Casper the Friendly Ghost
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Casper the Friendly Ghost is the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a translucent ghost who is pleasant and personable,[4] but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio.
| Casper the Friendly Ghost | |
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.png) Character art derived from a panel of Casper the Friendly Ghost #1 (February 2018) Art by Adrian Ropp | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Famous Studios (animation) Harvey Comics (comic books) |
| First appearance | The Friendly Ghost (1945 animated King Cole 1936 cartoon) |
| Created by | Seymour Reit Joe Oriolo[1][2] Vincent E. Valentine II[3] |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Casper McFadden (1995 film) |
| Species | Ghost (deceased human in some versions) |
The character was featured in 55 theatrical cartoons titled The Friendly Ghost from 1945 to 1959.[5] The character has been featured in comic books published by Harvey Comics since 1952,[6] and Harvey purchased the character outright in 1959. Casper became one of Harvey's most popular characters, headlining dozens of comic book titles.
Following Harvey's purchase of the character, he appeared in five television series: Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1961), The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1970), Casper and the Angels (1979–1980), The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–1998) and Casper's Scare School (2009–2012).[7] The character made a theatrical-film appearance in a live-action adaptation released by Universal Pictures, Casper (1995), becoming the first ever computer-generated character to star in a film,[8] and he would later appear in four direct-to-video and made-for-TV follow-up films.