Someone just noticed something really weird about Casper the Friendly Ghost
Casper the Friendly Ghost makes us smile with glee. Yes – he’s a floating, translucent ghost, but he’s also a personable little fella. He doesn’t want to haunt people. He wants to make friends. Recently, writer Daniel Kibblesmith noticed something rather peculiar about Casper the Friendly Ghost and shared it on Twitter.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE PHYSICS OF CASPER pic.twitter.com/k4KxjgMvPI
— Kibblesmith ⚔️ (@kibblesmith) May 27, 2017
Huh. Now that you mention it, it is a bit of a head-scratcher. Isn’t it? In one image, Casper is filling up with ice and snow from a rooftop. In another, Casper splices himself in half to pick apples off a tree. His top half is picking apples, while his bottom half is being used as a bucket to collect apples.
Holy smokes, what is this about?
JESUS CHRIST WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE pic.twitter.com/NKZG1U0369
— Kibblesmith ⚔️ (@kibblesmith) May 27, 2017
Writer K. Thor Jensen had this to say about the physics behind Casper’s being.
@kibblesmith @toomuchnick He has an ectoplasmic membrane of variable solidity you oaf, you clown, you uneducated buffoon
— K. Thor Jensen (@kthorjensen) May 27, 2017
We think there might be something to the idea of the ectoplasmic membrane as a potential explanation.
According to Biology Online, a “membrane” is a “thin layer of tissue covering a surface or lining.” That seems simple enough.
When we looked up “ectoplasm,” the definition is vastly more complicated. This is what How Stuff Works: Science had to say:
“To most of us, the definition of ectoplasm is ‘a slime in “Ghostbusters.”‘ To a more select group of people, it is the outer layer of cytoplasm that helps make up an amoeba. And to an even smaller subset of the population, ectoplasm is a substance that secretes off spirits or their earthbound medium – and might just help that medium produce spooky, otherworldly feats for awed witnesses.”
Again, we say – huh. Does that really explain all of this?
@kibblesmith @LouisPeitzman I have many questions pic.twitter.com/DEOyO7FzOs
— Adam Ellis
(@moby_dickhead) May 27, 2017
Probably not. One thing we do agree on is @elle91’s definitive statement:
@kibblesmith Ghosts don't have time to fuck with physics
— Yael (@elle91) May 27, 2017
Agreed. Casper the Friendly Ghost has friends to make and places to float to. Like most of us, he values his time. He may have exponentially more than most of us, but still, he values it. This little ghost proves how a little personality can go a long way. We adore him for it.
