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Goosebumps
Intertitle for the first and second seasons of the Goosebumps TV series
Genre	Science fiction Horror Adventure Fantasy Suspense
Created by	R. L. Stine
Developed by	Deborah Forte
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	74 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Deborah Forte
Producers	Protocol Entertainment Scholastic Productions Gajdecki Visual Effects (Special Effects)
Running time	20 minutes
Original release
Network	YTV (Canada) Fox Kids (US) NHK (Japan)
Release	27 October 1995 (1995-10-27) – 16 November 1998 (1998-11-16)
Related
Tales from the Crypt Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror fantasy anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s (the other being Are You Afraid of the Dark?).

It was filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Bellevue, Washington.

Hallmarks

Networks

Goosebumps originally began airing on YTV (in English) and Canal Famille (in French) in Canada and on Fox Kids in the United States starting in 1995 and ending in 1998, with reruns on Fox Family lasting until 2000. Every October from 2007 to 2009, Cartoon Network aired the episodes. On 6 September 2011, The Hub started airing re-runs of the series.

From "GB-7" to "TV-Y7"

When Goosebumps was first broadcast on Fox Kids, an episode of Goosebumps would begin with a warning "Goosebumps is rated GB-7, because it may be too spooky for children under seven." Similar ratings were used on other Fox Kids shows. However, when the V-chip and the U.S. television ratings system took effect in 1996, the GB-7 rating was discontinued and given the TV-Y7 rating for scenes and plot elements considered too scary and/or gross for children under seven. On Cartoon Network, the show was rated TV-PG for scary/disturbing content. The show is now rerated back to TV-Y7 for fantasy violence (FV) on The Hub.

Opening sequences

The opening sequence starts with a man dressed in black carrying his briefcase up a hill. The name engraved on the briefcase reveals the mysterious man to be Goosebumps' author, R. L. Stine. A strong wind blows, opening Stine's case, and his papers fly out, one of which turns into a "G" seen on the Goosebumps logo, only it was black shadow, and glides through an unnamed town. The "G" passes by a woman on a billboard, making her unhappy, and passes by a dog on a porch, which makes its eyes glow a gold color (this is referenced to in the episode "My Hairiest Adventure" and was also used to represent the show in its UK airings on Fox Kids). The "G" then creeps past a tree, down a sidewalk, and into the front door of a house and begins showing a quick montage of clips from several episodes with an announcer growling, "Viewer, beware, you're in for a scare!", remade from the tagline, "Reader, beware, you're in for a scare!" used in the Goosebumps book series.

In season two, the opening was shortened, speeding up the Goosebumps "G" gliding through town and removing the quick episode montage in the doorway.

In season three, the show was renamed "Ultimate Goosebumps" and the opening underwent a few changes. A green slime and a lightning effect were added when the man in black walks up the hill with his briefcase and his papers fly out. However, instead of a paper turning into a G-shaped shadow and being blown through town, the man in black turns into bats which fly at the screen. The quick episode montage was added back but clips from different episodes were used. There are some episodes that don't include the "Ultimate Goosebumps" name, so the short season two opening was used.

In season four, the show removed the "Ultimate" from its name but retained the season three opening sequence. In some markets, this opening was also used in reruns of the first two seasons.

The opening music was composed by Jack Lenz.

Reception

CBBC censorship

Goosebumps was originally broadcast in the UK as a part of BBC's children's program lineup on CBBC from 1997 to 2001. Because of the UK's stringent censorship (particularly over content that is considered too "gross" or scary to be shown to young or sensitive viewers), many of the early Goosebumps episodes were either banned (such as the Night of the Living Dummy II, Night of the Living Dummy III, Bride of the Living Dummy, and The Haunted Mask) or aired with heavy cuts made, particularly to the twist endings. In addition, The Werewolf of Fever Swamp is the only Goosebumps episode to receive a 12 rating by the BBFC. The episodes, despite being edited for content, also aired at 6:00pm.

Unlike CBBC, the cable channel Jetix (in the UK and Ireland) has aired Goosebumps episodes with little to no edits (although the A Shocker on Shock Street episode was edited to remove Marty getting electrocuted into submission when it is revealed that Erin and Marty are robot children programmed to test out the Shock Street park).

