Casper (live-action direct-to-video films)

"Yeah, I think I'll be a good influence on the Ghostly Trio."

- Casper "Hey, I like the sound of that Casper, the Friendly Wrath. No. Casper, the Pleasant Poltergeist."

- Casper "The Friendly Ghost."

- Casper

Casper is the main protagonist of the 1997 direct-to-video film Casper: A Spirited Beginning and is one of the two main protagonists of the 1998 sequel ''Casper Meets Wendy. ''

Casper is a friendly ghost who wants to make friends, but he unintentionally scares everyone off. In A Spirited Beginning, he befriends with a boy name Chris Carson who loves the supernatural and is often neglected by his workaholic father. In Casper Meets Wendy he befriends with Wendy the Good Little Witch whom he shares a lot in common, for they are both kind heart and are both neglected and mistreated by their relatives. In this version of Casper, he's the adopted nephew of The Ghostly Trio.

Some say that this is a prequel to the 1995 feature film Casper, yet there no hints that claims they are in the same canon because in Casper it was confirmed that he was a ghost for over 200 years, yet this one died in present day. While this version may not explain how he die, but it did explain how he became a Friendly Ghost.

He was voiced by Jeremy Foley.

Casper: A Spirited Beginning
Casper is first seen in a ghost train with a giant skull in front of it, heading to the Ghost Central that is ruled by the evil Kibosh. Casper is gets worried saying, "This isn't happening" three times. Casper then thinks that he is having a nightmare and tried to snap himself out of it but his hand fade through his head which caused him to panic.

He went towards a grumpy passenger wondering what has happen to him, but the passenger bushed him off telling him to scram. He then went to another ghost passenger who was crying asking her where is the train going. She respond saying the ghost station. He then went to another passenger with spiking hair, who wears a trunk and sun glasses and asked him where is he. However the passenger didn't like that Casper was in his space, so he threw Casper out of the train.

Casper landed to the side of the tracks yelling out "What are you trying to do kill me?" He then see that the train was about to get hit by a wall and tried to warn them but it fade through leaving Casper to wonder how it did that.

Casper eventually left the spirit world and enter into the real world. He ended up in a town called Deedtowns and wonder around hoping that someone would help him. He went to a stand owner who was placing oranges in his stand, saying he is new in town. The stand owner didn't look at him at first, so he welcomed him. Once the owner turned he screamed in fear and quashed his oranges yelling that he saw a ghost and ran off. Casper was confused wondering "A ghost where?" for he didn't know that he is ghost, and thinks that the owner of the stand was just seeing things.

Casper then ended up inside a vehicle unintentionally scaring two guys inside of it. Soon the whole town run in fear, leaving Casper clueless to why everybody everybody was going nuts. He finally realized that he is a ghost as he saw his floating leg and ghostly body. Casper then flew away yelling "No!"



Casper was seen once again hiding behind a tree asking an old lady who was walking on a walker for help. The old lady was wondering where he is. He whispered to her, "Over here. Just don't be scared okay." The old lady was wonder why would anyone be scare of a little boy, but when she saw Casper, she immediately ran off without her walker. Casper signed, "I wish someone would just talk to me."

Sadden and depressed, Casper bumped into a young boy and apologized and boy responds, "No problem." Casper stopped as he realized that the boy didn't scream. He floated back to the young boy. The boy saw him and happily wanted to take a picture of him. Casper was amazed that the boy wasn't afraid of him, and the boy say that he loves ghost. The boy revealed his name as Chris and asked Casper where he haunts since ghost haunt place. Chris even asked if he ever went to "spook school". Casper replied saying "No."

Chris took Casper the Applegate Mansion, and wants to help Casper become a scary ghost. Casper said he didn't feel like scaring people, and Chris replied saying it's his job. He covered Casper in curtains for practice but Casper couldn't see where he was going, for they are blinded in his face. They wereinterrupted by the Ghostly Trio: Stretch, Stinky and Fatso.

