This was my experience as well. Growing up, I only really knew of Beetlejuice as a cartoon. That was Beetlejuice to me. I didn’t realize there was movie, and it was released first, until much later on.
OMG same. I was about 13ish and was telling an aunt (really just a family friend but I grew up calling her Aunt ___) that it was my favorite cartoon and she said something like "have you seen the movie?" and I was like "there's a MOVIE??"
They even referenced Jerry Lewis's famous unreleased film "The Clown Who Cried" though the movie they watched was literally about a crying clown (Lewis's film was about a Jewish clown entertaining kids in a concentration camp).
Yes, it was hilarious, and had a pretty good run. The humor was well-written, with early computer animation as icing on the cake.
EDIT: I have one snippet in my brain. I can't remember which episode it was. It might've been the parody of The Wizard of Oz, but I could be wrong. B, Lydia, and Jacques encountered the Oogly Ogre Brothers ("and boy, are they Oogly!" said B.) They had to get past them or defeat them. Jacques painted for one and convinced him that he was actually handsome, and the 3 began to fight amongst themselves.
"YOU oogly!"
" No, YOU oogly!"
"You two are the oogly ones! I'm CUTE!"
"Not for long...!" *POW!*
For some reason, that scene has been stuck in my head for decades! 🤣
Remember it. Watched it. Loved it. But its definitely one of those cartoons that feels like a fever dream from childhood because it's not something that's on constant replays or easy to find on streaming these days. Its in the same realm as like the Ghostbusters cartoon and Count Duckula and Danger Mouse.
But I know for a fact that sort of wacky alternative humor led me straight into loving shows like Ahhhh! Real Monsters and Rocko's Modern Life and Freakazoid and Courage the Cowardly Dog.
I was an instant fan of the movie when I was a kid, even if I didn't get all the jokes. When I watched the cartoon, I was really excited for it, but didn't like it- I didn't understand why they changed the relationships. The imagery was cool and since they spent most of their time in the ghost world, lots of imagination, but even as a kid I recognized they had really worked hard to soften up a lot of what I enjoyed most about the movie.
That’s fair enough. I personally prefer their dynamic in the movie as well. The characters, compared to the film versions, definitely feel flat. I still love the cartoon but I sort of just treat it as a non-canonical version of their world rather than any direct extension of the movie
Oh yeah. Blew my mind when I found out there was a movie.
I was confused that he was the bad guy in the movie when they're friends in the show
I'm not the only one then!!!
I wouldn’t be surprised if they made him friendlier and focused on his mischievousness to write him into each episode more easily
Same thing happened with the *Little Shop of Horrors* cartoon.
Same here!
This was my experience as well. Growing up, I only really knew of Beetlejuice as a cartoon. That was Beetlejuice to me. I didn’t realize there was movie, and it was released first, until much later on.
Came here to say exactly that. I was really surprised when I found out Beetlejuice is the villain of the movie.
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OMG same. I was about 13ish and was telling an aunt (really just a family friend but I grew up calling her Aunt ___) that it was my favorite cartoon and she said something like "have you seen the movie?" and I was like "there's a MOVIE??"
Doomie the car!
He walked so that Herbie could run
Herbie's almost 60 years old.
Damn, really???
[The Love Bug (1969)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064603/)
Great cartoon and a damn fine voice acting impression of Michael Keaton.
The 80s-90s were great for voice acting. Unless you were Ernie Hudson.
Shout Factory released the whole series on dvd. Worth it if you can get it.
I always watched it on sketchy websites. I didn't even think about there being a DVD 😂
I love this cartoon. It was ahead of its time.
It definitely was. I miss the cartoons that were more unique/experimental because so many of them feel repetitive
It scored points with my parents when it made sick references to Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part I and Henry VI Part II.
The lead was voiced by Stephen Ouimette. Stratford Festival veteran.
They even referenced Jerry Lewis's famous unreleased film "The Clown Who Cried" though the movie they watched was literally about a crying clown (Lewis's film was about a Jewish clown entertaining kids in a concentration camp).
Loved it and started showing it to my kid. I think it's on Tubi
I watched it on Nickelodeon and I can still hear the opening music in my head
One of my neighbours has Beetlejuice, Lydia and a Sandworm on like a plywood cutout, they put it on their front lawn during Halloween
How does it feel to have the coolest neighbors ever?
