History Literature / EerieIndiana

* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: In book 3, Simon thinks if they get everyone to know about Eerie, they'll make a TV show about them. Marshall tells him to "get real".

** In book 15, it is mentioned that [[Literature/{{Spinetinglers}} M.T. Coffin]] is doing a reading at the bookstore. The author Mike Ford happend to be a writer for that series.

Allegedly, these books is set a mere one year after the end of the original series, which should make the present year ''1993''. However, the authors opted to make it the present year of the time, 1997. This isn't the last time they'd play fast and loose with the continuity of the TV show. Authors Mike Ford, John Peel, Jeremy Roberts, Sherry Shahan, and Robert James decided to make the series their own and tell their own overarching story, instead of continuing down the rabbit hole set by the original's creators.

# ''Return to Foreverware''
# ''Bureau of Lost''
# ''The Eerie Triangle''
# ''Simon and Marshall's Excellent Adventure''
# ''Have Yourself an Eerie Christmas''
# ''Fountain of Weird''
# ''Attack of the Two-Ton Tomatoes''
# ''Who Framed Alice Prophet''
# ''Bring Me a Dream''
# ''Finger Lickin' Strange''
# ''The Dollhouse That Time Forgot''
# ''They Say''
# ''Switching Channels''
# ''The Incredible Shrinking Stanley''
# ''Halloweird''
# ''Eerie in the Mirror''
# ''We Wish You an Eerie Christmas''

** Mr. Radford (played by Creator/JohnAstin in the TV series), is noted to look like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Gomez Addams]] by Marshall and Simon.

* {{Brainwashed}}: The villain of ''Finger-Lickin' Strange'', Chef Lucy, is discovered to have been grinding up old junk that was created during the 1960s, then mixing it into her food and serving it to people; those who eat it are brainwashed into acting like they're hippies in the 1960s.

** Rather fittingly, in keeping with ''Foreverware'' being the first episode of the TV show, ''Return to Foreverware'' begins the books series.
** And ''Bureau of Lost'' is a sequel to ''The Losers''.
* DeathOfAChild: The first book features a case of a family who tried to avert this. [[spoiler:Rodney Stewart, Martha and James' son, had a heart condition and Mrs. Stewart thought keeping him young with Foreveware would help. Unfortunately, Bert and Ernie theorize the process did more harm than good, because when Rodney got out of his container on Christmas Eve to wait up for Santa Claus in 1976, he died.]]

* ShoutOut: In the 4th book, Marshall's class gets a new student named Jazon, who is temporarily living in town with his grandfather, [[Franchise/DoctorWho Dr. Foreman]]. [[spoiler: It turns out Jazon's a time traveler living in town under false pretenses, to boot. And his home is even disguised as a blue box. Though, since this is America, the only available blue boxes are outhouses, unfortunately.]]
** In ''Halloweird'', it is mentioned that [[Literature/{{Spinetinglers}} M.T. Coffin]] is doing a reading at the bookstore. The author Mike Ford happend to be a writer for that series.
* WhoWouldWantToWatchUs: The ''The Eerie Triangle'', Simon thinks if they get get everyone to know about Eerie, they'll make a TV show about them. Marshall tells him to "get real".

** In ''Halloweird'', it is mentioned that [[Literature/{{Spinetinglers}} M.T. Coffin]] is doing a reading at the bookstore. The author Mike Ford happend to be a writer for that series.

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* ShoutOut: In the 4th book, Marshall's class gets a new student named Jazon, who is temporarily living in town with his grandfather, [[Franchise/DoctorWho Dr. Foreman]]. [[spoiler: It turns out Jazon's a time traveler living in town under false pretenses, to boot. And his home is even disguised as a blue box. Though, since this is America, the only available blue boxes are outhouses, unfortunately.]]

* InfantImmortality: Averted in the first book with [[spoiler:Rodney Stewart, Martha and James' son. Rodney had a heart condition and Mrs. Stewart thought keeping him young with Foreveware would help. Unfortunately, Bert and Ernie theorize the process did more harm than good, because when Rodney got out of his container on Christmas Eve to wait up for Santa Claus in 1976, he died.]]

* ShoutOut: In the 4th book, Marshall's class gets a new student named Jazon, who is temporarily living in town with his grandfather, [[Franchise/DoctorWho Dr. Foreman]]. [[spoiler: It turns out Jazon's a time travel living in town under false pretenses, to boot. And his home is even disguised as a blue box. Though, since this is America, the only available blue boxes are outhouses, unfortunately.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In ''Finger-Lickin' Strange'', Chef Lucy's been brainwashing people by serving meals that're making them act like they're hippies in the 1960s. She does so by grinding up old junk that was created during that time period and mixing it in her food. When Marshall investigates and tries to sabotage her various blenders to alter the ingredients, he notices one blender is filled with a green substance he thinks is shredded lettuce. Given this is the 60s we're talking about, it's greatly implied the "lettuce" is marijuana.

* AdultsAreUseless: Taken to further extremes here than it ever did on TV. The adults and most of the children of Eerie are so oblivious or in denial that the entire town can start slowly turning into humanoid plants and they wouldn't notice.

