Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano

***"Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molonu Karrano"*** is a magic spell that, when read aloud, can bring inanimate objects to life. Some of these include Slappy, Mr. Wood, and Snappy.

The magic spell is used in nearly all the books from the Living Dummy saga, and it also appears in the *Give Yourself Goosebumps* book, *Escape from the Carnival of Horrors*, and the film *Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween*.

## History

Slappy was originally created by an unnamed evil sorcerer by being carved out of the cursed wood of a stolen coffin. Before the sorcerer died, the sorcerer wrote a magic spell on a paper card that, when read aloud, can bring inanimate objects to life.

### Meaning

The phrase is written on a card usually kept in the dummy's front pocket. Once the words are read aloud, the dummy comes to life. If the words are read aloud again, he goes back to sleep (though this does not work in all the books, as Mr. Wood was unaffected by it in Night of the Living Dummy and Slappy was unaffected in Night of the Living Dummy III, causing continuity errors between the books). In the television adaptation *Night of the Living Dummy II*, Slappy says "you and I are one now." after mentioning the phrase, leading to a common theory that it was what the phrase meant. This would be given a nod in *Slappy's Revenge* as well as Goosebumps Night of Scares. The Goosebumps Presents adaptation of the episode actually confirms that this is what the words mean. However, in *The Ghost of Slappy*, Slappy claims he doesn't know what the words actually mean. He thinks they might translate to "Slappy is awesome."

## Trivia

* In *Slappy New Year!* a message reading, "Hello. My name is Slappy. I can be your friend. Just read these words aloud, and I will come to life. We can have a lot of fun together." appears on the card above the "Karru Marri..." phrase.
	+ While this message does not appear in any other piece of *Goosebumps*media, a shortened version appears in *Haunted Halloween*: "My name is Slappy. What's yours?".
* In *Haunted Halloween*, it was revealed that this spell could also bring other objects to life, not only dummies. However, this spell only works if it's said by Slappy.
* In *Slappy's Nightmare*, Jimmy O'James obtains a similar spell to use on Slappy, which when read aloud would bring a different dummy to life and put Slappy to sleep forever. In the book, Jimmy does not finish reading the curse, but he does read the first part of it which reads: "*Kallah Meeha Arumah Kalumah Noba Reemuh Maru Odoni Mallah.*" The spell was cut off there as Slappy stopped Jimmy from reading any further.
* It was also revealed in *Haunted Halloween* that if Slappy reads the spell backwards (i.e. "*Onarrak Unolom Amol Annodo Irram Urrak*"), it would work in reverse and turn things that were alive into inanimate objects such as dummies.
	+ Slappy's eyes turn white when he reads the spell backward.
	+ In the TV adaptation of Night of the Living Dummy III, Trish and Dan attempt to read the words backwards to put Slappy to sleep, but it does nothing.
* In Slappy, Beware!, it is revealed that if someone were to say the words in reverse order ("Karrano Molonu Loma Odonna Marri Karru"), it would put Slappy to sleep forever so he could never be awoken again. Ephraim Darkwell attempted this, but Slappy covered his ears so it didn't work.
* In *The Dummy Meets the Mummy!*, there's also another phrase that can awaken a mummy named Arragotus.
* These words are never mentioned in *I Am Slappy's Evil Twin*, seeing as Slappy and Snappy are both alive already at the start.
* Unlike in *Haunted Halloween*, the card is not seen or mentioned in the first *Goosebumps* film.