Tropescilloscope: The Ghost

Mentioned but never seen character. (read more at tvtropes.org)

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Killed Mid-Sentence Hero Antagonist Shower Scene Fainting Brainless Beauty Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Retirony Hypocrite Protagonist Title The Cavalry Psychological Thriller A God Am I Abusive Parents Action Prologue Dumb Blonde Facial Horror The Bad Guy Wins Bare Your Midriff Unreliable Narrator Jerk Jock Disney Death Dull Surprise Black Dude Dies First Irony Everyone Has Standards N-Word Privileges After the End Action Survivor Rewatch Bonus Curse Cut Short It's All About Me Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Back from the Dead British Films The '60s Horror Films Dual Wielding It's Personal Conspicuous CG "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Super Strength Foregone Conclusion Mundane Made Awesome Historical-Domain Character Kick the Son of a Bitch The Ditz Visual Pun You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Even Evil Has Standards Show Within a Show Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Blood from the Mouth Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Reality Ensues Science Fiction Films All Just a Dream Country Matters Faux Affably Evil Continuity Nod Victoria's Secret Compartment Bloody Hilarious Names to Run Away from Really Fast As Himself Bilingual Bonus Attempted Rape Break the Cutie Your Head A-Splode Hell Is That Noise Stock Footage Grievous Bottley Harm Babies Ever After Good Is Not Nice Aside Glance NO INDOOR VOICE Disguised in Drag Covers Always Lie Historical Hero Upgrade Jerkass All There in the Manual Overprotective Dad Fake Shemp Daylight Horror Apocalypse How Public Domain Feature Films I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Taking the Bullet Suspiciously Specific Denial Almost Kiss Black Best Friend Intrepid Reporter Pyrrhic Victory One-Man Army Freeze-Frame Bonus Sacrificial Lion Loads and Loads of Characters No Antagonist The Smurfette Principle In Name Only Sir Swears-a-Lot Serial Killer Animal Title Index Break the Haughty Film Noir Serious Business Blatant Lies Blonde, Brunette, Redhead From Nobody to Nightmare The Remake In the Back Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Darkest Hour Interrupted Suicide Heel–Face Turn Ms. Fanservice Hollywood Darkness And I Must Scream Unusually Uninteresting Sight "Shaggy Dog" Story Take a Third Option Unwitting Instigator of Doom Pre-Mortem One-Liner Big Brother Instinct Poor Communication Kills Lighter and Softer Disappeared Dad Authority Equals Asskicking Dark Action Girl Bad Boss Evil Is Petty The Big Guy Taking You with Me Evil Is Hammy Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Eyepatch of Power Villain Song Scare Chord True Companions Off with His Head! Celebrity Paradox Epic Movie Ax-Crazy Race Lift And the Adventure Continues German Films Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience I Need a Freaking Drink Affably Evil Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Rule of Three Animated Credits Opening Freudian Excuse Mercy Kill Pragmatic Adaptation Funny Foreigner The Dog Bites Back Self-Deprecation Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Historical Villain Upgrade Tempting Fate Dramatic Irony Real Life Big Bad Duumvirate Gorn Heroic BSoD Tagline Parental Abandonment The Oner Thriller Ghost Fiction Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Every Car Is a Pinto Groin Attack What the Hell, Hero? 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Deus ex Machina Evil Brit Biopic Age Lift Slashed Throat Evil Sounds Deep Big Fancy House Sexy Discretion Shot Cowboy Cop Monumental Damage Unusual Euphemism The Mafia Men Are the Expendable Gender Gory Discretion Shot The '50s Gender Flip Retired Badass Put on a Bus The Stinger Bi the Way Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Does This Remind You of Anything? Empathic Environment Small Name, Big Ego She Cleans Up Nicely Setting Update Abhorrent Admirer Eldritch Abomination Undying Loyalty Tap on the Head Depraved Bisexual Knife Nut Get Out! Artistic License – History Big Eater Not Using the "Z" Word Once More, with Clarity! Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Hollywood Law Crucified Hero Shot Crazy Jealous Guy No OSHA Compliance Artistic License – Law Take That! Only in It for the Money Room Full of Crazy This Is Gonna Suck Jerkass Has a Point The Cameo Malevolent Masked Men Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Death by Irony Dark Reprise The Great Depression Catch-Phrase Worthy Opponent Let's Get Dangerous! My Greatest Failure Guns Akimbo Bad "Bad Acting" Parental Substitute Shirtless Scene Amusing Injuries Gratuitous English Adaptation Expansion Refuge in Audacity Translation Convention Adaptation Distillation Storming the Castle Mugging the Monster Zombie Stories Motor Mouth Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Fantasy Films Last-Name Basis You Have Failed Me Sassy Black Woman Ascended Extra Broken Pedestal Adaptational Villainy Villain Protagonist Fingore Police are Useless Naked People Are Funny Corrupt Corporate Executive Calling the Old Man Out Determinator Accidental Murder Narrator Recycled IN SPACE! Fatal Family Photo Badass Bookworm Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! Broken Aesop Beard of Evil In Medias Res Mythology Gag Hidden Depths Dirty Coward Implacable Man Heterosexual Life-Partners No Celebrities Were Harmed A.I. Is a Crapshoot Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Dropped a Bridge on Him Based on a True Story Pretty Little Headshots Comically Missing the Point Reckless Gun Usage Reality Has No Subtitles Anguished Declaration of Love Nothing Is Scarier Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Camp Gay Your Cheating Heart Offscreen Teleportation Mystery and Detective Films