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| “ | Who you calling dummy, dummy? | „ |
| ~ Slappy's catchphrase |
| “ | Karru Maru Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano | „ |
| ~ The chant that brings Slappy to life |
Slappy the Dummy is a major recurring antagonist in the Goosebumps franchise created by R.L. Stine. He serves as the titular 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 the aforementioned saga.
In the books, Slappy is brought to life by his owners who either find him, buy him or are gifted him when they say the words 'Karru Maru Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano." Once alive, he begins causing havoc in his owner's life which they are typically blamed for. He does this so that he can turn them into his slaves. Luckily, he is usually defeated by being broken or put to sleep.
Slappy also has his own series called SlappyWorld where he is the narrator of each book and main antagonist of half of them. He occasionally proves to be helpful though only when it serves him.
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/cummerbund/boutonniere 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... but rather, 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 humour, 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. His greatest fear is being put to sleep forever.
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 protagonist's 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 though this is for his own self-preservation more than genuine goodness. In Slappy's Nightmare, he even does good deeds though 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 channelled 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 rumoured 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's death, Slappy becomes alive. Kris and Lindy enter 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 for 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 girl's hand tightly, 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 life and attacks Jillian. Mary-Ellen reveals that she wants 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 ventriloquist 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, Katie, doll Mary-Ellen, notices through a keyhole Slappy moving on his while arguing 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 wanted or else he'd 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.
Goosebumps Horrorland[]
Revenge of the Living Dummy[]
The protagonist Britney Crosby is upset at the arrival of her annoying cousin Ethan. Ethan brings his dummy 'Mr Badboy' who smacks Britney and insults everybody though Ethan pleads innocence and claims 'Mr Badboy' is alive. He tries to stop Britney from doing things he believes will make 'Mr Badboy' angry. Britney eventually realizes 'Mr Badboy' is alive. Britney goes to her friend Molly's house to search her dad's archives for information on 'Mr Badboy' and learns he is really Slappy. Britney uses the spell from a document she found to put Slappy to "sleep" though realizes Ethan had been controlling Slappy the whole time with a remote and her actions brought Slappy to life for real. Slappy goes to a cemetery to find the Mind Stealer, a cursed shrunken head Molly's father owned that they buried that holds the power to steal minds though Britney tackles Slappy and uses the Mind Stealer to erase Slappy's mind. Later on, when Britney and Molly receive an invitation to Horrorland where they find a photo of Slappy.
The Streets of Panic Park[]
Slappy appears amongst the other villains from the Horrorland series who had been recruited by The Menace to scare the kids though Slappy and the villains align with the kids to take down The Menace because he plans on keeping them all trapped in the park. Slappy joins the kids in insulting The Menace to create laughter instead of fear which weakens The Menace. After the kids escape Horrorland, however, Lizzy finds Slappy in her suitcase.
Slappy New Year[]
Slappy is bought by Ray and Brandon Gorman from Jonathan Chiller in Horrorland. They bring him home in time for New Year's where Ray brings him to life. Slappy insults the Shear's and destroys their Christmas tree which Ray is blamed for. The next day Slappy threatens Ray and Brandon with hedge clippers though they defeat Slappy and throw him in a garbage truck. Later on, Slappy returns covered in garbage and throws paint at the kids. They throw paint buckets onto Slappy but he is unfazed and only stopped when Ray reads the magic words.
Goosebumps Most Wanted[]
Son of Slappy[]
Jackson and Rachel Stander are visiting their Grandpa Whitman who has a collection of ventriloquist dummies. Slappy is among these dummies though Grandpa Whitman claims the dummy he has is the 'Son of Slappy' as the real one is long lost. The 'Son of Slappy' is brought to life by Rachel. He tells Jackson that he is the real Slappy and Jackson is the son. Throughout the rest of the book whenever Jackson hears a chirp Slappy is able to compel him to do bad things like ruining cupcakes, trashing the art room and kitchen and insulting people. This leads to Jackson's life being ruined. He later learns that Rachel intentionally brought Slappy to life and Slappy thanks her for being a good daughter of Slappy.
