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. Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Aside from Ghost Friend and a mummy, every story is named "The ____".

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. Rowley's spooky stories might leave you laughing, but beware-you could end up sleeping with the lights on!Was dann auf gar keinen Fall unerwähnt bleiben darf, ist die Aufmachung. Diese ist wie gewohnt einfach nur brillant. Auch dieser Band ist selbstverständlich im typischen Gregs Tagebuch-Stil gestaltet, allerdings wurde natürlich auch dieses Mal der Zeichenstil etwas verändert. Wer schon einen Rupert-Band gelesen hat, der weiß, dass Rupert diese merkwürdige Angewohnheit hat, seine Menschen nasenlos zu zeichnen. Sieht zwar etwas seltsam aus, aber dieses leicht dümmliche (und zugleich supersüße) Aussehen, dass die Figuren dadurch erhalten, passt wahrlich einfach nur perfekt zu Rupert. Bilingual Bonus: In a mummy, Mekh goes around destroying things as revenge for being put in a museum. One of the newspapers says “ミイラ、東京を破壊” ("miira, Tokyo o hakai"), which is Japanese for "mummy destroys Tokyo". Rowley’s spooky stories might leave you laughing, but beware, you could end up sleeping with the lights on! This is the first book to have Greg as a minor character, and will probably be the last book to do that.

Lilli was a girl. From when she was a baby, she liked putting things in her mouth and occasionally, put her parents' things in her mouth as well. Her doctor said she was teething to her parents. Lilli's teeth started to come in and they were really sharp. As Lilli got older, she had playdates but the other kids always ended up crying because of you know what. She was bought books about not biting but she never stopped. Plus books were one of the favourite things Lilli liked to chew on. Lilli was now old enough for kindergarten but her parents didn't warn the teacher that Lilli liked to bite people and she bit the teacher so she got sent home early. Lilli's parents saw the doctor and she said Lilli was a vampire. Lilli's mother then remembered how Lilli had become a vampire and she started considering Transylvania: School for Biters. A few weeks later, the doctor said that Lilli actually wasn't a vampire and they kept it a secret between themselves. This book contains 14 chapters: The Changing, The Prankster, Ghost Friend, The Biter, The Human Head, The Scanner, The Cellar, The Nap, The Stain, a mummy, The Science Project, The Medicine Cabinet, The Invasion, and The 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. Big Friendly Dog: Parodied. A certain character in The Science Project acts just like a dog, and is extremely loyal. This character is... Frankenstein.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. Surprisingly Sudden Death: Gabe just... dies. No reason why he dies, all we know is that he's a ghost now and he's dead. 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. Friendly Skeleton: All the skeletons in The Scanner. This is quite obvious, since they are still real people, just that they've been turned into skeletons by the scanner.