![]() ![]() He even said in one episode he would do anything for her, and she, in turn, reciprocates his feelings. Lydia in fact seems to be the only person who has any control over Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice's pranks on many seem to cause them great embarrassment or damage, but his pranks on Lydia however, are only done to tease her, not to cause harm, which shows he cares for her. Beetlejuice's main pastime is pulling various pranks on the other denizens of the Neitherworld such as Jacques, Ginger, The Monster Across the Street, Poopsie, the Mayor and in the Living World it is Lydia's rival Claire Brewster and occasionally her parents. At times, various of his body parts (including his feet and his entire torso) manifested minds of their own, independent of Beetlejuice's control, with his brain and even his entire skeletal system having to abandon him once. Sometimes Beetlejuice will mix up one of his transformations, due to homophone-based confusion (when Lydia told him to turn into a stake to fight off Count Me-In, he turned into a flank steak). ![]() Because of that power, almost everyone in the Neitherworld is fair game for his pranks, though no more so than he himself, since he is not immune to careless use of his power. Though many Neitherworld denizens have some magic, it is Beetlejuice's greatly superior power (no real cause for it is ever given) that affords him the title-albeit mostly self-asserted-of "The Ghost With The Most" (another line borrowed from the movie) in fact, on multiple occasions, Beetlejuice was able to effortlessly subdue a number of supernatural beings, and his dis-corporeal, self-sentient brain once claims that Beetlejuice's power is more than enough to conquer the whole Neitherworld. Almost all of his transformations maintain the black-and-white striped pattern he wears on his suit, although sometimes the stripes are colored depending on the transformation. Due to what is later described in the series as his "juice" (his inborn source of magic), whenever Beetlejuice utters aloud a figure of speech, he or his surroundings change to act on the pun. At times, he must pause to think of exactly how to use his powers to escape a precarious situation unscathed. Beetlejuice is able to change shape, transform and conjure objects, teleport, and perform other feats of magic, although his powers can be reduced by various circumstances, such as when he feels fear, or when his head becomes separated from his body. Beetlejuice was named after the star Betelgeuse. He is the oldest son of Gnat and Bee Juice (who nag him to get a job and to keep clean, and who always address him as "Junior"), and he has a "disgustingly cheerful" younger brother, called Donny Juice (who, whether he realizes it or not, gets on his older brother's nerves). ![]() Beetlejuice (voiced by Stephen Ouimette) – A ghost and the main and title character of the show, who enjoys eating bugs and is known throughout the Neitherworld as a prankster.Throughout the entire series, Beetlejuice would often try to scam residents of the Neitherworld-and, sometimes, the "real world" as well (Lydia's parents were occasionally unwitting victims of his pranks)-by various means, from "baby-sitting" (in which he literally sits on the grotesque Neitherworld babies) to trying to beat them in an auto race. The episode "Brides of Funkenstein" was based on an idea submitted by a then-teenage girl, who was a fan of the show. ![]() Many episodes, especially towards the end of the run, were parodies of famous films, books, and TV shows. The series's humor relied heavily on sight gags, wordplay, and allusiveness. As in the film, Lydia could summon Beetlejuice out of the Neitherworld (or go there herself) by calling his name three times. Episodes generally centered on the ghostly con-man Beetlejuice, his best friend Lydia, and their supernatural adventures together in both the Neitherworld and the "real world", a New England town called Peaceful Pines ("Winter River" in the film). ![]()
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