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| “ | It's showtime! | „ |
| ~ Beetlejuice's most iconic quote. |
| “ | Ah. Well. I attended Juilliard. I'm a graduate of Harvard Business School. I traveled quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and I had a pretty good time during that. I've seen The Exorcist about 167 times, and it keeps getting funnier EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT! NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY! NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK?! You think I'm qualified? | „ |
| ~ Beetlejuice on his qualifications. |
| “ | The juice is loose. | „ |
| ~ Beetlejuice's most famous quote when Lydia reluctantly summons him again. |
Betel Geuse Jr., publicly known as Beetlejuice, is the titular main antagonist of Tim Burton's franchise of the same name.
He is a sinister, mischievous, and obnoxious ghost and self-proclaimed "bio-exorcist" who seeks to spread chaos and mayhem in the living world. To do so, he wishes to marry Lydia Deetz, a former teen goth who has the ability to see and communicate with the dead.
He is also the ex-husband and archenemy of Delores, who was responsible for killing Beetlejuice but not before she was killed by Beetlejuice in his final moments.
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Portrayals[]
- In the films, he was portrayed by Michael Keaton, who also played Carter Hayes in Pacific Heights, Peter McCabe in Desperate Measures, Trip Larsen in King of the Hill, Chick Hicks in Cars, Ken in the Toy Story franchise, Walter Nelson Sr. in Minions, Raymond Sellars in the 2014 RoboCop remake, Ray Kroc in The Founder, the Vulture in Spider-Man: Homecoming and Morbius and V.A. Vandevere in the live-action Dumbo remake.
- In the musical, he was portrayed by Alex Brightman, who also voiced his Teen Titans Go! incarnation, and also Adam and Sir Pentious in Hazbin Hotel, and Robo Fizz in Helluva Boss.
- In the animated series, he was voiced by Stephen Ouimette.
- In the cross-over video games LEGO Dimensions and MultiVersus, he was voiced by Christopher Swindle.
Appearance[]
Betelgeuse's appearance is consistent with what a corpse generally looks like: his skin is decayed with a pale chalky coloring and has patches of mold, his eyes are surrounded by thick black rings of decay, and his teeth and fingernails are severely decreased and discolored. Beetlejuice's hair is a slimy green color that sticks out at all ends. His outfit consists of matching black and white striped pants, black shoes and a blazer, with a white undershirt and black necktie.
Personality[]
Betelgeuse's personality varied significantly between the TV series and the film; while still being an agent of chaos and a fairly macabre and objectionable character, he was more heroic than he had originally been portrayed in the film and even had a human friend (which contrasts his personality in the original film, where he labeled himself a "bio-exorcist").
In the film, Betelgeuse is shown to have the personality of a deranged and eccentric con artist who used Adam and Barbara Maitland in order to cause chaos upon the residents of their home. He tends to also have a temper when anyone interferes with his "work" and is known to keep grudges.
Betelgeuse has shown to be quite perverted as he has sexually harassed Barbara numerous times and also has a somewhat demented fondness for Lydia Deetz even though he was also using her to be free to cause chaos among the living world and had no further use of her once he gained his freedom.
Betelgeuse has shown that he's a foul-mouthed, capricious, demented and troublesome ghost who seems to only care about himself and the chaos he brings in which he sees as his profession. It is proven that he cares nothing for the living and would even potentially kill someone due to his tricks without hesitation. Betelgeuse also has no sense of boundaries and is outright disgusting and obnoxious to the core.
Despite this the sequel shows he has mellowed out and become somewhat decent. For starters he's genuinely honorable in his deals and never invokes loopholes to screw over his clients, even when it would benefit him with no costs such as fulfilling his part of the deal to save Astrid Deetz from Jeremy Frazier's plan to switch lives with her. He also despises those who would falsely lead on other people such as the aforementioned Jeremy as well as Lydia's jackass of an ex-fiancee Rory who he exposes as a predatory gold-digger who took advantage of Lydia all along and lets her get personal revenge with a giant punching glove. This is all presumably as a result of having been tricked and killed in his mortal life by his ex-wife Delores, who's even worse than he is.
