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'''Perfect School''' was the seventh short story in the book, Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.
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"'''The Perfect School'''" is the seventh short story in the book ''[[Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]''.
 
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
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Brian O'Connor can never quite please his parents. When Brian's parents come across an advertisement for "The Perfect Boarding School", they quickly send him away, thinking it could do him some good. When Brian gets on the train, he befriends a boy named C.J., who has also been sent to the Perfect School. When he is dropped off, Brian encounters the school's "graduates": robot-like children dressed in gray uniforms. The new students meet the school's director, who says the kids will each be assigned a number that replaces their name. Even stranger, staff members must be referred to as Guardians. 
Very unhappy with their son, Brian's parents send him to a very quick Boarding School. The '''perfect '''boarding school. Sessions are only for two weeks and as soon as Brian arrives, everything on his person is taken away from him.  He is told to stand in the line according to height and is also told he will be given an assigned number and a plain gray themed wardrobe. The number he is given will be his new name.
 
   
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Brian soon becomes a troublemaker in the eyes of the Guardians, and they tell him he will need to move on to a more advanced course. Brian is dragged to "The Pattern Room" and quickly realizes something strange is going on. He is weighed, and his proportions are measured. Brian attempts to call his parents, but he is stopped by the headmaster. Later, while he's in his room, Brian hears students crying out for help through a vent. They tell Brian the school replaces students with robotic lookalikes. Brian tries to escape, but he is stopped by C.J., who's revealed to work with the Guardians.
While on the train, Brian made a friend named CJ.  But, almost immediately he is in trouble for horsin' around with him.  Brian is then sent to the Pattern Room. A child inside the walls of the institute warns Brain against going inside the Pattern Room, but Brian figures it can't be ''that ''bad.
 
   
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Brian is sent home to his parents, seemingly reformed. However, he is the real Brian; he was able to trap C.J. and the fake Brian in the cells below. He plans to go back to the school and save the other children, but — for now — he must keep up his role.
A man inside the Pattern Room, which resembles a doctor's office, measures every part of Brian.  It gradually dawns on Brian that they are planning to replace him with a robot!
 
   
 
==Television adaptation==
This plan is confirmed by other children currently in the walls. Brian makes a very daring escape but is tricked by CJ into joining the other slave children! CJ reveals that he works for the boarding school and soon his parents are presented with their son, who is now a robot. Just as they wanted...
 
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"Perfect School" was adapted into a two-part episode of the [[Goosebumps (television series)|''Goosebumps'' TV series]]. It is the eleventh and twelfth episode of [[Goosebumps (television series)#Season 3|season three]], and the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth episode overall.
   
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Only, he is not a robot. He is the real Brian, who escaped at the last moment and now he must pretend to be a robot or else get found out. He also plans to rescue the other children from the school and shut down the school's operations.
 
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==Trivia==
==Television Adaptation==
 
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*Plot elements from this story — such as a strict boarding school with unusual methods for reforming students — were revisited in the fortieth ''[[Give Yourself Goosebumps]]'' book, ''[[Zombie School]]''.
*The parents expected the robot at the end of the short story, which conflicts with the television episode, in which they were expecting a perfect biological son instead.
 
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*The story references Snickers.
*At the end of the television episode, its shown that Brian is working on busting out the other children.
 
*The situation with Brian's friend is different in the show compared to the short story.
 
*In the short story, the school makes robots of the students. In the television episode, they make clones instead.
 
 
==Television Episode Trivia==
 
   
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*These episodes have been released on DVD.
 
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"The Perfect School" is the seventh short story in the book Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.

Plot

Brian O'Connor can never quite please his parents. When Brian's parents come across an advertisement for "The Perfect Boarding School", they quickly send him away, thinking it could do him some good. When Brian gets on the train, he befriends a boy named C.J., who has also been sent to the Perfect School. When he is dropped off, Brian encounters the school's "graduates": robot-like children dressed in gray uniforms. The new students meet the school's director, who says the kids will each be assigned a number that replaces their name. Even stranger, staff members must be referred to as Guardians. 

Brian soon becomes a troublemaker in the eyes of the Guardians, and they tell him he will need to move on to a more advanced course. Brian is dragged to "The Pattern Room" and quickly realizes something strange is going on. He is weighed, and his proportions are measured. Brian attempts to call his parents, but he is stopped by the headmaster. Later, while he's in his room, Brian hears students crying out for help through a vent. They tell Brian the school replaces students with robotic lookalikes. Brian tries to escape, but he is stopped by C.J., who's revealed to work with the Guardians.

Brian is sent home to his parents, seemingly reformed. However, he is the real Brian; he was able to trap C.J. and the fake Brian in the cells below. He plans to go back to the school and save the other children, but — for now — he must keep up his role.

Television adaptation

"Perfect School" was adapted into a two-part episode of the Goosebumps TV series. It is the eleventh and twelfth episode of season three, and the fifty-fifth and fifty-sixth episode overall.

Trivia

  • Plot elements from this story — such as a strict boarding school with unusual methods for reforming students — were revisited in the fortieth Give Yourself Goosebumps book, Zombie School.
  • The story references Snickers.