Gee, Casper's CGI Christmas Special Sure is Weird (Casper's Haunted Christmas)

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[@gracestarkes2644]

It's cool how Film Brain is integrated into your show now, sharing his own commentary through editing, and you guys talk to him like he's right there. It adds such a cool dynamic!

[@AllisonPregler]

Matt’s awesome!!

[@CanIswearinmyhandle]

He's doing a great job also! Allison an Phelan are already funny and att's editing really elevates it

[@norbertovalle7928]

FILM BRAIN!!! lol

[@quiltrowave]

I'm so excited!

[@MforMovesets]

Thats called video editing. Its the thing KZbin doesnt reward anymore.

[@doctorhirst9302]

The dad kinda looks like Girthmore from The Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree. He must have changed his name to Jollimore after a lightbulb taught him the true meaning of Christmas.

[@mrlaz9011]

that light bulb has some horrifying brainwash, Let me tell you.

[@stapler942]

I'm gonna assume the Casper-themed Baskin Robbins ice cream was based on Fatso's "figgy pudding" until it is demonstrated otherwise.

[@taejasper1343]

Oh yeah, I think it was, man! I wish I could've gotten some of that, it looked so delicious, yum! And they made it to promote the movie's release on DVD exclusively! It was a crazy marketing campaign, bro! But it worked and I like it!

[@siegfried0752]

I remember trailer with ice cream promotion on Joseph King of dreams vhs

[@wstine79]

It's a shame that Saban didn't think about creating an Avengers style film for his HARVEY CINEMATIC UNIVERSE.

[@Flower_Mom]

The human character designs in this special kinda give me Littlest Light on the Christmas Tree flashbacks.

[@brandonspain12345]

It's weird because the ghosts almost look on point with the 1995 movie. (Hell, most of the 1995 movie's promotions used the Haunted Christmas designs and not the original movie's.)

[@LaNoLaCola]

Allison and Phelan gave us an early Christmas gift! And it isn't even Christmas in July

[@miraprime474]

Ziggy is an innocent angel!

[@darthsidious47]

That theme song parody is the best part of this film.

[@Pipkiablo]

I actually still have this movie on VHS somewhere. My mom presumably got it for us for Christmas because my sister was obsessed with Casper Meets Wendy, to the point my mom bought it for her on VHS because she was tired of renting it every other week from Blockbuster. I think I remember liking it. We watched it a million and a half times, and I still remember large parts of it. Also, love Ziggy getting off into misadventures in the background. I also recently acquired a new kitten, and every other minute he eats something he's not supposed to or climbs inside the couch and accidentally loses one of his toys in there.

[@nonconnahordeath]

i am enthusiastically HERE for all Ziggy content

[@JamiJR]

Spooky & Pearl are supposed to be like 1920s/1930s mobsters. Hence the way they talk. So in the original cartoons there was more than one occasion where Casper was threatened with banishment if he didn't scare someone and he would end up accidentally scare his uncles and that would count.

[@rogue7723]

I only saw the earliest cartoons where Casper lived at a cemetery. Y'know in the first episode Casper was -so depressed_ over no one wanting to be his friend he tried _committing suicide_ by getting run over by a train and _cried_ when _it didn’t work._ (Sarcasm) _Clearly_ the best character for a _fun, heartwarming, Christmas_ movie. _Am I right?_

[@brandonspain12345]

One of the shorts has Casper cursed after being exposed to the public as a city hero that the court agreed to punish Casper by taking away his powers until he intentionally scares someone. This causes his friendship with his friends in the city to backfire after screwing everything up. And eventually gets his powers back after he scares a bunch of ghosts by disguising himself as a human ghost exterminator. 😅

[@ShinGallon]

Christmas isn't over until the eggnog runs out and I still have half a carton that's good till mid-Febuary. Let's go!

[@cosmiccats15-ju9ic]

Spooky: Do you like scary cookies? Theodore Rex: Cookies cookies cookies cookies cookies!!!

[@Account_Not_Applicable]

Since Christmas is over, Ziggy gets a free pass to be naughty without the consequence of ending up on the naughty list. Or so she thinks.

[@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf]

The three of you are spoiling us with such great content this month alone.

