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Mud Monsters are monsters from Muddy Creek that appear in the fifteenth Goosebumps book, You Can't Scare Me!, and its television adaptation.

History

You Can't Scare Me!

According to Muddy Creek legend, a long time ago, there were two neighboring villages: one village was poor and lived in the forest, and the other was more wealthy and well established. The city village hated the forest village and treated the villagers from the forest village poorly. One stormy night, a rainstorm caused the creek in the forest to overflow and flash flood, burying the entire forest village in a mudslide killing all the villagers. Local legend claims that once a year, the townspeople return to form covered in mud and go to find innocent victims to drag back with them into the mud.

In present day, Eddie and his friends heard about the legend, and discovered that Courtney King, a brave girl that was constantly showing them up, believes in their existence. They planned to have Eddie's brother pretend to be a mud monster and scare her. However, the Mud Monsters turned out to be real and scared the kids off.

TV series

In the television adaptation of the book, only one Mud Monster is present. It's similar in design to how it looks on the book cover, though it's build is a bit bulkier. In a difference to the book, Courtney scolds the monster for being so rude and ends up talking to the monster until the rain stops, drying out the monster and making it inactive. The press interviews Courtney for proving that Mud Monsters exists, but they leave when the rain comes back, which reawakens the monster. It then scares Eddie and Hat as the episode ends.

Other media

In addition to their appearance in You Can't Scare Me! and its accompanying television adaption, the Mud Monsters are mentioned in The Haunted Mask II when Chuck Greene tells a mud-drenched Steve Boswell that he resembles a Mud Monster. Mud Monsters also make cameo appearances inThe Knight in Screaming Armor and Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum from the Give Yourself Goosebumps series. There's also a video game titled Mud Monsters that's mentioned in Trapped in Bat Wing Hall. In the 1997 Goosebumps 365 Scare-a-Day Calendar, Mud Monsters are suggested as a Halloween costume idea.

One of the Mud Monsters on the original cover of You Can't Scare Me! is featured as one of the monsters in the Monster Mash mini-game in the video game Goosebumps HorrorLand. The Mud Monsters also appear in Goosebumps HorrorTown with a difference design. They're larger, bulkier, have yellow eyes, a human-like mouth with teeth, and are lack lacking vines wrapped around their body.

A Mud Monster known as "The Mud Monster" was one of the mascot characters Scholastic frequently used in mass merchandising and advertising for the Goosebumps franchise in the late 90s. It's design is very similar to how the monsters look on the book cover, but with a smaller forehead and less sinister expression.

List of appearances

Title	Role	Date	Series	Type
You Can't Scare Me!	Monster	1994	Goosebumps	Book
The Haunted Mask II	Mentioned	1995	Goosebumps
Trapped in Bat Wing Hall	Referenced	1995	Give Yourself Goosebumps
1997 365 Scare-a-Day Calendar	Mentioned	1996	Goosebumps 365 Scare-a-Day Calendar	Calendar book
The Knight in Screaming Armor	Cameo		Give Yourself Goosebumps	Book
Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum			Give Yourself Goosebumps	Book
Goosebumps HorrorLand		2008	Goosebumps (video game series)	Video game
Goosebumps HorrorTown	Monster	2019	Goosebumps (video game series)	Mobile game

