Beetlejuice Animated Series is an animated television series from 1989-91, based on the first Beetlejuice film in 1988. The animated 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 animated series, though the bridge where they died (which by drowning) is shown.
Characters
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Season Guide & Episode Guide
For a list of the seasons and episodes, go here.
Synopsis
"Beetlejuice: The Animated Series" centers around the friendly, but somewhat scheming, Beetlejuice with encounters from his Gothic best friend Lydia. Beetlejuice resides in the Neitherworld while Lydia lives in the Living World with her family. 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 since 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 (which was in 1988), Beetlejuice is white with green hair that is covered in mold. In the animated series, the animated Beetlejuice is purple with blonde hair.
Home video releases
Most of the first season were released on 6 VHS volumes in 1993. There has been no other than than the three episodes featured 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 1 on the same day to retail stores.[1] Seasons 2 & 3 was released on March 18, 2014.[2]
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