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Top 10 Unforgettable Cartoon Ghosts


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animated or not representations of the
spirit world have always been the go-to
scary creations in children’s movies and
adult horror film the fellow in my funny
laughing you really are too much
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
cartoon ghosts for this list please
assemble the collection of the best
animated Ghoulies found in TV shows and
movies past and present we’re going more
for the nostalgia factor rather than the
scares they may give besides you already
know who to call in the event that a
really bad ghost
suddenly pops up out of the screen while
you’re watching my gold key code
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it’ll be part of this complete breakfast
number 10 starscream’s ghost the
Transformers well now a guy named ghosts
usually have unfinished business to take
care of and that’s true even when it’s
the ghost of a space robot it’s trying
me was a great disservice to all
Decepticons it’s especially true if said
space robot was killed by his former
leaders massive particle cannon this fan
favorite Decepticon from the
Transformers Universe is first seen
returning in Ghost form when octane ship
suffers a mysterious explosion
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octane his former colleague ends up back
in Cybertron and finds refuge in a crypt
where he encounters the bodyless we had
still scheming Starscream now dabbling
in possession Starscream’s lust for
power was as evident as ever even making
a cameo in the Transformers follow-up
Beast Wars number nine jonathan
wellington mudsy muddlemore the funky
phantom
not all ghosts are bad in fact
hanna-barbera Saturday morning cartoon
entitled the funky phantom was actually
a delight imagine something like The
Flintstones but in Ghost form want to
drive it sighs yeah right you’re in the
driver’s seat okay but I don’t have to
look the titular ghost is a
revolutionary war-era phantom who roams
around with his cat boo
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after being trapped in a clock for
centuries there unleashed by three
adventurous teenagers and their dog Elmo
who may be friend and subsequently
helped to solve mysteries combine that
with a funky opening song and you get
some really jazzy ghost stories number 8
Beetlejuice the Beetlejuice franchise it
is in me I think I’m in over my head
inspired by the original live-action
character as seen in the Tim Burton
directed Beetlejuice movie this animated
TV series centered around the friendship
between goth teen Lydia Deetz and her
undead buddy Beetlejuice when you
haven’t changed since the day we met hey
I like in this small screen show the
pair has nothing better to do than
explore the mysteries of the neither
world which is an afterlife realm filled
with supernatural oddballs Beetlejuice
also has an annoyingly happy brother
Donnie juice and two parents who are
always on his case about getting a job
what’s happenin ma-1 IL Donna got a
job with a signature strenght outfit
greasy hair and crooked teeth
Beetlejuice is a witty and grumpy ghost
who also likes money and armpit music
talk about wacky yes your honor because
he makes him back and he has a hundred
one-way street needles
number seven zero The Nightmare Before
Christmas time right when Jack
Skellington the pumpkin king of
Halloweentown gets bored with his job he
finds himself in Christmas town and
decides to see what all the fuss is
about
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an obvious play on Santa’s reindeer
Rudolph Jack’s faithful pumpkin nosed
ghost dog zero follows him there what a
brilliant nose you have the better to
light my way ahead of the team zero like
a real puppy zero is adorable and
faithful to his master only instead of
running around Jack
the undead canine floats above him zero
Christmas isn’t over yet this Tim Burton
fairy tale quickly became a cult classic
while zero became a beloved character
whether it’s Christmas or Halloween
number six the Flying Dutchmen Bunge Bob
Squarepants
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his next ghost may be a recurring
character on a cartoon show but he is
anything but funny with its thick accent
and handbag marked soul The Flying
Dutchman is not exactly the kind of
creature you hope to cross in the ocean
a little feeling I’m going to steal your
soul a caricature of every pirate he’s
already in a bad mood and can’t even eat
without his dining sock good thing I saw
my dining sock again remember the last
time I locked me down in fact like when
you travel week although he may look
silly with his half-bitten pirate hat
the Dutchman is very powerful and can
levitate and teleport in a cloud of
