Beetlejuice "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" And "Campfire Ghouls" Review

It's been a good while since an episode of Beetlejuice: The Animated Series was covered by me and as you can no doubt all work out i'm actually really enjoying this show. With this show being just as fresh and as funny as not only the two live action movies but also shows like The Addams Family and The Real Ghostbusters as well with the episodes that i'm going to review for you all today being just a good example of how smart this shows humor really was and so then join me as I review the episodes that sees Beetlejuice , Lydia , Bertha and Prudence go camping with the episodes in question being called simply just "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" and "Campfire Ghouls" enjoy.

The plot of "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" is when Beetlejuice finds himself being kicked out of his house by his neighbors he has to do everything that he can do to prove that he's a good neighbor and in "Campfire Ghouls" Beetlejuice under the disguise of Betty Juice goes camping in the neither world with Lydia , Bertha and Prudence. Now then interms of what I actually thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty pers0onally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad with "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" having the more stronger of the two plots as the plot for this episodes second segment "Campfire Ghouls" was a little bit on the weak ide and was ore of an excuse for the show to have some clever word play and really nothing more then that whereas with the first segment there was at the vert least some effort put into telling a more decent storyline albeit one that does feel a bit tame not only for this shoe but for this franchise as a whole as we know that thanks to not only the movies but the over episodes in this show that this show can have some pretty out there plots and yet the plot for "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" felt like that it was playing things far to safe for it's own good and yet the plot of this episodes second segment was barely there alot of the time so much so that it did feel like things where just happening for random reasons and not because of the fact that they added anything to the actual plot of the segment with the plots also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice / Betty Juice and X-Men: The Animated Series star Alyson Court as Lydia Deetz. Also starring in this episode is Charles Kerr as Jacques LaLean , Powerpuff Girls Z and Star Wars: Ewoks star Tabitha St. Germain as Ginger and Prudence , Len Carlson as The Monster Across The Street , Susan Roman as Poopsie and My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic and voice acting legend Tara Strong as Bertha.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad. With all of this episodes actors turning in some really good performances which is something that really does make alot of sense as alot of the actors that are in this episode are a bunch of really good actors in there own with one of them later going on to become a voice acting legend in her own right as well with it being really hard to tell which segment had the better acting in it as while the set up for "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" wouldn't usually allow for good acting that's exactly what we got from all of the actors that are in that segment where as in the episodes second segment the basic premise of the segment again doesn't usually allow for good acting and yet again that's exactly what we got with al four of that segments main leads turning in some really good performances and heck it was even hard to say just which actor was the best actor in this episode from a performance point of view but if push come to shove the best actor in this episode is Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice / Betty Juice as he really does manage to capture the spirit of Michael Keaton's take on the character whilst also making it own as well with the acting that's in this episode really being helped by the fact that the scripts for this episode are just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall qwuality of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Nelvana and Wang Film Productions Company. Now then interms of what U personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us un this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with both of this episodes segments having some really good animation to them with the neither world forest looking beautifully creepy and really well detailed while the neighborhood where Beetlejuice lives looks suitably weird and out there both of which are perfect not only for the character of Beetlejuice himself but also for this world as you can very well imagine all of these weird and wonderful things taking place in a world where there are no rules and that's exactly the case with the animation in this episode as due to the more looney and zany nature of the show the animation itself can be more looney and zany as that is something that would not only fit in with this world and these characters but would also suit these otherworldly characters who are also pretty looney and zany with it being that fine attention to detail that des make this episodes animation standout from all of the other pieces of animation from similar shows as it would have been very easy to ground this show in some from of reality as that would have helped the animators out quite alot but it's also something that would go against Beetlejuice as a character as he is someone who can do anything and who can be as zany as he wants to be and therefor the animation in not only this show but this episode as well should really reflect that.

