Casper Meets Wendy
Directed by	Sean McNamara
Produced by	Mike Elliott
Written by	Jymn Magon
Starring	Cathy Moriarty Shelley Duvall and Teri Garr Richard Moll Vincent Schiavelli Blake Foster Voiced: Jeremy Foley as 'Casper' Bill Farmer as 'Stinky' Jim Ward as 'Stretch' Jess Harnell as 'Fatso' with George Hamilton as 'Desmond Spellman' and introducing Hilary Duff as 'Wendy'
Music by	Udi Harpaz
Cinematography	Christian Sebaldt
Editing by	John Gilbert
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	September 22, 1998
Running time	94 min.
Country
Language	English
Budget	$6.4 million
Preceded by	Casper: A Spirited Beginning

Casper Meets Wendy is a direct-to-video and second spin-off to the 1995 film Casper. It was released by 20th Century Fox in 1998. It does not appear to be set in the same continuity as the previous film.

It was aired on Disney Channel around Halloween night since October 27, 2006. 20th Century Fox still owns the rights to the film, as this film and Casper were the only Casper films not sold to Classic Media.

[edit] Plot

Wendy the Good Little Witch (Hilary Duff) wants to prove herself to her three aunts (Cathy Moriarty, Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr). Little does she know, a dark character named Desmond Spellman(George Hamilton) finds out, from the Oracle (Pauly Shore) that in the future Wendy will be the greatest witch to ever exist, and so he plots to kill the "little molerat". On the run from her nemesis, Wendy runs into the shy, friendly ghost, Casper (Jeremy Foley), who has been violently thrown around by his three uncles Stretch (Jim Ward), Stinky (Bill Farmer) and Fatso (Jess Harnell), The Ghostly Trio. Casper and Wendy then become great friends, but of course, in the tale, a ghost's worst enemy is a witch, and a witch's worst enemy is a ghost, so Wendy's aunts don't get along with Casper's uncles, and vice-versa. As a part of their plan to get them to get along, Casper gets his uncles to haunt a dance, where Wendy convinces her aunts to attend as well. The Goastly Trio possess three human men at the party and end up flirting with the three witches. Though the everything seems to go well, the plan is foiled when the Goastly Trio's real selves are revealed to Wendy's aunts, and the three witches bluffly threaten them with magic. Later, Wendy tells Casper about Desmond and that she and her aunts can't use powerful magic, begging him not to tell anyone about this. Casper accidentally tells the Ghostly Trio, prompting them to attack Wendy and her aunts. Wendy feels she has no choice but to fight the Ghostly Trio and uses a spell to cover the ghosts in plaster. This action is picked up by Desmond's magic tracker. The witches are attacked by Desmond's two warlock enforcers (Richard Moll, Vincent Schiavelli). Before Wendy and her aunts have a chance to escape, Desmond arrives. Desmond tries to cast Wendy into the Mystic Abyss to kill her, but Casper dives in to save her. Her aunts try to fight Desmond but they aren't powerful enough. Before Desmond can throw them in along with Wendy, however, a giant 3-eyed monster pops up and frightens him, causing him to fall into the Abyss instead. The monster turns out to be the Ghostly Trio, whom combined together to defeat Desmond. While the Trio holds the Abyss open, Wendy's aunts pull Casper and Wendy out of the Abyss. The Oracle proclaims that Wendy is the greatest witch because she did something no other witch ever did: she befriended a ghost (Casper). Finally, Wendy, her aunts, Casper, and the Ghostly Trio all bid each other good-bye, but Casper and Wendy reassure each other that they'll be together again, soon.

[edit] Cast

Casper Meets Wendy features a number of cast members from previous installments in the Capser film series. Cathy Moriarty, who plays head witch Gerti, played the villainous Miss Carrigan in the 1995 Casper movie. Richard Moll, who portrayed a principal in Casper: A Spirited Beginning, portrays Jules (one of Desmond Spellman's bumbling henchmen). Pauly Shore, who voices King Kibosh's pitiful henchman, Snivelin, A Spirited Beginning, plays the ghostly Oracle. Ben Stein returns for his third appearance in a Casper film, once again as a completely different character than his previous portrayals. Logan Robbins, who played one of the three bullies in A Spirited Beginning, appears as Josh's friend. This was Hilary Duff's first movie she acted in at the age of 11.

• Cathy Moriarty - Gerti
• Shelley Duvall - Gabby
• Teri Garr - Franny
• Hilary Duff - Wendy
• George Hamilton - Desmond Spellman
• Richard Moll - Jules
• Blake Foster - Josh Jackman
• Logan Robbins - Josh's Friend
• Vincent Schiavelli - Vincent
• Michael McDonald as Spike (Human Stretch)
• Travis McKenna as Phil (Human Fatso)
• Patrick Richwood as Vince (Human Stinky)
• Ben Stein - Lawyer
• Alan Thicke - Game Announcer
• Casper Van Dien - Crewcut Man

[edit] Voices

• Jeremy Foley - Casper
• Jim Ward - Stretch
• Bill Farmer - Stinky
• Jess Harnell - Fatso
• Pauly Shore - The Oracle

[edit] Awards and nominations

Casper Meets Wendy went on to win the Children’s Programming - Electronic Visual Effects award. The movie also got Hilary Duff nominated for a Young Artist Award.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Casper Meets Wendy at the Internet Movie Database