Slappy the Dummy

Slappy the Dummy is one of the main villains in the Goosebumps series. He is the star of the Night of the Living Dummy saga, and appears in many of the other books, usually as the main character and antagonist of the titular story and series. Slappy is a ventriloquist's dummy that comes to life when the words "Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano" are read aloud. The words are translated to "You and I are one now", and most times are found on a sheet of paper in his jacket pocket. Slappy, after coming to life, tries to make the person who read the words aloud, most often the main character, serve him as a slave. In the end, he is either sold, broken, or takes part in a surprise ending.

Slappy is also the main antagonist of the 2015 Goosebumps film, as he releases all the other monsters from R.L. Stine's books and commands them against Stine.

History
As revealed in Bride of the Living Dummy, Slappy's Nightmare, Revenge of the Living Dummy, and Son of Slappy, Slappy was carved out of coffin wood by an ancient sorcerer. When the sorcerer died, he placed his soul inside the dummy, waiting for the day he will awaken again when someone says the magic words, which are written in a card kept in Slappy's pocket, "Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano" which translates to, "You and I are one, now." Slappy's Nightmare reveals that he has a twin brother Wally, carved from the same coffin. However, this is only viewed as a dream. But when "Night of the Living Dummy" was released in a special Horrorland edition, bonus material included with the book revealed that Slappy did indeed have a brother: Mr. Wood, the primary villain of the first book, and that the coffin wood they were made from was cursed.

Mr. Wood's destruction made Slappy twice as evil and a thousand times ruder. He carries the chant that brings him to life in his pocket.

Night of the Living Dummy
When Lindy Powell comes and finds a ventriloquist dummy (Slappy) in a dumpster, her sister, Kris, gets jealous of her. In contrast to what most readers believe, Slappy did talk in the book more than most people think he did. The first thing he said (without Lindy's involvement was) "Do your eyes move?" when a question about if his eyes moved that was asked by a kid named Ben (who Lindy and Kris used to babysit for). Soon Kris gets a dummy of her own and she names him Mr. Wood. Strange things start happening and Kris is blamed for all of it. Later, she finds out that it was Lindy all along and gets very upset at her. Kris finally gets a show, when she finds Mr. Wood's card with the spell on it (Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano). During the show, Mr. Wood comes to life and sprays everyone with disgusting green slime and also insults Mrs. Berman (the music teacher). Kris and Lindy soon see the dummy moving on his own. After seeing it, they try to kill him by burying him and trying to cut his head off. He is finally killed when he is run over by a steamroller, crushing him to powder after a chase in the rain. When they go back into their home, they find that Slappy is alive as well. His last words in the book (spoken with a throaty growl) are, "Hey, slave - is that other guy gone? I thought he'd never leave!"

Night of the Living Dummy II
In this book and all other "Night of the Living Dummy" books succeeding it, Slappy is the lead villain. In this particular story, a girl named Amy Kramer performs with her dummy, Dennis, at her family's little "talent show" they have every Thursday. Unfortunately, Dennis has become almost unusable with age and for some reason his head keeps falling off. Jed uses it to pretend to be Dennis on one occasion to frighten his sister. Soon after, Amy's father buys her a new one at a pawnshop that just happens to be Slappy. They find a moldy sandwich crammed inside his head, presumably the work of Kris and Lindy Powell.

After Amy reads the little card with the magic spell inside Slappy's pocket, Slappy came to life and started to cause a lot of accidents, including slapping Amy's father on the cheek, ruining a birthday party, and trashing her sister Sara's bedroom. Amy's sister Sara, as well as her younger brother Jed, repeatedly accuse Amy of doing all these things, and Amy's parents believe them, since Amy is the middle child. Amy gets punished for all of the accidents, but one night, she hears Slappy breaking out of the closet inside of her bedroom that she keeps him in, and sees the dummy actually walk out of her bedroom to Sara's bedroom and ruin her watercolor painting even further. Sara soon confesses that she saw Slappy wrecking her bedroom. The two decide to prove it by having their parents see him moving, with Jed disguised as Dennis again in order to shock Slappy long enough for the girls to grab him. When the lights come on, "Dennis" does startle Slappy, and knocks his head into Sara's iron bedpost, breaking it in two. However, when Jed turns out to have been asleep the whole time, it is implied that Dennis himself had come to life to stop Slappy.

