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** The "Over a Barrel" arc. Your kids helping out in an inner-city community garden can only be good, right? Except when they're getting sick from toxic waste and the government's dragging its heels over cleaning it up.
** "What's Up With Alex" as well. Nothing more frightening for a parent than having to deal with the possibility of your son getting into drugs.
** "Lost in Brooklyn" - in the process, a girl is missing in New York City. And to her, ''this is a completely foreign country''.
** A general one that was present in the TV show but cropped up ''a lot'' in the books: your child will get kidnapped and/or locked up in a location no one but their attacker knows about and may be unable to summon help a la an incident in the books where a blindfolded and bound Hector who the crook abandons in the middle of a forest tries to write a message but barely manages anything readable and it's only luck that the rest of the team figures it out.
** The "Over a Barrel" arc. Your kids helping out in an inner-city community garden can only be good, right? Except when they're getting sick from toxic waste and the government's dragging its heels over cleaning it up.
** "What's Up With Alex" as well. Nothing more frightening for a parent than having to deal with the possibility of your son getting into drugs.
** "Lost in Brooklyn" - in the process, a girl is missing in New York City. And to her, ''this is a completely foreign country''.
** A general one that was present in the TV show but cropped up ''a lot'' in the books: your child will get kidnapped and/or locked up in a location no one but their attacker knows about and may be unable to summon help a la an incident in the books where a blindfolded and bound Hector who the crook abandons in the middle of a forest tries to write a message but barely manages anything readable and it's only luck that the rest of the team figures it out.
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* AmateurSleuthAmateurSleuth: All the kids are middle-schoolers with no formal training whatsoever, who go around solving crimes of all kinds thanks to their ghost pal.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Gabby.
** Casey might count in a way after her introduction. She's only Jamal's cousin but she does act a bit like his little sister.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Gabby.
** Casey might count in a way after her introduction. She's only Jamal's cousin but she does act a bit like his little sister.
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** Casey might count in a way after her introduction. She's only Jamal's cousin but she does act a bit like his little sister.
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* BrotherChuck: Craig.
** The second episode (which was Craig's first, and only, appearance) was actually the pilot of the show; producers would later shoot a new premiere episode to better explain the origins of Ghostwriter.
** The second episode (which was Craig's first, and only, appearance) was actually the pilot of the show; producers would later shoot a new premiere episode to better explain the origins of Ghostwriter.
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* BrotherChuck: Craig.
**Craig. The second episode (which was Craig's first, and only, appearance) was actually the pilot of the show; producers would later shoot a new premiere episode to better explain the origins of Ghostwriter.
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* CannotSpitItOut: In the arc where Tina reads fan mail and answers phone calls for Lana Barnes, she begins to get phone calls, only for the caller hang up on her! Since Lana begins getting threatening post cards at about the same time, Tina [[RedHerring thinks that the phone calls are also coming from the same person.]] In reality, [[spoiler:Alex is trying to ask Tina to go out with him, only for this trope to take effect. Fortunately, he does find a way to ask Tina out at the end, when she realizes Alex had been the caller.]]
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* CannotSpitItOut: In the arc “Who’s Who”, where Tina reads fan mail and answers phone calls for Lana Barnes, she begins to get phone calls, only for the caller hang up on her! Since Lana begins getting threatening post cards at about the same time, Tina [[RedHerring thinks that the phone calls are also coming from the same person.]] In reality, [[spoiler:Alex is trying to ask Tina to go out with him, only for this trope to take effect. Fortunately, he does find a way to ask Tina out at the end, when she realizes Alex had been the caller.]]
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* CannotSpitItOut: In the arc where Tina reads fan mail and answers phone calls for Lana Barnes, she begins to get phone calls, only for the caller hang up on her! Since Lana begins getting threatening post cards at about the same time, Tina [[RedHerring thinks that the phone calls are also coming from the same person.]] In reality, [[spoiler:Alex is trying to ask Tina to go out with him, only for this trope to take effect. Fortunately, he does learn to ask Tina out at the end, when she realizes Alex had been the caller.]]
