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[[folder:The Movie]]
* ActorInspiredElement: The original plan for the dinner party was to have the guests dance to "a song by The Ink Spots," but Creator/JeffreyJones and Creator/CatherineOHara suggested the music be calypso.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Why Creator/MichaelKeaton took the role and returned for the sequel when it escaped DevelopmentHell; he's stated on numerous occasions that it's his favorite role.
* CelebrityVoiceActor:
** The Japanese version features comedian Norio Nishikawa as Betelgeuse, actress and singer Shizue Abe as Barbara Maitland and Masato Sako as Charles Deetz.
** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Betelgeuse is voiced by actor[=/=]singer Henry Salvat.
* CreatorBacklash: Creator/AlecBaldwin apparently was not happy with his performance.
* CreatorsFavorite: This is Creator/MichaelKeaton's favourite film role of his career.
* DeletedScene:
** There was originally a scene where Lydia was developing photos of Adam and Barbara in Delia's bed sheets and tries to show them to her dad. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R2RPIwylIg Seen here.]]
** There was supposed to be another encounter with the sandworm when Adam and Barbara were hiding from the Deetzes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWt36oJMvlY Here.]]
** There was also an alternate version of the scene where Adam tries to leave the house and it didn't include him on Saturn. [[https://youtu.be/oE5h2GFM-Uw Here.]]
** The ending was slightly different than the final film version, as it would've shown Charles and Delia back in New York where they reject Jane's requests of putting the house for sale and pull away from the heroes partying to show the Maitland house, offering a BookEnd to the opening titles sequence that ended on its model. [[https://youtu.be/TqJiBcgcPzY?feature=shared Here.]]
* ExecutiveVeto: Lydia was going to die and continue hanging out in the house with the Maitlands. The studio rejected it as carrying UnfortunateImplications, telling goth teens they should die and/or that suicide is a good way to resolve your problems.
* FollowTheLeader: Creator/MichaelKeaton's iconic and unique performance as Betelgeuse has inspired a wave of fast-talking supernatural characters in the following years such as [[Film/LittleMonsters Maurice]], Film/DropDeadFred, [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} The Genie]] and Creator/JimCarrey's portrayal of Film/TheMask just to name a few.
* TheForeignSubtitle:
** Germany inverted it, ''Dissolute Spirit Beetlejuice''.
** Hungary: ''Beetlejuice - Ghost Story''
** Italy: ''Beetlejuice - Pig Spirit'' (also a [[RhymingTitle Rhyming Subtitle]]: ''Spirit'''''''ello''''' ''Porc'''''''ello''''', an expression for a dirty, slimy person.)
** Latin America: ''Beetlejuice, The Super Ghost''
** Portugal: ''Beetlejuice - The Ghosts Have Fun'' (Brazil's standalone CompletelyDifferentTitle)
* LoopingLines: While Tony Cox portrayed the preacher on-set, his lines were re-dubbed by veteran actor Creator/JackAngel.
* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: In the original script, the film was imagined to be more of a graphic horror rather than a comedy, and instead of marrying Lydia, Betelgeuse was originally going to rape her.
* ReferencedBy:
** ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'':
*** In his review of [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem NES]] Accessories, one of the games the Nerd tests out on the Roll N' Rocker is ''VideoGame/{{Beetlejuice}}'', given that it was published by Creator/LJNToys, who also created the Roll N' Rocker. Beetlejuice keeps going to the left.
*** The Nerd reviewed the ''Beetlejuice'' NES game in the 2014 Halloween season.
** Music/CreatureFeature's ''Haunted'' is very similar plot-wise, with a ghost trying to get rid of the living family "haunting" his house.
** ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': In his "Nicktoons" review, while reviewing ''WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters'', the Critic says that Oblina looks kind of like Beetlejuice's dildo, if he had one.
** ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': In "[[Recap/TinyToonAdventuresS3E6TheReturnOfBatduck The Return of Batduck]]", Plucky does an impression of Beetlejuice in an unsuccessful attempt to get past Ralph.
** [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRPVRBvZM7/ Strip #380]] of ''WebComic/PocketPrincesses'' shows [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed Priya]] dressed as Lydia.
** The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' Halloween special [[Recap/HomestarRunnerJibblies2 "Jibblies 2"]] features Strong Bad dressed up as Beetlejuice.
