Slappy the Dummy


Slappy the Dummy is a fictional character and antagonist in the Goosebumps children's series by R. L. Stine. He is one of the series' most popular villains and the main antagonist of the Night of the Living Dummy saga and the mascot of the franchise. He is also the main antagonist of the Goosebumps movie and its sequel. Slappy is a "ventriloquist's dummy with a serious Napoleonic complex" that comes alive by these words: "Karru Marri Odonna Loma Molanu Karrano", and they can be found on a sheet of paper in Slappy's jacket pocket. After coming to life, Slappy will try to make the person who brought him back to life serve him as a slave, to the point that he will frame that person for things that he does.

Inspiration

According to R. L. Stine, Slappy was inspired by the literary classics The Adventures of Pinocchio. He liked the idea of a wooden puppet coming to life due to the book so he decided to create Slappy.
The movie Magic was another one of R.L. Stine's inspirations for Slappy. In the television adaptation of the books, Slappy has the same sounding voice as Fats, the dummy from Magic with the voice of Anthony Hopkins.

Notable appearances in novels

He also appears in his own series Goosebumps SlappyWorld where he serves as the narrator.

Appearances beyond the books

Slappy has also been made into an actual ventriloquist doll available from major retailers. He was first manufactured by Goldberger Doll corporation after a nine-year-old boy from Long Island sent them a letter suggesting the idea in 1998. There is also a mask and a full costume available for sale. Night of the Living Dummy 3 and Bride of the Living Dummy have also been adapted for VHS and DVD, the second on DVD includes "Bride of the Living Dummy".
Authors Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child posted an announcement via their Facebook status:
This was published in 30 September 2014 as "" in the anthology Face Off edited by David Baldacci.

In other media

Slappy was performed on set and voiced by puppeteer Ron Stefaniuk in the Goosebumps television series and appeared in four episodes:
  1. "Night of the Living Dummy II"; episode 10 aired 2 January 1996
  2. "Night of the Living Dummy III" Part I; episode 43 aired 20 July 1997
  3. "Night of the Living Dummy III" Part II; episode 44 aired 20 July 1997
  4. "Bride of the Living Dummy"; episode 60 aired 14 February 1998
The original Night of the Living Dummy story was never adapted to television, nor were the six post-Bride stories.
He is the main antagonist in the 2015 Goosebumps movie, where he was voiced by Jack Black, who also is R.L Stine, and the Invisible Boy, from My Best Friend is Invisible, with Avery Lee Jones and Jake McKinnon doing the puppetry of the character.
Slappy is voiced by voice-over actor Mick Wingert in the, with Jones once again puppeteering him and voicing him for promotional material, as well as for a few lines of dialogue in the final film.
Slappy appears in the comic book series made by IDW and appears in the Goosebumps graphix.
Slappy appears in the Goosebumps video game Horror Town.
A character in Pixar's Toy Story 4 is inspired by Slappy.