Night of the Living Dummy
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Night of the Living Dummy is a popular Goosebumps children's horror novel by R. L. Stine centered on a sinister ventriloquist's dummy that comes to life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Goosebumps novel
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children's horror novel ⓘ horror fiction work ⓘ |
| ageGroup | middle-grade readers ⓘ |
| author | R. L. Stine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnFictionalObjectType | ventriloquist's dummy ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
possession
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sibling rivalry ⓘ ventriloquist's dummy coming to life ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
living doll
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loss of control ⓘ pranks gone wrong ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| featuresCharacter |
Kris Powell
NERFINISHED
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Lindy Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ Slappy the Dummy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| format | paperback ⓘ |
| franchise | Goosebumps Slappy stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchiseRole | introduction of Slappy as recurring villain ⓘ |
| genre |
children's horror
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supernatural fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Goosebumps TV series episode "Night of the Living Dummy II" (loosely related) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Night of the Living Dummy II
NERFINISHED
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Night of the Living Dummy III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSpinOff | SlappyWorld subseries (character-based) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTaglineType | Goosebumps-style horror tagline on cover ⓘ |
| hasVillainType |
cursed object
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sentient puppet ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | mass-market children's fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literarySeriesPosition | early book in original Goosebumps run ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | first-person adjacent limited perspective ⓘ |
| mainAntagonist | Slappy the Dummy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketCategory | children's paperback series ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableElement |
evil talking dummy trope
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twist ending ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing Slappy as a Goosebumps icon ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Goosebumps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Scholastic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| readingLevel | middle school ⓘ |
| seriesNumberInGoosebumps | 7 ⓘ |
| settingType | suburban neighborhood ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
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