Casper is a ghost-a funny kid with a New York accent, who inhabits a ghost house along with an adult ghost community to frighten people. Casper, however, is a noncomformist ghost between the ghosts: he would prefer to be friends with people. He packs his things and goes out into the world, hoping to find friends. However, the animals he encountered were always afraid and horrified to see him and ran to the frangipani. Desperate, unsuccessful Casper tried to commit suicide (apparently forgot that he was dead) by putting himself on a rail before a passing train, before he met two children named Johnny and Bonnie who became his friends. The mother of a widow and poor child - at first they were afraid to see Casper, but eventually they welcomed her into the family after casper (unwittingly) a greedy man, who, wanting to have the "haunted house"
Casper is described as "The Friendly Ghost", meaning friendly ghost. This cartoon immediately attracted the attention of children in his day. Want to know what Casper's excitement is like?
"Casper's Birdthday Party"
