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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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| + | Robert and his cousin Diana flunked Math and are now forced to spend their summer at Mill Road School. Unfortunately for them, this is the same school where according to legend, a cook by the name of [[Chop Suey|Susan Chopman]] worked. Given the nickname "Chop Suey" for her terrible Chinese food dish, Susan apparently went mad and attacked children in the cafeteria with a cleaver until she was arrested, and later, died in a factory accident. Arriving at the school, Diana decides to see if the story could be true. She says the name Chop Suey three times, and as she does, all of the faucets turns on at once. The two run off in terror until they discover it was actually a plumber. However, strange things continue to happen after Diana's chant, and it seems Chop Suey has come back to life. First, Robert discovers his sandwich has been replaced with raw liver, Second, the two discover a canvas that appears to have been attacked by a cleaver. Lastly, a large woman calling herself Aunt Sue begins appearing in the kitchen, serving "meat surprise", just like the legends said Chop Suey did. |
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| − | {{CopyWarning|[[Blogger Beware]]}}The story begins with the legend of Sue Chopman, the former lunch lady at Mill Road School. In 1947, she began preparing lunches for the children, usually by going out into a forest with a cleaver and bringing back a sack full of meat. Everyday she would make a brand new meat dish but the children begun to complain about the food, especially her Chinese cooking! |
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| + | When the two go to school the following day, they are confronted by Aunt Sue, angry that they refused to eat the lunch she served. Aunt Sue becomes enraged once they begin to call her Chop Suey. She chases them down the hall, attempting to slice them down with her cleaver, saying they'll be tomorrow's meat surprise. The two begin to work out a plan to defeat her, and in a last effort begin chanting her name backwards. This ends up working, and Chop Suey is sucked back to the afterlife. |
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| − | This lead to the children calling her Chop Suey. As Sue continued to work at the school, the dishes got worse and worse, with children claiming to find parts of human fingers in their food. Eventually, Sue went mad and started attacking the children in the lunchroom, hacking her cleaver into the walls and tables while screaming. Years later, she died in a packing plant, when she slipped on the bloody floor and fell onto her cleaver... |
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| + | At home, Robert discovers his mother ordering Chinese food. She begins complaining that his father again ordered Chop Suey, repeating the name three times, despite their cries. A ring is heard at the doorbell, and she asks Robert to get it. |
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| − | Currently, in the present are two children, Diane and Robert, who are beginning summer school in the newly reopened Mill Road School. They heard that they can bring Chop Suey back to life, by standing on their toes and saying her name three times. |
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| − | To test it out, Diane runs into the kitchen and as soon as she says her name three times, all the faucets turn on! So they take it as a sign. At lunch, Robert's PB+J has been replaced by raw liver and Diane's bag has been cut to shreds by forces unseen. |
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| − | The next day, the cafeteria has opened and a large woman is serving hot food. She ladles out tomato soup with hot dog pieces floating on the top. As the children leave the cafeteria, they spot a sign for tomorrow's lunch: "Tomorrow's Lunch: Meat Surprise-- Aunt Sue's Special Recipe!" |
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| − | The two children are halfway home after school, before Diane realizes that she left her math book in the cafeteria and there is a test the next day. Diane is just willing to fail instead of having to go back, but Robert then denies that Aunt Sue the lunch lady may really be Chop Suey. |
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| − | Inside the school lunchroom, they spot Diane's book and also Chop Suey the cafeteria cook, who floats up after them waving her meat cleaver! She tells them, that they are the meat surprise! It is then Diane remembers that she saw a movie once where they said the evil spirit's name backwards and it disappeared. So they try it by saying "Suey Chop" three times fast and Chop Suey vanishes! |
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| − | At home, Diane's mother tells them that they just ordered Chinese food. She starts to complain about how their father always orders the exactly same thing: Chop Suey! |
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| − | Out of anger, she then says "Chop Suey, Chop Suey, Chop Suey!" Causing the children to cry out in dread... |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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+ | *The scene where Diane and Robert say Chop Suey's name three times in succession to summon her is an allusion to the folklore legend of [[Wikipedia:Bloody_Mary_(folklore)|Bloody Mary]], but could also be a reference to either the 1992 film'' [[Wikipedia:Candyman_(film)|Candyman]]'' or the 1988 film ''[[wikipedia:Beetlejuice|Beetlejuice]]''. |
| + | *Mill Road's name is similar to Mill City, the setting of the previous story in the book, ''[[Mirror Mirror on the Wall]]''. |
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Revision as of 20:10, 13 January 2020
"What's Cooking?" is the tenth and final short story from the book More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.
Plot
Robert and his cousin Diana flunked Math and are now forced to spend their summer at Mill Road School. Unfortunately for them, this is the same school where according to legend, a cook by the name of Susan Chopman worked. Given the nickname "Chop Suey" for her terrible Chinese food dish, Susan apparently went mad and attacked children in the cafeteria with a cleaver until she was arrested, and later, died in a factory accident. Arriving at the school, Diana decides to see if the story could be true. She says the name Chop Suey three times, and as she does, all of the faucets turns on at once. The two run off in terror until they discover it was actually a plumber. However, strange things continue to happen after Diana's chant, and it seems Chop Suey has come back to life. First, Robert discovers his sandwich has been replaced with raw liver, Second, the two discover a canvas that appears to have been attacked by a cleaver. Lastly, a large woman calling herself Aunt Sue begins appearing in the kitchen, serving "meat surprise", just like the legends said Chop Suey did.
When the two go to school the following day, they are confronted by Aunt Sue, angry that they refused to eat the lunch she served. Aunt Sue becomes enraged once they begin to call her Chop Suey. She chases them down the hall, attempting to slice them down with her cleaver, saying they'll be tomorrow's meat surprise. The two begin to work out a plan to defeat her, and in a last effort begin chanting her name backwards. This ends up working, and Chop Suey is sucked back to the afterlife.
At home, Robert discovers his mother ordering Chinese food. She begins complaining that his father again ordered Chop Suey, repeating the name three times, despite their cries. A ring is heard at the doorbell, and she asks Robert to get it.
Trivia
- The scene where Diane and Robert say Chop Suey's name three times in succession to summon her is an allusion to the folklore legend of Bloody Mary, but could also be a reference to either the 1992 film Candyman or the 1988 film Beetlejuice.
- Mill Road's name is similar to Mill City, the setting of the previous story in the book, Mirror Mirror on the Wall.