[@jacobjackson9032]

I really love the trend of you and Phelous publishing your reviews back to back or on the same day. It feels like a nice, chill double feature when ever it happens.

[@calemobrien1139]

I remember watching this a ton as a kid because I loved Casper so much. Havent seen it in 15+ years but man watching this review brought back a lot of good memories. I never saw A Spirited Beginning but for some reason I played the computer game a lot. Loved this little nostalgia trip!

[@apizzathatgiantforthesimpl5191]

I adored this movie as a child. I have a distinct memory of me and my sister watching it together and when Casper said "Hey! Why did you do that?!" my mom marched in and turned off the TV demanding to know what had happened because she assumed we were fighting. 😂

[@brendakrieger7000]

Ziggy is super adorable😻💜

[@Life.can.be.smelly.]

They re-decorated Christmas and got a new tree all for this video, I'm amazed , what a treat

[@Sebastian_Niedermeier]

My household is traditional so Christmas isn't over (that mostly means the decorations and tree still remain) till the day after Candlemass Day (February 2nd), americans may more commonly know it as Groundhog day, I guess. Anyway I'm very happy about this late Christmas Special and find it extrordinary time appropriate. On that note I definitely wouldn't mind another Halloween Special next time, for it's really fun.

[@averyeml]

I’m glad the important parts of this are getting focused on, like the adorableness of Casper the Ghost meeting Casper the Voice Actor and Randy Travis getting his flowers

[@EpicJasonX9000]

“Who ya gonna call?! Someone else!” XD

[@BrandonCroker]

The holliest and jolliest of ghosts?

[@cosmiccats15-ju9ic]

Not gonna lie, a Pauly Shore film festival sounds pretty rad

[@MVDied]

Thank you so much. I was hoping you would do this one. I'm glad you 'wasted a precious January slot.'

[@BronzeBoy520]

I actually remember watching this, and all I remember from it are the parents being utterly coked out the whole film. I refuse not to believe that.

[@norbertovalle7928]

Sometimes people are still sad Christmas is over. Leave it to Phelous & Lupa to fix that. Thank you guys, I might have been one of those people still sad so thnx lmao

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

Casper's Haunted Christmas was a movie that would air on YTV in my neck of the woods. I never watched it in full, but I do remember the last line being "have a Scary Christmas and a Happy BOO Year!" I had forgotten that the movie had pop-culture jokes... and well-executed ones at that as well.

[@brandonspain12345]

Honestly, it's probably the second best Casper movie after the original 1995 film. I would even say the ghosts' designs and animation almost manage to replicate the original's.

[@TothanCrawk]

I liked Casper meets Wendy too, George Hamilton looked like he was just having fun with his roll.

[@Minerdee]

I enjoyed Casper Meets Wendy too. I must have watched it a lot as a kid because I recently rewatched part of it and I remembered a lot of the lines lol

[@andrewollmann304]

8:16 I feel like the British/Irish would call Jell-O pudding “not fit for human consumption.”

[@gracekim25]

Probably 😂

[@TroubleToby3040]

Nah... They have "instant" custard (from powder) that is nearly indistinguishable from instant Jell-O pudding. To put it very mildly, the U.K.'s food sophistication level is, at best, about on par with ours. The rest of Europe looks down their collective nose at U.K. and U.S.A. about equally. (The fried candy bar was invented in Scotland. Their cuisine is markedly below ours.)

[@kramermariav]

​@@TroubleToby3040 so we have them to thanks, lol

[@TroubleToby3040]

@@kramermariavI agree... Well, I've never actually HAD a fried candy bar, but I'd love to try it. 👍👍👍

[@kramermariav]

@@TroubleToby3040 Same! It seems so decadent. Next time the fair's in town, lol

[@Polycomical]

OK I know you didn't ask for it but here is the explanation of the British idea of "pudding". First of all pudding is often what folks refer to as the sweet course, though typically we tend to think of steamed stodgy ones like sticky toffee, chocolate and Polka Dotted Richard ( I'm not saying its actual name because yes we laugh at how rude it sounds too). Christmas pudding (aka figgy pudding) is the one with all the fruits and being set on fire (traditionally people would hide a coin it for good luck but don't think that happens so much now.) And yes jelly is our version of Jello (Jello coming from a brand name we don't really have here.) Oh and also awesome funny video, love that we got a Bushwhacked reference in there, it warmed me like Ready Brek (another obscure British food reference.)

