often than not. Casper's Haunted Christmas shows his interest in modern technology. In the 1995 film, he is portrayed as quieter and more timid than Stretch or Fatso, as reflected by his friendlier face on the film's poster. Ghostbusters comparison Fatso's appearance, voice, and love for food makes him comparable to Slimer, an apparition from Ghostbusters. In 1987 Harvey Comics sued Columbia Pictures (the film's distributor) for $50 million, claiming that the iconic Ghostbusters logo was too reminiscent of Fatso. The court ruled in Columbia's favor, due to Harvey's failure to renew the copyrights on early Casper stories and the "limited ways to draw a figure of a cartoon ghost." Relationship to Casper Casper's exact relationship to the Ghostly Trio varies. In the early comic stories, the unfailingly polite Casper never addressed any of them as "Uncle," suggesting that they were instead his elder brothers or cousins. Casper's Haunted Christmas hints at a relationship. The Ghostly Trio refer to Spooky (Casper's cousin) as their nephew. Whether or not that makes them blood relatives, remains unrevealed. In the 1995 film and spin-off cartoon, they are said to be his uncles. In the movie, Casper Meets Wendy, Casper tells Wendy that the Trio are his uncles. Casper: A Spirited Beginning, claims that Casper is not related to the Ghostly Trio, meeting them for the first time when he runs away from a ghost school run by the evil ghost Kibosh. Attempting to prove their superior ghost techniques, the Trio train Casper in his ghost abilities; when contacted by Kibosh and his assistant, Snivel, they lie to Kibosh about being his uncles so that he can remain in their care. Casper had saved the Trio from Kibosh's wrath after having impressed him when Casper ingested a bomb that saved the Trio's home from being destroyed. The Trio returned the favour by more or less adopting Casper so he would not have to go to scare school under Kibosh's orders, therefore remaining a family as Kibosh stated family stays together and haunts together. Powers and abilities The Ghostly Trio are shown to be a very powerful and experienced group of ghosts, and the trio has vast supernatural powers, such as intangibility, invisibility, teleportation, flight, possession (which they supposedly hold the record for the longest possessions), matter transmutation, shapeshifting and other forms of reality warping. Actors Joe Nipote voiced Stretch, Joe Alaskey voiced Stinkie, and