120 Fun Facts About Beetlejuice

Which 1985 comedy was the only feature film Tim Burton had directed before Beetlejuice?

Pee-wee's Big Adventure made money and made Burton bankable, yet the scripts he was then offered left him disheartened until the Beetlejuice draft came along.

Which actor played Adam Maitland, the ghostly husband, in Beetlejuice (1988)?

Alec Baldwin played Adam Maitland, whose hobby is a scale model of his town; the model ends up housing Betelgeuse, who lurks in its tiny graveyard waiting to be called.

In Beetlejuice, which party game does Betelgeuse use to tell Lydia his name without saying it?

Charades is his workaround: claiming he cannot tell her his name, he acts out a beetle and then juice, and Lydia works it out just before the Maitlands burst in to stop her.

Who composed the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical "Beetlejuice"?

Eddie Perfect, an Australian musical comedian, won the job by writing songs for the producers on spec, unpaid, and his score went on to earn a 2019 Tony nomination for Best Original Score.

In Beetlejuice, what do the Maitlands' afterlife instructions tell them to draw in case of emergency?

A door: Adam sketches one on the wall and knocks three times, and it opens onto the afterlife's waiting room, where a receptionist scolds the couple for having no appointment.

In Beetlejuice, which horror film does Betelgeuse claim to have seen 167 times?

The Exorcist 'keeps getting funnier every single time', he roars; the boast caps the bogus list of qualifications he reels off when Adam asks what makes him fit for the job.

In Beetlejuice, dead players of which sport keep pestering Juno, mistaking her for their coach?

Football players killed together in a crash trail Juno through her office asking for the men's room; she snaps that she is not their coach, because he survived.

How did the animated series change the relationship between Beetlejuice and Lydia Deetz from the film?

They were best friends in the cartoon, which toned him down from the film's villain, who tries to force Lydia into marriage, to her prank-loving partner in adventures.

In Beetlejuice, Betelgeuse twists a Clint Eastwood line by growling 'Go ahead, make my' what?

Millennium replaces Eastwood's 'day' because he reckons in centuries: he snarls it at the Maitlands after his snake stunt, complaining he has been cooped up for 600 years.

Whose calypso music features in the "Dinner Party" scene of Beetlejuice (1988)?

Harry Belafonte's records took the place of the R&B songs an earlier script had called for; four of his recordings play in the film, though only two made the soundtrack album.

In Beetlejuice, which boast does Betelgeuse make when he first introduces himself to Lydia?

The ghost with the most, 'babe', is how he sells himself to Lydia from inside the model town, before coaxing her to help him get out of it.

Which talk-show host played Bernard, Delia's art agent, in Beetlejuice (1988)?

Dick Cavett's Bernard admits he has lost money on Delia's art for years, yet the moment ghosts liven up her dinner party he insists that any deal goes through him.

The 1988 film Beetlejuice won its only Academy Award in which craft category?

Best Makeup went to Ve Neill, Steve LaPorte and Robert Short for the film's ghouls, shrunken heads and Betelgeuse's moldy look; Burton wanted the effects to look deliberately cheap, like the B movies he grew up on.

How is Betelgeuse summoned in the 1988 film Beetlejuice?

Saying his name three times is the only way to call him up, the Maitlands' caseworker warns; they try it anyway and find themselves shrunk into the model town beside his grave.

In Beetlejuice, Otho boasts that he was once one of New York's leading what?

Paranormal researchers, he says, 'until the bottom dropped out in '72'; the Deetzes' interior designer later acts on the boast by casting the spell that conjures the Maitlands.

In Beetlejuice, what is the title of the book the Maitlands find in their home after their deaths?

Handbook for the Recently Deceased baffles Adam, who grumbles that it reads like stereo instructions, yet Lydia later reads it and says she can follow it.

The animated series "Beetlejuice" originally premiered on which television network?

ABC ran the cartoon on Saturday mornings from September 1989 and kept it for three seasons, even as a rival network began airing new episodes every weekday in 1991.

Beetlejuice's title ghost, Betelgeuse, is named after a giant star in which constellation?

Orion is home to the star Betelgeuse, said much like the film's title; writer Michael McDowell was impressed by how many viewers made the connection.

In Beetlejuice, what kind of shop does Adam Maitland run in Winter River?

A hardware store is Adam's business; the couple's fatal drive is an errand to it, and Charles later plans to turn the empty building into an insect zoo.

In Beetlejuice, what is the profession of Lydia's father, Charles, when he buys the Maitlands' house?

