History Literature / TalesToGiveYouGoosebumps

"[[Recap/GoosebumpsS3E3TheHouseOfNoReturn The House of No Return]]", "[[Recap/GoosebumpsS3E22TeachersPet Teacher's Pet]]", "[[Recap/GoosebumpsS3E17StrainedPeas Strained Peas]]" and "[[Recap/GoosebumpsS3E5Click Click]]" were all adapted into episodes of the third season of [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV series]].

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!!The episode adaptations provide examples of:

* AdaptationExpansion: "The House of No Return" gives a tragic backstory to the ghosts haunting the titular house. They were a married couple whose infant child died when it fell through a weak spot in the floor. They were so stricken with grief they turned into hermits, spending the rest of their days constantly arguing with each other inside the house before they die. They collect children because they're trying to replace the family they had when they were still alive.
** "Click" has a character named Tony who acts like the conscience for Seth, advising him to not abuse the Universal Remote Control's powers. Similarly, there's Seth's friend Kevin.
*** The episode also adds a minor subplot where Seth decides to pause his family after he fights with his sister over the remote, only for the remote to stop working.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Chris in "The House of No Return" decide to use his deal-making skills with the ghosts. If they let him go, then they'll get more children in return as the bullies will enter the house to question why he hadn't left after the hour was up.]]
* BodyHorror: Near the end of “Teacher’s Pet”, a girl mentions she had been getting some weird insect bites, then we see that patches of her arm are starting to resemble snake skin. [[spoiler:It’s because Mr. Blankenship, who by this point is now a human/snake/fly hybrid, bit her.]]
* CanonForeigner: Seth's friend, Kevin, in "Click".
* ChekhovsHobby: In "The House of No Return", Chris asks his mother to make a bacon cheeseburger in return for him cleaning his room, to which his mom replies "You and your deals". [[spoiler:This is what he does with the ghosts: they let him go and in exchange they'll get three new adoptive children.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "Click", after Seth fixes the remote and tries to unpause his family, he notes that it still isn't working, prompting Kevin to suggest [[spoiler:the batteries are low]].
* InNameOnly: "Teacher's Pet" retains the basic concept of the original short story, but otherwise goes in a completely different direction with it.
* NeverTrustATitle: Mt. Blankenship in "Teacher's Pet" is changed from a teacher to an instructor at a nature reserve, making the title inaccurate.
* ProductionThrowback: Becca in “Teacher’s Pet” sees a cute rabbit and reaches out to pick it up, only to scream loudly in terror. A very similar scene occurred in an earlier episode, “The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp”, featuring the character of Emily Tucker. The difference is that Emily [[spoiler:screamed when she realized the rabbit was dead]], whereas Becca [[spoiler:actually picked up the rabbit and then noticed that it was half lizard]].
* SynchroVox: Used to depict the baby's dialogue in "Strained Peas".

* BodyHorror: Near the end of “Teacher’s Pet”, a girl mentions she had been getting some weird insect bites, then we see that patches of her arm are starting to resemble snake skin. [[Spoiler: It’s because Mr. Blankenship, who by this point is now a human/snake/fly hybrid, bit her.]]

* DeathGlare: Nicholas' dad gives him his "stony glare" when he's in trouble. Nicholasnotes that there's no fighting it.

* LetMeGetThisStraight: When his parents room (which had ''all white surroundings and furniture'') is ruined by paint with Hannah found in the middle of it, Nicholas' father thinks he did it, and asks him for an explanation. He responds that Hannah did it.

-->'''Dad:''' Nicholas, [[GoToYourRoom go to your room]]

* ExactWords: [[spoiler: After the game, Mike goes to the sports museum in town to return the special bat, and he asks Mr. Smith if he can keep the bat. He replies, "Okay. You can keep it forever." And Mike's request was definitely granted]].

* WaxMuseumMorgue: [[spoiler: What the sports museum that Mr. Smith works at turns out to be. The place is filled with players frozen like statues with the sports instruments they requested to keep and hold onto, with Mike as one of them]].

* OrderedApology: [[spoiler: After Neal breaks Tamara's doll in the beginning of the story, she tells him that he could at least say he's sorry. He at first does so, [[{{NOT}} but then he adds, "NOT!"]], and then runs out of her bedroom, [[DoorSlamOfRage which Tamara slams the door behind him]].
* SssssnakeTalk: When returning to the old lady's doll stand, Tamara is startled to hear a doll speaking with this type of voice, telling her to stop her.

* BigNo: When Becca and Benjy find out that [[spoiler: the giant python that was sleeping in the big glass cage in the´classroom was actually their science teacher]], ''one'' of the two children does this trope "like some unearthly creature". Becca wasn't sure if she was the one who howled this, or Benjy.

* HandGagging: When caught by Mr. Blankenship of complaining about him, which gets her a harsh punishment, and her sputtering in response, which gets an even ''further'' harsh punishment, she does this trope to herself to prevent herself from digging a deeper hole.

-->'''Dad:''' Nicholas, [[GoToYourRoom go to your room]].

* KillerTeddyBear: A girl buys a new teddy bear that appears to be trying to terrorize her, and at one point seeming to attack her. [[spoiler: It turns out that the new bear was not alive and it was all her old bear's doing.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Seth accidentally turns off the world, and he's only surrounded by darkness; the only light being a faint glow on the remote control that reads '''BATTERY DEAD'''.]]