Believe it or not but "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" is actually one of if not the first segment of the show where Lydia Deetz doesn't actually play that big of a role in an episode. With the character only appearing a handful of times to give Beetlejuice advice on how to win his neighbors back advice which he does of course get wrong and only ends up making matters worse for himself but it is something that does show that you don't really need to have Lydia appear in every single episode of the show as the show has more then enough power to work without her character being in every single episode of the show and while that is something that might make the fans of the movies angry it is something that does work as is the case with this episodes first segment as you barely miss the character due to the fact that us the audience are more entertained with seeing Beetlejuice make things worse for himself and while the episode does explain why she's not in this episode all that much with her doing her homework for school something which does make alot of sense as this version of the character would act like that with the best comparison for this segment being if The Real Ghostbusters did an episode that didn't feature Slimer as while yes he is a big part of the show depending on the episode you'd be busy being entertained by the antics of the Ghostbusters to even realise that he's not been on screen with that being how it is with Lydia in this episode but at the same time tho the episode does cut back to her alot of the time with her even helping out with the resolution of the story as well which is something that does lessen the fact that the she's not a big part of this segments story as the story was doing just fine without her in it.

While "Campfire Ghouls" is quite easily the weaker of this episodes two segments it to does give us something that we hadn't seen in this franchise up until this point. With that being the fact that we get see human characters other then Lydia enter the Neither World something that we only saw saw twice in both of the live action movies and something that was rarely done in this show and it's something that does work really well as it does allow for some rather unique interactions with characters who are just coming across this world and are just visiting this world for the first time ad while this segment does take as full advantage of that idea as it possibly could have done it still doesn't have that much fun with it as it would have been fun to see both Prudence and Bertha actually struggle to to Lydia and Betty Juice after they get lost late into the third act of the story as then we could have seen them learn how to overcome the monsters of that world on their own instead of it coming out of nowhere like it does in the final cut of the episode but at the same time given the fact that this episode is made up of two segments you do have to make cuts to the episode to make them fit within a certain running time and as much as it would have been to see those characters taking on the creatures from the Neither World it also would have been a bit repetitive seeing them get scared of those same creatures alot of the time as well and with the characters of Prudence and Bertha not being the main characters of the show it wouldn't make sense for them to be the main characters of this story when you have the shows main characters also being the main characters of the story as well.

