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* DaylightHorror: Abbie's descent into Chapel Hill happens at midday.

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* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Rudy has several - ''Another Form of Algebra'', ''Collaboration'', and ''The Lens''.
** Abbie is the main focus in ''The Night Shift''.
** ''Theodore'' is focused on Wes.

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* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Rudy has several - ''Another Form of Algebra'', ''Collaboration'',
ADayInTheLimelight: Rudy, Abbie, and ''The Lens''.
** Abbie is the main
Wes all get episodes that focus in ''The Night Shift''.
** ''Theodore'' is focused
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* GenuiusLoci:

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* GenuiusLoci:GeniusLoci:
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: A variant in season five. When Dot is faced with two Russell Epsteins, she asks them both what her first music record was. [[spoiler: The fake Russell, an aspect of Fenwood, knows the real answer.]]

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Lily Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Absalom, Ohio, to help look after her estranged mother, Dot. Staying at Fenwood House, the boarding house owned by her family for generations, Lily discovers ghosts, conspiracies, and the strange secrets of the town.

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Lily Harper moves to the small town of Mt. Mount Absalom, Ohio, to help look after her estranged mother, Dot. Staying at Fenwood House, the boarding house owned by her family for generations, Lily discovers ghosts, conspiracies, and the strange secrets of the town.



* GenuiusLoci: Fenwood House.

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* GenuiusLoci: GenuiusLoci:
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Fenwood House.House can communicate using the radiators, and as of season five [[spoiler:it can move its own rooms around.]]
** [[spoiler:Mount Absalom]], possibly.
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* GenuiusLoci: Fenwood House.
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* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: Chester in ''The Farmhouse and the Flood'' when [[spoiler:he brings Rudy's body to Fenhouse House so the Fenwood folk can pay their respects.]]

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* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: Chester in ''The Farmhouse and the Flood'' when [[spoiler:he brings Rudy's body to Fenhouse House so the Fenwood folk can pay their respects.]]]] He begins his prepared speech to convince them even after Lily says yes.
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* Won'tTakeYesForAnAnswer: Chester in ''The Farmhouse and the Flood'' when [[spoiler:he brings Rudy's body to Fenhouse House so the Fenwood folk can pay their respects.]]

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* Won'tTakeYesForAnAnswer: WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: Chester in ''The Farmhouse and the Flood'' when [[spoiler:he brings Rudy's body to Fenhouse House so the Fenwood folk can pay their respects.]]

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** Mark Soloff's character, the Old Man with the monster-dogs, is left unnamed until the season 2 finale, often credited simply with garbled radio noises.

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** Mark Soloff's character, the Old Man with the monster-dogs, is left unnamed until the season 2 two finale, often credited simply with garbled radio noises.



** Norah, who can't leave the observatory where she died, has limited corporeality, and can recreate every sound made in the observatory since three days after her death.

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** Norah, who can't leave haunts the observatory where she died, has limited corporeality, and can recreate every sound made in the observatory since three days after her death.



** There's Great Uncle Tim, whose ghost initially disappeared after his partner Grant died, but who was occasionally seen at Hunter's while Abbie was working there.
** And then there's the reveal in series four that [[spoiler: the ghosts may not actually be ghosts but instead memory echoes.]]

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** There's Great Uncle Tim, whose ghost initially disappeared after his partner Grant died, but who was occasionally seen at can be found in the Hunter's while Abbie was working there.
building under certain circumstances.
** And then there's the reveal in series four that [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the ghosts may are not actually be ghosts but instead memory echoes.]]



* TheStinger: The first two seasons have either a post-credits fact or a post-credit scene.

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* TheStinger: The first two seasons have either a post-credits fact or a post-credit scene.scene after each episode.



* WhamEpisode: Episode eleven of the second season. [[spoiler: Rudy digs through the observatory floor to the structure below it. Lily is lowered down through the hole, which is around fifty feet deep, and hears ghostly voices. Wes panics after being told he is dead, and disappears.]]

