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Casper the Friendly Ghost

December 21, 2023

This article is about the character. For the theatrical shorts, see Casper the Friendly Ghost filmography. For the feature-length films, see Casper the Friendly Ghost in film.

Casper the Friendly Ghost is the fictional character who serves as the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a translucent ghost who is pleasant and personable,[4] but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio.

Casper the Friendly Ghost
Character art derived from a panel of Casper the Friendly Ghost #1 (February 2018), art by Adrian Ropp.
First appearance
Created bySeymour Reit
Joe Oriolo[1][2]
Vincent E. Valentine II[3]
Adapted byHarvey Comics
Designed byJoe Oriolo
Voiced bySee voices actors
In-universe information
Full nameCasper McFadden (1995 film)
RaceGhost (deceased human in some versions)
GenderMale
TitleThe Friendly Ghost
OccupationScare school student (Casper's Scare School)
FamilyThe Ghostly Trio (uncles)
Significant otherKat Harvey (1995 film)
RelativesJimmy (Casper's Scare School)

The character was featured in 55 theatrical cartoons titled The Friendly Ghost from 1945 to 1959.[5] The character has been featured in comic books published by Harvey Comics since 1952,[6] and Harvey purchased the character outright in 1959. Casper became one of Harvey's most popular characters, headlining dozens of comic book titles.

Following Harvey's purchase of the character, he appeared in five television series: Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1961), The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1970), Casper and the Angels (1979), The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–1998) and Casper's Scare School (2009–2012).[7] The character made his theatrical film debut in a live-action adaptation of the series by Universal Pictures: Casper (1995), to where he became the first computer-generated character to star in a film.[8] He would later appear in four direct-to-video and made-for-TV follow-up films.

Creation edit

Casper was created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, the former devising the idea for the character and the latter providing illustrations.[9] Initially intended as the basis for a children's storybook, there was at first little interest in their idea and the book went unpublished.[10] When Reit was away on military service during World War II before the book was released, Oriolo sold the rights to the book to Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division for a total of $175. This one-time payment was all that he received, missing out on a share of the revenue earned from the films, comic books and merchandise to come.[11]

The Friendly Ghost, the first Noveltoon to feature Casper, was released by Paramount in 1945 with a few differences from the book. In the cartoon adaptation, Casper is a cute ghost-child with a New York accent who inhabits a haunted house along with a community of adult ghosts who delight in scaring the living. Casper, in contrast, is a nonconformist among ghosts: he would prefer to make friends with people. He packs up his belongings and goes out into the world, hoping to find friends. However, the animals that he meets (a rooster, a mole, a cat, a mouse named Herman, and a group of hens) take one horrified look at him, scream: "A ghost!" and run off in the other direction. Distraught, Casper unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide (apparently forgetting that he is already dead) by lying down on a railway track before an oncoming train, before he meets two children named Bonnie and Johnny who become his friends. The children's mother, apparently widowed and impoverished, at first is frightened of Casper, but later welcomes him into the family after he unintentionally frightens off a greedy landlord, who, unwilling to own a "haunted" house, tears up the mortgage and gives her the house outright. The short ends with the mother kissing Bonnie, Johnny, and Casper as she sends them off to school, with Casper wearing clothing as if he were a living child.

Casper appeared in two more subsequent cartoons, There's Good Boos To-Night and A Haunting We Will Go. There's Good Boos To-Night differs wildly from later Casper cartoons: although the theme of Casper trying to find a friend and failing in these attempts before succeeding also occurs in later cartoons, the tone of this short turns remarkably dark when a hunter and his dogs appear, chasing the little fox cub named Ferdie that Casper has befriended. Although Casper scares the hunter and dogs away, Casper discovers Ferdie dead after a harrowing chase scene. Happily, however, Ferdie returns as a ghost to join his friend Casper in the afterlife.

These were later adapted into Noveltoons before Paramount started a Casper the Friendly Ghost series in 1950, and ran the theatrical releases until summer 1959. Although having much success, the series was later criticized by animation historians and viewers,[citation needed] mainly due to the story of each entry of the series as being largely the same: Casper (now slightly thinner than the pudgy figure that appeared in the earlier cartoons) escapes from the afterlife of a regular ghost because he finds that scaring people can be tiresome year after year, tries to find friends but inadvertently scares almost everyone, and finally finds a (cute little) friend, whom he saves from some sort of fate, leading to his acceptance by those initially scared of him. In 1955, composer Winston Sharples composed an instrumental theme for Casper's cartoons.

Appearances edit

Harvey Comics edit

 
Cover of Casper the Friendly Ghost #1 (March 1991)

Casper was first published in comics form in August 1949 by St. John Publications, running for five issues until September 1951. In 1952, Alfred Harvey, founder and publisher of Harvey Comics began producing Casper comic books. Casper first appeared in Harvey Comics Hits #61 (Oct 1952), and then moved to a solo book with Casper the Friendly Ghost #7 (December 1952).[6] In 1959, Harvey purchased the rights to the character outright.

