2025 · Spooky Pinball
Beetlejuice
Known for Wheel, Upper Loop, Couch Lock and Juno Scoop. Swirling multicoloured abstract bands of green, blue and violet, bare black twisting tree branches behind the central figure, a pink staircase rising at the far left, a yellow-orange wall or sky panel behind the screaming woman at bottom right and black-and-white dashed border strip along the bottom edge.
- Year
- 2025
- Maker
- Spooky Pinball
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- LCD screen
- Players
- 4
Known for
- wheel
Wheel
- loop
Upper Loop
- Lock
Couch Lock
- scoop
Juno Scoop
- scoop
Center scoop
- Toy
Sandworm
- Multiball
Afterlife Couch Multiball
- Multiball
Singing in the Stairwell
On the playfield
Toys 2
- Wheel wheel
- Sandworm
Orbit 1
- Upper Loop loop
Holes 2
- Juno Scoop scoop
- Center scoop scoop
Lock 1
- Couch Lock
Captive ball 1
- Captive Ball
Magnet 1
- Magna-Save
Targets 5
- Now Serving targets
- Camera targets
- Sandworm wall targets
- Handbook
- Coffin
Lane 1
- Mode Change Switch switch
Control 1
- Action Button button
On the backglass
Who and what
- monster Green-skinned corpse-like head, frizzy blond hair, huge round staring eyes, fanged open mouth, long green serpent body coiling down the left panel
- child Small girl in a dark purple tiered dress, standing on a pink staircase at far left
- creature Green flying insect or fly with red eyes hovering left of centre
- skeleton Dancing corpse-like figure with wild blond hair and hollow dark eyes, wearing a black-and-white vertically striped suit, white shirt and dark tie, arms flung out, legs splayed, posed on a gravestone
- skeleton Small grey-blue skull figure at the central figure's left foot
- other Grey disembodied floating hand holding a small white card or paper, above the title plaque
Setting
- Swirling multicoloured abstract bands of green, blue and violet
- Bare black twisting tree branches behind the central figure
- A pink staircase rising at the far left
- A yellow-orange wall or sky panel behind the screaming woman at bottom right
- Black-and-white dashed border strip along the bottom edge
Text on it
- BEETLEJUICE
- BETELGEUSE
- here lies
How it plays
-
Modes 16
- Sandworm Battle
- Walk With Rhythm
- Gut Punch
- Sharp Shooter
- As Seen on TV
- Grave Dig
- Day-O Dinner Party
- Head Shrink
- Charades
- Beetle Snake
- 'Til Death
- Otho's Seance
- Take a Number
- Scare the Deetz
- Ghosts in the Sheets
- Shooting Gallery
-
Multiballs 5
- Afterlife Couch Multiball
- Strange and Unusual Multiball
- It's Showtime Multiball
- Sandworm Multiball
- Singing in the Stairwell
-
Goals 4
- Returning Souls
- Wheel Super
- Super Skill Shot
- Strength Test Super Jackpot
The cast
- Beetlejuice
- Lydia
- Charles
- Delia
Reference
Linked terms
- Wheel also called Spin the Wheel
- Upper Loop also called Couch loop
- Couch Lock also called Couch
- Camera targets also called Polaroid Camera targets
- Handbook also called Handbook target
- Afterlife Couch Multiball also called Couch Multiball also called Now Serving Multiball
- Returning Souls also called Lost Souls
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- blue
- magenta
- green
- black
Fingerprint: Pale grinning corpse face tall top hat black suit centre framed bat wings, huge pale ridged tentacle curving upper centre, skeleton top hat upper right RIP text beside, cemetery-house scene, orange BEETLEJUICE marquee sign top right, gold-framed portrait medallions apron
The most memorable element is the pale grinning corpse face in a tall top hat at dead centre, wearing a black suit and framed by spread bat wings. Second, the huge pale ridged tentacle snaking down the upper centre of the playfield. Third, the skeleton in a top hat at upper right with 'RIP' text beside it. Also striking is the cemetery-house scene painted behind everything, with the glowing orange 'BEETLEJUICE' marquee sign at top right.
