40 Fun Facts About My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish

In My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, what do Tom and his best friend use to zap Frankie back to life?

A battery does the trick, and the idea is true to life: Mo O'Hara and her big brother once brought their own pet goldfish back from the brink of death.

Which special power does Frankie gain after coming back as a zombie in My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish?

Hypnosis is Frankie's zombie gift, and in book one he turns it on the little sister of Tom's best friend. One look from the fish and she is under his spell.

What is the name of Tom's evil scientist big brother in My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish?

Mark is the villain of the family, and he later got a spin-off series of his own, which he narrates, signing himself The Great and Powerful Mark.

Who is Tom's best friend and fellow fish rescuer in the My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish books?

Pradeep is Tom's partner in every rescue, and in The SeaQuel he wins the lead role in the school play while Tom has to settle for a supporting part.

What is the name of the kitten kept by Tom's big brother in the My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish books?

Fang is billed as mostly evil, and her idea of the perfect snack is a certain big fat zombie goldfish.

In The Fintastic Fishsitter, the tips for minding Frankie say zombie goldfish only eat food of which colour?

Green is the rule, and the menu is as gross as it sounds: mouldy Brussels sprouts, jelly beans and stinky pond slime.

After he is zapped back to life in My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, Frankie appoints himself Tom's what?

Bodyguard is the job Frankie gives himself, which is handy when your big brother's hobbies include wedging you in the dog flap and trying to take over the world.

Mo O'Hara and her brother once revived their real pet goldfish with a part taken from which household item?

An alarm clock gave up one of its parts for the rescue, and it worked. The real fish gained no zombie powers: it just went back to swimming to and fro in its bowl.

In The SeaQuel, which sea creature becomes a Super Zombie rival for Frankie during a seaside trip?

An eel is the monster of the story: the Evil Eel of Eel Bay, a legend that Tom's big brother finds far too interesting to leave alone.

What does Tom's big brother dunk Frankie into for his first experiment in My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish?

Toxic gunk all but finishes Frankie off, and the mix of chemicals and the electric jolt that revives him is what turns an ordinary pet into a zombie.

Which little sister of Tom's best friend agrees to zombie-sit Frankie in The Fintastic Fishsitter?

Sami takes the job seriously, but a sneaky vampire kitten charms her into kitten-sitting as well as fish-sitting.

Which computer-hacker big brother of Tom's best friend joins the evil plans in My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish?

Sanj turns up in book one after being expelled from boarding school, and he soon teams up with Tom's big brother on a plan to take over their school.

Which Yorkshire-based artist illustrated every book in Mo O'Hara's My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish series?

Marek Jagucki drew the chapter stories and the spin-off series too. He trained at Falmouth School of Art and Design.

In My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Fins of Fury, what kind of trip do Tom and his best friend take Frankie on?

Camping leads the trio into woods where a mysterious beast is said to roam, and for once the trouble has nothing to do with the zombie fish.

In Fins of Fury, Tom and Frankie end up uncovering the truth about the legendary Beast of which Woods?

Burdock Woods is where the Beast is said to lurk, and the hunt for it turns a trip outdoors into a mystery that is not Frankie's fault for once.

Which outdoor hero appears in the first story of Fins of Fury?

Grizzly Cook is the wilderness expert of the story, joining a cast that already includes a dangerous beast on the loose and an evil game hunter.

In Fins of Fury, which of the missing paranormal pets has the power to teleport?

A tortoise that can teleport goes missing along with a mostly invisible poodle and a levitating budgie, so Tom fears Frankie will be next.

In My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish: Fins of Fury, what worrying change comes over Tom's evil big brother?

He becomes nice, and even oh-so polite, which is so out of character that Tom and his best friend decide to find out what is really going on.

Which strong female character makes her debut in the paranormal pets story of Fins of Fury?

Geeky Girl arrives in the second story, and she returns in the spin-off series, where she turns out to be surprisingly good at being evil.

In The SeaQuel, Tom's family stay in what kind of seaside building, where an old local warns of a monster?