Chris asked them for his help. At first, the trio think that Casper is just one Chris's friends trying to be like them until Chris removed the curtains to reveal Casper. The trio was amazed realizing that he really is one of them. They happily introduced themselves to him. Casper asked that they are going to teach him how to change shapes and stuff. Stretch even asked Casper if he was thought at the the Ghostly Training Center. Chris answered for Casper saying that he never went.

The trio pedal saying how special and unique Casper was that he didn't have to be put through Kibosh like all the other ghost, so they decided to teach Casper to prove their technique to Kibosh, so he will stop chasing them. Casper exclaimed that he will work really hard. Unaware, they were stalked by Snivel: Kibosh's cowardly sidekick who over heard everything and went to tell his boss.

Casper's first lesson was how to go to the stealth mode. The trio demonstrated by go invisible and explain to him by clearing his mind, by thinking clear thoughts, such as wind or as Fatso added, Gas. Casper closed his eyes and tighten his fist and went to fully invisible. Chris congratulated him with his success and high five him with only Casper's hand showing.

Chris then left Casper thank him wondered what's the next lesson? "Flying." Casper said that he only knows how to hover, so Stretch and Stinky grabbed his hand and took with Fatso along for the ride. Casper question about using a step latter for starters. Stretch answered that the best way to learn is the sparrow way. Fatso demonstrated by kicking Casper from behind with a boot, so Casper can sparrow, but he fell to the ground.

The next lesson was going through walls. Before he can start, Stinkie tells Casper to say, "I am invisible." Casper stick his head and said "I am...in a heep of trouble" as his body twirls. Stinkie then tell s Casper to focus on the wall and tells him to see the wall, be the wall and go through the wall, but Casper ultimately fails. Fatso decided to set that aside and tells him to try for a good visual. He demonstrated by removing his head from his body and said "Heads up bone bag! Aaahh!" Casper tried, but it only made made his neck extend.

Later on that night, the trio decided to call it a quiets realizing that Casper really doesn't want to scare humans, so they kicked him out. Casper left sadden and depressed.

The next morning Casper flew inside a cheerful Chris's room still depressed, saying "Well I'm glad one of us is happy." Casper told Chris that he is leaving town for good. Chris wondered whats wrong. Casper explained saying that he is a lousy ghost and the trio kicked him out because he is too nice to learn anything and said, "I'm not a human, I'm not a ghost, I'm a nothing." Chris tried cheered him up by saying that if the trio won't help then he will because he is his pal. The two then pillow fight for little and went to Chris's school.

Casper was in Chris's locker waiting for Chris. Chris opened his locker and dragged Casper out and gave him his first lesson which is going through walls. Casper believes he can do this, so he arrogantly flew near the end of the hall and somehow got caught floating in a bucket. He eventually escape the bucket and fade through the restroom where he bumps into the school principal who was sitting in the toilet reading his newspaper. Once the principal saw him the, he panic as he threw out his newspaper and ran out only with his boxers on and pants dragging. Chris enter inside the restroom and told Casper that he got an A for enthusiasm, but an overall D-.

In the school library, Chris was hiding in an allied of books to unzipped his bag only to reavel Casper who hiding inside uncontrollably. Casper said that Chris should clean out his bag pack, but Chris respond with saying that it was Casper's second lesson, which is changing shape. Casper hopped out of the bag realizing that Chris was right and thanked him.

His third lesson was inadvisability, in which the Trio taught him the day before, so Casper easily went into stealth mode. Chris explained that he is gonna have to carry something heavy and tell him to pick up a blue he spotted. Casper in stealth form carefully tried to remove the blue book from the allied and is once again unaware that he is stalked Snivel who was stun that a ghost is taking lesson from a human. Casper accidentally dropped a few other books as he tried to get the blue one out. Chris immediatally picked them up and was interfered by school bullies. While still in stealth mode, Casper was wielding an Earth globe and dropped it on the lead school bully Brock. He then took a fire extinguisher and tuck it on Brock's back who was at the time threaten Chris. Casper turned on the extinguisher and caused everybody excepted for Chris and a girl name Jennifer to be covered with carbon dioxide. Still having the extinguisher on Brocks back, both Casper and Brock stormed out of the library and bump into the principal again but this time was cover in co2 which cause Brock to get detention. Outside of the school library, Casper is Congratulated by Chris and Chris believes he is ready and wished him a happy haunting.

