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Monsters in My Mailbox

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26 feature instances
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Monsters in My Mailbox	label	Monsters in My Mailbox
Monsters in My Mailbox	page	MonstersInMyMailbox
Monsters in My Mailbox	comment	Monsters In My Mailbox is a 1995 children's book written by Ellen Jackson and illustrated by Maxie Chambliss. The story is about young Reginald McGillicuddy and his attempt to gain friends by joining the Monster-of-the-Month Club, seeing as he has no kids to play with besides Anna Marie, a girl. However, the continual deliveries of new creatures spirals into a monster problem...
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_18d420b0	type	Lovable Coward
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_18d420b0	comment	Lovable Coward: Winky is apparently scared of the dark and spiders and begs Reginald to let him sleep with him. When he sees Ginky's teeth gleaming in the moonlight as Ginky takes a breath, he panics.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_2006056c	type	Girls Have Cooties
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_2006056c	comment	Girls Have Cooties: Reginald is lonely at the beginning but doesn't want to play with Anna Marie because she's a girl. He changes his mind at the end and asks her over to play checkers.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_235a2706	type	Baseball Episode
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_235a2706	comment	Baseball Episode: Reginald eventually gets so many monsters that he made a baseball team in December, at least until Binky stole and ate all the bases.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: As Reginald spends all day cleaning up his room the monsters Stinky, Binky and Finky are toasting marshmallows.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_2bb951b8	type	Nobody Can Die
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_2bb951b8	comment	Nobody Can Die: Not that being turned into fireflies is much better.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_34e1ef45	type	Unnamed Parent
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_34e1ef45	comment	Unnamed Parent: Downplayed. We know what the last name of Reginald's parents is McGillicuddy due to Reginald's introduction. Anna Marie's parents are introduced a Mr. and Mrs. Applebee.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_3763cea	type	Plot Point
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_3763cea	comment	Plot Point: If Reginald never found the unusual Monster-of-the-Month Club advertisement, there wouldn't be a story.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_5411cf1e	type	Kids Love Dinosaurs
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_5411cf1e	comment	Kids Love Dinosaurs: Reginald seems to certainly think so, having quite a collection of dinosaur memorabilia. Several monsters; like Binky, are also clearly inspired by dinosaurs as well. Hell, at least one dinosaur or dinosaur-like monster is present on most pages in the book!
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_558245a7	type	Redshirt Army
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_558245a7	comment	Redshirt Army: Though technically still alive.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_5f40a1c6	type	Inferred Survival
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_5f40a1c6	comment	Inferred Survival: After Reginald sprays the monsters with a garden hose they simply disappear. They all did technically survive, but with the exception of Winky were turned into fireflies.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_6c4ed101	type	Breath Weapon
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_6c4ed101	comment	Breath Weapon: Finky can breathe fire.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_8a8130a8	type	Courier
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_8a8130a8	comment	Courier: One is seen delivering the monster Stinky to Reginald. The other monsters were also presumably delivered by others.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_91cab736	type	Major Injury Underreaction
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_91cab736	comment	Major Injury Underreaction: Reginald is surprisingly chipper when he finds out what happened to the monsters. He might have just been happy that Winky's okay, despite having been shrunk, but that still means that all the other monsters were turned into mere insects.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_92b9e234	type	Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_92b9e234	comment	Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal: Stinky wears red booties and nothing else.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_a1fedb67	type	Parental Obliviousness
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_a1fedb67	comment	Parental Obliviousness: Neither of Reginald's parents notices that there are monsters in their house or that their son is hiding them. They do find the aftermath but blame it on Reginald. Later, they hear the noise made when Reginald has to get many of the monsters a drink, but pass it off with a more mundane explanation.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_b6ec7566	type	Twofer Token Minority
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_b6ec7566	comment	Twofer Token Minority: Anna Marie is Ambiguously Brown and female.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_c5fe6c81	type	Strong Family Resemblance
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_c5fe6c81	comment	Strong Family Resemblance: Reginald looks quite a bit like his parents.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_d0d90308	type	Bizarre Taste in Food
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_d0d90308	comment	Bizarre Taste in Food: Many monsters qualify, though Stinky takes the cake claiming to eat mud pies and box springs. He also mentions that he enjoys snacking on dust balls.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_d42fb539	type	Our Monsters Are Weird
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_d42fb539	comment	Our Monsters Are Weird: What you need to do when the monsters run amok; which is shared in the directions to the monsters, as stated by Anna Marie.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_d88e125e	type	Our Dragons Are Different
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_d88e125e	comment	Our Dragons Are Different: Finky, though never called a dragon, is clearly based on them; he even breathes fire.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_dcbe8a6e	type	Chekhov's Gunman
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_dcbe8a6e	comment	Chekhov's Gunman: Anna Marie first appears simply as Reginald's only neighbor his own age. However, when the monsters get out of control, she reveals that she knows what to do, having been a member of the club herself.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_e431c24c	type	Not Quite Dead
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_e431c24c	comment	Not Quite Dead: Except for Winky all of the monsters were turned into fireflies.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_eff83d77	type	Mundane Utility
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_eff83d77	comment	Mundane Utility: Finky uses his fire breath to roast marshmallows.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_f7ef954e	type	Metamorphosis Monster
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_f7ef954e	comment	Metamorphosis Monster: Unless it's dried off quickly, a wet monster will turn into a firefly.
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Monsters in My Mailbox / int_ff4d5bd5	type	Monster Roommate
Monsters in My Mailbox / int_ff4d5bd5	comment	Monster Roommate: Many of the monsters live somewhere in Reginald's room. It ends up being deconstructed, given that by the time Winky arrives the room is pretty crowded. The close quarters cause the ending, given that if the monster had had more space, they might not have accidentally upset each other and run amok.
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

Monsters in My Mailbox	hasFeature	Bizarre Taste in Food / int_5e2534fd
Monsters in My Mailbox	hasFeature	Children's Literature / int_5e2534fd
Monsters in My Mailbox	hasFeature	Monster Media / int_5e2534fd
Monsters in My Mailbox	hasFeature	Monster Roommate / int_5e2534fd
Monsters in My Mailbox	hasFeature	Our Monsters Are Weird / int_5e2534fd

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