Question: Why does Bettlejuice give Lydia some BS reason why he can't tell her his name, but them puts her through a ridiculous round of charades for her to guess it?
Tim Burton left this up to the audience to theorize. Some fans have speculated it's a curse, some fans have speculated rules of banishment in the afterlife, some fans have speculated it's the rules of being a demon, which is Beetlejuice's being.
Chosen answer: Because he can't say his own name, therefore the charades is the only way he can get her to figure out what his name is to say it.
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Why can't Beetlejuice say his own name?
Tim Burton left this up to the audience to theorize. Some fans have speculated it's a curse, some fans have speculated rules of banishment in the afterlife, some fans have speculated it's the rules of being a demon, which is Beetlejuice's being.