History Series / GhostHunters

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Reportedly, [[MeaningfulName Tango]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: Mike Rowe, star of ''DirtyJobs'', does the narration.

Former members include Grant Wilson, Andy Andrews, Brian Harnois, Donna La Croix, and Dustin Pari.

** "On to the next" for Jason in recent seasons.

* HauntedHouse: Par for the course

* WhamEpisode: The 2/15/12 episode, where [[spoiler:Grant announced he's leaving the team due to family issues]].

** In the "Hartford Conservatory" episode, Jason tries to scare Grant with an ax saying "[[TheShining Heeeeere's Jason!]]". In the same episode, they sing "[[OneFroggyEvening The Michigan Rag]]".

Former members include Andy Andrews, Brian Harnois, Donna La Croix, and Dustin Pari.

''Ghost Hunters'' is a documentary show that airs on the SyFy channel. It follows the investigations of The Atlantic Paranormal Society [[FunWithAcronyms (TAPS)]] as they help people with paranormal problems, and learn the truth behind reports of hauntings. The show debuted in October, 2004 and is still ongoing. Currently on the show are Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Amy Bruni, Britt Griffith, and Adam Berry, although Grant will be leaving the show at the end of the 2012 season.

* SpotlightStealingSquad / WolveringPublicity: Constantly showing up on other SyFy shows, such as ''DestinationTruth'', which, even if their appearance lasts two minutes (helping analyzing footage or recordings) it's still hyped as a "Special Guest Appearance!"

* DoNotTauntCthulhu:

** In the episode ''Domani's and The County Jail'', TAPS were warned about touching a particular mirror. So what does Grant do? He gives the mirror an affectionate kiss.

!!''Ghost Hunters'' provides examples of:

** Brian's infamous "Dude, run!" [[LampShading Lampshaded]] by Brian himself.

** "When in doubt, throw it out." In relation to debatable evidence.

* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Dave in particular seems to often end up egging on the entities to show themselves.

* IntercontinuityCrossover: the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3QFbPuqPyc television commercial]] for ''Film/{{Hellboy}} II: The Golden Army''.

* ProductPlacement: Not quite. Jason and Grant do work for Roto-Rooter, though, and many shows open with them doing work when they get a call about a new case.
** The opening credits for most of the seasons show them standing by a Roto Rooter van in their work clothes, which changes to them standing by a TAPS van in TAPS gear. For the 2011 and 2012 seasons, this is now a moving Roto-Rooter van that turns into a TAPS van.
** Also, in the course of the show they rarely simply call themselves "plumbers," they call themselves "plumbers ''for Roto-Rooter''."

** Steve has phobias for just about everything...''except ghosts''. Spiders, heights and flying are his major fears, and he gets freaked out by insects in several episodes. [[LampShading Lampshaded]] by Steve himself in the ''St. Augustine Lighthouse'' episode:

** Steve has phobias for just about everything...''except ghosts''. Spiders, heights and flying are his major fears, and he gets freaked out by insects in several episodes.

-->'''Jason:''' ...an episode appeared in Sci-Fi Channel's ''Ghost Hunters'' where the team did an investigation of Allentown. Yeah. Pretty cool, huh? \\

* IntercontinuityCrossover: the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3QFbPuqPyc television commercial]] for ''Film/{{Hellboy}}: The Golden Army]]''.

Former members include Andy Andrews, Brian Harnois, Donna La Croix, and Dustin Pari.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Steve

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Reportedly, [[MeaningfulName Tango]].

** In the live Stanley Hotel episode, Jason and Grant heard the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZJRvfCWpYQ&feature=related voice of a child in the basement]].
* HellGate: Almost became literal when the Ghost Hunters International crew investigated the Hell's Gate Air Tram in British Columbia.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Mike Rowe, star of ''DirtyJobs'', does the narration.

* NoodleIncident: Jason and Grant never give specifics about their personal paranormal encounters that occurred before the formation of TAPS.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: According to [=TAPS=], hauntings are either residual[[hottip:*:essentially an energy imprint that constantly repeats itself]] or intelligent.[[hottip:*:the typical ghost - it can interact with people and move around]]

* ProductPlacement: Not quite. Jason and Grant do work for Roto-Rooter, though, and many shows open with them doing work when they get a call about a new case.

