Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
WARNING ! This article contains major SPOILERS for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!A major source of tension between Lydia and Astrid Deetz surrounds the fate of Richard , their several hubby and father , who break beforeBeetlejuice Beetlejuice . Tim Burton ’s long - await sequel play Winona Ryder ’s Lydia to a very different seat in life than when she was last seen inBeetlejuice ’s ending . When she regress , Lydia is expose to be a widow woman raising her teenaged daughter Astrid ( Jenna Ortega ) , who doubt her mother ’s ghost - seeing gift and resents her for sending her to embarkment school and refusing to speak about her father , Richard .
Lydia also reveals that her marriage with Richard end a few old age before he died , but it ’s unclear whether Astrid ’s parents officially divorced before his tragic death . After much discussion about Astrid ’s father and Lydia ’s inability to see his ghostwriter , Richard finally joinsBeetlejuice 2 ’s mould of charactersonce Astrid goes to the hereafter . As it sprain out , his ghost is work in the immigration post of the Neitherworld , withRichard ’s grim appearance and fate return more context to what really occur to him when he diedin Tim Burton’sBeetlejuicesequel .
Astrid’s Father Died In A Boating Accident In Brazil Before Beetlejuice 2
Richard Died While Fighting For Climate Justice In South America
Astrid confirm that her father died in a boating accident not long beforeCharles Deetz ’s deathkicks offBeetlejuice 2 ’s story . At the time of his death , Richard was in Brazil agitate for mood justice when his tragedy scratch the gravy boat he was on , with the regime being unable to find his body . The appearance of Richard ’s wraith in the afterlife uncover that he ’s been bury up by the river and essentially become Pisces solid food , with a few small fish still even clinging to his drained body as he reunites with Astrid and Lydia in the Neitherworld .
While Lydia and Astrid have n’t been able to see Richard ’s wraith since he died , he reveals that he has still often checked in on them .
Jenna Ortega ’s character often remark how Richard was a “ free spirit ” and was always push for noble causes around the existence , and it seems that his travel and Lydia ’s focus on her New York - basedGhost Houseshow culminated in their split . Since his dying , it appearsRichard has been put to working at the hereafter ’s immigration situation , stamping passport for ghosts to head back to Earth or onto the Great Beyond . However , while Lydia and Astrid have n’t been capable to see Richard ’s ghost since he die , he reveals that he has still often checked in on them .
Richard is portrayed by Santiago Cabrera inBeetlejuice 2 .
Why Lydia & Astrid Couldn’t See Richard’s Ghost Until Going To The Afterlife
Richard’s Spirit Has Been In The Afterlife, Not On Earth
The rules of the afterlife and which ghosts are able to wander back on Earth becomes more complex inBeetlejuice 2 . In the 1988 motion-picture show , Adam and Barbara Maitland were forced to spend the first 125 yr after their death in their Winter River home , top them to judge to dash the newDeetz menage membersout of the house . While teenaged Lydia was ab initio the only one who could see the Maitlands because she was more exposed to seeing the “ unknown and unusual , ” the specter could n’t control whether or not the living could see them .
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Therefore , itdoesn’t seem to be Richard ’s option for Astrid and Lydia to not be able to see him , despite the two Deetz women sharing the talent of discover the numb . Still , Richard would ask to be “ living ” on the planer of the real world for Lydia and Astrid to see his shade there , butBeetlejuice 2reveals he ’s been adhere in the bureaucratism of the hereafter . Since Richard was a “ costless feel , ” he may not have a emplacement on Earth that his ghost is tether to like the Maitlands in Winter River , keeping his emotional state in the Neitherworld .
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a revulsion - clowning that take ghosts seek to scare off new homebuyers from taking their menage . The sequel lend back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish purpose , now join by Jenna Ortega in a new role .
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the sequel to the original Tim Burton classic that starred Michael Keaton and Wynona Rider in a horror-comedy that involved ghosts trying to scare off new homebuyers from taking their house. The sequel brings back Michael Keaton as the hilarious and sleazy ghost with selfish intentions, now joined by Jenna Ortega in a new role.