He also has fallen in love with Lydia, still seeking to marry her specifically despite other people being able to see ghosts now as well as Lydia's constant rejections. This ends up ironically becoming a weakness for him, as Lydia takes advantage of him playing fair to avoid marrying him at the last minute with help from Astrid. The contract that Lydia signed becomes null and void after Beetlejuice took her to the Netherworld illegally. Though the wedding doesn't discourage him from trying again to win Lydia over in the foreseeable future.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Reality warping: To be added
- Teleportation: To be added
- Possession: To be added
- Size alteration: To be added
- Shapeshifting: To be added
- Mind reading: To be added
- Telepathy: To be added
- Telekinesis: To be added
- Voice mimicry: To be added
- Levitation: To be added
- Invulnerability: To be added
- Superhuman strength: To be added
- Flight: To be added
- Superhuman agility: To be added
- Superhuman reflexes: To be added
- Exceptional cunning: To be added
- Undead physiology: As a spirit, Beetlejuice's existence is eternal, thus he cannot be killed or destroyed.
- Spiritual/Lifeforce absorption: To be added
Weaknesses[]
- Summoning: In order to gain access to the living world, Betelgeuse's name needs to be invoked three times. Similarly, he also can be banished by saying his name again three times.
- Sandworms: These immense and powerful creatures are able to overpower Betelgeuse, sending him back to the Netherworld dimension.
Biography[]
Past[]
Betelgeuse was born in Italy during the 1300s under the name of Betel Geuse Jr. Soon he began working as a humble grave robber stealing items off of freshly deceased corpses who had been taken by the Black Plague. It was during one of his rummages that he met a female plague doctor named Delores who he had fallen madly in love with and soon after got married to. After a night of passion on their honeymoon, Dolores gives Betelgeuse a drink before revealing that she was actually the leader of a soul sucking death cult and that she had actually just poisoned him. Feeling betrayed and wrathful against his former wife, Betelgeuse put an end to her with an axe before succumbing to the poison, then being sent to the Netherworld.
Sometime after his death, Betelgeuse became an assistant of the Netherworld caseworker, Juno, and later became a a freelance poltergeist who specializes in the art of "Bio-exorcism", the act of scaring living occupants out of their own house. During the film, Betelgeuse lives in exile inside of a small miniature remake of the town of Winter River, buried in the model town's graveyard. Betelgeuse can only be resurfaced by manually traveling to the town and being re-dug from his grave, and if his employers hire him can then on be instantly summoned by reciting his name three times in a row.
Beetlejuice[]
In the film, Betelgeuse is known to be a troublemaker but is shown to be malicious and eager to terrorize for a good laugh, though he also acted as a benefactor of sorts to his clients. The Maitlands who summoned him knew that he was, pretty much, a demon who was too dangerous to be left to roam around. But Betelgeuse was still used as a force of (relative) good, as his chaos was directed largely at a group of human antagonists, whom he despises for not being upfront about themselves (as he is always honest about himself and his intents) though he was still rude, obnoxious, and hostile towards the Maitlands and Deetzes as well, not to mention the fact that he also tried to force Lydia to be his unwilling bride, much to her disgust though it wasn't out of any attraction merely as a means to escape into the mortal world indefinitely.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice[]
Betelgeuse has been using his psychic powers to contact Lydia over the last thirty-six years, making her think it's post-traumatic stress disorder from the traumas she experienced of losing her husband and her teenaged attempted forced marriage to Betelgeuse. Due to having fallen in love with Lydia, he has mellowed to where he desires no other woman than her and still very much wants to marry her as he believes they have a strong psychic connection. By this point, Betelgeuse has legitimately set up a bio exorcist business and has shrunken head men manning phones, with his lead worker being Bob. He is less malicious, adopting a more comical role and has shown he is ready to settle down with Lydia and be a stepfather to her daughter, whom he doesn’t hesitate to save when she gets tricked into entering the Afterife.
Other Media[]
Beetlejuice: The Animated Series[]
In the animated series, Betelgeuse was depicted as being more heroic (though he would still be a bit dishonest sometimes). He is often referred to as "BJ" for short. A recurring gag has him using figures of speech and idioms and then changing himself and/or his surroundings to match the pun (e.g., if he says something bugs him, he will turn into an insect).
Beetlejuice: The Musical[]
In Beetlejuice: The Musical, he remains basically the same as his in movie counterpart, with the exception that he's actually Juno's son and might have turned into a demon.
