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Earth Geeks Must Go! was the twenty-fourth book in the Goosebumps Series 2000 book series. It was preceded by Slappy's Nightmare and followed by Ghost in the Mirror.

Plot

Jacob Miller is a completely average child. He is anything but heroic. As he goes to his new school, middle school, to begin sixth grade, he sees something is different. He does not recognize any of his friends, but assumes that they are just in other classes. Jacob soon finds that the teacher refers to the grade he is in as the "trelth" grade, and Jacob is confused. The teacher begins writing some kind of a foreign language on the board, and Jacob cannot figure out what it is. Everyone else begins doing it correctly, and Jacob bluffs his way through the class. Next period, computer class, Jacob finds that the foreign language is on the keyboards, and Jacob sees his classmates typing with their tongues! Next period, lunch, the children eat with their armpits, and Jacob is horrified to find that only ONE other person in the entire cafeteria is eating like a human.

Jacob flees the school with Arlene, who is the other human, when the entire student body recognizes that they are humans. The atmosphere is hot, with a reddish haze in the sky. There are a few trees, and they seek refuge in an empty house. While watching television, they find people catching two-headed fish, and a news anchor who tells the viewers that "Earth Geeks" have landed, that they could be dangerous. The viewers are advised to arm themselves and kill any they find. Jacob suddenly realizes that they are the "Earth Geeks", who had accidentally been brought to the planet. Jacob does not know why they are there, or if it is an accident. They find that they need to escape the planet, but that proves to be difficult, as they discover that they have to fight off creepy, ravenous creatures that are attempting to kill all of the "Earth Geeks" and aliens. Jacob finds his father, when he discovers that a time bomb has been planted in his father's wristwatch. The splatter then tells them to give to them.

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His dad gave it but Jacob breaks it and the splatter dies. They were called the heroes, then they come back to Earth. However, it is revealed that they never landed on Earth at all, and instead landed on another planet with purple lizard-like aliens that look like humans.

Trivia

  • It was the second-to-last book in the Goosebumps Series 2000 book series.
  • It is out of print.
  • The title of the book was originally supposed to be Earth Geeks Must Die!, but they found the title to be too dark, as it would likely spark angry parental activism, so they changed it to the current title.The original printing's cover can be found on Google images. This is strange because the fourth book in the original series Say Cheese and Die! and its sequel, Say Cheese and Die-Again! both contain the word 'die'.
  • The other tagline says: "It looks like Earth, it's got to be Earth, but it isn't..."
  • Jacob and Arlene's father was mentioned by name in the book: Eric Miller.
  • Outside of Give Yourself Goosebumps, this is the first and only Goosebumps book to date to use present words.
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