Warning! This article contains spoilers for Beetlejuice 2 (2024)!Among the most entertaining new features of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the call center of the afterlife full of shrunken-headed dead people, but their status compared to Betelgeuse creates a mystery for the Tim Burton sequel. While Betelgeuse, Lydia Deetz, Delia Deetz, Charles Deetz and Little Jane Butterfield are the only returning original characters in Beetlejuice 2The sequel still pays homage to some missing figures from the 1988 horror comedy. for example, Bob and the call center workers in Beetlejuice 2 Pay tribute to Harry the HunterThe French’s first shrunken character, for Betelgeuse himself, was cursed with this fate.
in BeetlejuiceThe original ending Michael Keaton’s titular character was sent back to the netherworld waiting room, where he sat between a witch doctor and Harry the hunter. After Betelgeuse tried to change ticket numbers with the witch doctor, the deceased punished him with magic to give Betelgeuse a shrunken head, and wrote that Harry had made a similar mistake before. in beetlejuice 2, Betelgeuse’s head size has somehow reverted back to its original stateBut, strangely, he did not fix the issue for the many employees working under him with the same complication.
Why is Betelgeuse’s head back to normal, but not Bob and the other call center workers?
Betelgeuse found a cure, but didn’t share it with Bob?
Considering Betelgeuse somehow found a way to get his head back to its original size after the 1988 film, it is Not clear why he didn’t choose to introduce this strategy to Bob and the other employees From the Afterlife Call Center. Bob and the others remain with small heads and shut mouths Beetlejuice 2With Bob only able to let out an upset cry before death when his thread is torn away by Monica Bellucci’s character Delores.
Bob is portrayed by Nick Kellington in Beetlejuice 2.
It may be surprising that Betelgeuse was put in charge of the afterlife’s shrunken-head population due to his experience as one, but the question remains of why his head was fixed but theirs was not. On the other hand, Betelgeuse could have directly sought out those in the afterlife with shrunken heads to work for him. With his mouth shut, Betelgeuse wouldn’t really have to listen to Bob and his other employees, and he knew that they would simply do their jobs and remain loyal to him. therefore, Betelgeuse may have actively coaxed them back to their original states.
Since Harry the hunter is not coming back Beetlejuice 2There was also no indication that he was able to free his shrunken head. Tragically, Bob died early Beetlejuice 2Souf and the other shrunken-headed call center employees were last seen running loose across the real world, so the sequel doesn’t hold much hope for Betelgeuse’s colleagues to fix their heads either. Consider how expansive the world of life has become Beetlejuice 2 In comparison to the 1988 film, it is surprising that there was no mention of an official solution to the haunted head problem of the dead.
Beetlejuice 2 never revealed how Michael Keaton’s shrunken head was fixed
Did Betelgeuse have to use his own powers to grow his head back?
One more unanswered question Beetlejuice Centered on how Michael Keaton’s character would return his head to its original size in the sequel. While the sequel may have opened on Betelgeuse finally having the problem fixed after getting his number called in the Netherworld waiting room, Beetlejuice 2 Leave this detail unaddressed. Rather, when Keaton returns, he looks exactly as he did throughout the majority of the 1988 film, and He doesn’t even say directly that he himself once had a shrunken head like Bob.
Considering the 2024 sequel doesn’t reveal how Betelgeuse got his original head size back, it’s all the more difficult to explain why Beetlejuice 2s dead character Bob and his colleagues did not also reverse theirs.
It was previously theorized that the afterlife might have a place specifically dedicated to growing back the dead’s shrunken heads, or that Betelgeuse could simply use his own powers to return his head to normal size. The latter seems to be the most likely answer, unless the witch doctor was forced to reverse the hex he placed on Betelgeuse shortly after the 1988 film. Considering the 2024 sequel doesn’t reveal how Betelgeuse got his original head size back, it’s all the more difficult to explain why Beetlejuice 2s dead character Bob and his colleagues did not also reverse theirs.
Bob’s shrunken head backstory creates another big unanswered Beetlejuice 2 question
How and why did Bob get a shrunken head?
Regardless of the mystery surrounding how Betelgeuse fixed his head size and why the others couldn’t have his problem reversed, Beetlejuice 2 Page after another Unanswered question about how Bob got his shrunken head in the first place. BeetlejuiceThe end of 1988 showed that Betelgeuse’s shrunken head occurred after he blasted the witch doctor sitting next to him, who retaliated by sprinkling magical dust on Michael Keaton’s mischievous “Bio-Exorcist.” So the question remains, whether Bob was also given his shrunken head by the same witch doctor, had this trouble all along, or maybe got it from Betelgeuse’s powers.
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Considering he can’t speak and only wears the standard Afterlife call center uniform or Betlegeuse’s iconic pinstripe outfit, Tim Burton’s sequel doesn’t reveal much about the beloved new character’s backstory. It is not confirmed exactly how Bob died earlier Beetlejuice 2But the closing credits reveal that he was born in 1372 and (officially) died in 2024. Sad possibility that Bob had a shrunken head for the nearly 700 years he’s been deadOr that it was with him once over the 36-year gap between Beetlejuice Beetlejuice And the original movie.