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* CannotSpitItOut: In the arc where Tina reads fan mail and answers phone calls for Lana Barnes, she begins to get phone calls, only for the caller hang up on her! Since Lana begins getting threatening post cards at about the same time, Tina [[RedHerring thinks that the phone calls are also coming from the same person.]] In reality, [[spoiler:Alex is trying to ask Tina to go out with him, only for this trope to take effect. Fortunately, he does learn find a way to ask Tina out at the end, when she realizes Alex had been the caller.]]
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* CannotSpitItOut: In the arc where Tina reads fan mail and answers phone calls for Lana Barnes, she begins to get phone calls, only for the caller hang up on her! Since Lana begins getting threatening post cards at about the same time, Tina [[RedHerring thinks that the phone calls are also coming from the same person.]] In reality, [[spoiler:Alex is trying to ask Tina to go out with him, only for this trope to take effect. Fortunately, he does learn to ask Tina out at the end, when she realizes Alex had been the caller.]]
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Although very popular, the show was expensive to produce (it shot on-location in NYC), and with increasing public funding cuts as TheNineties wore on, PBS could no longer afford to foot the bill, even with the help of ViewersLikeYou.
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Although very popular, the show was expensive to produce (it shot on-location in NYC), and with increasing public funding cuts as TheNineties wore on, PBS could no longer afford to foot the bill, even with the help of ViewersLikeYou.
ViewersLikeYou. It didn't help that the BBC pulled out of co-producing the show by the third season.
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* NotSoDifferent: When the team's nemesis Calvin is trying to figure out their secret, he uses methods similar to theirs. He even has his own casebook. This suggests that he could be a valuable member of the team if he was nicer and on their side.
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* ButNotTooForeign: Hector had much more Spanish influence in his speech than did the other Hispanic characters. Further, Tina's mother had more of a foreign accent than her father.
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* ButNotTooForeign: Hector had much more Spanish influence in his speech than did the other Hispanic characters.characters did. Further, Tina's mother had more of a foreign accent than her father.
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** TheHero / TheLeader: Jamal. First person to see Ghostwriter and the de facto leader of the Ghostwriter Team.
** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to see Ghostwriter, and Jamal's implied NumberTwo. She's a headstrong performer, while he's more grounded and practical.
** TheBigGuy: Alex. A jock who puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel".
** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to see Ghostwriter, and Jamal's implied NumberTwo. She's a headstrong performer, while he's more grounded and practical.
** TheBigGuy: Alex. A jock who puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel".
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** TheHero / TheLeader: Jamal. First person to see Ghostwriter and the de facto leader of the Ghostwriter Team.
Team. Often the OnlySaneMan who makes decisions for the group.
** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to seeGhostwriter, Ghostwriter and Jamal's implied NumberTwo. She's a headstrong performer, and outspoken, while he's more grounded and practical.
** TheBigGuy: Alex. A jock who puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel". After his growth spurt, he towers over the others.
** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to see
** TheBigGuy: Alex. A jock who puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel". After his growth spurt, he towers over the others.
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** SixthRanger: Tina, Rob, Hector, and Casey. They all join the team later, in episodes 8, 17, 50 and 58 respectively.
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** SixthRanger: Tina, Rob, Hector, and Casey. They all join the team later, in episodes 8, 17, 50 50, and 58 respectively.
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** GuestStarPartyMember: Craig in "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?", Frank, Catherine and Lucy in "Just in Time", Becky and Sam in "A Crime of Two Cities". They're all technically members because they can see Ghostwriter and have helped solve cases, but they all only appear for one mystery arc.
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** GuestStarPartyMember: Craig in "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store?", Frank, Catherine Catherine, and Lucy in "Just in Time", Becky and Sam in "A Crime of Two Cities". They're all technically members because they can see Ghostwriter and have helped solve cases, but they all only appear for one mystery arc.
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** While not exactly a younger sibling, Gabby sometimes treats Hector this way. The book "Disappearing Act" has her mentally comment that because [[HeroWorship Hector thinks so highly of Alex]], she's always arguing two people instead of one.
