WARNING! This article contains SPOILERS for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)!Betelgeuses decision to take Lydia into the afterlife leads to their marriage pact being voided in Beetlejuice 2, but the sequel hides an even more brutal punishment for the bio-exorcist in a blink-or-youll-miss-it reveal. After Astrid is tricked by Jeremy into giving up her life, Lydia has to make a deal with Betelgeuse to rescue her daughter from the afterlife. Lydia agrees to marry Betelgeuse in exchange for his help, thus fulfilling their incomplete wedding vows from Beetlejuices 1988 ending. However, in doing so, Betelgeuse breaks Code 699, which forbids the dead from bringing the living into the afterlife.