"The Blob That Ate Everyone" is the twenty-third episode of season two of the Goosebumps TV series, and the forty-second episode overall. It premiered on July 19, 1997 on Fox Kids Network.
Cast
- Scott Pietrangelo as Zack Beauchamp
- Gabrielle Boni as Alex Iarocci
- Bradie Whetham as Adam Levin
- Marium Carvell as Mrs. Carter
- Robin McCulloch as Mr. Beauchamp
- George King as Security Guard
- Jason Hopley as Blob Monster
Blurb
12-year-old Zack Beauchamp's dream is to be a famous horror writer - even though he hasn't quite gotten over his fear of the dark. He's just written his scariest story ever about a giant pink, oozing, wet blob that terrorizes the neighborhood, swallowing up everything in sight. But when Zack starts typing his spooky story on the old typewriter he found, every hair-raising word begins to come true!
Differences from the book
- There is no surprise ending with the blobs.
- Zackie Beauchamp is called Zack instead.
- Zack was the only one who saw his best friend Adam get eaten by The Blob.
- Adam Levin was the only one eaten in the episode.
- Adam was eaten in a video store, not the street.
- Adam's two other friends are two males, an African American and a white American boy.
- Adam's two female friends Annie and Emmy are not present in the episode.
- The Blob Monster in the episode was different looking from the Book, where the Blob was a giant pink figure with small eyes, where as here the Blob is yellow with purple veins and no eyes.
- Alex Iarocci was not present when her best friend Adam got eaten by The Blob Monster.
Home releases
"The Blob That Ate Everyone" was released on DVD on September 7, 2010, as the first episode on The Blob That Ate Everyone. It was included in a 3-Pack Thriller DVD on August 26, 2014.
| Title | Release date | Media type |
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The Blob That Ate Everyone  |
September 7, 2010 | DVD |
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3-Pack Thriller
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August 26, 2014 | DVD |
Trivia
- When Zackie is coming up with a tagline for his story, he considers using a quote: "Reader Beware, You're in for a scare!" but rejects it.
- A poster promoting The X-Files is visible in the background during the scene at the video store with the blob Monster.
- This episode was made during the season three production run, but aired during season two.
- This episode was supposed to be the final book in the Goosebumps Presents series. However, it was never released.
- When Adam picked up the movie Revenge of the Gater people a picture of the Movie The Brain 1988 was seen on the back of the box
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