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Goosebumps Slappy the Dummy

Slappy the Dummy is the main antagonist of the book franchise written by R.L. Stine, Goosebumps. He's also the main antagonist of the 2015 Sony Pictures Animation horror film, Goosebumps, and its 2018 sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween.

In the first film, he was performed by Avery Jones and voiced by Jack Black. In the sequel, he was voiced by Mick Wingert.

Role in the Films[]

Goosebumps[]

In the film, he as the primary villain, releasing all of his "friends" from their imprisonment in Stine's books. He burns all the books including his own and tries his best to torture Stine and prevent him from writing them all back into a book. He also hates being called a "dummy", even though that's exactly what he is. He is later sucked into the final book along with all the other monsters.

Slappy is R.L. Stine's alter ego in the film. He represents Stine's evil side of him, and Slappy has a similar resemblance to Stine, when their reflections touched in the fun house mirror, they almost look the same. The only difference is that Stine wears glasses and a black suit, and Slappy doesn't wear glasses and wears a black tux with a red bow tie and a red carnation. Slappy also has the ability to teleport, a power he does not possess in the books.

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween[]

In the sequel, he appears from a manuscript entitled Haunted Halloween, and once released, he begins to bring Halloween decorations to life utilizing the phrase which initially brought him to life.

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