The following was a topic of discussion on the Midnight Club mailing list. I thought some of these were very creative.. so I decided to post them on this page. Enjoy!
* 9 thousand people have joined The Midnight Club
* they start selling "I Heart Pike" necklaces and the like in Claire's
* his face is everywhere you look
* his real name ceases to be shrouded in mystery
* your little sister/brother knows who he is
* the guest host on Saturday Night Live is Christopher Pike
* when someone actually comes out with a bible - The Book of Pike
* you see his autobiography in the bookstore
* his name replaces Ricky Martin, Prince William and LFO in "oh i love him will i ever be able to have him my fav superstar" conversations
* Andrew Lloyd Webber writes a musical about him, or one of his books
* the dollar store in the mall sells silverwear with his face on it
* someone says that their baby sitter's sister's best friend's niece
actually has a lock of Pike's hair
* in Seventeen the do Quote Unquote on him
* he's on the cover of any teen magazine
* they come out with trading cards based on his books
* it becomes Pike-Up Video devoted to ancedotes about his books.
* they come out with Barbie-like dolls based on Pike's characters -
collect all of the Final Friends! Sita: comes with fake blood and leather
outfits.
* Pike candy (like the Spice Girls candy!)
* after Pike dies all of his fans start to kill themselves.
* they name a planet or solar system after him.
* Britney Speares knows who he is.
* you know the Edgar Allan Poe award for books? well, they come out
with a Christopher Pike book award.
* you can get email addresses at different Pike domains like:
__________@pikemail.com
__________@sastra.com
__________@sati.com
__________@lastvampire.com
and they're used more widely than Hotmail, Angelfire and Yahoo combined.
Submitted by Krystal Silack (krys369@hotmail.com)
* At tourist shops they sell t-shirts that say "I've seen Christopher Pike" next to the "I've seen Elvis" shirts.
* Pike undergoes facial changing surgery so no one will spot him.
* events of Pikes life, such as mowing his lawn or taking out the trash
are shown on the 10 oclock news as the major breaking stories.
* People of all ages, including your mother and/or father are reading his
books and ranting about what he'll write next!
* Babies first words are encouraged to be " Pike".
* They name a bookstore after him that becomes as big as "Barnes and Noble" or "Waldenbooks".
*5 of his books become known as classics, right up there with Romeo and
Juliet and Hamlet, and are required reading for highschool and jr.highs
everywhere.
* they start quoting his works on awards shows or saying things like " I
would like to thank Chris Pike, ( a close personal friend of mine) for being
the greatest writer, or else I wouldnt have been inspired to do the
acting/singing/producing/directing/ that I do today!"
* There is not only the midnight club, but a Witch club, Monster club,
Season of Passage club, and a T.V show like Seasame street which teaches
kids all about Pike and his books.
* When asked what they want to be when they grow up, kids reply,
Christopher Pike!
Submitted by Scott Broughton (sabrough@gloria.cord.edu)
* college students write research papers on him and are praised for their
investigation skills.
* Sita becomes the most popular names for females in name books.
* Yaksha becomes the most popular name for males.
* NASA and the U.S. government re-engage in the Cold War against Russia
because they fear "another will come."
* people fake having cancer and other terminal illnesses to be put into a
hospice so that Pike will visit them.
* "I belong to you" becomes the standard greeting/parting for everyone in
the world.
* Getting Even becomes a best-seller.
* kids dress up for Halloween as Sita and Yaksha or The Cold One.
* grown-up Pike fans who started reading Pike as children start a new
town called Spooksville.
Submitted by (Silver1917@aol.com)
* Drunk people everywhere swear that Sita took advantage of them and drank
their blood...
* LFO's new song "I like girls who read Christopher Pike"...
* Chain Letter actually becomes a TV show (anyone heard that rumor?) and
they have spin-offs from it... "Alison", "Brenda" and the like
* On Jeopardy: "The answer is: these teenagers don't know their friend as
well as they thought in this major trilogy." "What is . . . The Final
Friends Trilogy?"
* On Wheel of Fortune: "The S_ _ s o _ of _ _ s s _ a g e" "Is it...The
Season of Passage?"
* Topics pertaining to Christopher Pike and his books make Jay Leno's top
ten list...all ten of them.
* You know those new quarters they are releasing? The New York state, Pike's
native state, has his face on the coin.
* Christopher Pike brand clothes...shoes....tennis rackets...football
helmets...
* Pike guest hosts Total Request Live (on MTV)
* Christopher Pike replaces Justin on The Real World
Submitted by (mjjon@hawkpci.net)
* McDonald's comes out with a new cheeseburger; the McPike
or something to the
effect
* backstreet boys fans stop listening to them and start listening to korn for the
sole reason that korn has gone on record to say that 'Pike rules' (it would be
more likely for this to be reversed; but then - I don't like BSB *smiles*)
* MTV's Fanatic gets so many requests to meet Pike that they have to devote a
whole new Fanatic just to meeting Pike
* Adam Sandler is doing parody songs based on Pike books
* Pike fans throw an outrage and force Sanjulian to retire from making Pike covers
* b*tchy coke wh*re cheerleaders are commonly referred to as "Alexa's"
* a soundtrack is made for EVERY Pike book ever written
* RL Stine retires, and *pays* for all of his books to no longer be published,
because he has come to realize that he just has no talent, and that Pike rules
(*cough* more of a fantasy really )
* a Pike theme park is made, and puts Disney World out of business
* there is an entire psychiatrical ward for people who sincerely believe that
they are 5,000 year old vampires who have defeated most of the world evil in
their time
* and yet another ward for those who truly believe that they are
Jesus's-blood-wanting-scientists by the name of Arturo
* every night at midnight a Pike movie is shown and people dress up as the
characters, call out the lines of the movie, and re-enact the parts
* clinics are opened for people who find they can do nothing but read Pike books
all day, and watch Pike movies, etc.
* the most common name for talking birds is Sybil
* "Christopher Pike Day" is a national holiday
Submitted by sara c(JarOfJerry@aol.com)
* The national enquirer starts running articles about Pike being abducted by
aliens
* Next month's issue is about Pike and his three-headed babies
* Weird Al devotes an entire album to putting Pike books in his parodies
* Teen, Seventeen, YM and all those other girlie mags run articles titled
"Pike's guide to dating" and "How to get a nice guy by Jessica Hart"
* Pikaholics Anonymous is not only a support group, but also a radio show that
is sindicated worldwide.
* "Pike for Pres" signs start popping up all over towns, all over the world
* There is a graveyard built for all poor unfortunate characters who have died
by Pike's pen
* An expedition is started to find and unlock Clareesh's tomb
* Mad scientists start frantically trying to create Lazarus9, sita's blood,
twelve strand dna and those green crystals"
* A dude w/the psuedonym Mark Forum starts writing computer games like
"Decision" but everyone already knows how to win.
* People start changing their name to Sati and starting their own religions.
* The three newest bands are Sita's Blood, The Final Friends Brigade and Chain
Letters of Ancient Evil.
* There are entire movie theatre dedicated to Pike only