blog 11, John Lyver, Casper the friendly Ghost

For Chapter 11 I was reading about how Casper the Friendly Ghost, and a few other cartoons did not do so well and seemed rather boring in their storyline, so I decided to check this out for myself. Obviously this show is about the Ghost of what appears to be a young boy who goes around befriending people and animals. The story line for Casper is basically as the book says, that the story line is almost identical to every episode.

 The storyline for Casper seems to be that he goes around looking for friends yet is judged from the very beginning as to be one of the bad Ghosts that go around scaring and tormenting others. However, the young and more innocent of the people or animals usually befriends Casper right away as they have not yet learned not too. Casper uses his abilities as a ghost to help out his newly acquired friend, in this case a monkey and at the end of the show he makes friends with all the other monkeys. I can easily see a moral here of to not judge a book or in this case a ghost, by its cover or appearance.  This plot line seems to be the basic plot of pretty much every Casper cartoon. This cartoon also teaches children the value of being kind and to help out others in need. We can also see this kind behavior taught in another Casper cartoon.

Ultimately, Casper is not a bad cartoon. It does not teach any poor morals or contain aspects just for a cheap laugh. However, the similar plot line in each cartoon does not make the viewer eager to see the next cartoon. For children who love to see the same thing over and over again might work out well, but in time it’s too predictable.

I commented on Sarah Askri’s post at http://animationayshun.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/animator-vs-animation-blog-11/#comment-31 .

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