Casper went on to headline a large number of comic book series, as well as appearing in back up stories and guest appearances in other titles. The Casper series inspired three popular spin-offs: Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, Wendy the Good Little Witch, and The Ghostly Trio. Casper's titles include:

  • Casper
  • Casper Adventure Digest
  • Casper and...
  • Casper and Friends
  • Casper and Friends Magazine
  • Casper and Nightmare
  • Casper and Spooky
  • Casper and The Ghostly Trio
  • Casper: A Spirited Beginning (film adaptation)
  • Casper Big Book
  • Casper Digest
  • Casper Digest Stories
  • Casper Digest Winners
  • Casper Enchanted Tales Digest
  • Casper Ghostland
  • Casper Giant Size
  • Casper Halloween Trick or Treat
  • Casper in Space
  • Casper in 3-D
  • Casper Magazine
  • Casper Movie Adaptation
  • Casper Space Ship
  • Casper's Ghostland
  • Casper's Scare School
  • Casper's Haunted Christmas
  • Casper Special
  • Casper Strange Ghost Stories
  • Casper, the Friendly Ghost
  • Casper TV Showtime
  • Famous TV Funday Funnies
  • The Friendly Ghost, Casper
  • Harvey Two-Pack
  • Nightmare and Casper
  • Richie Rich and Casper
  • Richie Rich, Casper, and Wendy
  • TV Casper and Company
  • Casper and the Spectrals

In 2009, a new Casper comic was published, called Casper and the Spectrals by Arden Entertainment. Much like The Man of Steel and Batman: Year One did with their respective characters, it revamped Casper and several other Harvey characters for a new audience. After selling 6,400 copies of the first comic, the last two issues were published in 2010.

Television edit

Casper has starred in five television shows:[12]

After Harvey bought the rights to Casper and many other Famous properties in 1959 (including Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, and Baby Huey), they began broadcasting the post-September 1950 theatrical Famous shorts on a television show sponsored by Mattel Toys titled Matty's Funday Funnies on ABC in 1959 which introduced the Barbie doll to the public. The other Famous produced Casper cartoons had already been acquired by television distributor U.M. & M. TV Corporation in 1956. U.M. & M. retitled just "A Haunting We Will Go", but credited "Featuring Casper The Friendly Ghost" as "Featuring Casper's Friendly Ghost".

New cartoons were created for The New Casper Cartoon Show in 1963, also on ABC. The original Casper cartoons were syndicated under the title Harveytoons (initially repackaged as Casper and Company) in 1963 and ran continuously until the mid-90s. Casper has remained popular in reruns and merchandising.

Hanna-Barbera Productions also gave Casper two holiday specials, Casper's First Christmas (which also starred Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy) and Casper's Halloween Special (aka Casper Saves Halloween), and also the Saturday morning cartoon series Casper and the Angels (an animated takeoff on two live-action hit shows Charlie's Angels and CHiPS) in the autumn of 1979, all on NBC. Also featured on the NBC version was a big ghost named Hairy Scary (voiced by John Stephenson). None of Casper's original co-stars appeared in the show.

Between 1990 and 1994, Casper appeared in The Harveytoons Show which was known as Casper and Friends in the UK.[13] This show featured other Harvey Comics characters and series including: Little Audrey, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, Buzzy the Crow, Modern Madcaps, Possum Pearl, Professor Schmatlz, Jeeper and Creeper and others.[13] The show consisted of Famous Studios-produced cartoons from 1950 to 1964 and each episode of the series included three full cartoons and one "ToonTake" segment.[13]

In 1996, Amblin Entertainment and Universal Cartoon Studios created a new Casper series for Fox Kids called The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, based on the 1995 feature, that lasted two years and was never seen on television again after 1998.

In 2009, MoonScoop Group, in association with Classic Media, TF1 and DQ, produced a TV show named Casper's Scare School, based on the film of the same name.

In 2020, Casper appeared in a supporting role in the "Scare Bud" episode of Harvey Girls Forever!, a series based on Harvey Comics characters.[14]

A new live-action television series is in the works at Peacock, co-produced between Universal Content Productions and DreamWorks Animation with Wu Kai-yu writing and executive producing.[15]

Films edit

Main articles: Casper the Friendly Ghost filmography and Casper the Friendly Ghost in film

The Famous Studios version of Casper was scheduled to appear as a cameo in the deleted scene "Acme's Funeral" from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.[16]

Numerous Casper cartoons were released on home video by Universal Studios (via MCA Inc.), which also adopted the friendly ghost into a live-action feature film titled Casper in 1995, where he and his wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio, were rendered via computer animation, which initially created the first CGI lead character in a film. The film constructed a back-story for the character and is the only time in the series that the question of his death has been addressed. According to the film, Casper was a twelve-year-old boy living in Whipstaff Manor with his inventor father J.T. McFadden until he died from pneumonia after playing out in the cold until it was past nightfall. Two live-action direct-to-video follow-ups to the film, Casper: A Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy (which introduced Hilary Duff as fellow Harvey Comics character Wendy the Good Little Witch), were made. They were followed by Casper's Haunted Christmas (starring Spooky and Poil from the comics), and Casper's Scare School, which were done entirely in CGI with no live-action elements.