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* WhamEpisode: WhamEpisode:
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Episode eleven of the second season. [[spoiler: Rudy digs through the observatory floor to the structure below it. Lily is lowered down through the hole, which is around fifty feet deep, and hears ghostly voices. Wes panics after being told he is dead, and disappears.]]
** Episode eleven of season three, when [[spoiler: Rudy dies.
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--> Silas: [[spoiler: "I live here now. In Mount Absalom."]]

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--> Silas: [[spoiler: [[spoiler:Silas: "I live here now. In Mount Absalom."]]"]]
* Won'tTakeYesForAnAnswer: Chester in ''The Farmhouse and the Flood'' when [[spoiler:he brings Rudy's body to Fenhouse House so the Fenwood folk can pay their respects.]]
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* PrequelInTheLostAge: "The Poplars of Soissons", a one-off special about a grieving French explorer who encounters [[spoiler: the moat in the cave and its ability to commune with the dead]] in the 1790s, before the town's foundation.

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* CorruptHick: Chester Warren, a small-town bureaucrat who serves as the nominal leader of the Delphic Order, and [[TripleShifter possesses an absurd amount of jobs]] which he uses to control the town in subtle ways, such as [[spoiler: extorting the Fenwood House through an archaic law classifying it as a brothel]].


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* SmallTownTyrant: Chester Warren, a small-town bureaucrat who serves as the nominal leader of the Delphic Order, and [[TripleShifter possesses an absurd amount of jobs]] which he uses to control the town in subtle ways, such as [[spoiler: extorting the Fenwood House through an archaic law classifying it as a brothel]].
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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Rudy.]]


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* WalkingSpoiler: Wes, and the old man who lives in the woods.
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* RealismInducedHorror: While a lot of the show's horror comes from the show's supernatural elements, some also comes from more everyday horrors - such as a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's, or a missing child.
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* MissingChild: Season four episode 'Tighten the Ropes' has [[spoiler: Jamie Warren go missing for most of the episode, with the adults around him - and his parents especially - growing increasingly worried.

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* MissingChild: Season four episode 'Tighten the Ropes' has [[spoiler: Jamie Warren go missing for most of the episode, with the adults around him - and his parents especially - growing increasingly worried.]]

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* MissingChild: Season four episode 'Tighten the Ropes' has [[spoiler: Jamie Warren go missing for most of the episode, with the adults around him - and his parents especially - growing increasingly worried.



** Then there's Great Uncle Tim, whose ghost initially disappeared after his partner Grant died, but who was occasionally seen at Hunter's while Abbie was working there.

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** Then there's There's Great Uncle Tim, whose ghost initially disappeared after his partner Grant died, but who was occasionally seen at Hunter's while Abbie was working there.there.
** And then there's the reveal in series four that [[spoiler: the ghosts may not actually be ghosts but instead memory echoes.]]



* ParentsAsPeople: Dot. She clearly loves Lily, but the two have a strained relationship.

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* ParentsAsPeople: Dot. She clearly loves Lily, but the two have a strained relationship.relationship at times, especially at the beginning.
* RealismInducedHorror: While a lot of the show's horror comes from the show's supernatural elements, some also comes from more everyday horrors - such as a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's, or a missing child.



* TheStinger: After the credits of most episodes is either a fact about the town or Fenwood, or a post-credit scene.

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* TheStinger: After the credits of most episodes is The first two seasons have either a post-credits fact about the town or Fenwood, or a post-credit scene.
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* AmicableExes: Dot and Dale, Lily's parents, still get on well after their divorce.
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* SirSwearsALot: Dot Harper is responsible for most of the swearing in the show.
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* PumpkinPerson: Referenced in one of the songs played in ''The Graveyard Shuffle''.

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* FriendlyGhost: Manny of the ghosts of Mount Absalom are friendly, or at least benign.

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* FriendlyGhost: Manny Many of the ghosts of Mount Absalom are friendly, or at least benign.



* GhostAmnesia

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* GhostAmnesiaGhostAmnesia: [[spoiler: Wes only begins remembering his past life in season three, and still struggles to remember everything.]]



