[[WMG:Casper's mother encouraged his friendliness.]]
In canon where Casper was a deceased person, his mother always taught him to be friendly to people. There are some people who are nice, thus can always expect them to be friendly. Even if no one is being friendly back, his mother taught him not to be bothered by it. His mother's teaching and caring was so strong that when he died, her love was the only thing that kept him from crossing over. That's why he is always searching for friends.

[[WMG: Casper is really an EldritchAbomination.]]
He only looks like a cross between a teddy bear and a lightbulb to the viewers because that's what the camera shows him as. This is why (in the comics and both cartoon canons) he was a ghost who had never been a human, and he freaks people out without trying.

[[WMG:Taking a cue from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''; Casper is the ghost of ComicBook/RichieRich.]]
Mr. Rich's money was all in real estate, and when that went south...well, just check out the story of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List John List]].
* Jossed by the series ''Richie Rich & Casper''.

[[WMG:Poil is the ghost of Creator/GracieAllen.]]
Okay, Gracie was ''technically'' still alive when Poil debuted in the comics, but watching the FOX cartoon version, I can't help but see similarities. Also, her boyfriend Spooky, at least in the early stories, had a fondness for cigars, much like George Burns. And, like George and Gracie, Poil's dippiness drives Spooky nuts, though he genuinely cares about her.

[[WMG:Casper always needs new friends because he outlives them.]]
It's been observed that every Casper cartoon starts with Casper friendless, then ends with him finding a friend, and then the next cartoon has him friendless again. If we assume he's been a ghost for a long time, then this is reasonable. His human friends won't be around forever. Unless, like [[spoiler: Ferdy the Fox,]] they come back as ghosts themselves.

He could probably have a nice chat about this problem with [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor.]]
* Maybe everyone is so scared of ghosts because something really bad happens when you hang out with one.

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