Real estate developer Charles has fled New York for peace after a breakdown, yet once the haunting amuses his dinner guests he schemes to sell Winter River as a supernatural attraction.

The writers of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice also created which Netflix series directed in part by Tim Burton?

Wednesday was created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar; after Burton directed half of its first season, he had the pair write his long-delayed Beetlejuice sequel.

Beetlejuice's outdoor scenes were shot in the village of East Corinth, in which US state?

Vermont doubled for Connecticut: East Corinth played the fictional Winter River, and the crew built a shell of the Maitland house and the covered bridge there.

In Beetlejuice, Betelgeuse mockingly calls Lydia the daughter of which writer?

Edgar Allan Poe's daughter is his name for the gloomy Lydia; sulking after the Maitlands cut short his haunting, he says she is the only one in the house who understands him.

What is the primary goal of Adam and Barbara Maitland after they realize they are ghosts?

The Maitlands want to scare the new owners out of their house, but Charles and Delia cannot even see them; the possessed dinner party they stage only delights the guests.

Who was Tim Burton's original choice to play Betelgeuse before Michael Keaton?

Sammy Davis Jr. was Burton's first pick for Betelgeuse; producer David Geffen then suggested Michael Keaton, whose work Burton did not know until the two met.

In Beetlejuice's epilogue, Betelgeuse tries to steal a numbered ticket in the afterlife waiting room from whom?

A witch doctor shrinks Betelgeuse's head in revenge; Burton filmed the epilogue after test screenings, so that audiences got more of Michael Keaton's character.

Which actress played Barbara Maitland, Adam's wife, in the 1988 film Beetlejuice?

Geena Davis is absent from the 2024 sequel: she reasoned that ghosts cannot be seen to age, and Tim Burton said the Maitlands had found a loophole and moved on.

Which actress plays Astrid, Lydia's estranged teenage daughter, in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Jenna Ortega's Astrid wants little to do with her ghost-seeing mother, until a boy she befriends turns out to be dead and tries to use her to return to the living.

In Beetlejuice, what does Lydia notice is missing when she photographs the disguised Maitlands?

Their feet are nowhere in her snapshots, which tells Lydia the moaning figures are not her parents playing a prank; she is curious rather than frightened.

Which composer wrote the score for the 1988 film Beetlejuice?

Danny Elfman's main theme travelled with the character: it was reworked for the animated series, and he came back 36 years later to score the sequel.

Who originated the title role in the Beetlejuice musical on Broadway, earning a Tony nomination?

Alex Brightman played the ghost from the 2018 tryout through the Broadway opening and earned a 2019 Tony nomination, though Christopher Fitzgerald had taken the part in the first reading.

In Beetlejuice, Lydia gloomily tells her father that her whole life is one big what?

A dark room is Lydia's deadpan pun at the family's first dinner in the house: Charles has just promised to build her a darkroom in the basement.

In Beetlejuice (1988), what is Delia Deetz's artistic profession?

Delia Deetz is a sculptor whose spiky metal pieces fill the redecorated house; in the climax Betelgeuse brings them to life to trap her and Charles while he weds Lydia.

Which Canadian studio animated the Beetlejuice cartoon series?

Nelvana animated all 94 episodes with Tim Burton as executive producer; most of them were made for one final season that ran daily on a second network.

In Beetlejuice, what food turns into hands and grabs the dinner guests' faces after their dance?

Shrimp rear up from the plates as grasping hands, the Maitlands' big finish; it backfires, because the thrilled diners want to meet the ghosts instead of fleeing.

Beetlejuice the movie is set in Winter River, but in which town does Lydia live in the cartoon series?

Peaceful Pines is Lydia's home in the cartoon, though she spends much of each episode away from it, visiting Beetlejuice in the monster-filled Neitherworld.

In 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice', how is Charles Deetz revealed to have died?

A shark attack finished Charles off after he had survived a plane crash at sea; the film tells it in stop-motion, and his funeral brings the family back to Winter River.

What color is Lydia Deetz's wedding dress in the climax of Beetlejuice (1988)?

Red: Betelgeuse conjures the dress onto Lydia for their forced wedding, which collapses when Barbara crashes through the house on a sandworm that swallows the groom.

The Beetlejuice musical played its pre-Broadway tryout in which city?

Washington, D.C., staged the tryout at the National Theatre in autumn 2018, and the creative team rewrote and retooled the show before it opened on Broadway the following April.