Home Media

VHS releases

United Kingdom

United States

DVD releases

Beginning in 2004, 20th Century Fox began releasing the series on DVD in individual volumes, initially containing one episode per disc but later changed to two episodes per disc. Later releases included either two discs or multiple episodes on one disc.

Original releases

(With two episodes per disc, except for Chillogy):

Double features

On 16 September 2008, twelve of the above 16 discs were re-released in new double-feature sets, containing the same episodes as before.

Revival releases

Starting in 2008, new DVD sets were released to corrospond with the Goosebumps HorrorLand revival books. Unlike the original releases, these sets include three to four 22-minute episodes, rather than two. They also feature new cover art, as opposed to previous releases which used the cover art for the corresponding series book.

On 11 September 2012, six of the above revival releases will be re-released in new 2-DVD Spookpacks.

• Notes: As of the 11 September 2012 DVD releases, all but five episodes of the series are missing from completing the collection they are (The Haunted Mask Parts 1 & 2, Werewolf Skin Parts 1 & 2 and The Cuckoo Clock of Doom).

These DVDs were only released in Region 1 by U.S. import.

Season sets

On 26 November 2012, Revelation Films has started to release season sets of the series in the United Kingdom (DVD region 2).

Goosebumps Presents

The books in the original Goosebumps series that were made into episodes of the Goosebumps television series were subsequently re-released in a series called Goosebumps Presents. The main difference between the books in this series and their original publications is that the Goosebumps Presents editions contained photos from the corresponding episodes. 18 books were released from 1996 to 1998.

