Casper's Scare School (TV series)

Casper's Scare School
Based on	Casper the Friendly Ghost  by Joseph Oriolo and Seymour Reit
Voices of	Season 1 Robbie Sublett Vanessa Belladini Carter Jackson Goldie Zwiebel Justin Pavia Kevin Mahr Juanny Paulino Donna Coney Island Shelly Smith Shenoy Season 2 Matthew Géczy Sharon Mann Mirabelle Kirkland Shelly Smith Shenoy
Composer(s)	Noam Kaniel Lars Segoni [1]
Country of origin	France United States India
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	54
Production
Executive producer(s)	Christophe Di Sabatino Benoit Di Sabatino Nicolas Atlan Bob Mittenthal Deborah Dugan Doug Schwalbe Tapaas Chakravarti [1]
Producer(s)	Kevin Gamble[1]
Running time	approx. 22 minutes (2 11-minute segments)
Production company(s)	Harvey Entertainment Moonscoop DQ Entertainment[1] Classic Media[2]
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network
Original release	October 5, 2009 – October 3, 2012

Casper's Scare School is an American–French–Indian animated series based on the computer animated film Casper's Scare School starring Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series aired on Cartoon Network in 2009, and a second season aired in 2012 with a new opening sequence, a new voice cast and a slightly different CGI animation style.^[3]

Production

The complete first season aired between October and November 2009.

The second season aired in October 5, 2012 on Cartoon Network featuring a new title theme, recasting all the voices and with new edited CGI animation. The voices are different as it now stars actor Matthew Geczy who started in Code Lyoko, another France production. Jimmy's voice is similar to the movie version. The characters whose voices dramatically changed were Casper, Thatch, Stinky, Stretch, Wolfie and Alder, all voiced by Geczy, given a voice similar to his character, Odd Della Robbia from Code Lyoko. Geczy also voices numerous characters. Many other actors from said show also work on it such as Mirabelle Kirkland who voiced Yumi Ishiyama in Code Lyoko now plays Mantha and Jimmy in the second season. Some background characters were given larger roles and speaking roles and the personalities of some characters have changed, mostly which Thatch having a tender side of playing with rubber ducks.

Plot

Casper (Robbie Sublett/Matthew Géczy) has to be able to graduate through Scare School before he gets banished to the valley of the shadows forever. He goes on many adventures with the students that attend there.

List of Casper's Scare School characters

List of Casper's Scare School episodes

The series featured 26 episodes including a one-hour special: "Power Outage". Episodes 1 to 13 aired in the UK in early 2009. All Season 1 episodes aired in the US in October/November 2009.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	26	October 5, 2009	March 29, 2010
	2	26	August 23, 2010	February 14, 2011

