Talk:The Ghostly Trio

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I don't know why people keep changing pages for Casper's supporting characters to redirects but I wish they would add to the page instead. They are way notable. - Peregrinefisher 04:29, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Not sure about that, but growing up with the Harvey Comics version of Casper [1970-1990], originally, the Ghostly Trio were never really classified as Casper's 'uncles,' but probably presumed since it would look strange having three 'grown' ghosts 'living' (unliving?) with a 'younger' one.

Fatso, Fusso and Lazo were their original names and from what they did fit perfectly. Fatso ate a lot (apparently in the Harvey Tooniverse, food can be digested by ghosts, whereas Universal made it appear that foods simply go through them. Fusso complained, while Lazo usually slept.

Strangely, when Universal did the characters, they made them uncles and had Stretch act more like the head and Fatso the Ghostly Homer Simpson. When in the comics, Fatso was usually the head of the Trio, not the smartest, mind you, but the head. Stretch appeared more like the Moe Howard-type, always causing trouble for Casper, as well as getting the Trio into some scheme. Stinkie was sort of (IMO) like an ersatz version of Beetlejuice, since he loved performing gross stunts on his victims besides utilizing his bad breath. And Fatso mysteriously ended up retaining his qualities.

Now the funny thing about the Trio was, Fatso notably was the center of controversy with Columbia Pictures, believe it or not. When the movie Ghostbusters aired (which was also used as an inside joke with Casper's live-action motion picture), the ghost used for their symbol supposedly resembled that of Fatso. Harvey Comics ended up going into hiatus due to the lawsuit they filed against the filmmakers behind it. Presumably I suspected they settled out of court, since a judge ruled the ghost image was once originally used for ersatz commerical use, but the makers should have credited Harvey Comics for the inspiration.

The Ghostly Trio did have their own stories at times as well, and the interesting thing about them scaring was (after all this was a children's comic) they'd pop out of places and yell, "BOO!" Sometimes as with Batfink's BEEP, the BOO fx would do some physical comedy at times as well.

It should also be noted the Ghostly Trio can't stand the Witch Sisters (Wendy's aunts) and sometimes they'll cause problems when they encounter them. But yes, I feel the page needs to be updated because Casper and the Ghostly Trio were a part of Comic Americana, and with Dark Horse bringing out a collection, it would be nice to have an accurate description about the Trio itself.Fangarius 05:04, 4 September 2007 (UTC)