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+|image = <gallery>
-Book (1994)=[[File:You Can't Scare Me - artwork.jpg|thumb]]
+File:You Can't Scare Me - artwork.jpg|Book (1994)
+File:You Can't Scare Me! (Classic Goosebumps) - artwork.jpg|Book (2010)
-|-|
+File:Mud Monster.gif|Merchandise
-Book (2010)=[[File:You Can't Scare Me! (Classic Goosebumps) - artwork.jpg|thumb]]
+File:Mud Monster - You Can't Scare Me (TV Episode).png|TV
-|-|
+</gallery>
-Merchandise = [[file:Mud Monster.gif|thumb]]
-|-|
-TV = [[File:MudMonsterTV.png|thumb]]
-|-|
-Game = [[File:Goosebumps-all-chars-mudmonster.jpg|thumb]]
-</tabber>
 |first_appearance = ''[[You Can't Scare Me!]]'' ([[1994]])
 |latest_appearance = ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'' ([[2019]])
 |alignment = Evil
 |species = Mud Monster
-}}'''Mud Monsters''' are monsters that appear in the fifteenth [[Goosebumps (original series)|''Goosebumps'']] book, ''[[You Can't Scare Me!]]''.
+}}'''Mud Monsters''' are monsters from Muddy Creek that appear in the fifteenth [[Goosebumps (original series)|''Goosebumps'']] book, ''[[You Can't Scare Me!]]'', and its [[You Can't Scare Me!/TV episode|television adaptation]].
 ==History==
+===''[[You Can't Scare Me!]]''===
-=== ''You Can't Scare Me!'' ===
 According to Muddy Creek legend, a long time ago, there were two neighboring villages: one village was poor and lived in the forest, and the other was more wealthy and well established. The city village hated the forest village and treated the villagers from the forest village poorly. One stormy night, a rainstorm caused the creek in the forest to overflow and flash flood, burying the entire forest village in a mudslide killing all the villagers. Local legend claims that once a year, the townspeople return to form covered in mud and go to find innocent victims to drag back with them into the mud.
+In present day, [[Eddie]] and his friends heard about the legend, and discovered that [[Courtney King]], a brave girl that was constantly showing them up, believes in their existence. They planned to have Eddie's brother pretend to be a mud monster and scare her. However, the Mud Monsters turned out to be real and scared the kids off.
-[[Eddie]], Hat, Molly, and Charlene hide about 100 yards behind Courtney's tree house and they see her looking out into the creek with binoculars. Suddenly, behind her, three shadowy figures emerge. Eddie's brother and friends came through....their plan worked! Eddie hears rustling behind him and the friends turn to see three more mud monsters! Eddie's brother apologizes for being late. The group turns back towards the tree house and sees dozens of mud creatures emerging from the ground, all advancing on Courtney and the tree house. They scream and yell until she notices, and all of them make a mad dash run out of the forest, escaping the mud creatures.
+===TV series===
-== Other appearances ==
+In the [[You Can't Scare Me!/TV episode|television adaptation]] of the book, only one Mud Monster is present. It's similar in design to how it looks on the book cover, though it's build is a bit bulkier. In a difference to the book, Courtney scolds the monster for being so rude and ends up talking to the monster until the rain stops, drying out the monster and making it inactive. The press interviews Courtney for proving that Mud Monsters exists, but they leave when the rain comes back, which reawakens the monster. It then scares Eddie and Hat as the episode ends.
-In addition to their appearance in ''You Can't Scare Me!'' and its accompanying television adaption, the Mud Monsters appear in the books ''[[The Knight in Screaming Armor]]'', and ''[[Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum]]'', from the ''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]'' series.
+===Other media===