[@EpicJasonX9000]

Baskin Robins really should of done a promotion of The Stuff.

[@ZenShawoom]

Christmas ends so fast. It nice to see a video of over a Christmas. Man, we need to get Casper better scary influences to look up to for example, Freddy Krueger, Pinhead, Barney. Man, chills went down my spine typing that one. :P Another lovely videos. I am looking forward what you guys are going to post on Valentine's Day.

[@marcushead9985]

If I had a nickel for every Christmas story that centered around exactly four ghosts, I'd have ten cents, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice.

[@totz_the_plaid9625]

...but this one has eight ghosts.

[@TheMellowFilmmaker]

How to solve this movie in 5 minutes. "Casper, you need to scare at least one person." "Okie Dokie. I'll just scare a bad person. Maybe a burglar or a mugger."

[@philipjay2099]

Ziggy kitty! Ziggy kitty! Tortie power!

[@nefarioussness]

I watched this on TV as a child. All I remembered was Casper being mistaken as a snowman and wondering why ghosts needed to eat.

[@slenders1ckn3ss]

Mainframe also owns Rainmaker Studios, which made most of the early Barbie movies, which is why those are the good movies. 😊

[@bebecranney8740]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane

[@chaoticblades2382]

I remember this movie being one of the previews on a beloved vhs and how confused it made me (pretty sure the shower scene was part of it too). I’m pleased to see it’s somehow even more wild (and Jimmy neutron-looking) than the preview implied

[@rogue7723]

In all these _Casper_ projects, I never understood why Casper never met the ghosts halfway and scared people like robbers, kidnappers and mob members.

[@RettMikhal]

I once got made fun of by my classmates in the UK for calling a jelly donut... a... jelly donut. They thought I meant it was full of jello. So I asked all of them to raise their hands if their country had landed on the moon.

[@171QA]

Can't believe this was animated by the same studio that gave us Beast Wars and Reboot.

[@gregmark1688]

The ass-flossing scene .. the look of innocence utterly ruined on Casper's face.

[@brandonspain12345]

It was Spooky disguised as Casper but yes it is funny as hell.

[@cameronstone4495]

Ah January, that magical time of Christmas backwash and crappy horror films bringing everyone together or at least Allison and Phelan.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

"Oh, the Super Bowl is on? Cool, I'm going to be busy not caring about that too!"

[@ashleepurefancy]

the stealing christmas thing seems like a Nightmare Before Christmas reference :P

[@MforMovesets]

9:52 "Really? Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard anyone say Scrooge."

[@starlimitz2]

I think you should do all of the low budget Casper movies. Honestly, I kind of wish you did The Spirited Beginning. This was also a good choice, though.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Casper & the Gang almost got banished to the Home for Infinite Losers

[@TroubleToby3040]

"Gelatin type pudding", in the sense Allison means here, is called "custard" in the U.K., not "jelly". Allison doesn't mean Jell-O, which WOULD be "jelly" in England, she means the Jell-O brand pudding, which is nearly the same thing as instant (from powder) custard. To a chef, there is a difference between "custard" and "pudding", but they are VERY similar.

[@FilmBrain]

Yeah, we had a bit of a debate on this, as Jell-O is such a ubiquitous brand in the US that it almost encompasses all deserts. I was aware that Jell-O Pudding is more like custard, but the decision on the caption was down to me as a Brit, so if you think it's wrong, you can blame me.

[@TroubleToby3040]

@@FilmBrain No problem... You afforded me the chance at a strong "uhm, actually". What more can a pedantic nerd ask for. 👍👍👍

[@Tareltonlives]

Frankly to me Christmas doesn't end til spring. I'm all for more stuff! Awww Ziggy! Cute baby! Matt's editing is amazing You know, compared to the writing and the animation of the Swan Princess Christmas, this isn't bad at all. I feel like there's a Casper Iceberg somewhere and that this is still not going underneath the surface. I'm taking this episode as both a belated Christmas and belated birthday present.

[@Tareltonlives]

It's a Christmas about ghosts- of course a British guy has to get involved.

[@paultapner2769]

I think if Archer had been done in 1990's cgi animation style, then Cyril would look exactly like Mr. Jolliwell does.