Excited with his new found ghostly powers, Casper scatter around to the town looking for his first victom. He spotted a man in a leather jacket who was about to enter in a groocrey store with a gun. Casper believes that if he could scare him, he could scare anyone. Inside the groocrey store the man attempt to rob the store owner of his money. Casper unintentionally intervene and scared the robber away. The store owner thanked him for saving his life. Casper's heart was filled joy to see that someone actually likes and decided to use his ghost powers to help people.

Later that night, Casper knocked on an sadden Chris's window, excited to tell Chris that people all over town liked him. He asked him what is wrong and Chris respond with by saying his father forget to show up in his conference. Casper then mentions him about the batting cages Chris planned tonight with his father, that Chris mention earier, which immediatally cheered Chris up. Chris also explained that they was supposed to have dinner as well. Chris even said that he is going to introduce to him to his best friend: Casper.

Chris's door bell ring; it was his teacher Sheila Fistergraff. Chris told Casper to hide, so his teacher won't be frighten by him. Casper posed as what Chris calls it toy coat rack. Fistergraff was gonna place her bag in one of Casper's arm, but missed. Chris offered to help and told her to look around and hides Casper in the couch. When Sheila sat on the couch, Casper popped out from behind choking without her knowing. Chris pushed Casper back inside as he sat next to her. She got out of the couch and head towards the door. Casper popped out of the couched shaped shifted himself as a porch light with only is eyes showing.

Once she left Casper and Chris started to prepare dinner while listening to music with Casper on stealth mode. They were once again spotted by Snivel who thinks Casper has become the fleshie slave and reported back to his master.

With dinner all set up, Chris added a plate so Casper can join him and his dad: Tim Carson. Once they heard Tim closing the front door Chris tells Casper to wait by his window so he can introduce his father to him. Casper wondered what he should say. Chris tells him to just be friendly. Once Tim opened to door which as a lock, Chris tells Casper to go.

By, Chris's window Casper was practicing how he was going to introduce himself to Tim, but was taken by the Ghostly Trio who found out that Casper was doing good deeds around town and plans to stop him. This cause Casper to miss his chance to meet Tim.

At the Applegate Manison, Casper explained that he has got to help Chris, but the Trio refused saying that it will ruin their reputation he keeps doing these good deeds. Casper tricked them by shouting out, "Look, Elvis's ghost!" This caused Casper to escaped them and head back to Chris.

The next moring, Casper rushed inside Chris's room telling him that last night wasn't his fault, only to be meet by Tim who was frighten at first and swung a bat at him. Casper tried to calm him down and but he was still frighten. Casper then went into stealth mode, so Tim would stop. Tim calmed down when Casper explained that he is Chris's best friend, which caused Tim to realized that he is Casper when Chris mention his name after Casper was taken by the Trio the same night. Casper questions where Chris is, and Tim answered that he ran away because Tim neglects him. Casper explained that Chris is very lonely because Tim is always working rather than spending time with him and even told him to find him because they need each other. Tim realized that Casper is right, so the two decided to team up and find Chris. Casper bets that Chris is in the Applegate Mansion. However, Tim explained that it will blow in fifteen minutes. Casper immediately rushed out to warn Chris.

At the mansion, Casper wandered around looking for Chris. He found Chris inside locked in a closet by the school bullies he and Chris humiliated the day before. Chris asked him what happened to him the last night. Casper told him to forget it and explain that their is a bomb in a house. Realizing that Chris can't fade through walls, Casper helped Chris by breaking the door for him to get out. After several attempts, Chris began to lose hope and Casper told him to not to give up and said that if he could find to bomb he could disarm it. Casper looked around in the mansion to find the bomb and immediatly found it on the floor. The bomb turned on with the house about to be rigged to blow by expert bomber Bill Case who was sitting on a tree, and Casper tried to think of a plan to stop it. As Bill was about to detonated it, he was stopped by Fistergraff as she crashed her car on the tree causing Bill to plummet on her car. Bill stilled tried to detonate it, but Tim grabbed the detonator and threw it away.

