Slappy the Dummy

Slappy the Dummy is the main antagonist in the first season of Goosebumps. He is usually seen as the mascot to the franchise as a whole.
==Background==
===Personality===
Slappy lives for malicious intent. The source of this is unknown, but he seems to have a major goal of sorts in wanting to bring destruction to the world. The only problem is that because he is a small wooden man, he cannot act alone. He makes up for this by being very manipulative and urging towards people. He makes promises that he, for the most part, is able to come through with, but only to further his own agenda. He has a dark, twisted sense of humor and is very self-aware of his position, but he can be angry and hate filled if things do not go his way.
===Physical appearance===
Slappy is essentially a small wooden man with well designed, albeit very unnerving looking, cheeks, lips, eyes and combed brown hair. His usual attire is a black suit with a red bow tie.
==Appearances==
===Goosebumps HorrorLand Fright Show===
Following Amaz-O the Magician's failed magic trick with two children from the audience, Slappy suddenly appears to mock Amaz-O and announce his intent to turn the audience into his slaves. Along with Curly the Skeleton, Slappy makes Amaz-O disappear and summons Prince Khor-Ru the Mummy and Cuddles the Hamster. They are all soon frightened away by the Executioner and the Haunted Masks, unaware of the fact that they were Amaz-O and the two missing children.
=== Goosebumps ===
During the 1930s, Slappy was bought by a man named Ephraim Bratt, an amateur magician. Ephraim shows the puppet to his wife, Betsy, who tells him that he should get a real job. Later, Ephraim finds a note in Slappy's pocket saying: "Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano". After saying it, nothing happens. Suddenly, when Ephraim leaves the room, Slappy turns his head by himself.
During his next performance with Slappy, Ephraim does a ventriloquist act, but the audience aren't interested in it. Suddenly, Slappy takes over the show by insulting Ephraim which the audience find amusing. Slappy then tells Ephraim that he can make him famous. Afterwards, Slappy and Ephraim become big names in the entertainment industry, during which Betsy takes their child and leaves him due to him constantly ignoring them.
In the 1960s, Slappy tells Ephraim that it's time for them to move on to the next phase. Ephraim's manager comes in, explaining he though he heard someone. Slappy then tells Ephraim to say the spell which results in the manager turning into a dummy and killing him. Later Ephraim gets a group of men to unearth something which results in him having a vision seeing a tower on fire. Realizing Slappy is evil, Ephraim locks Slappy in his case despite him telling him that he gave him everything. Ephraim later buys a house in Port Lawrence and puts Slappy's box behind a brick wall, hoping no one will find him.
In 1993, Harold Biddle, and his family, move into the house after being inherited it by Ephraim. While in the basement, Harold throws his camera, that he got from his father, in anger resulting in the wall that Slappy is in to be open. While in his room, Harold finds the same note Ephraim found and reads it resulting in Slappy coming back to life. Harold brings Slappy to school to use as a ventriloquist act at a talent show at his new school. The act doesn't go well until Slappy starts talking making funny jokes. Harold tries explaining that he isn't doing it but Slappy keeps talking. Afterwards, Slappy tells him that he won't be a loser if he has him. This results in Harold seeing Slappy as his true friend.
One day at school, Nora, one of Harold's friends, notices Slappy come to life and talking to Harold on his own. After leaving, Slappy says to Harold that there's something that he doesn't like about her. Due to Harold being obsessed with Slappy, Georgie and Perry burn Slappy in the fireplace. Perry then says that she believed that she saw Slappy blink, but believes it was her imagination. Noticing that the puppet isn't burning, the parents go to check it. Harold notices and kills his parents using the same magic words Ephraim used before.
At the talent show, Slappy insults his friends, Nora, Sarah, Ben, Victoria, and Eliza, while also showing secrets. This results in Harold being disqualified. Nora tells Sarah that they need to destroy the puppet since Harold has changed since he had him. The teens sneak into Harold's house and despite their pleas on trying to help Harold, they end up killing him by accidently locking him in the basement and the house gets set on fire, due to the power getting cut resulting in Harold having to use a candle. Ben explains that he knows Slappy is alive due to noticing him come to live when putting him in the case.
The kids escape out of the house. Slappy comes out of his case and asks the kids if they really though it would be easy to destroy him. Ben ends up destroying Slappy by breaking his head off. The teens plan on where to put the puppet when Eliza plans on putting Slappy in her family's old mineshaft. The teens head over to the abandoned mineshaft and put the case in a hole in the ground and leave. Unbeknownst to the others, Nora takes Slappy out of the case and puts him in a duffle bag.
In 2023, Harold, now possessing the new English teacher, Nathan Bratt, tries to find Slappy. Nora's son, Lucas Parker, finds Slappy's eye in the shed while putting his motorcycle away. Harold/Bratt later finds the eye in a grinder and promises that he will bring Slappy back.
==Gallery==
Goosebumps - HorrorLand at Disney Promo.jpg
Slappy with Prince Khor-Ru.jpg
Slappy from Goosebumps Horrorland Fright Show.jpg
R.L. Stine with his Monsters.jpg
Goosebumps TV series poster.jpg
Night of the Living Dummy - Slappy lying on table.jpg
Night of the Living Dummy Part 2 - Kanduu reawakens.jpg|Slappy in his human Kanduu form
==Trivia==
*In prior adaptations, Slappy was voiced by Cathal J. Dodd in the 1995 television series, Jack Black in the 2015 film and Mick Wingert in the 2018 sequel.
*Slappy was partially inspired by the original Pinocchio story that had elements that scared R.L. Stine when he was a kid.
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