Attack of the Mutant/TV episode

"Attack of the Mutant" is the second and third episode of season two of the Goosebumps TV series and the twenty-first and twenty-second episodes overall. Part one and part two premiered on September 7, 1996, on Fox during the Fox Kids block.

Cast

 * Dan Warry-Smith as Skipper Matthews
 * Melissa Bathory as Libby
 * Maurice Godin as Mr. Matthews
 * Mag Ruffman as Mrs. Matthews
 * Adam Schofield as Wilson
 * Scott Wickware as The Masked Mutant
 * Adam West as The Galloping Gazelle
 * Rummy Bishop as Old Man
 * Bill Lake as Bus Driver

Blurb
Skipper Matthews has an awesome comic collection. His favorite is The Masked Mutant, the story of an evil, power-mad super-villain, who is out to gain control of the universe! One day, while lost in a strange part of town, Skipper discovers a building that mysteriously resembles the Mutant's secret headquarters. . . a building that magically disappears. . ..

Differences from the book

 * Skipper's friend, Wilson, collects rocks instead of stamps.
 * Skipper's sister Mitzi is absent.
 * "Libby" (the girl The Mask Mutant transforms into) is depicted as a blonde instead of having red hair.
 * The Magnificent Molecule Man is completely absent.
 * The Mutant doesn't turn himself into a leopard after he trips the Gazelle up.
 * The ending of the episode is slightly altered. Instead of seeing Skipper assuming he has returned to his normal life and finding out he is still a comic book character after bleeding out different colored ink droplets after cutting his hand, we instead see he really does become "The Colossal Elastic Boy" after his arm stretches and snaps back to him from the kitchen to his mother's shock.
 * In the book, Skipper's dad is described as being big and broad. The television version has Skipper's dad as a skinny, stereotypical nerd.
 * Skipper doesn't go to Libby's house.
 * The Mutant's creator is named Ernie Atwater instead of Jimmy Starenko.
 * In the book, Skipper lives in Riverview Falls. In the episode, the town's name is changed to Tarrington.
 * The episode adds a part where Skipper starts viewing the world under a comic book filter.
 * The episode adds Skipper's mom being into romance novels.
 * The Masked Mutant is given the ability to teleport.

Goofs

 * The Masked Mutant is seen on top of the bus in one scene, but Libby (later revealed to be the Masked Mutant in disguise) is sitting right next to Skipper on the bus in the next.
 * Skipper spots the Masked Mutant's headquarters the first time he goes past. He then goes back the next day, and the headquarters have vanished. He then goes back a third time, and the headquarters aren't there yet again. However, Skipper says "How can it be. It was right here yesterday," although it was not.
 * In the scene where Skipper is trying to find the Masked Mutant's headquarters, the cover of the Masked Mutant comic he's holding peels back a bit, revealing the cover to a Punisher comic.

Trivia

 * This episode was adapted into Goosebumps Presents Book #12.
 * The scene where a bus driver tells Skipper that comics will warp his mind is omitted, as well as a scene with Skipper and Wilson in Part 2. The initial scene with Libby adds a moment where Skipper mentions that the Mutant can't turn into liquids, to establish how he will be defeated later.
 * The episode is the only episode in the entire TV series to have a notable guest star; Adam West, known for playing the titular character in the 60's Batman TV show, plays the Gazelle. He would later reprise the character in the PC game.
 * The bus, which Skipper keeps catching to go to the headquarters, has Goosebumps advertisements on the side of the bus saying "Two thumbs up".
 * The overpass used as a background in "Be Careful What You Wish For" was used again as a background in this television episode behind Skipper when he is looking towards the Masked Mutant's headquarters.
 * When Skipper entered the Masked Mutant's headquarters the second time, The Masked Mutant's laughter can be heard. However, some internationally dubbed versions did not have laughter. In the Italian dub of the episode, there was no audible laughter. In the German dub, the Masked Mutant's laughter was dubbed over by a different actor (The Masked Mutant's German voice dubbing was performed by: Karl Schulz).
 * Dan Warry-Smith (Skipper Mathews) played Seth Gold in season three's, "Click".
 * Scott Wickware (The Masked Mutant) played The Haunted Mask in "Haunted Mask II", and a hard hat worker in "Welcome to Dead House", both from season two.
 * The skyline of Toronto is clearly seen in the background of The Masked Mutant's headquarters, most notably the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre (formerly known as the Skydome). The building adjacent to the Mutant Headquarters is the Amsterdam Brewing Company.
 * Ernie Atwater's last name is likely a reference to series producer Martha Atwater

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