This one is set after the first season episode 'Goodnight, Sweet Skipper'

WARNING DO NOT READ IF YOUR SENSITIVE TO THOSE POSSESSED DOLL MOVIES!

THE CREEPY DUMMY

After failing to turn the radio into a transmitter they stopped trying to put the Skipper to sleep and went about their day. At the moment Gilligan was fishing in the lagoon when he snagged something on his line. He reeled it in and pulled up a huge clump of sea weed.

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"Hey everyone look what I fished out of the lagoon!" Gilligan exclaimed as he ran into camp.

Everyone looked up at gasped. In Gilligan's arms was an old very beat up ventriloquist dummy. The paint had washed off on the hair and eyes, there was a crack running down the right side of its face, and its clothes were faded and ripped in several place.

"Oh that thing is simply ghastly!" Mrs. Howell replied making a face.

"That's the creepiest thing I've ever seen!" Ginger replied as Mary Ann nodded.

"I don't know all I need is a little cleaning up and I'm good to go!" Gilligan made the dummy say.

"Egads I didn't even see your lips move!" Mr. Howell replied.

"I still think it's the creepiest thing I've ever seen!" Ginger replied as Gilligan went into the supply hut. "One of my first movies was about this doll that can to life and I had nightmares after I saw the premiere!"

"My uncle had one when I moved in," Mary Ann began. "They had to get rid of it because it added to my nightmares."

"I gave my sister one for her birthday one year," the Skipper began. "Our mom had to get rid of it because she couldn't sleep!"

"Everyone relax!" The Professor replied. "I'm sure once Gilligan fixes it up it'll look less nightmarish!"

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"Professor what can we use as paint for the puppet's hair and face?" Gilligan asked as the Professor came into the supply hut.

"Hmmm," the Professor replied. "I'd suggest various berry juices like from the berries I saw on the other side of the island!"

"Neat can we go pick some?" Gilligan asked excitedly.

"Of course!" The Professor replied smiling at Gilligan's excitement. "We'll gather some supplies and head out in about an hour!"

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After Gilligan and the Professor had left Mary Ann went into the supply hut to tidy up a bit. She was sweeping the floor when all of a sudden she heard a small thump. She turned around and saw that Gilligan's puppet was on the floor. She sighed.

"Silly!" Mary Ann replied putting the puppet back on the self. "It's all in your head!"

Mary Ann continued sweeping and nearly jumped out of her skin when Ginger came in.

"What's wrong?" She asked as she grabbed a towel from the self.

"Nothing really!" Mary Ann replied shrugging her shoulders. "Gilligan's puppet is just bringing up old memories that's all!"

"It's just an old puppet," Ginger began as they heard a small little cackle.

Their eyes widened and they looked over at the puppet as its mouth seemed to open on its own accord and it fell off the self again. Mary Ann and Ginger looked at each other then Mary Ann put the broom back in the closet and they both left the supply hut as the puppet twitched.

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"My dears I'm sure it was just the wind that knocked the puppet over," Mrs. Howell replied as they ate dinner.

"Yeah and the cackling was probably a bird or a monkey!" The Skipper replied as he took a big big of fish.

After dinner the Howells were walking past the supply hut when they heard a cackling. They peeked in the supply hut and thought they saw the puppet moving.

"I'm sure it's just our imagination dear!" Mr. Howell reassured his wife and they continued on their way.

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Later that night the Skipper was on his way back to his hut lighting the way with a flashlight. As he passed the supply hut he heard a rustling coming from inside and a small cackle. He shined the light through the window just in time to see Gilligan's puppet fall off the self. He went in and was about to pick the puppet up when it seem to twitch then cackle loudly. He dropped the puppet and watched as it seemed to flop about like a fish. He yelped and ran out of the supply hut.

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"I'm telling you the puppet was cackling and flopping about like a fish!" The Skipper exclaimed the next morning at breakfast. "Think it's possessed or something!"

"Captain you must have been sleep walking again and had a nightmare!" Mr. Howell replied. "After all you did think that Gilligan had turned into a monkey a couple of weeks ago!"

"Well me and Ginger heard cackling from the puppet yesterday," Mary Ann replied.

"That horrid puppet has obviously stirred up horrible memories!" Mrs. Howell replied. "As soon as Gilligan and the Professor return we'll talk to them about this. For now we mustn't think about this!"

"All right!" The others replied as they finished eating.

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Later after dinner Mary Ann and Ginger were putting away the dishes in the supply hut when they heard heard the cackling again. They dropped the last two dishes they were holding and turned around. The puppet was on the floor in a sitting position. Its mouth was moving up and down on its own accord and it was cackling. They both screamed and ran out of the hut. The puppet dragged itself out the door.

"SKIPPER!" The girls screamed as the Skipper came back to camp with firewood and the Howells were returning from their evening stroll.

"Skipper, the puppet's alive!" Mary Ann exclaimed as they hid behind him.

"Look!" Ginger replied pointing to the puppet that was approaching them in a sitting position dragging its legs behind it.

"Egads it is possessed!" Mr. Howell replied as he held his arm up to protect his wife.

"Stay behind me!" The Skipper replied through gritted teeth as he dropped most of the firewood and held one up like a club.

"What's going on?" Some asks from behind them.

They jump and turn around to find Gilligan and the Professor approach the table and put down a few baskets of berries.

"Gilligan your puppet's possessed!" Mary Ann exclaimed as they joined them.

"Yeah it's cackling and moving around by itself!" The Skipper explained still holding the log.

Gilligan and the Professor looked over at the puppet as it cackled, shook and moved its mouth up and down. The Professor raised his eyebrow and looked at Gilligan who smiled sheepishly and went over and picked up the puppet.

"Come on out of there Rudy!" Gilligan replied as he stuck his hand in the puppet's shirt.

"Rudy!" The others replied as they saw a weasel-like creature hop onto Gilligan's shoulder.

"Rudy my Mongoose friend!" Gilligan explained as the others joined him. "He must've crawled in there and he got tangled and couldn't get out."

The Professor chuckled as the others groaned and the Skipper hit Gilligan with his hat.

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"Well what do you all think?" Gilligan asked a couple of days later.

The others had to laugh at the makeover Gilligan gave the puppet. He gave it green hair, purple eyes, and blue lips. He dressed it as a witch doctor and made it a little stethoscope.

"It's official I'm over my fear of puppets!" Mary Ann replied as she and Ginger giggled. "We should have a puppet show! Take a look!"

Mary Ann and Ginger held up the puppets they made. They made them out of old cloth and made gourds for heads.

"Great I'll make a theater and we'll have one tonight!" Gilligan replied making the puppet bow.

They all looked up as they heard cackling from a nearby tree and looked up to see Rudy eating a mango.

"As long as Rudy doesn't crash it that is!" The Skipper replied as everyone laughed.

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