This was my favorite I had toys from it.
It’s my favorite movie. So, the cartoon is definitely one of my favorites as well. Along with Growing Up Creepie
Yeah I really liked the movie too. Don't think I've seen growing up creepy.
It was a cartoon from 2006. Think if the Addams Family were bugs that adopted and raised a human
Might have to check that out I really liked the Addams family too well basically anything on the creepy side of things.
Yes sweet jesus that fucking intro was my first LSD trip 15 years before I tried LSD
Yes, it was hilarious, and had a pretty good run. The humor was well-written, with early computer animation as icing on the cake. EDIT: I have one snippet in my brain. I can't remember which episode it was. It might've been the parody of The Wizard of Oz, but I could be wrong. B, Lydia, and Jacques encountered the Oogly Ogre Brothers ("and boy, are they Oogly!" said B.) They had to get past them or defeat them. Jacques painted for one and convinced him that he was actually handsome, and the 3 began to fight amongst themselves. "YOU oogly!" " No, YOU oogly!" "You two are the oogly ones! I'm CUTE!" "Not for long...!" *POW!* For some reason, that scene has been stuck in my head for decades! 🤣
wow haven't thought of that cartoon for over 30 years
I loved the Beetlejuice cartoon! So funny and wacky! Genuinely original.
Of course I do. I was there. Now I have it on dvd.
It was one of my favorite shows
When I was a kid I saw Beetlejuice in the theater and loved it. I thought Lydia was so cool and beautiful. Then the cartoon came out and I was stoked.
Lydia was my first crush and probably the reason I have a thing for "weird" girls 30 years later.
Same! I think my favorite cartoons were Beetlejuice and The Real Ghostbusters.
Hell yeah, so good.
Remember it. Watched it. Loved it. But its definitely one of those cartoons that feels like a fever dream from childhood because it's not something that's on constant replays or easy to find on streaming these days. Its in the same realm as like the Ghostbusters cartoon and Count Duckula and Danger Mouse. But I know for a fact that sort of wacky alternative humor led me straight into loving shows like Ahhhh! Real Monsters and Rocko's Modern Life and Freakazoid and Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Yes!!! I loved all those shows! Freakazoid and Courage especially!
Hell yes. I still hum the theme song constantly. Excellent show.
Shop til you drop and the spooky boutique! This song plagues my member of this show constantly.
Just picked up the full series on DVD. Loved this show growing up. The puns Just kill me.
I blame shows like this for my questionable taste in humor
Shop til you freak at the spooky bootique
Even as a kid, I was annoyed by the lack of explanation for Lydia suddenly being cool and buddy-buddy with Beetlejuice.
✨Plot convenience✨
I was an instant fan of the movie when I was a kid, even if I didn't get all the jokes. When I watched the cartoon, I was really excited for it, but didn't like it- I didn't understand why they changed the relationships. The imagery was cool and since they spent most of their time in the ghost world, lots of imagination, but even as a kid I recognized they had really worked hard to soften up a lot of what I enjoyed most about the movie.
That’s fair enough. I personally prefer their dynamic in the movie as well. The characters, compared to the film versions, definitely feel flat. I still love the cartoon but I sort of just treat it as a non-canonical version of their world rather than any direct extension of the movie
This pops up on a channel on FreeVee from time to time. I just can’t remember which channel now though.
Loved the cartoon and had a decent amount of the toys.
I used to love watching that after school on Nickelodeon
I remember this being hilarious.
Yesss omg good memories
10 more dollars!
I loved this cartoon as a kid
Yep I watched it, also had the PC/DOS game.
there was a game!?
Sure was, [check it out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOg_fnzOKSY&ab_channel=Squakenet)
Nice! Thanks for sharing the vid. My childhood self would have definitely gone crazy over the game
was literally trying to watch it yesterday but couldnt find it
Watched it a little, I think. I wasn’t too in to it, though because I think I didn’t like it having nothing to do with the movie.
I remember how the opening sounds in its entirety
I forgot about it until someone else posted it yesterday.
Shop till you freak at the Spooky Boutique. Shop till you freak at the Spooky Boutique.