Casper (ghost)
Casper (orig. Casper the Friendly Ghost ) is the main character of the same name by Famous Studios -produced animated series and a same name since 1952 by Harvey Comics produced comic series .
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Casper is a little ghost boy. He is usually white, but like the other spirits in his world, he can make himself invisible. Like the other spirits, he can also walk through walls. Casper has four fingers on his hands but no feet on his toes. In some films he doesn't even have legs, just a ghost tip on the lower body. He has a nose, two eyes and a mouth, but no ears.
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Casper is not a ghost like everyone else, because he only wants to be friendly, which the other ghosts don't like. Moreover, most people, animals, and sometimes even objects fear him, although it is common in the stories that no ghost really harms a mortal. Most of the time Casper lives with three ghosts in an old house. In the American original they are his brothers, but later they become his uncles.
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- Ghost trio: Casper lives with these three ghosts. They like to scare other people and sometimes annoy Casper too. Yet they are not seriously angry.
- Wendy: Wendy is a little witch with blonde hair and a red witch suit and hat. Like Casper, she doesn't want to be angry and is very good friends with him. Both are even a little in love with each other. Another thing they have in common with Casper is that she lives with three older representatives of her guild, who are initially referred to as her sisters, but later as her aunts.
- Spooky: Spooky is Casper's cousin. He looks a lot like Casper, but has a black nose, freckles and a bowler hat on his head. In contrast to Casper, he loves to scare people. Sometimes he can be helpful too, but mostly only if it pays off for him.
- Nightmare: Nightmare is a ghost horse. It often helps Casper, but sometimes appears in the comics without him too. It is never determined exactly what gender it belongs to, as it appears to be feminine in some stories and masculine in some.
TV Shows
A few cartoon series were produced by Casper.
- Matty's Funday Funnies (1959-1961)
- The New Casper Cartoon Show German Casimir and Co. (1963-1970)
- Casper and the Angels (1979-1980)
- The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996-1998)
- Casper's Scare School dt. Casper's Scary School (2009 - 2012)
Film adaptations
Some films were also produced:
- Casper (1995)
- Casper: How It All Began (1997)
- Casper meets Wendy (1998)
- Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
- Casper's Scary School (2006)
While the first three of them were played with real actors, the others were computer animated.