List of episodes

EP#	Title	Airdate	Prod. code
1	"Fang Decay/Scare Day"	October 5, 2009	101
"Fang Decay" Thatch has got fang-ache. Casper tries taking him to the school nurse, but the only helpful way is taking him to a fleshie dentist. "Scare Day" Casper's attempts to help Mantha win a scaring competition backfire. Meanwhile Alder and Dash try to get in to the competition. This is the first time Casper shows signs of romantic feelings for Mantha.
2	"Disarmed And Dangerous/ Frankenleftovers"	October 6, 2009	102
"Disarmed And Dangerous" Mantha replaces her arm with a tentacle that seems to be causing trouble at school. Meanwhile the boys keep finding vandalism at night and suspect it to be caused by Mantha. "Frankenleftovers" Casper makes a creature out of cafeteria leftovers, but the beast proves difficult to control.
3	"Bully For You/ The Ra-Minator"	October 7, 2009	103
"Bully For You" Casper forms a secret squad to end bullying at school. "The Ra-Minator" Casper helps Ra seem more athletic, but his kindness could lead to trouble after Ra is challenged to complete a dangerous task.
4	"Weekend At Bunny's/ Grimly Day"	October 8, 2009	104
"Weekend At Bunny's" Casper tries to protect a bunny that frightens Alder and Dash. "Grimly Day" The kids undergo scariness testing.
5	"Accidental Hero/ Rich Kid Ra"	October 9, 2009	105
"Accidental Hero" Casper's uncles give him scaring tips that end up working too well. "Rich Kid Ra" Ra gains popularity after kids at the school find out he's rich. Thatch, Alder, and Dash try to claim Ra's riches.
6	"Dragon Quest/ Opposite Day"	October 13, 2009	106
"Dragon Quest" Casper goes to a medieval-themed restaurant with Professor Burns, who's seeking revenge against the knights there. "Opposite Day" A botched experiment changes the students' personalities, such as the mean people as nice people.
7	"Scare Scouts/ Boo!"	October 14, 2009	107
"Scare Scouts" Casper joins a scout troop but is dismayed by their mission to scare people. "Boo !" Thatch is stuck at a Halloween party in Deedstown.
8	"Abra-Ca-Deedstown/ Shrinky Dust"	October 15, 2009	108
"Abra-Ca-Deedstown" Ra and Mantha encourage an overwhelmed Casper to be less helpful, but it could affect Jimmy's magic show. "Shrinky Dust!" A bully gets magic shrinking dust, putting the whole town in peril.
9	"Bands On The Run/ Vote for Casper"	October 16, 2009	109
"Bands On The Run" A battle of the bands divides Casper, Mantha and Ra. "Vote for Casper" Kibosh pressures Casper to run for Class Representative, but Casper doesn't want to betray Mantha, who's also running.
10	"Permission Impossible/What Possessed You?"	October 19, 2009	110
"Permission Impossible" Ra sneaks away on a camping trip and ends up lost in the woods with Casper and Mantha. "What Possessed You?" Norman takes Casper's ghostly form and causes trouble. While the whole thing is happening, Alder & Dash use this as a way to avoid punishment from Kibosh.
11	"Merry Scary Christmas/Time Waits for No Ghost"	October 20, 2009	111
"Merry Scary Christmas" Casper is supposed to spread bad cheer in Deedstown, but he really wants to spend time with Jimmy during Christmas. "Time Waits For No Ghost" The students overuse a clock that stops time until it breaks and everyone is stuck in time.
12	"Ghost Bust a Move/My Fair Harpy"	October 21, 2009	112
"Ghost Bust a Move" Casper and friends haunt Jimmy's house in an effort to stop the Bradley family from moving. "My Fair Harpy" Ra takes Harpy to the school dance, where Ra plans to be named king. However as Thatch heard about the award of the dance, he is determined to become king.
13	"Fleshed Out/Messy Business at the Manor"	October 22, 2009	113
"Fleshed Out" Wolfie turns into a human, much to his horror, and could be expelled from Scare School. "Messy Business At The Manor" Mosshead proves to be an annoying houseguest.
14	"Paramedic Paranormal/Back to Ghoul"	October 23, 2009	114
"Paramedic Paranormal" Jimmy goes to the hospital to treat his hives, but Casper's friends distract the staff, leaving Jimmy neglected. "Back To Ghoul" Casper's uncles return to Scare School and land Casper in hot water as a result of their constant pranks.
15	"2,500 Candles for Ra/It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Underworld"	October 26, 2009	116
"2,500 Candles For Ra" Feeling neglected on his birthday, Ra goes to the museum to visit his mummy friends. The trip turns perilous when the exhibit is packed up for a new location. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Underworld" Copies of Cappy's treasure map flood the school, leading to an all-out treasure hunt.
16	"Curse of the Sandwich/A Real Little Monster"	October 27, 2009	116
