Beetlejuice, Tim Burton’s 1988 horror-comedy, follows mischievous bio-exorcist Beetlejuice and the recently deceased Maitlands as they clash with the living Deetz family.
Blending macabre humor with reflections on death, identity, and the thin line between worlds, the film delivers a parade of quotable moments.
This collection gathers twenty-five of the best lines to showcase that dark whimsy and character growth.
It’s showtime!
Episode Details: Scene 1 (Wedding Chaos)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Signature line announcing his entrance, merging showbiz bravado with supernatural menace.
Go ahead. Make my millennium!
Episode Details: Scene 2 (Graveyard Bravado)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Parodies Dirty Harry, showing Beetlejuice’s gleeful disdain for mortal danger.
Let’s turn on the juice and see what shakes loose!
Episode Details: Scene 3 (Snake Fright)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Said before transforming into a snake, foreshadowing unrestrained chaos.
If you act now, you get a free demon possession with every exorcism
Episode Details: Scene 4 (Bio-Exorcist Sales Pitch)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Infomercial-style hucksterism exposes him as a conman even in death.
My whole life is a dark room. One big, dark room
Episode Details: Scene 5 (New House Blues)
Speaker: Lydia Deetz
Context: Captures Lydia’s goth isolation and sets her bond with the dead.
Live people ignore the strange and unusual. I myself am strange and unusual
Episode Details: Scene 6 (Attic Encounter)
Speaker: Lydia Deetz
Context: Self-acceptance moment links her to Maitlands’ invisible plight.
There’s a word for people in our situation: ghosts
Episode Details: Scene 7 (Afterlife Realization)
Speaker: Adam Maitland
Context: Deadpan acknowledgment of death introduces the film’s casual view of mortality.
What’s the good of being a ghost if you can’t frighten people away?
Episode Details: Scene 8 (Haunting Frustration)
Speaker: Barbara Maitland
Context: Reveals Barbara’s shift from polite to proactive, fueling haunt strategy.
We come for your daughter, Chuck
Episode Details: Scene 9 (Threat to Charles)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Dark promise heightens stakes, exposing his predatory interest in Lydia.
I’ve got demons running all through me
Episode Details: Scene 10 (Desperate Bargain)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Exaggerated plea underlines his chaotic energy and willingness to self-possess.
This is my art, and it is dangerous! You think I want to die like this?
Episode Details: Scene 11 (Sculpture Accident)
Speaker: Delia Deetz
Context: Satirizes artistic ego while raising slapstick peril.
If I knew then what I know now, I wouldn’t have had my little accident
Episode Details: Scene 12 (Waiting-Room Wisdom)
Speaker: Receptionist
Context: Gallows humor reflecting the afterlife’s bureaucracy and regret.
Not so fast, round boy. We’re gonna have some laughs
Episode Details: Scene 13 (Otho’s Punishment)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Taunting threat underscores cruel sense of fun.
I’ll eat anything you want me to eat. I’ll swallow anything you want me to swallow! So, come on down, and I’ll chew on a dog!
Episode Details: Scene 14 (Used-Car Commercial)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Over-the-top sales shtick exposes his desperation for clients.
These aren’t my rules. Come to think of it, I don’t have any rules
Episode Details: Scene 15 (Chaos Declaration)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Summarizes his anarchic worldview and unpredictability.
Rule number two: The living usually won’t see the dead
Episode Details: Scene 16 (Handbook Lesson)
Speaker: Barbara Maitland
Context: Explains haunting limitations; builds mythos of unseen spirits.
You can’t scare her. She’s sleeping with Prince Valium tonight
Episode Details: Scene 17 (Late-Night Quip)
Speaker: Lydia Deetz
Context: Sardonic humor reveals Lydia’s wit and stepmother tension.
Maybe this is heaven
Episode Details: Scene 18 (Afterlife Awe)
Speaker: Adam Maitland
Context: Hopeful musing contrasts fear with acceptance of new reality.
Maybe you can relax in a haunted house, but I can’t
Episode Details: Scene 19 (Haunted-House Anxiety)
Speaker: Lydia Deetz
Context: Shows Lydia’s growing discomfort despite fascination with the occult.
Sick! Sexual perversion! If you’re going to do weird sexual stuff, you ought to stay in your bedroom, okay?
Episode Details: Scene 20 (Dinner Chaos)
Speaker: Lydia Deetz
Context: Comic outrage during ghostly possession dinner illustrates teenage frankness.
You have got to take the upper hand in all situations, or people, whether they’re dead or alive, will walk all over you
Episode Details: Scene 21 (Motherly Advice)
Speaker: Delia Deetz
Context: Reveals Delia’s controlling nature and foreshadows clash with spirits.
I’m here with you. I will live with you in this hellhole, but I must express myself
Episode Details: Scene 22 (Artistic Ultimatum)
Speaker: Delia Deetz
Context: Declares her need for creative control, intensifying domestic tensions.
I’ll do anything to get your business. Hell, I’ll possess myself if I gotta
Episode Details: Scene 23 (Hard-Sell Mode)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Demonstrates relentless hustling and comedic self-aggression.
In heaven, there wouldn’t be dust on everything
Episode Details: Scene 24 (Attic Complaint)
Speaker: Barbara Maitland
Context: Light chuckle exposing her nostalgia for order even after death.
I wonder where a guy, an everyday Joe like myself, can find a little action
Episode Details: Scene 25 (Boredom in Limbo)
Speaker: Beetlejuice
Context: Restless comment reveals his constant hunger for mischief.
