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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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== [[Literature]] ==
* Schleppel the bogeyman in ''[[Discworld
** 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.
* Tatara Kogasa from ''[[Touhou]]''. She's a [[Youkai|karakasa]] that [[Emotion Eater|eats surprise]].
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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 monsters of ''[[Aaahh Real Monsters|AAAHH!!! Real Monsters]]''
* The Flying Dutchman of ''[[
** ...Sometimes.
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