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    The Movie 

  • Betelgeuse's off-the-wall TV commercial he pitches directly to the Maitlands, especially his bizarre jingle at the end:
    "And remember: 🎵I'll eat anything you want me to eat / I'll swallow anything you want me to swallow!🎵 So come on down now!" *clap* "Chew on a dog! AROOOOOOOOOOO!!"
  • Early in the movie, after being "Recently Deceased", the Maitlands are asleep on their bed...only Barbara has rolled off and is hovering about at bed level. As she wakes up and realizes it, the effect wears off and she falls to the floor. The little scream she makes is hilarious.
  • Betelgeuse answering Barbara and Adam's question about his qualifications...
    Betelgeuse: (calm, plain voice) Ah. Well, I attended Juilliard. I'm a graduate of the Harvard Business School. I travel quite extensively. (returns to character's normal voice) I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that! (chewing scenery) I've seen The Exorcist ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN 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?
    • The following scene where Betelgeuse gets asked "Can you be scary?"
      Betelgeuse: What do you think of this?
      (camera shifts behind him as something happens to his face as it explodes)
      (Barbara and Adam both freak out)
      Betelgeuse: (back to normal) You like it?
    • Also a "blink-and-you'll-miss-it" moment where after Adam asks if Betelgeuse can be scary, he turns around and makes an exasperated "jerk me off" motion with his hand.
    • Betelgeuse briefly possessing Barbara's voice: "Learn to throw your voice, fool your friends, fun at parties!"
    • And, while talking with Adam and Barbara, he grosses them out when he hocks up a loogie, spits it into his coat, and goes right on with his spiel. It's what he says after he spits into his coat that sells it, "Save that guy for later."
    • This dialogue:
    Betelgeuse: You know what's beautiful about this? You two kids picked me! You didn't have to, but you picked me, and it makes me wanna kiss you guys.
    [Betelgeuse tries to have his way with a protesting Barbara.]
  • The scene in which Betelgeuse kicks a tree in the model and knocks it over before yelling "Nice fuckin' model!" and grabbing his crotch (which honks like an old bicycle horn!), while keeping a straight face.
  • Adam and Barbara's first encounter with Lydia:
    The Maitlands are dressed as Bedsheet Ghosts and float in to the main room and a camera flash goes off as we see Lydia taking pictures.
    Lydia: Sick. Textbook perversion. If you guys are going to do that weird sexual stuff, do it in your own bedroom. *As the Maitlands flinch away*
    *Lydia finishes taking pictures and looks at the duo and turns away with a sigh...only to pick up the picture and see the Maitlands as ghosts*
    Lydia: No feet! *Looks at the Maitlands and tosses the pictures away and walks over* Are you the guys hiding out in the attic?
    Adam: We're ghooooooooooosts!
    Barbara: Whooooooooooo!
    Lydia *trying to look through Adam's eye holes*: What do you look like under there?
    Adam: Aren't you scared?
    Lydia: I'm not scared of sheets. Are you gross under there? Are you Night of the Living Dead under there? Like all bloody veins and pus? *goes to check under Adam's sheet*
    Adam: Night of the what?
    Lydia: Living Dead, it's a movie.
    Barbara: *As she and Adam pull off their sheets.* You know, if I had seen a ghost at your age, I would have been scared out of my wits!
    Lydia: You're not gross. Why are you wearing sheets?
    Barbara: We're practicing.
    Adam: You can see us without the sheets?
    Lydia: Of course I can see you!
    Adam: Well, how is it that you see us and nobody else can?
    Lydia: Well, I read through that Handbook for the Recently Deceased. It says "Live people ignore the strange and unusual. I myself am strange and unusual.
  • "I would rather talk about--" 🎵DAY-O, DAY-O🎵
  • "Attention, K-Mart shoppers!" The Smug Snake smirk on Keaton's face sells it.
