History WesternAnimation / CasperTheFriendlyGhost

* HotMom: Hot Stuff's mother.

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* SealedEvilInACan: Volbragg in the "Casper and the Spectrals" comic book reboot.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: The "Casper and the Spectrals" comic book reboot.

* PowerTrio: In ''Casper and the Spectrals''; Casper (ego), Wendy (superego) and Hot Stuff (id).

* SealedEvilInACan: Volbragg in the "Casper and the Spectrals" comic book reboot.

* ArtEvolution: Casper's original design was much chubbier and bedsheet like, whereas his later Harveytoons redesign streamlined him into the simpler, big-headed ghost design that we recognize today.

* SlaveToPR: Ghosts are ''supposed'' to be scary, so Casper is feared by humans for being a ghost and looked down upon by other ghosts for not being a "proper" ghost. Other ghosts enjoy scaring, but also take it very seriously and do it because it's a ghost's purpose in [[hottip:death: life]]. There are even scaring experts that the Ghostly Trio have either consulted to improve their scaring, or gone up against to prove that they were the best (in a GoodOldFisticuffs sorta way: the others and their fancy techniques are no match for tried-and-true invisible playing with objects or yelling of "Boo!"). One of the cartoons even featured a ghost school that taught haunting. Spooky protects his reputation as the number one scarer at any cost.

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Casper, a ghost who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends wants to be friendly but scares people away]], debuted in a 1946 {{Noveltoon|s}} released by FamousStudios for Paramount Pictures, [[AdaptationDisplacement adapted from a children's story]] made by Joe Oriolo. Casper appeared in 55 animated shorts and became Paramount's most popular character after ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}. In 1958, Paramount sold the character to HarveyComics, where he frequently crossed over to RichieRich stories.

* TheVerse: Frequent {{Crossover}}s with other Harvey comics, even ''RichieRich'' (though he's never sure he didn't dream his Casper encounters). Some arcs have brought together ''all'' Enchanted Forest characters.

--->'''Cliff:''' I think it's obvious what happened. Casper was quenching his thirst for blood.

-->--''"A GHOST!"''

* OncePerEpisode: The Famous shorts became increasingly formulaic as time went on. Casper feels lonely, Casper tries to find a friend but everyone runs away from him, Casper finally finds someone who will overlook the fact that he's a ghost and be friends with him usually after he helps them get out of some kind of trouble. The friend is then menaced by a large baddie, at which point Caspar steps in and demands, "You leave my friend alone!" at which point the baddie runs off in fear. All ends well. Rinse and repeat. Famous Studios had a hard time coming up with original ideas for Popeye, too, incidentally.
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in an episode of ''{{Cheers}}'':

* BedsheetGhost: While not exactly bedsheeted, the ghosts are invariably transparent, pale and not at all detailed.

Casper, a ghost who [[IJustWantToHaveFriends wants to be friendly but scares people away]], debuted in a 1946 {{Noveltoon|s}} released by FamousStudios for Paramount Pictures, [[AdaptationDisplacement adapted from a children's story]] made by Joe Oriolo. Casper appeared in 55 animated shorts and became Paramount's most popular character after {{Popeye}}. In 1958, Paramount sold the character to Harvey Comics, where he frequently crossed over to RichieRich stories.

Casper's television debut was on the Creator/{{ABC}} AnimatedAnthology series ''Matty's Funday Funnies'', sponsored by Mattel Toys. The Casper shorts were syndicated during the 1962-63 season, after which they returned to ABC, accompanied by new supporting segments, in ''The New Casper Cartoon Show''. In 1979, HannaBarbera produced ''Casper and the Angels'' for Creator/{{NBC}} Saturday mornings, with the voices of JulieMcWhirter as Casper and John Stephenson as Hairy Scary. Since 1995, Casper has been the star of a Fox AnimatedSeries (''TheSpooktacularNewAdventuresOfCasper'') and a series of live-action/CGI films, starting with [[Film/{{Casper}} a feature]]; one of the direct-to-video movies, ''Casper Meets Wendy'', launched the career of HilaryDuff.

