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* Kakeru in ''Manga/PsychoBusters'' encounters one of these who manage to come across his psychic friends and mistake them for ghostly activity: [[GhostLights hitodama]] created by [[PlayingWithFire Kaito]], Ayano's astral form, and Xiao Long who closely resembles a [[{{Youkai}} Zashiki-warashi]].

* Kakeru in ''PsychoBusters'' encounters one of these who manage to come across his psychic friends and mistake them for ghostly activity: [[GhostLights hitodama]] created by [[PlayingWithFire Kaito]], Ayano's astral form, and Xiao Long who closely resembles a [[{{Youkai}} Zashiki-warashi]].

* One takes place in ''LightNovel/YahariOreNoSeishunLoveComeWaMachigatteiru'' in episode 8.

* ''FamilyCompo'' with Masahiko and Shion at a festival on a NotADate, supposedly testing whether participants are a "real couple". [[spoiler: They pass, of course.]]

* If it had not been for one of these, the plot of ''PsychicDetectiveYakumo'' would probably not have either Haruka or Yakumo in it.

* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[Anime/{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[Anime/NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[Manga/OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* One of the late stories of ''RanmaOneHalf'' sends the cast, paired off, into a "Cave of Lost Love" that really is haunted as part of a plot by [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Ukyo Kuonji]] (plus [[ChineseGirl Shampoo]] in the OVA) to break up Ranma and Akane. The plan backfires quite spectacularly on Ukyo and Ryoga Hibiki, and may even have been intended as ShipSinking by the author: comparing Ukyo and Ryoga's selfish alliance of convenience (which has only just escaped breaking apart due to Ryoga's own difficulty with controlling his emotions) to Ranma and Akane's bickering and angry banter, the ghosts conclude that Ranma and Akane hate each other, while Ryoga and Ukyo are one of the happy couples they seek to break up. They promptly start ignoring Ranma and Akane to try and break up Ryoga and Ukyo, ignoring their protests that they '''aren't''' the couple here. The backstory to the Cave of Lost Love heavily implies that, after this experience, they will never be able to become a couple- this is all but made explicit in the manga version, which ends with a scene of Ryoga and Ukyo fighting bitterly over whose fault this was.

* ''HanaYoriDango''
* ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl''
* ''MarmaladeBoy''
%%* ''Anime/SailorMoon''

* One episode of ''KeroroGunsou'' had Momoka suggest the group do this, as part of her latest scheme to get closer to Fuyuki.

* Similarly to the ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' entry just above, class 3-A of MahouSenseiNegima builds a haunted house (complete with an [[CuteGhostGirl actual ghost]]) for the gigantic, no-holds-barred [[FestivalEpisode festival]] that is Mahorafest. Given that most of the class adores [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Negi]], there's a lot of fighting over who gets to escort him through it.

** Also, the ability to ''shoot back.''.
* ''[[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan]]'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[Anime/{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[Anime/NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* ''NatsumeYuujinchou'' featured one of these, complete with creepy house with a haunted reputation... it soon starts going downhill...

* A ''FruitsBasket'' example: Despite being terrified of haunted houses, Tohru agrees to accompany Momiji, Kyo, Yuki, and Hatsuharu through one at the beginning of summer break. She becomes so frightened she starts to cry, at which point both Kyo and Yuki offer to lead her through. Embarrassed, they begin to fight, only for Momiji to take Tohru's hand and scold them for letting their rivalry come between helping a girl in need.

* ''KimiNiTodoke'' has one of these near the beginning.

* Happens in episode 3.1 of ''ShinryakuIkaMusume'', mostly as an effort by Eiko to scare Ika-chan, who wasn't raised in human society and has no idea why the whole ordeal was supposed to be scary. After getting separated from the group, Squid Girl then accidentally freaks out the human characters when she activates her glow-in-the-dark mode and chases after them, wondering why they keep running from her. When actual ghosts appear around her and escort her back to safety, she never realizes what they are, instead musing that not all humans are bad.

* ''LightNovel/BakaToTestToShoukanjuu'' uses this as a competition between the 2nd year students and 3rd year students. This takes place in a [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix-like]] environment with the summoned creatures all re-themed as Japanese horror monsters. Whoever screams, loses.

