Todd Barstow

Todd Barstow is the main protagonist in the twenty-first Goosebumps book, Go Eat Worms! and its accompanying television adaptation.

Book
Todd is extremely interested in worms. Tod and his best friend, Danny, loves using them to scare his sister, Regina. In preparation for his science fair project, Todd digs up extra worms from school's baseball field. While digging for worms, Todds strange underground tremors.

Todd uses some of his worms to sabotage Regina's science fair project. During the science fair, Regina finds that her giant, papier-mâché robin has been filled with worms. After this, Todd begins finding worms everywhere.

Todd becomes greatly upset because he can't figure out how his worms are escaping. Towards the end of the book, Todd discovers that Regina had been the one placing worms in his belongings. Todd begins plotting a revenge plan, and the plan requires extra worms.

While Todd is digging for worms, a giant worm erupts from the ground and tries to drag him down. Todd speculates that the giant worm is the angry mother of the worms that he's been collecting. The worm is scared off when Regina passes by while carrying her giant, papier-mâché robin.

A few weeks later, Todd abandons his worm hobby in favor of a new one: pinning butterflies. One night, while Todd is working, he gazes up and sees a giant butterfly wielding a silver pin.

Television adaptation
The television adaptation is mostly the same as the book. However, in the end, instead of taking up the hobby of butterfly pinning, Todd becomes interested in fishing. Todd is pulled into the water by a group of fish. Todd begs the fish to let him go. Surprisingly, they do, but Todd has to somehow make it back to shore himself.

Personality
Throughout most of the book, Todd is mischievous and somewhat cruel. He finds satisfaction in using worms to prank his sister. By the end of the book, Todd reforms his behavior.

Physical appearance
In the book, Todd has wavy brown hair. He can often be seen wearing an Oakland Raiders cap.