King Buthramaman

King Buthramaman is a mummy featured in the tenth Give Yourself Goosebumps book, Diary of a Mad Mummy.

History
Buthramaman was a pharaoh who died approximately 4,000 years before the book takes place. At one point, he describes himself as the "last great king of Egypt".

Because of a birthmark on his neck, some people saw Buthramaman as being potentially evil, so he was embalmed alive. However, he comes back to life every night, something chronicled in his diary. This diary is being updated psychically. When the protagonist (the reader) finds the pharaoh's diary, they discover an entry stating his intent to escape his tomb.

Buthramaman's fate changes based on the reader's decisions. In some storylines, he doesn't come to life at all; in one instance, his journal is proven to be a hoax created by Derek, the reader's older brother. However, most storylines involve the pharaoh actually coming to life. Some endings feature Buthramaman stealing the reader's body, while others feature the king returning to his human form. In one ending, the reader destroys Buthramaman.

Personality
Throughout the book, Buthramaman's sanity and alignment are brought into question. For example, in one storyline, he steals the reader's body. In a counterexample (from another storyline), he gifts his treasure to the reader before he disappears.

Physical appearance
In one ending, Buthramaman returns to a human form. He appears as a short, young man with tan skin. He has a red birthmark on his neck in the shape of a question mark, and he wears a purple and gold robe.

Trivia

 * The cover shows Buthramaman physically writing in his diary. In the book, the mummy is said to write with his mind.
 * The cover also depicts Buthramaman as being left handed. Coincidentally, author R.L. Stine is left handed, but illustrator Mark Nagata is not.