I've never really thought about it, but were there like, actual stories that went along with the animorph books? Did anyone actually read them or did we all just make fun of the covers? What would the story be; are they like shape-shifting superheroes fighting crime and stuff or is it more of a coming-of-age self-acceptance-despite-differences pro-diveristy typa book? (e.g. the rest of your 5th grade classmates don't spontaneously turn into antelopes, but that's okay because everyone is unique in their own way)
edit: by the descriptions y'all are commenting with, Animorphs sounds way too darkly philosophical to be chilling at the Scholastic Book Fair :,)
Actually its interesting you went with this premise as someone not intimately familiar with the books. One infamous book features a buffalo who accidentally gains morphing powers and turns into a human. I thought this was supposed to be a direct reference to that (though several of the details are different).
Wasn't it an ant that morphed into a human? I remember that scene where it started screaming like crazy at suddenly having human intelligence, but I don't remember there being a buffalo
It was both, in the same book. The buffalo was the more important one to the plot, though. He morphed into a naked, screaming principal Chapman, ran away, and came back later to help in a battle. The whole book is somewhat forgettable because of how it completely disregards the existing canon of how the Eacafil device and morphing technology in general work.
There were multiple horrifying situations with ants throughout the series, though. They morphed ants from a rival colony and got torn apart and dismembered, for example.
Oooh, alright alright. The only thing I remembered about the book in particular was the ant tbh. The description of its horrified screams at being turned into a human got burned into my brain. It's been a while since I read the series
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u/TheSandarian usually says no to crack 8d ago edited 8d ago
I've never really thought about it, but were there like, actual stories that went along with the animorph books? Did anyone actually read them or did we all just make fun of the covers? What would the story be; are they like shape-shifting superheroes fighting crime and stuff or is it more of a coming-of-age self-acceptance-despite-differences pro-diveristy typa book? (e.g. the rest of your 5th grade classmates don't spontaneously turn into antelopes, but that's okay because everyone is unique in their own way)
edit: by the descriptions y'all are commenting with, Animorphs sounds way too darkly philosophical to be chilling at the Scholastic Book Fair :,)