Which award did the Beetlejuice cartoon win in 1990, after its first season on air?

A Daytime Emmy for animated programming went to a children's show whose hero had been the film's villain, a ghost who tried to force a teenager into marriage.

Summoned at the climax of Beetlejuice, Betelgeuse welcomes Charles's guests to the Winter River 'Museum of Natural' what?

Greed is his dig at the money men in the room: he calls it 'a monument to the bored businessman', then turns carnival barker and urges them to step right up and test their strength.

In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which actor plays Wolf Jackson, an afterlife detective who was a B-movie star in life?

Willem Dafoe's Wolf Jackson died in an accident and now polices the dead like the screen cop he used to play; he spends the sequel on the trail of Betelgeuse's ex-wife.

In Beetlejuice, how does Lydia explain being able to see the Maitlands when her parents cannot?

She is 'strange and unusual', in her own words: the Maitlands' book says the living ignore the strange and unusual, and Lydia has read it and proudly counts herself as both.

Which singer played Charles's wealthy New York friend who demands to see the ghosts in Beetlejuice (1988)?

Robert Goulet's tycoon turns up in the last act with his wife Sarah, demanding to be shown ghosts; when Betelgeuse is finally let loose, the couple are the first he gets rid of.

In Beetlejuice, which calypso number do the Maitlands force the Deetzes and their dinner guests to perform?

'Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)' pours out of the possessed guests as they lip-sync and dance; the haunting backfires, because the delighted diners decide the ghosts could make them money.

The Beetlejuice cartoon's final season aired every weekday, so how many episodes did it have?

65 episodes aired daily in the autumn of 1991, more than twice the 29 made for its three Saturday-morning seasons.

In Beetlejuice, where in the house does Adam Maitland build his scale model of the town?

Adam's model of Winter River sits in the attic, where the Maitlands hide from the Deetzes and where Betelgeuse, shrunk down, waits in its miniature graveyard to be summoned.

In Beetlejuice, where does the smoke escape when caseworker Juno drags on her cigarette?

The slit in her throat puffs smoke whenever Juno inhales, a clue to how she died; she chain-smokes through every scolding she gives the Maitlands.

In Beetlejuice, what is Betelgeuse's main motive for trying to marry Lydia?

To stay in the mortal world for good, Betelgeuse has to marry a living person, which is why he bargains with Lydia for a wedding in exchange for saving the Maitlands.

Which actress plays Delores, Betelgeuse's soul-sucking ex-wife, in 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice'?

Monica Bellucci plays Delores, who belonged to a death cult and poisoned Betelgeuse soon after marrying him; he killed her before the poison took him, and she staples herself back together to hunt him down.

Which calypso song plays as Lydia dances in mid-air at the end of Beetlejuice (1988)?

'Jump in the Line' is Lydia's reward for a good school report: the Maitlands let her levitate and dance to it in the film's last scene.

In Beetlejuice, which performing-arts school does Betelgeuse claim to have attended?

Juilliard heads the absurd résumé he offers when Adam asks about his qualifications, a speech that starts politely and ends with him screaming at the couple.

In Beetlejuice, which real estate agent keeps pestering the Maitlands to sell their house?

Jane Butterfield, Barbara's cousin, insists the house is too big for a childless couple; once the Maitlands drown she gets her sale, and the Deetzes move in.

In Beetlejuice, why does the Maitlands' car swerve off the bridge in the opening?

To avoid a stray dog, Barbara swerves and the car is left hanging off the covered bridge; it teeters there until the dog moves, then drops into the river.

In the Beetlejuice script, the sandworm desert outside the Maitlands' house is on which moon?

Titan, a moon of Saturn, is named in the screenplay; on screen Betelgeuse only says 'You've been to Saturn', and the 2024 sequel summons a sandworm from there again.

In Beetlejuice, Adam's first step outside feels like seconds, but how long does Barbara say he was gone?

Two hours, Barbara tells him, though Adam felt he had stepped off the porch for only seconds; time runs differently in the desert that waits outside the house.

In Beetlejuice, which discovery helps convince the Maitlands that they did not survive?

Their missing reflections are what Barbara shows Adam in the mirror once he is back from the desert outside, and he concludes that the two of them never came home alive.

In Beetlejuice, what does the local estate agent hand Lydia to pass on to her father?

A skeleton key, she tells Lydia, opens everything in the house; she adds that she decorated the place herself, so Lydia's father should come to her if he needs advice.

In Beetlejuice, how much time has passed when the Maitlands return from the afterlife waiting room?