** Beetlejuice is the antagonist in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and mentions Winona Ryder.
** A LawyerFriendlyCameo version of Betegeuse, in both his human and snake forms, is a boss encounter in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'' and its prequel, ''Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX''.
* RomanceOnTheSet: O'Hara met her future husband, production designer Bo Welch, on this film. According to Welch, Burton said he should ask her out near the end of filming:
-->It didn't even occur to me that I was even supposed to talk to actors. But since Tim told me to I did and then we dated and we're married and here we are today.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The box-office success created plans for a sequel: ''Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian''. A script was commissioned, and Keaton and Ryder both signed on, but Burton lost interest in the project. For decades rumours would occasionally circulate that the project was moving forward only to die down with no progress. In March 2023, Warner Brothers announced that a sequel was finally going into production with Tim Burton directing and Keaton, Ryder and O'Hara returning to their roles from the original movie.
* StarMakingRole: This is the film that jump-started Creator/WinonaRyder's career.
* ThrowItIn: 90% of Keaton's lines are ad-libbed.
* {{Vaporware}}: The scrapped sequel ''Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian''. Allegedly, Burton deliberately came up with a ridiculous premise in order to stop the sequel from being made. Creator/KevinSmith was offered the chance to do a rewrite of the script before being attached to the also-unmade ''Superman Lives''. His response to the execs boiled down to "Didn't we say all we needed to say with the first ''Beetlejuice''? Must we go tropical?" However, the script does exist and can be found online.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Beetlejuice}} the main page]].
* WorkingTitle: ''The Maitlands'' and, later, ''House Ghosts.'' At one point, Tim Burton suggested the title ''Scared Sheetless'' as a joke - and was shocked when they '''actually considered it'''.
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[[folder:The Animated Series]]
* ActingForTwo:
** Bertha and Claire are both voiced by Creator/TaraStrong.
** Ginger and Prudence are voiced by Creator/TabithaStGermain.
* AdoredByTheNetwork: Both Creator/{{ABC}} and Creator/FoxKids aired the show simultaneously in the 1991-92 season (FOX aired it on weekdays and ABC aired it on weekends), making one of the first Saturday morning cartoons to do so alongside ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' which aired on ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' and ABC starting that season. The show's 1992 end is normal, as most cartoons based on films don't last very long (''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', ''WesternAnimation/TheMask: The Animated Series'' and ''Ace Ventura: The Animated Series'' are the only exceptions).
** Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} loved the show to [[IncrediblyLamePun death]]. For most of the 1990's, the show was one of the cornerstones of Nickelodeon's afternoon block (along with ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'', ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' and ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''), and received a lot of promotions and marathons. Creator/CartoonNetwork also showed the show a lot of love when rights switched over to them in 1998.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Rescued. All 109 episodes were released on a 12-disc set by Creator/ShoutFactory in 2013. They can be bought [[http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BCRRA8U/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_Ks1Iwb0GM5RGW here]].
* KidsMealToy: The series had six double-sided PVC figures released at Burger King. Sources conflict as to whether this promotion was done in 1989 or 1990.
* MilestoneCelebration: "The Neitherworld's Least Wanted," in which BJ's enemies team up to destroy him, was done for the 100th episode of the series.
* OfficialFanSubmittedContent: The script for "Brides of Funkenstein" was written by a teenage fan.
* RecycledTheSeries
* RoleReprise:
** In the French dub, Mario Santini reprises his role from the movie as Beetlejuice.
** The Brazilian dub also kept Nilton Valério as Beej (though he's replaced in some episodes).
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: On the show, some of the episodes were thin metaphors about ExecutiveMeddling and MoralGuardians trying to make Beetlejuice's life (i.e. the show) LighterAndSofter for audiences.
* SimilarlyNamedWorks: The episode "It's a Wonderful Afterlife" shares its title with a 2010 British dark comedy film, although the plots are completely different.
* VoicesInOneRoom: Largely averted, according to an interview with Stephen Ouimette. He and Creator/AlysonCourt would record their lines together, just the two of them, and the rest of the cast would be recorded and added afterward. This makes sense, as BJ and Lydia have more scenes together than any other characters and also have the closest relationship in the show.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Beetlejuice}} the main page]].
