Poltergeist (trope): Difference between revisions

* ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'' uses the "uncontrolled psychokinesis" version in the first season of the anime.

 

 

* The ''[[Poltergeist (film series)|Poltergeist]]'' movies feature (naturally) a manifestation of poltergeists that seem fixated on Carol Anne Freeling. The first movie posited that the haunting was caused by an improperly relocated cemetary, while the second suggested that a dark ritual opened a gateway between the afterlife and the living world.

 

 

 

* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, a poltergeist named Peeves inhabits Hogwarts Castle.

* In ''[[Discworld/Reaper Man|Reaper Man]]'' Death is forced into retirement, causing a whole lot of spirit activity to start manifesting through out Ankh-Morpork (and probably elsewhere as well).

 

 

* Many "ghost hunting" programs request such behavior in their living-impaired quarry, in an effort to record proof of their presence.

* In one episode of ''[[The Waltons]]'', a poltergeist invades the family home, [[Non Sequitur Episode|for no damn reason whatsoever]].

 

 

* ''[[Wraith: The Oblivion]]'' gives us poltergeist powers in the form of the Outrage Arcanos, which allows a wraith to affect physical objects, often through brute force. The semi-sequel, ''[[Orpheus]]'', gives us the Poltergeist, a Shade (or class of ghost/projector) with a talent for throwing about objects with telekinetic force and boosting the physical capacities of their ectoplasmic bodies.

* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has had several versions of poltergeists as monsters, including in the AD&D ''Fiend Folio'' and the Basic D&D Companion rules.

 

 

* In the first ''[[Splatterhouse]]'' game, a poltergeist boss attempts to drop a chandelier on your head.

* The Prismriver sisters of ''[[Touhou]]'' are poltergeists. Something of a cross between the 'ghost' and 'uncontrolled psychokinesis' theories; they're artificial ghosts created by an unstable girl.

 

* The titular character from ''[[Erma]]'' has poltergeist powers, which make her trips to the dentist frightening to everyone involved.