Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost is a

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character that appeared in titles published by

Harvey Comics Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey World Famous Comics, Harvey Publications, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Hits, Harvey Illustrated Humor, and Harvey Picture Magazines) was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City by Alfr ...

. Spooky first appeared in ''

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'' #10 (June 1953). He is Casper's cousin, although their exact relation is never specified. He generally resembles Casper except he has freckles, a derby hat, and a large, black nose.

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Spooky is written with a Brooklyn accent, for example calling his girlfriend and fellow ghost Pearl, "Poil." His iconic

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hat is, therefore, a "doiby." Although he shares traits with The Ghostly Trio as far as loving to scare the living and being somewhat of a tough guy, he is not as cruel to his cousin as the Trio is, though he occasionally makes fun of Casper for being friendly, and Spooky has his moments of goodwill. Pearl, who fell in love with Spooky when he rescued her from captivity by abusive witches who were enslaving her in her own house in one comic-book issue, is always trying to stop him from scaring, by reprimanding him, keeping an eagle-eye on him, staying with him all day, threatening to break up with him, or dating other ghost-guys. (Whenever she does, she always ends up finding fault with her new date and thinking Spooky is better by comparison, so she returns to him.) So Spooky is always finding ways to keep his scaring secret from Pearl, sometimes by making it appear that someone else did it. After several appearances in ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'', Spooky moved to several spin-off titles, including '' Spooky Spooktown'' (1961–1976), ''Spooky Haunted House'' (1972-1975) and '' Tuff Ghosts Starring Spooky'' (1962–1972). The original ran until #161 in September, 1980.

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Spooky made four theatrical films with Casper, ''Hide & Shriek'' (1954), ''Hooky Spooky'' (1957), ''Which Is Witch'' (1958), & ''Doing What's Fright'' (1959). Spooky is part of the 1963 animated television series ''The New Casper Cartoon Show'', which ran from 1963 to 1969. In 1996, after the success of the 1995 ''Casper'' feature film, a new animated show, ''

The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper ''The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper'' is an animated television spin-off and a sequel of the feature film ''Casper'', which, in turn, was based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character of Casper the Friendly Ghost. Production At the time ...

'', premiered on

Fox Kids Fox Kids (originally known as Fox Children's Network and later as the Fox Kids Network; stylized as FOX KIDS) was an American children's block programming, programming block and branding for a slate of international children's television channel ...

, with Spooky as one of the regular characters, voiced by

Rob Paulsen Robert Frederick Paulsen III (born March 11, 1956) is an American voice actor, known for his roles in numerous animated television series and films. He received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program and three Anni ...

. In the 2000 computer-animated movie ''

Casper's Haunted Christmas ''Casper's Haunted Christmas'' is a 2000 computer-animated Christmas supernatural dark comedy film produced by Harvey Comics and Mainframe Entertainment, based on the character Casper the Friendly Ghost, and was released by Universal Studios Ho ...

'', Spooky's voice was provided by Samuel Vincent. Spooky made an appearance in "Scare Bud", a fourth season episode of ''

Harvey Girls Forever! ''Harvey Girls Forever!'' (originally titled ''Harvey Street Kids'' in its first season, then retroactively retitled) is an American animated comedy television series produced by Brendan Hay and Aliki Theofilopoulos for DreamWorks Animation Televi ...

'', voiced by Jordan Fry.

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External links

Spooky at The Harveyville Fun Times
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