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
children's horror novel
horror fiction work
ageGroup middle-grade readers
author R. L. Stine NERFINISHED
basedOnFictionalObjectType ventriloquist's dummy
centralTheme possession
sibling rivalry
ventriloquist's dummy coming to life
containsMotif living doll
loss of control
pranks gone wrong
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Kris Powell NERFINISHED
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
supernatural fiction
hasAdaptation Goosebumps TV series episode "Night of the Living Dummy II" (loosely related) NERFINISHED
hasSequel Night of the Living Dummy II NERFINISHED
Night of the Living Dummy III NERFINISHED
hasSpinOff SlappyWorld subseries (character-based) NERFINISHED
hasTaglineType Goosebumps-style horror tagline on cover
hasVillainType cursed object
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
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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Slappy appearsIn Night of the Living Dummy
Slappy firstAppearance Night of the Living Dummy