* PutOnABus: Anyone the team doesn't like. The bus usually ends up at ''Ghost Hunters International''.

** In one episode, Steve and Tango talk about "[[GhostBusters crossing the streams]]".
** Even the ghosts themselves seem to give shout outs. In the "Lullaby Lane" episode, an EVP recording reveals a mysterious voice saying "There is no Jean here" which sounds kinda [[http://www.entertonement.com/clips/xsjckwzhcn--Ghostbusters-There-is-no-Dana-only-Zuul-Ghostbusters like]]...

* SpotlightStealingSquad[=/=]WolveringPublicity: Constantly showing up on other SyFy shows, such as ''DestinationTruth'', which, even if their appearance lasts two minutes (helping analyzing footage or recordings) it's still hyped as a "Special Guest Appearance!"

'''Grant:''' I don't know. I haven't watched it. I've heard it's not very good.

** Brian, on more than one occasion, mentioned his fear of dolls.

** ''Ghost Hunters Academy'', where Steve and Tango hold a competition to choose new members of the TAPS team.

''Ghost Hunters'' is a documentary show that airs on the SyFy channel. It follows the investigations of The Atlantic Paranormal Society [[FunWithAcronyms (TAPS)]] as they help people with paranormal problems, and learn the truth behind reports of hauntings. The show debuted in October, 2004 and is still ongoing. Currently on the show are Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Amy Bruni, Britt Griffith, and Adam Berry.

* BaldOfAwesome - Jason.
* BerserkButton - For Jason...Brian.

* BunnyEarsLawyer - Steve
* ButtMonkey - Brian, Tango
* CatchPhrase

-->'''Steve:''' [about Brian wearing a "Dude, run!" hat] How can you take something so negative and celebrate it?
-->'''Brian:''' Do you have a catch phrase?

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}} - Steve.
* ClusterFBomb - In the early seasons, Brian got bleeped a lot, and Jason fairly frequently as well, especially when he was having to deal with Brian. Nowadays, it's not nearly so prevalent.

* DeliberatelyMonochrome - Scenes shot in the dark, due to the use of the night vision camera.
* DoNotTauntCthulhu - Dave in particular seems to often end up egging on the entities to show themselves.
* EstrogenBrigadeBait - Reportedly, [[MeaningfulName Tango]].
* FunWithAcronyms - '''T'''he '''A'''tlantic '''P'''aranormal '''S'''ociety
* GhostlyChill - "Cold spots" which are seen as signs of activity.
* HahvahdYahdInMyCah - Being from Rhode Island, many team members have noticeable Northeastern accents.
* HauntedHouse - Par for the course
* HearingVoices - Electronic Voice Phenomenon

* HeterosexualLifePartners - Jason and Grant, who have families outside of work but are very close friends.
* HeyItsThatGuy - Mike Rowe, star of ''DirtyJobs'', does the narration.
* IntercontinuityCrossover - the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3QFbPuqPyc television commercial]] for ''Film/{{Hellboy}}: The Golden Army]]''.
* LetsSplitUpGang - The team usually splits into groups of two for investigations.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane - A key part of the investigations, in both the on-site evidence gathering and the evidence analysis, is "debunking" - finding logical explanations for what's being claimed as paranormal. In one case Jason and Grant used their experience as plumbers to determine that the "blood" running down the wall was actually a leaking cleaner from a bathroom. That being said, as the show's gone on, it's become very rare to see an investigation that comes up dry, whereas in the early seasons when investigations of homes were commonly featured, the ratio of hits to misses was about even.
* NoodleIncident - Jason and Grant never give specifics about their personal paranormal encounters that occurred before the formation of TAPS.
* NotUsingTheZedWord - They almost never say "ghost," instead saying "haunting" or "activity."
* {{Oireland}} - Barry

* OurGhostsAreDifferent - According to [=TAPS=], hauntings are either residual[[hottip:*:essentially an energy imprint that constantly repeats itself]] or intelligent.[[hottip:*:the typical ghost - it can interact with people and move around]]
* PapaWolf - The guys take cases that involve children being terrified ''very'' seriously, as evidenced by the fact that they came back early to the New England winter ''from Hawaii'' when they heard about a case involving a young girl being terrified in her own home.
* ParanormalInvestigation - The whole point of the show.
* PrecisionFStrike - These tend to happen when the investigators get spooked by something.

