Beetlejuice (TV series)

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Template:Infobox television Beetlejuice is an animated television series loosely based on the Beetlejuice film, and ran from 1989 to 1991. The television series was produced by Ellipse (France), Nelvana (Canada), for The Geffen Film Company, with distribution handled by Warner Bros. Television, and starring Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice and Alyson Court as Lydia Deetz. The music and score for the series was composed by Ray Parker, Danny Elfman, and Tom Szczesniak.

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About the show

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. Beetlejuice himself was more or less the same in personality, vulgar and absurdly rambunctious, but not anywhere near to the extent of which he had been presented in the original film. 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.

Throughout the series, Beetlejuice would often try to scam residents of the Netherworld through various means, whether it be via baby-sitting (in which he actually sits on the babies) or trying to beat them in a race. It is also revealed that Beetlejuice is afraid of one thing more than anything else. Sandworms. They appear as purple and green snake like creatures with two pairs of eyes on top of each other and stegosaurus-like spines on their backs. That is the apparent name of the monsters that roamed the desert area and the one used to devour Beetlejuice in the movie.

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 through 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. Beetlejuice has aired in re-runs on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, and will air on Warner Bros. and AOL's new broadband internet channel Toontopia TV.

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

It seems that the main reason Beetlejuice has been pulled from television is because Lydia often referring to Beetlejuice as "BJ", which is an acronym for blowjob. There is even an episode titled "Uncle BJ's Roadhouse" in which Beetlejuice dons a Pee-Wee Herman style persona called "Uncle BJ"

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Characters

  • Beetlejuice
  • Lydia Deetz
  • Charles Deetz
  • Delia Deetz
  • Jacques
  • Ginger
  • The Monster Across the Street
  • Poopsie
  • Scuzzo the Clown
  • Fuzzo the Clown
  • Dragster of Doom (also known as Doomie)
  • Captain Kidder
  • Percy
  • Flubbo
  • Judge Mental
  • Mayor Maynot
  • Armhold Musclehugger
  • Donnyjuice
  • Chester Slime
  • Prince Vince
  • Germs Pondscum
  • Mr. Monitor
  • The Monstress Across the Street
  • Poopette
  • Mr. & Mrs. Juice
  • Claire Brewster
  • Bertha & Prudence
  • Miss Shannon
  • Bartholomew Batt
  • Little Miss Warden
  • Jesse Germs
  • Mrs. Bugsley
  • Lip Scum
  • Dr. Zigmund Void
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Voice actors and their characters

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Episodes

There were 94 episodes total:

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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

(*) Episodes marked with an asterisk were released on home video.

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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
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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
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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
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Credits

