The Afterlife Waiting Room is a waiting room for ghosts after they die and met their demise.
History[]
Adam and Barbara arrive in the afterlife waiting room after they follow the emergency instructions from the Handbook for the Recently Deceased. From the movie we can see that the waiting room is ran by civil servants, and it is where you must go to meet or make an appointment with your afterlife case worker.
There are thousands of doors leading to different rooms and/or locations depending on the deceased’s circumstances. Many lead to offices of caseworkers, the Afterlife Crime Unit, and even to the deceased’s destined location to haunt.
While Adam and Barbara are here they learn more about the afterlife from other deceased and Juno, their case worker. This includes what happens if you are exorcised, and they are also warned to stay away from Beetlejuice.
Information that we learn from scenes set in and around the waiting room:
- You are allocated three appointments with your caseworker.
- Everyone's death and afterlife experiences are personal to how they lived and died, this includes their limitations and abilities as well as their appearance once they are deceased.
- Exorcism is "like death for the dead", and from the souls we can see you become a wisp of your self.
- Beetlejuice used to work for Juno. He created a lot of trouble and now portrays himself as a 'bio-exorcist'. He cannot be trusted.
- The Handbook of the Recently Deceased holds a guide on how to use your abilities in the afterlife.
Staff[]
Receptionists, Secretaries and Assistants[]
Clients[]
Sitting/Standing waiting room chairs/walls.
Open Heart Surgery Patient- Green Man
- Char Man
- Adam Maitland
- Barbara Maitland
- Harry the Hunter
- Preacher
- Magician's Assistant
- Small Pilot
- Camper
- Sea Diver
- Ferndock
- Witch Doctor
- Beetlejuice
- Old Bill (deleted scene)
- Jellyfish Diver
- Accordion player?
- Brain Cap Surgery Patient?
- Dead Cat Lady
- Charles Deetz
- Surfer Dude
- Hot Dog Contest Winner
- Dead Santa
- Escape Artist
Standing in line.
- Guitar Player?
- Python Man
- Man in Gold Suit?
- Hazmat radiation victim?
- Lady in dress #1
- Lady in dress #2
- Dead Tennis Player
- Nun?
- Astronaut?
- Ice skater?
- Man with cane?
- Beekeeper
- Female unknown?
Areas[]
- Afterlife Counseling Center
- Juno's Office
- Smallhead's Office
- Afterlife Call Center
- Afterlife Immigration Department
- Warehouse
Trivia[]
- According to Otho, if you commit suicide, you are assigned to become a civil servant in the afterlife. This has proven to not always be true, as Beetlejuice’s death was murder by poisoning and Wolf Jackson died in an accident while filming a movie.
- Many tend to spend many years as long as a millennium waiting in the room to see a caseworker, which makes it the most infamous part of the afterlife.
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