Slappy is a fictional character created by R.L. Stine for the Goosebumps children’s series. He’s a ventriloquist dummy but he’s not your normal dummy. When the words, “Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano”, are spoken he comes to life and wreaks havoc on all those around him. The words are written on a piece of paper that’s found in his jacket pocket. R.L. Stine, the author, has said, “I love writing Slappy because he is so rude.”
One thing is for sure, Slappy may be a ventriloquist figure, but he’s no dummy. He loves playing mean pranks and making it look like the child who owns him did it instead. Since no one else knows he’s alive everyone thinks it’s his owner making the rude comments. (This is usually the case with normal ventriloquist figures).
Slappy’s one of the most popular villains in the Goosebumps series. According to the books, he was carved from coffin wood by a sorcerer. In “Night of the Living Dummy” it’s revealed that the wood was cursed. Slappy also had a brother, Mr. Wood, who was carved from the same wood. When Mr. Wood was destroyed it made Slappy twice as evil and ruder than ever before. In another book, he had a brother named Wally, but this turned out to only be a dream.
Each book puts Slappy in a new situation with different characters. But one thing always stays the same, and that’s Slappy’s goal of making the child who owns him his personal slave. In the books, Slappy has the power to spit green slime and has super-human strength.
In “Bride of the Living Dummy”, Slappy fell in love with his owner, Jillian. However, a doll named Mary-Ellen wants Slappy for herself and causes all sorts of trouble. You’ll want to read the books to fully understand all the chaos one little crazy ventriloquist figure can cause.
Here’s list of the books where you can read about Slappy:
“Night of the Living Dummy”
“Night of the Living Dummy II”
“Night of the Living Dummy III”
“Bride of the Living Dummy”
“Slappy’s Nightmare”
“Revenge of the Living Dummy”
“The Streets of Panic Park”
“Escape from the Carnival of Horrors”
Slappy was also featured in the following episodes of the Goosebump television series:
“Night of the Living Dummy II”
“Night of the Living Dummy III” – This was a 2 part episode.
“Bride of the Living Dummy”
Another episode was filmed but the series was cancelled before it was aired. In the television series Slappy had red hair instead of brown and a few of the characters were different from the books.
The Slappy story doesn’t have to end. Ventriloquism is not that hard to learn and with some practice you can be performing your own act. You can continue Slappy’s story with your own Slappy figure, if you dare. Just make sure you keep an eye on him – and never say the magic words.