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"The Girl Who Cried Monster" is the fourth episode of season one of the Goosebumps TV series. It premiered on November 11, 1995 on Fox during the Fox Kids block.

Casts

Blurb

Lucy loves telling monster stories, but her family and friends are tired of her wild tales. So when Lucy sees a real monster—Mr. Mortman, the local librarian—no one will believe her. If she can just get proof that he is a monster maybe then they'll listen. But is it too late? Mom and dad have invited Mr. Mortman to dinner! This is sure to be one meal that'll be hard to swallow.

Differences from the book

In the book, Mr. Mortman keeps pet turtles, but in the episode, he keeps pet spiders.
The scene where Lucy goes to Aaron's house and meets his brother is not depicted in the episode.
The scene where Lucy and Aaron follow Mr. Mortman home is not depicted in the episode.
There is an extra scene after Mortman is eaten, where Aaron appears with a monster mask and later takes it off when Mr. and Mrs. Dark had brought out their fangs, he asks what is for dessert. Mr. Dark then answers with, "You....like Cherry Pie?" and the family laughs.
In the book, Mr. Mortman mainly eats flies. However, in the episode, he eats crickets instead.
In the book, Aaron sees Mr. Mortman turn into a monster and him telling Lucy's parents is what convinces them that Lucy is telling the truth. In the episode, this does not happen and instead Lucy's parents invite him to dinner after bumping into him at the photo place.

Other media

Goosebumps Presents

No.	Cover	Release date	Pages
1		February 1996	57

Home media

Title	Release date	Media type
(Spanish release)	1998	VHS
Monster Blood	September 16, 2008	DVD
3-Pack Thriller	August 26, 2014	DVD

Trivia

This episode, along with "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom", on their original premieres, had a special opening theme in which there was a ten-second remix when R.L. Stine is walking through the grass with the briefcase. When the G passes the dog, that part of the music is played with a different instrument. There were also different scenes from the television show, when the door opened.
Mr. Mortman's actor, Eugene Lipinski, later voiced Rocky in "Night of the Living Dummy III".
The music Mr. Mortman hums is none other than the famous song A Little Night Music.
While "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom" was the first proper episode to be aired, this was the first one produced. ^[1]
The Goosebumps Presents books adds an addtional moment to the ending, where Aaron asks to see Lucy's monster picture and they joke that the reason why she doesn't have it is hard to swallow.

Gallery

Goosebumps Promo- The Girl Who Cried Monster (1995)

References

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Goosebumps TV series
Season 1	The Haunted Mask • The Cuckoo Clock of Doom • The Girl Who Cried Monster • Welcome to Camp Nightmare • Phantom of the Auditorium • Piano Lessons Can Be Murder • Return of the Mummy • Night of the Living Dummy II • Stay Out of the Basement • My Hairiest Adventure • It Came from Beneath the Sink • Say Cheese and Die • A Night in Terror Tower • The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
Season 2	Be Careful What You Wish For... • Attack of the Mutant • Bad Hare Day • The Headless Ghost • Go Eat Worms • You Can't Scare Me • Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes • Ghost Beach • Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns • The Haunted Mask II • Let's Get Invisible • Scarecrow Walks at Midnight • Monster Blood • More Monster Blood • Vampire Breath • How to Kill a Monster • Calling All Creeps • Welcome to Dead House • Don't Wake Mummy • The Blob That Ate Everyone • Night of the Living Dummy III
Season 3	Shocker on Shock Street • My Best Friend Is Invisible • The House of No Return • Don't Go To Sleep • Click • An Old Story • The Barking Ghost • One Day at HorrorLand • The Haunted House Game • Perfect School • Werewolf Skin • Awesome Ants • Bride of the Living Dummy • Strained Peas • Say Cheese and Die... Again • Chillogy • Teacher's Pet
Season 4	How I Got My Shrunken Head • The Ghost Next Door • Cry of the Cat • Deep Trouble

