Slappy the Dummy (original)

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Slappy
Alias	Slappy the Dummy (his most common alias) The Dummy That Is No Dummy Ol' Crazy Eyes The Baaad Boy Smiley The Doll The Puppet (by Zane)
Origin	Goosebumps series
Occupation	Ventriloquist dummy Serial killer
Powers / Skills	Trickery Immortality Teleportation Telekinesis Supernatural Powers Mind Control Brute Strength Stealth Does not need food, drink, or air due to being a dummy Will become a ghost that can possess others if his body is destroyed Some magical abilities
Hobby	Enslaving people. Causing misery and chaos around him. Insulting people.
Goals	Make & turn his owners into his slaves (failed usually but sometimes he succeeds). Kill all children that he don't like (ongoing).
Crimes	Slavery Vandalism Kidnapping Incrimination Serial murder Child murder Stalking Mutilation Psychological abuse Torture Terrorism Brainwashing
Type of Villain	Sadistic Control Freak

“	Evil is its own reward.	„
	~ Slappy on his motivations in Son of Slappy.

Slappy the Dummy is a major antagonist in the Goosebumps franchise created by R.L. Stine, serving as the main antagonist of the Night of the Living Dummy saga. As given by his description, he is a sinister wood puppet who intends to curse others into being puppets. He is considered one of the most popular and most evil creatures in the series, as well as being the key factor to the success of tha aformentioned saga.

In the books, Slappy would be brought to life by his owners who either find him or buy him. Once alive, he begins causing havoc around his owner's life resulting in them being blamed for all of the stuff. He does this so then he could turn them into his slaves. Luckily, he is soon defeated by either being broken or going back to sleep.

Slappy also has his own series called SlappyWorld where he is the narrator of the story and also the main antagonist. Despite being the main antagonist of most of the books he's in, he also becomes the main protagonist or an anti-hero by saving the main protagonists of the story.

In the TV series, he was portrayed by Annick Obonsawin in three episodes as her first villainous role, and Cal Dodd in two others.

Appearance

As described in the books, Slappy has wavy brown hair painted atop his wooden head and freckles dotted along his cheeks. His lips are painted bright red and curl up into a sinister smile. The lower lip however, sports a chip in the corner, giving Slappy's grin an unsettling crooked appearance. His eyes are described as being a cold blue and almost lifelike in appearance. Slappy wears a dark grey, double-breasted suit, with brown leather shoes and a red bow-tie. His shirt is nothing more than a white paint application on the chest, with a collar stapled on the neck.

For the television program, Slappy's appearance was altered from its depiction in the books and the cover artwork. His head no longer appeared to be made out of wood and instead seemed to be constructed out of a plaster-like material. His now-unruly hair was painted auburn, while his freckles were removed, and his eye color changed to green. His dark grey suit was changed to a black tuxedo, with the addition of a real shirt, suspenders, and matching red bow-tie/cumberbund/boutineer combo. He is probably more comedic in the TV version as well.

Personality

Slappy the Dummy constantly insists he is not a "dummy" or a fool...he insists you are! He's evil and even sadistic. One of his primary objectives is to enslave humans to serve his bidding. Slappy has a cutting sense of humor, and he takes pleasure in slewing insults. A recurring theme in his books is him roasting various people to get his owner in trouble during ventriloquist performances, as everyone believes the performer is making the offensive remarks. Slappy is a cruel prankster, often making a terrible mess wherever he goes. Typically, he allows others to take the blame for his misdoings. Slappy also loves bragging about himself, usually boasting about how smart and awesome he is. This is mostly present in the introductions and interruptions in Goosebumps SlappyWorld.

Slappy is well aware of the fact that he is evil and goes out of his way to make others miserable because he enjoys it. He finds the act of doing a good deed repulsive. One of his most recognized traits is his rudeness. Slappy is very mean-spirited and constantly insults people over things such as their weight. While mostly a malicious prankster and bully, Slappy has also attempted to murder people throughout the books, such as attempting to decapitate two children in Slappy New Year. Slappy is also a confirmed pedophile, as he tried to force a young girl to be his bride in Bride of the Living Dummy.

In the 1990s television show, Slappy is shown to be the same sadistic control freak he is in the books, and in some ways is even more dangerous. In his debut episode, Slappy set out to ruin his new owner Amy's life by framing her for a series of escalating misdeeds, from breaking a child's hand to sneaking into her parents' room to smash a guitar over them for fun. Slappy brought a dummy named Rocky to life in his second appearance as part of his scheme to take the household and convert the family into his slaves. For amusement, Slappy transforms the protagonists' cousin into a helpless dummy aware of his current state but unable to do anything about it. In his final appearance, Slappy targets another pair of sisters after striking a deal with a failing ventriloquist. Around that time, Slappy entertains himself with murdering other sapient dummies and keeping their shards as trophies. He then tries to make the protagonist's younger sister his bride and, upon being destroyed, latches himself onto the protagonist's younger brother.

