Mrs. Hardesty, also known as Hyborg-Xrxuz, is an antagonist in the seventh Goosebumps HorrorLand book, My Friends Call Me Monster.
History[]
Mrs. Hardesty is Michael Munroe's Social Studies teacher. She is very superstitious and often teaches the class about monsters. Michael also believes that she hates him. Though when he pulls a prank involving the window blinds, he gets in trouble with her, furthering her anger towards him. Michael's friends DeWayne and Daisy also get themselves in trouble with Mrs. Hardesty and are forced to clean her dumpster over the weekend. The three plan to get revenge on her by putting a black cat in her basement, knowing that Mrs. Hardesty will freak out due to her superstitious nature. However, the three soon discover that Mrs. Hardesty has a giant alien egg in her attic that she sits on.
Michael returns to Mrs. Hardesty's house the next night and sees the egg hatch, revealing a strange lizard alien. He learns that Mrs. Hardesty is really an alien named Hyborg-Xrxuz, and under the command of Commander Xannx, plan to feed the people of Earth alien eggs that will transform them into alien monsters. She manages to catch Michael and turn him into one of the monsters, but with the help of Daisy and DeWayne, he escapes. They make it to the house of Mr. Wong, their principal, only to find out that he's Commander Xannx and is also hatching an egg. However, the egg breaks underneath him, and in the struggle to free him, Mrs. Hardesty and the aliens dissolve in the alien yolk.
General information[]
Physical appearance[]
Mrs. Hardesty is described as having tiny round eyes, feathery white-blonde hair and a beak-like nose. Michael comments that she looks a lot like a bird.
Personality[]
Mrs. Hardesty is very superstitious, and even carries a rabbit foot as a good luck charm. She likes to tell monster stories, and expects her students to believe in them. She strictly believes in evil spirits and monsters. She has a colony of lizard egg monsters that she treats as her children, and wants to turn people into those creatures.
Trivia[]
- "Mrs" implies that Mrs. Hardesty is married. However, her spouse is never mentioned in any of the Goosebumps HorrorLand books.