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-"'''The Girl Who Cried Monster'''" is the fourth episode of [[Goosebumps (television series)#Season 1|season one]] of the [[Goosebumps (television series)|''Goosebumps'' TV series]]. It premiered on November 11, 1995 on Fox Kids Network.
+"'''The Girl Who Cried Monster'''" is the fourth episode of [[Goosebumps (television series)#Season 1|season one]] of the [[Goosebumps (television series)|''Goosebumps'' TV series]]. It premiered on November 11, 1995 on Fox during the ''[[Fox Kids]]'' block.
-==Cast==
+==Casts==
-*[[Eugene Lipinski]] as [[Mr. Mortman]]
 *[[Deborah Scorsone]] as [[Lucy Dark]]
-*[[Christopher Tuah]] as Aaron
+*[[Eugene Lipinski]] as [[Mr. Mortman]]
+*[[Christopher Tuah]] as [[Aaron Messer|Aaron]]
-*Lynne Cormack as Mrs. Dark
-*Dan Lett as Mr. Dark
+*Lynne Cormack as [[Mr. and Mrs. Dark|Mrs. Dark]]
+*Dan Lett as [[Mr. and Mrs. Dark|Mr. Dark]]
 *[[Brandon Bone]] as [[Randy Dark]]
-==Blurb==
+==Blurb ==
 Lucy loves telling monster stories, but her family and friends are tired of her wild tales. So when Lucy sees a real monster—Mr. Mortman, the local librarian—no one will believe her. If she can just get proof that he is a monster maybe then they'll listen. But is it too late? Mom and dad have invited Mr. Mortman to dinner! This is sure to be one meal that'll be hard to swallow.
@@ Line 31: / Line 29: @@
 *The scene where Lucy goes to Aaron's house and meets his brother is not depicted in the episode.
 *The scene where Lucy and Aaron follow Mr. Mortman home is not depicted in the episode.
-*Unlike the book which ended with Mr. Mortman being eaten by Mr. and Mrs. Dark's monster forms, the ending is extended where Mr. and Mrs. Dark explain that Mr. Mortman is the first monster to come into their town in 20 years besides them where they don't want their children to tell anybody else. When Aaron appears with a monster mask and later takes it off when Mr. and Mrs. Dark had brought out their fangs, he asks what is for dessert. Mr. Dark then answers with, "You....like Cherry Pie?" and the family laughs. Lucy and Randy are never seen as monsters.
+*There is an extra scene after Mortman is eaten, where Aaron appears with a monster mask and later takes it off when Mr. and Mrs. Dark had brought out their fangs, he asks what is for dessert. Mr. Dark then answers with, "You....like Cherry Pie?" and the family laughs.
 *In the book, Mr. Mortman mainly eats flies. However, in the episode, he eats crickets instead.
+*In the book, Aaron sees Mr. Mortman turn into a monster and him telling Lucy's parents is what convinces them that Lucy is telling the truth. In the episode, this does not happen and instead Lucy's parents invite him to dinner after bumping into him at the photo place.
 ==Other media==
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 ===Home media===
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-<p style="text-align: center;">''The Girl Who Cried Monster & The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (Spanish)''</p>
+<p style="text-align: center;">''(Spanish release)''</p>
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 | style="text-align: center;" |1998
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 | style="text-align: center;" |September 16, 2008
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 <p style="text-align: center;">''3-Pack Thriller''</p>
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 ==Trivia==
 *This episode, along with "[[The Cuckoo Clock of Doom/TV episode|The Cuckoo Clock of Doom]]", on their original premieres, had a special opening theme in which there was a ten-second remix when R.L. Stine is walking through the grass with the briefcase. When the G passes the dog, that part of the music is played with a different instrument. There were also different scenes from the television show, when the door opened.
 *[[Mr. Mortman]]'s actor, [[Eugene Lipinski]], later voiced [[Rocky the Dummy|Rocky]] in "[[Night of the Living Dummy III/TV episode|Night of the Living Dummy III]]".
 *The music Mr. Mortman hums is none other than the famous song ''A Little Night Music''.
+*While "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom" was the first proper episode to be aired, this was the first one produced. <ref>[https://www.ebay.com/itm/GOOSEBUMPS-1995-Original-TV-Script-AUTOGRAPHED-BY-CAST-Girl-Who-Cried-Monster/114241935149?hash=item1a9959972d:g:MWAAAOSw9mpaH2V3]</ref>
+*The Goosebumps Presents books adds an addtional moment to the ending, where Aaron asks to see Lucy's monster picture and they joke that the reason why she doesn't have it is hard to swallow.
 ==Gallery==
+<tabber>
-<gallery bordercolor="#007a00">
+|-|Scenes=
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 1 randy lucy.jpg|Randy and Lucy
+<gallery>
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 2 library mortman.jpg|Mr. Mortman
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 1.png|Lucy scares Randy saying that a monster bit off her toes.
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 3 library lucy randy.jpg|Lucy and Aaron
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 2.png|Lucy catches Mr. Mortman eating crickets.
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 4 motman lunch.jpg
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 3.png|Mr. Mortman becomes a monster.
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 5 mortman lunch.jpg
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 4.png|Lucy tells her parents about Mr. Mortman, but they don’t believe her.
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 6 mortman monster.jpg|Mr. Mortman in his monster form
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 5.png|Mr. Mortman eats a spider.
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 7 ms dark.jpg|Ms. Dark turning into a monster
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 6.png|Lucy snaps a photo of Mr. Mortman.
-File:Girlwhocriedmonster 8 ms dark.jpg
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 7.png|Mr. Mortman notices Lucy and chases her out of the library.
-GB_tGwCM_Recap_12.png|Mr and Mrs Dark turning into monsters
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 8.png|Lucy gets the photo developed, but Mr. Mortman is no longer there.
-tumblr_inline_nxh1fmBSPJ1t29esf_500.png|Mrs Dark becoming a monster
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 9.png|Mr. and Mrs. Dark invite Mr. Mortman over for dinner.
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 10.png|Mr. and Mrs. Dark eat Mr. Mortman.
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 11.png|The Dark’s are revealed to be monsters.
+(S1E4) The Girl Who Cried Monster - 12.png|Aaron shows up at the door wearing a monster mask.
 </gallery>
+|-|Characters=
-===Promos===
-<gallery bordercolor="#007a00">
+<gallery>
+Lucy Dark - The Girl Who Cried Monster (TV Episode).png|[[Lucy Dark]]
+Mr. Mortman - The Girl Who Cried Monster (TV Episode).png|[[Mr. Mortman]]
+Aaron Messer - The Girl Who Cried Monster (TV Episode).png|[[Aaron Messer|Aaron]]
+Lynne Dark - The Girl Who Cried Monster (TV Episode).png|[[Mr. and Mrs. Dark|Mrs. Dark]]
+Larry Dark - The Girl Who Cried Monster (TV Episode).png|[[Mr. and Mrs. Dark|Mr. Dark]]
+Randy Dark - The Girl Who Cried Monster (TV Episode).png|[[Randy Dark]]
+</gallery>
+|-|Promos=
+<gallery>
 Goosebumps Promo- The Girl Who Cried Monster (1995)
 </gallery>
+</tabber>
+==References==
+<references />
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 [[Category:Episodes based on Goosebumps (original series)]]
 [[Category:Episodes adapted into Goosebumps Presents]]
+[[Category:Episodes]]