Template:Short description Template:Infobox television Casper's Scare School (also known as Casper's Scare School: The Animated Series) is an animated television series based on the animated film of the same name featuring the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series premiered in Canada on YTV on January 11, 2009, and then in France on TF1's TFOU block on April 1, and later in the United States on Cartoon Network on October 4 the same year.
A second season aired in 2012 with a new opening sequence, a new voice cast and a slightly different CGI animation style.[1][2][3] 52 episodes were produced.[4]
Premise
Casper has to be able to graduate from the Scare School before he gets banished to the valley of the shadows forever. He goes on many adventures with the students that attend there.
Characters
- Robbie Sublett (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Casper
- Carter Jackson (season 1) and Sharon Mann (season 2) as Ra
- Vanessa Bellardini (season 1) and Mirabelle Kirkland (season 2) as Mantha
- Carter Jackson (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Thatch
- Mike Power (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Kibosh
- Joe Sheridan as Fatso
- Matthew Géczy as Stinky and Stretch
- Adam Carter (season 1) and Mirabelle Kirkland (season 2) as Jimmy Bradley
- Graham Thomas (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Alder
- Robert Williams (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Dash
- Johann Geoffrey Nelson (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Wolfie
- Matthew Géczy as Prof. Thurdigree Burns, Frankengymteacher "Coach", Slither, and Pumpkinhead (season 2)
- Goldie Zwiebel (season 1) and Sharon Mann (season 2) as Hedy Hopper
- Joe Sheridan (season 2) as Cappy
- Shelley Shenoy (season 1) and Sharon Mann (season 2) as Mickey
- Juanny Paulino (season 1) and Sharon Mann (season 2) as Monaco
- Kevin Mahr (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Mosshead
- Shelly Smith Shenoy (season 1) and Sharon Mann (season 2) as Dummy Girl
- Johann Geoffrey Nelson (season 1) and Matthew Géczy (season 2) as Quasi
- Shelly Smith Shenoy (season 2) as Flyboy Maggoty
- Sharon Mann (season 2) as Triclops
- Justin Pavia (season 1) and Shelly Smith Shenoy (season 2) as Harpy
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Goo
Production
The series is co-produced by Classic Media, MoonScoop Group and DQ Entertainment, with participation from TF1, The Harvey Entertainment Company (as an in-name only unit since Classic Media acquired their library in 2001) and CNC.
The complete first season aired between October and November 2009.
The second season premiered on October 2, 2012, on Cartoon Network featuring a new title theme, recasting all the voices and with new edited CGI animation. One of the new voice actors was Matthew Geczy who starred in Code Lyoko, another French production. Jimmy's voice is similar to the film 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 other characters. Many other actors from said show also worked on it such as Mirabelle Kirkland who voiced Yumi Ishiyama in Code Lyoko and 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 with Thatch having a tender side of playing with rubber ducks.
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2009)
Season 2 (2012)
Home media
United States
In August 2010, Classic Media and Vivendi Entertainment released Casper's Scare School: 12 Monstrous Episodes on DVD in Region 1. This collection features the first 12 episodes of the series.
| Season | Episodes | Release dates |
|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | ||
| 1 | 26 | Twelve Monstrous Episodes: August 10, 2010 Episodes: 1 ("Fang Decay" / "Scare Day"), 2 ("Disarmed and Dangerous" / "Frankenleftovers"), 3 ("Bully For You" / "The Ra-minator"), 4 ("Weekend at Bunny's" / "Grimly Day"), 5 ("Accidental Hero" / "Rich Kid Ra") and 6 ("Dragon Quest" / "Opposite Day") |
A DVD release containing the first twelve episodes of Series 2 was released by Classic Media in August 2013. Although the DVD titles it as "Volume 1", a second volume was never made.
Australia
In 2010, Universal Pictures Australia released three carry-case DVD releases of the series containing episodes from Series 1 - "Vote for Casper", "Scare Day" and "Scare Scouts".
Series 2 was released by Shock Entertainment, who soon released complete Series 1 and 2 DVD sets in February 2016.
United Kingdom
Universal Pictures UK released three DVD releases of the series - "Vote for Casper" in October 2010, "Scare Day" in October 2011 and "Scare Scouts" in October 2014. All three releases are the same as the Australian releases. Universal and Classic Media also included an episode each on the "Spooky Collection" and "Spooky Collection 2" compilations.