* UniversalRemoteControl: A boy's father gets him a "Universal Remote" that turns out to control time itself. He quickly starts to abuse it for various petty reasons, like cheating on a school exam, which eventually alienates him from his best friend. At the end, [[spoiler: he accidentally makes the world vanish when he presses the "OFF" button in frustration, only to find that the batteries have run out]].

* TomatoSurprise: It is revealed that [[spoiler: Helga isn't a vampire, but the main kids are.]]

* AssholeVictim: The Danger Inc kids, who dare another kid to go into a supposedly haunted house, only to end up trapped there themselves.

* SnakePeople: Mr. Blankenship, who turns out to be a were-snake.

* EnfantTerrible: Hannah, a baby who takes this up a notch by being a literal monster who wants to be the only child.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "Click", after Seth fixes the rattling in the remote and tries to unpause his family, he notes that it still isn't working, prompting Kevin to suggest [[spoiler:the batteries are low]].

** "Click" has a character named Tony who acts like the conscience for Seth, advising him to not abuse the Universal Remote Control's powers.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Seth fixes the rattling in the remote and tries to unpause his family, he notes that it still isn't working, prompting Tony to suggest [[spoiler:the batteries are low]].

* KillerTeddyBear: A girl buys a new teddy bear that appears to be trying to terroize her, at one points seeming to attack her. [[spoiler: It turns the new bear was not alive and it was all her old bear's doing.]]

* AssholeVictim:
** The three kids in "The House of No Return", who dare another kid to go into a supposedly haunted house, only to end up trapped there themselves.
** Seth Gold in "Click", who abuses the power of the universal remote [[spoiler: and ends up alone when he accidentally turns off the world]].
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: The French novella adaption of "Good Friends" extends the ending. [[spoiler: Dylan's older brother Richard still mocks Dylan for having imaginary friends, just as their mom comes home and asks if Richard's been playing with his imaginary little brother. Not only that, but Richard's pet spiders aren't real either because he's terrified of actual arachnids.]]
* AndIMustScream:
** "How I Won my Bat" has the narrator [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin win the eponymous baseball bat]], but [[spoiler: he's transformed, fully conscious, into a store display mannequin of a batter. He is actually pleased by the outcome though, because people pass by the exhibit and admire his swing, and now he will actually be able to keep the bat forever]].
** "Click" ends when [[spoiler: Seth accidentally turns off the world, and he's only surrounded by darkness; the only light being a faint glow on the remote control that reads '''BATTERY DEAD'''.]]
* BaseballEpisode: "How I Won My Bat" is centered around Michael 'Mike' Burns, who loves baseball but is lousy at it until he gets the titular bat.
* TheBlank: "Broken Dolls" features a creepy old woman who crafts dolls, but doesn't include facial features on her creations. It is later revealed that she uses a type of magical gel (referred to as "dolly jelly" by the protagonist's younger brother) which not only robs the unfortunate victims of their faces, which then end up on the specific doll, but their souls apparently become trapped in the dolls, too.
* BreatherEpisode: "Good Friends". It's a simple slice of life tale that doesn't involve any creepy or weird stuff. [[spoiler: Aside from the twist that Jordan and his sister are all in Dylan's head.]]
* EnfantTerrible: Hannah from "Strained Peas", a baby who turns out to be evil.
* GenreSavvy: Tamara in "Broken Dolls". [[spoiler: Upon receiving the old woman doll, she gets her brother to try and break it before anything else can happen.]]
* HereWeGoAgain: Actually defied for once at the end of "Broken Dolls". [[spoiler: Someone sends Tamara a doll that resembles the creepy doll maker, but instead of ending the story there, Tamara decides to goad her brother into breaking the doll before anything can happen.]]
* KarmicTwistEnding: "Click" has [[spoiler: the protagonist abusing the universal remote to suit his own ends. When he's confronted about this he tries to use the device against the accuser but it doesn't work properly, so he presses the "off" button in frustration, and the entire world vanishes as he finds himself in a black void. Then the battery runs out.]]
* MuggleInMageCustody: [[spoiler: At the end of "The House of No Return", the three protagonists end up trapped in the titular house forever with a pair of ghosts.]]
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Subverted with "Good Friends". [[spoiler: It turns out that the main character's best friend and bratty sister, who has an imaginary friend herself, ''are'' in fact imaginary themselves.]]
* SnakePeople: Mr. Blankenship in "Teacher's Pet", who turns out to be a were-snake.
* TakenForGranite: "How I Won My Bat" ends with [[spoiler: the main character getting turned into a self-aware statue, holding the titular baseball bat]].
* TomatoSurprise: "A Vampire in the Neighborhood" ends with the reveal that [[spoiler: Helga isn't a vampire, but the main kids are.]]
* UniversalRemoteControl: "Click" is about a boy who comes across an advertisement for a "Universal Remote Control" sold by TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday that works on reality itself. He quickly starts to abuse it for various petty reasons, like cheating on a school exam, which eventually alienates him from his best friend. At the end, [[spoiler: he accidentally makes the world vanish when he presses the "OFF" button in frustration, only to find that the batteries have run out]].
* VampireEpisode: "A Vampire in the Neighborhood" is about a group of kids who think another person is a vampire and try to confirm it. [[spoiler: She isn't, but ''they'' are, and decide to remedy this by making her into one too.]]

* ChekhovsSkill: In "The House of No Return", Chris asks his mother to make a bacon cheeseburger in return for him cleaning his room, to which his mom replies "You and your deals". [[spoiler:This is what he does with the ghosts: they let him go and in exchange they'll get three new adoptive children.]]