In 2001, Harvey Entertainment was acquired by Classic Media which, until 2012, licensed the Harvey properties including Casper.[17]

Casper made a cameo in a MetLife commercial along with several other cartoon characters in 2012. Later that same year, Classic Media was acquired by DreamWorks Animation, which in turn would be acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016, and thus Universal Studios, the producer of the original live-action feature film, now manages the rights to the character and other related characters in addition to regaining the rights to Casper's Haunted Christmas (which Universal itself originally released in late 2000). The rights to Casper: A Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy however are owned by Disney through 20th Century Home Entertainment.

In 2019, Casper made an appearance in a GEICO commercial.[18]

Actors who have voiced or portrayed Casper edit

Friends/supporting characters edit

Enemies edit

Home media edit

In 2011, Shout! Factory released a DVD set titled Casper The Friendly Ghost: The Complete Collection 1945-1963 which contains The Friendly Ghost, There's Good Boos To-Night, A Haunting We Will Go, 55 theatrical cartoons, and all 26 episodes of The New Casper Cartoon Show.

PC and video games edit

Casper edit

Main article: Casper (video game)

Several video games were based on the 1995 film for PC, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Sega Saturn, 3DO, PlayStation, and Game Boy Color. In subsequent years Windows 95 and Game Boy Advance games were released serving as sequels to the film.

Casper: A Spirited Beginning Activity Center edit

Developed by Sound Source Interactive, published by WayForward Technologies and released in 1998 for PC, it is based on the film of the same name and is similar in format to Disney's Activity Center. Set at Ghost Central Station, the player earns Casper coins by completing Casper's Spinning Squares, Stretch's Memory Game, Fatso's Kitchen, Stinkie's Goo Toss and Snivel's Mix & Match. The player must collect at least 15 Casper coins from these five games to unlock Kibosh's Magic Puzzle.

Casper: Friends Around the World edit

Developed by Realtime Associates, published by Sound Source Interactive in the United States and TDK Mediactive in Europe, this game was released in 2000 on PlayStation. It is a mostly 2D side-scrolling platform game with occasional forward and backward movements. The evil Kibosh has invented a device to send Casper's human friends to a place where they "would not have a ghost of a chance of being found" and has hypnotized the Ghostly Trio into doing his bidding. However Casper finds a page from a map of Hollywood giving him a clue on where to start his quest to find his friends and the three missing pieces for Kibosh's imprisoning device to get them back home safely. The game is played across ten levels set around the world with 40 friendship crystals on each level to collect in order to advance to the bonus level at the end.

Casper: Spirit Dimensions edit

Main article: Casper: Spirit Dimensions

Developed by Lucky Chicken Games and published by TDK Mediactive, it was the first 3D game, to have a movable game camera, based on Casper. It was released in 2001 for PlayStation 2 and in 2002 for GameCube. The evil Kibosh has taken over the Spirit World and is intent on also taking over the mortal world. Meanwhile, Wendy the Good Little Witch summons Casper, the only remaining free ghost, and opens the portals to the Spirit Dimensions to help in their only chance to defeat Kibosh.

Casper and the Ghostly Trio edit

Main article: Casper and the Ghostly Trio (video game)

Developed by Data Design Interactive and published by Blast! Entertainment, it was released in 2007 on PlayStation 2. It is a 3D game in which Casper has legs and is affected by gravity though he can glide, unlike his flying ability in Spirit Dimensions. The Ghostly Trio have kidnapped Wendy the Good Little Witch in an attempt to use her magic to create a potion that would give them the power to rule Ghostland. Wendy manages to use her magic to get the message across to Casper who must find his way through six levels to rescue her. At the end of the first five levels is a bonus stage in which Casper must collect as many jewels as he can while avoiding the Trio's lightning which is chasing him.

Casper's Scare School edit

Main article: Casper's Scare School (video game)

Developed by Data Design Interactive for PlayStation 2 and Nikitova Games for the Nintendo DS, it is based on the computer-animated film and TV series of the same name released in 2008 and 2009.

Casper's Scare School: Spooky Sports Day edit

Developed in 2009 by The Code Monkeys for Wii, Nintendo DS and iOS.