International Broadcasters

Country	Channel(s)	TV Rating	Language / Dubbed Language	International Title	Opening Narrator	Notes
Argentina	Azul Televisión Fox Kids Jetix	SAM 13	Latin American Spanish	Escalofríos		The Latin American title along with its Latin American Spanish dub from Mexico, is imported and broadcasts here.
Austria	ORF 2		German	Gänsehaut – Die Stunde der Geister	Tilo Schmitz
Australia	FOX8 Network Ten	D (Drug References) H (Supernatural Themes) V (Some Violence) L (Some Coarse Language)	English	Goosebumps	R.L. Stine
Belgium	Ketnet (Dutch) La Deux (French) BRF TV (German) VRT (Flemish)		French Dutch German Flemish	Chair de poule (French) Kippenvel (Dutch) Gänsehaut – Die Stunde der Geister (German) Koude Rillingen (Flemish)	Till Hagen (German)	French, Dutch & German dubs air, along with an additional Flemish language dub on three different networks.
Brazil	Fox Kids Jetix		Brazilian Portuguese	Goosebumps		The original English title was used, but the show was locally dubbed in Portuguese, with a Brazilian dialect.
Bulgaria	BNT 2 bTV	16	Bulgarian	настръхнала кожа
Canada	YTV (1995–1998)	C8	English	Goosebumps	R.L. Stine	The show was created and produced in this country.
Catalonia	TV3	TP	Catalan	Pànic		A Catalan dub was produced and aired in the Catalonia region of Spain.
Chile	Mega	I10	Latin American Spanish	Escalofríos		The Latin American title along with its Latin American Spanish dub from Mexico, is imported and broadcasts here.
China	CCTV	None.	Mandarin Chinese	鸡皮疙瘩		The Mandarin Chinese dub was aired in China and Taiwan.
Cuba	Cubavisión		Latin American Spanish	Escalofríos		The Latin American title along with its Latin American Spanish dub from Mexico, is imported and broadcasts here.
Czech Republic	ČT1 (1987–1997) ČT2 (1997)		Czech	Husí Kůže		The Czech dub was criticized & caused controversy for its disturbing cult religious references and for its high violence. Due to this controversy, the Government has banned the show.
Denmark	DR2	Blue Logo	Danish	Gåsehud
Finland	YLE TV2 Jetix	K12	Finnish	Kananliha
France	France 2 (1997–2000) Fox Kids Jetix		French	Chair de poule
Germany	Premiere Kabel Eins Prosieben Fox Kids Jetix Disney XD (2009–Current)		German	Gänsehaut – Die Stunde der Geister	Tilo Schmitz (Opening) Till Hagen (Dubbing over R.L. Stine's presence)	The German translated title for the books were simply called: Gänsehaut.
Greece	ANT1		Greek	Ανατριχιλες
Hong Kong	TVB	PG	English (1992–1997) Cantonese Chinese (1997–2002)	Goosebumps (1992–1997) 全身毛管 (1997–2002)	R.L. Stine (1992–1997)	A Cantonese Chinese dub was made and aired for Hong Kong.
Hungary	M1 Fox Kids Jetix	12	Hungarian	Libabőr
Iceland	RÚV		Icelandic	Gæsahúð
India	Jetix (2006–2009) Disney XD India (2010–Current)	U	English Hindi Tamil Telugu	Goosebumps (English) गूसबम्प्स (Hindi) கூசெபும்ப்ஸ் (Tamil) గూస్బంప్స్ (Telugu)	R.L. Stine (English)	Premiered on Jetix India on May 15, 2006 and aired Mondays through Fridays at 8:30PM, in English and dubbed in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Re-runs continue to air on Disney XD India.
Indonesia	Astro Ceria	D	English Indonesian	Goosebumps (English) Merinding (Indonesian)	R.L. Stine (English)
Iran	IRIB		Persian			The show was banned because it was created by a "Zionist" and for its non religious or cult reference
Ireland	RTE	MA (Mature Audience Only/Lucht Féachana Lánfhásta Amháin)	English Irish
Israel	Arutz HaYeladim	15+	Hebrew	עור ברווז
Italy	Italia 1 (1996–1999) Fox Kids (2002–2005) Jetix (2005–2009) K2 (2004–2010) Frisbee (2010–current)	Yellow Circle	Italian	Piccoli Brividi	Enrico Bertorelli (dubbing over R.L. Stine's presence)
Japan	NHK (1998–1999) NHK Educational TV (1999) Disney XD Japan (2009)	PG12 (PG-12)	Japanese	ミステリー・グースバンプス (Katakana) Misuterī Gūsubanpusu (Romaji)	Yoshisada Sakaguchi (dubbing over R.L. Stine's presence)	Only 50 episodes were broadcast and dubbed in Japanese. Premiered in Japan on NHK on April 7, 1998, and ended on March 16, 1999, with episodes airing on Tuesday nights. The Japanese titles for the books were simply known as: グースバンプス.
Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan-1	Б14	Kazakh	Қаз терілік
Latvia	LTV7		Latvian
Macedonia	MRT 2		Macedonian
Malaysia	Astro Ceria	U	English Malay	Goosebumps (English) Seram Sejuk (Malay)	R.L. Stine (English)
Macau	Canal Macau (1996–1999) TDM Ou Mun (1999–2002)	None.	Portuguese (1996–1999) Cantonese Chinese (1999–2002)	Arrepios (1996–1999) 全身毛管 (1999–2002)
Mexico	Canal 5 Fox Kids Jetix	B	Latin American Spanish	Escalofríos		The Latin American title along with its Latin American Spanish dub from Mexico, aired across Latin America.
Morocco	Al Aoula (2003)	None.	Arabic	صرخة الرعب
Netherlands	Nederland 1		Dutch	Kippenvel
New Zealand	TVNZ	PGR	English	Goosebumps
