RL StinesGoosebumpsnovels were a massive hit for Parachute Press and Scholastic in the 90s.

Fast-paced, short childrens horror novels with a sense of humor, theGoosebumpsbooks were a pop culture phenomenon.

The 2023 reboot proved to be a hit with fans of R.L.

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Stine’s books, and Goosebumps season 2 on Disney+ and Hulu continues that trend.

Anthony is a botanist who is working on mysterious experiments involving plants in his basement laboratory.

However, Anthony has a much more sympathetic backstory.

David Schwimmer’s Anthony and Elijah Cooper’s CJ in Goosebumps The Vanishing

AsGoosebumps: The Vanishings endingreveals, Anthony always blamed himself for his older brother Mattys disappearance decades earlier.

Treys car isnt technically haunted by a ghost.

However, the two stories do diverge in some pivotal places.

A composite image of a boy possessed by a dummy in front of Slappy peering through broken glass in Goosebumps

For one thing, Treys car isnt technically haunted by a ghost.

Similarly, Cece eventually has to give up on her own fiction to save herself and her friends.

Since he and Frankie have just endured a lovers quarrel, he is quick to warm to her.

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However, viewers familiar with theGoosebumpsnovels will already know where this story is going thanks to Hannahs name.

In a genuinely surprising twist, viewers eventually learn that this is not the case.

It is actually Hannah herself who is the ghost, and she doesnt realize it until the novels ending.

Like thelive-actionGoosebumpsmovies,Goosebumps: The Vanishingreuses this twist.

For another,Hannahs status as a ghost isnt a surprise inGoosebumps: The Vanishingthanks toThe Ghost Next Door.

Stines novel is famous enough to remain well-remembered decades later.

Goosebumps: The Vanishingis streaming on Hulu.

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