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit

  • . Dreamworks Classics. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  • . Harvey Entertainment. Archived from the original on May 10, 2006. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
  • Don Markstein's Toonopedia

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This article is about the character For the theatrical shorts see Casper the Friendly Ghost filmography For the feature length films see Casper the Friendly Ghost in film Casper the Friendly Ghost is the fictional character who serves as the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name He is a translucent ghost who is pleasant and personable 4 but often criticized by his three wicked uncles the Ghostly Trio Casper the Friendly GhostCharacter art derived from a panel of Casper the Friendly Ghost 1 February 2018 art by Adrian Ropp First appearanceThe Friendly GhostNovember 16 1945Created bySeymour ReitJoe Oriolo 1 2 Vincent E Valentine II 3 Adapted byHarvey ComicsDesigned byJoe OrioloVoiced bySee voices actorsIn universe informationFull nameCasper McFadden 1995 film RaceGhost deceased human in some versions GenderMaleTitleThe Friendly GhostOccupationScare school student Casper s Scare School FamilyThe Ghostly Trio uncles Significant otherKat Harvey 1995 film RelativesJimmy Casper s Scare School The character was featured in 55 theatrical cartoons titled The Friendly Ghost from 1945 to 1959 5 The character has been featured in comic books published by Harvey Comics since 1952 6 and Harvey purchased the character outright in 1959 Casper became one of Harvey s most popular characters headlining dozens of comic book titles Following Harvey s purchase of the character he appeared in five television series Matty s Funday Funnies 1959 1961 The New Casper Cartoon Show 1963 1970 Casper and the Angels 1979 The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper 1996 1998 and Casper s Scare School 2009 2012 7 The character made his theatrical film debut in a live action adaptation of the series by Universal Pictures Casper 1995 to where he became the first computer generated character to star in a film 8 He would later appear in four direct to video and made for TV follow up films Contents 1 Creation 2 Appearances 2 1 Harvey Comics 2 2 Television 2 3 Films 3 Actors who have voiced or portrayed Casper 4 Friends supporting characters 5 Enemies 6 Home media 7 PC and video games 7 1 Casper 7 2 Casper A Spirited Beginning Activity Center 7 3 Casper Friends Around the World 7 4 Casper Spirit Dimensions 7 5 Casper and the Ghostly Trio 7 6 Casper s Scare School 7 7 Casper s Scare School Spooky Sports Day 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksCreation editCasper was created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo the former devising the idea for the character and the latter providing illustrations 9 Initially intended as the basis for a children s storybook there was at first little interest in their idea and the book went unpublished 10 When Reit was away on military service during World War II before the book was released Oriolo sold the rights to the book to Paramount Pictures Famous Studios animation division for a total of 175 This one time payment was all that he received missing out on a share of the revenue earned from the films comic books and merchandise to come 11 The Friendly Ghost the first Noveltoon to feature Casper was released by Paramount in 1945 with a few differences from the book In the cartoon adaptation Casper is a cute ghost child with a New York accent who inhabits a haunted house along with a community of adult ghosts who delight in scaring the living Casper in contrast is a nonconformist among ghosts he would prefer to make friends with people He packs up his belongings and goes out into the world hoping to find friends However the animals that he meets a rooster a mole a cat a mouse named Herman and a group of hens take one horrified look at him scream A ghost and run off in the other direction Distraught Casper unsuccessfully attempts to commit suicide apparently forgetting that he is already dead by lying down on a railway track before an oncoming train before he meets two children named Bonnie and Johnny who become his friends The children s mother apparently widowed and impoverished at first is frightened of Casper but later welcomes him into the family after he unintentionally frightens off a greedy landlord who unwilling to own a haunted house tears up the mortgage and gives her the house outright The short ends with the mother kissing Bonnie Johnny and Casper as she sends them off to school with Casper wearing clothing as if he were a living child Casper appeared in two more subsequent cartoons There s Good Boos To Night and A Haunting We Will Go There s Good Boos To Night differs wildly from later Casper cartoons although the theme of Casper trying to find a friend and failing in these attempts before succeeding also occurs in later cartoons the tone of this short turns remarkably dark when a hunter and his dogs appear chasing the little fox cub named Ferdie that Casper has befriended Although Casper scares the hunter and dogs away Casper discovers Ferdie dead after a harrowing chase scene Happily however Ferdie returns as a ghost to join his friend Casper in the