A lighthouse is the holiday base, and Tom is never sure whether its keeper is a friend or a foe, which gives the story the feel of a Scooby-Doo mystery.

In The SeaQuel, which story is Tom's school staging as the production that Frankie has to rescue?

Robin Hood is the production, and the story opens with the two best friends drifting apart when one of them wins the starring role.

In The SeaQuel, what strikes the family's seaside holiday base and turns a local legend into a super-powered monster?

Lightning hits during a storm, and the jolt turns the creature in the evil plan into something far more shocking than anyone intended.

In Any Fin Is Possible, which cursed mummy do the evil big brothers try to bring back to life?

The Cat of Kings is the target during a sleepover at the museum, and Frankie has to dodge booby traps to avoid ending up as a mummified kitty snack.

In Any Fin Is Possible, which school event do Tom's big brother and his vampire kitten try to win by cheating?

Sports day turns strange when the athletic kids lose their abilities while Tom's big brother suddenly becomes amazing at every single event.

In Live and Let Swim, a trip to which attraction turns into a race to save Frankie from being eaten?

The aquarium is where the evil big brothers hatch their latest scheme, which is nothing less than a plot to take over the world.

Which hungry psychic sea creature threatens to make a meal of Frankie in Live and Let Swim?

An octopus with psychic powers is the threat, in a story that carries the punning title Agent Octopus-Sea.

Which TV show comes to town in Live and Let Swim, just as paranormal animals start losing their abilities?

My Pet's Got Talent brings the cameras to town, and Frankie has to catch the thief without revealing his own secret zombie skills.

In Jurassic Carp, what is found beneath the school playground that lets Tom's big brother clone a prehistoric fish?

A fossil of a Jurassic carp is the find, and the clone leaves the school facing not one big fat zombie goldfish but two.

In Jurassic Carp, Frankie tries to save the day at a re-enactment of what kind of historical contest?

A medieval joust is the setting, where one of the knights is acting very suspiciously and a certain vampire kitten is lurking nearby.

Unlike the chapter-length adventures, The Fintastic Fishsitter starring Frankie was published in what format?

A picture book for younger readers, it pits fish against kitten in a duel that one review likened to Tom and Jerry.

In The Fintastic Fishsitter, where does the young fish-sitter look forward to a fun afternoon with Frankie?

The paddling pool plan is ruined when the vampire kitten from next door decides that a zombie goldfish would make the perfect snack.

The My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish spin-off sends Tom's big brother and his kitten to what kind of place for villains?

A summer camp for evil scientists is the setting, and it goes by the suitably cackling name of Camp Mwhaaa-haa-ha-a-watha.

Mo O'Hara, creator of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, grew up in which US state before settling in England?

Pennsylvania was home until she moved abroad, a step she says she took because she wanted to live overseas but spoke no foreign languages.

Before writing My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, Mo O'Hara briefly worked as a serving wench at which British landmark?

The Tower of London job was, by her own account, brief and unsuccessful, and she soon found work as an actress and comedy performer instead.

Where did Mo O'Hara and her brother win the childhood pet goldfish that inspired My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish?

A county fair prize, the fish lived quietly for a year or so before the day the children came home to find it floating belly up in its bowl.

As a child, Mo O'Hara wanted to be a writer, an actress and which third profession, the only one that got away?

Marine biologist was the ambition that never happened, though she decided on all three in fourth grade and kept the school copybook to prove it.

Publicity for My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish pitched the stories as Finding Nemo meets which zombie film?

Shaun of the Dead was the comparison, one the Lancashire Evening Post also made in its review of the first book.

In the first My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish book, which school staff form an army that helps Tom save the day?

The dinner ladies join the fight against a plan to take over the school, alongside the little sister of Tom's best friend.

In My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish, what does the revived Frankie want most when he sees Tom's big brother?

Revenge is on Frankie's mind, which leaves Tom with a hard choice: save his evil brother or side with his fishy friend.

What does Tom's big brother get that starts his evil career in the first My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish book?

A science set is where it all begins, and his cruel first idea is to try out its chemicals on a pet fish.