Lily Vonn is a character in the twenty-sixth Goosebumps book, My Hairiest Adventure and its accompanying television adaptation. She is the best friend of protagonistLarry Boyd.
History
Lily is a part of Larry's band The Geeks, where she acts as lead singer. Lily constantly wears a gold pirate coin around her neck, but her most unusual feature is her two different colored eyes. While practicing for their school's Battle of the Bands, Larry comes across a bottle of Insta-Tan. They and their friends Manny, Jared, and Kristina apply it, hoping it will give them a great tan. However, Larry is shocked to discover the bottle expired several years prior, but Lily assures him there's no danger. As the date of the Battle of the Bands approaches, Larry begins to act strange. His body becomes covered with thick, black hair that constantly grows back after he shaves it. He asks Lily if she's been experiencing the same thing and she teases him. Later, their friend Manny disappears. Lily and Larry discover his house completely bare. The two don't have an answer as to why he moved in such a hurry.
Larry's problem continues. He asks his friends if they've been growing hair. This time, Lily seems frightened and quiet. Larry tries to get answers, but she's hesitant to reveal anything. Eventually, Lily also vanishes much like Manny. He tries to call her, but there is no answer. Eventually, he comes across a dog that wears Lily's gold pirate coin around her neck. Even stranger, it shares her two different eye colors. Larry realizes the dog is Lily, and goes to her parent's house to question them. They tell Larry there never was a Lily, and he should forget about her.
The Battle of the Bands arrives, and the Geeks are forced to perform without Lily. They start out shaky, but are given applause when Larry's skin begins to become covered in thick, black hair. They win the battle, but Larry runs off. He goes home to his parents, who reveal Larry isn't human but a dog. The whole town is an experimental facility. Larry's doctor, Dr. Murkin created a serum that could turn dogs into human children. However, it wasn't able to last long, and the children would quickly revert to their dog forms. Now back as a dog, Larry is free to play with Lily and Manny, and the experiments on dogs by Murkin is stopped.
General information
Personality
Lily is snarky, and loves to tease her friend, Larry. She calls him "Hairy Larry" due to his obsession with making sure his hair looks good. Lily is known to write long poems about nature, which makes her more appreciative of her surroundings. When Larry begins to act strange, she shows concern for him, as it is likely she is experiencing the same thing. When she turns into a dog, she tries her best to tell Larry, but is unable to communicate with him. When Larry is reverted to his dog form, the two seem to continue their friendship, albeit in a much different manner than before.
Physical appearance
Lily is described by Larry as short and cute, with blonde hair. Her predominant feature is her two different colored eyes. In dog form, she has light brown fur, almost red, with a white patch on her throat. She retains her two eye colors.
Trivia
- In the television adaptation of the book, Lily's surname is changed from Vonn to Turnbull.
- The condition that gives Lily her two different eye colors is known as heterochromia iridum.