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| ⚫ | Nicholas isn't excited about the idea of having a baby sister. While he waits for his parents to come home with the baby, he reads an Iron Man comic book where he fights a villain with a "mark of evil", that gives him away. His mother arrives home from the hospital with the baby, Hannah. Nicholas notices that Hannah has a similar mark as the villain in the story, but his parents write it off. Strange things start to happen around the house regarding Hannah. Her eyes change color, her heart-shaped birthmark grows, and she eats his homework. He comes to believe that Hannah is a monster, despite his parents' assurances that there is a perfectly normal explanation for everything. |
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| + | Things come to a head when Hannah attempts to stab him with siccoers but instead Mom scolds Nicholas for allowing her to get near them to begin with. Eventually, it is discovered that while in the hospital, Hannah was accidentally switched at birth with the boy's real sister, and she is not related to him at all. She is returned to the hospital and they get their real baby, who they name Grace. She seems totally normal. When Nick's parents put Grace to bed, Nick gets up to go tickle her. Grace gets angry and says "If you tickle me again kid, I'll ''rip'' your arm off!" As Nick flees, he hears her say, "I'll get rid of you creep. Just wait until I can walk!'" |
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| − | Eventually it is discovered that while in the hospital, Hannah was accidentally switched at birth with the boy's real sister, and she is not related to him at all. She is returned to the hospital. The boy seems pleased with the real baby, Grace - until she begins talking in an evil voice and commands him to stop the baby talk and bring her some food. Hearing this, Nicholas realizes that this baby may be worse than the last and sighs in exhaustion. |
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| + | "Strained Peas" was adapted into an episode of the [[Goosebumps (television series)|''Goosebumps'' TV series]]. It is the seventeenth episode of [[Goosebumps (television series)#Season 3|season three]], and the sixty-first episode overall. |
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| + | *This story references [[Wikipedia:Iron Man|Iron Man]] and [[Wikipedia:Volvo|Volvo]]. |
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| + | **The character Dr. Destro may have been inspired by the [[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe|G.I. Joe]] character [[Wikipedia:Destro|Destro]]; however, Destro has never had any relation to Iron Man. |
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| + | *Nicholas' mother is mentioned by name in the story: Dori. |
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| + | *Nicholas is not given a last name in the story but the television episode credits it as Morgan. Morgan was the last name of a babysitter that appears at the start of the story. |
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| − | *This television episode was released on DVD along with [[It Came from Beneath the Sink!]]. |
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| − | *Tyrone Savage (Nicholas) played Daniel in Season 1's, [[It Came from Beneath the Sink!]]. |
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| − | *Booth Savage and Janet-Laine Green, who played Nicholas' parents, not only were a real-life couple at that time, but they were the real-life parents of Tyrone Savage, who played their son! |
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| − | *It is shown that Hannah's real parents are monsters as only their hands can be seen when they are reunited with her. |
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| − | *In the television episode of "Strained Peas," Nicholas's baby sister's name is Grace and not Hannah. The real baby is named Chloe, instead of Grace. |
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| − | *The toy block that Sam picks up from Grace's crib bears the Goosebumps "G" logo. |
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| − | *When Nicholas is fighting with the baby for the remote, the channel is switched and a scene from a previous episode, Say Cheese and Die! is shown. Ironically, the next episode after Strained Peas was its sequel, Say Cheese and Die-Again! |
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[[Category:Short Stories]] |
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Revision as of 15:45, 15 March 2020
"Strained Peas" is the third short story in the book Tales to Give You Goosebumps.
Plot
Nicholas isn't excited about the idea of having a baby sister. While he waits for his parents to come home with the baby, he reads an Iron Man comic book where he fights a villain with a "mark of evil", that gives him away. His mother arrives home from the hospital with the baby, Hannah. Nicholas notices that Hannah has a similar mark as the villain in the story, but his parents write it off. Strange things start to happen around the house regarding Hannah. Her eyes change color, her heart-shaped birthmark grows, and she eats his homework. He comes to believe that Hannah is a monster, despite his parents' assurances that there is a perfectly normal explanation for everything.
Things come to a head when Hannah attempts to stab him with siccoers but instead Mom scolds Nicholas for allowing her to get near them to begin with. Eventually, it is discovered that while in the hospital, Hannah was accidentally switched at birth with the boy's real sister, and she is not related to him at all. She is returned to the hospital and they get their real baby, who they name Grace. She seems totally normal. When Nick's parents put Grace to bed, Nick gets up to go tickle her. Grace gets angry and says "If you tickle me again kid, I'll rip your arm off!" As Nick flees, he hears her say, "I'll get rid of you creep. Just wait until I can walk!'"
Television adaptation
"Strained Peas" was adapted into an episode of the Goosebumps TV series. It is the seventeenth episode of season three, and the sixty-first episode overall.
Trivia
- This story references Iron Man and Volvo.
- Nicholas' mother is mentioned by name in the story: Dori.
- Nicholas is not given a last name in the story but the television episode credits it as Morgan. Morgan was the last name of a babysitter that appears at the start of the story.