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== Anime and Manga ==
== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Kara no Kyoukai (Literature)|Kara no Kyoukai]]'', {{spoiler|the ghostly antagonist of the first chapter/movie turns out to be an out-of-body experience of a bedridden, blind girl named Fujou Kirie}}.
* In ''[[Karano Kyoukai|Kara no Kyoukai]]'', {{spoiler|the ghostly antagonist of the first chapter/movie turns out to be an out-of-body experience of a bedridden, blind girl named Fujou Kirie}}.
* In [[Natsuneko]]'s ''Blue Line'', {{spoiler|the ghost of Yuria's "dead" little sister Yui turns out to be her out-of-body experience while her body lies in coma in the nearby hospital}}.
* In [[Natsuneko]]'s ''Blue Line'', {{spoiler|the ghost of Yuria's "dead" little sister Yui turns out to be her out-of-body experience while her body lies in coma in the nearby hospital}}.
* Happens to Ash Ketchum and Pikachu in the ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' episode "The Tower of Terror" ([[Too Soon|which infamously spent a few years off the airwaves due to its title alone]]) after getting struck by a falling chandelier. As the three Ghost Pokemon show them what it's like to be ghosts, Ash befriends Haunter and, after being reunited with his body, asks him to help him against Sabrina back at Saffron City.
* Happens to Ash Ketchum and Pikachu in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' episode "The Tower of Terror" ([[Too Soon|which infamously spent a few years off the airwaves due to its title alone]]) after getting struck by a falling chandelier. As the three Ghost Pokemon show them what it's like to be ghosts, Ash befriends Haunter and, after being reunited with his body, asks him to help him against Sabrina back at Saffron City.
* A girl in [[Seirei no Moribito]] ends up this way after drinking wine with a magical flower in it.
* A girl in [[Seirei no Moribito]] ends up this way after drinking wine with a magical flower in it.
* In the midst of all the actual ghosts in ''[[Psychic Detective Yakumo]]'', one apparent ghost turns out to be the projected spirit of a terminally ill but still-living girl, whose anxiety about her impending death causes her to project her spirit to other people at night while she's sleeping.
* In the midst of all the actual ghosts in ''[[Psychic Detective Yakumo]]'', one apparent ghost turns out to be the projected spirit of a terminally ill but still-living girl, whose anxiety about her impending death causes her to project her spirit to other people at night while she's sleeping.
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== Literature ==
== Literature ==
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', {{spoiler|specifically in ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)/Ghost Story|Ghost Story]]'', Harry Dresden himself believes he is a ghost allowed to return to help his friends; turns out he is having an OBE while Queen Mab and Demonreach heal his body}}.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', {{spoiler|specifically in ''[[The Dresden Files/Ghost Story|Ghost Story]]'', Harry Dresden himself believes he is a ghost allowed to return to help his friends; turns out he is having an OBE while Queen Mab and Demonreach heal his body}}.
* André Maurois' short story "The House". A woman repeatedly dreams of a house. One day she finds the house she's been dreaming of but the people who live there are frightened of her. When she dreamed of the house she appeared there as a ghost. The story was made into a segment of the ''[[Night Gallery]]'' show.
* André Maurois' short story "The House". A woman repeatedly dreams of a house. One day she finds the house she's been dreaming of but the people who live there are frightened of her. When she dreamed of the house she appeared there as a ghost. The story was made into a segment of the ''[[Night Gallery]]'' show.
* This is the plot of [[James Herbert]]'s Nobody True.
* This is the plot of [[James Herbert]]'s Nobody True.
* Poledra in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' appears occasionally as a ghost to aid the main characters, having [[Death By Childbirth|died in childbirth]] some three thousand years previously. At the end of the ''[[Malloreon]]'', she reveals she never really died at all, but [[Faking the Dead|faked it]] in order to carry out a [[Omniscient Morality License|vague plan]] to help uphold [[The Prophecy]].
* Poledra in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' appears occasionally as a ghost to aid the main characters, having [[Death by Childbirth|died in childbirth]] some three thousand years previously. At the end of the ''[[Malloreon]]'', she reveals she never really died at all, but [[Faking the Dead|faked it]] in order to carry out a [[Omniscient Morality License|vague plan]] to help uphold [[The Prophecy]].
* The ghost in ''[[The Time of the Ghost]]'' by [[Diana Wynne Jones]] turns out to be one of these.
* The ghost in ''[[The Time of the Ghost]]'' by [[Diana Wynne Jones]] turns out to be one of these.
* For part of [[Sean Williams]]' ''Changeling'' trilogy, the protagonist is assisted by the ghost of a friend who he thinks he saw die; later, he learns that she survived, but has been in a coma ever since, and is able to restore her.
* For part of [[Sean Williams]]' ''Changeling'' trilogy, the protagonist is assisted by the ghost of a friend who he thinks he saw die; later, he learns that she survived, but has been in a coma ever since, and is able to restore her.
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== Live Action TV ==
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Soap]]'' ended with [[Cut Short|many plot threads hanging]], including Jessica about to be shot by a firing squad in Central America. Next season, she shows up on spinoff ''[[Benson]]'' as a ghost which only Benson can see. But then she finds out she's not really dead, she's just in a coma in a Central American hospital.
* ''[[Soap]]'' ended with [[Cut Short|many plot threads hanging]], including Jessica about to be shot by a firing squad in Central America. Next season, she shows up on spinoff ''[[Benson]]'' as a ghost which only Benson can see. But then she finds out she's not really dead, she's just in a coma in a Central American hospital.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "Day of the Daleks", the ghosts the Doctor is asked to investigate turn out to be projections of time travellers from the future. In "Army of Ghosts," the ghosts appearing all over the world are actually an [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|army]] of Cybermen trying to come to Earth from their home dimension.
* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "Day of the Daleks", the ghosts the Doctor is asked to investigate turn out to be projections of time travellers from the future. In "Army of Ghosts," the ghosts appearing all over the world are actually an [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|army]] of Cybermen trying to come to Earth from their home dimension.
* In a sketch on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' Benny plays a man who literally dreams of going out partying at night, getting away from his harridan of a wife. Then one day he's out in the daytime he happens by the very same place he goes in his dreams. Amazed, he knocks on the door. A bunch of women answer.
* In a sketch on ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'' Benny plays a man who literally dreams of going out partying at night, getting away from his harridan of a wife. Then one day he's out in the daytime he happens by the very same place he goes in his dreams. Amazed, he knocks on the door. A bunch of women answer.
{{quote| Lead woman: You can't come in here!<br />
{{quote| Lead woman: You can't come in here!<br />
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Benny: ''dismissive'' Who by?<br />
Benny: ''dismissive'' Who by?<br />
Woman: YOU! }}
Woman: YOU! }}
* One of the hauntings dealt with in ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'' some time in season three turns out to not be a spirit, but the projection of a girl in a coma.
* One of the hauntings dealt with in ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' some time in season three turns out to not be a spirit, but the projection of a girl in a coma.
* At least one episode of ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'' featured this; a "ghost" turns out to be a hiker who was in a coma and occasionally flatlining, during which times he was able to appear to Melinda. Eventually he prevents the doctors from reviving him so that he could become a full ghost in order to help Melinda save his brother.
* At least one episode of ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'' featured this; a "ghost" turns out to be a hiker who was in a coma and occasionally flatlining, during which times he was able to appear to Melinda. Eventually he prevents the doctors from reviving him so that he could become a full ghost in order to help Melinda save his brother.


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