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* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' was weird about this: the premise is that the main character can bring the dead back to life, so it's clearly [[Urban Fantasy]], but that's the ''only'' explicitly magical element. The rest of the world is a Magic Realism-esque one: there's a car that runs on dandelions, two characters who can [[Sherlock Scan]] by smell and a jockey who {{spoiler|had the legs of his dead horse transplanted into his body to replace his own}}, but none of this is treated as magical, unlike the protagonist's necromancy. |
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' was weird about this: the premise is that the main character can bring the dead back to life, so it's clearly [[Urban Fantasy]], but that's the ''only'' explicitly magical element. The rest of the world is a Magic Realism-esque one: there's a car that runs on dandelions, two characters who can [[Sherlock Scan]] by smell and a jockey who {{spoiler|had the legs of his dead horse transplanted into his body to replace his own}}, but none of this is treated as magical, unlike the protagonist's necromancy. |
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* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' and its spin-off ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]''. |
* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' and its spin-off ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]''. |
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* There has been at least one ghost (maybe) and an alleged vampire on the otherwise reality-based ''[[Diagnosis Murder]].'' |
* There has been at least one ghost (maybe) and an alleged vampire on the otherwise reality-based ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]].'' |
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* The ghosts that visit Tommy in ''[[Rescue Me]]'' may or may not be real. |
* The ghosts that visit Tommy in ''[[Rescue Me]]'' may or may not be real. |
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* ''[[Night Court]]'' was packed with examples of this trope. |
* ''[[Night Court]]'' was packed with examples of this trope. |
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