afterlife These were later adapted into Noveltoons before Paramount started a Casper the Friendly Ghost series in 1950 and ran the theatrical releases until summer 1959 Although having much success the series was later criticized by animation historians and viewers citation needed mainly due to the story of each entry of the series as being largely the same Casper now slightly thinner than the pudgy figure that appeared in the earlier cartoons escapes from the afterlife of a regular ghost because he finds that scaring people can be tiresome year after year tries to find friends but inadvertently scares almost everyone and finally finds a cute little friend whom he saves from some sort of fate leading to his acceptance by those initially scared of him In 1955 composer Winston Sharples composed an instrumental theme for Casper s cartoons Appearances editHarvey Comics edit nbsp Cover of Casper the Friendly Ghost 1 March 1991 Casper was first published in comics form in August 1949 by St John Publications running for five issues until September 1951 In 1952 Alfred Harvey founder and publisher of Harvey Comics began producing Casper comic books Casper first appeared in Harvey Comics Hits 61 Oct 1952 and then moved to a solo book with Casper the Friendly Ghost 7 December 1952 6 In 1959 Harvey purchased the rights to the character outright Casper went on to headline a large number of comic book series as well as appearing in back up stories and guest appearances in other titles The Casper series inspired three popular spin offs Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost Wendy the Good Little Witch and The Ghostly Trio Casper s titles include Casper Casper Adventure Digest Casper and Casper and Friends Casper and Friends Magazine Casper and Nightmare Casper and Spooky Casper and The Ghostly Trio Casper A Spirited Beginning film adaptation Casper Big Book Casper Digest Casper Digest Stories Casper Digest Winners Casper Enchanted Tales Digest Casper Ghostland Casper Giant Size Casper Halloween Trick or Treat Casper in Space Casper in 3 D Casper Magazine Casper Movie Adaptation Casper Space Ship Casper s Ghostland Casper s Scare School Casper s Haunted Christmas Casper Special Casper Strange Ghost Stories Casper the Friendly Ghost Casper TV Showtime Famous TV Funday Funnies The Friendly Ghost Casper Harvey Two Pack Nightmare and Casper Richie Rich and Casper Richie Rich Casper and Wendy TV Casper and Company Casper and the Spectrals In 2009 a new Casper comic was published called Casper and the Spectrals by Arden Entertainment Much like The Man of Steel and Batman Year One did with their respective characters it revamped Casper and several other Harvey characters for a new audience After selling 6 400 copies of the first comic the last two issues were published in 2010 Television edit Casper has starred in five television shows 12 Matty s Funday Funnies 1959 1961 The New Casper Cartoon Show 1963 1970 Casper and the Angels 1979 The Harveytoons Show known in the UK as Casper and Friends 1990 1994 The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper 1996 1998 Casper s Scare School 2009 2012 After Harvey bought the rights to Casper and many other Famous properties in 1959 including Herman and Katnip Little Audrey and Baby Huey they began broadcasting the post September 1950 theatrical Famous shorts on a television show sponsored by Mattel Toys titled Matty s Funday Funnies on ABC in 1959 which introduced the Barbie doll to the public The other Famous produced Casper cartoons had already been acquired by television distributor U M amp M TV Corporation in 1956 U M amp M retitled just A Haunting We Will Go but credited Featuring Casper The Friendly Ghost as Featuring Casper s Friendly Ghost New cartoons were created for The New Casper Cartoon Show in 1963 also on ABC The original Casper cartoons were syndicated under the title Harveytoons initially repackaged as Casper and Company in 1963 and ran continuously until the mid 90s Casper has remained popular in reruns and merchandising Hanna Barbera Productions also gave Casper two holiday specials Casper s First Christmas which also starred Yogi Bear Huckleberry Hound Snagglepuss Quick Draw McGraw Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy and Casper s Halloween Special aka Casper Saves Halloween and also the Saturday morning cartoon series Casper and the Angels an animated takeoff on two live action hit shows Charlie s Angels and CHiPS in the autumn of 1979 all on NBC Also featured on the NBC version was a big ghost named Hairy Scary voiced by John Stephenson None of Casper s original co stars appeared in the show Between 1990 and 1994 Casper appeared in The Harveytoons Show which was known as Casper and Friends in the UK 13 This show featured other Harvey Comics characters and series including Little Audrey Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare Baby Huey Herman and Katnip Buzzy the Crow Modern Madcaps Possum Pearl Professor Schmatlz Jeeper and Creeper and others 13 The show consisted of Famous Studios produced cartoons from 1950 to 1964 and each episode of the series included three full cartoons and one ToonTake segment 13 In 1996 Amblin Entertainment and Universal Cartoon Studios created a new Casper series for Fox Kids called The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper