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Full Moon Fever is the twenty-second book in the Goosebumps Series 2000 book series. It was published in 1999.

The cover artwork shows an unspecified beast in ripped pants with the full moon in the background.

Plot

Robbie and his sister Alesha are visiting their Grandpa John at his cabin in the woods, which they don't want to do because they hate his scary stories that keep them up at night. He tells a story about Full Moon Fever, a mythical illness which turns anyone who looks at the full moon into ravenous, snarling beasts. He heard about it from a woman he met after getting lost in the Canadian wilderness. After he pretends to have caught it as a joke, they brush the whole thing off and try to forget about the story.

On Halloween night, Robbie and Alesha go trick-or-treating around town. They reluctantly visit the home of one of their nastiest teachers, Mrs. Eakins, who they'd recently upset by kicking a soccer ball through her window. When they arrive at her home, however, they are surprised to find that the usually mean Mrs. Eakins is being so friendly. Mrs. Eakins generously gives them both full-size candy bars which the two gobble up on the way back.

The next morning, Robbie discovers that he is completely coated in thick hair, just like a werewolf. Robbie can't talk and finds that he is constantly hungry and unable to control his appetites, eating anything he can - including live animals. Robbie finds Alesha and the two flee into the woods nearby, away from the police who are pursuing them. After regaining their speech, Robbie and Alesha plan what to do. They worry that they have succumbed to Full Moon Fever. Robbie and Alesha go to find their Grandpa John, who told them about the disease the night before, only to discover that it is merely an old legend and that it isn't real.

The two travel to Canada to find a cure and meet up with the woman who told John the story, but she tells them she made it up and has no idea what to do. However, there is a man named Dr. Thorne that she thinks may know something. They go to him and seemingly meet his son, only for it to be revealed that this is Dr. Thorne, who pretends to be his son as he doesn't have one. He then turns out to be evil as captures the kids and turns them into circus freaks. After spending a few weeks in captivity, they eventually escape the circus and try to change back under a full moon, only to find it has no effect.

They return home with Grandpa John and find Robbie's Halloween candy, including a "Best" bar that actually says "Beast Bar", leading Robbie and Alesha to discover that the candy bars Mrs. Eakins gave them were actually cursed and she is a witch. Robbie and Alesha go to Mrs. Eakins' home and attack her after ransacking the house. They eat many "Cure Bars", which were lying around the house and hope that they will cure them. However, Robbie takes another look at the label and discovers that it actually says "Curse Bar", meaning that they have just likely permanently cursed themselves.

International releases

No.	Book	Country	Translated title	Release date	Publisher
3	Full Moon Fever	United Kingdom English	Full Moon Fever	October, 1999	Scholastic
3	Тревожное полнолуние	Russia Russian	Disturbing Full Moon	October 1999	N/A
59	Vollmondfieber Wächter des Schreckens	Germany German	Full Moon Fever Guardian of the Fright	December 2000	C. Bertelsmann
68	La Fièvre de la Pleine Lune Ver. 1 Ver. 2	France French	The Fever of the Full Moon	February 14th, 2001	Bayard
84	Febbre di Plenilunio	Italy Italian	Fever of Fullmoon	2001	Mondadori
N/A	尖叫学校•满月兽牙	China Chinese	Scream School • Full Moon Animals	June 01, 2011	接力出版社

Differences

In France, this book is the 68th of the original series.

Artwork

Trivia

This book's title could be a reference to the Tom Petty album Full Moon Fever.
This book's plot resembles an earlier short story, "Pumpkin Juice", from Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.
The concept of the protagonists being cursed by a woman in town who turns out to be a witch is similar to Chicken Chicken.
This book references Zorro, Teletubbies, Hershey Bars, and Milky Ways.
The preview given at the back of The Haunted Car contains a slight difference ⁠— besides chapter 10 ending early. The line "Come on. Let's see if the story is true." is presented as "Come on. Let's see if the story Grandpa John told us is true." This difference have been included to give extra context to the preview.

Goosebumps Series 2000 series

#01 Cry of the Cat	#10 Headless Halloween	#18 Horrors of the Black Ring
#02 Bride of the Living Dummy	#11 Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls	#19 Return to Ghost Camp
#03 Creature Teacher	#12 Brain Juice	#20 Be Afraid — Be Very Afraid!
#04 Invasion of the Body Squeezers: Part 1	#13 Return to HorrorLand	#21 The Haunted Car
#05 Invasion of the Body Squeezers: Part 2	#14 Jekyll and Heidi	#22 Full Moon Fever
#06 I Am Your Evil Twin	#15 Scream School	#23 Slappy's Nightmare
#07 Revenge R Us	#16 The Mummy Walks	#24 Earth Geeks Must Go!
#08 Fright Camp	#17 The Werewolf in the Living Room	#25 Ghost in the Mirror
#09 Are You Terrified Yet?

