"This is why i won't do two shows at night babe. I won't...... WELL, WHO WE GOT IT HERE TONIGHT? Oh well i think the Maitlands has got enough exorcism for tonight!"
Beetlejuice in the animated series
Beetlejuice, also known as BJ, is the titular antiheroic tritagonist of the 1988 comedy fantasy film Beetlejuice, and the titular protagonist of the animated series of the same name. He's expected to return in the upcoming sequel to the 1988 film known as Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
He's a mischievous ghost that works independently as a bio-exorcist and Lydia Deetz's arch-enemy in the movie, and best friend in the cartoon.
He's portrayed by Michael Keaton in the movie, Stephen Ouimette in the cartoon, and Alex Brightman in the stage musical and Teen Titans Go!
Why He Rocks[]
- Michael Keaton does a great performance as Beetlejuice making him a loveable neutral trickster.
- He's shown to be meschievous but even then he's not evil, he just likes to fool people. He even becomes a full time good guy in the series.
- His relationship with Lydia Deetz is memorable. Even though he initially forced her to marry him just to come back to the land of the living, they become best friends in the animated series and shows sign of romantic love towards each other.
- He's a bio-exorcist in the movie and, even though he cannot be fully trusted, he did a great job in his work.
- He has a surprisingly good sense of humor for a demon that spent all his life in the Underworld dance.
- He's one of the rare cases of a titular character that is not fully good.
- Another scene that makes him sympathetic is when Lydia says that she wants to be in the Underworld and he explains how much he would want to be in the real world.
The Only Bad Quality[]
- Trying to force Lydia to marry him to re enter the mortal world near the end of the movie was selfish and far fetched even for him. In fact, Lydia was 16, so that meant Beetlejuice almost resulted to ephebophilia.