Beetlejuice (animated series)

Beetlejuice Animated Series is a spin-off television series of the first Beetlejuice film. The show centers around the characters Beetlejuice and Lydia from the first film. It also includes the recurring characters Delia Deetz and Charles Deetz from the film. Oddly, neither Adam Maitland nor Barbara Maitland appear in the series, although the bridge where they died is shown.

Characters

For the full list of characters go here.

Season Guide & Episode Guide

For a list of the seasons and episodes go here.

Synopsis

The Beetlejuice Animated Series centers around the friendly, but somewhat scheming, Beetlejuice with encounters from his best friend Lydia. Beetlejuice resides in the Neitherworld while Lydia lives in the Living World. However, she can enter the Neitherworld and visit Beetlejuice by giving the chant in her room:

"Though I know I should be wary,
Still I venture someplace scary;
Ghostly haunting I turn loose ...
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!"

Most of the time, Lydia only needed to say Beetlejuice's name 3 times. Doing so was also necessary in enabling Beetlejuice to enter the human world (though before he is summoned, he is able to manifest in the living domain, usually as a reflection in Lydia's mirror).

During most stories, usually Beetlejuice would have a scheme which he would come up with based on the events happening in Lydia's life. Usually Lydia has to save the day for Beetlejuice when everything gets out of hand. Some episodes omitted Lydia and only focused on Beetlejuice's life in the Neitherworld.

Differences from First Film

In the first film, Beetlejuice is white with green hair that is covered in mold. In the series, the animated Beetlejuice is purple with blonde hair.

Home video releases

The first season was released on VHS in 1993. There has been no other than than the three episodes on the dvd of the live-action film. On November 5, 2012, it was announced that Shout! Factory had acquired the rights to the series and plan to release it on DVD in 2013.^[4] On May 28, 2013, Shout! Factory released Beetlejuice- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time as an Amazon exclusive.^[5] They also released "Season One" to retail stores.

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