Every major Dead Beetlejuice Beetlejuice character and how they died

The following contains spoilers for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, currently playing in theatersBeetlejuice BeetlejuiceThe main dead characters of each suffered a unique fate either before the events of the film or during it, highlighting the way different decisions set up different fates and statuses in the afterlife. In the world of BeetlejuiceThe afterlife can be a strangely macabre version of real life. There is a lot of bureaucracy to work through, authorities to deal with, and dangerous threats in the form of sandworms and soul suckers. However, the sequel to Tim Burton’s horror/comedy classic quietly does a lot of effective world-building through its showcase of souls in the afterlife.

At the end of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, It is confirmed that the injuries that killed people carry with them throughout the afterlife. This means some people are forced to literally pull themselves together again, or spend the entire movie without important body parts. The circumstances of someone’s life and death can even give them unique powers to use in the afterlife, as seen with Betelgeuse’s dangerous ex-wife. Here’s how every major character died in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was sent to the audience, and what became of them after leaving the mortal kingdom.

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Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse is played by Michael Keaton

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Offers a better picture of Betelgeuse’s life and deathexplaining his unhappy appearance and sick behavior. After discovering that his ex-wife Delores is making her way through the afterlife in search of him, Betelgeuse reveals to his shrunken-headed employees the circumstances of his death. Coming early in the film’s second act, the black and white flashback reveals the final stretch of his mortal life in Italy during the 14th century. Betelgeuse was a serious robber during the Black Death. He caught the eye of the beautiful Delores. On their wedding night, she raped him, which led to his death.

This explains Betelgeuse’s spotty skin and messy appearanceAs well as his suit. In the flashback, Betelgeuse is shown wearing his fine attire when he realizes his bride has killed him. This also explains his cavalier attitude towards all other beings living and dead. As a brutal robber, Betelgeuse had no respect for the dead and even less for the living. It’s a clever origin story that fleshes out the character and fits with his established personality, while stepping up any potential over-elaboration of the character’s backstory, powers, and motivations.

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Delores

Delores is played by Monica Bellucci

Delores is one of the overarching threats of Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceA unique figure in the world of the dead. Delores, the leader of an unholy cult seeking immortality, marries Betelgeuse with the intention of sacrificing him on their wedding night. However, the poison is not fast enough to kill Betelgeuse instantly, allowing him a chance to retaliate by chopping Delores apart with an axe. As a result, She arrived in the world chopped into separate parts. And is kept apart in various crates. A stroke of luck ends in Free Delores.

However, Delores is forced to use a staple gun to reattach her various limbs. This explains her appearance in Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceBut her experience in the cult gave her some unique abilities that other dead souls lacked. Niha, Delores is able to suck the souls of other beings. According to Wolf Jackson, the second death is a much more permanent ending than mere death. Delores was initially revived in the silky clothes she was wearing on her wedding night, but elects to steal a wedding dress (and make it black) while searching to find her ex-husband.

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Charles Debt

Charles was previously played by Jeffrey Jones

Charles Deetz was the father of Lydia, Delia’s wife, and a major character in Beetlejuice. However, the character is largely absent from Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Due to the circumstances of his death early in the film. Effectively the inciting incident of the movie that brings Lydia back together with Astrid, it is revealed that Charles Dets died while heading on vacation To a bird-watching trip. While he survived his plane crashing into the ocean, he was killed when a shark came out of the water and bit him in half.

This means that Charles spends almost everything Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Cut in halfWalking around the world of blood and a head. This allows the film to bring back Charles without bringing back Jeffrey Jones or restarting the character. Charles’s death to set the focus of the film to bring together the Deetz family. Charles’ death is one of the more over-the-top gories in the film, but also a consistent source of comedy as he waddles around the afterlife mumbling all his words from the giant hole where his top half was.

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Wolf Jackson

Wolf Jackson is played by Willem Dafoe

Wolf Jackson serves as an important member of the afterlife authorities in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Initially committed to investigating Delores and bringing her down before she can drain the souls of more undead people, Jackson spends much of the film on the trail of Betelgeuse. Wolf Jackson is not actually a detective in real lifeHowever. Jackson reveals to Betelgeuse (and the audience) early in the film that he is actually an actor. The star of several action films where he portrayed an action-prone cop, Jackson apparently took pride in doing his own stunts.

however, A grenade fell near his head during such a stuntled to his death. That’s why you can see the character in fine clothes, which match the accepted images of a detective, as he was in costume when he died. However, the explosion seems to have happened right next to his head, which explains why his brain and muscles are exposed. Wolf Jackson takes his role as an officer in the afterlife very seriously, using all his acting skills while rolling around the land of the dead (and eventually the mortal plane).

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Jeremy

Jeremy is played by Arthur Conti

Jeremy is one of Beetlejuice Beetlejuices most dangerous characters. Although he initially appears to be a sweet boy who Astrid develops a crush on, Jeremy turns out to be a spirit stuck on the mortal plane after killing his parents decades before the events of the film. Lydia eventually finds out that Jeremy murdered them from the realtor (leaving their ghosts to haunt the house for decades) before hiding in his tree house. Unable to escape the police, Jeremy fell and broke his neck on impact. This was a relatively minor death compared to the more gruesome ones seen elsewhere.

This also allows Jeremy to hide the injury under his shirt with relative ease in the present day. Jeremy’s presence on Earth also allows him to remain relatively human looking, compared to the more morose blue skin tone of most people seen in the afterlife. This is a big part of how the twist involving his true nature can work, as he initially intends to use a love-struck and unwitting Astrid to sneak his way back onto the mortal plane. Jeremy’s appearance highlights how ghosts differ in Beetlejuice To other dead souls.

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Richard

Richard is played by Santiago Cabrera

Richard was Astrid’s father and Lydia’s ex Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceAnd his absence is a major cause of the tensions that broke out between the mother and daughter. Richard was an activist whose commitment to improving the world rubbed off on his daughter. Eventually, Richard left for South America to protest ecological damage caused in the continent, and was lost. Although his death is never shown in the film, Richard later appears in the film as an employee at the undead immigration offices. Richard, who has seen his former partner and their daughter, is crucial to saving the couple from sandworms.

Richard’s appearance reveals that he died from a piranha attackWith several fish still attached to his body. However, Richard seems to be adjusting well, showing little concern for the creatures as he appears throughout the film. How Richard ends up finding work in the afterlife instead of passing is never explained, though he mentions occasionally checking in on the two to make sure they’re doing okay. When Lydia fails to see him (potentially because he has fully crossed over instead of just a ghost), this spurs the conflict between her and Astrid that is resolved in the film.

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Delia

Delia is played by Catherine O’Hara

Delia is the biggest character dead in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Lydia’s step-mother and effectively Astrid’s grandmother, Delia is one of the main characters of the first film. After Charles’ death, she tries to pay tribute with an art installation at his grave. Using two defanged asps, Delia intends the act to be an artistic form of mourning. However, it turns out the asps are never defanged and bite you in the neck, killing you instantly. This has the benefit of leaving Delia relatively put together in the afterlife, with two red marks on her neck highlighting where she was bitten.

Compared to the other souls that have seen through Beetlejuice Beetlejuicethe life of life, This is a blessing. Notably, she also retains her natural skin tone despite arriving in the afterlife, suggesting people increasingly turn blue or decay the longer they are in the afterlife. At the end of the film, Delia boards the soul train alongside Charles, allowing them to ride into the great beyond together. While it does not fill in all the blanks about the rules of Beetlejuice Beetlejuices world, it fleshes out some of the details in an interesting way.