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** Creator/GlennClose, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/JoBethWilliams, [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]], and Creator/ElaineHendrix were all considered for the role of Carrigan.

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** Creator/GlennClose, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/JoBethWilliams, [[Music/{{Blondie}} [[Music/BlondieBand Debbie Harry]], and Creator/ElaineHendrix were all considered for the role of Carrigan.
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* TropeNamer: UnfinishedBusiness.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Friendship, Maine, [[Film/{{Casper}} the setting of the film]], is a real place, but none of the movie was shot there. The downtown scenes were filmed in the more touristy Rockport, Maine, while most of the movie, including all the scenes involving Whipstaff, were filmed in California.
* CreatorBacklash: In a 2022 interview, Creator/ChristinaRicci said that she considers her performance in this movie to be "terrible," adding that, "I was thirteen. There was a lot going on in my life. Everything was very difficult. I was just always annoyed, and I just don't think I tried very hard, to tell you the truth."

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Friendship, Maine, [[Film/{{Casper}} the setting of the film]], is a real place, but none of the movie was shot there. The downtown scenes were filmed in the more touristy Rockport, Maine, while most of the movie, including all the scenes involving Whipstaff, were was filmed in California.
* CreatorBacklash: In a 2022 interview, Creator/ChristinaRicci said that she considers her performance in this movie to be "terrible," adding that, adding, "I was thirteen. There was a lot going on in my life. Everything was very difficult. I was just always annoyed, and I just don't think I tried very hard, to tell you the truth."



* CutSong: There was a musical number by the Trio called ''Lucky Enough to Be a Ghost'', which was cut because the special effects needed to create it would've blown the movie's budget right out of the water. It can still be found on the DVD in two versions; the first which includes green plastic models of the Trio that would've been used as a guide for the animators and Bill Pullman, and then a second version of Dr. Harvey on his own which would've been used in the film had they not cut it. The scene where you see Dr. Harvey drop to the floor on the couch, is the moment when the song was meant to end, which is why he is so flustered, having just been swooping around through the air on it.

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* CutSong: There was a musical number by the Trio called ''Lucky Enough to Be a Ghost'', which was cut because the special effects needed to create it would've blown the movie's budget right out of the water. It can still be found on the DVD in two versions; the first which includes green plastic models of the Trio that would've been used as a guide for the animators and Bill Pullman, and then a second version of Dr. Harvey on his own which would've been used in the film had they not cut it. The scene where you see Dr. Harvey drop to the floor on the couch, couch is the moment when the song was meant to end, which is why he is so flustered, having just been swooping around through the air on it.



** In the mirror morph scene, Dr. Harvey's reflection was originally also going to change into Creator/StevenSpielberg. The cameo was actually filmed, but cut because it made the scene drag on too long. Spielberg was actually very happy about this, feeling that he's not much of an actor and was quite nervous in front of the camera.

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** In the mirror morph scene, Dr. Harvey's reflection was originally also going to change into Creator/StevenSpielberg. The cameo was actually filmed, filmed but cut because it made the scene drag on too long. Spielberg was actually very happy about this, feeling that he's not much of an actor and was quite nervous in front of the camera.



** Originally, after the Ghostly Trio first scares Carrigan and Dibs away from Whipstaff, Casper sheepishly tries to explain to his uncles (who remain off-screen at this point) that he was gearing up to scare them himself, before one of them throttles him.
** A scene where Casper crashes a sleepover looking for friendship, scaring the kids, before going downstairs and finding the father watching tabloid show "Hard Copy", and seeing the story about Dr. Harvey (this was simplified to Casper stumbling on the show in Whipstaff while channel-flipping).
** Kat would have been properly introduced at her school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, trying out for the school's acapella group (as mentioned in the scene where she and her dad are driving to Friendship). She ends up making the cut for the group, but learns immediately afterwards from her father that they're moving again, much to her dismay.

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** Originally, after the Ghostly Trio first scares Carrigan and Dibs away from Whipstaff, Casper sheepishly tries to explain to his uncles (who remain off-screen at this point) that he was gearing up to scare them himself, himself before one of them throttles him.
** A scene where Casper crashes a sleepover looking for friendship, scaring the kids, before going downstairs and finding the father watching the tabloid show "Hard Copy", and seeing the story about Dr. Harvey (this was simplified to Casper stumbling on the show in Whipstaff while channel-flipping).
** Kat would have been properly introduced at her school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, trying out for the school's acapella group (as mentioned in the scene where she and her dad are driving to Friendship). She ends up making the cut for the group, group but learns immediately afterwards afterward from her father that they're moving again, much to her dismay.