Back inside the mansion Casper told Chris that it pass 6:30 which means that he is okay. Everything seems to be okay at first, but it was explained by Bill that the bomb has a default mechanism and it will blow only in one minute. The bomb was getting ready for a count down with Casper not knowing what to do. Tim broke inside trying to find Chris. Casper helped by pointing him to the closet. Tim broke the door knob and got Chris out. Chris said that they can't let the bomb in the mansion, and Tim said that they can't put it outside or the people will get hurt. Casper told him to go and say he will take care of it.

With time running out, Casper immediately swallow the bomb, and was confronted by Kibosh who came from behind and grabbed Casper by the neck. Casper soon grew big as the bomb explodes right inside of him causing Kibosh and Snivel to fall back and have the Ghostly Trio who were trapped inside Kibosh's cage free after the cage broke due to Casper's enormous sizes. Casper then went back to normal sizes and saved the mansion and the people who cheered that the mansion is still safe with Bill Case leaving in defeat.

Back inside the mansion, Kibosh was amused and asked Casper how did he do it. Casper told him that the Trio taught him. The Trio seemed confused, but Stretch immediately said, "Yeah, we did. Told you we had great techniques." Kibosh then decided that the Trio can go off haunting whenever they like, but Casper wasn't off the hook because he skipped training. The Trio paddle and Fatso said that it was their turn to help Casper after Casper helped them. The Trio tell Kibosh that he can't take Casper because Kibosh told him that he can't split up a family. Kibosh said that he is not related to them, but they lied and said that they are his uncles. This caused Kibosh to let Casper off the hook and remind them that a family has to stick together for all time.

Now that Kibosh has left them alone, Casper is now adopted by the Ghostly Trio as their nephew. However, they can't stay because they heard that Tim is gonna demolished their home, but Tim had a change of heart and he and Sheila thought of making the place haunted for ghost which caught the ghosts attention and was pleased that the fleshies are letting them stay.

Now that the ghosts has a truce with Tim, Stretch told Chris that if he ever needs a favor he can just asked. Chris looked out the window pointing at the bullies who locked him with the bomb, so the Trio went after them, but Casper remind them about family and told them to they got to try to behave themselves, but they went for it anyway and scared them by giving them a wedge and have them hanging on the tree.

In the end, Jennifer came inside the mansion to apologize to Chris for hanging out with Brock and his gang. Chris then introduced her to Casper which have her frighten see a ghost for the first time. Chris told Casper that he like the effect he has on people. Casper decided to spend the rest of his afterlife being, the Friendly Ghost.

Casper Meets Wendy
Casper was first seen in the Baseball Statium as he tries to calm of crowd of people who were being scared off by his uncles, but they instantly run knowing that he is a ghost. After scaring off the fleshies, the Trio decided to have a vacation for their victory, and have Casper doing choirs, in which Casper does not take lighty.

Casper and his uncles made it to Sunnybrite Resorts to spend their relaxing vacation, but Casper struggles as he drags all his uncles bags on a floating table. Casper landed the table safely to the ground and rest for a moment for all his hard work. They found a house where a couple was happily packing up. The trio fade in and scared them them off. Casper was not too pleased with the way they scare off that young couple and think they should act more friendly. Fatso explained that the only good Fleshie is a scare Fleshie because they don't scare back. Stinkie added, "Except for witchies," causing the trio to be shirek. Casper asks whats wrong with witch. Stretch explained that witches are fleshies with powers and order Casper to unpack. Casper signed floating off then immediately yells, "Witches." to scare the Trio. and floated back out.

