Mickey Coe

Mickey Coe is the main protagonist in the first Goosebumps Hall Of Horrors book, Claws!.

History

Mickey lives next door to a couple called the Caplans and the Caplans have a cat named Bella. One day, the Caplans were going on a vacation, so they put Mickey in charge of looking after Bella while they were gone. Mickey also invited his best friend, Amanda Underwood to help him with the cat-sitting and both of them were introduced to Bella, who already took a liking to Amanda. The Caplans told Mickey and Amanda that they have to feed Bella twice a day and give her water. They also told them to clean the litter box, to which Amanda said would be Mickey's job and Mickey sarcastically thought that was nice. The Caplans told the two kids that they will be sailing for six days and that they have left some phone numbers if there were any problems. But Mickey and Amanda assured the Caplans that they can handle the job and there will not be any trouble.

The two kids took care of Bella both before and after school and Mickey thought the job was fun, especially for him because he had always liked cats and he remembered that the Caplans were going to pay him and Amanda fifty dollars each for the week. The first day went really well for him and Amanda and when they were done feeding her in the afternoon, Mickey wondered if Bella was lonely and if they should spend some time her, but Bella didn't seem to mind and Amanda pointed out that Mickey had something disgusting in his nose and Mickey was astounded that his friend had waited all day to tell him. Mickey thought the job was going perfectly and he did not think there was going to be any trouble, but he did agree to see his parents if there was any trouble. Later the next morning, he and Amanda fed Bella and the cat made Amanda laugh, causing her to drop her gum on Bella's tail. Mickey and his friend tried to have the pulled off, but Bella's fur was stuck to it so Amanda had to cut it off with scissors. Mickey was astounded with Amanda for cutting a bald spot in Bella's tail, but she assured him that it will grow back before the Caplans came home. Amanda also noticed that Mickey was shaking and sweating and she asked what he would do if they had a real emergency with Bella, to which Mickey jokingly replied that he will totally freak out.

Personality

Mickey is a pretty quiet person, especially next to Amanda. He is also quite sensible and cautious but a little uptight and he does tend to panic if something bad was happening and he does not like to cause trouble. He is really best friends with Amanda as she has lived across the street from him his whole life and he thinks she is like something that has always been there. Sometimes they don't always get along and Mickey often thinks that Amanda is weird with how she says her sentences. But Mickey has always been used to Amanda, no matter what. He also finds it weird to be next door to someone who used to be his fifth-grade teacher. Mickey is quite an animal lover, as he likes cats (but it is unknown if he is still into them to this day) and he has some pets of his own and he is most fond of Zorro because of how cute he is. Mickey does provide some humor and he always tries his best to be a good person to everyone.

Appearance

Mickey is twelve years old, Caucasian, tall and thin with dark hair.

Appearances

• Goosebumps Hall Of Horrors
  • Claws!

Mickey was also mentioned in the preview of the Hall of Horrors at the end of The Horror at Chiller House.

Trivia

• Mickey never really described himself in the book. All that was said about his appearance was that he was a nice-looking young man.