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You Can't Scare Me (TV episode)

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For the 2023 Series episode of the same name, see "You Can't Scare Me!"

"You Can't Scare Me" is the seventh episode of season two of the Goosebumps TV series, and the twenty-sixth episode overall. It premiered on October 5, 1996, on Fox during the Fox Kids block.

Cast[]

  • Charlotte Sullivan as Courtney King
  • Kiel Campbell as Eddie
  • Dylan Provencher as Hat
  • Garry Robbins as Mud Monster
  • Anais Granofsky as Ms. Prince
  • Martin Roach as Mr. Finley
  • Lucy Peacock as Biology Teacher
  • Krystine Geronimo as Courtney's friend[1]
  • Leah Cudmore as Leah[1]

Blurb[]

Courtney, a total show-off, isn't scared of anything. Not snakes, not tarantulas, and especially not Eddie and Hat! She always manages to make them look like losers when they're trying their best to scare her. But Eddie and Hat have dreamed up the perfect scare once and for all. They're going to lure Courtney to Muddy Creek and convince her that Mud Monsters are real—and really scary. But it may be Eddie and Hat who are ghouled!

Differences from the book[]

  • Instead of many Mud Monsters, there is only one.
  • Several characters do not appear in the episode: Molly and Charlene (Eddie's friends), Buttercup (Charlene's Saint Bernard), Molly's brother and Charlene's father, Eddie's brother, Mrs. Rudolph and Muttly (Eddie's neighbor and her pet cat), Mr. Melvin (homeroom teacher), Mr. Dollinger (science teacher) and Mr. Russo (gym teacher).
    • As a result, it is Eddie who pretends to be a Mud Monster to scare Courtney, instead of his brother.
  • Instead of the Mud Monsters emerging and chasing everyone away, Courtney sees the Mud Monster and talks to it for so long that the sun dries it out. Once it dries out, the monster becomes immobile. Courtney is then interviewed by news reporters. After they leave, the Mud Monster gets revived by the rain and chases Eddie and Hat.
  • There is no field trip in the episode.
  • Courtney gives her report on the Mud Monsters at the very start of the story, while in the book this happened much later.
  • When Eddie and Hat got trapped with the spider in the book, Eddie was able to get it off them and they attempt to drop it on Courtney. In the episode, Courtney appears to rescue them from the spider.
  • Leah and her grandfather that only appear in the very beginning of the episode aren't characters from the book, but rather in the TV episode.

Other media[]

Goosebumps Presents[]

No. Cover Release date Pages
14
July 1997 60

Home media[]

"You Can't Scare Me" was released on DVD on March 31, 2009, as the third episode on Return of the Mummy. It was included in a 3-Pack Thriller DVD on August 26, 2014.

Title Release date Media type

Return of the Mummy

 March 31, 2009 DVD

3-Pack Thriller

 August 26, 2014 DVD

Trivia[]

  • The fake snake Mr. Finley throws doesn't bear any resemblance to the real snake seen in the previous and following shots.
  • Charlotte Sullivan also appeared in an episode of the first series revival of Are You Afraid of the Dark? She portrayed the character Diana in "The Tale of the Hunted".
  • Anais Granofsky was very famous for her portrayal of the character Lucy Fernandez in Degrassi Junior High. As well as Degrassi High.
    • Anais Granofsky is the older sister of Lea-Helen Weir. Lea-Helen appeared in the episode "Don't Wake Mummy", portraying the character: Shawna.
  • Dylan Provencher (Hat) played Chris in season three's "The House of No Return".
    • Also appeared in an episode of the original Are You Afraid of the Dark? He portrayed the character: Dylan Reilly in the episode "The Tale of Badge"
  • Kiel Campbell (Eddie) played Noah in season three's "The Haunted House Game".
  • Martin Roach (Mr. Finley) played one of the Men in Black in season three's "Don't Go to Sleep".
  • The way in which Courtney bores the Mud Monsters to death in the television episode is reminiscent of a piece of Greek mythology in which Hermes uses long and uninteresting stories to bore the giant Argus Panoptes into sleeping; Hermes then casts a spell that makes Argus's sleep eternal.
  • Lucy Peacock, who played the biology teacher in the episode, played Mrs. Brewer in season one's Stay Out of the Basement/TV episode.
  • According to Charlotte Sullivan, most of the "mud" on the Mud Monster was McDonald's milkshakes.

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References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GOOSEBUMPS, 1996 TV Script with REAL AUTOGRAPHS BY CAST, You Can't Scare Me! (mirror)
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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
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