Night of the Living Dummy III
In Night of the Living Dummy III, the main characters are Trina and Dan O'Dell. Their father collects dummies (He was once a ventriloquist with an act), and he brings Slappy home after finding him in a garbage can. After repairing his broken head, he names him Smiley, unaware of the dummy's past. Trina finds a piece of paper in Slappy's pocket and reads the words aloud, after which Slappy slaps her across the face. Naturally, nobody believes her. Trina and Dan's cousin, Zane, comes to visit for awhile. Their father makes them swear not to scare Zane, as they had the last few times he was there. A dummy called Rocky (one of the original twelve dummies Mr. O'Dell owned) pops up in weird places, scaring Zane, and Trina and Dan are blamed for each incident. Many things are ruined, like Zane's camera, the dinner table, and the film in Zane's camera. Dan and Trina catch Zane taking Rocky from the attic and it is revealed that Zane was trying to frame them for revenge. The three make a truce not to scare each other.

After this, more catastrophes occur, each with Rocky at the scene of the crime. Dan and Trina suspect Zane, but nobody else believes them. To prove that Zane is guilty, Dan and Trina sneak up in the attic to wait for Zane to come up and steal Rocky. To their horror, they discover Slappy trying to sneak off with Rocky. Slappy tells them that they are his slaves after revealing his true name. Dan and Trina try to dump Slappy in a well, but he comes back the next morning, sitting at the table and dripping with well water. Trina remembers the words she read on the day they found Slappy. Trina and Dan sneak up to the attic, steal the words from Slappy's pocket, and read them aloud. To their surprise, Slappy does not die, but all the other dummies in the room come to life. They all huddle around Slappy, who screams, but it is never revealed what they do to him. At the end of the book, Trina gives Slappy to Zane as a parting gift, since he has decided he wants to become a ventriloquist. When Zane is getting in the car with Slappy, Trina catches the evil dummy winking at her, indicating that he was still alive. He may have turned Zane into his slave, but there's really no way to tell.

Bride of the Living Dummy
A girl named Jillian takes her twin sisters, Katie and Amanda (plus their life-sized doll, Mary-Ellen, who they treat like a real person), to a ventriloquist's show. But the dummy (Slappy) treats the ventriloquist, Jimmy O'James, meanly and makes jokes about Katie and Amanda, who go on stage. Jimmy gets rid of Slappy, but Jillian's friend, Harrison, discovers Slappy in a dumpster and takes him out to keep him. He wants Jillian's father, who likes making and repairing wooden objects, to fix Slappy, as he thinks he was broken. Slappy bites Jillian on three occasions in the book. He is seen scribbling "Where Is My Bride?" on Jillian's mirror with lipstick, throwing food around the kitchen, fixing Jillian and Harrison's clown tricks (for a party) and also puts Jillian's pet lizard, Petey, in his mouth. Jillian blames the twins, who always play tricks on her, although they say it was not them.

However, it seems that Mary-Ellen did all this, as she reveals herself to be living at a child's birthday party (she had been alive all the time, controlling the twins and forcing them to be her slaves) and read out the words "Karru Marri Odanna Loma Molonu Karrano" beforehand, which makes Slappy alive (Jimmy, his previous owner, managed to somehow put Slappy to "sleep"). But Slappy wants Jillian to be his lovely wife (instead of Mary-Ellen, who brought Slappy to life in order to become his bride) and a fight between the doll and the dummy breaks out. Slappy pushes Mary-Ellen through a whirling buzz-saw blade. Slappy would have survived, but was pulled in by Mary-Ellen at the last second. The two toys presumably died, but in normal Goosebumps fashion, it was revealed that the spirit of Slappy's creator, which was inside the dummy, could not be destroyed. Instead it passes on into the person that was closest to the dummy when it was destroyed. That person was Jillian.