** The scene with Kat walking to school was going to have bigger ties into her and Casper's relationship and some later scenes that would've given said relationship more depth: Casper follows her, becomes overbearing in trying to be her guide and in a moment of oblivious love-struckness, admits that he was the reason for her moving to Friendship from Santa Fe, which infuriates her due to it having been the closest she'd come to making friends, and thus leads to an argument that sours their friendship, to the point where she doesn't appreciate his prank with her classmates' shoelaces and retaliates after he trips up Vic in a moment of jealousy. This explains why she acts rather cold to him when Vic comes over and asks her to be her date to the dance. Later, during the lighthouse scene, when Casper reveals that he has no memory of his actual life, it would've implied that Kat forgives him upon learning this, realizing that, as hard as she's had it with making friends, ''he's'' had it ''way worse'' due to being a ghost.
** Carrigan and Dib would have had several scenes in the second act of the film as well: first, after the Ghostly Trio prank Dr. Harvey using his feelings for Amelia, they eject him out of the manor in a chair and into a habor, where the two are dining at a dockside restaurant and witness this; later, the two go through Whipstaff's blueprints and discover the location of the treasure.
** A scene where Casper, upset at Kat's aforementioned anger at him, goes home to find Dr. Harvey waiting outside, his confidence broken by the Ghostly Trio's prank. Dr. Harvey gives some confusing advice, and Casper thanks him, leading him to regain confidence, and confront the Trio again, leading into the above CutSong, which ends with Kat asking him if she could to host the school's Halloween party at Whipstaff.

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** The scene with Kat walking to school was going to have bigger ties into her and Casper's relationship and some later scenes that would've given said relationship more depth: Casper follows her, becomes overbearing in trying to be her guide guide, and in a the moment of oblivious love-struckness, admits that he was the reason for her moving to Friendship from Santa Fe, which infuriates her due to it having been the closest she'd come to making make friends, and thus leads to an argument that sours their friendship, to the point where she doesn't appreciate his prank with her classmates' shoelaces and retaliates after he trips up Vic in a moment of jealousy. This explains why she acts rather cold to him when Vic comes over and asks her to be her date to for the dance. Later, during the lighthouse scene, when Casper reveals that he has no memory of his actual life, it would've implied that Kat forgives him upon learning this, realizing that, as hard as she's had it with making friends, ''he's'' had it ''way worse'' due to being a ghost.
** Carrigan and Dib would have had several scenes in the second act of the film as well: first, after the Ghostly Trio prank Dr. Harvey using his feelings for Amelia, they eject him out of the manor in a chair and into a habor, harbor, where the two are dining at a dockside restaurant and witness this; later, the two go through Whipstaff's blueprints and discover the location of the treasure.
** A scene where Casper, upset at Kat's aforementioned anger at him, goes home to find Dr. Harvey waiting outside, his confidence broken by the Ghostly Trio's prank. Dr. Harvey gives some confusing advice, and Casper thanks him, leading him to regain confidence, confidence and confront the Trio again, leading into the above CutSong, which ends with Kat asking him if she could to host the school's Halloween party at Whipstaff.



** The next day, Dr. Harvey would've initially confronted the Ghostly Trio more aggressively, but would've given up when they continue to mock him and said attempts. When they express concern, he uses reverse psychology to trick them into going out drinking, with them taking him with them.
** Casper would've been literally dusting the stairs by scattering dust on them, just before finding his restored playroom in the attic. The attic scene where Casper remembers his life was also going to be longer, and it also included a moment of Casper showing Kat [[https://whipstaff-manor.tumblr.com/post/90555489757/kidhorrorfanblog-the-1995-casper-film-had-a-lot a photo of Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie when they were alive]].

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** The next day, Dr. Harvey would've initially confronted the Ghostly Trio more aggressively, aggressively but would've given up when they continue to mock him and said attempts. When they express concern, he uses reverse psychology to trick them into going out drinking, with them taking him with them.
** Casper would've been literally dusting the stairs by scattering dust on them, just before finding his restored playroom in the attic. The attic scene where Casper remembers his life was also going to be longer, and it also included a moment of Casper showing Kat [[https://whipstaff-manor.tumblr.com/post/90555489757/kidhorrorfanblog-the-1995-casper-film-had-a-lot a photo of Stretch, Fatso Fatso, and Stinkie when they were alive]].



