“Delia: Charles, I will not stop living and breathing art just because you need to relax. Charles: Ha. Delia: I'm here with you. I will live with you in this hellhole, but I must express myself. If you don't let me gut out this house and make it my own, I will go insane, and I will take you with me!…”Tagged: Art, hellhole, insane, Revenge
“[to Lydia, about the owner of the finger he pulled out of a wedding ring] I'm tellin' ya, honey, she meant nothin' to me. Nothin' at all!”Tagged: wedding ring
“Bernard: Otho, I didn't realize you were into the supernatural. Otho: Well, of course! You remember, after my stint with the Living Theatre. I was one of New York City's leading paranormal researchers, until the bottom dropped out in '72. Beryl: [cynically] Paranormal—is that what they're calling…”Tagged: Supernatural, New York City, Paranormal
“Barbara: [after Jane did not hear Adam call her] She didn't see you, right? Adam: Uh-uh. Barbara: [reading the handbook] In the book: 'Rule Number Two: the living usually won't see the dead.' Adam: 'Won't' or 'can't'? Barbara: It just says 'won't'. God, this book is so stupid. I can't understand…”Tagged: Ghosts, zombies
“Beetlejuice: I'm feeling a little, ooh, anxious if you know what I mean. It's been about six hundred years after all. I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself, can find a little action... [a brothel appears, he dances with joy] Hey Adam, nice move! Barbara: Adam, why did you build that?…”Tagged: Whorehouse, Anxious
“This house is so big. It really ought to belong to people who have children.”Tagged: House, Children, spacious
“They wanted me to dissect a frog, I told them it was against my religion.”Tagged: Frog, dissection, Religion
“[Trying to get Lydia to say his name three times] No, you don't need to talk to Barbara. Just SAY IT!”Tagged: Incantation, Say It
“Charles: I'm not sure this is the right environment for Lydia. Snakes, ghosts... Delia: Shrimp.”Tagged: environment, Snakes, Ghosts, shrimp
“Adam: How is it that you can see us but nobody else can? Lydia: Well, I read in that Handbook For The Recently Deceased. It says, 'Live people ignore the strange and unusual.' I, myself, am strange and unusual. Barbara: You look like a regular girl to me.”Tagged: deceased, Ghosts, strange, unusual
“[reading obituary] Ooh-la-la, what have we got here? The Maitlands. [laughs] Cute couple. Look nice and stupid, too! [more laughing]”Tagged: Nice, Stupid, Cute
“[Evaluating her new home] A little gasoline...blowtorch...no problem.”Tagged: Gasoline, blowtorch, Arson
“Lydia: Mr. and Mrs. Maitland? Hello? Where are you? Beetlejuice: Dead. Dead, dead, deadski. Lydia: Of course they're dead. They're ghosts. Beetlejuice: No, I mean they're gone, split, out of here, afterlife kids, deceased—ahh. Lydia: Are you a ghost, too? Beetlejuice: I'm a ghost with the most,…”Tagged: Ghost, dead
“Very Dumb Football Player: [the football players have re-entered Juno's office] Coach? Juno: What? Very Dumb Football Player: [looking disturbed] I don't think we survived that crash. Juno: [sarcastically] How did you guess?”Tagged: Undead, Football, Plane Crash
“Juno: What's wrong? Barbara: We're very unhappy. Juno: What did you expect? You're dead!”Tagged: Unhappy, dead
“[why he can't tell Lydia his name] Because if I tell you, you'll tell your friends, your friends are callin' me on the horn all the time, I gotta show up at shopping centers for openings and sign autographs and shit like that and it makes my life a hell. Okay? A living hell.”Tagged: Autographs, Hell, living hell
“Adam: You can see us without the sheets? Lydia: Of course I can see you. Adam: Well, how is it you see us and nobody else can? Lydia: Well, I've read through that handbook for the recently deceased. It says: 'live people ignore the strange and unusual.' I myself am strange and unusual. Barbara: You…”Tagged: strange, unusual, Regular Girl