History Main / HauntedHeroine

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* Rohan in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. From the manga to the one-shots, every story about Rohan involves him encountering ghosts.

* Yoshimi and Dahlia from ''Film/DarkWater'', both the 2002 Japanese original and the 2005 American remake, respectively.

* Laura from ''El Orfanato'', also known as ''Film/TheOrphanage''.
* ''Film/TheWatcherInTheWoods'', an atypical (suspenseful) Disney movie from 1980.
* ''Film/{{House}}'' played this entirely by the book, except in two ways - it was a comedy, and the protagonist was a dude, played by William Katt. Still, he was trying to rescue his disappeared child, there was some implication that it was all in his head (although it turned out that it wasn't), and it all centred around trauma in his past (specifically, UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar).

* [[DistaffCounterpart A male example]]; Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' manages to be haunted by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6jisr1Nlk&index=1&list=PLSQLREUw9vwlh8bzgvZCt_WS8615trN5H&t=3m32s The King of Hyrule]] as well as all his friends who died in the past, they seem remarkably understanding considering that it was Link's job to defeat Ganon, most vengeful spirits aren't so forgiving.

* ''VideoGame/RuleOfRose'' is essentially a Haunted Heroine's BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind to resolve her issues and trauma-induced amnesia. Unusually for the trope, she obviously and unequivocally '''wins''', because you don't survive an airship crash and kidnapping and an OrphanageOfHorrors without having some degree of integrity.

* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' centers around Fiona Belli, the 18-year-old heiress of Belli Castle... who has never heard of it and wants no part of it. And with good reason: as the title implies, [[CaptainObvious it's haunted.]] On top of this, the MalevolentArchitecture and its inhabitants are all either [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill her]] or [[spoiler: rape her]], because of her Azoth. All Fiona wants is to go home. But to do so, she [[CanineCompanion and Hewie]] must survive the castle's dangers long enough to unravel its secrets and learn [[DarkSecret the unsettling truth about her family.]]

* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' centers around Fiona Belli, the 18-year-old heiress of Belli Castle... who has never heard of it and wants no part of it. And with good reason: as the title implies, [[CaptainObvious it's haunted.]] On top of this, the MalevolentArchitecture and its inhabitants are all either [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill her]] or [[spoiler: rape her]], because of her Azoth. All Fiona wants is to go home. But to do so, she [[CanineCompanion and Hewie]] must survive the castle's dangers long enough to unravel its secrets and learn [[TheReveal the unsettling truth about her family.]]

* Sara Crowe in ''[[Literature/TheRedTree2009 The Red Tree]]'' takes a lot of emotional baggage (and a seizure-inducing neurological disorder) with her when she moves into a farmhouse near the eponymous tree. How much this affects the goings on in the book is left for the reader to divine

* [[DistaffCounterpart A male example]] Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' manages to be haunted by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ6jisr1Nlk&index=1&list=PLSQLREUw9vwlh8bzgvZCt_WS8615trN5H&t=3m32s The King of Hyrule]] as well as all his friends who died in the past, they seem remarkably understanding considering that it was Link's job to defeat Ganon, most vengeful spirits aren't so forgiving.

* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the trope. While Miyuki ''does'' have an extreme fear of anything remotely supernatural (to the point of having panic attacks if someone so much as tells a ghost story), the series takes place in a modern setting and has no supernatural elements.

* The titular character in ''The Haunting of Sarah Hardy'', who has spent her life being. . .haunted by the suicide of her mother. After she marries, the viewer learns that her husband and her supposed best friend have been {{Gaslighting}} her in hopes the she'll kill herself and leave him to inherit her fortune. At some point, she figures out what he's up to and turns the tables on him, but it still ends badly for her.

* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' centers around Fiona Belli, the young 18 year old heiress of Belli Castle... except she's never heard of it and wants no part of it. And with good reason: as the title implies, [[CaptainObvious it's haunted.]] On top of which, the MalevolentArchitecture and it's inhabitants are all either [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill her]], or [[spoiler: rape her]], because of her Azoth. All Fiona wants, is to go home. But to do so, she [[CanineCompanion and Hewie]] must survive the castle's dangers long enough to unravel its secrets and learn [[TheReveal the unsettling truth about her family.]]

This character continually pops up in films involving ghosts or supernatural characters. She moves into HauntedHeadquarters without any GenreSavvy idea of what's in store for her. She seems attractive, capable and altogether normal until...the strange noises from the attic keep waking her up. Or that CreepyHousekeeper keeps making [[ArcWords cryptic comments]]. Or her kid starts going on about some ImaginaryFriend who [[NotSoImaginaryFriend might not be so imaginary after all]]. The Haunted Heroine typically comes equipped with a kid (or younger sibling) that is inevitably the first one to notice the supernatural goings-on, possibly because kids are supposed to have more imagination. It won't take long however, before the woman realizes she's being haunted.

-->-- '''Captain Hector Barbossa''', ''Film/CurseOfTheBlackPearl''

* Former governess, apparently a normal, sweet young woman, whose neuroses bubble up to the surface as uncanny events pop up -- Vera Claythorne from ''AndThenThereWereNone'' fits this trope to a T, but subverted in that [[spoiler: she ''did'' deliberately cause the death of her charge, and she ends up snapping completely in the end.]]

* Katie in ''Film/ParanormalActivity''.

* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' [[SubveretedTrope subverts]] the trope. While Miyuki ''does'' have an extreme fear of anything remotely supernatural (to the point of having panic attacks if someone so much as tells a ghost story), the series takes place in a modern setting and has no supernatural elements.

* Subverted via background in ''YoureUnderArrest'' with Policewoman Miyuki Kobayakawa, who fits this trope to a "T" with her extreme fear of anything remotely supernatural (to the point of having panic attacks if someone tells a ghost story), Mysterious Past, hinted-at childhood traumas, and sexual neuroses (as witnessed by her {{UST}} and [[TwiceShy platonically-romantic relationship with Ken]]). But the background of the series has ''no'' supernatural elements. Move her to a world with supernatural phenomena and she would plug into the HauntedHeroine trope perfectly.

* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' centers around Fiona Belli, the young 18 year old heiress of Belli Castle... except she's never heard of it and wants no part of it. And with good reason: as the title implies, [[CaptainObvious it's haunted.]] On top of which, the MalevolentArchitecture and it's inhabitants are all either [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill her]], or [[spoiler: rape her]], because of her Azoth. All Fiona wants, is to go home. But to do so, [[ABoyAndHisX she and Hewie]] must survive the castle's dangers long enough to unravel its secrets and learn [[TheReveal the unsettling truth about her family.]]

* ''VideoGame/HauntingGround'' centers around Fiona Belli, the young 18 year old heiress of Belli Castle... except she's never heard of it and wants no part of it. And with good reason: as the title implies, [[CaptainObvious it's haunted.]] On top of which, the MalevolentArchitecture and it's inhabitants are all either [[EverythingTryingToKillYou trying to kill her]], or [[spoiler: rape her]], because of her Azoth. All Fiona wants, is to go home. But to do so, [[ABoyAndHisDog she and Hewie]] must survive the castle's dangers long enough to unravel its secrets and learn [[TheReveal the unsettling truth about her family.]]

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* Ellie of ''WebVideo/OneHundredYardStare'' fits this trope rather nicely.