History Literature / Ghostgirl

%%* TheCheerleader: Petula, the Wendys, and, for a few chapters in ''ghostgirl'', Scarlet.

* CruelandUnusualDeath: Most of the ghosts suffered ridiculous deaths.

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-->''Now I lay me down to sleep;''
-->''I pray the Lord my soul to keep.''
-->''And if I should die before I awake,''
-->''I pray the popular attend my wake.''

** Maddy [[spoiler:tried to kill her friend with a botox overdose but [[{{AccidentalMurder}} accidentally killed herself]]]].

** Toxic Shock Sally died because [[{{NoPeriodsPeriod}} she forgot to change her tampon]].

* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Petula's endless number of admirers (as revealed in ''ghostgirl: Lovesick'') basically defines this trope.
* AlliterativeName: About half the Dead Ed kids in ''ghostgirl.''
* AlphaBitch: Petula. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''ghostgirl: Lovesick'' where she is much kinder than before.]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: Petula shows some hints of this towards a girl she meets in her out-of-body experience.

* ChalkOutline: Stated in "A Wake." It was her "last, and well as lasting, impression on the Hawthorne student body."

* TheCheerleader: Petula, the Wendys, and, for a few chapters in ''ghostgirl'', Scarlet.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Scarlet is actually pretty nice though she dresses in black.
* DeadpanSnarker: Scarlet.
* DeadToBeginWith.
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Charlotte's parents are dead.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: In ''ghostgirl: Homecoming'' Scarlet and Petula both get put into comas, and Damen kisses Scarlet while she's in her coma.
* DyingAlone: Charlotte dies alone. In her Physics classroom.

* GirlPosse: Petula and her BFF's The Wendys.

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Petula and Scarlet.

* HeHadAName: After Charlotte dies, nobody knows. Everybody just goes about their daily lives. That is, until [[spoiler: she became visible at the Fall Ball]]. Then, everyone knows her.
* IAmTheNoun: "You can't ban me from the dance! I AM THE DANCE!"
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Charlotte, so freaking much.

* LovableAlphaBitch: Petula in ''ghostgirl: Homecoming''
* [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulative Bitch]]: Maddy in ''ghostgirl: Homecoming''
* MatterOfLifeAndDeath: The very slogan of the series. "Sometimes, HighSchool really is a matter of life and death."

* NiceGuy: Damen.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* PetTheDog: Petula gets her moment in ''ghostgirl: Homecoming''.
* ProphetEyes: Charlotte.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted in ''ghostgirl: Homecoming''. [[spoiler: When Petula hears that the little girl she's been talking to all day is going to die, she offers to take her place. Charlotte is moved by the gesture, but tells her that it's not her time to die.]]
* SoulPower: Charlotte can possess, phase, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]], {{teleport|ation}}, and move things [[MindOverMatter telekinetically]]. [[CursedWithAwesome Kind of makes dying not sound so bad]].

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Charlotte's hair was so unruly, "she'd only been able to tame with [it] with an entire drugstore shelf of conditioners, detanglers, and spray-holds."
* TookALevelInKindness: Petula in ''ghostgirl: Homecoming'', and even moreso in ''ghostgirl: Lovesick''.
* UndignifiedDeath: Charlotte dies by choking on a gummy bear.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Charlotte died at age 17, and she talks like a prophet.

The series is about an ignored girl named Charlotte Usher who's starting her final year at Hawthorne High. Trying to get noticed by her peers, especially by her crush [[ChickMagnet Damen Dylan]], Charlotte starts this year off on the other foot. While trying to be Damen's lab partner in Physics class, Charlotte accidentally chokes on a gummy bear and dies. After dying, she is required to attend an alternative high school for dead kids called Dead Ed. She later finds out that no one is able to see her. But, she's used to the feeling of rejection. That is, until she finds out her idol's sister Scarlet is the only living person who [[InvisibleToNormals can see her]]. While using the [[DemonicPossession Possession incantation]] she learned, Charlotte begins to use Scarlet as a way to communicate with Damen, but Damen thinks he's talking to Scarlet and he falls in love with her. But, Charlotte's classmates noticing what she's doing and it begins to take its toll on the class.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Subverted in ''ghostgirl: Homecoming''. [[spoiler: When Petula hears that the little girl she's been talking to all day is going to die, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming she offers to take her place]]. Charlotte is moved by the gesture, but tells her that it's not her time to die.]]

** In ''ghostgirl,'' the Wendys suggest dumping a bucket of blood on Scarlet at the Fall Ball. Petula tells them [[{{Carrie}} it's already been done.]]

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* SoulPower: Charlotte can possess, phase, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]], [[Teleportation teleport]], and move things [[MindOverMatter telekinetically]]. [[CursedWithAwesome Kind of makes dying not sound so bad]].

* SoulPower: Charlotte can possess, phase, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]], teleport, and move things telekinetically. [[CursedWithAwesome Kind of makes dying not sound so bad]].

** Hawthorne High is a ShoutOut to NathanielHawthorne.

* BlondesAreEvil: Petula.

* AlliterativeName: About half the Dead Ed kids in ''ghostgirl''.

** Maddy [[spoiler: she tried to kill her with a botox overdose friend but [[{{AccidentalMurder}} accidentally killed herself]]]].

* TheCheerleader: Petula, The Wendys, and, for a few chapters in ''ghostgirl'', Scarlet.

* {{Goth}}: Scarlet and Prue (to some extent). [[spoiler: In ''ghostgirl: Lovesick'', Scarlet goes through a makeover and is barely Goth anymore]].

* ShoutOut: In ''ghostgirl,'' the Wendys suggest dumping a bucket of blood on Scarlet at the Fall Ball. Petula tells them [[{{Carrie}} it's already been done.]]