Casper Meets Wendy

Plot

A mysterious "spaceship" floats over a baseball game, eventually revealing Fatso, Stinky and Stretch, The Ghostly Trio, who cause panic in the ballpark. Their nephew Casper, a shy, friendly ghost attempts to settle the agitated crowd, but the people are equally scared of him. The park empties, and Casper's uncles plan a vacation.

Meanwhile, an evil warlock named Desmond Spellman who believes himself the greatest warlock to have existed gets an unwelcomed messaged by the Oracle in the Mirror who tells him that in the future, a 10-year-old named Wendy the Good Little Witch will surpass him in being the greatest witch ever. In response, Desmond plans to get rid of her with the advised "Mystic Abyss". He creates two henchmen: Jules and Vincent, and assigns them to bring Wendy to him.

Wendy is living in the country with her three witch aunts, Gert, Gabby, and Fanny. Jules and Vincent arrive to abduct Wendy, who narrowly escapes with her aunts. To keep Wendy safe from Desmond, her aunts hide and vacation at a resort hotel, which happens to be the same in which Casper and his uncles are vacationing.

Casper and Wendy meet in a barn and, due to their nice personalities and having been bossed around by their respective relatives, become great friends. Realizing that her aunts and his uncles might not get along because ghosts and witches are natural enemies, Casper gets his uncles to haunt a dance, to which Wendy convinces her aunts to attend. The Ghostly Trio possess three men at the party and flirt with the three witches.

Though everything seems to go well, the plan is foiled when the possession wears off and the ghosts' real selves are revealed to Wendy's aunts, who threaten them with magic. However, as Wendy explains to Casper, she and her aunts can't use powerful magic or else Desmond will be able to track them down. She begs Casper not to tell anyone about this. Unfortunately, when the Trio suspects Casper is protecting the witches, they pressure Casper into confessing that the witches cannot use their magic, prompting the Trio to attack Wendy and her aunts. Wendy feels she has no choice but to cast a spell on them, covering them in plaster, thus alerting Desmond's magic tracker.

Wendy, distraught that Casper broke his promise, ends their friendship. After trying to escape the resort the witches are then found by Desmond and his henchmen. After confronting the witches Desmond explains the Oracle's prediction and after trying to resist him Desmond casts Wendy into the Mystic Abyss to destroy her, but Casper dives in to save her. Her aunts try to fight Desmond but are not powerful enough. Yet before Desmond can turn the witches into fertilizer, a giant three-eyed monster pops up and frightens the evil warlock, turning the tables and along with Wendy's broom pushing him causing him to fall into the Abyss himself. The monster turns out to be the Ghostly Trio, who combined their powers to defeat him. While they hold the Abyss open, Wendy's aunts pull her and Casper out. Now saved, the two reconcile their friendship. The Oracle proclaims that Wendy is the greatest witch because she did something no other witch ever could: She befriended a ghost. Casper, his uncles, Wendy, and her aunts all bid each other goodbye, and Casper and Wendy assure each other they will meet again soon.

Main

Hilary Duff as Wendy the Good Little Witch

Cathy Moriarty as Gert

Shelley Duvall as Gabby

Teri Garr as Fanny

George Hamilton as Desmond Spellman

Richard Moll as Jules

Vincent Schiavelli as Vincent

Pauly Shore as The Oracle

Blake Foster as Josh Jackson

Logan Robbins as Logan

Michael McDonald as Spike-Stretch

Travis McKenna as Phil-Fatso

Patrick Richwood as Vinne-Stinky

Voice

Jeremy Foley as Casper the Friendly Ghost

Jim Ward as Stretch

Bill Farmer as Stinkie

Jess Harnell as Fatso

Supporting

Rodger Halston as Larry Tullby

Alan Thicke as Baseball Announcer

Casper Van Dien as Crewcut Hunk

Billy Burnette as Chef

Maria Ford as Playmate (Fanny)

Jim Jackman as Jerry Jackman

Sheila Travis as Jean Jackman

Clay Crosby as Honeycakes

Tamie Lea Logan as Squeekums (Credited as Tami Logan)

Ramsey Krull as Newsboy

Paul Di Franco as Spectactor (Credited as Paul di Franco)

Howie Gold as Agitated Fan

Charles Moore as Amazed Fan

Emily Jennifer Grunfeld as Pretty Fan

Manny Fernandez as Handsome Fan

Michael Spagnoli as Panicked Fan

Jim Wise as Hungry Fan

Ricky Luna as Catcher

John Rizzi as Cubana Boy

Sebastian Hitzig as Desk Clerk

Patricia Elliott as Snotty Woman (Credited as Pat Elliot)

Sue Ellen Enright as Maid

Cecile Krevoy as Snooty Lady

Rodman Flender as Agile Dancer

Michelle Marie as Rockin' Dancer

Lisa Salazar as Smart Dancer

Elizabeth Gage as Swift Dancer

Karen Welch as Spinning Dancer

Rick Dean as Table Occupant

Lacey Taylor Robbins as Kim

Larry Robbins as Boogie-Lovin' Dude

Cameo/Uncredited

Norm Macdonald as Human Stretch

Sean McNamara as Wendy's Broom

Hugo Orellana as Baseball Player

Ben Stein as Lawyer

Claire Bryétt Andrew as Startled Baby

Lex Robbins as Boy at Pool

Joel Ross as Hotel Desk Clerk

Soundtrack alteration

In the original airing and VHS release of the film, the Casper theme can be heard in the opening sequence performed by Shana Halligan. In subsequent DVD releases the lyric is muted though the melody and sound effects remain intact, however, Halligan is still credited with performing the theme song.

Awards and nominations

Casper Meets Wendy won the Children’s Programming - Electronic Visual Effects award. Hilary Duff was nominated for an Young Artist Award.