Beetlejuice is an American-Canadian animated television series

Animated cartoon

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 which ran from September 9, 1989 to May 7, 1992 on ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 and, later on, on Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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. Loosely based on the 1988 homonymous film of the same name

Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton, produced by The Geffen Film Company and distributed by Warner Bros...

, it was developed and executive-produced by the film's director, Tim Burton

Tim Burton

Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...

. The series focus on the life of Goth

Goth subculture

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 girl Lydia Deetz and her undead friend Beetlejuice as they explore the Neitherworld, a wacky afterlife

Afterlife

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 realm inhabited by monster

Monster

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s, ghost

Ghost

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s, ghoul

Ghoul

A ghoul is a folkloric monster associated with graveyards and consuming human flesh, often classified as undead. The oldest surviving literature that mention ghouls is likely One Thousand and One Nights...

s and zombie

Zombie

Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...

s. Danny Elfman

Danny Elfman

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's theme for the film was arranged for the cartoon by Elfman himself.
The premise of the animated series was greatly changed from the film, to the point where one only superficially resembled the other.