smoke high but it’s based on a real
treasure chest
do you think he says Boop or our number
five high five ghost Regular Show high
five ghost or five as his buddies know
him is a groundskeeper at the park his
best friend is muscle man and he loves
to prank his coworkers Mordecai and
Rigby one two three four
originally from Wichita Kansas he also
has a brother named low five ghost dude
I’m not high five Jo’s I’m his brother
low five ghosts what are you guys doing
out here the party’s inside Oh perhaps
surprisingly for a ghost high five is an
unbelievably good trumpet player and he
has the power to levitate and the
ability to turn into a shield
despite his ghostly appearance he has a
lot of human traits and is the only
character on the show that has a shadow
but he’s a ghost you say or is he who
those II I can’t take it boy oh just now
go through the wooden panels if I work
we went through three times our soul
food number for the ghosts of Christmas
past present and future Mickey’s
Christmas Carol
he’s your respect no out Oh humbug bah
humbug
based on the timeless novella by Charles
Dickens this Disney adaptation of A
Christmas Carol employs characters we
already know from the Animation Studios
past in the parts of Ebenezer Scrooge
and the ghosts of Christmas past present
and future are you the ghost of
Christmas future the stingy scrooge
mcduck can only think of money and
doesn’t want to give his employee Bob
Cratchit a half day off for the holidays
when Scrooge goes home that night he’s
visited by the three ghosts who present
him with a vision of what they represent
in an attempt to teach the misers a true
meaning of Christmas oh thank you mr.
Scrooge
Merry Christmas book and God blesses and
three point number three Danny Phantom
not all ghosts roam around aimlessly
after they’re dead
some are superheroes boom well in the
case of Danny Phantom he’s a half human
half ghost Danny attends Casper high
school and lived with his ghost hunting
parents someday Oh figure out how that
works
200 what the HUD some ghosts after he
has an accident involving a portal
between this world and the ghost zone
heat gain superpowers that that is a
phantom portal it releases ghosts into
our world whether I wanted to or not
although he’d like to use them for his
own purposes at first like punishing his
bullies at school
Danny quickly learns to use his gifts to
protect his town from ghost attacks hear
me and who doesn’t wish they could go
ghosts sometimes am i right
get behind me
Wow I feel safe I’m going Joe
number two Slimer the Real Ghostbusters
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most ghosts are either scary or cute but
this one is downright gross Slimer is a
green booger looking ghost with an
annoyingly high-pitched voice and he
looks like he smells really bad too in
the animated series he’s shown to have
stuck around the Ghostbusters
headquarters because he was lonely first
James Wymer you’ve been a naughty ghost
naughty naughty
come on Ray’s been a major pain becoming
their pet ghost they even treat him like
a friend
don’t worry Slimer yeah even scientists
learn from their mistakes climber even
helps the Ghostbusters catch ghosts
making him unpopular among his own and I
guess you can come to its Slimer before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions ionic
convergence is nearly over we must
return to the spirit world so we can
fuse once again are you haunting us yeah
okay well can you knock it off it’s a
cross side I forgot garlic
what do I look like a vampire or
something more tea number one Casper the
Friendly Ghost the Casper the Friendly
Ghost franchise I probably work you know
a minute but what I’m a family good you
have to try you’ll wake up my uncles and
make an awesome creature there are so
many adaptations of Casper that the
little white ghost has likely touched
multiple generations
initially supposed to be in 1939 story
book he was turned into an animated
cartoon by Paramount in 1945
his name was Casper he was surely the
most unusual ghost that ever was or one
not only is Casper a Friendly Ghost with
a New York accent but he’d rather make
friends with people than scare them I
don’t want to scare anybody and the
Friendly Ghost he befriends Bonnie and
Johnny two children who live with their
widowed mother and is welcomed into
their families oh if you only believed
in ghost stories time this is what
happened and if you’re they don’t
believe in those stories I’m well
there’s one happens anyway the novel
tune later spawned more cartoons an
animated TV series in the 60s and more
so every night while your classmates
without scaring the daylights out of
people do you agree with our list or
your favorite cartoon goes more spooky
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