Fourteen original tales featuring ghosts, mummies, and other staples of beneath-the-bedsheets terror. Monumental Damage: During Mekh's rage, he destroys the Eiffel Tower, damages the Arc de Triomphe, and burns the Tokyo Skytree and the Daikanransha.

Demonic Possession: In The Demon, Greg recites a demonic message from a horror movie to prove it's nothing. Sure enough, he gets possessed and trashes the house. Or ''is'' he possessed? Older Than They Look: It turns out Ryan's parents are actually 114 and 112. Ryan doesn't want to say it out loud, but that's old. Da mir die ersten beiden Bände der Rupert-Reihe total gut gefallen haben, musste ich natürlich auch den dritten Band unbedingt bei mir einziehen lassen. Auf das neue Rupert-Lesefutter habe ich mich tierisch gefreut!Fürchtet ihr euch schnell? Ängstigst ihr euch vor Zombies, Skeletten oder abgehauenen Köpfen? Ja? Also wenn dem so sein sollte, lasst besser die Finger von diesem Buch, denn in diesem treiben lauter unheimliche Kreaturen ihr Unwesen. Wenn ihr aber gerne Bücher über Monster, Vampire, Werwölfe und Co. lesen solltet, solltet ihr unbedingt in die fantasievollen, schaurigen und superlustigen Gruselgeschichten von Rupert Jefferson eintauchen. Beschwert euch hinterher aber nicht bei mir, weil das Buch zu gruselig für euch war und ihr deswegen nachts nicht schlafen konntet. Ich habe euch schließlich gewarnt... Advertised Extra: Greg appears in promotional material as a zombie. When he appears, it's at the very end of the book and he only appears a few times, plus he isn't a zombie but rather a demon. Actually Not a Vampire: Lilli in The Biter is thought to be a vampire since she had sharp teeth and really liked to bite things. It turns out she just likes to bite things, though her parents still tell people that Lilli is a vampire since that got her a lot of friends. Anders als in den beiden Vorgängern hat Rupert dieses Mal nur zu Beginn im Vorwort und am Ende des Buches seinen Auftritt und auch Greg kommt nur sehr kurz vor. Fand ich persönlich ein wenig schade, aber da wir dafür in den Genuss von 14 originellen Kurzgeschichten kommen, hat mich dieser Aspekt letztendlich eigentlich nicht gestört. Die Figuren in den Erzählungen tragen zudem teilweise recht ähnliche Namen wie Rupert und ähneln ihm vom Wesen und Aussehen her ein bisschen, sodass das Buch also dennoch viel einmaligen Rupert-Charme verströmt. Ich persönlich finde es irgendwie auch gar nicht so schlecht, dass sich Ruperts Reihe mit jedem weiteren Band ein bisschen mehr von „Gregs Tagebuch“ abgrenzt. Allerdings muss ich sagen, dass mir die Greg-Bände nach wie vor besser gefallen. Bei der „Rupert präsentiert“-Reihe hat es mir persönlich bisher bei keinem Band für volle 5 Sterne gereicht, anders als bei Greg, dessen Tagebücher ich bislang alle gefeiert habe. Klasse finde ich die Rupert-Serie aber natürlich trotzdem, bitte nicht falsch verstehen. Nachdem ich mit den ersten beiden Bänden eine tolle Lesezeit verbracht habe, hat mich Jeff Kinney nun auch mit dem dritten Teil richtig begeistern können.

Defanged Horrors: Not many of the stories are outright horrific, often having some sort of wholesome twist on them by the end. This is intentional, since it's Rowley writing the book, and he's easily scared himself. Rowley's spooky stories might leave you laughing, but beware-you could end up sleeping with the lights on! Friendly Zombie: In The Invasion, the mayor decides to just let the zombies in and be nice to them. Turns out, it was Crazy Enough to Work, and the zombies decide that they want to be nice too, and are accepted into society.New Technology Is Evil: In The Cellar, Rafe is kept from the world for his entire life. The reason for this is because the world was too hooked on technology to be good, so his parents isolated him so he wouldn't get addicted to a screen as well. Unfortunately, Rafe's parents thought he could be trusted to have a job and have a phone at the same time, and Rafe ends up getting hooked.

Artistic License – Geography: In a mummy, the Tokyo Skytree and the Daikanransha are right next to each-other, and the same goes for the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe. Justified, as Rowley is just a kid and probably didn't study enough to know this.

Chummy Mummy: When Khaba is discovered, he's pretty chill with the new world, and is actually interested in all the new gadgets. His niceness causes him to become an overnight celebrity. Content Warnings: The book starts out with a parody of a warning (quoted at the very top of the tropes list) telling us to read some other book if we can't handle horror. Attending Your Own Funeral: In The Prankster, Jasper was a huge prankster, and sometimes he annoyed the townsfolk. So the entire town fakes his death, and when Jasper realizes he's dead he goes to his funeral because he felt like he had to. Sure enough, people start laughing and Jasper realizes he got duked. Headless Horseman: He appears in The Human Head, and his name is Gunther. The reason he became evil was because his crush chose his friend Anders over him, making him jealous. He actually strikes during Valentines Day and not Halloween, unlike most people think. You may know Greg Heffley from his Diary of a Wimpy Kid stories. Yeah, well Rowley Jefferson is Greg’s best friend. He’s a generally nice kid, even though he does make some kinda silly, nonsensical choices sometimes that end up landing Greg in hot water.