  • There's something hilarious about the way Delia stares up at the ceiling after Maxie and his wife have been dealt with.
  • The wedding scene:
    Preacher: Do you, Betel—
    Betelgeuse: Aah! Uh-uh! Nobody says the "B" word.
    Preacher: Do you take this woman to be your wedded wife?
    Betelgeuse: (walks away to think this through) Oh, jeez, I don't know. I mean, it's kind of a big decision. I always said if I ever did it, I was gonna do it once and that was it. Well... (returns to his place) Sure. Yeah. Go ahead.
    Preacher: And you, do you, Lydia, take this man—
    Lydia: No! Betel—
    Betelgeuse: (covers Lydia's mouth) She's a little bit nervous. Uh, maybe I should answer for her, okay? (in Lydia's voice) I'm Lydia Deetz and I'm of sound mind. The man next to me is the one I want. You asked me. I'm answering. Yes, I love that man of mine.
    • Then Betelguese pulls a ring off a finger bone. Lydia is horrified, but he "reassures" by saying, "I swear to you, honey, she meant nothing to me! Nothing at all!"
      • While frantically searching for the ring, Betelgeuse pulls out a snake, a rat, and a couple of beetles.
    • This dialogue:
      Barbara: Betelgeuse.
      Betelgeuse: Eeeeeeeeeee!
      (Betelgeuse throws a zipper on her mouth. She unzips her lip.)
      Barbara: Betelgeuse!
      Betelgeuse: Ah geez! (throws a metal plate on her mouth) Strike!
    • Even just the concept that Betelguese's endgame is basically an extradimensional Citizenship Marriage scam.
    • After Betelgeuse has been defeated, Delia tries to run to Lydia, but gets freaked out by the Preacher.
  • The Shout-Out to The Fly (1958). When the fly actually lands on the display, turns toward Betelguese's voice, and gets suckered in by being tempted with a Zagnut bar.
    • "We'll have a little bite, have something to nosh!"
  • Betelgeuse trying to sneak a peek under Barbara's dress by lifting it with a tree branch.
  • This exchange between Juno and a dead football player.
    Dead Football Player: Coach, I don't think we survived that crash.
    Juno: How did you guess?
    • Pretty much the entire scene with Juno and the football players.
      Player: Coach...
      Juno: I'm not your coach! He survived.
  • Lydia tries to explain to Delia that Adam and Barbara are not bad, but Delia refuses to believe her.
    Delia: Open this door, you dead people, or we'll bust it down and we'll drag you out by the ropes you hanged yourselves with!
    Lydia: Shh! They didn't commit suicide.
    Delia: It doesn't matter. (Lydia rolls her eyes) Lydia, I have a chance to teach you something here: you have got to take the upper hand in all situations or people, whether they're dead or alive, will walk all over you.
    • For bonus background funny, Charles is rolling his eyes when she says this too.
  • Delia's rant when her husband Charles tries to stop her from renovating the humble home:
    Delia: I'm here with you. I will live with you in this hellhole, but I must express myself. If you don't let me GUT OUT this house and MAKE IT MY OWN, I will go INSANE, and I WILL TAKE YOU WITH ME!
    (Otho just stands there smirking)
    Charles (horrified): Uh well you know, maybe the house could use a little remodeling. Uh... But, why don't you just leave this room alone, okay?
    Delia (sweetly): Okay! (walks through the room)
    (Charles snarls behind her back and clenches his fist at Delia)
    Barbara (having watched it all in her ghostly state): I'm gonna get her.
  • One of the doors the Maitlands pass in the hallway of the afterlife is apparently to a doghouse.
  • "Not so fast, round boy! We're gonna have some laughs!"
    • Followed up with what he does to get rid of Otho; he shoots a Finger Gun at him that magically tears off his stylish black and red suit to reveal a tacky, powder-blue leisure suit; Otho screams in horror and promptly runs for the hills.