While "Campfire Ghouls" is the more weaker of the episodes two segments it is also one of the more fun segments as well. As we do get to see some interactions that we wouldn't get to see in any other episode of the show like we get to see Prudence and Bertha both at times interact with Beetlejuice which is always going to fun as both of these characters are complete and total opposites of Beetlejuice and therefor seeing them talk to him here under the guise of Betty Juice will always be a fun thing to see however the issue is tho is that the segment on the whole won't be as fun as it really could have bee as the very idea of these four characters going camping in a world that's full to the brim with monsters and ghouls should be a really fun filled and creative episode to watch and while the segment does have alot of really creative moments in it for one reason or another it's no that fun to watch as it feels like the makers of the segment are holding themselves back from going all in and just letting loose in that segment which is something that they really could have done as it would have been fun to see the characters interact with some of the citizens from the Neither World and have Lydia try to stop them before they point out that Betty Juice is secretly Beetlejuice as that would have been in her character to do so and it would have been in the shows nature to have those citizens appear as well as that makes the Neither World feel like a big place where as here because of the fact that we don't get to see all that much of it it oddly feels alot more smaller and thus the segment feels alot less fun when compared to the episodes first segment.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty four minuets with "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" being twelve minutes and four seconds. With "Campfire Ghouls" being Twelve minuets and five seconds with both of these segments having some pretty decent running times as they both have the right amount of plot there to really cover there respective amounts of running time the issue is tho is that neither episode really uses there running time all that wisely as neither episode fully develops there plot enough to the point where it is justified them being as long as they are as "Campfire Ghouls" could have been around ten minuets long and nothing thats actually important to the plot of that segments would need to be cut and "Bad Neighbor Beetlejuice" is just stuck on repeat mode for alot of it's running time when it could have spent some of it's running time in showing us how Beetlejuice's neighborhood is both positively effected and negatively effected with him no longer being there something that the segment only does at the end of the segment by which point it's far to little to late with both segments not really developing there characters all that well either as we don't get to find out why both Beetlejuice and Lydia are going camping with Lydia's earth friends and while it is understandable why his neighbors want to kick him out given that they've known just how much of a bad neighbor that he is it then really begs the question of why didn't they throw Beetlejuice out earlier on in the shows run but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With the episodes second segment "Campfire Ghouls" actually having the better comedy as it had just such clever word play with things like Hedgehogs for example being taken quite literally with them being hogs made out of hedges and it's that kind of comedy that's in all of that segment with all of them landing and landing hard as it is something that does show the potential of that segment and while yes the first segment does have some really funny moments in it as well with there being an oddly placed Looney Tunes reference near the end of the segment it's the shows second segment does get alot of the bigger laughs just due to how clever that it's word play be as it shows us that in the Neither World things are taken quite literally something that we've also seen in previous episodes of the show with Beetlejuice quite literally having skeletons in his closet for example and yet here in this segment it's done with animals which does lead to some really funny moments with all of this segments jokes landing due to how clever that they are and while the previous segment does have alot of funny jokes in it with Beetlejuice also taking Lydia's advice on how to be a good neighbor quite literally it still doesn't top the word play jokes in the second segment as they really just that funny in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall while The Real Ghostbusters ight be the better remembered of these two shows this episode does go along way into proving that this show was an incredibly smart show and one that shouldn't be overlooked by people and while yes the second segment is easily the weaker of the two segments the episode on the whole was still a fun and solid episode of this show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that "Bad Neighbor Beetle" really does earn itself a grand old score of a 6 out 10 and "Campfire Ghouls" really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 with the episode as a whole really earning itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with really alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Beetlejuice "Stage Fright" And "Spooky Tree" Review

While Beetlejuice is undoubtedly back in the public eye and bigger then what it ever was before thanks to the release and success of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. It has been a good while since anything from the animated series has been talked about and well I thought that now was a solid enough time to talk more about this show as it's one that doesn't really get alot of attention and so then join me as I review the episodes that let the juice loose with the episodes in question being called simply just ""Stage Fright" and "Spooky Tree enjoy.

The plot of "Stage Fright" us when her school puts on a production of Romeo & Juliet and her audition is ruined Lydia sets out to get revenge on the culprit during opening night and in "Spooky Tree" when her favorite tree is due to be demolished Lydia starts a protest while Beetlejuice gets something from his home world that lets the tree walk away. Now then interms of what I( personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good with the best plot going to "Stage Fright" just because it was a really inventive plot that made the most of it' set up whilst "Spooky Tree" whilst it wasn't a bad plot in it's own right it's one that just felt generic like it could have been pulled from any spooky kids animated TV show and it would have worked out just the same with plots being some really fun filled plots that do a good job of telling there respective stories and being fun and a little bit spooky but in a kid friendly kind of way with both of these episodes in all honesty being a really good way to get into horror as both plots are scary but not so scary that it'll cause them to have nightmares with both of these plots also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in these episodes is Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice , Alyson Court as Lydia Deetz and voice acting legend and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic star Tara Strong as Bertha and Claire Brewster. Also starring in these episodes is My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic star Tabitha St. Germain as Prudence , Roger Dunn as Charles Deetz , Len Carlson as The Foreman and Messy Jesse and Elizabeth Hanna as Delia Deetz and Miss Shannon.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. Which is not something that's all that new given that "Stage Fright" does have two really good voice actors in it's already staked cast both of whom are really good in these episodes as well with the same thing also being true for all of the actors that are in both of these episodes as they all turn in some really solid performances and while the actors that are playing the characters from the films will of course never be able to top what the actors in the films did with those characters they did a good job of holding the candle for them between the two movies that they could be considered THE voices for those characters as that's just how good that they are not only in these two episodes but in the show as a whole as well and while they won't be who people think when they think of those characters chances are that they will be the voices that people hear when there seeing lines from those characters with the acting that's in these very episodes also being helped by the fact that the scripts for these episodes is just so good that all these actors really have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does raise the overall quality of the acting that's in these very episodes.