[@caseyEATSPIZZA]

Wow I used to have the 3 Saban movies on VHS as a kid and totally remember Haunted Christmas being live action.

[@mathieuleader8601]

Speaking of A Christmas Carol in the Casper cartoon from the 90's in an episode titled A Christmas Peril the Ghostly Trio take on the duties of the Ghosts of Christmas themselves who just want a holiday on Christmas because they've been working overtime. The fate of the Scrooge in this episode is for Scrooge to become the fourth member of the trio and ironically enough the boss's toy factory employees don't believe his change of heart so he is carted off to jail or a padded cell cannot remember which exactly. Also Casper's verison of Dickens Ghost of Christmas Future in that episode is imagined as an alien which I think is neat

[@jameshilton7894]

The Casper Timeline 1. Casper A Spirited Beginning 2. Casper’s Haunted Christmas 3. Casper (the first movie) 4. The Casper Cartoon series (the one that’s a sequel to the movie) 5. Casper Meets Wendy. 6. Casper’s Scare School (movie) 7. Casper’s Scare School (the show)

[@kingofravens215]

Man I haven’t thought about that movie in years I’m going to add it to my Christmas movie playlist for next year!

[@The__Creeper]

Christmas never ends. * Bowling for Soup music *

[@Entertainer13]

My mom bought this for reasons I don't know; it's all right but I needed your snark. Thank you!

[@jonothanthrace1530]

"Ziggy pudding?!" "No, no, no, FIGGY pudding. It's made with figs." "Oh." "And cat."

[@gothnerd887]

16:42 That would make sense if they were in Britain because we actually have a Christmas movie with a flying snowman

[@MissAshley42]

Anyone who says they wouldn't want to own that fart phone is a damned liar.

[@DanielWitzer]

Smellular phone. Please

[@patrickjohnson1649]

I never watched Spirited Beginning, But I vaguely remember owning a Computer Disc with a Bunch of Little Mini Games based on the Movie.

[@Shades14]

An old VHS I used to have had a trailer for this thing. I was mildly curious as a kid but never bothered going out of my way to find it. Hearing you guys talk about it and watching clips brings up vague memories of watching it on Cartoon Network once, but I can’t really be sure.

[@AndyNewman95]

My gosh, fuckin gawd, it’s weird how they reviewed it for hours before they ghosted me.

[@michigo]

Truly a magical Christmas

[@EpicJasonX9000]

Kind of a coincidence that you’re both doing a review of Casper Christmas in January wearing Christmas based Ghostbusters sweaters when the newest film, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire, comes out in March.

[@crithon]

"they were building a lore, and it's not boring." PUT THAT ON THE BOX! Good video, but yeah, I actually do like Mainframe animation work.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

16:23 Holy crap, someone with an actual New England accent in this movie set in New England!

[@Jspider56]

I remember as a teenager liking this movie. I knew it was bad but it had this charming terrible that made me love it. I loved the good jokes and I loved the lame ones XD "Christ...MASSACHUSETTS the most Christmasy town in America" and the "Holly Jollymore the Friendly Ghost" just sold me.

[@HalfTimeLazer]

I loved this movie as a kid!

[@Ryfangor]

These are very comforting to watch :3

[@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145]

Phelous has a black & red Santa hat like I have! I've had mine many years & back when it was only available at Target in limited numbers. I used to get offered a lot of $ for it...but I never sold 😅

[@MrAlman8]

If the off chance they do make a Casper goes to heck story, this would be a good opportunity for a crossover with another Harvey Comics character, Hot stuff the little devil. So, this would basically be Casper meets Hot Stuff.

[@taejasper1343]

This is an amazing video and I love this movie, bro! You know, if Lindsay Ellis were in this video, then shoe would've probably went ham on this movie, man! I mean, she would destroy it and tear it apart and rip on it, she is good at critiquing things, dude! I love her style of movie and TV show reviews, I really do! She's awesome at it! But yeah, you and Phelan make a great duo on this series, Allison! You're both so cool! Keep it up! I love it so much! And Merry January-mas, I guess, also! And Iove the editing from Film Brain (Matt) with him chiming in on your review and stuff! That's so neat! I like it! And his editing is top notch! Is he a filmmaker? Probably, with that editing, I'm sure he is, 'cause he's pretty good at it! Also, I love your green Christmas earrings, they're super goreous and cute on you, Allison! They really are! Looking good!