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Season 1

  • Executive Producers: David Geffen, Tim Burton
  • Produced by: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
  • Supervising Producer: Lenora Hume
  • Executive in Charge of Production: Stanford Blum
  • Line Producer: Stephen Hodgins
  • Directed by: Robin Budd
  • Story Editors: Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti
  • Developed by: Tim Burton
  • Consultants: Michael Bender, Larry Wilson
  • Casting: Arlene Berman
  • Recording Casting Assistant: Merle Anne Ridley
  • Voice Director: Robin Budd
  • Assistant Director: Joseph Sherman
  • Art Director: John Halfpenny
  • Production Designers: Ted Bastien, Chris Labonte, Glen Hanson
  • Unit Manager: Richard Pimm
  • Unit Director: Rick Marshall
  • Production Supervisor: Patricia Burns
  • Production Manager: Steve Chadwick
  • Production Coordinator: Hasmi Giakoumis
  • Assistant to the Story Editors: Julianne Klemm
  • Storyboard Artists: John Flagg, Eric Chu, Bill Perkins, Alan Bunce, Raymond Jafelice, Keith Ingham, Neil Hunter
  • Cleanup Artists: Brian Lee, Richard Forg, Gerry Fournier, Doug Thoms
  • Storyboard Coordinator: Victoria Shepherd
  • Layout Supervisors: John Van Bruggen, Dave Pemberton, Mark Marren
  • Layout Artists: Richard Dannys, Chris Minz, Dale DesRochers, Tim O'Halloran, Jeff Dickson, Genevieve Selby, George Elliott, Arna Selznick, Peggy Hawley, Andrew Tan, Kevin Klis, Dermot Walshe, Frank Lintzen, John Yee, Gord McBride, Shane Zalvin, Scott Bennett, Bradley Markewitz, Glenn Chadwick, Kenneth B. Morrissey, Tony Iacobelli, Hirgitta Peillanen, Mary Lyons, Lyndon Ruddy, Rob Sadler
  • Layout Coordinator: Karyn Booth-Chadwick
  • Key Animators: Gerry Fournier, Greg Hill, Niall Johnston, Scott Glynn, Gary Hurst, Rick Marshall
  • Designers: Cynthia Ward, Diane Hare, Andrew Hickson, Leif Norheim, Dave Quensnelle, Richard Forg
  • Design Coordinator: Mitch Nardon
  • Background Stylist: Michael Hitchcox
  • Paint Supervisor: Mary Eklund
  • Painters: Sarita Baker, Jennifer Hibbard, Sherry Cohen, Borena Klitchta, Nassarim Monhem
  • Production Assistants: H.H. Steve Bissonnette, Craig Marshall, Marc-Andre Bourgoin, Atul Rao, Kevin Closs, John Sanders, Paul Hogarth, Kevin Smith, Erika Strobel
  • Assistants to the Producers: Mike Kleiter, Kate Martin
  • Supervising Editor: Rob Kirkpatrick
  • Post Production Coordinator: Heidi Rotter
  • Sound Effects Supervisor: Mac Holyoke
  • Picture Editors: Richard Bond, Karen Saunders
  • Assistant Editor: Erica Jandzens
  • Dialogue Editors: Keith Traver, Sheila Murray, Stephanie Crawford, Sue Conley
  • Sound Effects Editors: Eric Hulburt, John Bakris, Glenn Harma, Bruce Robb
  • Music Editors: Stephen Hudecki, Peter Branton, Brian Fraser
  • Pre-Production Editor: Darrell MacDonald
  • Track Breakdown Editors: Ken Hurlbut, Ken Bruinsama, Mark Grosick
  • Recording and Transfer Technicians: Mike Reid, Boris Altshtater
  • Recording Engineer: Vic Pyle
  • Negative Cutter: Catherine Rankin Productions
  • Laboratory Services: The Commander Post and Transfer Corporation, Sounds Interchange, The Filmhouse Group, Eastern Sound, Ansara Aindustries, Manta Sound, Multitrack Digital, Inc.
  • Theme by: Danny Elfman
  • Score Composed by: Acrobat Music
  • Mixed Media Segments by: Calibre Digital Design, Inc.
  • Additional Production Facility: Wang Film Production Co. Ltd
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Season 2

