Ethan Crosby

Ethan Crosby is an antagonist from the first book in the Goosebumps HorrorLand series, Revenge of the Living Dummy.

History
Ethan Crosby is the younger cousin of Britney Crosby. While his parents are away on business, he comes to visit Britney and her family. He also brings along with him Slappy the Dummy, which he names "Mr. Badboy". Ethan tells Britney that Mr. Badboy is alive and is evil. Britney doesn't believe him, but soon a series of bad things start to happen to her. An autographed poster of her favorite band gets torn up, a painting of her deceased dog gets painted over, she gets pushed down the stairs, and when visiting a retirement home, the dummy vomits a pea soup-like substance all over everyone.

Britney eventually sees Mr. Badboy moving on his own, and thinks that he's alive. She soon learns from the father of her friend Molly Molloy that Mr. Badboy is actually an evil dummy named Slappy, and that the magic word card in his breast pocket must have been read to bring him to life. Britney finds the card and reads it aloud, but also finds a remote inside a pair of Ethan's jeans. The remote controls Slappy's movements and makes him talk on his own. However, Slappy is now alive and out to steal the Mind Stealer, a powerful voodoo doll in Mr. Molloy's possession. Britney eventually manages to defeat Slappy, but it's unclear if Ethan was ever punished for his actions.

Appearance
Ethan is described as being short and pale, with a pointed chin, blue eyes and very blond hair.

Personality
Ethan is a mean, cruel child that seems to revel in hurting Britney either physically like shoving her down the stairs, or emotionally, like destroying some of her prized possessions. It's never clear as to why he's so cruel to her, but given that he never gets in trouble for anything he does, that somewhat explains it. He also appears to be very smart, managing to rig Slappy to move and speak on his own via a remote control.