Josh Benson

Joshua "Josh" Benson is one of the main protagonist in the Goosebumps book Welcome to Dead House.

Welcome to Dead House
Josh and his family move to an unknown town called Dark Falls, much to his and his sister Amanda's displeasure. Josh had brought along the family dog Petey.

While his sister Amanda is looking at her new bedroom, he was outside with Petey, who bolted for some strange reason. He had went after him and later came up at the cemetary. He suddenly got very uneasy, but continued looking for the dog. Later he was seen running by his family and Mr. Dawes, he would later comment that it felt as if eyes were on him the entire time.

Later both his sister and he had discovered their dog, only now the dog was dead. When his sister claims to keep seeing children in their new house, he becomes uneasy again. When his sister Amanda goes off on her own, he later finds about to be attacked by one of the newly discovered undead children Ray. Without thinking he aims his flashlight at him as both he and his sister watch in amazement as Ray turns to dust and bones.

Personality
Josh is quite immature and rather inmpulsive to a point. He normally gets along great with his sister Amanda. He has a strong bond with the family dog Petey and was horrified when he learns that he was dead. Josh is also shown to be quite athletic at having been seen running very fast at the graveyard. He can also be stubburn and cocky according to his sister.

Appearance
Josh is eleven years old, cacuasian, tall and thin with curly brown hair and dark brown eyes along with a serious face. He also has a slight athletic build to his body.

Books Edit
It is unknown if Josh was going to appear in the Goosebumps Gold book, Happy Holidays from Dead Housedue to the expiration of R. L. Stine's contract with Scholastic.
 * Goosebumps
 * Welcome to Dead House
 * Classic Goosebumps
 * Welcome to Dead House

Television and Film Edit

 * Season 2 - Welcome to Dead House Part 1 and Welcome to Dead House Part 2

Trivia

 * Josh is the first character of many things:
 * He had the honor of being one of the second characters introduced in the series.
 * He is the second male protagonist after his sister in the beginning of the Goosebumps series.
 * He is the second protagonist after his sister to have a sibling and a pet.
 * He was the one to accidently figure out that the thing to stop the citizens of Dark Falls was light due to shining his flashlight into Ray's face, ultimatily or some form killing him.
 * He appears to have a steady and healthy relationship with his older sister Amanda.
 * In the book, Josh had curly brown hair, but in the television series, his hair was straight and dirty blonde which came down to his neck.