Changes and development

Certainly, one of the biggest features of the TV series of Casper's Scare School is the extensive changes that were made from the pilot film of the same name released three years earlier. The same thing applied later for the second season compared to the first, also released three years later.

The following topics cover all the differences and changes between the film and the TV series, and between the first and second season.

## cast

One of the main changes between the film and the two seasons is in the cast, with absolutely none of the voice actors reprising their roles. Below is a complete list of all the voice actors for each character from the movie to the second season; characters where only two voice actors are mentioned (from the first and second season) are because they did not appear or have a line in the movie.

* Casper: Devon Werkheiser, Robbie Sublett, Matthew Géczy
## Animation

The animation also had drastic changes, especially from the movie to the series.

In the movie, where the animation was handled by Kapow Pictures, each set of characters were animated by different people, resulting in some characters moving quite differently from others; most characters had stiff animations and somewhat "limited" facial expressions, such as the Ghostly Trio and Casper himself, while others were notable for being animated much more smoothly and with more movements, such as Kibosh and the Casper's Shadow. The particles seem to have been done separately in an editing software, put on over the rerendering.

In the first season of the series, released three years after the film, the characters are apparently animated by only one person, with everyone having the same types of movements, which this time are smoother and much less rigid, but still very un-expressive and somewhat slow, and the facial expressions seem much more simplified. The series also stands out for having a very active scenery, as in Scare School where students can be seen walking around and interacting with each other in the background. The series also added each character's own walking cycle, although this was also present in the film, it is much more noticeable here. The particles are now more present and this time seem to be placed along with the animation. The first season also for the first time added motion blur and blurred backgrounds to the animation.

The franchise finally got its own animation style in the second season released in 2012, which apparently had a larger budget spent on animation. The characters received a more rigid animation, with less smooth movements, but much faster and with more polished poses, resembling a more cartoony animation. The facial expressions were improvised and diversified, and this time the characters' looks are more "fixed" and less split, giving a better impression of what they are looking at. Outside the characters, the camera angles have also been improved, this time with a more balanced and less exaggerated field of view. The blurry background has been completely removed and the motion blur is also less present than before.

## Design

The design has more minor changes compared to the animation, however, there are some feats worth mentioning, such as the drastic change in the look of the sets. Unlike the cast and animation, the changes in design happen only between the movie and the first season, with the second season following with exactly the same look that was put into the first season.

In the movie, the Scare School was totally different from what it looked like in the TV series; the structure was much smaller and the buildings were made mostly of rocks, and it was also located in the middle of the Underworld oceans instead of an island, being surrounded by a fence. The principal's office was located behind the school instead of in the front, and at the entrance there was the name of the school in a ghostly little green writing. Deedstown also featured major changes in the series, such as the houses and locations having more distinct structures from each other, and looking more like a city than a suburb, with a large presence of buildings.

The movie had mostly a dark, silent and scary vibe, which later ended up changing in the series to a more innocent and less horror-like environment. Another feature that contributed to this change was the lighting and the color palette, which was quite dark and not very notorious in the film, while in the series, although it doesn't get to be somewhat colorful, it is much lighter and has a more diverse color palette, which also looks a bit more beige.

Of all the changes that happened between the movie and the series, the character designs were the ones that most remained the same, having only a few small changes or a little more polish and less solid colors in the series, as well as having slightly more prominent eyelids and their irises being more visibile.

* In the movie, Casper had a dark white color and purple eyes, while in the series, he went to a lighter bright color and his eyes became blue, as in his previous adaptations. His facial features also had some slight changes, such as his eyes being less diagonal in the series.
* Mantha has darker eyes in the series and her mouth is closer to her nose. The symbol on her shirt has changed from an image of a full flower to a top view.
* Ra now has light brown eyes instead of the dark green he had in the movie. His bandages have become dirtier and less vibrant and his gold accessories now have a more yellowish color than orange.
* Thatch in the movie had reddish eyes, plus a bluish skin color, darker lips, dark circles under his eyes, and a gray shirt instead of a white one.
* Alder and Dash in the movie had light orange eyes and a dark brown leather cloak. Dash had dark blue eyebrows instead of the color of his hair, and the lenses in Alder's glasses were darker and greenish.
* Wolfie had the most drastic change of all the characters. His clothes remained the same, but with a different color scheme, with his shirt being orange instead of green, as well as his shorts being more blue than purple. His facial features were also completely different; his muzzle was larger, his ears were wider and the hairless part of his face was more spacious, and in addition, he also had a large pointed tooth in the upper part of his mouth. His eyes had a normal white undertone instead of the yellowish one seen in the series.
* Jimmy had lighter hair in the movie, and wore a plain blue shirt instead of a striped one, and also had black bracelets on both arms.
* Kibosh, in the movie, had a red undertone in his eyes, which was replaced by a brown color in the series, and also had a more contrasting color in the movie. Despite the few changes in his design, his facial expressions changed completely in the series.
* Thurdigree Burns had a yellowish undertone to his eyes, and his skin had more reddish and vibrant scales than in the series, and the lenses of his glasses were darker.
* Frankengymteacher had the name "Scare School Athletics" written around the skull in the middle of his torso, which was completely removed in the series. He also had a cleaner and lighter skin tone, with fewer stitch marks. His hair also looked more gray than the bluish black in the series.
* The Gargoyles had a similar design in the movie, however, they were notable for being much more extensive in number, instead of being just three.
* Mosshead had lighter eyes and slightly different hair, with the lower locks having circular shapes instead of pointy ones.
* Blodge had less noticeable tentacles and also had no face. He also had visible organs inside his body.
* Quasi had lighter skin and darker eyes, and his hair was more vibrant in color.
* Graham Bradley had a green shirt instead of the purple and blue of the series.
* Pumpkinhead had a lit flame inside his mouth instead of his eyes.
* Dummy Girl had a less wood-like material on her skin, which also looked more damaged.
* Triclops had lighter skin and lighter, bluer eyes.
* The Ghostly Trio was exactly the same in the movie, except that, like Casper, they had darker and less bright colors.
* Mickey and Monaco's only notable changes were that their eyes were black instead of purple and green respectively.
* Heddy Hopper, Cappy, Beaky, Slither, Woodward and The Cafeteria Thing were the only ones who didn't changed at all in the series, their appearances remained exactly the same as in the movie.