Doing the animation for these episodes is Wang Film Productions Company and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Nelvana. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad for a nineties kids TV show as both of the episodes do have some really trippy looking animation to them in certain which does help with the light horror aspect of the show and yet when the episodes need to get comedic then that do have some really zany and fast paced animation which is something that comes into play whenever Beetlejuice is up to something and it is something that does help make the jokes all that more funnier as it allows for some really creative character designs that feel true to the spirit of Tim Burton and while the animation in not only both of these episodes might look dated in certain areas like the lack of a detailed background as seen in alot of the scenes in both of these episodes considering that this a show that's based off of a movie and those kinds of shows don't typically have good animation to them the fact that we managed to get very quality animation not only in these two episodes but in the show as a whole is well and truly a good thing to behold.

All throughout the first movie we are told never to say Beetlejuice's name three times in a row otherwise he can then cause havoc in our world and yet in the show up until this point nobody had really said his name three times in a row. Which is something that changed in "Stage Fright" and it was something that made sense as the character that said it Clair is bit of an airhead as she even miss pronounced Juliet's name several times in the episode with her also being the school bully and as such when she does say his name three times in a row us the audience just want to see Beetlejuice just let loose on her and that's exactly what he does and it's glorious to see as it's something that felt earned and the fact that the show held off on this aspect of the character for a good while does say that the makers of this show were either waiting for the right story to come along before doing it or they were waiting for a truly hateful character to come along as then they could still have Beetlejuice come across as being the good guy when in the movie he was firmly the bad guy and heck they even got right the fact that if Lydia says his name three times when he's in our world then he does get sent back to his world and can't really enter our world until someone says his name three times in a row again which is something that could have over looked as it's such a small detail but the fact that they included that aspect of the films lore as well does say that the makers of this show were huge fans of the film which does make sense given that the films director Tim Burton and it's original producer David Geffen also served as executive producers on this show as well.

While "Stage Fright" is easily the better of the two episodes "Spooky Tree" is also a really solid in it's own right as well. As that episode does try to make Lydia more of a normal girl by having her care about something in the real world and when that thing is threatened she does try to defend it and get's visibly upset when she notices that her efforts are failing but at the same time tho that doesn't make for an interesting episode as the character up until that point had been presented as being anything but a normal girl with her frequently taking visits to Beetlejuice's home world and taking part in other spooky activities and so to have suddenly be presented as being this normal kid does feel out of place for her character and heck even in the first movie she presented to as being new kid in town who is a bit of an odd ball and while this episode does indeed lean into that aspect of her character the fact that she is an odd ball isn't played up as much while both "Spooky Tree" and Stage Fright" could have been perfect ways to show of just much of an odd ball that she is as while yes granted she does bring in her own spider's for a show and tell type event in "Stage Fright" that's really all she does and in "Spooky Tree" she doesn't really do anything that odd at all as starting a protest to help to save something that you love isn't an odd thing to do and if both of these episodes did make Lydia more of an odd ball then it would have made both episodes more interesting to watch and it would have made the fall of both bad guys in both stories all the more worth while and really fun to watch as well.

One of the things that "Spooky Tree" does that was actually kind of interesting was show us just how far Beetlejuice is willing to go to make Lydia happy. As in this show they are meant to be best friends and yet in alot of the episodes up until this episode it's always been Beetlejuice causing trouble and Lydia and has to find a way to bail him out of it and yet here we see that he really does care for Lydia with him even using something from Neitherworld to try and help her out and while yes it does end up causing trouble for Lydia as the tree grows legs and goes on a rampage around town not wanting to be replanted it is also something that does show us that he really care for for her as even in "Stage Fright" it could very well be argued that he only did what he did because of the fact that his name was said three times in a row and not because Lydia was angry or sad about it where as here it quite clearly because she was upset the possibility of loosing her favorite tree and Beetlejuice was trying to help her out in his own way and while the movie version of the character would only look out for himself unless it meant that Lydia would indeed marry him here it's because the two of them really are the best of the friends and that fact that this episode did explore that aspect of the duo was what made what was an otherwise generic episode at least seem to be somewhat interesting as it was something that show really hadn't explored up until now.

