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The Monster at the End of This Book

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The Monster at the End of This Book	comment	There is a Monster at the bottom of this TV Tropes page.Grover: AHHH! Do not read this page, there is a scary monster at the end!The Monster at the End of this Book is a 1971 Sesame Street picture book written by Jon Stone and illustrated by Mike Smollin. It consists entirely of Grover pleading with the reader, more and more desperately, to stop reading the book — because he's read the title page and is afraid to meet the monster.In 1996, a sequel was published, titled Another Monster at the End of This Book, in which Grover is joined by Elmo. There, Grover again attempts to stop the reader from making it to the end of the book, while Elmo encourages the reader to continue reading. This has also been made into an app.In 2020, an animated special based on the book, The Monster at the End of This Story, aired on HBO Max on October 29, available to stream on PBS Kids from March 7, 2022. On August 19, 2022, this was removed from HBO Max along with various other Sesame Workshop programming.It can be read here, and the sequel can be read here.See We Are in a Book! (an entry in the Elephant & Piggie series) for another children's book with a similar narrative concept.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_10fe7cc1	type	Blamed for Being Railroaded
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_10fe7cc1	comment	Blamed for Being Railroaded: Grover gets increasingly upset about the reader turning the pages. Of course, there's no other way to read the book.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_113480b7	type	Canon Foreigner
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_113480b7	comment	Canon Foreigner: Abby Cadabby, Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Rosita are added in the animated special, even though they weren't in the original book. Although Elmo did appear in the Sequel Another Monster at the End of This Book.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_200fbcd8	type	Snicket Warning Label
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_200fbcd8	comment	Snicket Warning Label: The entire book is Grover asking you, hindering you, and finally outright begging you not to read any further, because there is a monster at the end of the book.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_23473ae7	type	Adaptation Expansion
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_23473ae7	comment	Adaptation Expansion: New plot elements include an in-universe progress bar which Grover employs to delay the story's end, eventually going back to the dinosaur era.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_2f329e3c	type	Tomato in the Mirror
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_2f329e3c	comment	Tomato in the Mirror: Grover finds out he was the monster all along.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_38c493f1	type	End-of-Series Awareness
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_38c493f1	comment	End-of-Series Awareness: Grover can tell that the end of the book is coming, and gets more and more frightened about it.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_3b4f620a	type	No Fourth Wall
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_3b4f620a	comment	No Fourth Wall: None whatsoever; Grover spends the entire book addressing the reader.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_48081842	type	The Stinger
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_48081842	comment	The Stinger: "Oh, I am so embarrassed."
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_48f0ca7f	type	PostModernism
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_48f0ca7f	comment	Postmodernism: For 3-year-olds! It's even been compared to the work of Kurt Vonnegut.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_5009999d	type	Painting the Medium
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_5009999d	comment	Painting the Medium: Grover goes to greater and greater lengths to keep the reader from turning the page (as he's afraid of the monster at the end of the book). He ties the pages together, attempts to nail them down, and builds a brick wall, all to no avail.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_5b1a2f4e	type	Ain't Too Proud to Beg
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_5b1a2f4e	comment	Ain't Too Proud to Beg: On the penultimate page, Grover, at this point completely out of options, pleads with the reader not to turn to the ending.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_5ee26f31	type	Adaptation Amalgamation
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_5ee26f31	comment	Adaptation Amalgamation: The HBO adaptation is based on the first and second books. At the start Grover is alone trying to stop the story like in the first book until Elmo comes in to help him out like in Another Monster at the End of This Book.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_722c7fe5	type	"Where? Where?"