"Curse of the Sandwich" Ra thinks he's becoming a vampire after he bites Thatch's sandwich. "A Real Little Monster" Casper hides Jimmy in Scare School to protect him from Norman, but he may have to guard Jimmy from the students as well.
17	"Curse of the Sarchopogas/Wiz Kid Ra"	October 28, 2009	117
"Curse of the Sarcophagus" Ra gets a fancy new sarcophagus, a hi-tech device that's difficult to control. "Whiz Kid Ra" Ra uses the Answertorium for a test, but his new genius status puts Wolfie in peril.
18	"Dimension Demended/The Taming of the Glouch"	October 29, 2009	118
"Dimension Demented" Ra gets stuck in the Dimension Tube, which Casper tries to fix before Ra is gone forever. "The Taming of the Gloutch" The kids raise gloutches for a school project. Casper and Thatch have problems raising their gloutches as these have the opposite of their personalities.
19	"Ring My Bell/First Mate Caspar"	October 30, 2009	119
"Ring My Bell" Casper takes over Quasi's job as punishment for persuading him to go on strike. "First Mate Casper" Casper becomes Cappy's first mate but has trouble adjusting to life on the sea.
20	"Power Outage Part 1 & 2"	November 2, 2009	120
A monster is loose in the school, stealing the powers of all the teachers and students with the help of a magic crystal. When the students succeed in capturing the creature, it turns out this was all a test by Kibosh. But when he wants to return the powers to the students, his friend, a Leprechaun named Razznik, steals the crystal.
21	"Power Outage Part 3 & 4"	November 3, 2009	121
Razznik has taken the powers of all students, except Casper. The students and teachers of the Scare School all flee to Deedstown. Casper enlists the help of Jimmy and his dad to get the crystal back.
22	"Ghost in the Gallery/Wart on the Nose"	November 4, 2009	122
"Ghost in the Gallery"A ghost stole an artwork from Deedstown Gallery. It turn out a man inside a white sheet over his head. "Wart on the nose" When Professor Thurdigree Burns come down with the dragon flu, Casper, Mantha and Ra are tasked with finding a cure.
23	"Revenge of the Creature Catcher/Slugby"	November 5, 2009	123
"Revenge of the Creature Catcher"Jimmy's dad thought that Casper, Ra and Mantha as "evil" creatures, so he went to the Underworld. "Slugby" The students and staff divided into teams against each other in the game of Slugby (a parody sport of rugby)
24	"You Oughta Be In Pictures/Crypt Critters"	November 6, 2009	124
"You Oughta Be In Pictures" Mantha thought that the actors of the director's recent movie were real zombies, so she led an army that zombies are like everyone else, turned out that it was a bad idea. "Crypt Critters" Mantha has crypt critters (parody pest of lice), so Casper has to find a solution to put end of Mantha's itchiness.
25	"The Reflesherator/Master Blister"	November 10, 2009	125
"The Reflesherator" Flyboy's dad replaces Professor Thurdegree Burns as a Science teacher and wants Flyboy to turn back into fleshies/humans together. "Master Blister" After Alder & Dash punished the students and got fired by Kibosh, due to the students' revenge, a new headmaster approached and nobody wants to follow him.
26	"Casper the Match Maker/Jimmy Bradley: Creature Catcher"	November 12, 2009	126
"Casper the match maker" When Frankenjymteacher and Heddy fall in love with each other, Casper, Mantha and Ra Set up Mystery Dates. "Jimmy Bradley: Creature Catcher" It's "Take Your Kid to Work Day" Jimmy's dad takes Jimmy to tag along with him and make him a Junior Creature Catcher for the day. Meanwhile Casper's assignment is to get items on a list.

Season 2 began airing October 2, 2012 on Cartoon Network.

EP#	Title	Airdate	Prod. code
27	"Monster Movie / Quacky Duck"	October 2, 2012	201
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28	"Dopplegangers / Totally Bats!"	October 3, 2012	202
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29	"Cappys Mail Order Eyes / Pumpkin Pal"	TBA	203
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DVD release

On August 10, 2010, Classic Media released Casper's Scare School: 12 monstrous episodes on DVD in Region 1.^[4] This collection features the first 12 episodes of the series.

See also

• List of ghost films

References

1. "Fang Decay / Scare Day". Casper's Scare School. Season 1. Episode 1. Netflix.
2. "Love Potion / Stage Fright". Casper's Scare School. Season 2. Episode 16. Netflix.
3. "Second Season Of ‘Casper S.S’ Planned « YTN – Youth Television News". eb.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-01-25.
4. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Caspers-Scare-School-Season- 1/13844

External links

• Casper's Scare School at Internet Movie Database
• http://www.eastershow.com.au/entertainment/EBEAB55B62A0490B8C2C6CB3DD83360B.aspx