* AdultsAreUseless: Taken to further extremes here than it went on TV. The adults and most of the children of Eerie are so oblivious or in denial that the entire town can start slowly turning into humanoid plants and they wouldn't notice.

** Mr. Radford (played by Creator/JohnAstin) in the TV series, is noted to look like [[Series/TheAddamsFamily Gomez Addams]] by Marshall and Simon.

** In the first book, ''Return to Foreverware'', Marshall and Simon take an after school job cleaning out the attic of a couple by the name of ''[[Creator/JamesStewart James]]'' and ''[[Creator/MarthaStewart Martha]]'' Stewart.

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In 1997, ''Eerie, Indiana the Book Series'', was a short-lived continuation of the original supernatural series of the same name that aired on NBC over half a decade before it. It was a Children's Literature series released on a monthly basis with each entry clocking in at around 120 pages, similar to the ever-popular ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}''. The series followed the new adventures of Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes for the first 12 entries. It followed the exploits of Marshall, a transplant from New Jersey whose family has moved to the small town of Eerie, and Simon, an Eerie native, as they investigate the weirdness that inhabits this town. As the other residents are oblivious to the supernatural nature of the town, Marshall and Simon are left to their own devices to uncover the truth behind both the individual happenings around Eerie, and the secret behind it all. They deal with everything from escaped wild west criminals from cryogenic storage to Bigfoot eating out of the trash.

In 1997, ''Eerie, Indiana the Book Series'', was a short-lived continuation of the original supernatural series of the same name that aired on NBC over half a decade before it. It was a Children's Literature series released on a monthly basis with each entry clocking in at around 120 pages, similar to the ever-popular ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}''. The series the new adventures of Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes for the first 12 entries. It followed the exploits of Marshall, a transplant from New Jersey whose family has moved to the small town of Eerie, and Simon, an Eerie native, as they investigate the weirdness that inhabits this town. As the other residents are oblivious to the supernatural nature of the town, Marshall and Simon are left to their own devices to uncover the truth behind both the individual happenings around Eerie, and the secret behind it all. They deal with everything from escaped wild west criminals from cryogenic storage to Bigfoot eating out of the trash.

In 1997, ''Eerie, Indiana the Book Series'', was a short-lived continuation of the original supernatural series of the same name that aired on NBC over half a decade before it. It was a Children's Literature series released on a monthly basis with each entry clocking in at around 120 pages, similar to the ever-popular ''{{Goosebumps}}''. The series the new adventures of Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes for the first 12 entries. It followed the exploits of Marshall, a transplant from New Jersey whose family has moved to the small town of Eerie, and Simon, an Eerie native, as they investigate the weirdness that inhabits this town. As the other residents are oblivious to the supernatural nature of the town, Marshall and Simon are left to their own devices to uncover the truth behind both the individual happenings around Eerie, and the secret behind it all. They deal with everything from escaped wild west criminals from cryogenic storage to Bigfoot eating out of the trash.

In 1997, ''Eerie, Indiana the Book Series'', was a short-lived continuation of the original supernatural series of the same name that aired on NBC over half a decade before it. It was a Children's Literature series released on a monthly basis with each entry clocking in at around 120 pages, similar to the ever-popular ''Literature{{Goosebumps}}''. The series the new adventures of Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes for the first 12 entries. It followed the exploits of Marshall, a transplant from New Jersey whose family has moved to the small town of Eerie, and Simon, an Eerie native, as they investigate the weirdness that inhabits this town. As the other residents are oblivious to the supernatural nature of the town, Marshall and Simon are left to their own devices to uncover the truth behind both the individual happenings around Eerie, and the secret behind it all. They deal with everything from escaped wild west criminals from cryogenic storage to Bigfoot eating out of the trash.

In 1997, ''Eerie, Indiana the Book Series'', was a short-lived continuation of the original supernatural series of the same name that aired on NBC over half a decade before it. It was a Children's Literature series released on a monthly basis with each entry spanning around 120 pages, similar to the ever-popular ''Literature{{Goosebumps}}''. The series the new adventures of Marshall Teller and Simon Holmes for the first 12 entries. It followed the exploits of Marshall, a transplant from New Jersey whose family has moved to the small town of Eerie, and Simon, an Eerie native, as they investigate the weirdness that inhabits this town. As the other residents are oblivious to the supernatural nature of the town, Marshall and Simon are left to their own devices to uncover the truth behind both the individual happenings around Eerie, and the secret behind it all. They deal with everything from escaped wild west criminals from cryogenic storage to Bigfoot eating out of the trash.

Allegedly, these books is set a mere one year after the end of the original series, which should make the present year ''1993''. However, the authors opted to make it the present year of the time, 1997. This isn't the last time they'd play fast and loose with the continuity of the TV show. Authors Mike Ford, John Peel, Jeremy Roberts, Sherry Shahan, and Robert James decided to make the series their own and tell their own overarching story, instead of continuing down the rabbit hole set by the original's creators.