[@amberwingtundrawing776]

This movie aired on cartoon network when I was a kid. I rewatched this Christmas and it's exactly as cheap as I remembered

[@TheFlamingDoh2]

2:30 The SOUL rights!

[@mathieuleader8601]

Kibosh is Slimer's power fantasy

[@tsukikage]

I knew just enough about British English to realize your editor was confused when they said "jello-type pudding" is called "jelly" - that's what they call jello. I found this on the ELL Stack Exchange. "I'm a Brit that's spent a number of years in the US. There's no direct analogue. But, if you want to describe it, remember, context is everything. Just as dessert is the name of the 'sweet course of a meal' in the US, you can get things with the name dessert in them and not be confused. Likewise with pudding. Plus, in British English pudding isn't even a generic name for 'sweet things' in all contexts (because you'll be really surprised when you take a bite of steak+kidney pudding) but is actually a reference to a shape, specifically the 'pudding bowl' (and hence leading to the name 'pudding bowl haircut') Just call it what it is, 'chocolate pudding'. Anyone who knows what it is, will know, and anyone who doesn't, won't- whatever the name."

[@randomreviews4278]

14:51 another joke that I now understood

[@randomreviews4278]

10:03 lol forgot about that

[@rogue7723]

8:07 Ziggy was like, "Ok that's it. _Screw_ you guys, I'm going home. Fatso's poo is where I draw the line."

[@mathieuleader8601]

Mr. Jollymore is happier and cheerier than his ancestor Old Man

[@yourclairygodmother]

I recently reviewed "Casper's Scare School" on my own channel. Crapper the Pleasant Poltergeist is simultaneously boring yet fascinating to research and discuss, which are some of my favorite films to review. It's great to see you tackle this sickly sweet spector, Allison and Phelous! ❤

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Well I watched it when I was little! It spun off from a movie of the same name.

[@yourclairygodmother]

@@SlapstickGenius23I reviewed both the show and the movie!

[@danielsundli3642]

When are coming back to Baywatching? =)

[@runtripfall69]

I never even knew this existed and I watched the original 95 movie so much. Did they just not market it to save money? Weird.

[@swingindoorspro2]

really should have saved this for March 25th to tie into Christmas 2

[@TrenchMan93]

Idk i liked alot of the jokes. The grinch parody, the its a wonderful life injury joke, like some stuff really holds up.

[@Idunnoyouguessit]

Mainframe were the kings of putting genuine effort into contracted garbage.

[@randomreviews4278]

19:32 like how you didn't mention the Richie rich cameo

[@samtownend6744]

I totally forgot about Casper: A Spiroted Beginning, I used to watch that all the time when I was about 5. I thought A Spirited Beginning was THE Casper movie. Many years later when I first saw the Christina Ricci movie I was very confused

[@Cheezitnator]

I miss Mainframe... Thanks for reminding me we'll never get a resolution for Reboot. 😢

[@kennyryan625]

2:28 Don’t you mean ‘the SOUL rights’? 👻😁

[@marcherwitch9811]

btw heads up for a tie in, Hagan has reviewed caspar meets wendy, i believe!

[@marcherwitch9811]

tbf to the lass, my name is just Holly and december was the worst til i was like... 15...

[@TankHardcheese]

Broooo they straight up stole that Psycho shower parody bit from the Ren & Stimpy episode "Haunted House".

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

You know what I never see anyone mention? The whole reason Casper and his uncle's were sent to Kriss Massachusetts was because he hadn't scared anyone that year.... But he DID scare someone! In the very beginning, he scares the guy working at the drive in! Not intentionally, but he does in fact scare the guy! So basically, the main conflict of the film didn't even need to happen! Casper DID scare someone!

[@FilmBrain]

They mention it has to be on purpose, not accidental like Casper often does.

[@bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257]

@@FilmBrain oh, okay. Nevermind then, I forgot about that little detail...

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks for doing this one👻🎄🎁🎀

[@LKMEW]

Sending love to ya guys and gurl. You're my comfort zone on youtube. :3