Changes: Tim Swanson

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Tim Swanson is the protagonist of the forty-first Goosebumps book Bad Hare Day, as well as its television adaptation. He is a budding magician and is into magic tricks. He has a ten-year-old younger sister named Ginny.

History

Tim is a boy who dreams of being a great magician just like his idol, Amaz-O. He performs tricks for his classmates after school, but he wants to spice up his act. When he gets two free tickets to go to a late night performance at a local nightclub, he is overjoyed. He sneaks out of his house, dragging sister Ginny along. When they make it to the show, Tim is chosen as Amaz-O's volunteer in the disappearing act. He is placed in a large cabinet that drops him through a trap door on the stage.

When he lands in the basement, Tim wanders the corridors and comes across Amaz-O's dressing room. Tim hopes Amaz-O will reveal some of his secrets, but instead the magician snaps at him, and tells him to get lost. Tim is hurt and decides to steal Amaz-O's box of tricks as payback. However, when he opens the box and tests out some of the tricks, things go awry. His sister Ginny winds up being transformed into a rabbit, leading him to realize the only person who can help is Amaz-O.

Tim heads back to the nightclub, and is shocked to discover his idol is actually trapped in the form of a rabbit. Amaz-O says the magic that afflicts his sister will wear off by itself. Amaz-O's rude behavior continues until Tim calls him out on it. Amaz-O apologizes, saying that being a rabbit gets on his nerves; he then offers Tim a chance to be in his show. Tim accepts, and is transformed into Amaz-O's new rabbit assistant.

General information

Personality

Tim is driven by a want to be a magician. He feels unappreciated by his friends and family, but doesn't let that deter him from his goal. He is deeply hurt when his idol ends up being rude, and is quick to get payback. Despite Amaz-O yelling at him, Tim readily accepts the magician's offer to be his new volunteer. Tim doesn't seem bothered to be a rabbit, as he feels he at least got his wish of making it to the stage.

Physical appearance

Tim is twelve years old, Caucasian, tall and thin with curly light-brown hair, hazel eyes and a nose that is long and curved up at the end.

Appearances

Books

Goosebumps
- Bad Hare Day
Goosebumps Presents
- Bad Hare Day

Television and film

Television series:
- Season 2 - "Bad Hare Day"

Trivia

Tim's actor, Dov Tiefenbach also played Fred Drake in "The Ghost Next Door".

