Beetlejuice
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Real Identity: Unknown
Appearances: Ghost With The Most
Powers/Skills: Magic
Voiced By: Alex Brightman
On Halloween, Beetlejuice sneaked up on Halloween Spirit in Jump City and trapped him in a vial. Beetlejuice plotted to keep him in there until the end of Halloween. According to the law, the holiday would be forfeit and Beetlejuice would be free to take it over for himself. He knew the Teen Titans would try to free spirit so he came up with a plan to offer his services and find him then he would kill them so they could follow him into the Netherworld under the false pretense that the Halloween Spirit was taken to the Lost Spirits Room where all lost spirits end up eventually. He would lastly double cross the Titans and trap them in the Lost Spirits Room. After the Titans failed to summon the Halloween Spirit with the traditional spell, Beetlejuice's ad conveniently sailed out of Raven's Spellbook. It read, "Is your Halloween ruined? Need help? Call the Ghost with the most. Call Beetlejuice." They were curious why his name was on the ad three times.
The elevator doors morphed and Beetlejuice emerged and guffawed. He greeted everyone. He put his eyes on the tips of his fingers and said it was nice to see them. He quickly handed Robin a small red snake and asked him to watch it. He sat on the couch next to Starfire and announced he was hungry, joking being dead will do that. He asked if they had any grub around and found Silkie. To Starfire's horror, he ate Silkie whole. She demanded he spit him out. He didn't understand. She stated seriously Silkie was not a snack. Beetlejuice summoned a portable restroom, went inside, then came back out and handed Silkie to Starfire. Beetlejuice joked he shouldn't eat crabs anyway because they gave him gas and he farted. Cyborg and Beast Boy were amused. He showed them a scary face and they screamed. He asked them if they like that. Raven said his name which caused him to get uptight and he warned them to never say his name three times or he would be banished for good. He chilled on the couch.
Raven inquired about getting help finding the Halloween Spirit. Robin took her aside and voiced his suspicions. Beetlejuice took a snake form and slithered between them, claiming he could be trusted. He assumed Robin's guise and pointed out they wore the same clothes and had the same bad breath. Beetlejuice claimed he knew where they could find the Halloween Spirit because lost spirits always ended up in one place, the Lost Spirits Room in the Netherworld. He remembered he was busy doing a show on Broadway, planning a trip to Hawaii, and just got engaged to Winona Ryder. A fourth Beetlejuice appeared behind the couch with Ryder, as they appeared in the last act of the Beetlejuice movie. Once the Titans pleaded with him to help and said his name twice, the other Beetlejuices and Ryder vanished. He told them to stop and agreed to help. He went to the glass wall and drew a door with chalk, opening a portal to the Netherworld. The Titans bounced off the door. Beetlejuice remembered only the dead could go to the Netherworld and got out a giant ax.
After the Titans landed, Beetlejuice pulled up to them on the Netherworld Express, a train comprised of giant beetles. He played tour guide and pointed them to the "Dead Sea," a dead C creature on a boat. Then "Deadman's Gulch" where a beast named Gulch was leashed to a skeleton. Beetlejuice realized they reached a dead end and they sailed off a cliff towards a pit of spikes and flames. Beetlejuice rummaged for "the button" and tossed a crowbar, mace, and anvil which happened to all hit Robin the head. Beetlejuice found the button and pushed it. The beetles' wings sprouted and they flew off, right into the side of a cliff. Raven got testy. Beetlejuice pointed to the entrance to the Lost Spirits Room but it was guarded by two giant demons. Beetlejuice got an idea from Raven and made the Teen Titans perform "The Banana Boat Song" to distract them. The guards got into the song and danced along. Beetlejuice turned into a giant spider during the black tarantula line and chased them around. He then made them punch themselves. After the second "Eight Foot Punch" line, they knocked themselves out. However, he forgot which door was the right one.
The Titans searched door to door. Cyborg opened one door and saw Adam and Barbara Maitland's ghosts floating around in a void. Beetlejuice quickly assured him they didn't want anything to do with those deadbeats and shut the door. The Titans looked inside another door and found Trigon reading a copy of Handbook for the Recently Deceased. He was elated to see the Titans on the other side of his door to the Netherworld. He waved at them but his demeanor changed when Beetlejuice tried to hide. Beetlejuice remembered he owed Trigon money. Beast Boy opened a door to a Sandworm. Beetlejuice exclaimed he hated them and pulled the Titans to safety just in time but the Sandworm flowed out of its door into the room where Trigon was and swallowed him whole. Beast Boy was concerned but Raven shrugged it off and was sure he would be fine. Starfire found the door to the Lost Spirits Room but it was locked. Beetlejuice informed them they just had to scare the keys off the janitor. Beast Boy pointed out they weren't good at being scary.
Beetlejuice slapped him and ended up explaining that they were dead so they could make their face as scary as they wanted then apologized for hurting him. They morphed their faces to Beetlejuice's satisfaction. Robin was last but he told him his face was gross enough as it was. The janitor only freaked out when he saw Robin and ran away. They opened the door but they didn't see the Halloween Spirit. Beetlejuice implored them lean in. They leaned. He told them to lean some more. They did. He rubbed his palms and told them to lean a little more. They leaned a little more. He kicked them into the room. To his annoyance, he had to explain to them he was double-crossing them, he was the one who kidnapped Halloween Spirit in the first place, and he trapped them in there so he could take over Halloween. Beetlejuice returned to Jump City and starting warping reality. All the decorations, houses, and food attacked the trick-or-treaters.
The Titans escaped Netherworld and returned. They attempted to banish him but Beetlejuice turned Robin's lips into a trumpet, socked Robin with a mallet hand, turned Cyborg's head into a bird's, shut Raven's mouth with a metal plate, and twisted Beast Boy and Starfire's mouths together. Raven pulled the plate off and opened a giant portal in the sky instead. A Sandworm emerged and descended on Beetlejuice. He was paralyzed with fear and swallowed. The Titans freed the Halloween Spirit and saved the holiday. Beetlejuice lit a match and walked around in its stomach until he bumped into Trigon. Trigon zapped his head and it shrank. He couldn't believe it happened to him again.