# Gooflumps

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{{Short description|1995 book series by Tom Hughes}}
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{{Infobox book series
| name = Gooflumps
| books = {{unbulleted list|Stay Out of the Bathroom|Eat Cheese and Barf!}}
| image = Gooflumps1.jpg
| caption = Cover for ''Stay Out of the Bathroom''
| author = Tom Hughes (as R.U. Slime){{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = [Parody](/source/Parody)<br>[Horror](/source/Horror_fiction)
| publisher = Random House Inc.
| pub_date = 1995
| media_type = Print (hardback & paperback)
}}

'''''Gooflumps''''' is a two-part [parody](/source/parody) book series written in 1995 by Tom Hughes under the pseudonym of R. U. Slime.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} The books are parodies of the ''[Goosebumps](/source/Goosebumps)'' series by [R. L. Stine](/source/R._L._Stine). Both books were released simultaneously in 1995 by [Random House, Inc](/source/Random_House%2C_Inc). Each book had a tongue-in-cheek author's photo of Hughes upside down with wild, unkempt hair as "R.U. Slime".{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==The books==
*''Stay Out of the Bathroom''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Slime |first1=R. U. |title=Stay out of the bathroom |date=1995 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=9780679879084}}</ref>
*''Eat Cheese and Barf!''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Slime |first1=R. U. |title=Eat cheese and barf! |date=1995 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=9780679879350}}</ref>

The books are completely unlinked in their storylines, but both books featured three taglines on their covers:
*'' Buy 2 - that's it!''
*'' This spoof is just a goof!''
*''Warning! Not a ''Goosebumps'' book''

Despite the similarity in writing and the title spoofs, the books were not actual parodies of any particular ''[Goosebumps](/source/Goosebumps)'' books, only parodying the writing style of [R. L. Stine](/source/R._L._Stine).

===''Stay Out of the Bathroom (Gooflumps Book 2 ½)''===
This book's title is a parody of ''[Stay Out of the Basement](/source/Goosebumps_(original_series))'', although the book itself is more similar to ''[Let's Get Invisible!](/source/Goosebumps_(original_series))''. ''Stay out of the Bathroom'' centers on a young boy named Joe [Kohler](/source/Kohler_Company), a self-proclaimed "toilet king" who begins to experience strange things going on with his toilet, such as the lid slamming down on his head while he is vomiting, the toilet refusing to flush, and a trail of missing people leading directly to his bathroom. He soon discovers that the toilet is a [teleportation](/source/teleportation) device for sinister [alien](/source/Extraterrestrial_life)s visiting the Earth.

===''Eat Cheese and Barf! (Gooflumps Book 4 ½)''===
This book has a title which is a parody of ''[Say Cheese and Die!](/source/Goosebumps_(original_series))'', although the plot is more similar to ''[Monster Blood](/source/Goosebumps_(original_series))''. ''Eat Cheese and Barf!'' Involves a young [lactose-intolerant](/source/Lactose_intolerance) boy named Billy Fudder whose family has moved from [Syracuse, New York](/source/Syracuse%2C_New_York) to the rural town of Bledsoe, New York after inheriting a farm from his grandfather. The town thrives on the production of [dairy product](/source/dairy_product)s, which irritates Billy, as he is the only lactose-intolerant boy in the city. However, this boring town has a secret: beneath his home is a creature made entirely of [cottage cheese](/source/cottage_cheese) created by his grandfather, who was actually [insane](/source/insanity). His sister's one-armed boyfriend Armand the [farmhand](/source/Farm_worker) and his talking [dairy cow](/source/Dairy_cattle) Martha try to help them find a way to stop the monster, while he and his friend Fannie arrive at the local [carnival](/source/carnival) where it has been released.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Poplar|first1=Zeus|title=Gooflumps: Eat Cheese And Barf! Review|url=http://thor.mirtna.org/gooflumps-eat-cheese-and-barf.html|website=thor.mirtna.org|date=October 31, 2000}}</ref>

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Category:1995 American novels
Category:Parody novels
Category:Works published under a pseudonym
Category:Works based on Goosebumps
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