  • Betelgeuse trying to switch numbers in the reception room with the witch doctor next to him: "HEY, THERE GOES ELVIS, YO KING!" He gets his head shrunk for the effort... and ends up liking the result.
    "Hey... this might be a good look for me."
  • During the ghostly Dance Party Ending, Charles nonchalantly observes that Lydia must have gotten an A on her math test. Then screams and falls out of his chair as Beetlejuice's face appears next to him suddenly. The camera pans to reveal Delia holding a bust of BJ's head in his snake form.
    Delia: He likes it.
  • When the Maitlands tell Lydia they really do care about her, Adam hasn't completely fixed his horror face, leaving him with his normal face... and an 18 inch nose.
  • The discovery of the Handbook for the Recently Deceased.
    (dramatic chord in music)
    Adam: 'Handbook for the Recently Diseased...'
    Barbara (correcting him): Deceased.
    (dramatic chord repeats)
    Adam: 'Deceased.'
  • When Snake Betelgeuse attacks everyone, he sticks his head between Delia's legs. She runs back to hide in a room while covering her pelvis as if he was looking up her dress (note that she was wearing leggings under it).
    • It may be a reflex, but she probably felt violated just the same.
  • Meta example: the fact that this is Michael Keaton's favorite role. Can you blame him?!

    The Animated Series 

  • In "Laugh of the Party", after spending a good portion of the episode getting them recaptured (after dehydrating them since they grow in water), Lydia wonders what BJ did with the "Party People In-A-Can".
    BJ: Oh, I just flushed them down the toilet.
    Lydia: You WHAT!?
  • In "Vidiots", BJ's annoyance at having to go through several doors with the label "And/Or" on them to save Lydia from a video game villain.
    BJ: If I have to go through one more "And/Or" gate , I'm going to scream and/or puke!
  • From "Beauty and the Beetle": Beetlejuice goes to rescue Lydia in the role of "GRIMDIANA BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONES!" And every time he says his name, he gets run over by a boulder or a herd of bison.
  • The episode "Uncle B.J.'s Roadhouse" in pretty much its entirety. Especially funny moments include Beetlejuice screaming "You ate Mr. Book!?" when Mr. Silverfish ate the book he read to him while he was on the phone as well as Cartoonhead claiming to have vintage cartoon classics before showing a crummy three-second clip of some walking stick figures, and the end where Beetlejuice is chased by the police on a tricycle and the CGI baby blows up the television.
    • BJ having to answer the phone only for the caller to immediately hang up once he answers becomes a bit of a Running Gag, and by the time the third phone call occurs, he's had just about enough, which is when this happens.
      Beetlejuice: WHAT DO YA WAAAAAAANT?! (Beat) …Ma? But I didn't know it was… Yeah, but… But Ma! (phone hangs up on the other end) Sheesh!
  • From "It's a Big, Big, Big, Big Ape":
    • The Hurricane of Euphemisms for Captain Kidder's "death", starting when he suddenly has a giant number 12 1/2 protrude from his head and continuing with him acting out every euphemism for dying that BJ brings up.
      Beetlejuice: Uh-oh. Looks like his number's up! His time's running out! (holds alarm clock with Captain Kidder on it that rings when both hands are on 12) He's gonna kick the bucket! (Captain Kidder in a football uniform literally kicks a bucket, sending it over a goalpost) Now he's biting the dust! (Captain Kidder nibbles the ground) He's cashing in his chips! (Captain Kidder hands over chips to Beetlejuice at a booth in exchange for a bag of money) He's checking out! (Beetlejuice becomes a concierge, hands Captain Kidder a briefcase and throws him through a revolving door) He's buying the farm! (Beetlejuice becomes a farmer and teleports at a farm, where he hands over the deed to Captain Kidder) Look out! This is it! He's gonna croak! (Captain Kidder puts on a frog costume and croaks, then falls over dead)
      Lydia: Is he...is he?
