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"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 Kids Network respectively.

Cast

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

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" is depicted as a blonde.
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, and we see him on a chair happily laughing. Whether he became a hero or a villain was unmentioned.
In the book, Skipper's dad is described as being big and broad, while in the episode he is more of a stereotypical skinny nerd.

Other Media

Goosebumps Presents

No.	Cover	Release date	Pages
12		May 1997	63

Home Media

Title	Release date	Media type
Attack of the Mutant	September 13, 2011	DVD
3-Pack Thriller	August 26, 2014	DVD

Trivia

This episode was adapted into Goosebumps Presents Book #12.
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.
Goof: 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.
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.
Goof: 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.
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.
Goof: 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.

Gallery

Goosebumps TV series
Season 1	The Haunted Mask • The Cuckoo Clock of Doom • The Girl Who Cried Monster • Welcome to Camp Nightmare • Phantom of the Auditorium • Piano Lessons Can Be Murder • Return of the Mummy • Night of the Living Dummy II • Stay Out of the Basement • My Hairiest Adventure • It Came from Beneath the Sink • Say Cheese and Die • A Night in Terror Tower • The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
Season 2	Be Careful What You Wish For... • Attack of the Mutant • Bad Hare Day • The Headless Ghost • Go Eat Worms • You Can't Scare Me • Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes • Ghost Beach • Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns • The Haunted Mask II • Let's Get Invisible • Scarecrow Walks at Midnight • Monster Blood • More Monster Blood • Vampire Breath • How to Kill a Monster • Calling All Creeps • Welcome to Dead House • Don't Wake Mummy • The Blob That Ate Everyone • Night of the Living Dummy III
Season 3	Shocker on Shock Street • My Best Friend Is Invisible • The House of No Return • Don't Go To Sleep • Click • An Old Story • The Barking Ghost • One Day at HorrorLand • The Haunted House Game • Perfect School • Werewolf Skin • Awesome Ants • Bride of the Living Dummy • Strained Peas • Say Cheese and Die... Again • Chillogy • Teacher's Pet
Season 4	How I Got My Shrunken Head • The Ghost Next Door • Cry of the Cat • Deep Trouble

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 minutes (combined)
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 |written_by = Neal Shusterman
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 |guest_stars = [[Adam West]]
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-'''Attack of the Mutant''' is the second and third episodes of [[Goosebumps (Television Series)#Season 2|Season 2]] of the [[Goosebumps (Television Series)|Goosebumps TV series]]. The episodes aired on Fox Network on September 7, 1996. The episode was based on the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' book [[Attack of the Mutant|of the same title]]. It was directed by [[William Fruet]].
+"'''Attack of the Mutant'''" is the second and third episode of [[Goosebumps (television series)#Season 2|season two]] of the [[Goosebumps (television series)|''Goosebumps'' TV series]], and the twenty first and twenty second episodes overall. Part one and part two premiered on September 7, 1996 on Fox Kids Network respectively.
 == Cast ==
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 * [[Adam West]] as [[The Galloping Gazelle]]
+== Blurb ==
-== Differences from the Book ==
+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. . . .
-* In the book, Skipper's friend, Wilson, collects stamps instead of rocks.
-* Skipper's sister Mitzi is absent in the TV episode.
+== Differences from the book ==
-* "Libby" is depicted as a blonde in the episode.
+* Skipper's friend, Wilson, collects rocks instead of stamps.
-* The Magnificent Molecule Man is completely absent in the episode. He isn't even mentioned.
+* Skipper's sister Mitzi is absent.
+* "Libby" is depicted as a blonde.
+* 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, and we see him on a chair happily laughing. Whether he became a hero or a villain was unmentioned.
-* The Mutant willilingly attempts to turn into liquid rather than having water splashed over him
+*In the book, Skipper's dad is described as being big and broad, while in the episode he is more of a stereotypical skinny nerd.
-* The ending of the television 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 inklet 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, and we see him on a chair happily laughing. Whether he became a hero or a villain was unmentioned.
+==Other Media==
+===''[[Goosebumps Presents]]''===
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+|-
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+! style="width:100px;" | Cover
+! style="width:100px;" | Release date
+! style="width:50px;" | Pages
+|-
+| style="text-align: center;" |12
+|[[File:Goosebumpspresents-attackofthemutant.jpg|center|180px]]
+| style="text-align: center;" |May 1997
+| style="text-align: center;" |63
+|}
+===Home Media===
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+|
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+----
+[[File:Attackofthemutant-dvd.jpg|center|180px]]
+| style="text-align: center;" |September 13, 2011
+| style="text-align: center;" |[[DVD]]
+|-
+|
+<p style="text-align: center;">''3-Pack Thriller''</p>
+----
+[[File:3packthriller-mutantblobworms.jpg|center|180px]]
+| style="text-align: center;" |August 26, 2014
+| style="text-align: center;" |DVD
+|}</onlyinclude>
 == Trivia ==
+*This episode was adapted into ''[[Goosebumps Presents]]'' Book #12.
-*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.[[File:Goosebumpspresents-attackofthemutant.jpg|thumb|239x239px|[[Goosebumps Presents]] Book #12]]
+*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 [[Attack of the Mutant (video game)|PC game]].
-*This television episode was adapted into [[Goosebumps Presents]] Book #12.
-*Goof: 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.
+*Goof: 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.
-*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 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.../TV Episode|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.
+*The overpass used as a background in "[[Be Careful What You Wish For.../TV episode|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.
 *Goof: 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.
-*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).
+*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 3's, [[Click]].
+*Dan Warry-Smith (Skipper Mathews) played Seth Gold in season three's, "[[Click/TV episode|Click]]".
-*Scott Wickware (The Masked Mutant) played the Haunted Mask in [[The Haunted Mask II]], and a hard hat worker in [[Welcome to Dead House/TV Episode|Welcome to Dead House]], both from Season 2.
+*Scott Wickware (The Masked Mutant) played [[The Haunted Mask]] in "[[The Haunted Mask II/TV episode|Haunted Mask II]]", and a hard hat worker in "[[Welcome to Dead House/TV episode|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.
+*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.
+*Goof: 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 [[Wikipedia:The Punisher|Punisher]] comic.
-*Adam West, who is best known for playing the role of Batman in the 1960's Batman television show, plays the role of the Galloping Gazelle.
-*Ironically the Masked Mutant on the cover of the book bears a strikingly similar design to Batman.
-*Mitzi is absent in the television adaption.
-*The ending of the episode is slightly different than the ending from the book
 == Gallery ==
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+Masked Mutant Comic.png
+PunisherComic.png|Skipper holding a Masked Mutant comic (Or is it The Punisher?)
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-===Media===
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+[[Category:Goosebumps (television series)]]
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-</gallery>
-[[Category:Goosebumps (TV Series)]]
 [[Category:Season 2]]
 [[Category:Two-part episodes]]
 [[Category:Episodes directed by William Fruet]]
-[[Category:Episodes based on Goosebumps (Original Series)]]
+[[Category:Episodes based on Goosebumps (original series)]]
+[[Category:Episodes adapted into Goosebumps Presents]]