History Characters / Beetlejuice

** For the love of all that is good… '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never. Hurt. Lydia.''''' He will juice you something fierce if you even so much as insult her.

* AffectionateNickname: Lydia calls him "Beej" or "BJ," and increases the frequency of the nicknames as the series progresses.

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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: While her film version was a good person and not a jerk by any means, the animated version is sweeter and less creepy. She also gets more opportunities to be a real hero in the show.

Betelgeuse's other neighbor and high school classmate who is a tap-dancing spider.

* NotSoAboveItAll: She willingly participates in the scheme to humiliate Claire in "Foreign Exchange" as well as the haunted house in "Bizarre Bazaar."

Betelgeuse and Lydia's car and other best friend. While he has the personality of a lovable dog-like figure, his "abnormal brain" causes him to occasionally turn into a literal speed demon.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarveyAtkin

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanHennessy

-->'''Voiced by:''' John Stocker

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaraStrong

-->'''Voiced by:''' Len Carlson

-->'''Voiced by:''' John Stocker

-->'''Voiced by:''' Hadley Kay

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* ServileSnarker: Continuing with [[AcceptableTargets the movie's opinion of bureaucrats]], Miss Argentina is depicted as being incredibly rude to the confused Maitlands when they try to ask for help, even rolling her eyes at them when they fail to understand the rules of the Neitherworld.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Otho is portrayed as a pompous and hubristic thief at worst; he actually seems to be a pretty good friend to Delia and, to a lesser extent, Charles, and is always polite to Lydia. Even he's horrified at what his bumbling nearly does to the Maitlands.
* HiddenDepths: He was able to see the Maitlands partially the moment he arrived in the house, as well as sense Adam running past him when rushing to close the attic door.

* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's a fast-talking weirdo who's antics and abilities make him come across as a LiveActionCartoon, but make no mistake that you wouldn't want him haunting your home. He's a DirtyOldMan who's first question when the Maitlands summon him is who they want him to ''kill'', he eats live bugs, he can reverse spells cast from the Handbook for the Recently Deceased on a whim, can banish ghosts to Saturn at the mercy of the Sandworms and a whole host of other horrifying things.

* AdaptationalNameChange: Apparently, his real name is "Lawrence" and "Beetlejuice" is only his middle name.

* CountryMouse: Adam and Barbara. Their idea of a vacation? Spend it in their country house and renovate.

* TogetherInDeath: Died in the same accident when their car fell into the Winter River. Almost happens to them again at the end of the movie when Otho nearly exorcises them.

->'''Played by:''' Glenn Shadix

* MadLibsCatchphrase: He often says "[X], you know I hate/love them", with X being whatever inconvenience or interest of his has come up.

* {{Outlaw}}: He's a skeleton cowboy outlaw based on real-life outlaw UsefulNotes/JesseJames.

* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: His character is based on the real-life {{Outlaw}} UsefulNotes/JesseJames, with his name even being a [[PunnyName a pun on it]].

-->'''Voiced by:''' Dan Hennessy

* WhipOfDominance: His weapon of choice: a whip.

* WhipItGood: His weapon of choice: a whip.

* InexplicablyAwesome: While the film implies that a lot of his weird powers are something most ghosts are capable of if they practiced their abilities, here Beetlejuice's abilities seem unique to him, having started a literal war in the Neitherworld as a baby. While he isn't the only being there with magic, having had encountered witches, warlocks and some judicial authority-figures that can perform similar feats of reality warping, [[Beetlejuice's "juicing" is implied to be powerful enough to conquer the entire Neitherworld if he wasn't satisfied using it for petty pranks]].

* OddFriendship: She forms one with Beetlejuice after he scares her family away. She even confesses to Charles she feels bad for him, because he's the loneliest person she's ever met. That said, she has no problem killing him after he lies to her and was going to torture/kill her family if she didn't marry him. Still, the pair say goodbye and end their friendship on good terms.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Several episodes show her interacting with assorted wildlife, all of which seem to love her.

* RealityWarper: Is capable of some pretty powerful haunting, like turning a staircase railing into his serpentine form until Barbara traps him. He can also teleport others to different locations, turn himself into a test-your-strength machine, change Lydia and Otho's clothes transform with a flick, summon a human-size beetle and a box of orange juice when doing charades with Lydia, cause alterations to the Maitlands' mouths, revert the Maitlands back to their previous condition after being subjected to the process of exorcism, make Delia's statues come to life and grow in size, and summon a priest from nowhere. His only limitation revolves around his name curse and Sandworms.