Beetlejuice (TV series)

Beetlejuice is an animated television series loosely based on the Beetlejuice film, and ran from 1989 to 1991. The television series was produced by Nelvana Enterprises for Warner Bros. Studios, starring Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice, and Alyson Court as Lydia Deetz.

Contents

1 About 2 Episodes 2.1 Season 1 2.2 Season 2 2.3 Season 3 2.4 Season 4 3 External link

About

The premise of the animated series was greatly changed from the film, to the point where one only superficially resembled the other. One of the most notable stylistic changes was that the unnamed "afterlife world" from the movie was renamed the "Neitherworld" for the cartoon, and the notion that it was the afterlife was only rarely given an explicit mention on screen. Episodes generally centered around the ghostly con-man Beetlejuice, his best (and only real) friend Lydia, and their adventures together in both the Neitherworld and the "real world." As in the movie, Lydia could summon Beetlejuice out of the Neitherworld (or go there herself) by saying his name three times. The show's humor relied heavily on sight gags and wordplay, some of which was fairly sophisticated for its intended target audience, making it a favorite of a wide range of age groups. Many episodes, especially towards the end of the run, were parodies of famous films, books, and TV shows.

The series was a breakout hit for ABC in its initial season, and later became one of the first animated series to air on Fox's weekday afternoon children's lineup. This led to a situation whereby Beetlejuice was being seen Monday-Friday on Fox while still remaining on ABC's Saturday morning schedule, making it one of the few shows in American television history to be aired concurrently on two different broadcast networks.

In 1989 and 1990, Warner Bros. released most (not all) of the first season as a series of six VHS video cassettes; to date, this has been the only home-video release of the cartoon.

Episodes

Season 1

(ABC-1989 Season)

1. Critter Sitters*
2. The Big Face-Off*/Skeletons in the Closet*
3. A Dandy Handy Man*/Out of My Mind*
4. Stage Fright*/Spooky Tree*
5. Laugh of the Party*
6. Worm Welcome*
7. Campfire Ghouls*/Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice*
8. Pest O' The West*
9. Bizarre Bazaar/Pat on the Back
10. Poopsie/It's the Pits*
11. Prince of the Neitherworld*
12. Quit While You're a Head*
13. Cousin B.J./Beetlejuice's Parents

Note: Episodes marked with an asterisk were released on home video.

Season 2

(ABC-1990 Season)

1. Dragster of Doom
2. Scare and Scare Alike/Spooky Bootique
3. Driven Crazy
4. Scummer Vacation
5. Bewitched, Bothered, and Beetlejuiced
6. Dr. Beetle and Mr. Juice/Running Scared
7. The Really Odd Couple/A-Ha!
8. Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse/Scarecrow/The Son Dad Never Had

Season 3

(ABC-1991 Season)

1. Mom's Best Friend
2. Back-to-School Ghoul
3. Doomie's Romance
4. Ghost-to-Ghost
5. Splitting Image/Awards to the Wise
6. The Prince of Rock 'n' Roll
7. A Ghoul and His Money/The Brides of Funkenstein
8. Beetledude/The Farmer in the Smell

Season 4

(FOX-1991 Season)

1. You're History
2. Raging Skull
3. Sore Feet
4. Fast Food
5. Queasy Rider
6. How Green is My Gallery
7. Keeping Up With The Boneses
8. Pranks for the Memories
9. Caddy Shock
10. Two Heads Are Better Than None
11. Beauty and the Beetle
12. Creepy Cookies
13. Poe Pourri
14. Ear's Looking At You
15. Beetlebones
16. Smell-a-Thon
17. The Miss Beauty-Juice Pageant
18. Sappiest Place on Earth
19. Brinkadoom
20. Foreign Exchange
21. Family Scarelooms
22. Them Bones, Them Bones, Them Funny Bones
23. Hotel Hello
24. Goody Two Shoes
25. Vidiots
26. Ship of Ghouls
27. Poultrygeist
28. It's a Wonderful Afterlife
29. Ghost Writer in the Sky
30. Cabin Fever
31. Highs-Ghoul Confidential
32. Rotten Sports
33. Mr. Beetlejuice Goes to Town
34. Time Flies
35. To Beetle or Not to Beetle
36. A Star is Bored
37. Oh, Brother!
38. Snugglejuice
39. In the Schticks
40. Recipe for Disaster
41. Substitute Creature
42. Ghoul of My Dreams
43. Prairie Strife
44. Moby Richard
45. The Unnatural
46. Forget Me Nuts
47. The Birdbrain of Alcatraz
48. Generally Hysterical Hospital
49. Super Zeroes
50. Beetlegeezer
51. A Very Grimm Fairy Tale
52. Wizard of Ooze
53. What Makes B.J. Run
54. The Chromozone
55. Its A Big, Big, Big, Big Ape
56. The Neitherworld's Least Wanted
57. Don't B.J. and Drive
58. Robbin Juice of Sherweird Forest
59. Midnight Scum
60. Gold Rush Fever
61. Relatively Pesty
62. King B.J.
63. Catmandu Got His Tongue
64. Journey to the Center of the Neitherworld
65. Not So Peaceful Pines

Total Episodes: 94

External link

• The Neitherworld (http://www.theneitherworld.com/)