based on the 1995 feature that lasted two years and was never seen on television again after 1998 In 2009 MoonScoop Group in association with Classic Media TF1 and DQ produced a TV show named Casper s Scare School based on the film of the same name In 2020 Casper appeared in a supporting role in the Scare Bud episode of Harvey Girls Forever a series based on Harvey Comics characters 14 A new live action television series is in the works at Peacock co produced between Universal Content Productions and DreamWorks Animation with Wu Kai yu writing and executive producing 15 Films edit Main articles Casper the Friendly Ghost filmography and Casper the Friendly Ghost in film The Famous Studios version of Casper was scheduled to appear as a cameo in the deleted scene Acme s Funeral from the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit 16 Numerous Casper cartoons were released on home video by Universal Studios via MCA Inc which also adopted the friendly ghost into a live action feature film titled Casper in 1995 where he and his wicked uncles the Ghostly Trio were rendered via computer animation which initially created the first CGI lead character in a film The film constructed a back story for the character and is the only time in the series that the question of his death has been addressed According to the film Casper was a twelve year old boy living in Whipstaff Manor with his inventor father J T McFadden until he died from pneumonia after playing out in the cold until it was past nightfall Two live action direct to video follow ups to the film Casper A Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy which introduced Hilary Duff as fellow Harvey Comics character Wendy the Good Little Witch were made They were followed by Casper s Haunted Christmas starring Spooky and Poil from the comics and Casper s Scare School which were done entirely in CGI with no live action elements In 2001 Harvey Entertainment was acquired by Classic Media which until 2012 licensed the Harvey properties including Casper 17 Casper made a cameo in a MetLife commercial along with several other cartoon characters in 2012 Later that same year Classic Media was acquired by DreamWorks Animation which in turn would be acquired by NBCUniversal in 2016 and thus Universal Studios the producer of the original live action feature film now manages the rights to the character and other related characters in addition to regaining the rights to Casper s Haunted Christmas which Universal itself originally released in late 2000 The rights to Casper A Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy however are owned by Disney through 20th Century Home Entertainment In 2019 Casper made an appearance in a GEICO commercial 18 Actors who have voiced or portrayed Casper editAlan Shay and radio actress Cecil Roy voiced Casper in the majority of the Famous Studios cartoons Anne Lloyd provided the voice in Golden Records Casper the Friendly Ghost and The Little Ghost s Dance in 1951 19 June Foray provided the voice for Mattel s Talking Casper the Friendly Ghost Doll in 1961 20 21 Norma MacMillan and Ginny Tyler provided the voice in The New Casper Cartoon Show Julie McWhirter provided the voice in Casper and the Angels Casper s Halloween Special and Casper s First Christmas Joanna Ruiz provided the voice for a British dub in 1991 22 Christopher Miron Allport voiced Casper in an early 1990s Target commercial 23 24 Malachi Pearson voiced the character in the 1995 film Casper and The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper 1996 1998 Devon Sawa is the only actor to ever have played the character in live action portraying him in a sequence from the 1995 film in which Casper was temporarily brought back to life April Winchell voiced Casper as a baby in The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper episode Three Ghosts and a Baby 25 Lani Minella voiced Casper in Casper The Interactive Adventure Jeremy Foley voiced the character in Casper A Spirited Beginning and Casper Meets Wendy Siobhan Moore and Paul Tiesler played Casper in Casper The Musical 26 27 Brendon Ryan Barrett provided the voice in Casper s Haunted Christmas Devon Werkheiser voiced Casper in Casper s Scare School Carolyn Hennesy voiced Casper in Casper Friends Around the World Oliver Stern voiced Casper in a GEICO commercial in 2019 28 Jack Theodore Kruse played Casper in Casper the Friendly Musical 29 Bobby Moynihan voiced Casper in the fourth season of Harvey Girls Forever Friends supporting characters editJohnny and Bonnie The Friendly Ghost Ferdie Fox There s Good Boo s Tonight Dudley Duck A Haunting We Will Go Wendy the Good Little Witch Ghostly Trio Casper s uncles Stretch Fatso and Stinkie The Witch Sisters Wendy s aunties Thelma Velma and Zelma sometimes 30 Archibald the Talking Wishing Well Hot Stuff the Little Devil Nightmare the Ghost Horse Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost Poil The Ghost Spooky s Girlfriend Gned Gnome Gnewton Gnome 31 Gnorman Gnome 32 Sohini Arruda Richie Rich occasionally 33 Little Audrey Little Dot Harvey Girls Forever Little Lotta Harvey Girls Forever Hairy Scary Casper and the Angels Casper s Halloween Special and Casper s First Christmas Mini and Maxi Casper and the Angels Nerdly and Fungo Casper and the Angels The Commander Casper and the Angels