Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
admonition : spoilers forwards forBeetlejuice BeetlejuiceMichael Keaton once again don the stripy wooing of one of his most iconic characters inBeetlejuice Beetlejuice , which further explored the fiber ’s backstory without fully reveal his real name . Beetlejuice Beetlejuicestars several familiar frequent Tim Burton collaborators , and the story picks up with the Deetz family many years after the original ended . Keaton ’s mischievous poltergeist render to cause importantly more chaos , and leave more details about what makes Beetlejuice , Beetlejuice .
One of the key details that the original never addressed was the origins of Beetlejuice , or Betelgeuse ’s name . While he is familiarly known as " Beetlejuice " in pop civilisation , there is an alternative spelling featured on multiple occasion in the original movie . The 2024 continuation never let on what his genuine name in life was , but it gives far more perceptiveness intoBeetlejuice ’s life , death , and afterlifebefore the events of the originalBeetlejuice .
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar excuse Lydia ’s incubus at the end of the movie , revealing the reason for it .
Betelgeuse Is Technically The Correct Name Of Michael Keaton’s Beetlejuice Character
That’s how his name is written
While Michael Keaton ’s ego - extol bio - exorcist is known in democratic culture as " Beetlejuice " , that is not the character ’s true name . As seen on his headstone in Adam Maitland ’s example townspeople , the poltergeist ’s real name is " Betelgeuse"when written out . That spelling is still pronounced as " Beetlejuice " , and given the grandness of the name being spoken , it makes sense that the odd spelling is simplified .
Warner Bros. purportedly hated the picture show ’s title , and gravely think several other options , includingHouse Ghostsand Burton ’s sarcastic suggestionScared Sheetless .
Alec Baldwin ’s Adam Maitland even label it incorrectly at first , void it as one of the three mentions that muster him from the hereafter . The simpler pronunciation , along with the anglicized spelling , made the picture more digestible for the English - speaking hearing . From a marketing perspective , the " Betelgeuse " spelling could be pronounced several way phonetically , so simplify it into the sillier , well-situated - to - pronounce " Beetlejuice " was a welfare in that regard as well , even if it not in reality right .
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“Betelgeuse” Is The Name Of The Night Sky’s Brightest Star – What It Means For Michael Keaton’s Character
The name could still carry a hidden meaning
Per theEncyclopedia Brittanica , Betelgeuse is a cerise supergiant hotshot that is the secondly - shiny star in the famous Orion configuration . The name itself isderived from an Arabic term meaning " the goliath ’s shoulder " , which coincides with its position in the Orion constellation . It is considered one of the brightest stars in the night sky from Earth ’s point of view . As but a small but significant part of a prominent whole , it was theorized that the star could actually be a clue as to how and why Betelgeuse got his name .
The sensation Betelgeuse is part of a large configuration , and the thought was thatghostly Betelgeuse could therefore be part of a prominent whole as well . Betelgeuse may be no more than the crown of the spear when it comes to supernatural chaos and his particular stigma of " bio - exorcism . “Beetlejuice Beetlejuicedidn’t confirm this to be the case , although to be comely the continuation did n’t dig deep into Betelgeuse ’s name , as there were expectant concern for his graphic symbol – namely , his vengeful ex - married woman .
Beetlejuice 2 Doesn’t Reveal Betelgeuse’s Real Name, But It Reveals His Backstory
The 2024 Sequel Shows Who Betelgeuse Was And How He Died
One of the most entertaining sequence ofBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceis its geographic expedition of Betelgeuse ’s account on Earth . As the sequel reveals , Betelgeuse was a grievous robber during the fourteenth century during the wrath of the Black Death , the bubonic plague that killed millions of Europeans . He meet his married woman while robbing bodies , and as it turns out , their wedlock was short - populate ; she actually married him as a mean value to hit supernatural power , and she poisoned him on the Nox they were marital to sacrifice him .
The first trailer for Beetlejuice 2 finish with a callback to a literal - life malicious gossip from the 1990s , hint at an interesting twist for Beetlejuice .
She revealed her plan to him prematurely , as the toxicant was tardily - pretend enough for him to take his own retribution and chop her to bits before dying himself . As opposed to journeying to the Great Beyond or being trapped on Earth as a ghost , Betelgeuse became a polite servant , working in thebureaucracy of the Afterlife and the Neitherworldbefore fork out to produce his own autonomous bio - exorcism organization . Beetlejuice Beetelejuicenever touches on what Betelgeuse ’s real name might be , but with the box office success of the subsequence , revealing it in a third movie certainly seems possible .
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Source : Encyclopedia Brittanica
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a repugnance - comedy that call for specter attempt to scare off off new homebuyers from take their house . The sequel bring back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and bum ghost with selfish intentions , now connect by Jenna Ortega in a raw theatrical role .
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