** The sequence of Carrigan trying to kill Dibs was apparently going to be longer, as the movie's trailers has a few clips of the scene that aren't in the film, like one of Dibs in a knight suit swinging an axe at Carrigan. The cuts made to the scene are also pretty noticeable in the final product, as Dibs' knight suit just comes out of nowhere and is discarded just as quickly.

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** The sequence of Carrigan trying to kill Dibs was apparently going to be longer, as the movie's trailers has have a few clips of the scene that aren't in the film, like one of Dibs in a knight suit swinging an axe at Carrigan. The cuts made to the scene are also pretty noticeable in the final product, as Dibs' knight suit just comes out of nowhere and is discarded just as quickly.



* OrphanedReference: There was originally a CutSong called "Lucky Enough to Be a Ghost", which would have ended with the Ghostly Trio hoisting Dr. Harvey up to the ceiling just as Kat walks in to ask him about having the Halloween party at Whipstaff. This explains Kat's line in the finished film about her father having "hit the ceiling" when he found out about the party. Creator/ChristinaRicci does deliver the line in a dry enough way to make it non-obvious that it's supposed to be a pun, but it's still hard to imagine the mild-mannered Dr. Harvey hitting the ceiling in a figurative sense either. This song was later used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpooktacularNewAdventuresOfCasper'' that follows the movie but for a somewhat different purpose.

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* OrphanedReference: There was originally a CutSong called "Lucky Enough to Be a Ghost", which would have ended with the Ghostly Trio hoisting Dr. Harvey up to the ceiling just as Kat walks in to ask him about having the Halloween party at Whipstaff. This explains Kat's line in the finished film about her father having "hit the ceiling" when he found out about the party. Creator/ChristinaRicci does deliver the line in a dry enough way to make it non-obvious that it's supposed to be a pun, but it's still hard to imagine the mild-mannered Dr. Harvey hitting the ceiling in a figurative sense either. This song was later used in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpooktacularNewAdventuresOfCasper'' that which follows the movie but for a somewhat different purpose.



* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was in the works, but languished in DevelopmentHell for a few years before it was officially confirmed in 2000 that it had been cancelled, as Amblin felt that audience interest wasn't high enough for a follow-up as well as the disappointing sales from the direct-to-video Casper films. Creator/ChristinaRicci and Creator/BillPullman were also attached to other projects but neither wanted to get involved for (see above) reasons.

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* StillbornFranchise: A sequel was in the works, but languished in DevelopmentHell for a few years before it was officially confirmed in 2000 that it had been cancelled, canceled, as Amblin felt that audience interest wasn't high enough for a follow-up as well as the disappointing sales from the direct-to-video Casper films. Creator/ChristinaRicci and Creator/BillPullman were also attached to other projects but neither wanted to get involved for (see above) reasons.



** A ride based on the film was in the works for the Ride/UniversalStudios parks, but scrapped as the movie wasn't the monster-success that Universal was hoping for.

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** A ride based on the film was in the works for the Ride/UniversalStudios parks, parks but scrapped as the movie wasn't the monster-success that Universal was hoping for.
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* KidsMealToy: Pizza Hut sold glow-in-the-dark puppets of Casper, Fatso, Stretch, and Stinkie.
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* CreatorBacklash: In a 2022 interview, Creator/ChristinaRicci said that she considered her performance in this movie to be "terrible," adding that, "I was thirteen. There was a lot going on in my life. Everything was very difficult. I was just always annoyed, and I just don't think I tried very hard, to tell you the truth."

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* CreatorBacklash: In a 2022 interview, Creator/ChristinaRicci said that she considered considers her performance in this movie to be "terrible," adding that, "I was thirteen. There was a lot going on in my life. Everything was very difficult. I was just always annoyed, and I just don't think I tried very hard, to tell you the truth."
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* CreatorBacklash: In a 2022 interview, Creator/ChristinaRicci said that she considered her performance in this movie to be "terrible," adding that, "I was thirteen. There was a lot going on in my life. Everything was very difficult. I was just always annoyed, and I just don't think I tried very hard, to tell you the truth."
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* DawsonCasting: Mostly averted; all of the teenagers are played by actors between the ages of 13 and 15; Casper's voice actor Malachi Pearson was 13. This trope is also averted with Creator/DevonSawa who plays [[spoiler: Casper's human form at the end]]. He claims he filmed his scenes at age 14 (according to the production schedule on [=IMDb=] he would have been 15) but the film didn't come out until he was 16.
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* RoleReprise: Creator/DanAykroyd makes a cameo as [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Ray Stanz]].

