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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''Little ghost, little ghost
''One I'm scared of the most
''Can you scare me up a little bit of love?''
|'''[[The White Stripes]], "Little Ghost"'''}}
Simply put, the
In some cases, the ghost girl will actually have some sort of artificial body that allows them to act even more like a normal human.
A subtype of [[Cute Monster Girl]]. Often overlaps with [[Reluctant Monster]], especially when they are first introduced. If the
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Menma, the focus of ''[[Ano Hana]]'', whom only Jinta can see. She is suspected to be stuck on Earth [[Unfinished Business|until her wish is granted]], which she cannot remember.
* Oshizu from ''[[To
* Sayo Aisaka (seen above) from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''. A little more ghost-y than others, but mainly because nobody can see her. When they finally figure out she exists they start treating her like a normal girl. Currently possesses a Voodoo doll and pilots [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v28/c253/7.html this].
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' has Sayaka, an [[Ill Girl]] who was desperate to have some kind of fun before she went to heaven. Botan plays the trope a bit more straight, despite being a [[Shinigami]] instead of a ghost. There's a scene in the manga where she has to rush back to Reikai, and Yanagisawa freaks out because her body suddenly falls
** In the anime, Sayaka's story was different. She was still a
* Many female Shinigami in ''[[Bleach]]'' technically qualify, although the human spirits like the one Ichigo helps in the first chapter are probably closer to this.
** Orihime was one of these in the pilot chapter, and if you don't think that tiny!Rukia is adorable as well, there's something wrong with you.
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* Arashi and Kaja from ''[[Natsu no Arashi]]!''. While they actually are ghost girls, to the uninformed, they display no signs of actually being dead. {{spoiler|Later on, another two girls called Kanako and Yayoi are introduced, and are revealed to be ghosts as well}}
* Mitsu from ''[[Honey Crush]]'', the main character.
* One of the cast of ''[[Di Gi Charat]] [[Continuity Reboot|Nyo!]]'' is one of these. Her name is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Yurei]].<ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|Japanese for "ghost"]]</ref>
* ''Panyo Panyo [[Di Gi Charat]]'' finds the girls helping one who has the [[Ghostly Goals|Ghostly Goal]] of learning to ride a
* Omiyo from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]''. In one chapter, she has Fuyuki examine a photo for possible ghosts, which is hardly the strangest thing that happens in the house.
* Kagome meets one of them in [[Inuyasha]]. The girl's name name was Mayu, her little brother was Souta's best friend [[Ill Boy|and was in the hospital]], {{spoiler|and Mayu herself died in a fire (the same one that let her brother hospitalised) after a huge fight with her mom, thus her spirit was poisoned by hate and anger and couldn't rest in peace. Kagome has to save her from going to Hell due to her rage.}}
* Chapter 29 of ''[[Ai Kora]]'' has Maeda and Shibusawa hunting one down: Maeda's interest is piqued when he finds the ghost girl has a really sexy back. Seriously, he's just that kind of guy.
* "Ghost Princess" Perona from ''[[One Piece]]'' is an interesting variation. She isn't dead, but she has the power to leave her body as well as create various ghosts to attack with.
* {{spoiler|Kuroha}} from ''[[Rental Magica]]'', who is also the series' [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]].
* A few in ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', all of whom Ataru flirts with. Nagisa is the most notable, being a [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] and thus a gender flipped version. The cast figures out that he's a boy only because [[All Men Are Perverts|Ataru and Mendou]] start to wonder why they're ''not'' flirting with Nagisa. He soon gets a physical form and romantically pursues fellow crossdresser Ryunosuke, his [[Arranged Marriage|fiancee]].
* {{spoiler|Mayoi Hachikuji}} of ''[[Bakemonogatari]]''. The fact that she's a ghost is only ever mentioned in one episode.
* Alice McCoy of ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' might be
* ''[[Koko wa Greenwood]]'' had a one-episode character of a girl who died prior to getting to date and is determined to have a good date before she passes on. {{spoiler|She has so much fun that she decides to stick around at the end of the episode.}}
* Jolokia-tan in ''Habanero-tan''. It's a [[Stealth Pun]], as naga jolokia is also known as "ghost pepper".
* ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' has {{spoiler|Fuko Ibuki}} who, despite not actually being dead, is still not exactly... well, basically, {{spoiler|the real Fuko Ibuki is in a coma, while her "[[Astral Projection|ghost]]" of sorts is running around at the school.}} For a time, Tomoya refuses to believe it, thinking that it must be someone else claiming to be her, but it ends up being true. {{spoiler|Thanks to the Cosmic Reset, however, she gets better.}}
* Okinu from ''[[Ghost Sweeper Mikami]]''. {{spoiler|She comes back to life eventually, since her lieless body is found uncorrupted and still in use..}}
* The Zashiki Warashi that lives in Japan's home in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]''. {{spoiler|It's all but stated that she and the [[Kappa]] have to leave, though, since Japan cannot see them anymore.}}
* Yuuko Kanoe from ''[[
* The unnamed "star" (with [[Fog Feet]]) of the anime short ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAfC5yW_hw Gisoku no Moses]'', who teams up with a pair of haunted tap shoes to dance to "Moses Supposes" from ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''.
▲== [[Comics]] ==
* ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'' had Secret, a sweet and naive ghost girl who showed up in a prequel issue and stuck around.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The eponymous ghost]] in [[Anyas Ghost]] is a nice, polite little spirit, wearing an old-fashioned dress and poofy 'dandelion' hair. {{spoiler|Of course, she's not quite so lovable after she goes all [[Yandere
== [[Film]] ==
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* Poisoning victim in [[The Sixth Sense]], sans vomit.
