Gooflumps facts for kids
Cover for Stay Out of the Bathroom, the second book.
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| Author | Tom Hughes (as R.U. Slime) |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Parody Horror |
| Publisher | Random House Inc. |
| Published | 1995 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Gooflumps is a funny two-book series from 1995. It was written by Tom Hughes, who used the silly pen name R. U. Slime. These books are a parody of the famous Goosebumps series by R. L. Stine. A parody is like a funny copy of something else.
Both Gooflumps books came out at the same time in 1995 from Random House, Inc. You can't buy them new anymore, but sometimes you can find them online at Amazon.com. Even though they first came out only in the U.S. and Canada, now people all over the world can find them online. Each book had a funny picture of the author, Tom Hughes, as 'R.U. Slime.' He was upside down with crazy hair!
The Gooflumps Books
The stories in the Gooflumps books are not connected to each other. But both books had three funny sayings on their covers:
- Buy 2 - that's it!
- This spoof is just a goof!
- Warning! Not a Goosebumps book
Even though the writing style and titles were similar to Goosebumps, these books didn't make fun of any specific Goosebumps story. They mostly made fun of how R. L. Stine wrote his books.
Stay Out of the Bathroom
This book's full title is Stay Out of the Bathroom (Gooflumps Book 2 ½). Its title sounds like Stay Out of the Basement. However, the story is more like Let's Get Invisible!.
Stay Out of the Bathroom is about a young boy named Joe Kohler. Joe calls himself the "toilet king." He starts to notice strange things happening with his toilet. The lid slams shut on his head, and the toilet won't flush. Then, people start to go missing, and all the clues lead to his bathroom! Joe soon finds out that his toilet is a teleportation device. It's being used by scary aliens who are visiting Earth.
Eat Cheese and Barf!
This book's full title is Eat Cheese and Barf! (Gooflumps Book 4 ½). Its title is a funny take on Say Cheese and Die!. But the plot is more like Monster Blood.
Eat Cheese and Barf! is about a boy named Billy Fudder. Billy is lactose-intolerant, which means dairy products upset his stomach. His family moves from Syracuse, New York to a small town called Bledsoe, New York. They inherited a farm from his grandfather. The town makes a lot of dairy products, which is annoying for Billy since he's the only one who can't eat them.
But this boring town has a secret! Underneath Billy's home is a creature made entirely of cottage cheese. Billy's grandfather, who was a bit insane, created it. His sister's boyfriend, Armand the farmhand, and his talking dairy cow Martha try to help them. They need to find a way to stop the monster. The monster gets loose at the local carnival where Billy and his friend Fannie are.