Slappy's Nightmare
This story begins when Jimmy O'James, a magician, has been fearful and covered in a cold sweat. Among other weird things, his ventriloquist dummy, Slappy, has been committing pranks, especially during their show that night.

But, when Jimmy buys another dummy (Wally/Mr. Wood, Slappy's brother), Jimmy has a curse put on him. He needs to commit three good deeds by the end of the week, or be put to sleep forever. After being given to a girl as a present, Slappy starts to do those deeds, with certain anger about it. But they keep getting messed up and ruining Slappy's chance at life, making him believe the girl's sister, Stella, is behind it all.

Near the end, Wally turns out to be alive and the one ruining Slappy's deeds. But it turns out to be a dream Slappy had, at least until Jimmy gets a package at his dressing room door...

Revenge of the Living Dummy
Initially scheduled for an April 2008 release, this book was released early in some places.

Britney Crosby is mad, because her annoying cousin Ethan is coming to stay for a while. When Ethan comes, he has Slappy the dummy with him, but calls him Mr. Badboy. Mr. Badboy has been coming to life at several different parts, but Britney does not believe it. Following several occasions of his normal behavior, Slappy is finally beaten when he attempts to use a Mind Stealer doll to take Britney's mind. In doing so, he tries to take over her mind and force her to be his slave. For most of the book, Ethan had made the dummy talk by using computer chips to scare Britney into believing he had come to life (However, somethings are questionable like the fact that after waking Britney up Slappy mentions that he heard Ethan talking about Britney taking the mind stealer to the graveyard. Another factor would be how Ethan angrily reacted to Britney not believing that Slappy was alive. It is possible that Ethan could have put him back to sleep before Britney chanted the words). Believing it, Britney tries to put him to sleep, but instead wakes him up.

Instead, she manages to use the doll to steal Slappy's mind and buries the Mind Stealer again. As she walks away, she hears his voice coming from Slappy: "I'll be back, Britney. I'm a BAAAAAAD boy!" When she goes into HorrorLand with Molly Molloy, her best friend, and her parents, they get their own room where all the clothes in the closet fit them. But when they try to show her parents, they are gone. They find a surprise, however, whilst searching for them, in the form of Mr. Crosby's camera on the floor. Picking it up and turning it on, they find a photograph of the kidnapper: Slappy!

Say Cheese - And Die Screaming
Slappy has a very short appearance in this book, when Julie takes a picture of Madame Doom and when she looks at the picture, Slappy is leaning next to Madame Doom's booth

The Streets of Panic Park
Slappy appears along with many other of the Goosebumps Horrorland villains, where he turns Britney into a Dummy and mocks the other kids for their current appearance. The kids later escape with his help, and he ends up being taken home with Lizzy.

Slappy New Year!
One of the newest Goosebumps Horrorland is, Slappy New Year! In this book, twelve-year-old Ray Gordon goes to Horrorland for its thrills and chills. He loves to scare his brother, Brandon. So, when he finds Slappy at Chiller House, he has to have him. He uses Slappy to scare his brother. He finds the words to bring Slappy to life, but does not fully read them. Ray is having a New Years party, and he is no longer allowed to scare Brandon. Afterwards, Brandon's room is destroyed and maple syrup is dumped on his clothes, where Slappy is at the scene of each crime. Brandon has been doing this to frame Ray, so Ray brings Slappy to life to scare his brother. Later on, he goes to a Christmas celebration. Slappy insults everyone and gets Ray grounded. His mother puts Slappy in the garage, so Ray and Brandon go to see. Slappy threatens to cut off their heads with hedge clippers, but Brandon throws him in a garbage truck. Later on, Ray has the New Years party, but still alive, Slappy shows up and crashes it by throwing cans of paint everywhere. Slappy chokes Ray, but Ray puts him back to sleep by reading the ancient words. In the end, Ray's mother brings Slappy back to life.