Setting
- Graveyard
- Haunted house interior
- City street with brick buildings
Symbols
- Skull and crossbones
- Bat wings
- Playing card suits
- Spinning roulette wheel
- Dice-like pips
- Hourglass
- Stars
- Top hats
- Spiked maw
- Tombstone plaques
Notable shapes
- Tentacle spout in the upper centre
- Spiked circular maw cutout left of centre
- Wire ball guide running the right lane
- Triangular star targets in the lower centre
Art motifs
- Candle-lit mansion interior
- Spiked gothic lettering
- Graveyard portraits
- Snakes and tentacles
Themes
- Horror comedy
- Graveyard
- Undead
- Ghouls
- Haunted mansion
- Supernatural
Title on it
- Beetlejuice
Text on it
- NOW SERVING
- BEETLEJUICE
- WELCOME
- CIRCUIT
- ROOM
- DETECTIVE MODE
- LOSE A SOUL
- RIP
- LOS
- THE BUTLER
- LYDIA
- DEL
- CHARLES
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | Large full-body pale skeleton in black top hat and tuxedo, upper right, arms raised, 'rip' lettering nearby |
| Other | Pale green-blue grinning corpse face, adult male features, tall black top hat, black suit jacket and tie, centre of playfield |
| Monster | Green-faced head with bulging white eyes and dark eyebrows, right of centre |
| Other | Pink-mauve face with red crown/feather headdress, left of centre |
| Woman | Dark-haired young woman, white top, lower right, looking up |
| Man | Older bespectacled man with moustache and ruffled collar, apron portrait lower right |
| Woman | Pale long-haired figure in gold frame, apron portrait lower left |
| Woman | Black-haired woman in red, gold-framed apron portrait, named lydia |
| Creature | Large pale ridged tentacle curling down from top centre |
| Creature | Magenta-red spiked circular maw, mid-left |
| Other | Small skull-and-crossbones emblem at lower right edge |
A modern solid-state playfield shot from directly above in a dark room, lit mostly by its own inserts so the colours read as electric blue, cyan, magenta and green. Painted art is a horror-comedy graveyard scene: a pale grinning corpse head in a high top hat and black suit dominates the centre with a bat-winged halo above it; a large bearded skeleton in a top hat looms top right; a green-faced monster head with bulging eyes sits mid-right; a pink-faced crowned ghoul appears mid-left; a dark-haired young woman in white stands lower right. A huge pale tentacle or trunk curves down from the top centre, a red-magenta spiked maw sits mid-left, and an orange-and-yellow lit sign reading 'BEETLEJUICE' hangs at top right. Left of centre is a red roulette-style wheel on a spoke; below it an aged 'WELCOME ... CIRCUIT ... ROOM' door sign. Lower centre has four white instruction cards with red headings in a column, three white star/ball-drop targets, two lit blue flipper bats and a round post at the very bottom. The lower apron area is painted as a row of gold-framed portrait medallions with name plaques.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- green
- black
- yellow
Fingerprint: BEETLEJUICE green-faced corpse head with frizzy blonde hair and serpent body on left; dancing black-and-white striped corpse on gravestone; betelgeuse marquee with light bulbs; elaborate purple damask scrollwork plaque for title; floating ghostly hand, spectacled figure, and worm creature right side; bright airbrushed palette
The most memorable element is the pair of black-and-white vertically striped figures - a dancing corpse in a striped suit standing on a gravestone, and to the right a giant striped leg ending in a fanged, one-eyed worm-like head bursting out of the panel. Second is the glowing yellow marquee sign framed with orange light bulbs reading BETELGEUSE twice, tilted over the green-faced corpse head with bulging eyes and a fanged grin. Third, the title sits on an elaborate purple damask scrollwork plaque in large cream serif capitals rather than in a plain logo box. Fourth, the red serif epitaph here lies on the gravestone beneath the dancing figure. Fifth, the ghostly grey hand holding a small white card floats above the plaque beside a dark-haired woman and a bespectacled man.
Setting
- Swirling multicoloured abstract bands of green, blue and violet
- Bare black twisting tree branches behind the central figure
- A pink staircase rising at the far left
- A yellow-orange wall or sky panel behind the screaming woman at bottom right
- Black-and-white dashed border strip along the bottom edge
Symbols
- Gravestone
- Skull
- Marquee sign with light bulbs
- Black cauldrons or pots
- Wine glass
- Flying insect
- Serpent
- Staircase
- Hardback book
- Small white card or note
Lettering
- Large cream-to-yellow serif capitals with dark outline and drop shadow on an ornate purple scrollwork plaque; a yellow marquee sign with black sans-serif capitals inside a red bulb-framed border; red serif lower-case lettering on the gravestone
Themes
- Undead
- Graveyard
- Haunted house
- Ghost
- Surreal comedy
- Purple and green swirling backdrop
Title on it
- Beetlejuice
Text on it
- BEETLEJUICE
- BETELGEUSE
- here lies
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Monster | Green-skinned corpse-like head, frizzy blond hair, huge round staring eyes, fanged open mouth, long green serpent body coiling down the left panel |
| Child | Small girl in a dark purple tiered dress, standing on a pink staircase at far left |
| Creature | Green flying insect or fly with red eyes hovering left of centre |
| Skeleton | Dancing corpse-like figure with wild blond hair and hollow dark eyes, wearing a black-and-white vertically striped suit, white shirt and dark tie, arms flung out, legs splayed, posed on a gravestone |
| Skeleton | Small grey-blue skull figure at the central figure's left foot |
| Other | Grey disembodied floating hand holding a small white card or paper, above the title plaque |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman at top right, looking upward with wide eyes, rendered in violet light |
| Man | Bespectacled man in profile at top right, dark hair, pale face lit greenish-white |
| Creature | Grotesque fanged worm or sandworm-like head with a single round eye and black-and-white striped body arching in from the right |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in a blue-purple jacket at bottom left, looking up while holding a green hardback book |
| Woman | Red-haired woman at bottom right, mouth wide open screaming, both hands raised, beside a stemmed wine glass |
| Skeleton | Tiny skeleton or doll figure tumbling between the cauldrons near the screaming woman |
A wide, brightly coloured airbrushed backglass divided into three busy panels. Left: a green-skinned corpse-like head with wild frizzy blond hair, enormous staring eyes and a fanged open mouth, with a long green serpent body coiling down the panel; a small girl in a dark purple tiered dress stands on a pink staircase beside it, and a green flying insect hovers mid-panel. Centre: a dancing figure in a black-and-white vertically striped suit, white shirt and dark tie, wild blond hair, arms flung out, legs splayed mid-step, posed on a grey tombstone bearing red lettering. Right: a large ornate purple scrollwork plaque carrying the title in cream serif capitals, flanked above by a grey floating hand holding a small white card and a ghostly pair of faces - a dark-haired woman gazing up and a bespectacled man in profile. Far right shows a black-and-white striped limb ending in a grotesque fanged creature head with a single eye, black cauldrons, and a red-haired woman screaming with both hands raised beside a wine glass. A black-and-white dashed border band runs along the bottom edge.