Three months, Juno tells them, slipped by while they sat in the afterlife's waiting room; they come home to find their furniture gone and the house redecorated.

In Beetlejuice, what was Betelgeuse's job before he went freelance as a bio-exorcist?

Juno's assistant is what he used to be, she admits; he struck out alone as a bio-exorcist and caused so much trouble that she begs the Maitlands not to call him.

In Beetlejuice, which investor does Charles pitch a supernatural amusement park to?

Maxie Dean is the New York investor Charles lures up with talk of a ghost-themed park; Maxie and his wife insist on seeing ghosts, which leads Otho to stage his disastrous séance.

In Beetlejuice, which part of the house turns into a giant snake with Betelgeuse's face?

The banister's handrail rears up as a huge snake that seizes Charles and drops him down the stairwell, until Barbara sends Betelgeuse back to the model.

In Beetlejuice (1988), which of the Maitlands' belongings is laid out to summon them at the séance?

Their wedding clothes are laid out on the dining table and the couple appear inside them; then the spell turns into an exorcism and the pair wither like corpses until Lydia calls for help.

Why does Lydia end her TV show at the close of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

To spend time with her daughter, Lydia signs off after one last episode and chooses family over fame; she had almost lost her to the afterlife for good.

Lydia's boyfriend rushes her into a wedding set for which night in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Halloween is the date he pushes for; when the night comes, Betelgeuse crashes the church ceremony to claim the bride for himself.

Which title did the studio want instead of 'Beetlejuice' for the 1988 film?

House Ghosts was the studio's pick; the director jokingly countered with Scared Sheetless and was horrified when executives took the joke seriously.

Charles Deetz dies in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on the way home from a trip devoted to which hobby?

Birdwatching took Charles to the South Pacific; his plane went down on the way back, and the film tells the rest of his end in a stop-motion sequence.

At the church in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which two characters does the summoned sandworm swallow?

Delores and Rory are both swallowed when Lydia's daughter summons the creature, ridding Betelgeuse of a vengeful ex-wife and Lydia of a gold-digging fiancé in one gulp.

In the Beetlejuice cartoon, what kind of creature is Ginger, the Neitherworld's would-be tap-dancing star?

A spider with show-business ambitions, Ginger lives in the Neitherworld alongside a skeleton who lifts weights; the cartoon swapped the film's ghost couple for comic monsters.

Why is Betelgeuse's marriage contract with Lydia thrown out at the end of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

He broke afterlife law by bringing the living Lydia into the land of the dead, and her daughter spots that the offence voids the contract; Lydia then banishes him.

In the first draft of Beetlejuice, what kind of creature was Betelgeuse?

A winged demon who walked about as a short man, the first-draft Betelgeuse wanted the Deetzes dead, not scared; rewrites turned the killer into a sleazy pest.

In 2023 the Beetlejuice musical opened as the headline show in which unusual venue?

A cruise ship, the Norwegian Viva, took on the musical as its headline production in 2023, so the show sailed on after its Broadway run ended that January.

In Beetlejuice (1988), how did the messenger who points the Maitlands toward Juno's office die?

Flattened by a car, he is one of many clients and staff who still look exactly as they did at the moment they died, which is the waiting room's running joke.

In March 1998, Beetlejuice became the very first DVD shipped by which rental service?

Netflix mailed out Beetlejuice as its first disc when it launched as a DVD-by-post business; more than five billion discs followed before the service ended in 2023.

Beetlejuice hosted a long-running 'Graveyard Revue' rock show with classic movie monsters at which theme parks?

Universal Studios paired him with its own Dracula, Wolfman and Frankenstein's monster; the Florida show ran from 1992 until 2016, when it closed to make way for a Fast & Furious ride.

Delores staples herself back together in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to 'Tragedy', a 1979 hit by which group?

Bee Gees fans hear 'Tragedy' as Delores, hacked to pieces centuries ago, climbs out of her storage boxes and rebuilds herself with a staple gun.

What is the name of Betelgeuse's shrunken-headed right-hand man in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Bob, a pop-eyed shrunken head in a full suit, leads the office staff until the afterlife police arrest him and Delores drains his soul in an interrogation room.

On which occasion does Lydia's boyfriend propose to her in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Her father's wake is where her producer boyfriend springs his proposal; Lydia hesitantly says yes, and her daughter runs off.

Beetlejuice ranks 88th on which of AFI's '100 Years...100' lists?