Yogi Bear Casper s First Christmas Boo Boo Bear Casper s First Christmas Santa Claus Casper s First Christmas Huckleberry Hound Casper s First Christmas Snagglepuss Casper s First Christmas Quick Draw McGraw Casper s First Christmas Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy Casper s First Christmas Kat Harvey Casper and The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Dr James Harvey Casper and The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Amelia Harvey Casper Chris Carson Casper A Spirited Beginning Tim Carson Casper A Spirited Beginning Sheila Fistergraff Casper A Spirited Beginning Jennifer Casper A Spirited Beginning The Oracle in the Mirror Casper Meets Wendy Holly Jollimore Casper s Haunted Christmas Jimmy Bradley Casper s Scare School film and Casper s Scare School TV series Ra Casper s Scare School film Casper s Scare School video game Casper s Scare School TV series and Casper s Scare School comics Mantha the Zombie Casper s Scare School film Casper s Scare School video game Casper s Scare School TV series and Casper s Scare School comics Professor Phinieas Field Casper and the Spectrals Eloise Ellie Essex Casper and the Spectrals Hot Stuff s family nameless parents and brother Casper and the Spectrals Enemies editUnnamed Greedy Landlord The Friendly Ghost An unnamed fox and duck hunter and his two hunting dogs There s Good Boo s Tonight and A Haunting We Will Go Winifred The Witch Casper s Halloween Special Screech The Ghost Casper s Halloween Special Kibosh The Ghost arch enemy Casper A Spirited Beginning Casper Activity Center Casper s Haunted Christmas Casper Friends Around the World Casper Spirit Dimensions Casper s Scare School film Casper s Scare School TV series and Casper s Scare School Classroom Capers Snivel The Ghost Casper A Spirited Beginning Casper Activity Center and Casper s Haunted Christmas The Wizard Casper Spirit Dimensions Four Dragons Casper Spirit Dimensions Krank Casper Spirit Dimensions Doctor Deranged Casper Spirit Dimensions Captain Pegleg Potbelly Casper Spirit Dimensions Ghostly Trio Casper s uncles Stretch Fatso and Stinkie sometimes The Witch Sisters Wendy s aunties Thelma Velma and Zelma sometimes 34 Catherine Carrigan Crittenden Casper Paul Dibs Plutzker Casper Bill Case Casper A Spirited Beginning Brock Lee Casper A Spirited Beginning Danny Casper A Spirited Beginning Leon Casper A Spirited Beginning Jennifer Casper A Spirited Beginning sometimes Desmond Spellman Casper Meets Wendy Vincent and Jules Casper Meets Wendy Josh Jackman and his unnamed friend Casper Meets Wendy Alder and Dash Casper s Scare School film and Casper s Scare School TV series Thatch Casper s Scare School film Casper s Scare School video game Casper s Scare School TV series and Casper s Scare School comics Volbragg Casper and the Spectrals Home media editIn 2011 Shout Factory released a DVD set titled Casper The Friendly Ghost The Complete Collection 1945 1963 which contains The Friendly Ghost There s Good Boos To Night A Haunting We Will Go 55 theatrical cartoons and all 26 episodes of The New Casper Cartoon Show PC and video games editCasper edit Main article Casper video game Several video games were based on the 1995 film for PC Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Boy Sega Saturn 3DO PlayStation and Game Boy Color In subsequent years Windows 95 and Game Boy Advance games were released serving as sequels to the film Casper A Spirited Beginning Activity Center edit Developed by Sound Source Interactive published by WayForward Technologies and released in 1998 for PC it is based on the film of the same name and is similar in format to Disney s Activity Center Set at Ghost Central Station the player earns Casper coins by completing Casper s Spinning Squares Stretch s Memory Game Fatso s Kitchen Stinkie s Goo Toss and Snivel s Mix amp Match The player must collect at least 15 Casper coins from these five games to unlock Kibosh s Magic Puzzle Casper Friends Around the World edit ReceptionReview scoresPublicationScoreAllGame nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 35 PlayStation Official Magazine UK4 10 36 Developed by Realtime Associates published by Sound Source Interactive in the United States and TDK Mediactive in Europe this game was released in 2000 on PlayStation It is a mostly 2D side scrolling platform game with occasional forward and backward movements The evil Kibosh has invented a device to send Casper s human friends to a place where they would not have a ghost of a chance of being found and has hypnotized the Ghostly Trio into doing his bidding However Casper finds a page from a map of Hollywood giving him a clue on where to start his quest to find his friends and the three missing pieces for Kibosh s imprisoning device to get them back home safely The game is played across ten levels set around the world with 40 friendship crystals on each level to collect in order to advance to the bonus level at the end Casper Spirit Dimensions edit Main article Casper Spirit Dimensions Developed by Lucky Chicken Games and published by TDK Mediactive it was the first 3D game to have a movable game camera based on Casper It was released in 2001 for PlayStation 2 and in 2002 for GameCube The evil Kibosh has taken over the Spirit World and is intent on also taking over the mortal world Meanwhile