Bogeyman

### **Dislikes**

Being defeated by the trio, "naughty" children escaping and leaving the dimension

### **Powers and abilities**

Superhuman strength, slime generation, stealth, dimensional travelling, worm creation & levitation

### **Quote**

"What do you think you're doing?! Let me down! You can't get away this! I'll get you!" (in a helium-pitched voice)
"You're here because you're naughty children, and you're never going to leave."

**The Bogeyman** (known as **Boogeyman** in the U.S.) is a two-time character, a monster, and the main villain of both of these episodes, *It Came from the Bog* and *Germs from Beyond* from the first and second seasons of the animated series, *Martin Mystery*.

## Background

### **Physical Appearance**

The Bogeyman is depicted as a giant, vaguely humanoid being apparently composed of plant-matter in the form of a tree with a face. He has red eyes that sometimes glow. He has a long face with pointed ears, and three branches on the forehead.

## Role in the series

The Bogeyman was featured as the main villain of the first episode, *It Came from the Bog*. It is revealed in the episode that the monster had terrorized and abducted the children of England centuries ago, until it was sealed within a storybook. In modern times the book was found by a child who opened it, unknowingly releasing the Bogeyman, who set about kidnapping "naughty" children.

Attempting to trap the Bogeyman, Martin, Diana and Java used several well-behaved children to lure him to an abandoned hospital. Unfortunately this plan backfired when he overpowered the trio and transported them to its own swamp-like dimension. Abandoning Martin, Diana, Java and several children to be devoured by maggots, he left for Earth once again to continue its kidnappings.

Fortunately, the trio and the other children managed to escape the Bogeyman's world and arrived back on Earth just in time to find an angry mob trying to attack the Bogeyman. After an unsuccessful attack at the monster, Martin managed to lure the creature into the bookstore where it was released. Enraged at Martin and Java's constant harassment of it, the Bogeyman morphed into a spectral version of itself and tried to dive bomb Martin. Just as he was about to hit him, Martin held up the nearby storybook, which he rammed into head-first, resealing itself. The book was later placed in storage at the Center.

In a later episode, *Germs from Beyond*, the Bogeyman manages to escape the confines of its book and begins to travel through the air vent system of the Center to avoid detection while it searches for the ones who trapped it. Eventually coming across Martin, Diana and Java, he stalks them through an air duct until the trio falls through the ceiling. Regardless, he follows them and tries to attack. Before it can, though, it is attacked by Center security personnel and shrunken down to miniature size by an alien weapon, screaming like the grand high witch was when she was turned into a mouse in the 1990 movie, *The Witches*, then she was covered by a jar. The Bogeyman was last seen being transported to another cell in the Center.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Superhuman Strength:** The Bogeyman was incredibly strong due to it's massive size. He could easily topple a bookshelf.
* **Slime Generation:** His body secreted large amounts of supernatural slime.
* **Stealth:** He could move surprisingly fast and silently considering his huge size. He could even crawl through air vents.
* **Dimensional Traveling:** The Bogeyman can freely travel to and from his personal dimension, a small universe covered entirely in murky swampland.
* **Worm Creation:** He can create and control hundreds of worms at a time. Their job was to eat the children trapped in his dimension.
* **Levitation:** The power to freely levitate and fly through the air.
* **Long Life:** The Bogeyman is known to have stayed alive since the 13th century. However, it's possible time passes differently in the book he was trapped in.
* **Portal Creation:** The Bogeyman creates portals made of maggots to travel between two worlds.
* **Retrocognition:** The Bogeyman knows when a child has been disobedient or naughty.

## Trivia

* Also, it was based on the legend of the same name.
* The Bogeyman has won very versions around the world and in the series, he lives in a swamp-like dimension in the underground and commands an army of worms.solved. This is evidenced in an episode, *The Return of the Beasts*, where a flashback is shown of Martin and Diana first meeting Java while on a case. However, it could be Java's first case after he learned to speak.

**Supporting:** Jenni Anderson • Marvin • Gerard Mystery
**Villains/Monsters:****Season 1:** **Bogeyman** • Monster Insects • The Black Spirit • Leviathan • Werewolves • The Applebyes • Zook • Chaos Beast • Sandman • Siren • Clifford • Christmas Demons of the Snow Globe • Dark Druid • Prindella Grizzwalda Dorey • Nazca Aliens • Philus Blackwater • Dr. Green • Nadu • Icetopis • Gastromo • Doppelganger • Dr. Dolphus • Mothman • Sauros • Ratman • Synths • Highly Evolved Bacteria • The First Chinese Emperor • Wu-Long
**Season 2:** Freeform Aliens • Sock Gnomes • Simone de Bastien • Djini • Montgomery Stokes • Hexan • Alpha Omegans • Beasts of the Perigee • Rasel • Body-Swapper • The Gateway Creatures • Gatekeeper
**Season 3:** Crispangores • Vargos • Damian • Diana's Clones • Mr. Black • Lawn Gnomes • Midget Munchkin • Mutated Sea Monkeys • Phantom Werewolf • Torrington Worm • Morcan the Warlock • Teddy • The Scarecrow • Spirit of the House Builder • The Bones • Labyrinth Creature • Barok the Faceless • Creatures of the Typewriter • Jingle Jim • Venoso • Love Monsters • Mutated Venus Flytrap • Captain Blood • Leprechaun • Octavia Paine • Ultimate Monster

**Season 2:** "They Came from Outer Space" • "Attack of the Slime People" • "The Vampire Returns" • "Crypt of the Djini" • "You Do Voodoo" • "Zombie Island" • "The Lost Tribe" • "Monster Movie Mayhem" • "The Third Eye" • "The Body Swapper" • "Germs from Beyond" • "They Came from the Gateway"
**Season 3:** "Curse of the Looking Glass" • "Mystery of Teen Town" • "Attack of the Evil Roommate" • "Web of the Spider Creature" • "Attack of the Lawn Gnomes" • "Rise of the Sea Mutants" • "Hairier and Scarier" • "Wrath of the Torrington Worm" • "The Warlock Returns" • "Return of the Imaginary Friend" • "Night of the Scarecrow" • "The House of Zombies" • "Rise of the Secret Society" • "Day of the Shadows" • "Return of the Djini" • "Tale of the Enchanted Keys" • "All I Want for X-mas" • "Lovespell from the Underworld" • "Journey into Terrorland" • "Curse of the Six-String Serenade" • "Wrath of the Venus Flytrap" • "Pirates of Doom" • "Rage of the Leprechaun" • "It's Alive"