Now then the first segment has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twelve minuets and five seconds and the second segment has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twelve minuets and four seconds. With "Stage Fright" having the better of the two running times as even tho it's only a second longer then "Spooky Tree" it does have more then enough there interms of pot to really cover that amount of running time where as "Spooky Tree" really doesn't have alot there interms of plot to really cover it's amount of running time with that segment having just enough plot for about six minuets at best which means that the episode has just over six minuets worth of filler as not alot that's in that segment has much of an impact on the actual plot of the segment where as it's the opposite that's true for "Stage Fright" as that episode really does make some good use of it's running time by actually giving us characters that we either love or hate and even the one off characters like the schools drama teacher do all have there moments to shine as well but tho "Spooky Tree" did take the time to fully develop as much of it's premise that it really could have done it just needed a much more stronger premise and that's really it while the first segment didn't have any filler scenes in it whatsoever and as a result of that of that is the fact that all of the scenes in that segment was all about advancing the plot of the segment where as the second segment didn't get much of that at all but I really will admit that both segments really do have some really good pacing to them both tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty really good. With both of these episodes having some really painfully funny moments in them with alot of the best jokes from both of the episodes being jokes that you don't really see coming as while the joke about Clair always mispronouncing Juliet's name is a good joke the best joke in that episode is actually the fact that Clair does say Beetlejuice's name three times in a row as we the audience the know that he's about to cause some chaos and surely enough he wastes no time in causing chaos for that school play and in "Spooky Tree" it's just the fact that this one tree doesn't want to replanted again even after he's seen Lydia which was the one thing that e really wanted to do just because of the fact that that idea is such a weird idea that you can't help but smile at it ad just go along with for the ride but with that being said tho both of the segments don't have alot of funny jokes in them which it makes all the more rarer when you do see or hear one that is painfully funny which even then it's only funny because the rest of the segments jokes just aren't that funny to begin with in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.  

Overall these were a pair of really solid episodes but "Spooky Tree" could have been alot more better given it's fun premise and "Stage Fright" despite it clearly being the better of the episodes wasn't as fun as it really could have been but at the same time tho both of these episodes were also alot more better then what they really could have been as on paper both episodes could have been really bad in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these very episodes in this very review and as such that really does mean that "Stage Fright" really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly a 6.5 out of 10 from me and "Spooky Tree" really does itself a grand old score of exactly a 5.5 out of 10 from me and both of the episodes as a whole really do earn themselves a combined score of exactly a 6 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got al pf the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very post being the really great the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from these very episodes with alot of them being better quality then what'd think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Beetlejuice "Laugh Of The Party" Review

With Beetlejuice Beetlejuice currently being a smash hit in theaters and proving that there is still life in this franchise yet. People are now very slowly but very surely beginning to remember that before there was an official sequel to the film Beetlejuice there was an animated series that did also act as a sequel as well and since i've been having an absolute, blast with reviewing various episodes from this show I thought that now was the absolutely right time to check another episode from this classic animated series and so then join me as I review the episode that is also the franchises very first ever halloween special with the episode in question being called simply just "Laugh Of The Party" enjoy.

