Night of the Living Dummy II/TV episode

Night of the Living Dummy II was made into an episode for the Goosebumps TV series. The episode is simply titled Night of the Living Dummy, omitting the "II" from the title. It aired on Fox Network on January 12, 1996 as the tenth episode of the series, as well as Season 1. It was directed by Ron Oliver.

Cast

 * Maggie Castle as Amy Kramer
 * Caterina Scorsone as Sara Kramer
 * Andrew Sardella as Jed Kramer
 * Gina Clayton as Mrs. Kramer
 * Richard Fitzpatrick as Mr. Kramer
 * Kerry Duff as Margo
 * Shadia Simmons as Alicia
 * Ron Stefaniuk as the voice of Slappy the Dummy

Differences from the book

 * In the book, the girls had already made a plan to take out Slappy by having Jed dress up as Dennis and have the parents hide in the closet. But in the television episode, they didn't do this.
 * The book ends with them wondering who saved them. But in the episode, it is made clear that Dennis was the one who defeated Slappy.
 * Instead of Slappy's head being broken on the bed post, it is the end of the living room fireplace.
 * Instead of the worm coming out of his head, it is actually his green spirit.
 * Margo's sister is only for the television episode. The little girl is actually the birthday girl at her party.

Trivia

 * This episode was adapted into Goosebumps Presents Book #5.
 * This is the first time that Ron Stefaniuk provides both the puppetry and voice for Slappy. He would later provide the puppetry for Slappy in the Night of the Living Dummy III two-part episode, but Cathal J. Dodd provided Slappy's voice in Night of the Living Dummy III when Stefaniuk was too busy to voice the character.
 * Though the book on which this episode was based is a sequel, the original Night of the Living Dummy book was never filmed as a television episode.
 * Goof: When we see a long shot of Slappy about to smash the guitar on Amy and Jed's parents, you can see that he is propped up on a stand. It is easier to notice if you turn the brightness up and look carefully.
 * The soundtrack to Jed's video is a remix of the opening theme played with an organ.
 * Slappy being a living dummy is much like the two Twilight Zone television episodes, The Dummy and Caesar and Me.
 * Caterina Scorsone (Sara Kramer) played Jessica Walters in the only Goosebumps mini-series, Chillogy.
 * Richard Fitzpatrick (Mr. Kramer) played Dr. Richard Hawlings in Season 4's How I Got My Shrunken Head.
 * Kerry Duff (Margo) had an uncredited appearance earlier in the first season in Welcome to Camp Nightmare.
 * In the promo for the episode, they accidentally said the wrong family name. In the book and episode, Amy is part of the Kramer family, but in the promo, they said the Davis family instead.
 * The song heard in the family video in the first scene is a remastered version of the theme song.