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** While not exactly a younger sibling, Gabby sometimes treats Hector this way. The book "Disappearing Act" has her mentally comment that because [[HeroWorship Hector thinks so highly of Alex]], she's always arguing with two people instead of one.
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* PetTheDog: [[{{Jerkass}} Calvin]] genuinely loves his pet parrot Atilla and is really sad when Atilla dies. Calvin loves birds in general enough to once help the team crack the mystery of a palm cockatoo.
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* PetTheDog: [[{{Jerkass}} Calvin]] genuinely loves his pet parrot Atilla Attila and is really sad when Atilla Attila dies. Calvin loves birds in general enough to once help the team crack the mystery of a palm cockatoo.
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** GuestStarPartyMember: Craig in "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store", Frank, Catherine and Lucy in "Just in Time", Becky and Sam in "A Crine of Two Cities". They're all technically members because they can see Ghostwriter and have helped solve cases, but they all only appear for one mystery arc.
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** GuestStarPartyMember: Craig in "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store", Store?", Frank, Catherine and Lucy in "Just in Time", Becky and Sam in "A Crine Crime of Two Cities". They're all technically members because they can see Ghostwriter and have helped solve cases, but they all only appear for one mystery arc.
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* AmicableExes: Lana Barnes and her second husband Carlo Perretti, the father of her daughter Janine, stayed friends after they divorced.
* ArcNumber: The number 4 shows up a lot. There are 4 episodes per story arc, 4 founding Ghostwriter Team members, 4 {{Sixth Ranger}}s, the story arc "Four Days of the Cockatoo", 4 [=THABTOs=], 4 Thunder Heads, 4 husbands of Lana Barnes, 4 parts of the Hoodman contest, etc.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Alex to Gaby. Although they have a bit of a SiblingRivalry, he's protective of her. When she accidentally gets exposed to toxic waste, he can't stop worrying about her health.
* TheEmpath: Ghostwriter can sense the feelings of the team and says that that's how he knows where they are. In fact, in "Get the Message", when the team is in a nasty fight, their anger seriously hurts him.
* EnemyMine: In "Four Days of the Cockatoo", the Ghostwriter Team is forced to turn to their rival Calvin Ferguson for help because he's an ornithology expert.
* EnemyMine: In "Four Days of the Cockatoo", the Ghostwriter Team is forced to turn to their rival Calvin Ferguson for help because he's an ornithology expert.
* FeudEpisode: The episode "Get the Message" featured one of these--when Mr. Fernandez, Alex and Gaby's father, inadvertently spirals out of control while driving and crashes into Lenni's father's music equipment, the families begin to feud; things only get worse when Tina, who would in most cases be a neutral party, is interviewed about the accident and says that she felt frightened by Mr. Fernandez's crazy driving. To compound the issue, resident {{Jerkass}} Calvin deliberately plays up the team's anger at each other to try to determine the secret they've been hiding. The trouble is that Ghostwriter apparently lives on ThePowerOfFriendship, and the team's feud is slowly killing him. It takes Jamal and Rob (the latter offering a BigShutUp) to reconcile the team, save Ghostwriter, and solve a local art heist.
* FictionalDocument: A fictional series of British children's books called ''Sophie Madison''.
* FictionalVideoGame: The ''Double Defenders'' video game, about a group of two-headed superheroes.
* FictionalDocument: A fictional series of British children's books called ''Sophie Madison''.
* FictionalVideoGame: The ''Double Defenders'' video game, about a group of two-headed superheroes.
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* FiveManBand: Briefly, before cast changes later in the series made it moot.
