Beetlejuice at the 'Burbs

Beetlejuice at the 'Burbs is the 2008 American animated movie sequel to the 1988 live-action film. The movie was produced by Geffen Pictures, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed by Mitchell Savage and written by Danny Richardson.

Plot
While they're going onward, Adam Maitland and Barbara Maitland remember those two, who also both drowned and became ghosts, whose names are Michael Silverstein and Lisa Silverstein, who both magically appeared. Now, they went to the imaginary castle, because the rainstorm approached already, so they parked near the river by the bridge, ran to the door, knock on the door thrice (three times), the door opened and they went inside... Oh, and so are Christopher Silverstein and the Deetzes, Charles, Delia and Lydia. Now, there are two of their childhood imaginary friends, whose names are Beans the Cat and Katherine, aka Little Kitty. Meanwhile, there was prisoner who escaped the dungeon, though the building was really the Winter River Prison and into the woods of the Peaceful Pines. It's Julius Beethoven, who had a split ghostly personality, who was a man with a forbidden nickname called Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice). Meanwhile, there's Winter River News Network, with a female news reporter, Cathy reporting about a prisoner (Julius) escaped recently. Now, she introduced a cartoonist named Nelson. Anyway, Nelson showed a picture he drew about two cats and two mice. Two cats are Beans and Katherine (aka Little Kitty). And two mice are Mickey and Minnie, who both from Disney. Here's a clip from one of the Looney Tunes episodes of 1930s, which is called "A Cartoonist's Nightmare". Although, the Looney Tunes episode was from 1935, these characters, which includes a cartoonist (Nelson), are fictional... not real. Anyway, those cartoon villains escaped and going on a trip to imaginary castle.

Now, the Maitlands, the Deetzes and the Silversteins tell the childhood stories. During rainstorms... on the left side of the map, there are the Boy Scouts of America, whose names are Young Adam, Young Charles and Young Michael. And on the right side of the map, there are the Girl Scouts of America, whose names are Young Barbara, Young Delia and Young Lisa. The boy scouts and girl scouts are so lost in the woods so they find a way out by going North... and they did. They met each other and... went to the imaginary castle, which was on the top North of the map. Young Adam knocks on the castle door thrice (three times). The door opened... they come inside. All of a sudden, the kids were surprised as they see Beans and Katherine. Meanwhile, there was Young Julius Beethoven who was a troublemaker, was expelled and banished for some treacherous mischief, because his parents hated and disowned him and also went through space and time. The police tried to look for Young Gaston, but they couldn't find him. Now, he shall go snooping around all over the castle. Now, Young Adam sees the intruder (Young Julius), but Young Barbara didn't believe him, because she's very upset so she wants Young Adam to leave her alone... and goes to the girl's bedroom, along with Young Delia and Young Lisa. Young Lisa thinks the sleepover is a bad idea, so to make things happy, Young Barbara sings a song (If We Hold On Together) with her friends (Young Delia and Young Lisa). Anyway, the song worked perfectly, thanks to Young Barbara, Young Delia and Young Lisa. Now, they fell asleep.

All of a sudden, Young Barbara has nightmares. Anyway, Young Barbara tries to get away from Young Julius, but no matter how hard she tried, there's no way out... and she screamed. She woke up, however, from her nightmare. But Young Julius broke into the castle and captured Young Barbara, who screamed. Meanwhile, at the boys room, Young Adam, Young Charles and Young Michael heard Young Barbara screamed so loud, everyone heard. Now, Young Gaston took Young Barbara to one of those balconies. Young Adam and his friends shall go upstairs to the balcony, though Young Charles is trying to relax. Anyway. they've had no other choice but to go upstairs to the balcony. Young Julius told Young Barbara about his story of mischievous. He's an outcast, however, and tries to grab Young Barbara, but she dodged him and he tried to fell off the balcony but he grabbed Young Barbara's legs that he pulled her as he wanted to take Young Barbara with him, but Young Adam rushed to Young Barbara and pulled her back onto the balcony while she kicked on Young Julius' head and made Young Julius fell down to the river. And, so Young Adam and Young Barbara, who both are back on balcony, were all safe and sound. Meanwhile, Young Julius, who survived and swam back to the ground, got arrested by Mayor Garrett Edwards and his bodyguard Willie Robertson. They took Young Julius to the dungeon where he can never escape, though he went back to his own past and is never seen or heard from again, because in the past, Julius Beethoven, as an adult, hung up and loses his own life as a torture. As for Young Adam and Young Barbara, she apologized to him about Young Julius. It was the first kiss for Young Adam and Young Barbara. That was a good story about those childhood.

