that a bomb has been planted inside by Bill Case, a professional bomber hired by Tim to blow up the mansion. The next morning, Kibosh arrives in Deedstown, captures the Ghostly Trio, and sends Snivel to find Casper, who fled the Trio the night before. After discovering that Chris ran away, Tim meets Casper, and they both set out to find him, with Casper assuming that he is in the Applegate Mansion, which is about to explode, so Tim hitches a ride with Fistergraff as Casper arrives at the mansion to find Chris, and try to help him escape. Tim manages to get Chris out and Casper eats the bomb, which explodes in his stomach, saving the mansion. With Kibosh being impressed with Casper's technique, Casper informs him that the Ghostly Trio taught him how to do it, so Kibosh decides to let Trio stay and haunt, which led to the Trio returning Casper the favor by lying to Kibosh saying that they are Casper's uncles, after Kibosh informs them the importance of family, which allows Casper to stay with his "uncles" and Kibosh to leave them in peace. Chris and his father reconcile and Brock and his gang get their comeuppance when the Trio hangs them from the branches of a nearby tree by their underwear. Casper decides to go with a new name; Casper the Friendly Ghost. Cast Live-action cast Brendon Ryan Barrett as Chris Carson Steve Guttenberg as Tim Carson Lori Loughlin as Sheila Fistergraff Shannon Chandler as Jennifer Rodney Dangerfield as Mayor Johnny Hunt Michael McKean as Bill Case Richard Moll as Principal Rabie Steven Hartman as Brock Lee Logan Robbins as Danny D'Juan Watts as Leon Sherman Hemsley as Store Owner Ben Stein as Grocer Brian Doyle-Murray as Foreman Dave Edie McClurg as Librarian Rodger Halston as Stan Casper Van Dien as Bystander Michael James McDonald as Sarcastic Protester Voice cast Jeremy Foley as Casper James Ward as Stretch Jess Harnell as Fatso Bill Farmer as Stinkie James Earl Jones as Kibosh Pauly Shore as Snivel Production While Universal Studios planned their own sequel to 1995 film Casper for a tentative 1999 release, Harvey Entertainment who owned the rights to the IP shopped the property around looking for other studios interested in producing projects based on the character. Harvey eventually set up production of a direct-to-video prequel film with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. After