Laughs is the list: AFI's 2000 ranking of American comedies placed the film 88th, although Roger Ebert's review had found it 'all anticlimax' after a charming start.

Which toys-to-life game got a Beetlejuice fun pack in September 2017?

Lego Dimensions added the pack in its ninth wave of add-ons; weeks later the publisher said there would be no more, cutting short a planned three years of releases.

Which crossover fighting game added Beetlejuice as a playable character in its second season?

MultiVersus, the brawler that pits Bugs Bunny against Batman, added him in its second season in 2024; the game's servers were shut down for good the following year.

Which actor's company, Plan B, joined the Beetlejuice sequel as a producer in 2022?

Brad Pitt's Plan B came aboard when the sequel was still in early development, with no script yet written; cameras finally rolled the following year.

Which film festival opened with 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' in August 2024?

Venice gave the sequel its world premiere on August 28, 2024, but out of competition, so it was never in the running for the Golden Lion; US cinemas got it nine days later.

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice had the second-biggest September opening ever, behind which horror film?

It, the 2017 Stephen King adaptation, had opened to $123 million; the sequel's $111 million start in 2024 edged past forecasts that had topped out at $110 million.

Which musical won eight 2019 Tony Awards, leaving the nominated Beetlejuice with none?

Hadestown took Best Musical among its eight wins, while Beetlejuice lost in all eight of its categories; the show still earned a second Broadway run in 2022.

Why was filming of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice suspended in July 2023?

The actors' strike halted the shoot with under two days of filming left; the director called the film 99 percent done and finished it that November.

What is the name of Lydia's paranormal talk show in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Ghost House is the paranormal talk show Lydia hosts with her boyfriend as producer; a glimpse of Betelgeuse in the studio audience mid-taping sends her into a panic.

How did Lydia's ex-husband Richard die before the events of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Eaten by piranhas in the Amazon, Richard turns up as a clerk in the afterlife's bureaucracy, where he helps Lydia and their daughter slip away from the ghost police.

What does Betelgeuse run in the afterlife in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

A call center for his bio-exorcism business is his new racket, staffed by shrunken-headed ghosts in suits while he goes on pining for Lydia.

In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, during which historical event did Betelgeuse and Delores meet?

The Black Death in Italy is the setting of a black-and-white flashback: the two marry, she poisons him on their honeymoon for an immortality ritual, and he takes an axe to her as he dies.

In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, what is the name of the ghost boy who befriends Lydia's daughter?

Jeremy Frazier seems a gentle outsider, but he murdered his parents and wants to trade places with her so he can live again; Betelgeuse sends him to the Fires of Damnation.

In Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, what is the afterlife transport to the 'Great Beyond' called?

Soul Train is a pun made literal: the platform comes with a boogie-down chorus line of 1970s funk dancers, a nod to the TV dance show of the same name.

How does Delia die in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Bitten by asps during a grief artwork for her late husband, Delia lands in the afterlife herself, where she strikes a deal with Betelgeuse to find him.

Which song do the wedding guests lip-sync at the climax of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

MacArthur Park, Richard Harris's seven-minute 1968 epic about a cake left out in the rain, takes over the church as Betelgeuse turns the ceremony into a lip-synced production number.

Which unmade 1990 sequel script had the Deetzes build a resort on an ancient burial ground?

Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian had Betelgeuse turn hero by winning a surf contest with magic; it stalled when its director and star made Batman Returns instead.

Which series did Winona Ryder join on condition she could leave to film a Beetlejuice sequel?

Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers agreed to her one condition at their first meeting: she and Tim Burton were already discussing the sequel, though it took years more to reach the screen.

In the Beetlejuice musical's Act II opener, who rings the Deetzes' doorbell and is frightened away?

A Girl Scout named Sky sings about her weak heart, which any shock could stop, just before Beetlejuice jumps out at her; he then clones himself to scare off every other caller.

Where does the ghost boy who charms Lydia's daughter live in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

A treehouse full of 1990s indie-rock records is his hideout; he died falling from it while trying to escape the police, and he has haunted it ever since.

Which Beetlejuice Beetlejuice character was written to echo Otho from the original film?

Rory, Lydia's smarmy producer boyfriend, is the sequel's answer to Otho: the writers wanted another hanger-on whom everyone longs to see get his comeuppance.

Which actor cameos as an afterlife janitor whose soul Delores drains in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Danny DeVito, who played the Penguin in Batman Returns for the same director, is the janitor on hand when Delores staples herself back together; she promptly drains his soul.

