Zach Cooper

**Zach Cooper** is the main protagonist of the Goosebumps Movie. He is played by Dylan Minnette.

## History

Zach and his mother Gale
 have recently moved to the town of Madison from their old home in New
York; something he did not particularly have any love for. They moved
down to Madison, Delaware
 because his mother had recently taken up the position of assistant
principal at the high school. As they came to their new home, Zach and
his mom met his Aunt Lorraine
 who was very happy to greet her sister and nephew. Zach was given a New
 York ball cape with rhinestones on it by his aunt, which he had a
disliking of. He decided to go back outside and help bring in some more
boxes from their car. It's then he met the girl next door, Hannah,
 and he took an instant liking towards her. She seemed to take a liking
to Zach too, but is quickly called by her mysterious father. Who even
warned Zach to not see his daughter again and to remain on his side of
the fence.

The next day, Zach went to his first day of school in Madison and
 there was an assembly to welcome his mom as the new assistant
principal. There he meets Champ,
 who he finds to be odd, but he soon becomes Zach's first friend in
Madison. Back at home, he meets back up with Hannah, who seemed to
startle him. He comments that she was not at school today, which she
seemed to like that Zach noticed that, but she has to say that she is
home schooled. Later that night, Hannah invites Zach to sneak out with
her to an old amusement park that has to be shutdown. She encourages him
 to climb up on the old Ferris Wheel and they get a first hand and
wonderful view of all of Madison. As they returned home, Zach seemed to
have an even bigger interest in her and in his own way, asked her out on
 a date. Again her father appeared and gave him another warning to stay
away from them.

Now in his room doing his homework, Zach overhears Hannah and her
 father arguing. However when he hears Hannah begin to scream, he calls
the police on Stine.
 They come to his house, but he bluffs his way out of an investigation
and the thoughtless cops believe his story and Zach is left to look like
 a fool. After they left, Zach gets even more suspicious, so he fakes a
call from the cops to lure Stine away and even asks Champ to come over
and help him investigate Stine's house. Zach shows Champ that he can
pick a lock and they enter Stine's house through his basement. After
rummaging around the house, the two boys find a book shelf that has manuscripts to a bunch of the famed Goosebumps
 books. However they appear to have locks on them, which intrigues
Champ. So a slightly irritated Zach finds a key and unlocks it for him.
However soon Hannah surprises them with a baseball bat and Zach drops
the book. The mystery is slightly cleared up, so he and Champ decide to
leave her house. However before he does, he picks up the book, but also
opens it by accident. It's then that the Abominable Snowman of Pasadena is brought to life for the first time.

Hannah takes it upon herself to get the monster back into its
book, so she takes it and follows the monster. Zach along with a
reluctant Champ follows her to an ice rink where the Abominable Snowman
seems to have taken up residence. The three teens through a lengthy yet
somewhat futile fight fail to get the monster back in its book. However
thanks to RL Stine, who shows up, is able to get the monster back in its
 book. Stine then takes the kids home, but Zach begins to question
Hannah's father's identity. He is the first to accuse her father of
being RL Stine. He is proven to be correct when he starts accusing Stine
 of writing poor quality books and mimicking Stephen King. However Stine
 does reveal his identity after Zach's taunting infuriated him.

Back at Stine's house, Zach is given a full explanation as to how
 these monsters can come to life. Then he finally comes face to face
with Slappy the Dummy.
 Slappy soon ran away with all the Goosebumps books, so Zach and
everyone else quickly followed after. Although before they can, Zach and
 his friends are attacked by the Lawn Gnomes.
 They are able to dispense with them and make their escape through the
basement and finally escape. Then they all notice that Slappy is burning
 all the books, so the monsters can't be sent back. However they all
take it upon themselves to trap the monsters again, so they head towards
 town. In town, it is Zach who gives Stine the idea to trap all the
monsters again in the pages of a book. It so happens to be in the high
school, but on their way there, they were attacked by the invisible boy,
 Brent Green, Giant Pray Mantis monster. They all escape its onslaught and make it inside a local store, then they soon confront the Werewolf of Fever Swamp.

The monster proves to be a hazard towards them, but Zach is able
to save Stine from it and they escape. Although it follows them outside
to the parking lot and intends to finish them off, but they are saved by
 Zach's Aunt Lorraine. The group then has to go through a cemetery to
get to the school. It's there that Zach learns Hannah is not real, but
only a creation from Stine's imagination. The group however is attacked
by The Graveyard Ghouls,
 so they make a hasty retreat and finally make it to the school. There,
Zach confronts Stine about Hannah's true nature and even shares Stine
about the loss of his father. Stine's typewriter is finally found, so
now everyone in the school must be warned. Champ and Zach tell everyone
in the gym, who are all at a school dance, but of course no one believes
 them. It's then that the praying mantis monster abducts someone and
everyone believes Zach and Champ.

Zach immediately takes charge and instructs everyone to keep the
monsters at bay, while Stine writes his new story. The monsters get in
however and so does Slappy, who breaks Stine's fingers, so he can't
finish the story. So then Stine nominates Zach to finish it for him, but
 before he can, they lure the monsters away from the school. Stine
wanted to sacrifice himself to do so, but Zach had an idea to lure the
monsters away with a bus lined with explosives. On another school bus,
they make it to the very same amusement park, Hannah took Zach to.
Inside a house of mirrors, Slappy confronts all of them and unleashes The Blob
 that ate everyone on them. So then he, Champ and Hannah make way to the
 Ferris Wheel, where Zach is able to finish writing the book. Though he
is reluctant to open the book and trap the monsters, because of Hannah.
She told him that she already knew what she was and still told Zach to
open the book, which he refused. Zach finishes the story, but is
reluctant to open the book because Hannah will be trapped inside it as
well. Hannah reveals that she knew she was not real all along and opens
the book, sucking all of the monsters into it. While Zach tries to hold
on to her, Hannah accepts her fate and is imprisoned as well after they
kiss.

The next day, Zach and his mom come back to school, which is
being partially rebuilt. After Zach leaves his creative writing class
now being taught by Stine, he is reunited with Hannah, who was brought
back by Stine through a new manuscript, and they share a kiss.

## Trivia

* Zach is considered the main character of the film, (despite Jack Black being the star of the film) He is also the narrator of the movie novelization.
* Zach is the first main protagonist in the *Goosebumps* franchise to be 16. (Normally, the protagonist is 11 or 12.)