Changes: Goosebumps SlappyWorld

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"THIS IS SLAPPY'S WORLD— YOU ONLY SCREAM IN IT!"

―The series' slogan

"The evil dummy comes to life to tell his own twisted tales and scary stories!"

―Official description

Goosebumps SlappyWorld is the current main Goosebumps book series. It is the successor to Goosebumps Most Wanted. The series focuses on Slappy the Dummy, telling his own "twisted tales" and "scary stories". The first book in the series, Slappy Birthday to You, was released on February 28th, 2017.

The series was first announced by R.L. Stine on March 1, 2016 during a small Q&A session on Facebook hosted by the organization Save the Children.^[1] Stine later confirmed the series on Facebook in July 2016.^[2]

Slappy's design is based on his appearance in the Goosebumps film.

Books

No.	Book	Publish date	Pages
1	Slappy Birthday to You	February 28, 2017	139
2	Attack of the Jack!	June 27, 2017	137
3	I Am Slappy's Evil Twin	September 26, 2017	129
4	Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo	February 27, 2018	135
5	Escape from Shudder Mansion	June 26, 2018	136
6	The Ghost of Slappy	August 28, 2018	133
7	It's Alive! It's Alive!	February 26, 2019	134
8	The Dummy Meets the Mummy!	July 9, 2019	142
9	Revenge of the Invisible Boy	October 1, 2019	132
10	Diary of a Dummy^[3]	March 3, 2020	160
11	They Call Me the Night Howler!^[4]	July 7, 2020	160
12	My Friend Slappy^[5]	October 6, 2020	160

According to Scholastic's website, there will be at least 14 books in the series.^[6]

List of characters

Villains/Enemies/Antagonists

Slappy the Dummy
Abigail the Doll
Living Dolls
Captain Jack the Knife
Captain Billy Bottoms
Snappy the Dummy
Robby (the Weirdo)
Mia
The Beast
Margo
Shudder House monsters (The Dancing Skeleton)
Annalee
Francine
Mrs. B
Arragotus
Ari Goodwyn

Children/Protagonists

Ian Barker
Molly Barker
Jonny Harding
Vinny Harding
Violet Packer
Shawn Packer
Luke Harrison
Kelly Harrison
Jordan Keppler
Karla Keppler
Riley Shiner
Scarlet Shiner
Shep Mooney
Livvy Jones
Gates Warwas
Aaron Riggles
Cathy O'Connor
Shannon O' Connor
Frankie Miller
Melody Richmond
Eduardo Martinez
Zoey McGee
Billy McGee
Barton Suggs
Lizzie Hellman

Other characters

Hannah Barker
Mr. Barker
Donny Harding
Marie Harding
Dr. Klausmann
Mr. Fancypants
Farmer Joe
Admiral Jim Finnegan (Uncle Jim)
Celeste the Cat
Danny Lubbins
Mad Madeline
Salty and Pepper Magee
Chuckles the Chimpanzee
Captain Pip
Franz Mahar
Kanduu
Buster Bailey
Seth Johnson
Jamal
Mr. Ferber
Carter Burwasser
Cheng Lee
Danitia
Patti Mooney
Carlos Jackson
Chaz Fremont
Rosa Romero
Ben Jones
Mrs. Jones
Dr. Richard Klopfer
Colin O'Conner
Mystical Marvin
Mr. Miller
Donna Miller
Uncle Siggy

Videos

Slappy On Being the Star

Slappy's Got Moves!

Welcome to SlappyWorld, Ya Dummies!

Trivia

This is the first Goosebumps series to focus on one specific character.
- To no surprise, this series features the most sequels to the Living Dummy saga at six books currently, as well as the most sequels to a single saga in a single series.
Most books in this series may have their titles referencing to other Goosebumps books:
- Slappy Birthday to You possibly alluding to Scary Birthday to You.
- Attack of the Jack! possibly alluding to Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns.
- I Am Slappy's Evil Twin possibly alluding to I Am Your Evil Twin.
- Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo possibly alluding to Please Don't Feed the Vampire! or Please Don't Feed The Bears.
- Escape from Shudder Mansion starts with the phrase "Escape from"; this phrase is incredibly common in the Goosebumps franchise, and it has appeared in the titles of many books. The first book to bear this title was the Give Yourself Goosebumps book, Escape from the Carnival of Horrors.
  
  The Invisible Boy's Revenge - As it appears in the movie
- Diary of a Dummy possibly alluding to the Give Yourself Goosebumps book Diary of a Mad Mummy.
- They Call Me the Night Howler possibly alluding to My Friends Call Me Monster.
Even though Slappy is the narrator of the stories in this series, he refers to himself in the third person during the books he appears in.
The title Revenge of the Invisible Boy! is a possible reference to the ending of the first Goosebumps Movie, despite not starring the same invisible boy.

References

Goosebumps series
Main series	Original series • Series 2000 • HorrorLand • Hall of Horrors • Most Wanted • *SlappyWorld*
Spin-off series	Tales to Give You Goosebumps • Give Yourself Goosebumps • Goosebumps Presents • Triple Header
Other series	Collector's Caps books • Goosebumps Gold • Classic Goosebumps • Goosebumps film books

[1] Save the Children started a Q&A (mirror 1), (mirror 2)

[2] User blog:GodzillaFan1/Goosebumps... SlappyWorld?

[3] Diary of a Dummy by R.L. Stine | Scholastic

[4] They Call Me the Night Howler! by R.L. Stine | Amazon

[5] Amazon

[6] Goosebumps SlappyWorld #14 or TBD by R.L. Stine | Scholastic

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 ** ''Escape from Shudder Mansion'' starts with the phrase "Escape from"; this phrase is incredibly common in the ''[[Goosebumps (franchise)|Goosebumps]]'' franchise, and it has appeared in the titles of many books. The first book to bear this title was the [[Give Yourself Goosebumps]] book, ''[[Escape from the Carnival of Horrors]]''.[[File:The_Invisible_Boy's_Revenge.png|thumb|''The Invisible Boy's Revenge'' - As it appears in the movie]]
 ** ''Diary of a Dummy'' possibly alluding to the ''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]'' book ''[[Diary of a Mad Mummy]]''.
-** ''They Call Me the Night Howler'' possibly alluding to ''[[My Friends Call Me Monster]].''
+** ''They Call Me the Night Howler'' possibly alluding to ''[[My Friends Call Me Monster]]''.
 * Even though Slappy is the narrator of the stories in this series, he refers to himself in the third person during the books he appears in.
 * The title ''Revenge of the Invisible Boy! ''is a possible reference to the ending of the first Goosebumps Movie, despite not starring the same [[Brent Green|invisible boy]].