* StingyJack: Referenced in one of the Halloween songs played during ''The Graveyard Shuffle''.
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* Continuity Nod:

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* Continuity Nod:ContinuityNod:

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* CuteGhostGirl: [[spoiler: Joey, and possibly young Lily.]]



* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Wes.]]



* GoodParents: Dale and [[GoodStepmother Cynthia]] for Lily. Dot tried to be, but didn't quite succeed.

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* GoodParents: FriendlyGhost: Manny of the ghosts of Mount Absalom are friendly, or at least benign.
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Dale and [[GoodStepmother Cynthia]] for Lily. Dot tried to be, but didn't quite succeed.succeed.
** Wes's parents.
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* StingyJack: Referenced in one of the Halloween songs played during ''The Graveyard Shuffle''.
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** Abbie's celery jingle, which won the contest, can be heard on the radio in ''Night Shift''. Wes hums part of his jingle during ''Theodore''.

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* CallBack: In season three's 'The Sound of Her Voice', Lily uses the same calm method of dealing with a kitchen fire that Wes uses in season one's 'The Diner'.



* Continuity Nod:
** In season three's ''The Sound of Her Voice'', Lily uses the same calm method of dealing with a kitchen fire that Wes uses in season one's ''The Diner''.
** In ''Solid Citizens'', Lily, Dot, and Abbie discuss possible supernatural things about [[spoiler: Wes]] that occurred in previous episodes.



** Rudy has several - 'Another Form of Algebra', 'Collaboration', and 'The Lens'.
** Abbie is the main focus in 'The Night Shift'.
** 'Theodore' is focused on Wes.

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** Rudy has several - 'Another ''Another Form of Algebra', 'Collaboration', Algebra'', ''Collaboration'', and 'The Lens'.
''The Lens''.
** Abbie is the main focus in 'The ''The Night Shift'.
Shift''.
** 'Theodore' ''Theodore'' is focused on Wes.



* EnsembleCast: While season one focuses mainly on Lily, season two onwards starts giving equal focus on Abbie and Rudy, and season three giving attention to Wes.

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* EnsembleCast: While season one focuses mainly on Lily, season two onwards starts giving equal focus on Abbie and Rudy, and season three giving equal attention to Wes.
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* DaylightHorror: Abbie's descent into Chapel Hill and their encounter with Silas's voice.

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* DaylightHorror: Abbie's descent into Chapel Hill and their encounter with Silas's voice.happens at midday.
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* DaylightHorror: Abbie's descent into Chapel Hill and their encounter with Silas's voice.
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* HauntedHouse: Fenwood is a benign example, for the most part.
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* AncientOrderOfProtectors: The Delphic Order seems itself as this.

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* AncientOrderOfProtectors: The Delphic Order seems seem itself as this.

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* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Rudy has several - 'Another Form of Algebra', 'Collaboration', and 'The Lens'.
** Abbie is the main focus in 'The Night Shift'.
** 'Theodore' is focused on Wes.



* EnsembleCast: While season one focuses mainly on Lily, season two onwards starts giving equal focus on Abbie and Rudy.

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* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Rudy has several - 'Another Form of Algebra', 'Collaboration', and 'The Lens'.
** Abbie is the main focus in 'The Night Shift'.
** 'Theodore' is focused on Wes.
* EnsembleCast: While season one focuses mainly on Lily, season two onwards starts giving equal focus on Abbie and Rudy.Rudy, and season three giving attention to Wes.
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* WhamEpisode: Episode eleven of the second season. [[spoiler: Rudy digs through the observatory floor to the structure below it. Lily is lowered down through the hole, which is around fifty feet deep, and hears ghostly voices. Wes panics after being told he is dead, and disappears.]]

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* WhamEpisode: Episode eleven of the second season. [[spoiler: Rudy digs through the observatory floor to the structure below it. Lily is lowered down through the hole, which is around fifty feet deep, and hears ghostly voices. Wes panics after being told he is dead, and disappears.]]]]
* WhamLine: From the episode ''Hold On'' in season four:
--> Silas: [[spoiler: "I live here now. In Mount Absalom."]]

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