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[[folder:The Musical]]
* ActingForTwo: Delia and Miss Argentina were originally played by the same actress. During the curtain call, she comes out wearing the Delia costume and the Argentina sash to represent both characters. The role is split between two actresses as of the show's re-opening. Juno and Maxie Dean are also played by the same actress.
* ApprovalOfGod: Both Geena Davis and Catherine O'Hara have seen (and praised) the show. They were even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuMFc9kOytY invited]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehxLpBY-niY onstage]] after curtain call. O'Hara also introduced the show at the 2019 Tony Awards.
** While Creator/TimBurton didn't directly contribute anything to the production itself (as it is Creator/WarnerBros who own the rights and have a company under their umbrella that tackles theatrical productions), his original sketches and storyboards were made available to Eddie Perfect and the director, and the set and lighting design were based on these.
* CutSong: A few numbers from the Washington D.C. tryout were taken out before the show hit Broadway. An entire demo album with commentary by composer Eddie Perfect was released in October 2020.
** Lydia originally had another solo entitled "Mama Would", in which she would reminisce on all the cherished memories she had with her late mother.
** Barbara had a heartbreaking solo number named "Children We Never Had", which ended with the revelation of her having suffered a miscarriage in the past. Because of this, she would consider Lydia as the "daughter they didn't have". This song was eventually replaced by the much more energetic "Barbara 2.0".
** The original introductory song for the Netherworld was a hilariously-clichéd pop number named "Everything is Meh", performed by a [[CanonForeigner deceased boy band named Boy Inferno]]. This number was later dropped and replaced with "What I Know Now", a song for Miss Argentina and the Netherworld ghosts.
** There were several different opening numbers intended for the musical before "The Whole Being Dead Thing" was agreed upon, including "Death's Not Great" (an ensemble number where people describe the downsides of death), "The Hole" (where Beetlejuice bluntly addresses how the Netherworld is nothing like the afterlife anyone's expecting) and "Gotta Get Outta This House" (where Beetlejuice complains about spending eons ignored by the living in the house he haunts, gives a big TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards mortals, and expresses his longing to be able to appear in the living world and to be summoned by having someone say his name three times; this one was ultimately reworked into "Barbara 2.0").
** Otho was to have two songs, "The Box" (which appears to be about him praising an invention that will enable immortality) and "I'm Very Good at Running Cults" (which establishes that he's a cultist leader who repeatedly killed his followers to start over before crossing paths with Delia).
** A scrapped closing number is "Ain't it Strange", which has Beetlejuice point out that he's the one who saved everyone from Juno in spite of his earlier misbehavior and the rest of the cast conceding that they themselves weren't flawless.
** Two different songs were initially written for Beetlejuice and Lydia's initial team up: "You Can Only Work With What You Get" (in which the two openly admit their team up is TeethClenchedTeamwork because they work together despite their differences) and "Step Right Up" (a bouncy carnival-esque number of Beetlejuice and Lydia praising their freedom and knocking the living out of the house) which were both replaced with "That Beautiful Sound."
** Charles had two songs cut: a romantic ballad to Delia "Sign Yourself Over To Me" and the melancholic "A Little More Of Your Time" where he reflects on [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone how he feels he failed as a father for Lydia]].
* DawsonCasting: Dana Steingold (who's in her mid-thirties) as Sky the Girl Scout. She's also one of the three actresses in the original cast to play Lydia, alongside Creator/SophiaAnneCaruso and Presley Ryan.
* OrphanedReference: In the film's original script, Beetlejuice was a demon from hell with yellow snake eyes. Here, he is again referred to as a demon, and in many of the official marketing pictures such as on posters, Alex Brightman's eyes have been edited to appear yellow.
* ScrewedByTheLawyers: When writing the score, Perfect originally wanted to incorporate more of the thematic elements of the famous Music/DannyElfman score, [[http://www.playbill.com/article/songwriter-eddie-perfect-shares-stories-and-trivia-about-his-beetlejuice-score but was unable to for legal reasons]] (Elfman did not give his blessing for the Broadway production). Perfect still managed to fit BJ's film {{leitmotif}} in certain songs (at the end of "The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing" being the most obvious example).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: See [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Beetlejuice}} the main page]].
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