Archetype:Monster in the Basement

The Monster in the Basement
Keith (Goosebumps) is a blob monster originating from the appropriately titled Goosebumps tale “I Live In Your Basement”
The Archetype of;	the monster in the basement.

The archetype for the characters who possess traits of the monster living in your basement. Archetype of Monster Physiology. Variation Bogeyman.

Also Called

• Basement Monster

Properties

As an archetype, the monster in the basement is a common childhood story monster. They live in one’s basement to scare children.

Associated Powers

• Dimensional Manipulation; exists beyond regular space and time, with their dimension(s) being linked to ours via basements.
• Fear Inducement
• Inanimate Object Physiology; may have a body composed of objects commonly found in basements such as clothes, toys, random junk etc.
• Night Empowerment; only truly come out a night.
• Nightmare Magic; often invokes nightmares.
• Omnifarious; can take any form they please.
• Phobia Intuition; knows the fears of the child they haunt and exactly how to scare them.
• Selective Omniscience; knows everything about the child they haunt.
• Size Manipulation; can fit into any space, appearing impossibly small or impossibly large.

Associations

• Bogeyman
• Monster Physiology
• Monster in the Attic
• Monster in the Closet
• Monster Under the Bed

Known/Example Characters

• Demon (Cellar Dweller)
• The Launder Man (Crypt TV)
• Keith (Goosebumps)
• Rawheads (Supernatural)
• Monsters (Little Monsters)
• Haggis, Norman, and Fiend (Me and My Monsters)

Gallery

Haggis, Norman, and Fiend with (Me and My Monsters) Eddie Carlson.