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* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: All harpsichord-y and eerie, evoking both cop shows and genre shows of the era.
* [[Love Triangle]]: (a [[Triang Relations|No. 7]] but with b. being dead) Jeff and Marty over Marty's now widow, Jeannie Hopkirk.
* [[Market -Based Title]]: The original series aired in America as ''My Partner, the Ghost'' because [[Executive Meddling|network execs]] once again assumed that [[Viewers Areare Morons]] and that Americans wouldn't know what ''deceased'' means, or were unaware that it isn't (or wasn't at the time) rare to put (Deceased) after a dead partner's name in many sorts of companies.
* [[Multitasked Conversation]]: Jeff and Marty have a lot of these.
* [[Name and Name]]
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* [[Spirit Advisor]]: Only Jeff (and the rare one-off character) can see and hear Marty.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Jeannie, almost constantly.
* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]
* [[You Can See Me]]: When Marty runs into someone besides Jeff who can see him for whatever reason he may use this sentence.
 
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* [[Forgot About His Powers]]: Marty has several powers (particularly his memory wipe) that could have been useful several times throughout the series, but never get mentioned again. Justified in the case of his "Sleepwalking" powers, as it tends to screw up his other powers, and makes Marty feel whatever Jeff happens to be feeling at the time (which is quite problematic, given Jeff's habit of drinking himself to sleep).
* [[Fright Deathtrap]]
* [[Haunted Technology]]: One of Marty's first post-death appearances to Jeff was in a [[First -Person Shooter]] video game.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: Pretty much everyone; aside from the main cast, regulars from ''[[The Fast Show]]'' would show up almost constantly in guest roles (as they always have done in Reeves and Mortimer productions).
* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: More "sultry sixtiesish" and James Bond-y than the original series' theme.
* [[Love Triangle]]: Shows up in the original, but pushed more in the remake: In the new series, Jeannie is Marty's fiancée and her surname is Hurst.
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