Casper was seen again, where Stinkie scared away a chief and have Casper carry some food on a tray.

Back at the house, Casper and the Trio went inside for a snack. Casper, Stretch, and Stinkie were stun as they see that Fatso had a sunburn. But they decide to worry about that later and prepare to eat. Stretch realized that they were no napkins and asked Casper to get some. As Casper was getting the napkins, he heard a noise and turned around seeing that the Trio has ate everything. Casper tried to stand up to them but was afraid to and left the house leaving the Trio enjoying that they are making his nephew's afterlife misable. Casper went inside of a barn alone.

Inside the barn, he sat on top of a ledge, where a little girl appears moping "I just wanted someone to talk to talk to." Casper said to her, "Join the club." The girl was frighten and wanted Casper not to come any closer. Casper said that he won't hurt her. The two then meet each other eye to eye. The girl pulled her wand saying that she is not afraid to use it. She then change to a witch outfit by snapping her figures, causing Casper to panic realizing that she is a witch. The two then hide off from each other. Casper was hiding in the box where the young little witch was hiding behind a couple of boxes. Casper asked if she really is a witch. She retorted, "Yeah what of it?" Casper respond, "Nothing, I just didn't know witches were so cute." She was flattered by his response. The witch then said that he is a ghost and always assume that ghost were spooky and mean. Casper explained, "Most of us are. I guest. But not me, in fact I'm friendly." The two indrouce themselves to each other, the witch was named Wendy. She asked about his ghostly powers. Casper demonstrated for her by blowing himself like a hot air balloon and burst around the barn for her amusement. Casper even asked her about her witch powers. She demonstrated by making a cardboard Santa Claus danced. Casper couldn't even believe that his uncles were so wrong about witches. She asked if they are other ghost here. Casper signed saying, "Yeah all they ever do is scare people and boss me around." Wendy has had the same problems with her bewitching aunts. Then they both realized that they have alot and common and decide to go have fun. The two enjoyed themselves and have a great time by playing pranks on their relatives and flying around the park. Wendy said that this has been the best day of her life. Casper agreed except for the life part.

They went to talking and come to the conclusion that ghost and witches are worst enemies and knows that if any of Casper's or Wendy's relatives found out that they are their nephew or niece is friends with what is their enemies they will start and rivalry and they will never see each other again. So Casper comes up with an idea.

Sometimes later after the Ghostly Trio scare away a maid, Casper came by and said that it intense and asked them to teach him some tricks. The Trio was stun to see that their nephew who is a friendly ghost wanting to scare fleshes. Casper thought the idea of procession. Stretch claims that they are expert said they are the top ghost who ever inhabits fleshes. Casper lied by saying that in the Grimious Book of World Recorder someone broke it. The Trio try to come up with a plan to reclaimed their title. Casper holds up a flier suggesting the Big Dance. Stretch called out, "Your on," and the ghosts flew off with Casper having a tiny smirk seeing that everything is going to plan.

Later that night, the Ghostly Trio inhabits three fleshes that quite resembles them in a way and Stretch told Casper to start the timer. At the dance, Casper hides as he waits for Wendy. Once Wendy came in, he dragged her down and wondered what told her so long. She explained that her aunts looked her in, but climbed out of the bathroom window. She asked him how is the plan. He respond saying, "Right on schiedule." With the ghosts witches all in the dance, It was time for phased two. Casper went into stealth mode to go afterthe spot lights as Wendy used her magic and change the music quotes to Romeo and Juliet music. Casper in Steath mode set the spotlights on Wendy's aunt so his human form uncles could see and they instantly fell for them. Both genders found their partners and dance. Casper took Wendy's hand and took her outside.

Outside the dance, Casper nervously asked Wendy for a dance. She agree and changed into a stunning red dress and Casper changed into a sharp tux. As they dance, Casper went into steath mode saying that he doesn't dance good especially when someone is looking, so Casper went into stealth mode and continued his dance with Wendy. She complemented saying that he dance find, and Casper replied, "Well lets just say I won't step on your feet."