+In addition to their appearance in ''You Can't Scare Me!'' and its accompanying television adaption, the Mud Monsters are mentioned in ''[[The Haunted Mask II]]'' when [[Chuck Greene]] tells a mud-drenched [[Steve Boswell]] that he resembles a Mud Monster. Mud Monsters also make cameo appearances in''[[The Knight in Screaming Armor]]'' and ''[[Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum]]'' from the ''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]'' series. There's also a video game titled ''Mud Monsters'' that's mentioned in ''[[Trapped in Bat Wing Hall]]''. In the ''[[1997 Goosebumps 365 Scare-a-Day Calendar]]'', Mud Monsters are suggested as a Halloween costume idea.
+One of the Mud Monsters on the original cover of ''You Can't Scare Me!'' is featured as one of the monsters in the Monster Mash mini-game in the video game [[Goosebumps HorrorLand (video game)|''Goosebumps HorrorLand'']]. The Mud Monsters also appear in ''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]'' with a difference design. They're larger, bulkier, have yellow eyes, a human-like mouth with teeth, and are lack lacking vines wrapped around their body.
+A Mud Monster known as "The Mud Monster" was one of the mascot characters Scholastic frequently used in mass merchandising and advertising for the [[Goosebumps (franchise)|''Goosebumps'']] franchise in the late 90s. It's design is very similar to how the monsters look on the book cover, but with a smaller forehead and less sinister expression.
+==List of appearances==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! style="width:210px;" |Title
+! style="width:90px;" |Role
+! style="width:30px;" |Date
+! style="width:203px;" |Series
+! style="width:80px;" |Type
+|-
+|''[[You Can't Scare Me!]]''
+|Monster
+|1994
+|rowspan="2"|[[Goosebumps (original series)|''Goosebumps'']]
+|rowspan="3"|Book
+|-
+|''[[The Haunted Mask II]]''
+|Mentioned
+|rowspan="2"|1995
+|-
+|''[[Trapped in Bat Wing Hall]]''
+|Referenced
+|''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]''
+|-
+|''[[1997 Goosebumps 365 Scare-a-Day Calendar|1997 365 Scare-a-Day Calendar]]''
+|Mentioned
+|rowspan="3"|1996
+|<span style="font-size:8pt;">''Goosebumps 365 Scare-a-Day Calendar''</span>
+|<span style="font-size:8.5pt;">Calendar book</span>
+|-
+|''[[The Knight in Screaming Armor]]''
+|rowspan="3"|Cameo
+|rowspan="2"|''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]''
+|rowspan="2"|Book
+|-
+|<span style="font-size:9pt;">''[[Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum]]''</span>
+|-
+|[[Goosebumps HorrorLand (video game)|''Goosebumps HorrorLand'']]
+|2008
+|rowspan="2"|''Goosebumps'' <span style="font-size:8pt;">(video game series)</span>
+|Video game
+|-
+|''[[Goosebumps HorrorTown]]''
+|Monster
+|2019
+|<span style="font-size:10pt;">Mobile game</span>
+|}
 ==Gallery==
-===Artwork===
+===Merch artwork ===
-<gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small">
-You Can't Scare Me - artwork.jpg
-You Can't Scare Me! (Classic Goosebumps) - artwork.jpg
-MudMonstersKoreanCover.png|A Mud Monster as depicted on the [[Goosebumps (original series)/Korean releases|Korean cover]] of ''You Can't Scare Me!''.
 print_mudmonster1.gif
 print_mudmonster2.gif
+</gallery>
+===Regional depictions===
+<gallery spacing="small" widths="185">
+Mud Monsters hands - UK Artwork.png|One of the Mud monster's hands as depicted on the [[Goosebumps (original series)/UK Releases|UK cover]] of ''You Can't Scare Me!''.
+MudMonstersKoreanCover.png|A Mud Monster as depicted on the [[Goosebumps (original series)/Korean releases|Korean cover]] of ''You Can't Scare Me!''.
+File:Mud Monsters Group - Korean Artwork.png|A group of Mud Monsters as seen in the [[Goosebumps (original series)/Korean releases|Korean version]].
 </gallery>
 ===TV series===
+<gallery spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
-<gallery>
+youcantscareme-shot1.jpg
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.12.02 pm.png
+youcantscareme-shot2.jpg
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.13.15 pm.png
+youcantscareme-shot3.jpg
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.13.40 pm.png
+youcantscareme-shot7.jpg
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.27.49 pm.png
+youcantscareme-shot9.jpg
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.29.45 pm.png
+youcantscareme-shot10.jpg
