Changes: Cuddles the Hamster

Revision as of 18:32, 5 August 2019

Cuddles is a hamster that ate Monster Blood and grew to about ten feet. His only appearance to date is in Monster Blood II and is technically the villain of the book. He is one of the more popular characters in the series. Sometimes he's called "Cuddles the terrible hamster."

Despite only appearing in one book (not counting the video footage in Return to HorrorLand), Cuddles has grown to be a very popular character in the Goosebumps franchise. He's been used a lot in promotional material and merchandising as well.

History

Goosebumps (original series)

Monster Blood II

In Monster Blood II, Cuddles is owned by science teacher Mr. Murphy, who punishes Evan Ross to clean Cuddles' cage, whom Evan dislikes. To get back at Mr. Murphy for Evan, Andy feeds Cuddles some Monster Blood. But after awhile, he grows to an enormous size and starts rampaging through the school. Evan eats some Monster Blood himself, so that he can grow to Cuddles' size and do battle with him. However, Cuddles is about to finish Evan off, until they both return to their normal sizes. It turns out that the expiration date on the Monster Blood has passed, resulting in the magic wearing off. As a present, Cuddles is given to Evan. In the end, it is heavily implied that Cuddles ate some more Monster Blood.

Goosebumps Series 2000

Return to HorrorLand

Cuddles is briefly mentioned in Return to HorrorLand. It was when Derek and Margo Strange interview Evan Ross, who retells the events of Monster Blood II.

List of appearances

Title	Role	Release date	Series
Monster Blood II	Side antagonist	April 1994	Goosebumps
Monster Blood III	Mentioned	March 1995	Goosebumps
Monster Blood IV	Mentioned	December 1997	Goosebumps
Return to HorrorLand	Mentioned	January 1999	Goosebumps Series 2000

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-==Gallery==
-===Artwork===
+==Artwork==
 <gallery>
 print_cuddles1.gif
 print_cuddles2.gif
 </gallery>
-===Merchandise===
+==Merchandise==
 <gallery>
 cuddles the hamster action figure box.png|[[Goosebumps/Merchandise#Goosebumps_Collectibles|Goosebumps Collectibles]] figure.
-cuddles the hamster bookmark.jpg|Bookmark
 cuddles the hamster dread head.png|Dread Head
 Cuddles the hamster freaky face.png|Freaky Face
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 Cuddle_-_radical_ruler.png|Radical Ruler
 Cuddles the hamster ring binder.png|Ring-binder
+Cuddles Flashlight in packaging front.jpg|Cuddles flashlight
+MBIIFolder.png|Folder
+Cuddles Hamster Plush Pillow Fright Faces UK Titan Toys.jpg|Fright Faces plush pillow
+Cuddles Beware Beach Towel Jay Franco.jpg|Beware! beach towel
+Cuddles Scary Stamper in package front.jpg|Scary Stamper
+CuddlesGreetingCard.jpg|Greeting Card
+Cuddles-eraser.png|Haunted Eraser front and back
+Cuddles-haunted-eraser.jpg|Haunted Eraser in packaging
+</gallery>
+===Bookmarks===
+<gallery>
+cuddles the hamster bookmark.jpg|Bone-Chilling Bookmark
+Cuddles Antioch bookmark shapemark front.jpg|Antioch Shapemark bookmark
+Cuddles Keep Claws Off Antioch tasseled bookmark.jpg|Antioch tasseled boomark
+</gallery>
+===Trading Cards===
+<gallery>
 Cuddles (Trading Card 1).jpg|Trading card
 Screenshot_24.png|Glow in the dark trading card.
 cuddles-tradingcard-glowinthedark-back.png|Glow in the dark trading card (back).
+</gallery>
+===Apparel===
+<gallery>
 cuddles-costume.jpg|Halloween costume
+Cuddles Turn Up the Scare T-shirt detail.jpg|'Turn Up the Scare' T-shirt detail
-Cuddles Flashlight in packaging front.jpg|Cuddles flashlight
+Cuddles Turn Up the Scare T-shirt front.jpg|'Turn Up the Scare' T-shirt front
-MBIIFolder.png|Folder
 </gallery>
 [[Category:Monsters]]