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* TickTockTerror: While the characters are trying to sleep, a grandfather clock in the mansion chimes deeply.
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* {{Lunacy}}: [[spoiler:The ghost of Alistair Crump]] is said to become more powerful during the full moon. Correspondingly, he becomes visible rather than being invisible like he is during the rest of the film.
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* CandlelitRitual: Harriet conducts a seance to contact the ghost of Gracey, and candles light up as a ''result'' of the seance.
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* IMissMom: Travis misses his dead father. [[spoiler:This is taken advantage of by the ghost of Alistair Crump, who tries to tempt him into joining his father in the afterlife.]]
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* MacGuffin: [[spoiler:Alistair Crump's hat is needed for a ritual to banish him to the underworld. Alistair Crump also wants the hat to keep the other characters from using it in the ritual.]]
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* TreacherousSpiritChase: Travis hears his dead father's voice coming from a crack in the floor. The voice encourages Travis to join him in death. [[spoiler:This is actually a trick played by Alistair Crump, who is not Travis' father.]]
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* SupernaturalLight: All of the ghosts in the film glow, except sometimes [[spoiler:the ghost of Alistair Crump]].
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* SpookySeance: Harriet sits down at a table with Ben and Gabbie to contact the ghost of Gracey, the mansion's previous owner.
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* {{Poltergeist}}: A candlestick is seen floating through the air, presumably being carried by an invisible ghost, of which there are many in the film.
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* MurderIntoMalevolence: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Alistair Crump was beheaded by his own servants. As a ghost, his goal is to gather 1,000 souls so that he can escape the mansion, and he's willing to kill to achieve it]].
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* MurderIntoMalevolence: It is revealed that [[spoiler:Alistair Crump was beheaded by his own servants. As a ghost, his goal is to gather 1,000 souls so that he can escape the mansion, and he's willing to kill to achieve it]].
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* MonochromeApparition: Almost all the ghosts except for [[spoiler:the ghost of Alistair Crump]] are light blue.
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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Harriet says that some ghosts don't move on to the afterlife because their souls are not at peace.
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* GhostlyChill: {{Subverted}}. Bruce wonders whether it's getting colder because of the ghosts, but it turns out that he's just cold because he's not wearing pants.
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* GhostButler: Not only does the door close behind Ben, Kent, and Travis, the windows shrink to prevent them from escaping.
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* DeadPersonConversation: Harriet uses a seance to contact Gracey, the dead former owner of the mansion.
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* CreepyCemetery: The film's climax takes place in one of these. It's full of ghosts, including [[spoiler:the BigBad, Alistair Crump]].
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* TheDeadCanDance: At the beginning of the end credits, some of the ghosts in the mansion are seen dancing.
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* MagicalCamera: Using his knowledge of astrophysics and dark matter, which is treated like SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic, Ben develops a camera that can take pictures of ghosts.
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* FootprintsOfMuck: The Mariner leaves watery footprints wherever he walks.
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* GraveHumor: Underneath Crump Manor, Travis finds a room that contains several graves with humorous epitaphs, which is a reference to the graves found near the real Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World.
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* BanishingRitual: Harriet plans to use one of these to banish Alistair Crump to the underworld. [[spoiler:She succeeds, with Madame Leota's help.]]
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* AsleepNotMeditating: Harriet informs Ben and Gabbie that she is going to enter into a trance. She then begins to snore. Ben and Gabbie then argue about whether she is actually in a trance or just fell asleep. Harriet then wakes up and gets mad at them for talking too loudly.
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* SecretRoom: In the mansion, there turns out to be a seance room which is hidden behind a painting.
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* SpidersAreScary: When Travis lifts up Alistair's hat, a ScareChord can be heard when there turns out to be a big spider underneath it.
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* MovingBeyondBereavement: Early in the film, Ben's wife Alyssa dies in a car crash. [[spoiler:Near the end of the film, Ben is tempted by Alistair Crump to join his wife in death. He refuses, thereby accepting his wife's death and giving Harriet and Madame Leota the opportunity to defeat Alistair.]]
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* AstralProjection: Ben uses this technique to enter the ghost realm, though Harriet calls it a "reverse seance."
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* CrystalBall: Madame Leota is seen trapped inside of a crystal ball (only her head is visible).
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* TooYoungToDieLamentation: {{Inverted}} when Bruce says "I'm too old to die!" Later, it's also played straight when Travis says "I'm too young to die!"
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* InsistentTerminology: Harriet insists on being called a "medium" rather than a "psychic."
