This Casper Theory Solves a Major Character Mystery (With a Tragic Twist)

Casper left some questions and mysteries that haven’t been resolved in other media, and now a theory solves an important character mystery, but with a more tragic twist. After becoming widely famous in cartoons and comic books, Casper the Friendly Ghost jumped to the big screen in 1995 in a live-action/CGI adventure. Directed by Brad Silberling, Casper is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in the lead role and took viewers to Friendship, Maine to meet the titular ghost.

When spoiled heiress Carrigan Crittenden (Cathy Moriarty) hires paranormal therapist James Harvey (Bill Pullman) to get rid of the ghosts at Whisptaff Manor, he moves in with her teenage daughter Kat (Christina Ricci). Casper falls in love with Kat and, after a chaotic first date, they create a very special and strong bond. Accompanying Casper in Whipstaff is the Ghostly Trio – Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie –Casper’s uncles who love to create chaos around the mansion. The Trio’s history and connection to Casper are unknown, but one theory solves the former’s mystery with a very dark twist.

Casper’s theory states that the ghostly trio were killed by Casper’s father’s experiments

The ghostly trio is one of Casper’s biggest mysteries

Who exactly the Ghostly Trio were before their deaths, how they arrived at Whisptaff Manor, and their relationship with Casper are the biggest mysteries surrounding these characters. In Casperthe only death explained is that of the title character, who died at the age of 12. Casper opened up to Kat after finding his old sled in the mansion, which triggered memories of his last days, how he died and why he didn’t cross over and ended up becoming a ghost.

Casper begged his father for a sled and he got it, so he spent a whole day sledding. Casper didn’t mind when his father told him to go back inside and continued playing until it got dark and cool. Casper became ill and Kat learned from an old newspaper that Casper died of pneumonia. Unable to cope with Casper’s death, his father invented the Lazarus machine, through which he hoped to bring Casper back to life. Casper’s father claimed to be haunted by his son’s ghost and was declared clinically insane before his death.

Now, a theory shared in Reddit suggests that Casper’s father used Stretch, Fatso and Stinkie to test the Lazarus machinebut with terrible results. When Kat is exploring the mansion, she finds a room with three beds named after the Ghostly Trio, which seems strange given the size of the mansion and how many rooms it has, and that the beds have their nicknames instead of their real names. . This may have been because Casper’s father didn’t see them as people, but as guinea pigs, so giving them nicknames was a way of distancing himself from them.

A similar theory was also shared in Reddit adds that the Ghostly Trio could have been homeless men that Casper’s father found and tricked to help him test his machine in exchange for a bed and food. Because they died in the mansion as a result of Casper’s father’s experiments, they now haunt the place and Casper lets them boss him around because he feels guilty about what his father did to them, even more so when he witnessed it all.

This Casper Theory Puts a Dark Twist on Casper’s Father and the Mansion

Casper’s father may have had some very dark final years

This theory in both versions offers an explanation of what happened to the Ghostly Trio, why they haunt the mansion, and why Casper doesn’t mind serving them, but it also turns Casper’s father into a disturbing character. By definition, If Casper’s father killed the Ghostly Trio, he would have been a serial killerwhich, in addition to his claims of being haunted by his son’s ghost (which was true), led to him being declared insane. This all adds to the mythology of Whipstaff Manor, further explaining why everyone was so afraid of the place.

Sure, Whipstaff Manor was inhabited by four ghosts, three of which deeply enjoyed scaring the living, but knowing that it was the home of a serial killer who killed people there makes the mansion even scarier. As one of the theories mentions, Casper and Ghostbusters live in the same universe (thanks to a cameo from Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz), so a haunted house shouldn’t be a big deal, but If it was also the home of a serial killer, that would explain why locals stayed away from it.

Casper’s Theory Explains Why Casper’s Father Isn’t a Ghost

Casper’s father’s fate in the afterlife raised many questions

In Casperit’s explained that the dead become ghosts when they have unfinished business: Casper didn’t want to leave his father alone, Carrigan wanted to find the treasure, and the Ghostly Trio might want revenge (assuming the theory is true, of course). Casper’s father never managed to bring his son back from the dead, and that would have been a big unfinished business, enough to turn him into a ghost. One theory suggests that being clinically insane helped Casper’s father transitionas it freed him from all guilt for what he did to the Ghostly Trio.

Of course, it could also be that his diagnosis of “insanity” helped him come to terms with Casper’s death and attributed his ghostly appearances to his declining mental health. It could also be possible that Casper’s father welcomed death because he believed it would reunite him with his son, not by becoming a ghost. As dark as it is, it’s believable that the Ghostly Trio could have been Lazarus’ guinea pigs, even if it puts a horrible twist on the story. Casperthe father.

Source: Reddit.