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The [[Peek
"Boo!" And then he laughs when they run away. ''This is '''all''' he does.'' Sometimes it's [[Punch Clock Villain|his designated job]]. He probably wouldn't know what to do if someone wasn't frightened of him, which is often [[An Aesop]].
Characters should be careful about what genre they are in, because true horror movie ghosts often pretend to be this to lull their [[Wrong Genre Savvy|so-called "Genre Savvy"]] prey into a false sense of security. Alternately, all it takes is one good scare to trigger a [[Fright Deathtrap]].
Often the foil of the [[Reluctant Monster]]. Compare to the [[Noble Demon]], who is a more serious version of this. Shouldn't be confused with the ''real'' [[Things That Go Bump in
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* The Hamburglar in the McDonald's commercials once fit the [[Harmless Villain]] Trope, but sometime around the mid-80s they made him cuter, funnier, and friendlier, placing him in this Trope. The Goblins (later renamed the Fry Guys) were the same.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* Stuart, Cyrus, and Judge in ''[[The Frighteners]]''.
* This is what the [[The Deaths of Ian Stone|Harvesters]] used to be, with a side order of [[Physical God]] -- [[Emotion Eater
== [[Literature]] ==
* Schleppel the bogeyman in ''[[
** Actually, Schleppel doesn't even do ''that''. Other bogeymen hide under beds or in wardrobes and then leap out to scare people. Schleppel just stays there... at first.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* The normal species of ghosts that hang from the ceiling in ''[[
** [[Money Spider|Blue ghosts]] also act like this; they pop out to scare Luigi, then run.
** In [[Luigi's Mansion 2: Dark Moon| the sequel]], Gold Greenies are like the Blue ghosts in the first game. (Except the two that come out of the hockey goal in the fourth mansion, which do attack.)
* Tatara Kogasa from ''[[Touhou]]''. She's a [[Youkai|karakasa]] that [[Emotion Eater|eats surprise]].
* The [http://www.wowhead.com/npc=45704 Lurking Tempest] from the Vortex Pinnacle dungeon in ''[[
* Spend too long in the Krypt in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'', and the Krypt Monster will appear; he's an ugly looking fellah, but all he does is scare the player and run away. He sometimes even leaves a few Koins.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The Disney/Pixar movie ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' was about a society of monsters that did this to gather power from the screams of frightened children.
* Other ghosts besides ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost]]'' in any medium he appears in. In fact, scaring is [[Serious Business]].
* This is what ''[[Shrek]]'' was in the beginning of his movie, more as a device to maintain his privacy.
* The citizens of Halloween Town in ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'' scare people for fun. It's a tradition. There are, however, exceptions, like [[Big Bad|Oogie Boogie]].
* The
* The Flying Dutchman of ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
** ...Sometimes.
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