Changes: Ethan Crosby

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Ethan Crosby is an antagonist from the first book in the Goosebumps HorrorLand series, Revenge of the Living Dummy. He is the younger cousin of Britney Crosby and a previous owner of Slappy the Dummy.

History

While Ethan's parents are away, he comes to visit Britney and her family. He also brings along with him a ventriloquist dummy which he named "Mr. Badboy". Ethan tells Britney that Mr. Badboy is alive and is making him do evil things. 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, Mr. Badboy throws paint all over everyone.

Britney eventually sees Mr. Badboy moving and talking on his own and thinks that he's alive. She soon learns that Mr. Badboy is actually an evil dummy named Slappy, and that the card containing magic words in his breast pocket must have been read to bring him to life. Britney finds the card and reads it aloud, hoping to put Slappy back to sleep. But after she does so, she finds a remote inside a pair of Ethan's jeans. The remote controls Slappy's movements and makes him talk on his own. However, since she read the magic words, Slappy is now alive for real and is out to steal the Mind Stealer, a powerful voodoo doll in Mr. Molloy's possession. Britney eventually manages to defeat Slappy, but it is unknown if Ethan was ever punished for his actions.

General information

Physical 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 others, particularly his cousin Britney. He assaults Britney either physically, such as shoving her down the stairs, or emotionally, like destroying some of her prized possessions. It is never made clear as to why he's so cruel to her, as Britney tries to get along with him, but given that he never gets in trouble for anything he does, that somewhat explains it. He also appears to be very smart, particularly with robotics, managing to rig Slappy to move and speak on his own via a remote control.

Trivia

Ethan's behavior is similar to that of Tara Webster from The Cuckoo Clock of Doom. Like Tara, he seems to enjoy doing cruel things to others while never getting in trouble for it.

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 {{Character_infobox
-|family_members = [[Britney Crosby]] (Cousin)<br>Roz Crosby (Aunt)<br>Mr. Crosby (Uncle)
+|family_members = [[Britney Crosby]] (cousin)<br>Roz Crosby (aunt)<br>Sean Crosby (uncle)
 |alignment = Evil
 |status = Alive
 |species = Human
 |gender = Male
-|hair_color = Blonde
 |eye_color = Blue
+|hair_color = Blond
-}}''Ethan Crosby'' is an antagonist from the first book in the ''[[Goosebumps HorrorLand]]'' series, ''[[Revenge of the Living Dummy]]''.
+}}'''Ethan Crosby''' is an antagonist from the first book in the ''[[Goosebumps HorrorLand]]'' series, ''[[Revenge of the Living Dummy]]''. He is the younger cousin of [[Britney Crosby]] and a previous owner of [[Slappy the Dummy]].
 ==History==
-Ethan Crosby is the younger cousin of [[Britney Crosby]]. While his parents are away, 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 making him do evil things. 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 throws paint all over everyone.
+While Ethan's parents are away, he comes to visit [[Britney Crosby|Britney]] and her family. He also brings along with him a [[Slappy the Dummy|ventriloquist dummy]] which he named "Mr. Badboy". Ethan tells Britney that Mr. Badboy is alive and is making him do evil things. 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, Mr. Badboy throws paint all over everyone.
-Britney eventually sees Mr. Badboy moving and talking on his own and thinks that he's alive. She soon learns that Mr. Badboy is actually an evil dummy named Slappy, and that the card containing [[Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano|magic words]] 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|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.
+Britney eventually sees Mr. Badboy moving and talking on his own and thinks that he's alive. She soon learns that Mr. Badboy is actually an evil dummy named Slappy, and that the card containing [[Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano|magic words]] in his breast pocket must have been read to bring him to life. Britney finds the card and reads it aloud, hoping to put Slappy back to sleep. But after she does so, she finds a remote inside a pair of Ethan's jeans. The remote controls Slappy's movements and makes him talk on his own. However, since she read the magic words, Slappy is now alive for real and is out to steal [[The Mind Stealer|the Mind Stealer]], a powerful voodoo doll in Mr. Molloy's possession. Britney eventually manages to defeat Slappy, but it is unknown if Ethan was ever punished for his actions.
 ==General information==
-===Appearance===
+===Physical 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.
+Ethan is a mean, cruel child that seems to revel in hurting others, particularly his cousin Britney. He assaults Britney either physically, such as shoving her down the stairs, or emotionally, like destroying some of her prized possessions. It is never made clear as to why he's so cruel to her, as Britney tries to get along with him, but given that he never gets in trouble for anything he does, that somewhat explains it. He also appears to be very smart, particularly with robotics, managing to rig Slappy to move and speak on his own via a remote control.
 ==Trivia==