"Return of the Mummy" is the ninth episode of season one of the Goosebumps TV series. It premiered on December 22, 1995 on Fox Kids Network.
Cast
- Daniel DeSanto as Gabe
- Annick Obonsawin as Sari Hassad
- Elias Zarou as Uncle Ben Hassad
- Afrah Gouda as Nila Rahmad
- Gerry Mendicino as Nila's Driver
- Peter Jarvis as The Mummy
Blurb
Gabe is in for the ultimate adventure when he visits his Uncle and cousin Sari in Egypt. Uncle Ben, an important archaeologist, is about to unearth the tomb of the great Prince, Khor Ru. But, superstition has it that if the Prince's mummy is disturbed, he will come back to life and seek revenge . . . on whoever wakes him from the dead! Will Gabe get to see a real, live mummy? And if so, will he live to tell his tale?
Differences from the book
- The opening scene where Gabe is arriving by plane is omitted. The episode opens with Gabe having already arrived in Egypt.
- In the episode, Sari sees a mummy hand in Gabe's pocket and questions him about it. He explains that he bought it at the airport, and it can supposedly summon spirits. In the book, Sari already knows about the mummy hand because Gabe used it in The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb. In that book, Gabe says that he bought the item at a garage sale.
- Dr. Omar Fielding does not appear in the episode.
- Khor Ru is called Horu. The Goosebumps Presents book still refers to him as Khor Ru however.
- The ending is different. In the book, Gabe is possibly bitten by a scarab. In the episode, his summoner moves on its own and sneaks into his suitcase.
Other Media
Goosebumps Presents
No. | Cover | Release date | Pages |
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4 | September 1996 | 64 |
Home Media
Title | Release date | Media type |
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Return of the Mummy |
March 31, 2009 | DVD |
3-Pack Thriller |
August 26, 2014 | DVD |
Trivia
- Even though Return of the Mummy was adapted for television, its predecessor, The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, was never made into an episode.
- In the book, Sari was at least an inch taller than Gabe, but here she is clearly several inches shorter.
- The mummy, Prince Khor-Ru, was played by actor/mime artist Peter Jarvis, who also played the mummy in "Don't Wake Mummy".
- Daniel DeSanto also played Tucker, one of the members of the Midnight Society in Are You Afraid of the Dark?