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_722c7fe5	comment	"Where? Where?": The book as a whole is an extended version.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Due to Grover's attempts to hold pages together with rope, nails, and bricks.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Much of Grover's dialogue is written in bold capitals, implying loud, hammy speech. A proper reading of the book to small children is far better if the reader hams it up.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_8574b725	type	Song of Courage
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_8574b725	comment	Song of Courage: In The Monster At the End of This Story, Grover's friends all sing the song "Have Courage" to tell him about times when they were brave in the past and to help him see that he can courage too to face the monster.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_884e513b	type	Medium Awareness
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_884e513b	comment	Medium Awareness: Grover is completely aware that he is in a book, and with every page turn they are getting closer to the monster that is at the end. Heck, the reason he was alarmed in the first place is because he got a look at the cover.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_8e3b5b4d	type	Minimalist Cast
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_8e3b5b4d	comment	Minimalist Cast: Nobody but Grover and the monster appear in the book. Of course, Grover IS the monster.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a2cd1e60	type	Bold Inflation
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a2cd1e60	comment	Bold Inflation: To help with demonstrating Grover's typical Large Ham style, his lettering regularly shifts. Not just bolded, but a multicolored balloonish script is used for some of his more histrionic moments.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a68421bb	type	Animated Adaptation
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a68421bb	comment	Animated Adaptation: October 2020 saw the release of an animated version of this book.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: Grover makes three barricades in unsuccessful attempts to prevent the reader from reaching the end of the book. His first is tying the pages together with a bunch of ropes, his second is nailing a bunch of boards to the pages, and his third is building a brick wall. As they're all just illustrations in the book, they do nothing to prevent the reader from turning the pages.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a7faec8e	type	Written Sound Effect
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a7faec8e	comment	Written Sound Effect: "BONK BAM BING KLONK BONK BING!" as Grover attempts to hammer the pages together to keep the reader from turning them.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a8c6a317	type	Super-Strength
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_a8c6a317	comment	Super-Strength: When the reader "pulls down" Grover's brick wall by turning the page, on the next one, they find a defeated Grover lying under the rubble, and muttering, "Do you know that you are very strong?"
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: After spending most of the book terrified of the monster, Grover discovers that he's the monster and immediately admonishes the reader for being so afraid. At the very end, though:
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_bb5126ec	type	Prophecy Twist
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_bb5126ec	comment	Prophecy Twist: Grover is the monster.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_c37a7fd9	type	No, You
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_c37a7fd9	comment	No, You: At the end of the second book, there's this back-and-forth exchange between Grover and Elmo:
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_cdfe12c3	type	Nothing Is Scarier
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_cdfe12c3	comment	Nothing Is Scarier: In The Monster At the End of This Story, Grover admits that the real reason he's scared is because he doesn't know anything about the monster at the end of the story and not knowing is very scary to him. His friends all agree to meet him at the end and that way he'll have friends around to be there when he meets the monster.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_d2c0e2ed	type	Schmuck Bait
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_d2c0e2ed	comment	Schmuck Bait: The very concept of the book: Grover tells you not to turn the pages, so that you'll want to turn the pages.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_e0c470a1	type	The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_e0c470a1	comment	The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: Grover warns the reader not to finish the book, as they will encounter a monster on the last page. He's right. This book is also a rare example where this trope is inverted. Grover keeps trying to stop the reader from turning pages, but the fourth wall does not protect him.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_e7e40c98	type	Berserk Board Barricade
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_e7e40c98	comment	Berserk Board Barricade: Grover tries to stop the reader by making barricades. His first barricade is a bunch of ropes tying the pages together. His next barricade is a bunch of boards nailed to the pages. His third barricade is a brick wall. Because they're just illustrations in the book, they do nothing to stop the reader from turning the book's pages.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_f642b1f9	type	You Bastard!
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_f642b1f9	comment	You Bastard!: Without the profanity, obviously, but Grover gets very upset with the reader for continuing to turn pages despite his best efforts.
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The Monster at the End of This Book / int_f9375414	type	FacePalm
The Monster at the End of This Book / int_f9375414	comment	Face Palm: Grover puts his hand to his face when the reader doesn't listen to him and turns the page.
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The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Blamed for Being Railroaded / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Briar Patching / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Children's Literature / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Fake Interactivity / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Mandela Effect / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Medium Awareness / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Monster Media / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	No Fourth Wall / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Our Bugbears Are Scarier / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	Snicket Warning Label / int_6661b4d1
The Monster at the End of This Book	hasFeature	What Do You Mean, It's Not Didactic? / int_6661b4d1

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