Beetlejuice 2 confirms an original character’s survival after years of death theories

Warning! This article contains spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!In addition to revealing the fates of several other surprise characters, Beetlejuice 2 confirmed that one of the original movie’s supporting figures did not die in their 1988 bout with Betelgeuse. Tim Burton’s 2024 sequel sees BeetlejuiceThe Deetz family returns to Winter River after the tragic death of patriarch Charles, who died from being eaten by a shark after his plane crashed into the ocean. At the funeral and wake, Charles’ wife Delia (Catherine O’Hara) and daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) reunite with some familiar faces From the original movie.

Along with the Deetzes and Michael Keaton’s Betelgeuse, only one supporting character from the 1988 horror comedy returns in Beetlejuice 2s figure. This happens to be “Little” Jane Butterfield, the now grown realtor daughter of the Maitlands and Deetses’ first realtor, Jane Butterfield. The sequel doesn’t bring back the Deetzes’ friend Otto (actor Glenn Shadix died in 2010), Dick Cavett’s Bernard, the Dean couple, Beryl, or Grace from the original movie’s iconic “Day-O” scene, but Beetlejuice 2 After explaining the aftermath for one of the characters after Betelgeuse’s antics in 1988.

Delia mentions Maxi Dean at Charles’ wake in Beetlejuice 2

Maxi Dean is still alive during Beetlejuice 2

After 36 years of leaving his fate unconfirmed in BeetlejuiceThe original ending of the 2024 sequel gives an official answer about Maxie Dean’s survival. Maxie Dean had a supporting role in the 1988 film as the chairman of Botco Industries and Charles’ bossWhat happened to Winter River when Charles tried to set up a business plan to capitalize on the Maitlands haunting their home. The last time that Maxi was seen in BeetlejuiceHe was launched into the air and out of the house by Betelgeuse when the “bio-exorcist” essentially turned the place into a circus.

At the wake in Winter River after Charles Dets’s death and funeral in Beetlejuice 2, Delia immediately mentions Maxie Dean as one of the intended guests. While she waits on the doorstep to see who has come to the wake, Delia wonders where Maxie Dean is, talking to herself about how he hasn’t arrived yet. Delia anticipating Maxie Dean’s presence at Charles’ wake indicates that he is still alive during Beetlejuice 2Although the character does not make a real appearance as his actor Robert Goulet died in 2007.

Maxie’s survival finally ends speculation that the thin couple were killed in Beetlejuice

The crash in the roof did not kill Maxie and Sarah Dean

Considering Maxie and his wife, Sarah, were launched through the roof of the Winter River House head first by Betelgeuse.It was a long-standing theory that the thin couple died in BeetlejuiceIt’s the end. It was unlikely that the two would have survived the crash through the roof and the fall back to the ground, but Beetlejuice 2 Confirms that at least Maxi lived through the ordeal. Considering the rest of the bunch who experienced the “Day-O” possession dance were left unmentioned in the sequel, it’s unclear what exactly happened to them after facing Keaton’s Betelgeuse.