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Charles Deetz is drained inBeetlejuice 2 , and the circumstances surrounding the role ’s end service as a perpetual admonisher throughout the continuation , thanks to various joke . Jeffrey Jones played Charles in Tim Burton ’s original entrance in the franchise , which released 36 years ago . It was Charles who moved theDeetz familyto Winter River when the Maitland home became useable following Adam and Barbara ’s overtaking . After teasingCharles ' death inBeetlejuice 2 ’s trailer , the movie ’s liberation sheds light on what happened to the character .

Beetlejuice 2’s Trailer First Confirmed Charles Deetz’s Death

Initial Footage Showed Charles' Funeral In Winter River

The possible action of Jeffrey Jones ' riposte for the 2024 sequel was slight , but it was shocking to see the destiny of Charles break so soon before the movie put out . Beetlejuice 2 ’s first teaser confirms Charles ' deathby including scene from his funeral in Winter River . His family , including Delia , Lydia , and Astrid , are shown solemnly brook by his coffin while a children ’s choir performsHarry Belafonte ’s " Day - O " birdsong . Later , Lydia and Astrid have a conversation about the keep and the dead , teasing what ’s to come for the Deetz family , especially the youngest Deetz family member , who already has a complicated family relationship with death after her begetter ’s pass .

Charles Deetz Was Killed By A Shark In Beetlejuice 2

The Shark Attack Happened After A Plane Crash

Before the funeral scene shown in the trailers , Beetlejuice 2thoroughly excuse how Charles is kill . And when I say " exhaustively , " I mean " presented by a barricade - motion refreshment of outcome in true Tim Burton fashion . " Not only was the character reference involved in a woodworking plane crash while over the South Pacific on his razz - watching trip , butBeetlejuice 2reveals that Charles ended up being killed by a shark attack while sample to join the other survivors on the floating wreckage in the ocean . When Delia tells Lydia what happened , she uproariously takes a bit to excuse the suit of death .

After picking up Astrid from schooltime , the family and Rory prepare for Charles ' funeral in Winter River . apart from the fitting performance of " Day - O , " the sequence prove Charles ' headstone , which is shape like a shark Little Phoebe . It also feature a picture of Charles , as well as " Husband , Father , Bird Watcher , " all detail that Delia surely would ’ve picked out for her dear husband . The focal point then transmutation to the wake back at the household that is now fully drape in calamitous fabric as part of Delia ’s " art of sorrow " endeavor to channel grief into art .

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Interestingly , Charles is n’t the onlyBeetlejuice 2character killed by a shark . While in theNeitherworld waiting room , Charles sit down next to a surfboarder who was bite from the waist down . The originalBeetlejuicealready showcased Burton ’s creativity regarding bizarre character deaths , but the subsequence takes it up a notch . Beetlejuice 2features Astrid ’s father attacked by piranhas , a burnt Santa Claus , an previous woman corrode by her cats , and a adult female seemingly impale by a javelin at the Olympics , to name a few . Of course , there ’s also Delia , who dies from two Snake River pungency in the neck .

How Charles Still Appears In Beetlejuice 2

Charles Is Still Present Throughout The Sequel

Charles Deetz might be all in inBeetlejuice 2 , but that does n’t completely forestall the quality from seem in the continuation . apart from the quit - motion recreation of the character ’s tragic demise , Charles appears throughout the afterlife realm with half of his body missing as a solvent of the shark attack . He ’s first ( partially ) insure entering the Neitherworld in disarray before later enroll an afterlife teetotal cleanser . Charles appears a few more times , wandering around , narrowly overlook other characters and his own family until reunify with Delia outside of the Soul Train inBeetlejuice 2 ’s ending .

the hereafter depiction allows Charles to be somewhat present in the movie without require Jones ' direct affaire .

In addition to the stop - move chronological sequence , Jeffrey Jones ' figure is used several times , such as on the tombstone and in a portrait of the fictitious character at the wake . However , the afterlife depiction allow Charles to be reasonably present in the pic without requiring Jones ' lineal involution . While Charles can still talk , his bearing in the afterlife only necessitate a body missing its head , meaningBeetlejuice 2found a loophole in having Charles return . Still , Jones did n’t come back to vocalise his 1988 case , but at the fourth dimension of composition , there ’s no ratification on who took over the role .

Beetlejuice and Charles Deetz with funeral from sequel in background

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A burning plane crashes into the ocean in Beetlejuice 2

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Astrid and Beetlejuice from Beetlejuice 2 are in front of music notes.

Jeffrey Jones as Charles in Beetlejuice with Beetlejuice 2 imagery in background

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