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-'''Tim Swanson''' is the main protagonist of the Goosebumps book [[Bad Hare Day|''Bad Hare Day'']]. He is a budding magician and is into magic tricks. He has a ten-year-old younger sister called Ginny.
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+File:Tim Swanson (Rabbit) - Bad Hare Day (TV Episode).png|Rabbit
+</gallery>
+|nicknames = Swanz-O
+The Great Timothini
+|family_members = [[Ginny Swanson]] (sister)<br>Bill Swanson (father)<br>
+Mrs. Swanson (mother)
+|alignment = Neutral
+|status = Alive
+|species = Human/Rabbit
+|gender = Male
+|eye_color = Hazel
+|hair_color = Light-Brown
+|portrayed_by = [[Dov Tiefenbach]]
+}}'''Tim Swanson''' is the protagonist of the forty-first ''Goosebumps'' book [[Bad Hare Day|''Bad Hare Day'']], as well as its [[Bad Hare Day/TV episode|television adaptation]]. He is a budding magician and is into magic tricks. He has a ten-year-old younger sister named [[Ginny Swanson|Ginny]].
-==Story==
+==History==
+Tim is a boy who dreams of being a great magician just like his idol, [[Amaz-O]]. He performs tricks for his classmates after school, but he wants to spice up his act. When he gets two free tickets to go to a late night performance at a local nightclub, he is overjoyed. He sneaks out of his house, dragging sister Ginny along. When they make it to the show, Tim is chosen as Amaz-O's volunteer in the disappearing act. He is placed in a large cabinet that drops him through a trap door on the stage.
-Tim was really into magic tricks, and his biggest idol was [[Amaz-O]]. One day he steals a bag of tricks from him, and tries them out on his own. But the tricks in  Amaz-O aren't any regular old magic tricks, as Tim later finds out.
+When he lands in the basement, Tim wanders the corridors and comes across Amaz-O's dressing room. Tim hopes Amaz-O will reveal some of his secrets, but instead the magician snaps at him, and tells him to get lost. Tim is hurt and decides to steal Amaz-O's box of tricks as payback. However, when he opens the box and tests out some of the tricks, things go awry. His sister Ginny winds up being transformed into a rabbit, leading him to realize the only person who can help is Amaz-O.
-== Personality ==
-Tim loves doing magic tricks, especially in front of an audience and he has always dreamed of being a famous magician and he also thought of calling himself Swanz-O. He also considers himself to be a professional magician, even though he sometimes makes mistakes. Another reason that Tim also wants to be a magician is so that he can make Ginny disappear as he has a very bad relationship with her, since she is always spoiling his magic shows, striking at him with her karate moves and flicking his nose up. Tim considers Ginny to be a real bother and he thinks that Ginny just does whatever she wants. There are moments though when Tim isn't perfect himself. He can be a bit of a liar and stubborn and sometimes he doesn't keep any promises and he pretty likely did some things that his parents didn't like, not to mention that he stole Amaz-O's kit. Tim can also be pretty naive, considering he thought one of Mr. Malik's tricks was really cheap. Not only does he have a bad relationship with Ginny, but Tim also considers his mother to be horrible, due to how grumpy she is and he feels that no one in his family appreciates him, as they consider Ginny's karate to be most important and that they think Tim's magic is just a hobby. But in spite of everything, Tim would never let anything stop him from becoming a famous magician (or rabbit) just like Amaz-O.
+Tim heads back to the nightclub, and is shocked to discover his idol is actually trapped in the form of a rabbit. Amaz-O says the magic that afflicts his sister will wear off by itself. Amaz-O's rude behavior continues until Tim calls him out on it. Amaz-O apologizes, saying that being a rabbit gets on his nerves; he then offers Tim a chance to be in his show. Tim accepts, and is transformed into Amaz-O's new rabbit assistant.
-==Appearance==
+==General information==
+===Personality===
+Tim is driven by a want to be a magician. He feels unappreciated by his friends and family, but doesn't let that deter him from his goal. He is deeply hurt when his idol ends up being rude, and is quick to get payback. Despite Amaz-O yelling at him, Tim readily accepts the magician's offer to be his new volunteer. Tim doesn't seem bothered to be a rabbit, as he feels he at least got his wish of making it to the stage.
+===Physical appearance===
 Tim is twelve years old, Caucasian, tall and thin with curly light-brown hair, hazel eyes and a nose that is long and curved up at the end.
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 ==== Books ====
-*[[Goosebumps]]
+*''[[Goosebumps]]''
 **''[[Bad Hare Day]]''
-*[[Goosebumps Presents]]
+*''[[Goosebumps Presents]]''
 **''Bad Hare Day''
-==== Television and Film ====
+==== Television and film ====
 *Television series:
-**[[:Category:Season 2|Season 2]] - [[Bad Hare Day]]
+**[[:Category:Season 2|Season 2]] - "[[Bad Hare Day]]"
-==Actor==
-* Dov Tiefenbach ''(television series)''
 ==Trivia==
-* Tim's actor, Dov Tiefenbach also played Fred Drake in ''[[The Ghost Next Door]]''.
+* Tim's actor, Dov Tiefenbach also played Fred Drake in "[[The Ghost Next Door/TV episode|The Ghost Next Door]]".
-* Tim's parents are often grumpy and Tim feels like neither of them appreciate him or care about his magic tricks. This may not be true because Mr. and Mrs. Swanson have shown signs that they still love their kids. They're probably just grumpy because of their jobs. And Tim must have done some things that his parents didn't like as he said to Foz that Ginny could do no wrong.
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-[[Category:Television Series Characters]]
+[[Category:Television series characters]]
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+[[Category:Original series (characters)]]
+[[Category:Transforming characters]]