkwell says out loud.
• 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.
• Formula-Breaking Episode: Much like Slappy's Nightmare, 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.
• Mythology Gag: 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 Dummy book.
• Origins Episode: The second one for Slappy, with the first part being dedicated to exploring it further.
• The End... Or Is It?: The trope name is said word for word after what seems to the end. Slappy is seemingly put to sleep forever, before it is revealed that he's still alive.

Slappyworld #18: Night of the Squawker! ( 3 tropes)

• Abusive Parents: It turns out that the parents have been using Power Juice to turn their kids into birds against the will, just because they long to be birds.
• Forced Transformation: A random bite from a bird causes Anna to start transforming into a bird.
• Red Herring: Oggie the bird who turn out to not behind Anna's transformation. In reality, the parents had caused it as part of an experiment.

Slappyworld #19: Friiight Night! ( 9 tropes)

• Adults Are Useless: 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.
• Asshole Victim: Gordo ends up being a jerk to Kelly and eventually gets eaten by Burrph. Kelly makes the monster spit him up though.
• Chekhov's Hobby: Kelly is shown to be into juggling. He later uses that skill to distract the monster Burrrph.
• Formula-Breaking Episode: 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.
• Here We Go Again!: Kelly deals with the monster in the school basement. At the end, Mrs. Waxman says now he has to deal with the monster in the music room.
• High-School Dance: 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.
• Lampshade Hanging: During one of Slappy's interludes, he acknowledges that plans never work out for the kids in these stories.
• Switching P.O.V.: There are a couple chapters told through Charlene's POV, as she tries to get her mom to take her to Kelly's school.
• Weird Trade Union: While it's not directly confirmed, Charlene's Mom says at one point that she thinks the school monsters have a union.