      Beetlejuice: Of course not.
      Ginger: This is a kid's show.
    • When everyone in the Neitherworld is after Bing Bong, the Monster Across the Street is focused on reuniting with his estranged father and assumes everyone is going to the island for the same reason he is.
      Beetlejuice: Okay, now, look. There's about 600 of us and it's pretty obvious we're all after the same thing.
      Monster Across the Street: Great balls of tarhooties! You mean you folks has lost all your pappies, too?
      Beetlejuice: Yeah, right. We all lost our... SOMEBODY WANT TO GIVE THE COWBOY A COPY OF THE SCRIPT?! (a bunch of script pages are thrown at the Monster Across the Street)
    • BJ invoking a Musical Slapstick Montage to skip over a dangerous stretch of jungle. Especially since he seemed to enjoy the experience afterwards.
    • It turns out in the end that there is no gigantic singing ape, Captain Kidder is still alive and that he lied about finding a singing ape just to get everyone at his new comedy club.
      Lydia: He's alive!
      Everyone else: Not for long!
  • In "Sore Feet", without his feet Beetlejuice is unable to pull any of his usual pranks on the Neitherworlders (or even stomp a beetle). He tries to kick the Monster Across the Street in the butt while taking out the trash. BJ not only misses but flies into the garbage can, much to the Monster's amusement.
    Monster: Well, what do you know? Somebody threw out a perfectly good Beetlejuice!
  • The puns. Dear God, the PUNS. If puns are your thing, this show is a gold mine.
    • One pun worthy of mentioning on its own is after Beetlejuice has an Imagine Spot - he grabs his own thought bubble, thrusts it into Lydia's hands, and tells her to 'hold that thought.'
    • This troper particularly laughed hard at Beetlejuice's disembodied head floating around singing loudly "I ain't got no body." So dumb it was hilarious.
    • "I know... I'll watch a little TV." (Cut to Beetlejuice staring at an absurdly tiny TV set)
  • In "Brinkadoom," Lydia goes over the top in her efforts to keep the villagers awake long enough for her and Beetlejuice to escape before it vanishes. She pulls a massive instrument out of nowhere and marches around town blaring noise. The mayor formally requests that "YE SHUT UP!"
    Lydia: "Ye Shut Up"? Hmm. Don't know it, but I'll be glad to fake it for ya! *still playing* Ye shut up! Ye shut up!
    Beetlejuice: *to the audience, proudly and fondly* You gotta love her. When she wants to, she can be almost as obnoxious as I am!
  • The way Beetlejuice hijacks the Romeo and Juliet play by possessing Claire Brewster in "Stage Fright" is absolutely priceless, from how far it deviates from the original work (story and all) to Beetlejuice doing puns and ending the play by turning into a huge blob and exploding into goop that splatters onto the audience. What makes it even better is that the In-Universe critics also thought of it as a great comedy, making the play a hit.
    Beetlejuice!Claire: Oh, Aroma-o! Aroma-o! (sniffing the air) Wherefore art thou, babes?!
    • When Lydia gives Claire the dress she's supposed to wear as Juliet, Claire chucks it in the trash saying she got her mom's designer to make her "a one of a kind original."
      Beetlejuice: You're an original, alright, and nobody wants a sequel!
  • In "Oh Brother!", while they're searching for a depressed Beetlejuice in the Down-And-Outback, it's shown that even Lydia's saint-like patience can only tolerate his brother Donny for so long. When they're climbing the cliff to Malice Springs...
    Donny: Stop! Lydia!
    Lydia: What's wrong, Donny?
    Donny: This view is great!
    Lydia: (gives an annoyed Aside Glance to the audience)
    Donny: (pulls out a camera) I just gotta get a picture for Aunt Lucy!
    Lydia: If he gets any nicer, I'm cutting the rope.