Now, Adam, Barbara, Michael and Lisa have been ghostly pulled to the ghostly office with Juno, who tells Adam, Barbara, Michael and Lisa about Mr. BJ (Beetlejuice) death. He did those terrible things to those poor people, by scaring them to death, so now they took Mr. BJ to the hanging torture and Mr. BJ hung up and loses his life, though we can show you his feet. Now, Mr. BJ has transformed to pieces, which means the scribble monsters appeared and scaring the townspeople. Anyway, the people use the vacuum hose to suck up all of the scribble monsters all the way to the door, which inside of the castle, close the door and put up a sign, which says "Stay Away! Do Not Open!"... until one of them disobeys the sign and opens the door, and let all of the scribble monsters free, so the people use the vacuum hose to suck up all of the scribble monsters out of the castle. The scribble monsters find Julius Beethoven in a casket, opens it brings him back to life, and transforms him into a man with a forbidden nickname, which is called "Betelgeuse" (Beetlejuice). Meanwhile, Lydia and Christopher tell the story. This one time, Chris (Christopher) tells a story about his parents, who were teenagers. Michael and Lisa, seeing the scribble monsters go to the casket of Julius Beethoven, opens it and transforming him into a ghost with a forbidden nickname, Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice), so Teen Michael and Teen Lisa ran away. Now, Lydia tells the story. When she was ten, Little Lydia sees the ghost. Little Lydia told the ghosts to stop goofing around... and they did. Now, Lydia sees a picture of Michael and Lisa and want to know any relationships for Chris, who answered, "My parents". Unfortunately, Chris tells Lydia that his parents (Michael and Lisa) drowned at the bridge... and Chris was an orphan, but Lydia knows how Chris feels, because his parents aren't the only ones. Adam and Maitland, also. Now Adam, Barbara, Michael and Lisa are ghosts. They can help Chris and the Deetzes (includes Lydia) get on with happy lives.

While Adam and Barbara prepare for the ghostly mission Juno ordered to them (which was to get these ghost photographs and a handbook called "Handbook for the Recently Deceased"), Michael and Lisa took Chris upstairs to his bedroom, because Chris prepares for the good night's sleep. Lisa remembered the song she sang with Barbara and Delia when she was a girl. Now, she sings a song to Chris. And so, thanks to Lisa, Chris fell asleep, so she and Michael walk quietly to their bedroom. Meanwhile, Beetlejuice has a ghostly meeting with some of those cartoon villains, whose names are Andris the Ape, Spike the Spider, Battling Barney with his son; Barney Jr., Otto the Octopus, Dirty Dan, Treacherous Tom and Dr. Madness. Anyway, Beetlejuice's plan was to capture the grownups, which especially Adam, Barbara, Charles, Delia, Michael and Lisa. So their children, Chris and Lydia, come soon to them, because otherwise, Beetlejuice shall must marry Barbara. Now, Nelson, who's at the Deetzes' destroyed old house with Jane Butterfield and Little Jane Butterfield, came to rescued Otho Fenlock, Maxie Dean and Sara Dean. Now Maxie, who uses his cellphone to call Charles and to tell him where he is. And Charles answered "Imaginary Castle", and told Maxie to beware about Beetlejuice, so he, Nelson and other folks go to Imaginary Castle. Unfortunately, the cartoon villains, including Andris the Ape, capture Nelson, Otho, Maxie and Sarah and took them to the imaginary castle. Beetlejuice orders Andris the Ape to stay and keeps an eye on those poor, helpless victims (Nelson, Otho, Maxie and Sarah) so they can't escape, while Beetlejuice and other villains go and capture those childhood friends (Adam, Barbara, Charles, Delia, Michael & Lisa). Now, Beetlejuice and other cartoon villains capture those childhood friends (Adam, Barbara, Charles, Delia, Michael & Lisa).