* Suzie from the Disney Channel movie ''Suzie Q''
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Jane Thayer's ''Gus Was a Friendly Ghost'' series is a rare male example. Gus seems to have always "lived" in the attic of an old house (later converted to a museum), and the people he interacts with have no real trouble accepting him as a roommate.
▲== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Thelma in ''[[Hex]]'' is a prime example of this character type.
* Komachi from ''[[Madan Senki Ryukendo]]''. She's a ghost that only Kenji can see most of the time, and when she temporarily regains her body in one episode, she ends up faceplanting into the wall, since she can't walk through it anymore.
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* Sarah Collins on ''[[Dark Shadows (TV series)|Dark Shadows]]'' first appeared as a ghost, mostly to young David Collins, and in fact became his friend. The few other people she appeared to usually thought that she was just a regular little girl (budgetary constraints of the show prevented her usually looking particularly "ghostly" aside from her late-eighteenth century attire.) She was cute (if sometimes annoying, pretty much constantly accompanied by her theme music, "London Bridge," and usually bouncing a toy ball) and was also later instrumental in helping Maggie Evans escape from {{spoiler|Barnabas Collins, Sarah's cursed vampire brother}}.
== [[Music]] ==▼
▲== Music ==
* A musical example would be ''Little Ghost'', by the [[The White Stripes]]:
{{quote|''I lean to touch her and I whisper''
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''When I held her I was really holding air'' }}
* [[The Decemberists]]' "Leslie Ann Levine", [[Squick|whose mother birthed her down a dry ravine]].
* The title character of ''Ghost of Books'' by [[Animal Collective]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
* D from [[Trace Memory]]. He manages to freak Ashley out at first, since she'd never seen a ghost before, but after that, he's basically harmless and just wants to move on.
* Several of the ghosts in ''[[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]]'' straddle the line between this and [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]].
* Since it covers a lot of [[Cute Monster Girl
** [[Completely Missing the Point|Same way as in Exalted?]]
** It should be noted that Youmu actually is afraid of ghosts.
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** Though classed as poltergeists rather than ghosts, the Prismriver Sisters could count too. Same for Kana Anaberal.
** ''Ten Desires'' adds in Soga no Tojiko.
* Pamela from ''[[Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana]]'', ''[[Atelier Iris 3]]'' and ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al
* Colleen in [[Touch Detective|Touch Detective 2 1/2]].
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks]]'', Princess Zelda herself spends most of the game in this form.
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* Lolita Goth from ''[[The Sims]]'' ''3'', who is also prone to [[Wild Mass Guessing]]. She's not in the Goth family tree, but she's arguably one of the favorites in the game.
* {{spoiler|Maya Amano's ghost-girl}} in ''[[Persona 2]]''. She's the most adorable little girl as a human, but admit it, the sailor outfit is twice as precious in 'transparent blue'.
* In [[My Sims]], you might get to see a
** And in [[The Sims]] 3, you can get a (male) ghost to have sex with one of your (female) sims, then having a 50% chance of having a ghost kid as one of your sims. You can also make them have kids with another ghost, but for that you'll need some cheating...
* One of the playable characters in the ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' series is Yu, an energetic ghost girl. Later games pair her up with her twin brother Rei, who, while not nearly as energetic as his sister, is just as cute and harmless.
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* {{spoiler|Rosalia}} from ''[[Trauma Team]]''.
* The "antagonist" of the ''[[Sonic Unleashed|Night of the Werehog]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7QOdvxWAac short]. She might as well be the average [[Genki Girl]] with a ghost tail slapped on for kicks. She was the subject of fan obsession for a while, although it was diminished due to the fact that she does not actually appear in the game. She had a hobby of collecting pictures of scared visitors to her mansion.
* In ''Spooky's House of Jump Scares'', Spooky herself and some of her… tenants.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''Unlike Minerva'' has Nina, the library ghost who is mildly fixated on the protagonist Brisbane. It's left ambiguous, though, as to whether she's actually a ghost or if she just [[No Social Skills|grew up in the crawlspaces of the library]].
* A few of these show up in ''[[Minus]]''.
* ''[[Don't Look It Sucks]]'' has Tero, which upon dying shortly after being introduced, turns into a ghost. The cast don't seem to mind much that she's a ghost. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090908153148/http://syx.dino-productions.net/comic/111/ Tero, herself, is still afraid of dying.]
* Shion from ''[[Tsunami Channel|Experimental Comic Kotone]]'' goes one step further, actually being able to pass for living...when she remembers to use doors.
* Bryony, the deceased sister of Bear and Patches, more or less fits this trope in ''Catena''. Most of the cast isn't actually able to see Bryony for quite some time. She's actually an [[Our Angels Are Different|angel]] (complete with pink wings).
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* Athena in the [[Remix Comic]] version of ''[[Jet Dream]]'' is a strange magical figure who only appears to Harmony. She doesn't look especially "ghostly," perhaps due to the author's apparent confusion over whether Athena is [[Sadly Mythtaken|the goddess of wisdom and warfare or a "ghost girl warrior of olden times."]]
* In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAfC5yW_hw a YouTube video entitled "Gisoku no mōzesu" ("Moses with prosthetic feet", roughly)], a Cute Ghost Girl with [[Fog Feet]] teams up with [[Animate Inanimate Object|a pair of possessed shoes]] (who seem to embody [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Donald O'Connor]]) to dance to the song "Moses Supposes" from the musical ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]''.
▲== [[Web Original]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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