Son of Slappy
In Son of Slappy, a twelve-year-old boy named Jackson Stander is a really good kid. He's described as the type of kid that every parent dreams about. However, Jackson's younger sister Rachel is just the opposite and they do not like each other very much. Jackson views her as a pest and as a troublemaker while she sees him as a goodie-goodie. However, after a trip to grandpa's house and meeting Slappy, Jackson's behavior starts to change from being a good-boy to being a really bad boy and he can't stop being a bad boy. Is Jackson just acting-out or is Slappy demonstrating some type of control over Jackson?

Goosebumps SlappyWorld
On July 5, 2016, User Alex Kobs asked R.L. Stine on Facebook about future Goosebumps Most Wanted books, and Stine replied to him saying that The Lizard of Oz is the final Most Wanted book, and Stine is writing a new series called, "Goosebumps SlappyWorld". Not much is known about the series as of yet, but the title may prove that Slappy is the star of the series.

Escape from the Carnival of Horrors
Slappy is referenced in this book. When you are trying to escape, you run into a tent full of dummies, noticing one that "looks like the dummy from that Goosebumps book" (the book does not mention Slappy by name, but it is obviously him, from the reference) you are given the option to bring him to life, and remember the correct chant to do so. And you are given a choice to either get the right way to say the words or another way to bring them to life.

Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide
Slappy is voted best villain here and you also get a slight interview with him. He is also sitting in the roller coaster on the cover of the book, next to a Horror.

Screams In The Night
Slappy makes an appearance in this limited edition goosebumps book at "Slappy's Fun House" He first appears in Chapter 11, where he grows twenty feet tall and keeps the children hostage.

Enter Horrorland (Website)
In the website, he appears in the first and last level of the game as a boss. He appears on Map #1 and map #12.

Goosebumps Horrorland
Although Slappy doesn't make a physical appearance in the video game Goosebumps Horrorland, a secret Monster Card based on the cover of the book Night of the Living Dummy is unlockable by running 3-4 times around the cursed carriage in Vampire Village

Goosebumps (2015 film)
Slappy the Dummy makes an appearance as the main antagonist in the 2015 Goosebumps film performed by Avery Jones and voiced by Jack Black. His appearance is based on his original depictions in the book series unlike his TV incarnation.

He serves as the primary villain, releasing all his "siblings" from their imprisonment in Stine's books. He burns all the books including his own and tries his best to torture Stine and prevent him from writing them all back into a book. He is later sucked into the final book along with all the other monsters.

Night of Scares
Slappy appears in the mobile game Night of Scares as one of the many monsters hunting the player. He retains his appearance from the 2015 Goosebumps film and is voiced again by Jack Black. He's the main antagonist of the game.

Goosebumps: The Game
Slappy appears as the main antagonist in '''Goosebumps: The Game. '''Like in the movie"', his goal is to release the monsters from their books.

Personality
Slappy is the dummy that is no dummy. He is highly evil and sadistic and would always attempt to make any human his slave. He is also a control freak and he would always do something really bad if he doesn't get his way and some others would always do it, knowing how insane he is. Slappy is also quite a cruel prankster, often making a terrible mess wherever he goes and coming up with the worst insults for some people and if that isn't rotten enough, he would get his owner blamed for all of it. Slappy also knows that he does have a weakness, as the ancient words that bring him to life usually put him back to sleep and his biggest fear is when someone found a way to put him back to sleep for good. He would try to make sure that doesn't happen, but sometimes he is never quick enough when someone grabs the paper. Slappy is considered to be the most dangerous villain anyone has ever faces and will stop at nothing to take over the world.

Appearance
Slappy is a pretty big dummy with a wave of brown hair and blue eyes. His lips are painted bright red which curl in a sinister smile. There is also a chip on his lower lip. He wears a gray suit over a white collar and red bow tie. The collar has been stapled as his body is just painted white. On the cover of Monster Edition #2, Slappy wears a checkered sports jacket.