Meanwhile, Beans and Katherine rushed to Chris & Lydia in his room and screamed. Lydia and Chris want Beans and Katherine to calm down and tell them what happened. The childhood friends (Adam, Barbara, Charles, Delia, Michael & Lisa) got captured by a man with a forbidden nickname (Beetlejuice) & other cartoon villains. Lydia already knows the answered about a man with a forbidden nickname, which was Beetlejuice. Mr. Beans, however, answers the real name was Julius Beethoven. Lydia has a choice: She has to go to Beetlejuice's meeting room, or she stays in her room and Beetlejuice will marry Barbara. So she has no choice but to get to the meeting. Chris, Beans and Katherine wanted to go with Lydia, so they can help out and rescue the grown-ups... and she reluctantly agreed. Now, at the meeting, all of poor, helpless victims, which include Adam, Barbara and Nelson, got captured. Beetlejuice, using Julius' voice, remembered what Barbara done to Julius as kids, so just as Beetlejuice is about to make a movie on Barbara... Lydia, Chris, Beans and Katherine have finally arrived, because Lydia answered Beetlejuice's real name, Julius Beethoven. Now, Beetlejuice prepares for the big surprise. He uses his hand to make the ground crack to Nelson, Otho, Maxie and Sarah, but Nelson quickly uses his magic pencil to draws the scissors, cuts the rope and quickly dodged because the floor crumbles down and Otho, Maxie & Sarah go down. Now, Nelson finally meets Beans and Katherine, in person. Finally, Beetlejuice and the cartoon villains have had enough, so Beetlejuice captures Lydia and releases the childhood friends. Beetlejuice has some things to take care of. First, he ordered Spike the Spider to makes a web to ties up Charles & Delia. Next, he ordered Otto the Octopus to uses his tentacles to ties up Michael & Lisa. Then, Beetlejuice magically sends Adam & Barbara to the sand dunes with a sandworm. And finally, he magically sends Beans, Katherine & Nelson to the model on the table. Just to be sure, no one calls Beetlejuice, his own forbidden nickname thrice (three times). Now, Beetlejuice is ready for the wedding, once again with a wannabe bride, Lydia, so Dr. Madness can play the wedding preacher.

Beans and Katherine already know Nelson can draw an angry airplane. And Nelson agreed and has an idea. He uses his magic pencil to draws an angry airplane, because Nelson's a cartoonist. Beetlejuice tries to marry Lydia, but she disobeys him. Now, Beans, Katherine & Nelson, who are in the angry airplane, he drew, prepares to eject from the angry airplane, just in time before the plane crashed on Beetlejuice and Lydia quickly escaped because Beetlejuice knows someone's coming. The sandworm, Adam & Barbara rode on, broke through house, ate Beetlejuice again, and burrow through the floor. All of the cartoon villains, included Andris the Ape go after the sandworm. Now, Nelson gives Beans a magical eraser to vanquishes the hole while Nelson gives Katherine the early 20th century pen to unedits Spike's web. Now, all people (Adam, Barbara, Charles, Delia, Lydia, Chris, Michael, Lisa, Beans, Nelson & Katherine) are so happy and free at last. Juno thinks the ghosts did a good job getting rid of Beetlejuice. The next morning, Adam, Barbara, Michael and Lisa brought the photographs and a handbook (Handbook for the Recently Deceased). Now, Juno has an idea, because they saved the living by getting rid of Beetlejuice, so they can stay the imaginary castle as long as they like. Meanwhile, Lydia and Chris, who both on a sidewalk at the street, made a first kiss, because she owed Chris thanks for helping out their grownups (included Adam & Barbara), along with Beans & Katherine. Now, Delia made her brand-new sculpture about Beans and Katherine holding hands... and Charles was impressed. Now Beans, Katherine, Charles. Delia & Nelson saying good-bye to each other. While Charles, Delia & Nelson driving along, Julius escaped from the sandworm, quickly to the different place and closes the wall, where a sandworm can't get through. Unbeknownst to Julius, he got back in the dungeon prison in the Winter River Prison, because Beetlejuice ghost wore off. Julius tried to apologized to Cathy, but she denies an apology, so Julius was trapped in the dungeon without food or drink until he'll die from starvation and dehydration eventually. Cathy firmly leaves Julius for good. Now, he mumbles in anger, but the blackout started due to the severe thunderstorm. Now, Julius sees two bloodshot eyeballs, because he was scared. As the thunder crashes, the deadly ghost, Beetlejuice, jump-scared against Julius Beethoven so bad, he scream out loud...right before Julius Beethoven died from massive heart attack.