  • At the start of "The Big Face Off", Charles accidentally walks in on Lydia with Beetlejuice as the latter is making an absurdly horrific grimace. But Charles - a normally chronically nervous guy - doesn't even flinch, as he's half asleep and instead assumes he's having a bad dream (to which Lydia says "yes"). And then, he asks Lydia if the dream is his or hers, and Lydia says it's hers. Charles then... just casually walks away, not even the slightest bit suspicious.
    • Beetlejuice ends up beating the Scuzzimotos in the competition by making a very hideous face that is initially hidden from view. At the end of the episode, it turns out BJ emulated the visage of a sleep-deprived Charles.
  • The ending of "Keeping Up With the Boneses", where Beetlejuice is forced to work as a Mall Santa to work off the interest from his indebted credit card and the Boneses have to assist him because they similarly drove themselves into bankruptcy from trying to beat Beetlejuice at purchasing expensive items with their own credit card. Deathstyles of the Rich and Heinous host Rotting Lunch then shows up to berate Beetlejuice and the Boneses for how low they've sunk, which prompts the three of them to put a sack over Lunch and beat the tar out of him.
  • The scene with the bickering old wives in "Cabin Fever" when Beetlejuice turns the book of Neitherworld Homely Remedies to its entry on Old Wives' Tales.
    Skinny Old Wife: Sonny, did I ever tell you the one about...
    Fat Old Wife: No, no, no. He's heard that. What about the time I—
    Skinny Old Wife: Oh, quiet! Mine's a much better story.
    Fat Old Wife: Whoever told you that?
    Skinny Old Wife: My son. He's a doctor.
    Fat Old Wife: A proctologist! Some doctor.
    Skinny Old Wife: To you, a psychologist!
    Beetlejuice: (shuts up the two bickering women by closing the book) A tale of two biddies, you know I hate it.
  • "The Birdbrain of Alcatraz"
    • The running gag of Beetlejuice being tattled on by the stool pigeon, an actual pigeon who repeatedly hollers "I'm telling" in a tone all too familiar to anyone who's been annoyed by a younger sibling threatening to report their misbehavior.
    • Lydia comes to the conclusion that Beetlejuice is innocent of stealing punchlines when she considers one to be too corny by Beetlejuice's standards.
      Lydia: "What did one morgue wall say to the other morgue wall? Meet me at the coroner." This proves it! Beetlejuice would never steal a joke this bad!
    • Lydia's annoyance with Governor Doubletalk contradicting himself when she tries to get him to pardon Beetlejuice.
      Lydia: A friend of mine was sent to prison for something he didn't do. This evidence proves him innocent. Will you look at it?
      Doubletalk: Absolutely! (switches to angry face) NOT! We're strictly forbidden from getting involved in criminal matters. (goes back to happy face) But let's have a look. Oh, ho ho, yes. He's innocent! (angry face again) But this doesn't prove a thing!
      Lydia: I'm confused. Will you give Beetlejuice a pardon or not?
      Doubletalk: (happy face) Little lady, I can unequivocally guarantee it! (switches to angry face once more) But I can't promise you anything.
      Lydia: (sighs in exasperation)
  • "Wizard of Ooze"
    • The Wicked Mayor of the East (portrayed by Mayor Maynot) gives a campaign speech where he blatantly promises to continue being a horrible politician.
      Wicked Mayor of the East: And so, my fellow Munchkins, as mayor of this unfair town, I promise to raise taxes, abuse my power and make your lives as miserable as possible. (plays tape recorder of audience cheering)
      Munchkin 1: How'd this guy get elected?
      Munchkin 2: Beats me.
    • This exchange when Lydia sees that the school building she's in has crushed the Wicked Mayor of the East.
      Lydia: Oh my gosh! Is he...is he...?
      Munchkin 1: Of course not!
      Munchkin 2: This is a kids' show.
      Wicked Mayor of the East: (groans in pain) I'll be okay...
    • The running gag of Toto (represented by Ginger the Tap-Dancing Spider) crying whenever she's called a spider.