* ProductPlacement - Not quite. Jason and Grant do work for Roto-Rooter, though, and many shows open with them doing work when they get a call about a new case.

* PutOnABus - Anyone the team doesn't like. The bus usually ends up at ''Ghost Hunters International''.
* RevolvingDoorCasting - Ties into the previous trope. A lot of team members have come and gone, either to move on to other paranormal groups (or even starting their own), move to ''Ghost Hunters International'' (which is what's happened to some people who were causing friction in the main team), or quit entirely.
* RoswellThatEndsWell - During the investigation of Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Steve and Tango came across the book ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Roswell-Report-Fiction-Mexico-Desert/dp/016048023X The Roswell Report: Fact Vs. Fiction in the New Mexico Desert]]'' in one of the offices. The next day, they contemplated investigating the base's Hangar 18 in secret.

* ThoseTwoGuys - Jay and Grant, Steve and Tango, Kris and Amy.

* WhamEpisode: The 2/15/12 episode, where [[spoiler:Grant announced he's leaving the team due to family issues.]]

''Ghost Hunters'' is a documentary show that airs on the SyFy channel. It follows the investigations of The Atlantic Paranormal Society [[FunWithAcronyms (TAPS)]] as they help people with paranormal problems, and learn the truth behind reports of hauntings. The show debuted in October, 2004 and is still ongoing. Currently on the show are Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Kris Williams, Amy Bruni, Britt Griffith, and Adam Berry.

The show has two spin-offs: ''GhostHuntersInternational'' (2008-) with Robb Demarest, Brandy Green, Joe Chin, Barry Fitzgerald, Ashley Godwin and Paul Bradford; as well as ''Ghost Hunters Academy'' (2009-) with Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango. Joe and Barry have also appeared on ''Ghost Hunters'' to assist the team.

Former members include Andy Andrews, Brian Harnois and Donna La Croix.

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* HoYay - Jason and Grant, Steve and Tango.

* OnceForYesTwiceForNo - Inverted somewhat in the "Manson Murders" episode where ghosts are asked to make the K-2 meter spike twice for "yes" and once for "no".
** But played straight whenever they use the "loosely-capped flashlight" trick.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent - According to [=TAPS=], hauntings are either residual or intelligent.

* ProductPlacement - Not quite. Jason and Grant do work for Roto-Rooter, though, and many shows open with them doing work when they get a call about a new case. The opening credits, since the first season, have also shown them standing by a Roto Rooter van in their work clothes, which changes to them standing by a TAPS van in TAPS gear.

* PutOnABus - Anyone the team doesn't like. The bus usually ends up at ''Ghost Hunters International''. Unfortunately, Steve and Tango are also absent this season.

* ShoutOut - In one episode, Steve and Tango talk about "[[GhostBusters crossing the streams]]".

** In the "Hartford Conservatory" episode, Jason tries to scare Grant with an ax saying "[[TheShining Heeeeere's Jason!]]". In the same episode, they sing ''[[OneFroggyEvening The Michigan Rag]]''.
* SpinOff - ''Ghost Hunters International'' (where the squad members no one likes seem to end up), ''Ghost Hunters Academy''.

-->'''Jason:''' ...an episode appeared in Sci-Fi Channel's ''Ghost Hunters'' where the team did an investigation of Allentown. Yeah. Pretty cool, huh?
-->'''Grant:''' Have you seen that show?
-->'''Jason:''' Uh, yeah. I have. I heard some big bald jerk guy...
-->'''Grant:''' I don't know. I haven't watched it. I've heard it's not very good.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes - Steve has phobias for just about everything...''except ghosts''. Spiders, heights and flying are his major fears.

* IntercontinuityCrossover - the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3QFbPuqPyc television commercial]] for ''[[HellBoy Hellboy 2: The Golden Army]]''.

''Ghost Hunters'' is a documentary show that airs on the SyFy channel. It follows the investigations of The Atlantic Paranormal Society [[FunWithAcronyms (TAPS)]] as they help people with paranormal problems, and learn the truth behind reports of hauntings. The show debuted in October, 2004 and is still ongoing. Currently on the show are Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, Kris Williams, Amy Bruni and Britt Griffith.

** In the live Stanley Hotel episode, Jason and Grant heard the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZJRvfCWpYQ&feature=related voice of a little boy in the basement]].