* ''TokyoMewMew'': Ichigo Momomiya and Masaya Aoyama go to one of these at an amusement park in one episode. Poor Ichigo ended up fainting, but that's okay, because Masaya carried her through it!
* Happens in several routes of AoiShiro. Yasumi and Nami's routes have them accompany the protagonist (and would be love-interest) Syouko. It also occurs in Kohaku's route but this time Syouko is accompanied by Ayashiro who is just a friend (much to the disappointment of Yasumi and Nami both).

* Seen in a two-part story arc in ''KirbyOfTheStars'', complete with a haunted house sent by Nightmare.

* ''[[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan]]'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[Anime/NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* ''LoveHina'' sends its chaotic cast through a "haunted house" as part of its FestivalEpisode, with semipredictable results.

* ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' held a kimodameshi ''tournament'' for Halloween, the prize going to the builders of the scariest haunted house.

* ''DennouCoil'' also featured a kimodameshi competition, made more interesting by the use of digital horrors. It's nice to note that, among the usual monsters, the digital creatures also included TheGreys, Chupacabras and the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster Flatwoods monster]].

* ''CodeGeass'' has this in the school festival episode of Season 1; Kallen plays a tombstone/Nurikabe hybrid, and ends up scaring Ougi and Viletta who pass by on a date.

* ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' features one in ''Endless Eight''.

* ''{{K-On}}'': [[spoiler:Sawako-chan]] makes an appearance as the final scare, [[spoiler:much to Ritsu's disgust when no one makes it to her trap. To elaborate, no one even knew the teacher was there, and she'd gotten lost trying to follow her students. She ended up giving Mio a scare so hard, she was reduced to a foaming mess.]]

* ''GreatTeacherOnizuka'' did this during the Okinawa class trip (and had plenty of Japanese horror movie references sprinkled throughout).

* ''{{K-On}}'': [[spoiler:Sawako-chan]] makes an appearance as the final scare, [[spoiler:much to Ritsu's disgust when no one makes it to her trap.]]

* ''DaCapoII'' features an event based on TheSevenMysteries of the school.

* ''MegamanBattleNetwork 4'' has a VideoGame/{{Boktai}}-based one in the amusement park.

* ''Manga/SailorMoon''

* ''[[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan]]'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' includes one that's laughably un-scary to any rational viewer and most of the characters, but frightens Deneb so badly that it causes Yuuto to waste one of his two remaining single-use {{transformation trinket}}s.

* {{Invoked}} by name in the eighth ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game, ''Imperishable Night'': The [[BonusDungeon Extra Stage]] is set up as [[FinalBoss Kaguya]] inviting each of the playable teams to one of these.[[labelnote:note]]Kimodameshi literally translates to "test of the liver", which leads to various liver references in the dialogue; the fan-translation [[{{Woolseyism}}changes them]] to be about "guts" instead.[[/labelnote]]

* {{Invoked}} by name in the eighth ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game, ''Imperishable Night'': The [[BonusDungeon Extra Stage]] is set up as [[FinalBoss Kaguya]] inviting each of the playable teams to one of these.

* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokuro-chan'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* ''LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* ''LightNovel/{{Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan}}'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* One of the late stories of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' sends the cast, paired off, into a "Cave of Lost Love" that really is haunted as part of a plot by [[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Ukyo Kuonji]] (plus [[ChineseGirl Shampoo]] in the OVA) to break up Ranma and Akane. The plan backfires quite spectacularly on Ukyo and Ryoga Hibiki, and may even have been intended as ShipSinking by the author: comparing Ukyo and Ryoga's selfish alliance of convenience (which has only just escaped breaking apart due to Ryoga's own difficulty with controlling his emotions) to Ranma and Akane's bickering and angry banter, the ghosts conclude that Ranma and Akane hate each other, while Ryoga and Ukyo are one of the happy couples they seek to break up. They promptly start ignoring Ranma and Akane to try and break up Ryoga and Ukyo, ignoring their protests that they '''aren't''' the couple here. The backstory to the Cave of Lost Love heavily implies that, after this experience, they will never be able to become a couple- this is all but made explicit in the manga version, which ends with a scene of Ryoga and Ukyo fighting bitterly over whose fault this was.

* ''[[LightNovel/BludgeoningAngelDokurochan Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan]]'' spoofed this, with the main character commenting that he expects [[{{Doraemon}} cat robots from the future]], [[NurseWitchKomugi nurse-witches]], [[OnePiece reindeer who are doctors]], or [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle moving castles]] to pop out...

* Variety shows on Japanese TV have gotten a ''lot'' of mileage out of sending their hosts or other well-known talents through supposedly haunted buildings.