  • Executive Producers: David Geffen, Tim Burton
  • Produced by: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
  • Supervising Producer: Stephen Hodgins
  • Directed by: Robin Budd
  • Producers and Story Editors: Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti
  • Developed by: Tim Burton
  • Consultants: Larry Wilson, Michael Bender
  • Casting: Arlene Berman
  • Recording Coordinator: Merle Anne Ridley
  • Assistant Director: John Van Bruggen
  • Art Director: John Halfpenny
  • Production Designers: Ted Bastien, Chris "Gritchy" Labonte
  • Program Executive: Stan Blum
  • Unit Manager: Rick Marshall
  • Production Manager: Steve Chadwick
  • Assistant Production Manager: Karyn Booth-Chadwick
  • Production Coordinator: Hasmi Giakoumis
  • Assistant to the Story Editors: Julianne Klemm
  • Production Assistants: Orlando Feliz, John Sanders, Paul Hogarth, Erik Strobel, Fred Wilmot
  • Production Sectretary: Jocelyn Hamilton
  • Storyboard Artists: Alan Bunce, John Flagg, Eric Chu, Arna Selznick, Bob Smith
  • Cleanup Artists: Frank Lintzen, Andrea Robbins
  • Storyboard Coordinator: Barbara Sachs
  • Layout Supervisor: Dave Pemberton
  • Layout Artists: Paul Bouchard, Lyndon Ruddy, Jeff Dickson, Rob Sadler, George Elliott, Genevieve Selby, Rob Elliott, Andrew Tan, Diane Hare, Tony Tarantini, Kevin Kliss, Dermot Walshe, Mary Lyons, John Yee
  • Layout Coordinator: Normalee Pemberton
  • Designers: Ross Campbell, Andrew Hickson, Leif Norheim, Dave Quensnelle, Doug Thoms, Cynthia Ward
  • Key Animators: Scott Glynn, Denis Gonzalez, Gary Hurst, William Houchins, Niall Johnston, Jan Tillcock
  • Design Coordinator: Patty Beausoleil
  • Background Stylist: Michael Hitchcox
  • Paint Supervisor: Mary Eklund
  • Painters: Nancy Choi, Nora Lorenzani, Jennifer Hibbard,
  • Supervising Editor: Rob Kirkpatrick
  • Post Production Coordinator: Lan Lamon
  • Sound Effects Supervisor: Mac Holyoke
  • Picture Editors: Richard Bond, Karen Saunders
  • Dialogue Editors: Keith Traver, Stephanie Crawford, Sue Conley
  • Sound Effects Editors: John Baktis, Eric Hulburt, Glenn Barna, Craig Marshall
  • Music Editors: Stephen Hudecki, Peter Branton
  • Pre-Production Editors: Erica Jaudzems, Darrell MacDonald
  • Track Breakdown Editors: Ken Hurlbut, Ken Bruinsma, Rick Dubiel, Mark Grosicki
  • Recording Transfer Technician: Mike Reid
  • Recording Engineer: Vic Pyle
  • Re-Recording Engineer: Tony Van Den Akker
  • Negative Cutter: Catherine Rankin
  • Theme by: Danny Elfman
  • Score Composed by: Acrobat Music
  • Laboratory Services: The Command Post and Transfer Corporation, The Filmhouse Group, Multitrack Digital Inc., Sounds Interchange
  • Mixed Media Segments by: Calibre Digital Design Inc.
  • Additional Production Facility: Wang Film Production Co. Ltd
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Season 3

  • Executive Producers: David Geffen, Tim Burton
  • Produced by: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
  • Supervising Producer: Stephen Hodgins
  • Coordinating Producer: Patricia R. Burns
  • Line Producer: Merle Anne Ridley
  • Directed by: John Van Bruggen, Larry Jacobs, John Halfpenny
  • Assistant Directors: Steve Whitehouse, Rick Marshall, Gerry Fournier
  • Producers and Story Editors: Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti
  • Developed by: Tim Burton
  • Consultants: Larry Wilson, Michael Bender
  • Casting: Jessie Thomson
  • Voice Director: Dan Hennessey
  • Casting Consultant: Arlene Berman
  • Production Supervisor: Steve Chadwick
  • Program Executive: Stanford Blum
  • Production Coordinator: Hasmi Giakoumis
  • Unit Manager: Kevin McDonagh
  • Background Artists: Michael Hitchcox, Kelly Jobson, Clive Powsey, Rudolph Stussi
  • Color Stylists: Chris Wallace, Karen Chadwick, Jo-Anne Merrill, Carol Bradbury
  • Storyboard Artists: Gerry Cappelle, John Flagg, Ray Jaffelice, Frank Lintzen, Ken Morrissey, Andrea Robbins, Arna Selznick, Bob Smith, Andrew Tan, John Yee
  • Layout Supervisors: Dave Pemberton, Dermot Walshe, Lyndon Ruddy
  • Layout Artists: Mike Bass, Glenn Chadwick, Rob Clark, Suzanne Dargie, Michael Daze, Diane Elliott, George Elliott, Rob Elliott, Greg Hyland, Niall Johnston, Kevin Klis, Luc Latulippe, Steve Manning, Gord McBride, Chris Minz, Frank Ramierz, Rod Sadler, Ron Wilson
  • Production Designers: Ted Bastien, Chris "Gritchy" Labonte
  • Designers: David Quesnelle, Ross Campbell, Rodney Dunn, Kevin Fraser, Joe Gosselin, Michael McKay, Leif Norheim, Patrick Rowsome, Doug Thoms, Robert Walton, Ian Williams
  • Paint Supervisor: Mary Bertoia
  • Supervising Editor: Rob Kirkpatrick
  • Post Coordinators: Lan Lamon, Eileen Graham
  • Pre-Production Editors: Darrell MacDonald, Clare Brambrough, Stephanie Crawford, Erika Jaudzems, Shelley Mills-Hughes
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Mac Holyoke
  • Picture Editors: Stephanie Duncan, Algis Magiulis
  • Technician: Mike Reid
  • Track Breakdown: Rick Dubiel
  • Dialogue Editors: Keith Traver, Sheila Murray, Annellie Samuel
  • Sound Effects Editors: John Baktis, Eric Mattar-Hurlbut, Glenn Barna
  • Music Editors: Stephen Hudecki, Peter Branton
  • Theme by: Danny Elfman
  • Score Composed by: Acrobat Music
  • Mixed Media by: Calibre Digital Pictures
  • Sound Editing Services: Multitrack Digital Inc.
  • Post Production Services: The Filmhouse Group, Medallion-Pea Film & Video, Catherine Rankin Productions
  • Additional Production Facilities: Hanho Heung Up Co. Ltd, Wang Film Production Co. Ltd, Gord Stanfield Animation Inc.
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Season 4