2015 film

 * Hello Papa. How long's it been? Who're you're new friends? (To Stine)
 * You must have brought me out for something fun. So what will it be? Terrorize the locals? Destroy the town? Let's get silly!
 * Aw shucks, you're giving me, oh what's the word? "Goosebumps?"
 * Who you calling Dummy, Dummy?
 * You're trying to put me back in!? (Sees Stine reaching for his book)
 * I know when you're lying to me Papa!
 * You've made Slappy very unhappy. (Burns his book)
 * I think it's time I started pulling the strings in this relationship. Tonight's going to be the best story you've ever written. All your children are coming out to play.
 * That one's a real page turner. (Releasing the Lawn Gnomes)
 * Hahaha! Sorry folks, I'd slow down. But I can't reach the brakes! (Driving the Haunted Car)
 * Check out by new best seller. It'll grow on you. Hahaha. Dropped calls are going to be the least of this town's problems. (Releases the Man-Eating Plants to tear down a cell tower) I'm driving myself crazy! (Releases monsters throughout the town)
 * I come in peace. Unarmed. I only want to read you a bedtime story. (To the cops)
 * (Talking with his mouth shut) Okay, but that isn't going to stop me.
 * Officers you have been relieved of your duties. (Has the Bug-Eyed aliens freeze the cops)
 * I can help you. Sergeant Slappy reporting for duty.
 * (Warning Lorraine not to call him a dummy) Don't do it. Don't say it. You said it. (Has the Bug-Eyed Aliens freeze Lorraine) You have the right to remain silent.
 * Now this is what I call a homecoming! Invite the rest of our friends. (Slappy, giving the Lawn Gnomes the key to the remaining manuscripts)
 * Come closer; don't be shy. All my friends in one place, I've never been so happy. I don't want this day to end, and it doesn't have to, as long as we get rid... of Stine! Charge!
 * Forgetting someone? (Stine is listing monsters in a story)
 * Did you forget? I created you. Or is it the other way around? I keep forgetting; we're so similar. (To Stine)
 * What this? "Everyone in the school joined forces to defeat Slappy and his monsters." Heh. But Slappy had other ideas. (Reading Stine's story)
 * Oh, Papa. There's no running from us. Bring him to me! (Sees a bus fleeing the school)
 * Come on. Come on. (Waiting impatiently for his minions to bring him Stine)
 * Follow the scent, lead me to Stine! (to Will).
 * Think again.
 * Oh, Papa. Trying to run from me is like running from yourself. I was your friend, but you turned your back on me and you locked me away on a shelf. The key was there. And you never used it.
 * I've been saving this monster just for you, say hello to my gelatinous friend, ha ha ha ha!
 * Not so fun is it? The world is just beyond your reach, but you can't move. That's what it felt like trapped in your books. Wait! The book! Where is it!? (Taunting Stine, who is trapped in the blob)
 * Slappy's not happy.
 * See you in your dreams!

Books
He also made a quote on the back cover of Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask.
 * Goosebumps
 * Night of the Living Dummy
 * Night of the Living Dummy II
 * Night of the Living Dummy III
 * Goosebumps Series 2000
 * Bride of the Living Dummy
 * Slappy's Nightmare
 * Goosebumps HorrorLand
 * Revenge of the Living Dummy
 * Creep from the Deep (photo only)
 * Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz
 * Say Cheese and Die Screaming! (photo only)
 * The Streets of Panic Park
 * Slappy New Year!
 * The Horror at Chiller House (mentioned and was seen on the cover)
 * Goosebumps Most Wanted
 * Son of Slappy
 * Give Yourself Goosebumps
 * Escape from the Carnival of Horrors
 * Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survival Guide
 * Screams in the Night
 * Goosebumps Presents
 * Night of the Living Dummy II
 * Classic Goosebumps
 * Night of the Living Dummy
 * Night of the Living Dummy II
 * Night of the Living Dummy III
 * Goosebumps Graphix
 * Slappy's Tales of Horror
 * Goosebumps The Movie:
 * Goosebumps Movie Novel
 * Activity Book
 * Monster Survival Guide
 * Night of the Living Monsters
 * Slappy's Revenge
 * Goosebumps SlappyWorld

Television and Film

 * Television series:
 * Season 1 - Night of the Living Dummy II
 * Season 2 - Night of the Living Dummy III part I and Night of the Living Dummy III part II
 * Season 3 - Bride of the Living Dummy
 * Movies:
 * Goosebumps (2015 film)