However, Slappy is presented as an anti-hero in Slappy's Nightmare, The Streets of Panic Park and The Dummy Meets the Mummy. In Slappy's Nightmare, he even does good deeds for his own self-preservation.

Biography

Goosebumps (original series)

Past

Slappy has three contrasting origin stories.

The first story (told through the majority of the books) is that Slappy was originally created by an unnamed evil sorcerer by being carved out of the cursed wood of a stolen coffin, alongside Mr. Wood. When the sorcerer was about to die, he channeled his soul into Slappy's body, effectively becoming Slappy. This sorcerer also created other dummies named Goldie and Wally. Each of Slappy's sibling dummies were also evil and could be brought to life by magic.

The second origin story (told in I am Slappy's Evil Twin) is that Slappy was created by a friendly toymaker and ventriloquist named Franz Maher, who learned magic spells from his friend, a sorcerer named Kanduu. Kanduu taught Franz how to bring his dummies to life. However, Kanduu was evil, and brought Franz's dummy Mr. Wood to life to make him attack Franz just for the sake of being evil. Franz fled to the United States and set up a toy shop while also using his magic to bring his dummies to life. Slappy was one of these dummies, as was another dummy named Snappy. Franz tried to make his dummies be nice, but while they were nice to him, they were evil to everyone else.

The third and final origin story (told in Slappy Beware, which states that the first origin story was just one of several rumored origins told over the ages and wasn't actually true while completely ignoring the second story, suggesting that it had been retconned) states that Slappy was built by a wizard named Ephraim Darkwell. Darkwell was initially a non-malevolent magic user who simply liked bringing his dummies to life and wanted to be left in peace. His village learned of his magic and accused him of being evil, forming an angry mob to attack his cottage. Enraged, Darkwell created Slappy for the purpose of making humanity suffer for scorning him. Whatever the case, Slappy is a dummy built and brought to life by a magic user. He takes the form of a ventriloquist dummy but is granted life, threatening everyone around him and becoming more of a threat as the series progressed. The only way to make him live is by saying the following incantation "Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molunnu Karrano" (said to mean "You and I are one now"). Written down on a business card, he keeps the spell in his pocket. Almost every new owner reads out the spell, causing the electricity to act strange for a few seconds.

Night Of The Living Dummy

Slappy would soon be found in the dumpster by Lindy Powell, later becoming her imaginary friend and ventriloquist dummy. Lindy's sister, Kris, becomes extremely jealous of the attention Lindy is getting at school and from their mom. Soon, Kris gets her own dummy, Mr. Wood. Lindy reads some magic words on a piece of paper found in Mr. Wood's pocket. They read, "KARRU MARRI ODONNA LOMA MOLONU KARRANO." This brings Mr. Wood to life and he causes all sorts of mischief. Soon, Mr. Wood is crushed by a steam roller. Following Mr. Woods death, Slappy becomes alive. Kris and Lindy run inside their house, and find Slappy standing up on his own two feet. Slappy then asks if the other dummy is gone.

Night Of The Living Dummy II

Book

Slappy has a new home and it's with the Kramer family. Mr. Kramer gives Slappy to Amy as a gift and as a replacement of Amy's older dummy, Dennis. Amy then finds a paper in Slappy's pocket that reads, "KARRU MARRI ODONNA LOMA MOLONU KARRANO." This brings Slappy to life and he causes lots of trouble for Amy. Slappy insults Amy's parents, ruins Sara's room, holds a little girls hand tightly and doesn't let go, and beats up Amy if she disobeys him. Sara and Jed find out that Slappy is the one doing all those bad things and decide to pitch in and help Amy defeat Slappy. Later, Slappy is subdued by Amy's previous dummy, Dennis. He splits Slappy's head in two.

TV

Slappy gets found once more and sent to a new home. He goes into the custody of Amy Kramer, for a new ventriloquist act. He begins causing chaos and havoc in the household, wrecking Amy's dad's guitar, vandalizing her sister's painting, and even attacking a child. All of this gets blamed on Amy, and soon Slappy has taken hold of her entire life. Fortunately, another living dummy named Dennis, subdues him by splitting his head open.