  • Executive Producers: David Geffen, Tim Burton
  • Produced by: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith
  • Supervising Producer: Stephen Hodgins
  • Coordinating Producer: Patricia R. Burns
  • Line Producer: Merle Anne Ridley
  • Directed by: John Van Bruggen, Larry Jacobs, John Halfpenny, Rick Marshall, Alan Bunce
  • Assistant Directors: Steve Whitehouse, Gerry Fournier, Jamie Whitney
  • Main Title: Robin Budd
  • Producers and Story Editors: Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti
  • Story Editors: Eric Lewald, J.D. Smith, Michael Edens, Dan Distefano
  • Developed by: Tim Burton
  • Consultants: Larry Wilson, Michael Bender
  • Casting: Jessie Thomson
  • Voice Director: Dan Hennessey
  • Casting Consultant: Arlene Berman
  • Production Supervisor: Steve Chadwick
  • Program Executive: Stanford Blum
  • Production Coordinator: Hasmi Giakoumis
  • Unit Managers: Tyler Baylis, Greg Court, Brad Goodchild, Al Jeffrey, Kokila Jeffrey, Kevin McDonagh
  • Background Artists: Michael Hitchcox, Kelly Jobson, Clive Powsey, Ruddi Stussy
  • Color Stylists: Chris Wallace, Karen Chadwick, Jo-Anne Merrill, Carol Bradbury
  • Storyboard Artists: Paul Bouchard, Gerry Chappelle, Eric Chu, Drew Edwards, John Flagg, Sebastian Grunstra, Neil Hunter, Frank Lintzen, Vincenzo Natali, Andrea Robbins, Genni Selby, Arna Selznick, Bob Smith, Andrew Tan, John Yee
  • Layout Supervisors: Dave Pemberton, Dermot Walshe, Peter Ferk, Lyndon Ruddy
  • Layout Artists: Mike Bass, Glen Chadwick, Rob Clark, Suzanne Dargie, Michael Daze, Diane Elliott, George Elliott, Rob Elliott, Greg Hyland, Niall Johnston, Kevin Klis, Luc Latulippe, Steve Manning, Gord McBride, Chris Minz, Frank Ramierz, Rob Sadler, Ron Wilson
  • Production Designers: Ted Bastien, Chris "Gritchy" Labonte
  • Designers: David Quensnelle, Ross Campbell, Rodney Dunn, Kevin Fraser, Joe Gosselin, Michael McKay, Leif Norheim, Patrick Rowsome, Doug Thoms, Robert Walton, Ian Williams
  • Paint Supervisor: Mary Bertoia
  • Supervising Editor: Rob Kirkpatrick
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Steve Cole
  • Post Coordinators: Eileen Graham, Lan Lamon
  • Picture Editors: Stephanie Duncan, Algis Magiulis
  • Pre-Production Editors: Darrell MacDonald, Claire Bambrough, Stephanie Crawford, Erika Jaudzems, Shelley Mills-Hughes
  • Technician: Mike Reid
  • Track Breakdown: Rick Dubiel
  • Theme by: Danny Elfman
  • Score Composed by: Acrobat Music
  • Mixed Media by: Calibre Digital Pictures
  • Sound Editing Services: Multitrack Digital Inc.
  • Post Production Services: The Filmhouse Group, Medallion Pea Film & Video, Catherine Rankin Productions
  • Additional Production Facilities: Hanho Heung Up Co. Ltd, Wang Film Production Co. Ltd, Gord Stanfield Animation Inc.
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