47 Fun Facts About Casper

In the 1995 film, Casper haunts a mansion called Whipstaff Manor in which small town?

Some location footage was shot in Camden, Maine, but the manor itself was mostly a studio set.

Which actress plays Kat Harvey, the teenager Casper falls for?

Christina Ricci plays Kat Harvey, coming off her two Addams Family films as Wednesday; she appeared in Now and Then later the same year.

Who plays Dr. James Harvey, the 'ghost therapist' hired to clear out the manor?

Bill Pullman plays Dr. James Harvey, a widowed therapist to the 'living impaired' who takes the Whipstaff job hoping to reach his late wife; Pullman played the US president in Independence Day a year later.

Who plays Carrigan Crittenden, the greedy heiress who inherits only the haunted manor?

Cathy Moriarty, an Oscar nominee for Raging Bull, plays Carrigan Crittenden; she returned to the series as Geri, one of the witch aunts, in Casper Meets Wendy (1998).

Which Monty Python member plays Dibs, Carrigan's lawyer?

Eric Idle plays Dibs, Carrigan's lawyer and sidekick, who is flung out of a window when he tries to double-cross her over the treasure.

Who voices Casper in the 1995 film?

Malachi Pearson voiced Casper in the 1995 film and continued in the role for the animated series The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper.

Which young actor plays Casper in human form for the dance with Kat?

Devon Sawa appears as the human Casper for the dance with Kat; later in 1995 he played Scott Wormer in the coming-of-age film Now and Then.

According to the film, how did the 12-year-old Casper McFadden die?

It is the only Casper story ever to address his death directly; some 1960s comics had him born a ghost to ghost parents.

What is the name of the machine Casper's inventor father built to bring the dead back to life?

The Lazarus, built by Casper's father J.T. McFadden in a hidden laboratory beneath Whipstaff Manor, has only one dose of the formula needed to bring someone back.

The 'treasure' hidden in Whipstaff Manor turns out to be what?

The treasure map was part of a game Casper played with his dad; Carrigan gets ejected into the afterlife the moment she grabs it.

Casper gives up his one chance to live again in order to do what?

Casper uses the machine's single dose to bring Dr. Harvey back to life after the doctor's fatal fall, giving up his own return.

Which of Casper's three uncles is voiced by Joe Alaskey in the 1995 film?

Stinkie, the uncle with the foul breath, is voiced by Joe Alaskey, who also voiced Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck for Warner Bros. in the 1990s and 2000s.

Which future Everybody Loves Raymond star voices Fatso?

Brad Garrett, a year before he began playing Robert Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond, voiced the gluttonous Fatso; all three uncle voices returned for the animated spin-off series.

Which Ghostbuster turns up, uncredited, after Carrigan calls in help to clear the manor?

Dan Aykroyd's Ray flees with the line 'Who ya gonna call? Someone else'; Father Guido Sarducci tries an exorcism first.

Who directed Casper, in his feature debut?

Brad Silberling, a television director on series such as NYPD Blue, made Casper his feature debut; his next film was City of Angels (1998).

Which studio produced the computer-animated Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)?

Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000), the first all-CGI Casper feature, was animated by Mainframe Entertainment, the Vancouver studio known for ReBoot and Beast Wars: Transformers, and released direct to video.

Which future Lost co-creator did an uncredited rewrite of the Casper script?

J. J. Abrams, then a young screenwriter with Regarding Henry and Forever Young behind him, did an uncredited rewrite on Casper a decade before co-creating Lost.

Besides Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson and Rodney Dangerfield, who appears in Dr. Harvey's mirror transformations?

The mirror gags end with Dr. Harvey turning into the Crypt Keeper from Tales from the Crypt, voiced by John Kassir, after Clint Eastwood, Rodney Dangerfield and Mel Gibson.

Which effects house created Casper's CGI ghosts, making it the first film with a fully computer-generated lead?

Industrial Light & Magic, which had just done Jurassic Park's dinosaurs, animated Casper and his uncles as fully computer-generated characters sharing the frame with live actors.

Which singer performed 'Remember Me This Way,' the ballad over Casper's closing credits?

'Remember Me This Way,' written by David Foster and Linda Thompson and sung by Jordan Hill, plays over Casper's closing credits; Little Richard's version of the Casper theme also features.

Who composed the film's score, including the track 'One Last Wish'?

James Horner composed Casper's score, including the cue 'One Last Wish'; Horner, an Oscar winner for Titanic two years later, also scored Apollo 13 that same summer.

Which pop star's first major film role was Wendy the Good Little Witch in Casper Meets Wendy (1998)?

Hilary Duff, then ten, played Wendy in Casper Meets Wendy, released direct to video by Fox on September 22, 1998, six days before her 11th birthday.

Which 1997 direct-to-video prequel has Casper falling off a ghost train into Deedstown?

Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997) shows Casper arriving in Deedstown after tumbling off a ghost train and befriending Chris Carson, ignoring the 1995 film's account of his origin.

Casper made his debut in a 1945 Paramount short with what title?

The Friendly Ghost (1945), the Noveltoon that introduced Casper, has him despair at frightening everyone and lie on a railway track before two children befriend him.