Night Of The Living Dummy III

Book

Trina O'Dell and Dan O'Dell's father, Danny O'Dell finds Slappy in a dumpster and brings him home. He repairs Slappy's head and gives him the name, Smiley. Trina reads a paper found in Slappy's pocket that says, "KARRU MARRI ODONNA LOMA MOLONU KARRANO." This brings Slappy to life. Slappy then starts making messes around the house with Rocky at the scene of the crime. Dan and Trina want to bust whoever is doing it and are surprised to see Slappy causing the mischief. He says they are his slaves, but Trina and Dan won't take it. They dump Slappy in a well, but he returns the next day. Trina and Dan read the magic words that brought Slappy to life, thinking they could put him to sleep as well. This fails, but all the other dummies come to life and start ganging up on Slappy. Slappy is then defeated, but Zane rats out Trina and Dan for being in the attic when they're not supposed to. Zane leaves to go home the next day, and Danny O'Dell tells Trina to bring Zane a dummy to take home with him. Trina gives Zane Slappy as revenge for snitching on her and Dan. Slappy is then carried off to the car with Zane. Slappy winks at Trina and Dan.

TV

Slappy gets bought by a dummy collector, and gets his head fixed, bringing him back to life. He begins putting his evil soul into other dummies, causing havoc in the household. This is, once again, blamed on the children of the house. But this time, Slappy attempts to turn the family into dummies too. He gets stopped, however, when lightning hits him in the head, blowing him up and killing him.

Goosebumps Series 2000

Bride of the Living Dummy

Book

Appearing as the main antagonist, Slappy makes Jimmy O'James run a ventriloquist act with him. However, when he becomes more abusive towards him, Jimmy throws Slappy away in a dumpster. Unfortunately, Jillian's friend, Harrison, finds Slappy and brings him to her house. He explains he found the doll in the dumpster. Over the next few days, trouble begins to happen around the house and Slappy is seen next to it. During a party, Slappy vomits green slime, similar to how Mr. Wood did, and holds a kid hostage asking for his bride, which he had done as threats over the house, they believe he is talking about Mary-Ellen, but he rejects her and asks for Jillian to be his bride.

Suddenly, Mary-Ellen comes to alive and attacks Jillian. Mary-Ellen reveals that she wanted to bring Slappy to life to make Jillian's life eternally miserable. Slappy pushes Mary-Ellen into a table saw but is dragged in as well and soon dies. Harrisson then reads a part of Jimmy's diary, where they found out about Slappy's origins earlier, how Slappy can possess people. Jillian then vomits out green slime and Katie and Amanda as a way to get back at her. This implies that Slappy possessed Jillian after he died.

TV

Jimmy O'James finds Slappy in a dumpster in an alleyway, possibly thrown out after the O'Dell family from their encounter with Slappy, he then finds the magic words in Slappy's pocket and reads them out loud resulting in Slappy coming to life. Suddenly, Slappy appears behind Jimmy and tells him he's going to give him an offer he can't refuse. Later on, it's revealed Slappy offered Jimmy as a ventriloquism for a ventriloquist act. After Jimmy asks Slappy a question, Slappy presumably looks at a doll in the audience called Mary-Ellen. After the show, Jillian, who had begun looking for her sister's, Katie, doll Mary-Ellen, she notices through a keyhole Slappy moving on his own while having an argument with Jimmy. After accidentally, knocking the door open, Slappy acts as if he's a regular doll. Jimmy lies to her explaining that he was doing an act with Slappy.

Later on, Jimmy mails Slappy to Jillian and her family to get rid of him. After bringing Slappy down to the basement, he bites Jillian by her hand, but she believes it was radio controls Jimmy put before giving it to her. At night, Slappy sneaks off upstairs but meets the family's dog Kevin. Slappy puts Kevin inside his case and sneaks into Jillian and Katie's room. Slappy then steals Jillian's mom's wedding ring for a special occasion. The next day, Katie finds Slappy by the mirror with lipstick on the mirror saying, "I WANT my BRIDE!". Jillian decides to bring Slappy back to Jimmy.

When arriving, Jillian finds Jimmy who shows her Slappy's rivals. Jimmy tells Jillian that Slappy isn't just a dummy but is pure evil. Jillian then questions why he couldn't destroy the doll who explains that no one can destroy his evil spirit. Jimmy then reveals that Slappy forced him to write the letter to bring him to Jillian's house. When Jillian goes to get Slappy out of his case, she's surprised to find Kevin inside and realizes that Slappy's back home still. Jillian calls Katie to leave the house but Slappy joins in on the call and demands that he wants his bride. Slappy locks Harrison in the bathroom, after he throws up from being sick. He then cuts the power out but luckily Jillian arrives to bring Katie out of the house. Slappy, who had watched the two from the vent in their room, meets the two at the bottom of the stairs. He tells the two that it's his wedding day and demands that he wants his bride.

