The Masked Mutant vs. The Ghastly Grinner (Goosebumps vs. Are You Afraid of The Dark?)

After years away, the Versus series is back with a supervillain showdown from #Goosebumps and #AreYouAfraidOfTheDark!
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[@aidanhever3369]

This is like the horror version of Batman vs. Joker.

[@halosnakem6g28]

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[@multi-voiceentertainment7013]

I cannot agree with you more. Although I'm a big fan of The Masked Mutant then The Ghastly Grinner.

[@aidanhever3369]

@@multi-voiceentertainment7013 Same here.

[@Goleon]

The way Grinner is, you can tell whoever wrote the episode is a Batman fan.

[@sonic23233]

Because the Grinner acts like the Joker?

[@Goleon]

@@sonic23233 - Well that and his appearance gives off a major Joker vibe.

[@RobertLeeBrownBlind]

Ah yes, The Masked Mutent! My all time favorite Goosebumps villan. Actually, his book was one of my most favorite Goosebumps books.

[@joshuaDstarks]

The Grinner takes all challengers, and wins by a country mile. Never have I ever been more afraid of anything on TV before or since then.

[@chrisburrelljr9270]

I remember watching Are youfor the dark in early 90s when at first came on, man good times

[@chrisburrelljr9270]

Grinner got me as a kid

[@DigiRangerScott]

Captain Super Captain, Captain Blasto, Catman, The Fearless Ferret, The Gray Ghost, Mermaid Man, at some point Adam West either stopped pushing away or was never pushing away to begin with

[@MrGeekFreek]

Fun fact: Ross Hull (Gary) is now a meteorologist for Global News Toronto. Fun fact 2: Daniel DeSanto (Tucker) was the voice of Carlos in the Magic School Bus and played the "butter your muffin" kid from Mean Girls. Fun fact 3: Jodie Resther (Kiki) was the voice of Francine from the Arthur animated series from beginning until the series ended. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3mceIOvZ7ukqacfeature=shared

[@MrJWINER]

this deserves more views

[@jamesbounds]

The Gastly Grinner looks a lot like Jack Nicolson's Joker in the face.

[@mam162]

For a future Goosebumps vs Are You Afraid of the Dark matchup, let's put the camera from Say Cheese and Die against the one from The Tale of the Curious Camera. They're both more or less the same thing, so it should be a well-matched and very intriguing fight.

[@JYJnKumi]

Ghastly Grinner gave me nightmares as a kid. The Mutant bored me. AYAOTD always had better scares and better villains to me, because they AIMED to scare their audience. It was rated TV-14, whereas Goosebumps was rated Y-7. The demographics weren't the same, which was why AYAOTD was always more terrifying

[@xboxclown8922]

I used to compare these two a lot as a kid. I very recently found out both originally debut in 1994. I still would love to see these two face each other.

[@carlossoto222]

The Corpse Monster from The Deadman's Float episode of AYAOTD was another memorably frightening villain. He actually freaked me out more than any other monster they had.

[@kohlyis6177]

Mutant has a bit more presence in the respected franchise given the PC game, being added into the mobile game, albeit they're not the best things but showed he was still known enough. I prefer the book and PC game over the episodes personally. Still wish they would've had Mutant in the second goosebumps movie.

[@ElNeroDiablo]

I dunno who he could be paired off against, but one AYAOTD villain that still haunts me to this day is the Fire Ghost.

[@WalterCulture]

Don't look right into the flame...

[@JYJnKumi]

I was terrified to stare deep into fire for years because of that episode

[@beast9839]

Needed this bud. I'm going through a tough time. Lost my job, going through a divorce, and might have to file for bankruptcy.

[@WalterCulture]

Sorry to hear that, man. Hope I could take your mind off it for 10 minutes.

[@beast9839]

@@WalterCulture it will get better bud. Thank you for you guys being there for me!

[@beast9839]

And great stuff!

[@yatagarasu3025]

Mutant of the show: could go either way Mutant of the game easily beats grinner

[@montanajackson3713]

One of my biggest gripes with attack of the mutant is that there was no foreshadowing that tied everything together. Since people were constantly telling skipper that comics will rot his brain, I thought that there should’ve been a twisted moral like “If you read too many comics, you become one”, or “Everyone was living in a comic book world this entire time and skipper’s the only one who sees it and is not supposed to know he’s a comic character.”

[@kenhollis6197]

The ghost from Tale of the Dead Man's Float vs The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight.

[@Novikous]

Clearly Skipper went on to become King of the Pirates using his powers.

[@crcoghill]

The Masked Mutant is better as a book.

[@NightmareFueledEntertainment]

Hey Walter, glad to see a new video from you! Have you seen the new Goosebumps TV show, and do you have any plans to make a video about it?

[@WalterCulture]

I haven't been able to watch yet, but I'd like to put up weekly reviews for it. We'll see if I have enough time in the schedule.

[@ilvpowerrangers]

These are my favorite episodes of both shows. I've now got to ask to see what people say about it but I have to as who would like to see these characters show up in real comics? I can see them showing up in DC Comics or Marvel if Disney wasn't in control. But also in the TV series of either.

[@mattneff]

This is not a fair match up. Ghastly Grinner is arguably the most iconic AYAOTD villains. The Masked Mutant doesn't even crack Goosebumps Top 5. Pair him against Slappy or the Haunted Mask, then it'd be a fair fight 😅

[@Yazzmatazzsixtynine]

Thank you for posting

[@TheCreepypro]

love that you brought this back it is as always fun to watch and yes I agree that the masked mutant is superior but only because I hate clowns

[@hackmiyer4234]

I have been searching for like 20 years for the show that scared me when i was little ans i finnally found it. The grinner haunted me more than any movie i saw. Probably waa just too young. Happy i found it but still kinda scary lol

[@arro-pie]

This was a great comparison!!!

[@WalterCulture]

Thanks! Got another one on deck. Hope you can check it out.

[@arielfangirlmendez]

Great vs video walter👍

[@wavy-vh9xb]

The ghastly grinner is a better character imo

[@gmg9010]

Could you maybe do some vs of The Haunting Hour?

[@c.dl.4274]

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[@ryanjones6827]

Who are these 2 played by?

[@JacquelineRoseSchlegel]

Grinner is better lol

[@sexydudeuk2172]

i didnt like the actor who played the masked mutant in the tv show. I felt he overacted the part and laughed too much. he seemed too much like a disney villain