The books were even crazier than the show. By a lot.
Chuck has a pet monkey named Sweetie. He literally never shuts up about his monkey.
On the show, Chuck has a dog named Monkey but it wasn't the same...
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Serena visited Yale and was serenaded by the Whiffenpoofs, who improvised an original song about her and followed her around campus.
Imagine how creepy a bunch of college seniors sing-stalking a 17 year old would be in real life...
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Serena walked in a fashion show in a cheap custom T-shirt that said "I Love Aaron" in tribute to her relationship with Blair's stepbrother.
The T-shirt became a fashion phenomenon.
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Serena also had an unnamed body part, strongly suggested to be her nipple, photographed and blown up as a piece of modern art that appeared on posters and ads all over the city.
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