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* DestinationHostUnreachable
* TheDisembodied
* {{Ectoplasm}}
* GhostInTheMachine
* GivingUpTheGhost
* HealthyInHeaven
* HeartDrive
* HeartTrauma
* ImHavingSoulPains
* InhumanHuman
* LifeEnergy
* MergerOfSouls
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil
* NewBodyOldAbilities
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* OurSoulsAreDifferent
* OurSpiritsAreDifferent
* OutOfClothesExperience
* PastLifeMemories
* PiecesOfGod
* {{Reincarnation}}

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* DestinationHostUnreachable
DestinationHostUnreachable: A resurrected character has no way to meet up with the ones who resurrected them.
* TheDisembodied
TheDisembodied: A character survives as a ghost after losing their physical body.
* {{Ectoplasm}}
{{Ectoplasm}}: A substance that paranormal creatures and people associated with them, usually ghosts, emit or are covered in; sometimes seen as the spiritual energy of these creatures/individuals.
* GhostInTheMachine
GhostInTheMachine: Metaphorical people live inside your brain.
* GivingUpTheGhost
GivingUpTheGhost: A character's ghost momentarily escapes from their unconscious body; usually appears in Japanese media.
* HealthyInHeaven
HealthyInHeaven: When a character dies and turns into spirit form, they turn into their ideal form, generally free from old age, illness, at times disability.
* HeartDrive
HeartDrive: A part of a person's body that contains their soul, consciousness, or equivalent; generally, as long as it remains intact, the person cannot die, only going dormant at most.
* HeartTrauma
HeartTrauma: The heart as a physical representation of one's soul; when something happens to a character's physical heart, their emotions, personality, or other mental/spiritual characteristics are affected for the worse as well.
* ImHavingSoulPains
ImHavingSoulPains: A character feels pain/damage in abstract ways, typically against the soul, in which no marks or gore are caused.
* InhumanHuman
InhumanHuman: A resurrected person comes back in a worse physical state than before because their body was damaged in the resurrection process; don't worry, their soul is intact and perfectly fine.
* LifeEnergy
LifeEnergy: A spiritual fuel that the body and mind run on, on which one's longevity and health is dependent; it may be stolen by supernatural creatures to consume.
* MergerOfSouls
MergerOfSouls: Two or more souls fuse into a single soul, usually permanently.
* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil
MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: A resurrected person becomes a dangerous monster.
* NewBodyOldAbilities
NewBodyOldAbilities: A character can still use their original body's abilities, even in their new form -- often because their abilities are tied to the person's soul, spirit, or equivalent, rather than their physical body.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
OurGhostsAreDifferent: Depictions of ghosts in fiction and the characteristics they possess.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent
OurSoulsAreDifferent: Depictions of souls in fiction and the characteristics they possess.
* OurSpiritsAreDifferent
OurSpiritsAreDifferent: Depictions of spirits in fiction and the characteristics they possess.
* OutOfClothesExperience
OutOfClothesExperience: A character is naked in out-of-body experiences, usually because their soul or mind is unclothed.
* PastLifeMemories
PastLifeMemories: A reincarnated character gains or retains memories from previous incarnations of their soul.
* PiecesOfGod
PiecesOfGod: God got broken into many pieces (of souls, usually); this is the result of what happened.
* {{Reincarnation}}{{Reincarnation}}: The essence of a deceased person's soul is reborn into a new living person.



* ResidualSelfImage

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* ResidualSelfImageResidualSelfImage: A physical representation of one's soul/personality looks different from their physical body.



* SharingABody

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* SharingABodySharingABody: Two equal characters end up sharing one body.



* SoulCuttingBlade

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* SoulCuttingBladeSoulCuttingBlade: A supernaturally sharp blade that can cut through or otherwise affect souls.
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* DealWithTheDevil: A character sells their soul (or something else extremely important) to Satan (or a similarly 'evil' or 'TricksterGod' mythological figure, or a mundane powerful and corrupt slimeball) in exchange for something else.

