History Main / ISeeDeadPeople

* Bod Owens, the boy raised by ghosts in {{The Graveyard Book}} by Neil Gaiman, can see ghosts because he has the "favor of the graveyard," given him when he was adopted.

Curiously, it often seems that those who start seeing ghosts often don't know they are ghosts, mistaking them for real people.

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* In PlanesOfEldlor, riftwalker dragons are able to see spirits as they depart from their bodies.

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* Ichigo's initial power in ''{{Bleach}}''. It turns out other people can catch this ability from him.
** TV spirit medium Don Kanonji can do this, too, but he has a different method of getting rid of them.
* ''CardCaptorSakura's'' brother Touya.
* {{CLAMP}} is fond of this one. Watanuki of ''{{xxxHolic}}'' is trying to [[CursedWithAwesome lose this ability]] via a deal with Yuuko the Dimension Witch.
* ''ShamanKing''.
* The main point of the anime and manga ''NatsumeYuujinchou''. The main character and his grandmother were able to see spirits to a great extent.
* Mana of ''MahouSenseiNegima'' has the "demon eye" ability, which apparently allows her to see ghosts. Of course, the only ghost around is Sayo, so the demon eye doesn't see a lot of use.
** In the English dub of the second anime, Negi actually says the trope name after he successfully performs a spell that allows him to see all the ghosts in Mahora Academy. It's more than likely a ''ShoutOut'' to the Trope Namer.
* Kyouko from ''HoneyCrush'' has this ability. This allows her to see and bond with the ghostly main character.
* While visiting an amusement park, Choco from ''ChocottoSister'' meets the ghosts of Yasuoka's wife and daughter who died while they were on their way to the same park. Choco's abilities may be explained her own supernatural origin.
** In the final chapters of the manga, Choco also has an encounter with her [[FluffyTamer beloved deceased kitty-cat Kuro]] and a woman revealed to be [[spoiler:Yurika's mother.]]
* This is a very [[BlessedWithSuck dangerous ability]] to have in the HellTeacherNube world, as being able to see and hear ghosts means that you're SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious - ones with GhostlyGoals won't stop bothering you until you help them, and the ones that are dangerous will [[MonsterMagnet come after you first]].
* ''GhostTalkersDaydream''
* The protagonist of Shizuru Seino's ''Heaven!!'' can see ghosts, but it's mostly used as a [[HilarityEnsues plot device]] for Rinne to meet and interact with her [[RomanticComedy love interests]].
* In ''TsukuyomiMoonPhase'' Kouhei's spiritual powers were so great that they became a danger to him, so his family had to seal them away when he was a child. They later kept the facade that he is so spiritually unaware that ghosts and spiritual barriers that are strong enough to affect ordinary people with minimal spiritual awareness have no effect on him. However, all the photos he takes end up having ghosts present in them, and once his powers begin to manifest again, he goes to the mountains to train.

* Mocked in ''{{Order of the Stick}}'':
---> Xykon the Lich: Redcloak, I need you to Speak With Dead.
---> Redcloak: Hello, sir, how are you today? This is lovely weather --
---> Xykon: Not me, you moron! THIS guy. *holds up inanimate corpse*

* The trope title comes from a line in MNightShyamalan's film ''TheSixthSense'', where Haley Joel Osment's character (seen above) could speak with the dead. [[spoiler: That's why he can see the main character. [[TomatoInTheMirror He's dead, too]].]]

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[[caption-width:320: [[TropeNamer ...Cole Sear can see dead people]].]]

* Jon Webb (a.k.a. Skeleton Man, [[FanNickname The Worst Superhero Ever]])from ''TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' discovered he could communicate with the dead in the same manner as Frank from ''The Frighteners'': he survived a car crash that killed his significant other.

* Jon Webb from ''TarotWitchOfTheBlackRose'' discovered he could communicate with the dead in the same manner as Frank from ''The Frighteners'': he survived a car crash that killed his significant other.

* The trope title comes from a line in MNightShyamalan's film ''TheSixthSense'', where Haley Joel Osment's character (seen above) could speak with the dead. [[spoiler: That's why he can see the main character. [[TomatoOnTheMirror He's dead, too]].]]

* The trope title comes from a line in MNightShyamalan's film ''TheSixthSense'', where Haley Joel Osment's character (seen above) could speak with the dead. [spoiler: That's why he can see the main character. [[TomatoOnTheMirror He's dead, too]].

* The trope title comes from a line in MNightShyamalan's film ''TheSixthSense'', where Haley Joel Osment's character (seen above) could speak with the dead.

* The Reapers from ''DeadLikeMe'', as it'd kinda render the entire premise unworkable if they couldn't. In a slight variation, they only see ghosts once that person's soul has been let out of its' body, and the ghost looks as its' body did when it left- resulting in some rather nasty disfigurement if the Reapers didn't get to it before death.

* MercyThompson, a rare Native American "walker" (= coyote shapeshifter), can see and talk to ghosts. [[spoiler: It's ''because'' walkers can communicate with ghosts that they're rare, as vampires have exterminated most of Mercy's kind, for fear the walkers would track down their daytime hideouts by consulting their deceased victims.]]

* In the BabylonFive telemovie/failed pilot "Legend of the Rangers", the Minbari Ranger was a psychic sensitive and the ship they were assinged to was haunted by the ghosts of the previous crew.

* In ColdCase, at the end of the episode when the cases had been solved, the officers and the victim(s)'s loved ones wuold see the ghost of said victim(s). More than once, the ghost would be smiling, letting the one watching them that they are now at peace.

* Jimmy Trauger at [[WhateleyUniverse Whateley Academy]] can see, hear, and talk to the dead as easily as to the living, and appears to have no trouble telling the two apart. It's a bit unclear where this power comes from, as he's supposed to be a "psychic null" (that is, immune to psychic powers but not possessing any of his own either) and it's not obviously related to his being otherwise a powerful shapeshifter with some control issues. In any case, from his description it seems that any ghosts hanging out around the school are still pretty much normal people not overly given to angsting about their state or obsessing about 'moving on'.

* JonahHex can bring dead people to life for as long as he's in contact with them. This leads to an interesting scene when he's getting beaten up by a furious man who turns back into a mummified corpse whenever Hex gets clear. Surprisingly enough, this isn't NightmareFuel (although the way he acquired this power is).

* In ''TsukuyomiMoonPhase'' Kouhei's spiritual powers were so great that they became a danger to him, so his family had to seal them away when he was a child. They later keept up the facade that he is so spiritually unaware that ghosts and spiritual barriers that are strong enough to affect ordinary people with minimal spiritual awareness have no effect on him. However, all the photos he takes end up having ghosts present in them, and once his powers begin to manifest again, he goes to the mountains to train.