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This was originally "Night of the Living Dummy", number 7 in the original Goosebumps series and the first of several sequels about an evil ventriloquist dummy bent on making humans his slaves. Even though Slappy the Dummy is featured on the cover, he actually has a small role in this one (the real evil dummy is named Mr. Wood, but SPOILER ALERT: he dies in the end).

 

Nevertheless, he's one of Goosebumps' most popular characters, next to the Monster Blood and Curly the Skeleton (who wasn't in any of the original books). Sequels to this book include:

 

*Night of the Living Dummy II

*Night of the Living Dummy III

*Bride of the Living Dummy (from the Goosebumps 2000 series)

*Slappy's Nightmare (also from the G2K series)

*Slappy New Year (from the unmade and unreleased Goosebumps Gold series, along with Happy Holidays from Dead House, The Haunted Mask Lives!, and The Incredible Shrinking Fifth Grader)

*Revenge of the Living Dummy (the first book in the "Goosebumps HorrorLand" series).

 

The altered title is only funny if you're a fan of the woefully short-lived FOX sitcom "Arrested Development".

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