Goosebumps Slappyworld[]
Slappy Birthday to You[]
Ian Barker receives Slappy as a birthday gift from his father who got him from someone who gave it to him to repair but never returned. Ian's sister Molly discovers Slappy's Wikipedia page and reads the phrase that brings him to life. The next day Ian discovers his doll Abigail with her head broken. At the Barker family talent show, Slappy laughs at Ian's cousin getting knocked out and makes fun of the family which Ian gets blamed for. The next morning, Slappy burns Ian's cousins Johnny and Vinny with goo and vandalizes the garage so he can claim a spell which will keep him alive forever from the doll hospital. When they get there, Slappy brings an army of dolls to life though he is defeated by Abigail.
I Am Slappy's Evil Twin[]
The protagonist, Luke Harrison's dad is filming a horror movie and has gotten two dummies, Slappy and Snappy, as props. Snappy is nice unlike Slappy which annoys him. Luke continuously tries to film the dummies to prove their alive but fails. Later in the story, Slappy and Snappy fight but Slappy is destroyed after throwing Snappy into a propane tank.
The Ghost of Slappy[]
Slappy is in the possession school bus driver Mr Hanson who brings him to life using information from the internet believing it is fake. Slappy uses magic to take control of the bus but is put back to sleep. The protagonist, Shep Mooney, finds Slappy in his bag afterwards who is brought back to life by his sister. Shep confronts Slappy at a graveyard and kills him by smashing his head onto a rock though Slappy's ghost follows Shep around and harasses him, for instance by making the horse he's riding go off course. Shep puts Slappy back to life in hopes of getting rid of the ghost though the ghost in Shep's basement, Annalee, rips up the paper with the spell to put Slappy back to sleep on it and vanishes in retaliation for Shep ignoring her, leaving Shep at Slappy's mercy
The Dummy Meets the Mummy[]
In the second part of the book, Slappy is gifted to Aaron Riggles by a puppeteer who shows him to his family Slappy insults them and spews green goo at them though Aaron's dad captures and disposes of Slappy. In the third part, Cathy O'Connor and her sisters receive Slappy who was dropped behind their dad's museum. He immediately starts insulting them but they put him back to sleep. Later on, during their classes overnight stay at the museum, the girl's dad shows off Slappy to distract the kids from the mummy room though accidentally reads the spell that brings the mummy to life. Aaron, who is in the class and recognizes Slappy, brings him to life to fight the mummy. Slappy fights the mummy though the mummy is winning until Shannon tickles it to death, after which Slappy is overjoyed as there's nobody to stand in his way though Cathy decides to bring the mummy back to stop him.
Diary of a Dummy[]
Billy McGee and his sister Maggie find an old suitcase at the dumb their dad works at with Slappy in it. He insults them and spits cockroaches after being brought to life though Maggie knocks him out and puts him back in the suitcase. Billy and Maggie find a diary from Slappy mentioning how he wants to find "the gold" which the McGee's want to find to help their struggling dad. Billy, Maggie, and Maggie's friend Laci go to the haunted Coleman House nearby and find a dummy named Goldie who is Slappy's sister more powerful than him. Slappy appears at the house and attacks Goldie, turning her into a rat before using a spell to enslave the kids.
My Friend Slappy[]
Barton Suggs receives Slappy as a gift from his dad. When he learns Slappy is alive Barton is excited since he sees Slappy as a way to get back at his bullies. Slappy is surprised that Barton doesn't fear him and tries repeatedly to scare him but Barton remains unfazed. Slappy is so surprised he agrees to be his friend and terrorizes Barton's bullies, Travis and Kelly by making Travis float and Kelly destroy her mom's fine china in front of her. Slappy, however, decides that he is going to be Barton's only friend so attacks his friend Lizzie though Barton manages to put him to sleep.
Slappy in Dreamland[]
Shy boy Richard receives Slappy from his dad who found him at the back of his hardware store. One day, Richard goes with his mom to the sleep lab at the hospital she works at. He hooks Slappy up to a dream monitoring machine and is shocked when it detects brainwaves. Richard has strange dreams about Slappy like him biting his arm which seem to be true as his arm is sore when he wakes up. The dreams start to escalate with Slappy forcing Richard to do worse things that happen in real life. Eventually, Richard learns his cousin Willow is having similar dreams. Richard's parents put Slappy away in the basement though Richard finds him in his bag during his field trip to the zoo a week later. That night, Slappy controls all the kids on the field trip and tries sending them to the tiger exhibit. Richard realizes the dream machine gave Slappy the power to invade dreams. Richard uses it to enter Slappy's dreams and puts him to sleep though realizes he's accidentally switched bodies with Slappy.
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 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 is 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 (Disney)
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[]
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Videos[]
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