Video Games

 * Night of Scares
 * Goosebumps: The Game

Voice Actors
Avery Jones also did the puppeteer for Slappy in the movie.
 * Ron Stefaniuk (Night of the Living Dummy II and Bride of the Living Dummy)
 * Cathal J. Dodd (Night of the Living Dummy III only)
 * Annick Obonsawin (High-pitched voice)
 * Jack Black (2015 film)

Trivia

 * Jimmy O' James is the only character to appear in more than one of the Slappy books.
 * Each installment typically introduces a new set of characters.
 * As Mr. Wood's death altered Slappy's personality, it could be guessed that perhaps he was kind and friendly before Mr. Wood was destroyed.
 * In the Graphix adaptation of the story, Mr. Wood and Slappy are the same character, because when Mr. Wood died, his soul passed into Slappy.
 * In the book It Came from Ohio!, R.L Stine stated that the idea of Slappy came from his childhood experiences with the original story of Pinocchio, since it scared him so much as a kid.
 * The 1945 British anthology horror film Dead of Night is also mentioned in interviews as an inspiration for Slappy.
 * Slappy has appeared in more Goosebumps books than any other characters in the series.
 * Slappy is one of the most well known characters in the series, and is arguably one of the most popular next to the Haunted Mask, Curly the Skeleton, and Monster Blood.
 * Slappy tells the viewers, "Viewer Beware, You're in for a Scare!" in the opening credits of the television show. He also laughs in the Ultimate Goosebumps intro.
 * When he says,"Viewer Beware, You're in for a Scare!", his voice is a deep pitch.
 * Jimmy O' James is the first true male "slave" of Slappy. Mainly before, most of them were females.
 * Slappy's appearance changes from the book series, to television, to film: In the books, he has wavy dark brown hair and cold, realistic blue eyes. But in the television show, he is suddenly a ruly-haired redhead with paler skin (His skin tone is darker on the cover of the books) with iridescent green eyes. In the film his appearance is based on his original depiction but with brown eyes
 * During a Q&A at the Macaulay Honors College building on November 13, 2012, R.L. Stine mentioned that Slappy was his favorite character from the Goosebumps books.
 * Slappy may or may not have been at least partially inspired by Chucky the killer doll from the "Child's Play" horror films.
 * Both have similar-sounding names, are possessed by the soul of an evil person, and Slappy from the TV show (as well as Mr. Wood) have orange/red hair. In addition, in the TV episode of Night of the Living Dummy II, Slappy says "Wanna play?", which is Chucky's catchphrase.
 * The differences are that Slappy is a ventriloquist dummy while Chucky is a doll, Slappy is dressed in a tux while Chucky is dressed in overalls, a shirt and sneakers, Slappy wishes to make others his slave while Chucky wishes to get out of his doll body, and Slappy is more of a cruel prankster while Chucky is homicidal.
 * In the Goosebumps movie, R.L. Stine jokingly describes Slappy's invasion as "Slappy's Revenge" which he believes would be a good idea for a book title. Ironically Slappy's Revenge is an actual book released as a tie in to the film.
 * Slappy's voice actors also played other characters in the television series:
 * Ron Stefaniuk also played Assorted Horrors and a Reptilian Creature in One Day at HorrorLand and the Piranha Person in A Shocker on Shock Street.
 * Annick Obonsawin also played Sari Hassad in Return of the Mummy.
 * Jack Black also played R. L. Stine and did the voice of Brent Green from My Best Friend is Invisible.
 * Slappy is R.L. Stines alter ego in the movie.
 * Slappy is one of the most seen monsters of the film (since he's the main antagonist) along with Will Blake, the Lawn Gnomes, The Giant Praying Mantis, and the Abominable Snowman.
 * In the re-issue of Night of the Living Dummy, part of the bonus material included is a short bio, called 'Fright Gallery' of Slappy the Dummy, including his 'Splat Stats', which are as follows: Strength: 6/10 Intelligence: 9/10 Speed: 6/10 Attack Skills: 6/10 Humor: 10/10 Evil: 9/10