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The protagonists of the books are usually well-to-do teenagers who deal with threats both supernatural and completely human. Since most of the books all take place in the same town, it isn't unusual for characters from one book to be mentioned in passing in another.
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The protagonists of the books are usually well-to-do teenagers [[TeenHorror teenagers]] who deal with threats both supernatural and completely human. Since most of the books all take place in the same town, it isn't unusual for characters from one book to be mentioned in passing in another.
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* TeenHorror: Nearly all of the books revolved around teenagers being terrorized, and they were written primarily for an audience of such.
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** A common problem for the Fear Family is that many of its members will eventually throw themselves into their dark power once they've had enough of being unfairly victimized by outsiders. Some, such as Jonathan Fier and Margaret Fier, avoid this by choosing to remain good people.
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** A common problem for the Fear Family is that many of its members will eventually throw themselves into their dark power once they've had enough of being unfairly victimized by outsiders. Some, such as Jonathan Fier Fier, Leah Fear, and Margaret Fier, avoid this by choosing to remain good people.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil:
** A common problem for the Fear Family is that many of its members will eventually throw themselves into their dark power once they've had enough of being unfairly victimized by outsiders. Some, such as Jonathan Fier and Margaret Fier, avoid this by choosing to remain good people.
** Catherine Hatchett from ''The Cataluna Chronicles'' trilogy didn't become evil until after she'd been harassed and almost lynched after being mercilessly blamed for her village's string of bad luck.
** A common problem for the Fear Family is that many of its members will eventually throw themselves into their dark power once they've had enough of being unfairly victimized by outsiders. Some, such as Jonathan Fier and Margaret Fier, avoid this by choosing to remain good people.
** Catherine Hatchett from ''The Cataluna Chronicles'' trilogy didn't become evil until after she'd been harassed and almost lynched after being mercilessly blamed for her village's string of bad luck.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In ''A New Fear'', Nicholas Fear (a poor laborer seeking wealth to win over his rich girlfriend’s father) shows up in Shadyside to claim the vast swaths of land that his great-grandfather owned. He is promptly informed that, since the Fears have been gone from Shadyside for twenty years, the now-abandoned land is hopelessly burdened by back taxes.
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** Carter Phillips of ''The Cheater'' springs to mind - she's essentially responsible for almost all of the bad things in the book that happen ([[spoiler: Adam blackmailing her, Adam's death, and her best friend getting attacked by a bunch of creeps at a bar]]). Not to mention she gets Adam to take her math SAT so she can get into Princeton... aside from some emotional turmoil, she gets off scot-free. [[spoiler: As does her boyfriend, the one who killed Adam.]]
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** Carter Phillips of ''The Cheater'' springs to mind - she's essentially responsible for almost all of the bad things in the book that happen ([[spoiler: Adam ([[spoiler:Adam blackmailing her, Adam's death, and her best friend getting attacked by a bunch of creeps at a bar]]). Not to mention she gets Adam to take her math SAT so she can get into Princeton... aside from some emotional turmoil, she gets off scot-free. [[spoiler: As does her boyfriend, the one who killed Adam.]]
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** The villains of the original series were always either regular people, ghosts, or psychics, with the only exception being ''Cat'', where the antagonist was a VoluntaryShapeshifter.
** ''The Bad Girl'' is the only non-''Literature/GhostsOfFearStreet'' book to contain elements of science fiction, in this case a serum (made from a completely random mixture of chemistry lab supplies) that can bring back the dead à la ''Film/ReAnimator.''
** The books usually did not reveal who the killer was until the end, except for ''The Boy Next Door'', which makes it clear from the get go, with the suspense coming from what he is going to do and when he will do it, rather than who he is.
** ''Double Date'' is one of the few books to have no killer at all, as [[spoiler:everything was a prank set-up by the Wade twins to get back at Bobby.]]
** The villains of the original series were always either regular people, ghosts, or psychics, with the only exception being ''Cat'', where the antagonist was a VoluntaryShapeshifter.
** ''The Bad Girl'' is the only non-''Literature/GhostsOfFearStreet'' book to contain elements of science fiction, in this case a serum (made from a completely random mixture of chemistry lab supplies) that can bring back the dead à la ''Film/ReAnimator.''
** The books usually did not reveal who the killer was until the end, except for ''The Boy Next Door'', which makes it clear from the get go, with the suspense coming from what he is going to do and when he will do it, rather than who he is.
** ''Double Date'' is one of the few books to have no killer at all, as [[spoiler:everything was a prank set-up by the Wade twins to get back at Bobby.]]
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* ClassPrincess: Lisa Blume. Despite being a DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, she is quite a nice person as when Cara in ''Missing'' reveals her parents are, well, missing, she [[PetThedog offers to let her stay at her place until they are found.]]. Fittingly, she is [[PlatonicLifePartners best friends]] with LovableJock Cory Brooks. [[spoiler: at the end of The New Girl, [[TheyDo they become more than just friends]]]]
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* ClassPrincess: Lisa Blume. Despite being a DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, she is quite a nice person as when Cara in ''Missing'' reveals her parents are, well, missing, she [[PetThedog offers to let her stay at her place until they are found.]]. Fittingly, she is [[PlatonicLifePartners best friends]] with LovableJock Cory Brooks. [[spoiler: at At the end of The New Girl, [[TheyDo [[RelationshipUpgrade they become more than just friends]]]] friends]].]]