Cast
Me (imitating so many voices as dubbed version)
 * Robby Benson as Adam Maitland
 * Max Records as Young Adam (Records debuted in his first film)
 * Paige O'Hara as Barbara Maitland
 * Ciara Bravo as Young Barbara (Bravo debuted in her first film)
 * Sam Gold as Charles Deetz
 * Bradley Steven Perry as Young Charles (Perry debuted in his first film)
 * Alicyn Packard as Delia Deetz
 * Destiny Whitlock as Young Deliz (Whitlock debuted in her first film)
 * Bruno Campos as Michael Silverstein
 * Bobb'e J. Thompson as Young Michael (Thompson debuted in his first film)
 * Tahj Mowry as Michael (teenager)
 * Anika Noni Rose as Lisa Silverstein
 * Madison Pettis as Young Lisa (Pettis debuted in her first film)
 * Kyla Pratt as Lisa (Teenager)
 * Miranda Cosgrove as Lydia Deetz
 * Isabelle Fuhrman as Young Lydia (Fuhrman debuted in her first film)
 * Coy Stewart as Christopher "Chris" Silverstein (Stewart debuted in his first film)
 * Wayne Allwine as Beans the Cat
 * Russi Taylor as Katherine "Little Kitty" the Cat
 * Jeff Bennett as Beetlejuice
 * Jared Padalecki as Julius Beethoven
 * Jeremy Shada as Young Julius
 * Irene Bedard as Cathy, the news reporter
 * Jon Seda as Nelson, the cartoonist,
 * Henry Gibson as Mayor Garrett Edwards (in his final film role before his death in 2009).
 * Richard Griffiths as Willie Robertson
 * Glenn Close as Juno, the Caseworker
 * Alan Rickman as Otho Fenlock
 * Lily Tomlin as Sarah Dean
 * Dabney Coleman as Maxie Dean
 * Angela Lansbury as Jane Butterfield
 * Candace Hutson as Little Jane Butterfield
 * Michael Clarke Duncan as Andris the Ape
 * Jeremy Irons as Spike the Spider
 * Tristan Rogers as Battling Barney
 * Jeff Stewart as Barney Jr.
 * Ed Begley, Jr. as Otto the Octopus
 * Andy Dick as Dirty Dan
 * Jim Cummings as Treacherous Tom
 * Corbin Bernsen as Dr. Madness
 * Maurice LaMarche as the Narrator (Mr. Kane)