    • The Boolah Bears manage to scare everyone but the Cowardly Lion (portrayed by the Monster Across the Street) due to his lack of eyes making him immune to their ability to become unbearably ugly when looked at in the eye.
      Wicked Witch of the West: Curse that lion's character designer! Why couldn't he have eyes?
    • The Bone Woodsman (Jacques LaLean) distracts one of the Oogly Ogre Brothers by painting his portrait and deliberately making him look more handsome than he actually is. When the thrilled Oogly Ogre Brother shows this to the other two, the three then get into a fight and clobber each other while arguing which of them is truly the most attractive, giving the main characters ample time to journey further on their quest to meet the Wizard of Ooze.
    • The Scarecrow (Beetlejuice) thinks he scared off the Big Stripy Thing (a Sandworm), but it was really that the Big Stripy Thing was frightened away by the Boolah Bears, who are hiding in a cave after their failure to scare the Cowardly Lion.
    • The Wicked Witch of the West ultimately turns out to resemble Claire Brewster (and clarifies that her title is actually West Coast), with a twist on the Wicked Witch's defeat in the original story occurring by being splashed with water so that instead of melting, her makeup washes off and she's humiliated at everyone seeing her acne.
    • The Wizard (portrayed by Barry MeNot) doesn't give Lydia and the others what they want because he gets set off by being told that they already defeated every nasty creature in Ooze.
      Lydia: Please, Wizard. We need your help!
      Wizard: Dandy! No problem! After all, I do know everything. But first you must do something for me.
      Lydia: What's that?
      Wizard: You must get rid of the Wicked Mayor of the East.
      Lydia: But...we already did that!
      Wizard: You did? Uh, um, of course you did. I knew that. What I meant to say is that you must get rid of the Wicked Witch of the West.
      Lydia: We already did that, too!
      Wizard: Well, then, the Boolah Bears! Get rid of them!
      Cowardly Lion: We done that, too.
      Wizard: Oh, then go get the Oogly Ogre Brothers!
      Bone Woodsman: We already did.
      Wizard: What about that Big Stripy Thing?! Did you get rid of that?!
      Cowardly Lion, Bone Woodsman, Lydia and Toto: Uh-huh!
      Wizard: Boy, if there's one thing I can't stand, it's a bunch of know-it-alls! Just get out of here, would ya?! Scram! And take your stupid dog with you! (Toto pauses to look back before continuing to leave the place)
  • "Neitherworld's Least Wanted"
    • Mr. Big tries to get Beetlejuice to say "I'm coming apart at the seams" by flying by in a plane with a few banners reading the phrase.
      Mr. Big: C'mon, Beetlejuice! Say it! I'm coming apart at the seams!
      Beetlejuice: (lips not moving) Lucky I can read without moving my lips.
    • Little Miss Warden tries to get Beetlejuice to say the phrase by asking him to solve a rebus puzzle, but Beetlejuice doesn't answer it correctly.
      Beetlejuice: Hmm. Eyeball. Bottle o' ink. Yeah. Monkey heart. Uhhhh... I got it! I got it! I'm... (pant legs become hairy with oversized combs in them) ...combing a part in my pants!
      Little Miss Warden: No, no, no! Wrong, wrong, wrong! And I don't like your poopy-doopy cowboy pants!
      Beetlejuice: I think you'd like the view more if you're out riding the range! (sends Little Miss Warden away on a washing machine)
    • Bartholomew Batt tries to trick Beetlejuice into saying it via a game of charades with the clue that the answer is a quote consisting of six words, but Beetlejuice instead answers "Down the hall, second door on the left" (which is a bit more than six words).
    • Scuzzo and Jesse Germs try to trick Beetlejuice into saying it by staging a gameshow and asking him to complete the phrase (which is only missing the letter C), but Beetlejuice doesn't even try to solve the puzzle and instead trips them over a summoned pair of porpoises.