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: This is why Cindy dies in ''All Night Party''. [[spoiler: She kept hinting she knew her killer's dark secret (he started a fire and his policeman father covered it up) but it turns out she was just bullshitting him to mess with his head. Oops.]]
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** This is why Cindy dies in ''All Night Party''. [[spoiler: She kept hinting she knew her killer's dark secret (he started a fire and his policeman father covered it up) but it turns out she was just bullshitting him to mess with his head. Oops.]]
** A similar event happens in ''Truth Or Dare'' when April states her secret is that she "knows about the girl on Sumner Island." [[spoiler:While April knew her friend Ken cheated on his girlfriend Jenny, Jenny thought April meant she knew Jenny ''killed'' the girl Ken cheated on her with.]]
** This is why Cindy dies in ''All Night Party''. [[spoiler: She kept hinting she knew her killer's dark secret (he started a fire and his policeman father covered it up) but it turns out she was just bullshitting him to mess with his head. Oops.]]
** A similar event happens in ''Truth Or Dare'' when April states her secret is that she "knows about the girl on Sumner Island." [[spoiler:While April knew her friend Ken cheated on his girlfriend Jenny, Jenny thought April meant she knew Jenny ''killed'' the girl Ken cheated on her with.]]
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* MoreCriminalsThanTargets: Shadyside is a medium-sized town in which clusters of murders are as natural an occurrence as the sun rising or the leaves changing, and while a few stories do take place in other locations they still involve people from Shadyside.
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* TokenMinorityCouple: Will Reynolds and Clarissa Turner are two of the only three notable Black characters in the ''Seniors'' books and are dating each other for most of the series.
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** Will Reynolds and Clarissa Turner are two of the only three notable Black characters in the ''Seniors'' books and are dating each other for most of theseries.series.
** Kenny Klein and Jade Feldman are the only two ''Seniors'' characters with AmbiguouslyJewish surnames, and they are in a relatively stable relationship in all of the books where they appear together.
** Will Reynolds and Clarissa Turner are two of the only three notable Black characters in the ''Seniors'' books and are dating each other for most of the
** Kenny Klein and Jade Feldman are the only two ''Seniors'' characters with AmbiguouslyJewish surnames, and they are in a relatively stable relationship in all of the books where they appear together.
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* ClassPrincess: Lisa Blume. Despite being a DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, she is quite a nice person as when Cara in ''Missing'' reveals her parents are, well, missing, she [[PetThedog offers to let her stay at her place until they are found.]]. Fittingly, she is [[PlatonicLifePartners best friends]] with LovableJock Corey Brooks. [[spoiler: at the end of The New Girl, [[TheyDo they become more than just friends]]]]
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* ClassPrincess: Lisa Blume. Despite being a DeadpanSnarker extraordinaire, she is quite a nice person as when Cara in ''Missing'' reveals her parents are, well, missing, she [[PetThedog offers to let her stay at her place until they are found.]]. Fittingly, she is [[PlatonicLifePartners best friends]] with LovableJock Corey Cory Brooks. [[spoiler: at the end of The New Girl, [[TheyDo they become more than just friends]]]]
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* EroticDream: Corey has one about Anna in ''The New Girl'' (limited to just kissing, as the books are meant to be somewhat kid-friendly). Later he has a NightmareSequence where she reveals she's really a ghost but it's just meant to be a fake out for the reader.
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* EroticDream: Corey Cory has one about Anna in ''The New Girl'' (limited to just kissing, as the books are meant to be somewhat kid-friendly). Later he has a NightmareSequence where she reveals she's really a ghost but it's just meant to be a fake out for the reader.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Justine Cameron from ''Halloween Party''. [[spoiler: She's a thirty year old woman who enrolled herself in Shadyside High and passed herself off as a teenage in an elaborate revenge scheme.]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Justine Cameron from ''Halloween Party''. [[spoiler: She's a thirty year old woman who enrolled herself in Shadyside High and passed herself off as a teenage teenager in an elaborate revenge scheme.]]
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: ''Door of Death'' takes this to a rather ridiculous degree as, aside from the town blacksmith, the only people in Shadyside who qualify as "cheaters" on Jake Fear's list just ''happen'' to be the protagonist Amy Burke and her friends.
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** [[spoiler: Will Reynolds was one to Clarissa's sister Justine back when he called himself "Slash". When Clarissa found out she was furious, although it seems Will has been trying to be a better person. Emphasis on ''trying'', as he quickly shows little patience to Clarissa's issues regarding Justine's murder.]]
** [[spoiler: Sydney's boyfriend Jason in ''The Rich Girl'' pretended to hate her best friend Emma, only he'd been dating Emma behind Sydney's back and conspired with her to drive Sydney insane.]]
** [[spoiler: Will Reynolds was one to Clarissa's sister Justine back when he called himself "Slash". When Clarissa found out she was furious, although it seems Will has been trying to be a better person. Emphasis on ''trying'', as he quickly shows little patience to Clarissa's issues regarding Justine's murder.]]
** [[spoiler: Sydney's boyfriend Jason in ''The Rich Girl'' pretended to hate her best friend Emma, only he'd been dating Emma behind Sydney's back and conspired with her to drive Sydney insane.]]