Norway	NRK2		Norwegian	Grøsserne
Pakistan	Disney XD India (2010–Current)	None.	English Hindi Urdu	Goosebumps (English) गूसबम्प्स (Hindi) آتنک (Urdu)	R.L. Stine (English)
Palau	OTV		Filipino (with Palauan & English subtitles)	Goosebumps
Philippines	PTV	File:Pg mtrcb.png H (Katatakutan/Horror) L (Lengguwahe/Language) K (Karahasan/Violence) D (Droga/Drugs)	English (1993–1996) Filipino (1997–2000)	Goosebumps (1993–1996) Ang bangungot file (1997–2000)
Poland	Fox Kids Jetix TV4		Polish	Gęsia skórka	Dariusz Odija (dubbing over R.L. Stine's presence)
Portugal	Fox Kids Jetix		European Portuguese	Arrepios		A Portuguese title was used and the show was dubbed in Portuguese, with a local Portugal dialect.
Quebec	Canal Famille	8+	Quebec French	Chair de poule		A local Quebec French dub was made.
Romania	Fox Kids (1999–2005) TVR2 (2006–2007)	Y (1999–2005) 18 (2006–2007)	English (1999–2005) Romanian (2006–2007)	Goosebumps (1999–2005) Fiori (2006–2007)
Russia	REN TV TV-3	18+	Russian	Мурашки		The Russian title for the books are different. It goes by as: Ужастики.
Saudi Arabia	KSA 1	None.	Arabic	صرخة الرعب
Scotland	BBC Alba		Scottish
Serbia	RTS2	18	Serbian	Анђели проклетство
Slovenia	TV Slovenija 2		Slovenian	Kurja polt
Slovakia	Dvojka		Slovak	Husia Koža
South Africa	SABC	PG D (Drugs) V (Violence) L (Language) P (Prejudice)	English Afrikaans	Goosebumps (English) Grillers (Afrikaans)
South Korea	KBS	12	Korean	구스범스
Spain	Antena 3	TP	European Spanish	Pesadillas	Carlos Revilla (dubbing over R.L. Stine's presence)	A local European Spanish dialect dub was made and aired.
Sweden	SVT2		Swedish	Gåshud
Switzerland	SRF zwei (German dubs) RTS Deux (French dubs) RSI La 2 (Italian dubs) Televisiun Rumantscha (Romansh dubs)	Red Rectangle	German French Italian Romansh	Gänsehaut – Die Stunde der Geister (German) Chair de poule (French) Piccoli Brividi (Italian)  ??? (Romansh)	Tilo Schmitz (German dubs only)
Taiwan	TTV	護 (Protected)	Mandarin Chinese	雞皮疙瘩		Despite that the Chinese spelling is different for Taiwan, The Mandarin Chinese dub from China is imported and has aired.
Thailand	BBTV Channel 7	C	Thai	ชมรมขนหัวลุก
Turkey	Nickelodeon (1998–2000) TRT Haber (2000–2002)	G (1998–2000) R18 (2000–2002)	Turkish
Ukraine	1+1	Red Square	Ukrainian	Мурашки по шкірі
United Arab Emirates	Disney Channel (1996–1998) MBC 1 (1998–2000)		English (1996–1998) Arabic (1998–2000)	Goosebumps صرخة الرعب	R. L. Stine (1996–1998)
United Kingdom	CBBC (1996–2000) Fox Kids (2000–2004) Jetix (2004–2007)		English	Goosebumps	R. L. Stine	The CBBC airings of the episodes were shown with either heavy cuts, or skipped and cannot be shown before 6:00PM. The Fox Kids and Jetix airings of the show in the UK, aired with little to no alters made, but some still had the edits shown.
United States	Fox Kids (1995–1998) Fox Family (1998–2000) Cartoon Network (2007–2009) Hub Network (2011–Current)	GB-7 (1995–1996) (1996–2000) (2007–2009) (2011–current)				Before the rating system came, this program was originally rated GB-7, for considering to be inappropriate for viewers under the age of 7, from 1995. Later in 1996, when the TV ratings system came, it was then rated TV-Y7, from 1996 to 2000. On Cartoon Network airings, it was re-rated to TV-PG. Then on The Hub, it was re-rated back again to TV-Y7, but with the fantasy violence content added in. (TV-Y7-FV)
Vietnam	VTV2 (2002)	None.	Vietnamese	Nổi da gà
Wales	S4C		Welsh

References

1. ^ "Goosebumps DVD news: Announcement for Goosebumps – Return of the Mummy and Goosebumps – The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
2. ^ "Goosebumps DVD news: Announcement for Goosebumps – The Headless Ghost and Goosebumps – Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 7 December 2009.
3. ^ Goosebumps news: More titles coming
4. ^
5. ^ Lambert, David (27 June 2012). "Goosebumps – 3 'Double Feature' DVD Releases are Announced for Fall". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
6. "Main Frame Software Communications". mainframeindia.in. 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2013.

External links

• Official website at Scholastic Press (the home page plays the theme tune of the TV series)
• Goosebumps (TV series) at IMDb
• Template:Tv.com show

• Use dmy dates from November 2012
• 1995 Canadian television series debuts
• 1998 Canadian television series endings
• 1990s Canadian television series
• Canadian anthology television series
• Canadian children's television series
• English-language television programming
• Cartoon Network programs
• YTV shows
• Fox Kids
• Fox network shows
• Goosebumps
• Horror anthologies
• Horror fiction television series
• Television programs based on children's books
• Television series by Fox Television Studios