In the nightmare that ends Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, what does Lydia dream her daughter gives birth to?

A baby Betelgeuse arrives in the dream after her daughter marries a stranger named Vlad; Lydia wakes sensing the ghost beside her, turns over, and finds the bed empty.

Beetlejuice turned up in a 2020 episode of which DC animated series?

Teen Titans Go! had its heroes team up with him to rescue a kidnapped holiday spirit, with the stage musical's leading man providing his voice.

What is the name of Lydia's spoiled school rival in the Beetlejuice cartoon?

Claire Brewster, spoiled and self-centered, clashes constantly with Lydia at school, which makes her a regular target for Beetlejuice's pranks.

Which Neitherworld resident is a French skeleton and aspiring bodybuilder?

Jacques LaLean, a French-accented skeleton who lives in the Roadhouse beside Beetlejuice, dreams of becoming a bodybuilder; his name puns on fitness guru Jack LaLanne.

At his own wedding in Beetlejuice (1988), what does Betelgeuse call his name to stop the preacher saying it?

The B word, he snaps, is one that nobody says; the preacher skips the name, and Lydia cannot speak it either, because Betelgeuse silences her and answers the vows himself.

What is Doomie in the Beetlejuice animated series?

A sentient car built by Lydia and Beetlejuice, Doomie is usually a friendly jalopy, but a faulty carburetor makes him turn into a monstrous, werewolf-like dragster.

Which Broadway theatre housed the Beetlejuice musical's 2022-23 return run?

Marquis Theatre audiences got the show back in April 2022, two years after the pandemic cut short its first run; it played there until January 2023.

Who directed the Beetlejuice musical on Broadway?

Alex Timbers reworked the show heavily after a rough out-of-town tryout, and later won a directing Tony for Moulin Rouge!

Who originated the role of Lydia in the Beetlejuice musical on Broadway?

Sophia Anne Caruso opened the show at 17 and won a Theatre World Award, then left in February 2020, weeks before Broadway itself shut down.

Which Hugh Jackman-led revival forced Beetlejuice out of Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre?

The Music Man was booked into the theatre just as Beetlejuice had turned its box office around, so the show was told to leave by June 2020; the pandemic closed it that March.

In the Broadway Beetlejuice musical, which song are the Maitlands singing when they fall to their deaths?

Ready, Set, Not Yet has the couple listing reasons to put off starting a family; mid-song they crash through unstable floorboards and die, so later never comes.

In the Beetlejuice musical, Charles hires Delia to work with Lydia in what role?

Life coach is her official title, though she is secretly Charles's lover; her sessions with the grieving Lydia get nowhere, and the pair are soon engaged.

Which of Lydia's songs in the Beetlejuice musical begs for a sign that someone is still there?

Dead Mom has Lydia begging her late mother, whose funeral opens the show, to send a sign; getting none, she vows to make her father face what the family has lost.

Despite an F-bomb, the 1988 film Beetlejuice received which MPAA rating?

PG was the verdict in 1988, F-bomb and all, although by the ratings board's own guide a single use of that word belongs at PG-13, the rating the 2024 sequel received.

Which 1986 film, Winona Ryder's screen debut, convinced the director to cast her as Lydia?

Lucas, a 1986 teen drama with Corey Haim, was her first film; Heathers and Mermaids, the roles that made her a star, only came after Beetlejuice.

In Beetlejuice (1988), which pageant title did the afterlife waiting room's receptionist hold in life?

Miss Argentina still wears her sash at the afterlife's front desk; her rueful line about what she would do 'if I knew then what I know now' became a song in the stage musical.

Who plays Rory, Lydia's manager and fiancé, in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice?

Justin Theroux plays Rory, the smarmy new-age producer of Lydia's show; at the altar Betelgeuse jabs him with truth serum and he admits he only wanted her money.

What does Betelgeuse bellow when Lydia finally summons him at the climax of Beetlejuice (1988)?

It's showtime! is his cry when Lydia summons him to save the withering Maitlands, a rescue he agrees to only at the price of her marrying him.

Which number introduces Beetlejuice at the top of the Broadway musical?

The Whole 'Being Dead' Thing starts with him mocking the sad ballad that opened the show, then telling the audience that death makes living life to the fullest pointless.

In Beetlejuice (1988), what do the Maitlands wear when Lydia first catches them haunting the house?

Adam and Barbara drape themselves in bedsheets to play classic ghosts, which only intrigues Lydia; she tells the sheeted figures she can see them and they pull the sheets off.