Casper's Scare School: A School with Real Spirit/Trivia

## Trivia

* It is the very first release in *Casper's Scare School* franchise, and the pilot for the TV series.
* It is also the last film in the entire *Casper the Friendly Ghost* franchise, which later spawned a TV series, two comic books and three videogames, which were the franchise's last installment until the release of the new Live Action series by Dreamworks.
* The film is very different from the series released three years later, with the main examples being the change in animation and environment, as well as the voice cast. Click here to see all the differences between the film and the TV series.
* The film's complete title, "Casper's Scare School: A School with Real Spirit", is quite unknown, and is usually just called "Casper's Scare School" (as are most of the other titles in the franchise, like the TV series).
* The film introduces a huge amount of new characters, including Ra, Mantha, Thatch, Alder and Dash. Most of them have more notable appearances later in the series. Other than that, the only previous characters are Casper, the Ghostly Trio, and Kibosh.
* Although clearly not a sequel to any of the previous films, the town where Casper and his uncles live is called Deedstown, which has previously appeared in two live action films, *Casper: A Spirited Beginning* and *Casper Meets Wendy*. The town's design, however, has very few resemblances to the original.
* The movie features a running gag between Cappy and Beaky, consisting of the pirate getting angry at his parrot for a petty reason, and soon after apologizing, claiming that his "pirate nature" makes him act that way, and thus offering him a cookie, which he always ends up exchanging for something else.
* Kibosh, at the end of the film, reveals that he was once a friendly ghost just like Casper when he was his age, and that he understands that growing up and learning to scare can be hard for him, making this the first time that Kibosh shows compassion for Casper.
* The Ghostly Trio are very kind and concerned about their nephew Casper, and even feel sad after he goes to Scare School. This is totally opposite behavior from their previous appearances and is the first time they have acted this way. After scaring a human unintentionally, they claim that "they are not always like this", which also goes against their original selves.
	+ Kibosh also seems more peaceful than his previous appearances, but not as much so as the Ghostly Trio.
* Kibosh's punishment for the Valley of the Shadows is possibly based on his punishment for a dark void as seen in *Casper's Haunted Christmas*, which was the last movie before this one.
* Of the known supporting student characters in the series, the only ones to play any role are Pumpkinhead,Flyboy, Quasi, Blodge and Mosshead.
* Almost all of Scare School's creatures, both students and employees, are based on creatures from folklore and sci-fi, and others are based on more specific characters that fit, such as Quasi, being a clear reference to Quasimodo from *The Hunchback of Notre Dame*.
* The movie features a totally different theme song from *Casper the Friendly Ghost*, which is played during the chase between Thatch, Alder and Dash and Casper.
	+ Scare School also has its own theme song.
* The movie had a website created in 2007 (a year after its release), and was later taken down in 2011.
* Ra has a different eye design on the movie Cover.

## Errors

* During Kibosh's speech, when the camera starts focusing on the students paying attention, it starts moving to the side, and two of the students, one behind and one in front, are always seen from exactly the same angle, even during the camera movement, making them appear to be a still image.
* When Thurdigree Burns is interrupted in his class, Casper and Ra suddenly switch sides.
* During the students' run in gym class, after they pass through an obstacle, Blodge can still be seen running forward in the right direction, but his character is facing backwards.
* After Casper finishes talking to Cappy, he compliments the hair of one of the students, but the one who thanks him is actually another student sitting next to the one he complimented, who ironically doesn't even have a hair.
* When Casper returns to Scare School and receives help from Ra and Mantha to escape from Thatch, Alder and Dash, Ra's eyes turn bloodshot in the scene where he opens the gate for him, even though they are normal white throughout the rest of the film.
* During the first part of Kibosh's speech in the parking lot, Alder and Dash can be seen in a t pose.
* When the principals use their new weapon against Kibosh, the scene focuses on the reaction of Mosshead, Triclops and Frankie, and when they are startled, Frankie stands out above the image of Triclops, even though he is located behind her, which also makes it appear that he is floating.
* When Thatch first appears to Casper on Cappy's ship, Quasi is seen standing on his seat.
* When Cappy's ship parks at Scare School, Frankie and another unknown student can be seen inside the ship, but they have not been seen anywhere on the ship during the trip.
* When Thatch and the principals find Casper in the dorm, they talk loud enough to wake the students around them, but they keep sleeping in the background with no reaction.
* Cappy corrects Mickey about Casper being pale because he is a ghost, however, it is unknown how he knows this since he can't see and no one ever tells him during the movie, but it is possible that he found this out off screen.
* Thurdigree Burns and Frankengymteacher show up in the school parking lot along with the students, watching the revelation of Alder and Dash's plan, however, they suddenly disappear when everyone is going to pick up the ship.