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* DealWithTheDevil: A character sells their soul (or something else extremely important) to Satan (or a similarly 'evil' or 'TricksterGod' mythological figure, or a mundane powerful and corrupt slimeball) in exchange for something else.else, usually something valuable.



* RescuedFromTheUnderworld

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* RescuedFromTheUnderworldRescuedFromTheUnderworld: A character is rescued from the afterlife (or equivalent), which usually involves bringing their soul out of the afterlife.



* ResurrectionSickness

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* ResurrectionSicknessResurrectionSickness: A resurrected character experiences temporary drawbacks from the revival process, usually physical ailments of some sort.



* SoldHisSoulForADonut

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* SoldHisSoulForADonutSoldHisSoulForADonut: Making a DealWithTheDevil in exchange for something comically insignificant.



* SoulEating
* SoulFragment
* SoulJar
* SoulPower
* TheSoulless
* SoullessShell
* TheSoulsaver
* SoulPoweredEngine
* TwoSiblingsInOne
* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath
* YourSoulIsMine

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* SoulEating
SoulEating: Consuming the souls of the living.
* SoulFragment
SoulFragment: The transfer of a part of a character's soul (or equivalent) to another character, intentional or otherwise.
* SoulJar
SoulJar: An non-bodily object which contains all of or a part of a character's soul (or equivalent), granting them enormous boons, e.g. immense strength, power, invulnerability, or even conditional immortality.
* SoulPower
SoulPower: The "elemental" power to manipulate spirits, spiritual energy, or souls.
* TheSoulless
TheSoulless: A character who literally has no soul lacks moral and ethical qualms, i.e. being both literally and figuratively soulless.
* SoullessShell
SoullessShell: A body which contains no soul, which may occur due to resurrection gone wrong.
* TheSoulsaver
TheSoulsaver: A character who saves souls from literal or symbolic hell/limbo.
* SoulPoweredEngine
SoulPoweredEngine: The use of souls (or LifeEnergy) as a functional component or fuel of a machine.
* TwoSiblingsInOne
TwoSiblingsInOne: A character shares a body with the soul of their dead sibling, who is sometimes able to take control of the body.
* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath
WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: Someone's winged spirit flies somewhere after they die; usually seen in animated cartoons or comics.
* YourSoulIsMineYourSoulIsMine: A character acquires and collects souls by buying, stealing, or consuming them.
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* AnatomyOfTheSoul
* AstralProjection
* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost
* BecomeARealBoy
* CameBackWrong
* CreativeSterility
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul
* DamagedSoul
* DeagedInDeath
* DealWithTheDevil

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* AnatomyOfTheSoul
AnatomyOfTheSoul: Souls depicted as not a single indivisible thing, but being made up of several components, usually "life force", "mind" and "vessel".
* AstralProjection
AstralProjection: A magical or mystical practice that allows a person to detach either their soul or consciousness from their body while unconscious, allowing it to wander.
* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost
AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost: An astral projection is mistaken for a ghost.
* BecomeARealBoy
BecomeARealBoy: A non-human goes on a journey to become human (again).
* CameBackWrong
CameBackWrong: A resurrected person is not the same as they were before they died, for the worse.
* CreativeSterility
CreativeSterility: Characters who can't make anything new -- things, ideas, life, etc. This may occur to characters who lack a human soul or have their soul altered in some way.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul
CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Replacing body parts with machinery causes a living person to lose their humanity or face other drawbacks.
* DamagedSoul
DamagedSoul: A resurrected person comes back in a worse mental state than before because their soul was damaged in the resurrection process.
* DeagedInDeath
DeagedInDeath: A person's soul, usually their ghost, looks young even though they died at an older age.
* DealWithTheDevilDealWithTheDevil: A character sells their soul (or something else extremely important) to Satan (or a similarly 'evil' or 'TricksterGod' mythological figure, or a mundane powerful and corrupt slimeball) in exchange for something else.
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* AstralProjection
* AnAstralProjectionNotAGhost


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* TheDisembodied

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