Jillian and Katie lock themselves in the basement and plan to escape from the window. Katie tells Jillian that she can't go due to Mary-Ellen not letting her. Having enough of the doll, Jillian goes to get rid of Mary-Ellen. Suddenly, Mary-Ellen comes to live and tells Katie to tell her sister the truth. Katie reveals that Mary-Ellen told Katie to do anything that she wants or else he'll hurt the rest of her family. She then reveals that after seeing Slappy at the show, Mary-Ellen fell in love with him. The two attempt to escape from the window only for Slappy to appear. Slappy climbs inside the basement and reveals he stole the ring for the special occasion which is revealed to be married to his bride. Mary-Ellen, who believes that the ring is for her, walks up to him and accepts being his bride. Suddenly, Slappy rejects Mary-Ellen and reveals he wants Katie to be his bride while also his slave. Angry, Mary-Ellen fights Slappy but Jillian turns the power back on which results in Slappy setting the table saw on and the two get sawed in half. As their spirits fly away, Slappy then goes to possess Harrison.

Other Series

Slappy keeps himself quiet, as the new owner finds out strange things are happening in the house. Furniture get moved, things disappear and re-appear. His behavior is akin to those of a very naughty child and a poltergeist. He also has the ability to change people into ventriloquist dolls with his green breath, in addition to animating other dolls and puppets. In Slappy's Nightmare, The Streets of Panic Park, The Dummy meets the Mummy and Diary of a Dummy he serves as an anti-hero. He also appears in the Horrorland series and Goosebumps: Most Wanted.

He also has his own series called Slappyworld where is the narrator of the series and sometimes the main villain of some books. Slappy also would serve as the lesser of two evils or an anti-hero more frequently in these books such as in The Dummy Meets the Mummy or Dairy of a Dummy.

TV Show

In the TV show Slappy is more villainous than in the books. For example in Night of the Living Dummy 2 in the book his worst act is simply painting Amy's name in Sarah's room and squeezing a girl's hand painfully (though he doesn't break it). In the TV episode he attempts to slam a guitar on Amy's dad (though it's implied he knew Amy would stop him and break the guitar and wasn't going to hit her dad). In the Night of the Living Dummy 3 episode, he mistreats Rocky and turns Zane into a dummy. In Bride of the Living Dummy book, he threatens to hurt but not kill the kids at the birthday party, doesn't kill anyone except Mary-Ellen (which is done in self-defense) and desires to make Jillian, who is is sixteen, his "bride". In the TV episode, he is stated by Jimmy to have killed his rivals (although they were other dummies, not humans) and intends to make Jillain's younger sister Katie, who is around the age of a twelve-year-old, his "bride".

He also appears in the comic book series as the main villain of the first arc and set to appear in others. He appears in the first story arc Monster at Midnight as the main antagonist leading the monsters to attack two sisters and later appears in the second arc Download and Die! where he team-ups up with The Creeps to antagonize three young girls. Slappy also appears in the short story crossover Gaslighted: Slappy the Ventriloquist Dummy vs. Aloysius Pendergast, where Aloysius Pendergast the protagonist of the book series of the same name fights off Slappy.

Other Media

Slappy as he appears in the 2015 and 2018 film.

Goosebumps (2015 Film)

Main article: Slappy the Dummy (2015 film)

Slappy appears in the film adaption as the main antagonist notably this version leads the monsters and is far more dangerous than his book counterpart, albeit more sympathetic. He also appears in the sequel as the main antagonist.

Goosebumps (2023)

Main article: Slappy the Dummy (2023)

Slappy as he appears in the Disney + show.

Slappy appears in the Disney+ Horror Dramedy Goosebumps (2023) as one of the two main antagonists (alongside Harold Biddle) of the show also known as Kanduu. He is an evil dummy, who brainwashed Harold Biddle in doing his bidding, until one day he was stolen by Teenagers and broken into pieces by Ben.

Slappy's Fellow Living Toys

• Dennis
• Rocky
• Mary Ellen
• Wally
• Snappy
• Goldie
• Mr. Wood

Gallery

Images

Slappy's head.

Slappy in the IDW Goosebumps comics.

Videos

Goosebumps - The Death of Slappy the Dummy

External Links

• Slappy the Dummy (original) on the Pure Evil Wiki
• Slappy the Dummy (original) on the Goosebumps Wiki
• Slappy the Dummy on the Wikipedia

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