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[[File:cit_Nagasarete_Airantou_ghost_lights.jpg|link=Nagasarete Airantou|frame|''I've been possessed. ;_;'']]
[[File:cit Nagasarete Airantou ghost lights.jpg|link=Nagasarete Airantou|frame|''I've been possessed. ;_;'']]




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* Ghost Aisaka Sayo in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' usually ''doesn't'' have ghost lights, but can produce them if needed.
* Ghost Aisaka Sayo in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' usually ''doesn't'' have ghost lights, but can produce them if needed.
* A ghost light symbolically appears in the background in ''[[.hack//Sign]]'' when Bear explains to Mimiru that their enemy is not an entity that can be simply attacked but is both nowhere and everywhere.
* A ghost light symbolically appears in the background in ''[[.hack//Sign]]'' when Bear explains to Mimiru that their enemy is not an entity that can be simply attacked but is both nowhere and everywhere.
* The ghost girl from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' is often accompanied by [[Ghost Lights]], and Dororo tends to sulk in the corner with ghost lights around him when his "[[Heroic BSOD|Trauma Switch]]" turns on.
* The ghost girl from ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' is often accompanied by Ghost Lights, and Dororo tends to sulk in the corner with ghost lights around him when his "[[Heroic BSOD|Trauma Switch]]" turns on.
* In an early ''[[Detective Conan]]'' case, the detective boys think a house is haunted when they see Will O' Wisps in a window. (It turns out to just be from a candle.)
* In an early ''[[Detective Conan]]'' case, the detective boys think a house is haunted when they see Will O' Wisps in a window. (It turns out to just be from a candle.)
* In ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' there is a priest who has those with him since the time it got revealed he's actually a ghost.
* In ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' there is a priest who has those with him since the time it got revealed he's actually a ghost.
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** The [[Ghost Ship]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' has blue flames floating around it.
** The [[Ghost Ship]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' has blue flames floating around it.
* ''[[Touhou]]'' has several examples:
* ''[[Touhou]]'' has several examples:
** As the princess of a ghost palace (and a ghost herself), Yuyuko Saigyouji seems to be continuously surrounded by these. Her [[Battle Butler|servant]], Youmu Konpaku, also has one of these next to her at all times, which happens to be half of her own soul -- because she's only ''half'' ghost (don't ask me how that works).
** As the princess of a ghost palace (and a ghost herself), Yuyuko Saigyouji seems to be continuously surrounded by these. Her [[Battle Butler|servant]], Youmu Konpaku, also has one of these next to her at all times, which happens to be half of her own soul—because she's only ''half'' ghost (don't ask me how that works).
*** Both Yuyuko and Youmu use their [[Ghost Lights]] as [[Attack Drone|Attack Drones]] in the games where they are playable. So does [[Brother Chuck|Mima]] from PC98 games.
*** Both Yuyuko and Youmu use their Ghost Lights as [[Attack Drone]]s in the games where they are playable. So does [[Brother Chuck|Mima]] from PC98 games.
** Rin Kaenbyou is surrounded by what appears to be ''skull'' ghost lights -- appropriate, since her job is to carry off corpses into the underworld.
** Rin Kaenbyou is surrounded by what appears to be ''skull'' ghost lights—appropriate, since her job is to carry off corpses into the underworld.
*** In some spell cards, she is accompanied by ''zombie fairies'', which look pretty similar (though a later [[All There in the Manual|guidebook]] claims that they're just normal fairies who like to dress up).
*** In some spell cards, she is accompanied by ''zombie fairies'', which look pretty similar (though a later [[All There in the Manual|guidebook]] claims that they're just normal fairies who like to dress up).
* The second ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' game features a chapter searching for a pirate ghost's treasure. Will O' Wisps play a prominent role, attacking the ship at the start and as common enemies throughout the island.
* The second ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' game features a chapter searching for a pirate ghost's treasure. Will O' Wisps play a prominent role, attacking the ship at the start and as common enemies throughout the island.
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* ''[[Ghostbusters]] The Video Game'' (and by extension the [[Tabletop RPG]] where the classification system comes from) identifies these as Class 1 paranormal phenomena, alongside things such as cold spots and spectral voices.
* ''[[Ghostbusters]] The Video Game'' (and by extension the [[Tabletop RPG]] where the classification system comes from) identifies these as Class 1 paranormal phenomena, alongside things such as cold spots and spectral voices.
* In ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'', the ghost enemy Fishin' Boo dangles a blue flame from a fishing rod.
* In ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'', the ghost enemy Fishin' Boo dangles a blue flame from a fishing rod.
* In ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' (Gamecube), when wandering the town at 3AM you can sometimes be disturbed by an unknown presence whispering, which reveals itself to be a ghost if you stay in one place long enough. He explains his dire situation, where he needs to retrieve 5 [[Ghost Lights]] which slowly float around the town. If you don't, his Master (whose name changes every time) will be very displeased. Collecting them for him before Sunrise will have him perform a favor for you, one of which is simultaneously plucking every Weed in town for you.
* In ''[[Animal Crossing]]'' (Gamecube), when wandering the town at 3AM you can sometimes be disturbed by an unknown presence whispering, which reveals itself to be a ghost if you stay in one place long enough. He explains his dire situation, where he needs to retrieve 5 Ghost Lights which slowly float around the town. If you don't, his Master (whose name changes every time) will be very displeased. Collecting them for him before Sunrise will have him perform a favor for you, one of which is simultaneously plucking every Weed in town for you.
** He also appears in the Wii version, but instead requires his missing Lamp or else he is stuck in town for the night.
** He also appears in the Wii version, but instead requires his missing Lamp or else he is stuck in town for the night.
* The Zombie Possessor in ''[[Earthbound]]'' inflicts this as a status ailment.
* The Zombie Possessor in ''[[Earthbound]]'' inflicts this as a status ailment.