Beetlejuice (character)
Beetlejuice is a male film character who features in Beetlejuice.
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Biography
Betelgeuse
According to Betelgeuse, he attended Julliard, is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, travllled quite extensively, lived through the Black Plague and has seen "The Exorcist" about 167 times. Parts of his qualifications including attending Julliard, graduating from Harvard, and extensive travel are all real life accomplishments. Betelgeuse was once Juno's assistant but he was a troublemaker. He went out on his own as a freelance bio-exorcist, claiming he could get rid of the living, and got into more trouble. Also ironically, he is "Living-Buster"--a ghost who exterminates the living by scaring them away.
Betelgeuse used advertisements such as flyers, business cards and a commercial, where he said some questionable things about chewing and swallowing to get the Maitlands to hire him as a "bio-exorcist" to rid their house of the Deetzes. They thought it was odd that the business card and flyers contained no address or phone number. The Maitlands summon him when they learn that he can be summoned if his name is said 3 times in a row. When that happened he disappeared into dust. Things go bad when Betelgeuse starts scaring the Deetzes in ways that seriously harm them, and even worse, plans to marry Lydia as his way of "escaping" the Neitherworld so he can wreak further havoc. Fortunately, saying his name 3 times can also be used to get rid of him. In the end, Betelgeuse ends up in the waiting room for the deceased, where he is last in a long line. Betelgeuse gets his comeuppance when he steals the Witch Doctor's ticket, then makes a boastful remark. The Witch Doctor sprinkles some powder on Betelgeuse, which causes his head to shrink. However, Betelgeuse, with his higher voice on account of this, remarks this may look good for him in a supposed underwear modeling gig.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Betelgeuse is a very rude, crude and perverted ghost. He also gets a little crazy at times. Though he seems fun on screen, it's clear he's not a pleasant person to have around in real life, as he constantly invades people's personal space (even to the point of sexual harassment), does disgusting things like spitting in his own coat and makes rather rude gestures.
He likes to use unpopular words. Not only that, he seems to love to scare people and pull pranks on them. He also appears to be quite selfish, as his main goal in the movie is to lift his curse and escape no matter who gets hurt in the process. He has the attitude of a sleazy used car salesman.
Beetlejuice had said that he had watched 'The Exorcist' about 167 times and that it kept getting better on each viewing.
Powers and abilities
Beetlejuice was an undead being with a number of supernatural abilities and powers.
It was known that he could be summoned by people if they called his name out 3 times.
Among the undead, he operated as a bio-exorcist where he claimed that he could get rid of the living and was known for causing trouble.
Notes
- Beetlejuice was created by Tim Burton and was portrayed by actor Michael Keaton where he featured in the setting of the Beetlejuice universe.
In other media
Television
- In Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice featured in the setting of the animated television series where he was voiced by actor Stephen Ouimette.
Video games
Appearances
- Beetlejuice:
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