WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!In addition to revealing the fates of a few other surprise characters,Beetlejuice 2confirms that one of the original movie’s supporting figures didn’t die actually during their 1988 bout with Betelgeuse. Tim Burton’s 2024 sequel seesBeetlejuice’s Deetz familyreturn to Winter River after the tragic death of patriarch Charles, who died being eaten by a shark after his plane crashed into the ocean. At the funeral and wake,Charles’ wife Delia (Catherine O’Hara) and daughter Lydia (Winona Ryder) reunite with some familiar facesfrom the original movie.
Alongside the Deetzes and Michael Keaton’s Betelgeuse, only one supporting character from the 1988 horror-comedy returns inBeetlejuice 2’s cast. This happens to be “Little” Jane Butterfield, the now grown-up realtor daughter of the Maitlands and Deetzes’ former realtor, Jane Butterfield. The sequel doesn’t bring back the Deetzes’ friends Otho (actor Glenn Shadix passed away in 2010), Dick Cavett’s Bernard, the Dean couple, Beryl, or Grace from the original movie’s iconic “Day-O” scene, butBeetlejuice 2does still clarify the aftermath for one of these characters following Betelgeuse’s antics in 1988.
Delia Mentions Maxie Dean At Charles' Wake In Beetlejuice 2
Maxie Dean Is Still Alive During Beetlejuice 2
After 36 years of leaving his fate unconfirmed inBeetlejuice’s original ending, the 2024 sequel gives an official answer about Maxie Dean’s survival.Maxie Dean had a supporting role in the 1988 movie as the chairman of Botco Industries and Charles’ boss, who came to Winter River when Charles tried to pitch a business plan to capitalize on the Maitlands haunting their home. The last time that Maxie was seen inBeetlejuice, he was being launched into the air and out of the house by Betelgeuse when the “bio-exorcist” essentially turned the location into a circus.
11 Original Characters Still Missing From Beetlejuice 2
In addition to Beetlejuice, Lydia, and Delia, there are some great missing original characters who still must return for Beetlejuice 2.
At the wake in Winter River afterCharles Deetz’s deathand funeral inBeetlejuice 2,Delia directly mentions Maxie Dean as one of the intended guests. While she waits on the doorsteps to see who has come to the wake, Delia wonders where Maxie Dean is, talking to herself about how he hasn’t arrived yet. Delia anticipating Maxie Dean’s presence at Charles’ wake indicates that he’s still alive duringBeetlejuice 2, though the character doesn’t make an actual appearance as his actor Robert Goulet passed away in 2007.
Maxie’s Survival Finally Ends Speculation That The Dean Couple Were Killed In Beetlejuice
The Crash Into The Roof Didn’t Kill Maxie & Sarah Dean
ConsideringMaxie and his wife, Sarah, were launched through the Winter River house’s roof head-first by Betelgeuse, there had been a long-standingtheory that the Dean couple died inBeetlejuice’s ending. It seemed unlikely that the two would have survived the crash through the roof and the fall back to the ground, butBeetlejuice 2confirms that at least Maxie lived through the ordeal. Considering the rest of the bunch who experienced the “Day-O” possession dance are left unmentioned in the sequel, it’s unclear what exactly happened to them after facing Keaton’s Betelgeuse.
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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.
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Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice stars Michael Keaton as the titular “bio-exorcist”, an obnoxious spirit who specializes in driving living occupants out of homes. When Barbara (Geena Davis) and Adam Maitland (Alec Baldwin) die suddenly, they pass into the spirit realm, and must stay in their home. However, in the living world, the Deetz family purchases the house and moves in, prompting the Maitlands to enlist the help of Beetlejuice to drive them away.
