Spin off
"Beetlejuice" (1989)
References
Topper (1937)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
"The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" (1952)
The Fly (1958)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
- Lydia: "Are you Night of the Living Dead under there?"
The Exorcist (1973)
- Beetlejuice: "I've seen The Exorcist about 167 times"
The Shining (1980)
- Opening aerial shot of a Volkswagon traveling through hills
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Vincent (1982)
- The Saturn Sandworm.
Return to Oz (1985)
- The character of Adam has his head off and puts it back on like Mombi in Return To Oz.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)
The Witches of Eastwick (1987)
Referenced in
"The Directors: The Films of Lawrence Kasdan" (????)
- Poster on wall behind Geena Davis.
"Muppet Babies: Six to Eight Weeks (#6.3)" (1989)
- Skeeter portrays as Skeeter Juice during the haunted playhouse scene.
Drop Dead Fred (1991)
"Showbiz Today: (1991-05-01)" (1991)
- referenced in Michael Keaton interview
"Clarissa Explains It All: Sick Days (#1.13)" (1991)
- Clarissa mentions wanting to rent The Little Mermaid and Beetle Juice
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Indestructible Man (#5.9)" (1992)
- Tom: "There goes Beetle Juice!"
"Troldspejlet: (#8.1)" (1992)
- Jakob Stegelmann mentions the title in his review of Batman Returns (1992)
"Tiny Toon Adventures: Return of Batduck (#3.6)" (1992)
- Plucky disguises himself as Beetlejuice while trying to get into Warner Bros. Studio.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Casper (1995)
So Wrong They're Right (1995)
- Magic trick toy shown.
Mars Attacks! (1996)
1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1997) (TV)
- Pearl: ...and the two before that he was played by Beetlegeuse.
Cats Don't Dance (1997)
BASEketball (1998)
- When Coop makes 'a scary face' for a psych out the shot of him from behind with tentacles shooting out from the sides of his face is a direct reference to when Beeltejuice does this to prove he can be scary.
The Making of 'The Frighteners' (1998) (V)
- mentioned once
"The Directors: The Films of Wes Craven (#1.4)" (1999)
- Mentioned by Craven.
The Iron Giant (1999)
"Stargate SG-1: Deadman Switch (#3.7)" (1999)
- O'Neill yells out the word beetlejuice in hope it is the voice activated password to uncloak a Goa'uld cargo ship.
"Angel: The Ring (#1.16)" (2000)
- Cordelia calls a demon a "Beetlejuice-y albino."
"Movie Stars: The Two Faces of Steve (#2.1)" (2000)
- "All the guys she goes out with look like they stepped off of the set of Beetle Juice!"
Scary Movie (2000)
Shrek (2001)
Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002) (TV)
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
Men in Black II (2002)
Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002) (V)
- mentioned once
An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002) (V)
Anger Management (2003)
Purgatory House (2004)
- The movie references this other movie in one scene
Runaway Jury (2003)
- The gothic juror's name is Lydia Deets, the main character of Beetlejuice is Lydia Deitz.
Good Boy (2003)
- similar feel
Shark Tale (2004)
- DVD is on shelf at the pawn shop.
Film Geek (2005)
- Scotty mentions it
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- The dance that Mike Teavee does is a reference to Lydia's own dance.
Corpse Bride (2005)
- In the dinner scene, the fire turns green just as it does in the seance scene in Beetlejuice
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Gathering Storm (2005) (V)
- mentioned once
Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight - The Road to Gotham City (2005) (V)
- mentioned once
"Jeopardy!: (#22.58)" (2005)
- referenced in clue and correct response in "Star Light, Star Bright" category
"Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Red Hot Chili Peppers (#31.17)" (2006)
- Referenced in Ma skit
El laberinto del fauno (2006)
- drawing on wall with chalk creates door that can be pushed in, transports to alternate reality.
"Una familia de diez: Cambio de personalidades; El sueño (#1.13)" (2007)
- Mentioned by name by Placido.
"South Park: Imaginationland: Episode II (#11.11)" (2007)
- Betelgeuse is one of the Imaginationland villains.
"Muchachada nui: (#2.9)" (2008)
- Dead waiting room occupant with shrunken head in segment "Al fresco. ¿Qué hay después de la muerte?"
Featured in
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV)
The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996) (TV)
100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
- Clips shown.
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (2000) (TV)
- This film is #88 on the list.
Scene Smoking: Cigarettes, Cinema & the Myth of Cool (2001)
- A character is seen smoking a cigarette.
"I Love the '80s Strikes Back" (2003)
- Footage from this film was edited into this mini-series
Spoofs
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Exorcist (1973)
Sudden Impact (1983)
Spoofed in
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)
- A sandworm appears in Beavis' hallucination eating a demonic version of Muddy Grimes.
BASEketball (1998)
"Robot Chicken: Yancy the Yo-Yo Boy (#3.7)" (2007)
- Lydia needs Beetlejuice, but Beetlejuice's wife has other plans
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