Wendy the Good Little Witch summons Casper the only remaining free ghost and opens the portals to the Spirit Dimensions to help in their only chance to defeat Kibosh Casper and the Ghostly Trio edit Main article Casper and the Ghostly Trio video game Developed by Data Design Interactive and published by Blast Entertainment it was released in 2007 on PlayStation 2 It is a 3D game in which Casper has legs and is affected by gravity though he can glide unlike his flying ability in Spirit Dimensions The Ghostly Trio have kidnapped Wendy the Good Little Witch in an attempt to use her magic to create a potion that would give them the power to rule Ghostland Wendy manages to use her magic to get the message across to Casper who must find his way through six levels to rescue her At the end of the first five levels is a bonus stage in which Casper must collect as many jewels as he can while avoiding the Trio s lightning which is chasing him Casper s Scare School edit Main article Casper s Scare School video game Developed by Data Design Interactive for PlayStation 2 and Nikitova Games for the Nintendo DS it is based on the computer animated film and TV series of the same name released in 2008 and 2009 Casper s Scare School Spooky Sports Day edit Developed in 2009 by The Code Monkeys for Wii Nintendo DS and iOS See also edit nbsp Cartoons portalGhost stories Homer the Happy Ghost Timmy the Timid Ghost List of ghostsReferences edit Cartoonist Joseph D Oriolo Creator Of Casper The Ghost Chicago Tribune December 27 1985 Retrieved March 4 2016 Man Who Produced First Casper Ghost Film Dies Articles latimes com December 27 1985 Retrieved March 5 2016 Creator of Casper the Ghost and Jungle Land December 9 2017 Nash Eric P December 17 2001 Seymour V Reit 83 a Creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost The New York Times Retrieved August 21 2010 Lenburg Jeff 1999 The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Checkmark Books pp 63 64 ISBN 0 8160 3831 7 Retrieved June 6 2020 a b Schelly William 2013 American Comic Book Chronicles The 1950s TwoMorrows Publishing p 61 ISBN 9781605490540 Erickson Hal 2005 Television Cartoon Shows An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 Through 2003 2nd ed McFarland amp Co pp 188 191 ISBN 978 1476665993 12 Movies That Revolutionized Visual Effects November 20 2014 Obituary Seymour Reit The Guardian London December 24 2001 Retrieved August 21 2010 CASPER MAY BE FRIENDLY BUT HE WAS A PROBLEM TO FILM scholar lib vt edu Retrieved May 4 2023 Lenburg Jeff 1999 The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons Checkmark Books p 63 ISBN 0 8160 3831 7 Retrieved June 6 2020 Perlmutter David 2018 The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows Rowman amp Littlefield pp 114 116 ISBN 978 1538103739 a b c Woolery George W 1983 Children s Television The First Thirty Five Years 1946 1981 Scarecrow Press pp 65 67 ISBN 0 8108 1557 5 Retrieved March 14 2020 Netflix s January 2020 list Grace and Frankie Sabrina and The Goop Lab USA Today O Rourke Ryan April 11 2022 Casper the Friendly Ghost Live Action Series in Development at Peacock Collider Retrieved April 11 2022 Hill Jim May 8 2014 Storyboards reveal what Marvin Acme s funeral in Who Framed Roger Rabbit would have looked like jimhillmedia com Harvey Entertainment And Classic Media Amend Sale Agreement Animation World Network Retrieved May 18 2012 GEICO Car Insurance TV Commercial Movie Night With Casper the Friendly Ghost iSpot tv 78 RPM Golden Records USA R61 45worlds Retrieved March 3 2021 VINTAGE MATTEL TALKING CASPER DOLL COMMERCIAL YouTube Archived from the original on November 17 2021 Retrieved November 27 2020 1961 Talking Casper the Friendly Ghost Doll Facebook Retrieved November 27 2020 Joanna Ruiz Sue Terry Voices Retrieved June 25 2021 Target Behind The Voice Actors Retrieved December 8 2020 Chris Resume PoSH PDF Allport Productions Archived PDF from the original on March 28 2016 Retrieved December 8 2020 Voice of Casper Baby in The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper Behind The Voice Actors Retrieved December 8 2020 Casper the Musical live on stage in London thisistheatre com Retrieved May 3 2023 Casper The Musical Variety June 28 2001 Retrieved May 3 2023 Casper the Friendly Ghost GEICO Insurance New Commercial YouTube Archived from the original on November 17 2021 Retrieved November 27 2020 Casper the Friendly Musical The Children s Theatre Retrieved May 3 2023 Where Have Our Friends Gone The Friendly Ghost Casper 212 September 1980 Harvey 1958 Series The Friendly Ghost Casper 212 September 1980 Harvey 1958 series The Friendly Ghost Casper 112 December 1967 Harvey 1958 series Crossover Review Richie Rich and Casper Overthought January 5 2015 Wow What a Whammy The Friendly Ghost Casper 112 December 1967 Harvey 1958 Series Woods Nick Casper Friends Around the World AllGame Archived from the original on November 15 2014 Retrieved October 23 2020 Bickham Al April 2001 Casper Friends Around the World Official UK PlayStation Magazine No 70 p 105 External links edit Casper the Friendly Ghost Dreamworks Classics Archived from the original on April 14 2014 Retrieved May 24 2021 Casper the Friendly Ghost Harvey Entertainment Archived from the original on May 10 2006 Retrieved 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