Teen Titans Go![]
Betelgeuse made a guest appearance as the antagonist of the Teen Titans Go! episode, "Ghost With the Most", where he captured the Halloween Spirit and locked the Teen Titans in the netherworld, allowing for him to take over Halloween. He was defeated by Raven, who summoned a sandworm to swallow him whole. In there, he was greeted by Trigon, who shrunk his head as revenge for him not paying him the money he owes him. During his time on the show, Betelgeuse made several references and nods both subtle and overt, not just to the original movie, but other installments of the Beetlejuice franchise, such as the musical, the animated series, and the sequel that's been in production hell for thirty years.
LEGO Dimensions[]
Beetlejuice appears as a playable character in LEGO Dimensions, obtainable through the 71349 Beetlejuice Fun Pack. He also appeared in the Teen Titans GO! in-game episode as the main antagonist.
Space Jam: A New Legacy[]
Betelgeuse made a cameo appearance in Space Jam: A New Legacy in the crowd of Warner Bros. characters during the basketball game at the end of the movie.
MultiVersus[]
Betelgeuse appears in MultiVersus as a playable character who was released during Season 2.
Quotes[]
| “ | What do you think of this? (*shows scary face*) You like it? | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse showing his scary face to Barbara and Adam Maitland. |
| “ | Nice f-cking model! | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse after he pushed the tree model over. |
| “ | I'm the ghost with the most, babe. | „ |
| ~ Beetlejuice introducing himself to Lydia Deetz. |
| “ | Not so fast, Round Boy, We're gonna have some laughs. | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse to Otho. |
| “ | Here's a tip, hotshot. Never trust a dead guy. | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse to Robin in Teen Titans Go!. |
| “ | I think it was Dostoevsky who said... (shows Jeremy the passport that's stamped "SH-T OUT OF LUCK!") Later, f-cker. | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse sending Jeremy Frazier to Hell. |
| “ | We'd like to thank you all for coming to this very special occasion, but right now, we'd like a little privacy. | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse trapping the influencers inside their phones. |
| “ | What the f-ck? | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse being confronted by his ex-wife Delores. |
| “ | Should've got married in Vegas. | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse after Lydia sends him back to the land of the dead, also his last words. |
| “ | I just had the weirdest dream. | „ |
| ~ Betelgeuse haunting Lydia's dreams. |
Trivia[]
- Originally, Betelgeuse was an assistant to Juno until he went on his own as a freelance bio-exorcist, causing Juno to banish him in a model cemetery. It was not long until he was released from his prison and once again spread chaos.
- Betelgeuse claims to be a graduate of Julliard, though this is meant to be a joke in the film and is a reference to Michael Keaton who did attend Julliard.
- Beetlejuice's appearance in the original script had him as a tall, black, winged demon that could transform into the appearance of a small Middle-Eastern man. The character’s design was changed at the request of Michael Keaton, who also improvised 90% of Betelgeuse’s lines.
- Originally, Warner Brothers Studio wanted Sammy Davis Jr. and then Dudley Moore to play the role of Betelgeuse. However, Tim Burton asked Michael Keaton who turned down the role but accepted after meeting with Tim.
- In 2011, an American dubstep producer known as Figure released a track named after Betelgeuse. In the track, Betelgeuse's voice is featured and used as the cover art of the track.
- Betelgeuse made a cameo appearance in the 2018 sci-fi film Ready Player One.
- Before doing a Teen Titans GO! crossover in "Ghost With The Most", he had also appeared in the LEGO Dimensions in-game episode, meaning that he has been involved in the Teen Titans GO! series twice.
- The spelling of Betelgeuse's name varies, and it is up to debate. While the film implies it is "Betelgeuse", the cartoon changed it to "Beetlejuice" instead. As a result, both have been used by fans to debate which is "true", yet most tend to lean towards how it is pronounced for simplicity, especially given the recurring nickname "BJ". That said, the cartoon does make his real name Betel Geuse Jr., as a reference to the star and the film's implied spelling. The confusion isn't helped by the fact Betelgeuse cannot say his own name, and seemingly can't write it down either.
- With only 17 minutes screen time in the 1988 film, most of Betelgeuse's performance was improvised. In the sequel, he had more screen time.
External Links[]
- Betelgeuse (cartoon only) on the Heroes Wiki
- Betelgeuse on the Beetlejuice Wiki
- Betelgeuse on the Tim Burton Wiki
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