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It Came from Beneath the Sink!

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It Came from Beneath the Sink!	comment	The Goosebumps book with a bad-luck causing sponge monster.Katrina "Kat" Merton and her family have moved to a new house, where their dog quickly discovers a strange sponge, which seems to have eyes, under the sink. But as a series of misfortunes begin to plague the family, Kat's brother Daniel discovers the sponge's true identity as the Grool, a monster that feeds on bad luck, and cannot be gotten rid of until its current owner dies. Now, Kat and Daniel must try to figure out a way to safely beat the Grool's powers.It was adapted into the fourteenth episode of the first season of the TV series.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1ba34641	type	The Glomp
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1ba34641	comment	The Glomp: When Katrina thinks that she found the Grool after losing it, which could have caused her to die, she excitedly hugs Daniel's friend, Carlo, tightly. Carlo does not appreciate this, and tells her to get off him.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1e8f4221	type	Fingore
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1e8f4221	comment	Fingore: When Kat tries to have her teacher examine the Grool, it causes Ms. Vanderhoff to slam her fingers in the drawer of her desk.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1ec7ea4a	type	Watch Out for That Tree!
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1ec7ea4a	comment	Watch Out for That Tree!: When riding on his bicycle as part of a dare, Carlos hits a tree which sprains his knee. It also sends the Grool flying off for teenagers to find and play catch with.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1f963842	type	Bloodier and Gorier
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_1f963842	comment	Bloodier and Gorier: There is a lot more bloody violence than usual for the series, including someone stepping on a nail and bleeding from it.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_2677b1dc	type	Door Slam of Rage
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_2677b1dc	comment	Door Slam of Rage: Kat does this in Daniel's face when he tricks her into thinking they had school today even though they had the day off.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_37d94ed9	type	Agony of the Feet
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_37d94ed9	comment	Agony of the Feet: Daniel's friend Carlo tries to study the Grool, but it's cut short when he steps in the wrong place and a nail goes through his foot.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_38d12399	type	Teens Are Monsters
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_38d12399	comment	Teens Are Monsters: Two teens show up to cause problems for the main characters. When they encounter Carlo, they dare him to race them, and he collided with a tree which caused all of them to laugh at him. And when they find the Grool, they play catch with it and taunt Kat to get it.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_53322bef	type	New House, New Problems
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_53322bef	comment	New House, New Problems: The family moves into a new house that's home to a monster that causes bad luck.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_53fd0a77	type	Out of the Frying Pan
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_53fd0a77	comment	Out of the Frying Pan: After getting rid of the Grool, Kat finds a Lanx, which causes instant death if it latches onto you by draining all your energy.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_5c219298	type	Phony Psychic
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_5c219298	comment	Phony Psychic: What Kat's Aunt Louise turns out to be. She knows about astrology and tarot cards, but when Kat shows her the Grool hoping that she can figure out more about it, Louise is clueless.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: The book ends with Kat discovering a potato with a mouthful of teeth — matching the description of a Lanx, an energy-draining monster found in her brother's Encyclopedia of the Weird book earlier.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_77d826c7	type	Stern Teacher
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_77d826c7	comment	Stern Teacher: Ms. Vanderhoff, Kat's intelligent but strict teacher. According to Katrina, anyone who goofs off or talks out of turn stays after school for a week. She also apparently has no sense of humor.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_77e8d49d	type	Clingy MacGuffin
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_77e8d49d	comment	Clingy MacGuffin: The Grool only moves on to a new owner when the previous one dies. Attempting to give it away will result in automatic death for its owner within one day.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_83641c73	type	Logical Weakness
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_83641c73	comment	Logical Weakness: Since it feeds on bad luck and negativity, showing it kindness weakens and eventually kills the Grool.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_87e661e8	type	Absurdly Spacious Sewer
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_87e661e8	comment	Absurdly-Spacious Sewer: Kat goes down a pothole in the street to encounter this while searching for the Grool.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: Kat's aunt Louise drives a bright yellow convertible, which is one of the reasons why Kat really admires her.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: In the Encyclopedia of the Weird, it mentions the Grool is also closely related to a creature called the Lanx, a potato-like creature with fangs, which is reportedly much more dangerous because it sucks the life-force out of you. It seems like a random fact until at the end of the book where Kat finds Killer carrying the Lanx.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_9e0c3153	comment	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: At one point when asking Daniel where Carlos is, Katrina repeats slowly, "Where...is...Carlos?"
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_a0797fb3	type	Stunned Silence
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_a0797fb3	comment	Stunned Silence: Daniel and Carlos have a case of this when Kat is explaining to them how the Grool was able to be killed through her shows of compassion towards it.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: When she worries that she might die because of losing the Grool, Kat imagines her brother walking to school alone, her parents crying their eyes out, and her aunt wondering why she didn't believe her. These make her more determined to get the Grool back.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_ab5eea65	type	Dramatic Irony
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_ab5eea65	comment	Dramatic Irony: When she brings an injured Ms. Vanderhoff to the school nurse, Katrina is told that she's been very helpful. Katrina herself notes that this isn't true, because people kept getting hurt thanks to her and the Grool.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_c9868780	type	Playing Possum
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_c9868780	comment	Playing Possum: The Grool does this a few times, pretending to be a normal sponge around people other than Kat and Daniel so nobody will realize its true nature.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: The two teenagers whom pick on Daniel and find the Grool only has one of their names revealed; Dave. The other boy is only referred to as "the blond boy."
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d129e13e	type	"Eureka!" Moment
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d129e13e	comment	"Eureka!" Moment: Daniel is looking through the Encyclopedia of the Weird again, and he again reads aloud how the Grool cannot be killed with force nor violence. This gives Kat the bright idea to do the opposite of those things. Sure enough, it works.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d1e7f24a	type	Big "SHUT UP!"
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d1e7f24a	comment	Big "SHUT UP!": Kat yells this twice at the Grool when it snickers after her first failed attempt to kill it.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d42fb539	type	Our Monsters Are Weird
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d42fb539	comment	Our Monsters Are Weird: The Grool, a monster that looks like a sponge but is alive and causes (and feeds on) bad luck.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d42fb539	featureConfidence	1.0
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d83454f8	type	Keep Away
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_d83454f8	comment	Keep Away: When Kat finds that a duo of teenagers have the Grool, she demands that they give it back to her. So they tell her to get it herself with this trope. They do this for ten minutes with her unable to catch it, so she just gives up and decides to let the bad luck do the job for her.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_eadf2e86	type	Bad Luck Charm
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_eadf2e86	comment	Bad Luck Charm: The Grool brings bad luck to whomever finds it, up to and including death.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_eadf2e86	featureConfidence	1.0
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_f7588306	type	Reverse Psychology
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_f7588306	comment	Reverse Psychology: How do the protagonists destroy a Bad Luck Charm that feeds off of negativity? By literally killing it with kindness.
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It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_ff6ae1f6	type	Evil-Detecting Dog
It Came from Beneath the Sink! / int_ff6ae1f6	comment	Evil-Detecting Dog: Kat's dog Killer starts growling at the space under the sink, which happens to be home to the Grool. And he later does the same when he finds the Lanx in a cupboard right next to the sink.
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