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* CreatorsApathy: Creator/EricIdle hasn't spoken ill of the film, but apparently was so disinterested in it that to this day, he ''doesn't even remember shooting it.''



* OldShame
** Though she didn't dislike the movie, Creator/ChristinaRicci didn't want to be type-cast in children's movies, turning down a potential sequel and refusing to talk about it at length for many years.
** Similarly, Creator/EricIdle hasn't spoken ill of the film, but apparently was so disinterested in it that to this day, he ''doesn't even remember shooting it.''

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IAmNotSpock: Though she didn't dislike the movie, Creator/ChristinaRicci didn't want to be type-cast in children's movies, turning down a potential sequel and refusing to talk about it at length for many years.
** Similarly, Creator/EricIdle hasn't spoken ill of the film, but apparently was so disinterested in it that to this day, he ''doesn't even remember shooting it.''
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Before they lost the rights to the film in 2022, Creator/{{Freeform}} loved airing this movie during their 31 Nights of Halloween event. So much so, that the film sometimes aired when it wasn't Halloween.
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** Creator/GlennClose, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/JoBethWilliams, Creator/DebbieHarry, and Creator/ElaineHendrix were all considered for the role of Carrigan.

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** Creator/GlennClose, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/JoBethWilliams, Creator/DebbieHarry, [[Music/{{Blondie}} Debbie Harry]], and Creator/ElaineHendrix were all considered for the role of Carrigan.
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** Creator/GlennClose, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, and Creator/MichellePfeiffer were all considered for the role of Carrigan.

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** Creator/GlennClose, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/JoBethWilliams, Creator/DebbieHarry, and Creator/MichellePfeiffer Creator/ElaineHendrix were all considered for the role of Carrigan.
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** Creator/JohnRitter, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/TimAllen, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/ChevyChase, and Creator/PhilHartman were all considered for the role of Dr. Harvey.

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** Creator/JohnRitter, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/TimAllen, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/ChevyChase, and Creator/PhilHartman were all considered for the role of Dr. Harvey.

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** Creator/JohnRitter, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/TimAllen, and Creator/RickMoranis were all considered for the role of Dr. Harvey.
** Creator/HughLaurie, Creator/RowanAtkinson, Creator/RikMayall, Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/MichaelPalin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/JasonAlexander, Creator/MichaelRichards, Creator/DanielStern, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/GeneWilder, and Creator/StephenFry were all considered for the role of Dibs.

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** Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/KirstenDunst were considered for the role of Kat.
** Creator/JohnRitter, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/TimAllen, Creator/RickMoranis, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/MichaelKeaton, Creator/MartinShort, Creator/ChevyChase, and Creator/RickMoranis Creator/PhilHartman were all considered for the role of Dr. Harvey.
** Creator/GlennClose, Creator/KathleenTurner, Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/MirandaRichardson, Creator/SigourneyWeaver, and Creator/MichellePfeiffer were all considered for the role of Carrigan.
** Creator/HughLaurie, Creator/RowanAtkinson, Creator/RikMayall, Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/MichaelPalin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/JasonAlexander, Creator/MichaelRichards, Creator/DanielStern, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/GeneWilder, Creator/StephenFry, Creator/PatrickMcGoohan, Creator/LeslieNielsen, and Creator/StephenFry Creator/GregoryPeck were all considered for the role of Dibs.
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** Creator/JohnRitter, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/DennisQuaid, Creator/KurtRussell, Creator/ReneRusso, Creator/RobinWilliams, Creator/JimCarrey, Creator/TimAllen, and Creator/RickMoranis were all considered for the role of Dr. Harvey.
** Creator/HughLaurie, Creator/RowanAtkinson, Creator/RikMayall, Creator/JohnCleese, Creator/MichaelPalin, Creator/BillMurray, Creator/SteveMartin, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/JasonAlexander, Creator/MichaelRichards, Creator/DanielStern, Creator/ChevyChase, Creator/GeneWilder, and Creator/StephenFry were all considered for the role of Dibs.

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