Which Paramount cartoon unit produced the original Casper theatrical shorts?

Famous Studios, Paramount's in-house unit formed in 1942 after it took over Fleischer Studios, produced the Casper theatrical shorts from 1945 to 1959.

How much did Joe Oriolo receive when he sold the rights to the Casper storybook to Paramount?

Joe Oriolo sold the Casper rights to Paramount for a flat $175 in the 1940s and earned no royalties from the character's later success.

Which publisher took over Casper in 1952 and bought the character outright in 1959?

Harvey Comics licensed Casper in 1952 and bought the character outright from Paramount in 1959; its artist Warren Kremer gave him the rounded redesign seen in the comics.

In the 1995 film, at what hour does Casper's borrowed human form expire?

The angel turns Casper human only until ten o'clock; when the clock strikes ten during the party dance he reverts to a ghost, after a kiss with Kat.

Which 'tuff little ghost' with a derby hat was one of the three popular spin-offs from the Casper comics?

Spooky and his girlfriend Poil later starred in the CGI film Casper's Haunted Christmas.

Which network aired Matty's Funday Funnies, the 1959 show that brought Casper cartoons to television?

Matty's Funday Funnies, sponsored by Mattel, ran on ABC from 1959 to 1961 and showed the old Paramount cartoons of Casper, Little Audrey and Baby Huey.

Casper and the Angels (1979) was a take-off on Charlie's Angels and which other show?

It featured a big ghost named Hairy Scary and none of Casper's original co-stars.

Which NASA Moon mission gave its command module the call sign 'Casper'?

Apollo 16's command module was Casper, named by pilot Ken Mattingly, with Orion as the lunar module; the April 1972 mission landed John Young and Charlie Duke in the Descartes highlands.

In Casper's Scare School, Casper's friend Mantha is what kind of creature?

Mantha, one of Casper's two best friends at Scare School, is a zombie girl whose limbs keep falling off; the other friend, Ra, is a mummy who keeps unravelling.

In Casper's Scare School, who threatens to banish Casper to the Valley of Shadows for being too friendly?

Kibosh, the king of the underworld, orders Casper to Scare School in the 2006 TV film after the too-friendly ghost embarrasses him, threatening the Valley of Shadows if he fails.

How many theatrical Casper cartoons did Paramount release between 1945 and 1959?

Paramount released 55 Casper theatrical shorts between Casper's 1945 debut and 1959, nearly all built on the same plot of a lonely ghost seeking friends.

The 1996 animated spin-off The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper aired on which children's block?

The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper ran on Fox Kids from 1996 to 1998, with Dan Castellaneta voicing Dr. Harvey and Kath Soucie voicing Kat.

Which media company gained control of Casper in 2016 by buying DreamWorks Animation?

NBCUniversal took control of Casper in 2016 when Comcast bought DreamWorks Animation, whose Classic Media library included Casper, Richie Rich and Hot Stuff; the Casper Meets Wendy film stayed with Fox.

What holiday does the party at Whipstaff Manor celebrate in the 1995 film?

Kat volunteers Whipstaff for her school's Halloween party; Casper, made briefly human, dances with her there before turning back into a ghost.

Which filmmaker executive-produced the 1995 Casper film?

Steven Spielberg executive-produced Casper through his Amblin Entertainment, whose cartoon unit also made Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, where the film's credited writers had worked.

In which year did The New Casper Cartoon Show, Casper's first made-for-television series, debut?

The New Casper Cartoon Show, the first Casper series made for television rather than the cinema, ran on Saturday mornings from 1963 to 1969; the earlier Matty's Funday Funnies had only repackaged the theatrical shorts.

Which of Casper's three uncles is the leader of the Ghostly Trio?

Stretch, the tall, hot-tempered one voiced by Joe Nipote, bosses the other two members of the Ghostly Trio around and hates Casper's friendliness toward 'fleshies.'

Which angel visits Casper at the end of the film and turns him human for the party?

Amelia Harvey, Kat's late mother, appears as an angel played by Amy Brenneman; she explains she crossed over because she had no unfinished business, then grants Casper a brief spell as a human for the party.

Which studio released Casper in cinemas on May 26, 1995?

Universal Pictures released Casper on May 26, 1995; Fox later handled the direct-to-video follow-ups, starting with a 1997 prequel.

Who wrote the screenplay for the 1995 Casper film?

Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver, writers on Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, wrote the Casper screenplay; Stoner was also the live-action reference model for Disney's Ariel and Belle.

Who voiced Casper in the 2006 television film Casper's Scare School?

Devon Werkheiser, then starring in Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, voiced Casper in the 2006 TV film Casper's Scare School, which premiered on Cartoon Network.

Which company made two Casper holiday specials, including Casper's First Christmas with Yogi Bear?

Hanna-Barbera made Casper's First Christmas and Casper's Halloween Special, both in 1979, the former teaming Casper and Hairy Scary with Yogi Bear, Boo Boo, Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss.

Which publisher later picked up the Casper the Friendly Ghost comic and added Casper & Hot Stuff?

American Mythology Productions began publishing new Casper the Friendly Ghost comics in the late 2010s under licence, later adding team-up titles such as Casper & Hot Stuff and Casper & Wendy.