The plot of this is episode is when Lydia decides to throw a halloween party she has to deal with the school snob and try to put on the most frightening party possible. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actually plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty not that bad as while yes it is a very simple plot that's very easy to follow along with those are also the kind of things that you also want to have in a kids TV show with the plot of episode being just as weird and creative as the rest of this show is which is something that does work in this episodes favor as this is a show that's from the mind of Tim Burton and as a result of that is the fact that you do expect the storyline to be a little bit out there and to be a little bit weird and thankfully that's something that this episode really does give us and because of that we also get a halloween that is actually fun to watch as well as being scary in a kid friendly kind of a way as well and while yes the plot of this episode could have been better given that it is a halloween special at the same time this is the kind of episode that you'd expect from Beetlejuice The Animated series as well with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Starring in this episode is Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice / Bettyjuice and X-Men and X-Men'97 star Alyson Court as Lydia Deetz. Also starring in this episode is Elizabeth Hanna as Delia Deetz , Roger Dunn as Charles Deetz , voice acting legend Teen Titans , Teen Titans Go , My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and The Fairly Odd Parents star Tara Strong as Bertha and Claire Brewster and Tabitha St. Germain as Prudence.

Now then interms of what Im personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Wit all of the actors that you expect a good performance from really delivering exactly that as all of this episodes really do deliver some really solid performances in this episode and even tho this show was made very early on in her voice acting career you can tell that Tara Strong is a good actress as she really is unrecognisable in her roles in this episode and completely just becomes both of her characters with the true standout performer in in this episode being none other then Stephen Ouimette as Beetlejuice / Bettyjuice just due to the fact that he basically has to play two very different versions of the same character and yet still make it clear that it's the same character something which is very hard to do and yet here because both of those times he's still just playing Beetlejuice it really does work even the lack of him changing his voice that much oddly works as it's something that Beetlejuice would do even if it's just to mess with the people with the acting that's ain this very episode really being helped by this episodes script which is just so good that all this episodes cast really have to do is just say the lines as they are written ad a good performance really will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall qulity of the acting that's in this very episode.

Doing the animation for this episode is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Nelvana and Wang Film Productions Company. Now the interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episode having some really creative shots that really do show off this episodes animation and while yes there are times when this animation doesn't look good but at the same time tho that's more due to when this show was being made and is not due to something that's in the actual episode itself with really the only major issue with the animation is the fact that it can look dated at times and that's really it with the overall quality of the animation being really high quality with all of the characters also having some really nice and fluid movements to them but what would have made this episodes animation better was if some of the creatures that Beetlejuice lets loose on the party had some really creative and weird looking designs to them as that would have been fitting for not only this show but for the franchise as a whole but the designs that they do use for not only the creatures but also the shows human characters do look really good as does the backgrounds in not only the human world but also the neither world as well.

What was shocking was the fact that we get just how much of a really good friend that Beetlejuice is to Lydia. As once he finds out that local school snob Claire Brewster is planning on leaving Lydia's party but also being just not a nice person in general he does go about putting her in her place and while he does so in typical Beetlejuice fashion and not just outwardly calling her out for it it is something that really does show you that he really does care about Lydia and would do anything to project his friend and while yes it does end in the typical mayhem that always seems to follow Beetlejuice around it doesn't change the fact that he at least did try to help Lydia something which he had also try to do earlier on in the episode by helping to get stuff for her party from the neither world which again does end in the typical Beetlejuice fashion it doesn't change the fact that he at least made the effort to help her out something that the movie Beetlejuice would never do as that would seem out of character for him but for the animated series version of Beetlejuice it is something that really does work for his character as this version of the character is meant to be a more kid friendly version of the Beetlejuice character and with that in mind seeing him try to help Lydia out really does work and it really does go along to way to show us the audience that he really does see her as a friend and that he himself is a good friend in his own unique way.

Speaking of the Claire Brewster character here she really doesn't really get all that much to do as she only appears in a few short scenes. However what scenes she does appear in do a solid job of making her feel like the typical rich kid snob that was in alot of kids shows during the eighties and nineties which does sadly have the add on effect of making her character come across as being predictable as it becomes very obvious very early on what her comeuppance will be and it doesn't really feel earned as we don't get to see al that much of her in this episode with the same thing also being said for the characters of Bertha and Prudence and there meant to be Lydia's human world best friends and yet neither of them are given alot of screen time to fully establish themselves as characters and as a result of that is the fact that there characters really are forgettable characters so much so that it's shocking whenever they appear on screen as despite appearing in the scene when the main plot of the episode does start neither of them have any impact on the actual plot of the episode which they really could have done just by having them interact with Claire and having them defend Lydia to Claire which would set them up as Lydia's human world best friends and would make Claire more out to be her rival in a way that feels natural and organic and yet because the episode doesn't do that none of that can get be set up and established and those characters really do suffer because of that fact.