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 ==Plot==
+Robbie and his sister Alesha are visiting their Grandpa John at his cabin in the woods, which they don't want to do because they hate his scary stories that keep them up at night. He tells a story about Full Moon Fever, a mythical illness which turns anyone who looks at the full moon into ravenous, snarling beasts. He heard about it from a woman he met after getting lost in the Canadian wilderness. After he pretends to have caught it as a joke, they brush the whole thing off and try to forget about the story.
-On Halloween night, siblings Robbie and Alesha go trick-or-treating around town. They reluctantly visit the home of one of their nastiest teachers, Mrs. Eakins, who they'd recently upset by kicking a soccer ball through her window. When they arrive at her home, however, they are surprised to find that the usually mean Mrs. Eakins is being so friendly. Mrs. Eakins generously gives them both full-size candy bars which the two gobble up on the way back.
+On Halloween night, Robbie and Alesha go trick-or-treating around town. They reluctantly visit the home of one of their nastiest teachers, [[Mrs. Eakins]], who they'd recently upset by kicking a soccer ball through her window. When they arrive at her home, however, they are surprised to find that the usually mean Mrs. Eakins is being so friendly. Mrs. Eakins generously gives them both full-size candy bars which the two gobble up on the way back.
-The next morning, Robbie discovers that he is completely coated in thick hair, just like a [[Werewolves|werewolf]]. Robbie can't talk and finds that he is constantly hungry and unable to control his appetites, eating anything he can - including live animals. Robbie finds Alesha and the two flee into the woods nearby, away from the police who are pursuing them.
-After regaining their speech, Robbie and Alesha plan what to do. They worry that they have succumbed to a mythical illness called "Full-Moon Fever," which turns anyone who looks at the full moon into ravenous, snarling beasts. Robbie and Alesha go to find their Grandpa John, who told them about the disease the night before, only to discover that it is merely an old legend and that it isn't real.
+The next morning, Robbie discovers that he is completely coated in thick hair, just like a [[Werewolves|werewolf]]. Robbie can't talk and finds that he is constantly hungry and unable to control his appetites, eating anything he can - including live animals. Robbie finds Alesha and the two flee into the woods nearby, away from the police who are pursuing them. After regaining their speech, Robbie and Alesha plan what to do. They worry that they have succumbed to Full Moon Fever. Robbie and Alesha go to find their Grandpa John, who told them about the disease the night before, only to discover that it is merely an old legend and that it isn't real.
+The two travel to Canada to find a cure and meet up with the woman who told John the story, but she tells them she made it up and has no idea what to do. However, there is a man named Dr. Thorne that she thinks may know something. They go to him and seemingly meet his son, only for it to be revealed that this is Dr. Thorne, who pretends to be his son as he doesn't have one. He then turns out to be evil as captures the kids and turns them into circus freaks. After spending a few weeks in captivity, they eventually escape the circus and try to change back under a full moon, only to find it has no effect.
-The two travel to Canada to find a cure -- only to be captured by a circus ringleader who turns them into circus freaks. They escape the circus and try to change back under a full moon, only to find it has no effect. They return home with Grandpa John and find Robbie's Halloween candy, including a "Beast" bar, leading Robbie and Alesha to discover that the candy bars Mrs. Eakins gave them were actually cursed and she is a witch.
-Robbie and Alesha go to Mrs. Eakins' home and attack her after ransacking the house. They eat many "Cure Bars", which were lying around the house and hope that they will cure them. However, Robbie takes another look at the label and discovers that it actually says "Curse Bar", meaning that they have just likely permanently cursed themselves.
+They return home with Grandpa John and find Robbie's Halloween candy, including a "Best" bar that actually says "Beast Bar", leading Robbie and Alesha to discover that the candy bars Mrs. Eakins gave them were actually cursed and she is a witch. Robbie and Alesha go to Mrs. Eakins' home and attack her after ransacking the house. They eat many "Cure Bars", which were lying around the house and hope that they will cure them. However, Robbie takes another look at the label and discovers that it actually says "Curse Bar", meaning that they have just likely permanently cursed themselves.
 ==International releases==
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 ==Trivia==
-* This book's title is a reference to the Tom Petty album ''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Moon_Fever Full Moon Fever]''.
+* This book's title could be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Tom_Petty|Tom Petty]] album ''[https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Moon_Fever Full Moon Fever]''.
-* The book's plot resembles an earlier short story, [[Pumpkin Juice|''Pumpkin Juice'']], from [[Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps|''Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps'']].
+* This book's plot resembles an earlier short story, "[[Pumpkin Juice]]", from [[Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps|''Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps'']].
+* The concept of the protagonists being cursed by a woman in town who turns out to be a witch is similar to ''[[Chicken Chicken]]''.
+* This book references [[Wikipedia:Zorro|Zorro]], [[Wikipedia:Teletubbies|Teletubbies]], [[Wikipedia:The Hershey Company|Hershey Bars]], and [[Wikipedia:Milky Way (chocolate bar)|Milky Ways]].
+* The preview given at the back of ''[[The Haunted Car (book)|The Haunted Car]]'' contains a slight difference ⁠— besides chapter 10 ending early. The line "''Come on. Let's see if the story is true.''" is presented as "''Come on. Let's see if the story Grandpa John told us is true.''" This difference have been included to give extra context to the preview.
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