Production
I'm (JamesTherHAMPMaster) ready to tell you a story about the movie I made, which is called "Beetlejuice at the 'Burbs" (2008) I use so many voices... just like the late, great man of a 1,000 voices named Mel Blanc (1908-1989). I drew some of the sketch pads. I started making a movie on the living room and my room on November 5 - 22, 2013. Now, I use a DVD camcorder, with a tripod, to face the Computer Monitor. At the beginning of the movie, first of all, the 2007 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Pictures logo appeared with a byline "A Starz Company" (August 2007 - November 2012) along with a Warner Bros.=Seven Arts website (www.warnerbros-sevenarts.com -- Don't click on that Warner Bros.-Seven Arts website, because it does not exist.) fades in below the byline. Followed by the Geffen Pictures logo (homemade version) along with the details, which say "Presented in Association With: TIM BURTON, INC. and". Although Geffen Pictures has sold to Universal, those Beetlejuice movies and shows are from Geffen Pictures, which has preceded by Warner Bros. While two logos (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts & Geffen) have shown, there's the opening musical theme for this movie. Those musical themes, you asked are two musical themes from "The Burbs" (1989), such as "Garage" and "Good Neighbors". Anyway. I put some of my sketch pads and the Book I made on my lap. I wrote the fake subtitles in "Gentium Basic" font. I've had to be careful saying words because they'd get mixed up sometimes. I've also had to be careful using voices because I might get a cough. I've got little sniffles because I've got a cold. I know my miniaturized DVD camcorder can't look at those pictures as it stayed like that but I read what's on the book that I made. I've recorded some children's voices and screaming and other sound effects on Windows Movie Maker.

Soundtrack

 * Musical Intro (Beetlejuice & The 'Burbs medley 1)
 * Travel (Beetlejuice)
 * Neighborhood Watch (The 'Burbs)
 * My Fault (My Name is Nobody)
 * The Fly (Beetlejuice)
 * The Nightmare (The 'Burbs)
 * Runaway Ambulance (The 'Burbs)
 * Adam & Barbara's First Kiss (Beetlejuice & The 'Burbs medley 2)
 * Juno Returns (Beetlejuice & The 'Burbs medley 3)
 * Lydia Discovers (Beetlejuice)
 * Garage (The 'Burbs)
 * Good Neighbors (The 'Burbs)
 * Beetlesnake (Beetlejuice)
 * Burning Down the House (The 'Burbs)
 * It's Showtime (Beetlejuice)
 * Just For Laughs (Beetlejuice)
 * The Wedding (Beetlejuice)
 * Pack Your Bags (The 'Burbs)
 * Musical Finale (Beetlejuice & The 'Burbs medley 4)
 * If We Hold On Together (Anndi McAfee & Aria Noelle Curzon; also from "The Land Before Time" soundtrack)
 * If We Hold On Together (Diana Ross; also from "The Land Before Time" soundtrack)

Trivia

 * Paige O'Hara and Robby Benson (who both from Beauty and the Beast movies from 1991-99) are reunited for Beetlejuice's 20th Anniversary.
 * Bruno Campos and Anika Noni Rose have first met before both in Disney's "The Princess and the Frog".
 * Wayne Allwine & Russi Taylor are both in the first and only Warner Bros. movie before Allwine's death in 2009 and Taylor's death in 2019.
 * Maurice LaMarche uses Orson Welles' voice for the narration for both of two animated Beetlejuice movies based on the character, Mr. Kane, in "Stage Fright" (Beetlejuice animated episode of 1989).
 * The memorable quotes "What are we going to do? What are we going to do? What are we going to do?" (Wanda) and "Oh, bad! Oh, bad! Oh, bad, bad bad!" (Keisha) are from "The Magic School Bus" (1994-97 animated television series).
 * The segment from "Scenic Car Drive - Jumpscare" is used for Adam & Barbara driving the car on a trip to the Imaginary Castle (though they lose the jumpscare part)
 * The picture of Beetlejuice from his own animated intro version 2, is also used for the opening prologue and the jumpscare before end credits.
 * The clip excerpt of "A Cartoonist's Nightmare" (1935; Looney Tunes) is used for the 2008 Beetlejuice movie, along with Beans, Little Kitty (Katherine) all villains and a cartoonist (named Nelson).
 * The musical theme "Runaway Ambulance" (My Skull/The Gurney) is also used for The 'Burbs (1989), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Dangerous Squirrel 2: Squirrel's Injury (1991), Son of Lord Darkar (1991), Shadow of Lord Darkar (2000), The Secret of N.I.M.H. -- 20 Years Later (2002), Lord Darkar's Beginning (2006), Dangerous Squrrel (2018) and Lord Darkar Part 4 (2019).

Releases
Beetlejuice at the 'Burbs released in theaters on March 7, 2008 by Warner Bros. Pictures.