    • Lipscum actually succeeds by simply daring that Beetlejuice can't say it ten times real fast.
      Beetlejuice: Get an afterlife, Lipscum! I'd rather wear clean underwear than say something stupid like "I'm coming apart at the seams"! (he falls apart) Oops! Me and my big mouth.
  • In "Not So Peaceful Pines", Lydia's new neighbors have been throwing wild, late night parties for the past week, this one in particular being so loud it can be heard from the Neitherworld, much to the annoyance of several of its inhabitants, including Beetlejuice, who was trying to get some sleep.
    Beetlejuice: Hey! Turn down that music! IT'S LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE THE DEAD!!! And I should know.
    • And a few minutes later, he goes to check on Lydia, who's having just as rough a night.
      Beetlejuice: Hey, Babes. What's shakin'?
      (A nearby photo falls off the wall due to the volume of the music)
      Lydia: What isn't? It's the new neighbors! They're making enough noise to wake—!
      Beetlejuice: Hold it, Babes. We've already done that joke.

    The Musical 
  • When Beetlejuice throws out Barbara and Adam's copy of the handbook for the recently deceased he'll often turn to the audience and ask if any kids are in the audience, and inevitably there's at least one who he'll perform a puppet show with the book about where books go when they die. He answers by hurling the book into the fireplace and acting out its agonizing final screams before turning to the crowd stone-faced and telling the child in the audience that "sometimes puppet shows are sad."
    • During the last performance of the Broadway version, Beetlejuice asks the crowd as usual only to notice something.
      Beetlejuice: Ohmygod! Front row! What a huge mistake!
    • During the touring production, Beetlejuice added some relevant political humor:
      Beetlejuice: I thought this only happened to books that turned kids gay!
  • "No Reason"
    • The number starts out as Delia trying to impart her philosophical beliefs on Lydia, only to turn into a rant about her midlife crisis.
      Delia: Be prepared to take your eggs and freeze 'em!
      Lydia: Is this still about me?
    • This exchange, which anyone who's into crystals can tell you is basically accurate.
      Delia: I found my frequency, crystals speak to me!
      Lydia: What do they say?
      Delia: "Buy more crystals."
  • Some of Lydia and Beetlejuice's interactions in "Say My Name".
    Beetlejuice: And I can be so-
    Lydia: Gross?
    Beetlejuice: Well-
    Lydia: Creepy?
    Beetlejuice: What?
    Lydia: Ugly?
    Beetlejuice: Hey!
    Lydia: Disgusting?
    Beetlejuice: Well, sure, but more importantly- The point is I can help!
    • There's also her repeatedly saying Beetlejuice's name twice and teasingly switching to another word that begins with "be". Beetlejuice gets increasingly more irritated by her actions, but still tries to tempt her into using his services.
    • Not to mention Beetlejuice accidentally underselling himself by demonstrating his possession powers and saying any ghost can possess the living. Once Lydia points out how she could resort to the friendly ghosts she already knows over the stranger she just met, he panics and starts labeling them as best friends.
  • At one performance, the play was stopped due to technical problems (namely issues getting the attic/bedroom set to move into position). When it resumed, Beetlejuice said, "Previously, on Beetlejuice..." before continuing with the play proper.
  • In "Barbara 2.0", Barbara convinces Adam to break one of the things he never used in life. Adam does so, and lets out an excited gasp. You can practically hear the sparkles in his eyes.
  • From "What I Know Now"—the ghosts are listing off what killed them in rhyming prose ("Don't jump when the light is red"/"Toasters should be used for bread"... etc.). It's all very theatrical and desperate, until—
    Burnt guy, excited: I EXPLODED!
  • After Beetlejuice kills Juno with a Sand Worm, he holds up her leg and says the following:
    • And then he looks very calmly at the audience and tips his cowboy hat. (Yes, he has one by that point. Don't question it.)

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