!!This series provides examples of:

* TheVerse: Frequent {{Cross Over}}s with other Harvey comics, even ''RichieRich'' (though he's never sure he didn't dream his Casper encounters). Some arcs have brought together ''all'' Enchanted Forest characters.

* ChristmasSpecial: ''Casper's First Christmas'', a [[{{Crossover}} Cartoon Crossover}} which had Casper and Hairy Scary interacting with WesternAnimation/YogiBear and friends.

* ChristmasSpecial: ''Casper's First Christmas'', a CartoonCrossover which had Casper and Hairy Scary interacting with WesternAnimation/YogiBear and friends.

* {{Crossover}}: Spunky the Donkey, who originally appeared in several of the FleischerStudios ''ColorClassics'' and a Famous ''[[{{Noveltoons}} Noveltoon]]'', appears (curiously, without his mother, Hunky) in at least two of Casper's shorts, over a decade after his previous roles.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: From the way Casper treats it, you'd think scaring people was ''ax murder'' or something. Wendy's the same with her aunts, though sometimes they did go farther with their spells than harmless pranks and scares (How does turning a butterfly - remember, all animals sentient in this series - into a ''hole'' in a plank of wood even work?)

* OurMonstersAreDifferent: In ''Casper's Scare School'', many of the creatures that would normally be former fleshies were never fleshies. Mantha was always a zombie, Ra was always a mummy, ''etc''. The only characters that were confirmed to be formerly human were Fly Boy and his father.

* BedsheetGhost: While not exactly bedsheeted, the ghosts are invariably transparent, pale and not at all detailed.

Casper's television debut was on the {{ABC}} AnimatedAnthology series ''Matty's Funday Funnies'', sponsored by Mattel Toys. The Casper shorts were syndicated during the 1962-63 season, after which they returned to ABC, accompanied by new supporting segments, in ''The New Casper Cartoon Show''. In 1979, HannaBarbera produced ''Casper and the Angels'' for {{NBC}} Saturday mornings, with the voices of {{Julie McWhirter}} as Casper and John Stephenson as Hairy Scary. Since 1995, Casper has been the star of a Fox AnimatedSeries (''{{The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper}}'') and a series of live-action/CGI films, starting with [[Film/{{Casper}} a feature]]; one of the direct-to-video movies, ''Casper Meets Wendy'', launched the career of HilaryDuff.

Casper's television debut was on the {{ABC}} AnimatedAnthology series ''Matty's Funday Funnies'', sponsored by Mattel Toys. The Casper shorts were syndicated during the 1962-63 season, after which they returned to ABC, accompanied by new supporting segments, in ''The New Casper Cartoon Show''. In 1979, HannaBarbera produced ''Casper and the Angels'' for {{NBC}} Saturday mornings, with the voices of Julie [=McWhirter=] as Casper and John Stephenson as Hairy Scary. Since 1995, Casper has been the star of a Fox AnimatedSeries (''{{The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper}}'') and a series of live-action/CGI films, starting with [[Film/{{Casper}} a feature]]; one of the direct-to-video movies, ''Casper Meets Wendy'', launched the career of HilaryDuff.

Casper's television debut was on the {{ABC}} AnimatedAnthology series ''Matty's Funday Funnies'', sponsored by Mattel Toys. The Casper shorts were syndicated during the 1962-63 season, after which they returned to ABC, accompanied by new supporting segments, in ''The New Casper Cartoon Show''. In 1979, HannaBarbera produced ''Casper and the Angels'' for {{NBC}} Saturday mornings, with the voices of Julie [=McWhirter=] as Casper and John Stephenson as Hairy Scary. Since 1995, Casper has been the star of a Fox AnimatedSeries and a series of live-action/CGI films, starting with [[Film/{{Casper}} a feature]]; one of the direct-to-video movies, ''Casper Meets Wendy'', launched the career of HilaryDuff.

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* ShoutOut[=/=]HypocriticalHumor: From the 1995 movie: [[{{Ghostbusters}} "Who ya gonna call? Someone else!"]]

-->''"With the Casper series, you never knew what picture you were working on, because they were all exactly the same."''

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