Britney Crosby is the main character in the first Goosebumps HorrorLand book, Revenge of the Living Dummy, and is Molly Molloy's best friend. During the HorrorLand books, Britney vanishes while in Stubby's Sundae Shack with Molly.
She has the fourth weakest part in the book series, due to how early she vanishes and considering she is missing for most of the series.
History
The book starts out with two of the main characters in a graveyard. Their names are Britney Crosby and Molly Molloy. They are in a graveyard to bury a Mind Stealer Doll when a hand suddenly pops out and grabs Britney's leg! One week earlier, Britney's annoying cousin Ethan, brought his dummy Mr. Bad Boy ( who is really Slappy the Dummy). Britney's cousin is very annoying! Britney remebers the last time that Ethan visited which ended with him faking a broken leg and her getting all of the blame. Unwilling to let that go, Britney believes that Ethan is up to no good again and she will not listen to his cries when he tells her that Mr. Bad Boy is alive!
Angry at Britney for not believing in his realism, Mr. Bad Boy ruins her posters and self drawn pictures. He does even more damage by pushing her down the stairs, ruining breakfast and by causing lots of trouble at the old folks home! Even though Ethan claims all of those things were caused by Mr. Bad Boy. However, she still does not believe him.
As all of this going on, Britney's best friend Molly is also having serious problems with an obeject called a mind stealer doll. Molly's dad brought it back from one of his trips and it even has it's own legend behind it. Molly's dad said that the doll has stolen over twenty minds and it can only be fully put to rest when it's underneath a glass case in a graveyard. One night, after midnight the mind stealer starts acting up and Britney has to rush over to Molly's house in order to bring it to the graveyard. It is at this point where the main characters are when the story starts. As it turns-out Ethan fallowed Britney and planned to tell on her. Britney, however is glad that Molly is now safe.
After some more maddness is caused by the dummy, Britney finds out some information about the dummy from Molly's dad's reaserch. Britney and Molly discover that his real name is Slappy and that he has six acient words that both wake him up and put him back to sleep. They then go to Britney's house to read the words to put Slappy back to sleep. However, Ethan must have somehow put him back to sleep before the girls got there becuase after going to bed, Britney is awakened by who she believes is Ethan trying to wake her up, but it turns-out to be Slappy! Slappy grabs her very wrist tightly. He thanks her for waking him up and claims that she's now his new slave and that she'll do whatever he wants! He informs her that he heard Ethan talking about her burrying the Mind Stealer Doll in the graveyard. Slappy cries that he both needs and wants it and then tells Britney to go get it and bring it to him! She initially tells him "no" and then he tells her that she will just have to be his first zombie slave. He then rushes off to the graveyard and Britney fallows him.
After arriving at the graveyard,Britney goes after Slappy. After capturing him, he kicks and screams and vows revenge! In the end Slappy's mind gets stolen and Britney's parents soon arrive. They mention to Britney that they wish to take her to a doctor, for they feel that she has gone crazy. She claims she is fine though, they do not really believe her. But they leave together, after Britney re-buries the doll...
HorrorLand
Molly and Britney were invited to HorrorLand as Very Special Guests and they went to visit the many stores, shops, and parks. Britney and Molly come across the Madame Doom machine, which tells Britney she has no future. Then they go back to their hotel room and go to see Britney's parents, wanting to show them their new outfits. But they cannot find them anywhere. So they try the front desk, to which the Horror working tells them that they left already!
They go back up to Britney's parents room. There, they find her father's camera and see Slappy's face on a photograph. Then they go back to the front desk to see if their parents really left and they meet Billy and Sheena Deep who tells them that their parents did not really leave and how it was just a joke.
They all go on Quicksand beach, where Britney and Molly dissapear and go to Panic Park and ride the wheel of fire where Sheena sees them again. Then Robby Schwartz sees them and gets a Panic Park token. Where they again meet up with Slappy!
In Escape From HorrorLand, she is one of the guests who's been in the Tunnel of Fate...
Final Fate
Turned into a puppet by Slappy, but reverts to normal at the end of The Streets of Panic Park.
Personality
Britney is a kind and usually caring girl. Except for when Ethan is really annoying and hitting her and ruining her social life and Britney couldn't help hating him. Britney had proven to have a good sense of humor and always tries to make Molly laugh and get her to like Skullboy and does get uncomfortable with Mr. Molloy's Museum of the Weird. Britney has a bit of a tomboyish nature and she really likes to paint and draw things and make a list of things, such as her favorite people and her good and bad qualities. Britney is very close to Molly, as they both like to paint and make a list of things and they always finish each other's sentences like they have one brain. And they both understand what a creep Ethan is!
Appearance
Britney is twelve years old, Caucasian, tall and thin with coppery hair and brown eyes.
Appearances
- Goosebumps HorrorLand
- Revenge of the Living Dummy
- Creep from the Deep
- Monster Blood for Breakfast! (does not speak)
- The Scream of the Haunted Mask (mentioned)
- Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz
- Who's Your Mummy? (mentioned)
- My Friends Call Me Monster (mentioned)
- Say Cheese - and Die Screaming! (mentioned)
- Welcome to Camp Slither (mentioned)
- Help! We Have Strange Powers! (mentioned)
- Escape From HorrorLand
- The Streets of Panic Park