As a halloween episode this episode really doesn't lead into the halloween all that much with the holiday itself only being brought up once or twice and that's really it. However at the same time tho it is oddly fitting for this shoe to have a halloween special and the episode does what little that it could have done with the holiday in the short running time that it is has as we do get to see characters in fancy dress dressed as characters like Frankenstein's Monster and others for example and Beetlejuice does transform is head into a pumpkin and that's really it and to be that's all you really need for a kid friendly halloween special and while yes it would have been better if the episode did lean more into it's horror aspect due to the fact that the original film was a horror comedy it does make sense that they would tone that down in order to play up the comedy aspect of the episode but it would have worked really well for this episode if they did turn up the horror aspect of the episode given that this is a halloween special and given that the first film did have some really creative and really funny scares that is something that they could have done and still not have it effect the episodes comedy in anyway whatsoever and while we do get some child friendly horror imagery like seeing a bodyless hand reach out and grab a girl and of course we do get the creatures that Beetlejuice does accidentally unleash on Lydia's party and the town as a whole but that's really it and even then the creatures themselves don't do anything that's even kid friendly scary they just run around the town and they just dance at Lydia's party and that's really it.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly twenty two minuets and forty six seconds. Which is an absolutely perfect running time for this episode to have as when you when you get right down to it the episode really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time and while even if you take into account all of the side plot stuff with Beetlejuice finding out what Claire is really up to there's nothing that's in this episode that you can really take out and as a result of that is the fact that this episode is as perfect as it possibly could be from a running time point of view but at the same time tho this episode could have been better if it was a little bit longer as that would then allow the episode to develop more of the side characters alot more then what the episode currently does and this is something that could make the episode alot better then what it actually is as it's the side characters that kick start the plot and even with a longer running time it would allow the episode to give us some more scares as well but at the same time tho those scenes with new and more scares could also be seen as filler as there would be no way to connect those scares to the main plot of the episode and would therefor make those scenes filler scenes and feel like that there padding out the episode when the episode really doesn't need padding out at all but I really will admit that the episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.

So now then as this is a comedy that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual comedy that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode having some really good and funny moments even the very fact that Beetlejuice under the guise of Bettyjuice is interest in Delia's art  and the very fact that she has quite literally has hundreds of paintings just ready to show people is a really funny idea and t's something that's really in keeping for that character and even the fact that Claire manages to possibly get a boyfriend who is the party animal that Beetlejuice bought from the neither world party store is quite literally an animal that's always ready to party is a funny joke with the best joke in the whole entire episode being the fact that Lydia for a small portion of the episode is forced to wear a pink rabbit suit complete with a rabbit nose which is a good idea as it's something that this goth girl would absolutely hate to wear and the fact that she's forced to wear it even for a small portion of the episode is a good idea but at the same time tho what would have made the joke even funnier was if she got to wear for the whole episode instead of having her "fix" the costume by making it into a what might be a bear which is fitting for her character but at the same time tho it is something that works really well for her character as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.

Overall it is great to see people starting to talk about this show more and this is episode is a really solid episode but at the same time tho it is an episode that could have been episode and it is also an episode that makes you wonder just how a Beetlejuice: The Animated Series Christmas special would be like as well as that is something that would has all of the potential to be weird and wonderful in all of the best ways possible in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that really does mean that that this very episode really does earn itself a grand old score of exactly an 8 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very episode that I used in this very review being the really great the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very episode with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Beetlejuice fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.