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| − | '''Miss Argentina''' (aka '''The Receptionist''', and '''Miss Receptionist''') appears at the window in the Neitherworld waiting room. As she's shown in [[Beetlejuice (film)|the live-action film]], she appears that she committed suicide by cutting her wrists. |
+ | '''Miss Argentina''' (aka '''The Receptionist''', and '''Miss Receptionist''') appears at the window in the Neitherworld waiting room. As she's shown in [[Beetlejuice (film)|the live-action film]], she appears that she committed suicide by cutting her wrists.ce. She informs [[Adam Maitland|Adam]] and [[Barbara Maitland|Barbara]] that the Afterlife is "very personal" (pointing out various individuals in the waiting room) and "if I knew then, what i know now, I wouldn't have had my 'little accident'". Her statement likely refers to not knowing until it was too late that Neitherworld law stipulates that those who died by suicide, unlike others, are assigned to work as bureaucrats. It also appears that she lost the Miss World beauty pageant, as she's signified by her sash identifying her as the Argentinean contestant. |
==Personality== |
==Personality== |
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+ | She has a very curt manner. She looks bored with her job, and seems not to care too much about the problems of the Recently Deceased. |
Although in the musical when Lydia thought about suicide, she said that death isn't a fix for your problems, it just leaves you with massive regrets. This shows that she doesn’t want a girl with a possible bright happy future to be stuck with a job like she has. |
Although in the musical when Lydia thought about suicide, she said that death isn't a fix for your problems, it just leaves you with massive regrets. This shows that she doesn’t want a girl with a possible bright happy future to be stuck with a job like she has. |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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| − | * She was in the Miss World beauty pageant |
+ | * She was in the Miss World beauty pageant once. According to behind the scenes material, she was a contestant in 1939. |
| + | *She was likely that she was driven to commit suicide after losing the pageant. |
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| + | *She wears a purple evening gown and a bright red cape with a high collar. |
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==[[Beetlejuice Animated Series|Animated Version]]== |
==[[Beetlejuice Animated Series|Animated Version]]== |
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Revision as of 05:06, 25 November 2020
Miss Argentina (aka The Receptionist, and Miss Receptionist) appears at the window in the Neitherworld waiting room. As she's shown in the live-action film, she appears that she committed suicide by cutting her wrists.ce. She informs Adam and Barbara that the Afterlife is "very personal" (pointing out various individuals in the waiting room) and "if I knew then, what i know now, I wouldn't have had my 'little accident'". Her statement likely refers to not knowing until it was too late that Neitherworld law stipulates that those who died by suicide, unlike others, are assigned to work as bureaucrats. It also appears that she lost the Miss World beauty pageant, as she's signified by her sash identifying her as the Argentinean contestant.
Personality
She has a very curt manner. She looks bored with her job, and seems not to care too much about the problems of the Recently Deceased.
Although in the musical when Lydia thought about suicide, she said that death isn't a fix for your problems, it just leaves you with massive regrets. This shows that she doesn’t want a girl with a possible bright happy future to be stuck with a job like she has.
Trivia
- She was in the Miss World beauty pageant once. According to behind the scenes material, she was a contestant in 1939.
- She was likely that she was driven to commit suicide after losing the pageant.
- She wears a purple evening gown and a bright red cape with a high collar.
Animated Version
For more information about this character for the animated series, go to the animated article.
Gallery