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.30.34 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.30.58 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.36.40 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.39.18 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.39.28 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.40.11 pm.png
-Screen_Shot_2014-08-28_at_2.13.47_pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.42.21 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.43.29 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.43.52 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.44.01 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.47.54 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.48.04 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.48.27 pm.png
-Screen Shot 2014-08-28 at 2.51.06 pm.png
 </gallery>
 ===Merchandise===
-<gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" widths="150">
-mudmonster-freakyface.png|Freaky Face
+Mudmonster-freakyface.png|Freaky Face.
-mudmonster-handpuppet.png|Figurine
+Mudmonster-handpuppet.png|Figurine.
-mudmonster-pencilholder.jpg|Pencil holder
+Mudmonster-pencilholder.jpg|Pencil holder.
-mudmonster-pencilcase.png|Pencil case
+Mudmonster-pencilcase.png|Pencil case.
-mudmonster-windowcling.png|Window clinger
+Mudmonster-windowcling.png|Window clinger.
-Mud Monster Twisted Scissor in pkg front.jpg|Twisted Scissor
+Mud Monster Twisted Scissor in pkg front.jpg|Twisted Scissor.
-MudMonsterCard.jpg|Trading Card
+MudMonsterCard.jpg|Trading card.
-mudmonster-tradingcard-glowinthedark.png|Glow in the dark trading card.
+Mudmonster-tradingcard-glowinthedark.png|Glow in the dark trading card.
-mudmonster-tradingcard-glowinthedark-back.png|Glow in the dark trading card (back).
+Mudmonster-tradingcard-glowinthedark-back.png|Glow in the dark trading card (back).
-Mud Monster guitar Textured Merlin 114 sticker.jpg|Merlin sticker
+Mud Monster Topps Foil Sticker.jpg|Foil sticker.
-Mud Monster Textured Merlin 173 sticker.jpg|Merlin sticker
+Mud Monster guitar Textured Merlin 114 sticker.jpg|Merlin sticker.
+Mud Monster Textured Merlin 173 sticker.jpg|Merlin sticker.
-Goosebumps You Cant Scare Me 90s black tote bag.jpg|Tote bag
-Mud Monster Costume.jpg|Halloween costume
+Mud Monster Costume.jpg|Halloween costume.
-Mud Monster Costume Packaging front.jpg|Costume Packaging (front)
+Mud Monster Costume Packaging front.jpg|Costume packaging (front).
+Mud Monster costume foam mask.jpg|Foam Mask from costume.
-Slappy-mudmonster-flipface.png|Flip Faces - Mud Monster (right) And Slappy (left)
+Goosebumps You Cant Scare Me 90s black tote bag.jpg|Tote bag.
-Mud Monster 1998 Fruit Flavour Jellies box front.jpg|Fruit Flavor Jellies box
+Slappy-mudmonster-flipface.png|Flip Faces - Mud Monster (right) And Slappy (left).
-MudMonsterSoda.jpg|Orange Soda Can
+Mud Monster 1998 Fruit Flavour Jellies box front.jpg|Fruit Flavor Jellies box.
-ScareMeShirt.jpg|T-shirt
+MudMonsterSoda.jpg|Orange Soda can.
-MudMonsterBookmark.png|Bookmark
+You Cant Scare Me Coming for You spikybrdr T-shirt f+b.jpg|They're Coming for You... t-shirt.
-Mud Monster mini notebook.jpg|Mini notebook
+ScareMeShirt.jpg|T-shirt detail.
-Mud Monster pencil Terror Topper f+b unpkg.jpg|'Terror Topper' pencil topper
+Fright Stuff Sport Mud Monster T-shirt f+b+s.jpg|The Fright Stuff Mud Monster playing volleyball t-shirt.
+Fright Stuff Sport Mud Monster T-shirt f+b+s detail.jpg|The Fright Stuff Mud Monster playing volleyball t-shirt detail.
+MudMonsterBookmark.png|Bookmark.
+Mud Monster mini notebook.jpg|Mini notebook.
+Mud Monster pencil Terror Topper f+b unpkg.jpg|'Terror Topper' pencil topper.
+Mud Monster Shocker Locker cover in pkg front.jpg|Shocker Locker cover in package.
+</gallery>
+===''Goosebumps HorrorTown''===
+<gallery spacing="small">
+Goosebumps-all-chars-mudmonster.jpg|Artwork
+Four Mud monsters .png|In-game
 </gallery>
 [[Category:Monsters]]
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 [[Category:Undead]]
 [[Category:Video Game Characters]]
-[[Category:Goosebumps Horrortown (Monsters)]]
+[[Category:Goosebumps HorrorTown (monsters)]]
+[[Category:Characters that appear on covers]]
+[[Category:Goosebumps HorrorTown (characters)]]