Who is Slappy the Dummy based on?

According to R. L. Stine
R. L. Stine
Early life

Stine was born on October 8, 1943 in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Lewis Stine, a shipping clerk, and Anne Feinstein. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio. He comes from a Jewish family. Stine began writing at age nine, when he found a typewriter in his attic, subsequently beginning to type stories and joke books.
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, Slappy was inspired by the literary classic The Adventures of Pinocchio. He liked the book's idea of a wooden puppet coming to life, so he created Slappy. Magic, a 1978 horror film where a dummy is thought to commit evil acts, was another one of R. L. Stine's inspirations for Slappy.
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Is Slappy based on Chucky?

Slappy may have been at least partially inspired by Chucky from the "Child's Play" horror films. For instance, both have similar-sounding names, and both are living dolls. In his television appearance, Slappy has orange/red hair—like Chuck.
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What is Slappy's backstory?

Slappy was originally created by an unnamed evil sorcerer by being carved out of the cursed wood of a stolen coffin, alongside Mr. Wood. He takes the form of a ventriloquist dummy but is granted life, threatening everyone around him and becoming more of a threat as the series progressed.
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Is Mr Wood Slappy's brother?

I Am Slappy's Evil Twin

After not appearing in a book in over 24 years, Mr. Wood finally made another appearance in the third Goosebumps SlappyWorld book, I Am Slappy's Evil Twin. In it, it is revealed that the original owner and creator of Mr. Wood was Franz Mahar, a ventriloquist.
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What kind of dummy is Slappy?

Slappy Dummy, Ventriloquist Doll “Star of Goosebumps”, Famous Ventriloquist Dummy. Has Glow in The Dark Eyes.
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What are Slappy's powers?

Slappy possesses the following powers and abilities:
  • Teleportation.
  • Human intelligence.
  • Sentience.
  • Henchmen.
  • Near invulnerability.
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How do you put Slappy to sleep?

However, this spell only works if it's said by Slappy. In Slappy's Nightmare, Jimmy O'James obtains a similar spell to use on Slappy, which when read aloud would bring a different dummy to life and put Slappy to sleep forever.
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What is Mr Woods real name?

Wardy Joubert III (August 30, 1971 – December 11, 2016), known as Wood, was an American preacher, football coach, and subject of an internet meme that has circulated since 2012.
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Is R.L. Stine still alive?

There are a lot of rumours about children's horror author RL Stine. That he's dead (not true), that he's actually a collection of writers working under one name (also not true), and that he was once writing a new book every week.
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Is Goosebumps real story?

Goosebumps is a series of children's horror fiction novels by American author R. L. Stine, published by Scholastic Publishing. The stories follow child characters, who find themselves in scary situations, usually involving monsters and other supernatural elements.
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Is Chucky and Annabelle related?

Annabelle and Chucky are not brother and sister. The two characters are both dolls, but they share no sibling connection whatsoever and therefore are not part of the same family. Annabelle and Chucky have also never appeared together in a movie.
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Is Chucky based off Annabelle?

Unlike the alleged real-life events that inspired "Annabelle," the events depicted in the 1988 slasher flick "Child's Play" are regarded as a work of fiction; however, the tale of Robert the Doll, a real-life case of paranormal activity involving a haunted doll, has some pretty striking similarities to that of Chucky ...
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Is Chucky based off a real person?

While Chucky, the killer doll from the Child's Play franchise, isn't a real life individual, he is actually inspired by an alleged true story. The real events that helped inspire what would become the story for Child's Play begin with the tale of Robert the Doll.
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Who voiced Slappy in Dead Rising 2?

Brad Swaile is the voice of Brent Ernst / Slappy in Dead Rising 2.
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Does Jack Black play Slappy in Goosebumps 2?

Early on, while the movie was still in development, there was speculation that Jack Black wouldn't be returning as R. L. Stine in the sequel. Luckily for you and your kids, he does return. He voices Slappy and does appear as Stine, but he's not in the movie very much.
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Why is Tiger named Tiger?

Tiger is the son of Earl Woods, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, and his wife, Kultida, a native of Thailand. He was nicknamed Tiger after a Vietnamese soldier and friend of his father, Vuong Dang Phong, to whom his father had also given that nickname.
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Who is the black guy sitting on the bed?

During the peak of the pandemic (2020) one star shone brighter than all and his name is Barry Wood. Images of the well-endowed Big Barry sitting on his bed went viral across the globe, quickly becoming part of the cultural vernacular.
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Is Slappy a killer?

Slappy is a killer in the scary elevator.
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Who is Mr Wood?

Wood is an ancient god of trees and forest that aligned himself with the New Gods.
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How many Slappy books are there?

There are 18 books in this series.
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Who defeated Slappy?

In the end, he is destroyed by Dennis, Amy's old dummy. Trina and Daniel O'Dell's dad came home one night with the broken Slappy, which he got for free from a guy which he believes is Amy's father.
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