** At the start of the series:
*** TheHero: Jamal. First person to see Ghostwriter, and the leader of the team.
*** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to see Ghostwriter.
*** TheBigGuy: Alex. Puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel".
*** TheSmartGuy: Tina. All the team members are smart, but she thinks outside the box the most.
*** TheHeart: Gabby. Shows the most in "Over a Barrel" [[spoiler: when she becomes sick]].
*** SixthRanger: Rob. Joins the group after being an initial suspect in a story arc.
** At the start of the series:
*** TheHero: Jamal. First person to see Ghostwriter, and the leader of the team.
*** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to see Ghostwriter.
*** TheBigGuy: Alex. Puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel".
*** TheSmartGuy: Tina. All the team members are smart, but she thinks outside the box the most.
*** TheHeart: Gabby. Shows the most in "Over a Barrel" [[spoiler: when she becomes sick]].
*** SixthRanger: Rob. Joins the group after being an initial suspect in a story arc.
* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Some members of the Ghostwriter Team get little to no one-on-one time. For example, Tina and Rob rarely interact without any of the others around. This is ironic, since they probably have the most in common with each other: both are shy, introverted, creative people who start as outsiders before joining the team; Tina even once admitted that she can relate to Rob.
* FriendToAllChildren: Ghostwriter. When he first appears, he is worried about "the children". It's not clear what children he means, but he cares about children in general.
* FriendToAllChildren: Ghostwriter. When he first appears, he is worried about "the children". It's not clear what children he means, but he cares about children in general.
* GenderEqualEnsemble: Unless you count Ghostwriter himself (male), there are four founding members of the Ghostwriter Team, two girls and two boys. For the majority of the series, it's three girls and three boys. Casey's addition late in the series upsets the balance, but she's not always with the team.
* GhostAmnesia: Ghostwriter can hardly remember anything from when he was alive, not even his own name. It's hinted that he remembers more than he lets on, but it's never been enough to reveal his identity.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Mrs. O'Boyle, the Canellans' housekeeper in 1928. She's convinced that Frank must be guilty of a series of local burglaries and that "Millard Fillmore Smith" is just a salesman trying to earn a living. Apparently, the idea that people aren't always what they seem never occurred to her.
* InitiationCeremony: Whenever someone new joins the Ghostwriter team, a black pen on a string is placed around their neck to make their joining official. The new member is then often encouraged to use it to ask Ghostwriter a question. The official Ghostwriter pen is like a team badge and lets them talk to Ghostwriter wherever they are.
* IntrepidReporter: Fannie Mae Banner. She hosts a show called ''Caught Ya'' where she helps regular people with their problems by finding and exposing anyone who's been caught doing something wrong, like corrupt landlords, stores overcharging customers, or people burying toxic waste.
* MotorMouth: Gaby is a very talkative girl. After she's back from being sick and acts like her usual fast-talking self, everyone says, "She's fine."
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: For Hector, Rob, and Casey.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles: For Hector, Rob, PetTheDog: [[{{Jerkass}} Calvin]] genuinely loves his pet parrot Atilla and Casey.is really sad when Atilla dies. Calvin loves birds in general enough to once help the team crack the mystery of a palm cockatoo.
* PoisonousFriend: Calvin Ferguson to Jeffrey Baxter. More than once, Calvin ropes Jeffrey into his schemes to cause trouble for the Ghostwriter Team. However, "What's Up With Alex?" implies that Calvin is also the CloudcuckoolandersMinder. When we finally see Jeffrey without Calvin around to tell him what to do, he causes problems for Jamal in other ways.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: The team solves cases by working together. Since Ghostwriter is TheEmpath, their friendship is also what keeps him from [[CessationOfExistence fading out of existence]].
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: For Hector, Rob, and Casey.
* PromotionToOpeningTitles: For Hector, Rob, and Casey.
* SecretHandshake: Jamal, Lenni and Alex make up a team handshake in Part 3 of "Ghost Story".
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* ShowWithinAShow: Gaby is a huge fan of the ''Galaxy Girl'' TV series.
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* TagalongKid: Casey.
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* TheTeam:
** BigGood: Ghostwriter: He's the whole reason the team exists.
** TheHero / TheLeader: Jamal. First person to see Ghostwriter and the de facto leader of the Ghostwriter Team.
** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to see Ghostwriter, and Jamal's implied NumberTwo. She's a headstrong performer, while he's more grounded and practical.
** TheBigGuy: Alex. A jock who puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel".
** TheHeart: Gaby. She seems to be the emotional center of the group, especially when she saves Ghostwriter with [[spoiler:ThePowerOfLove]].
** TheSmartGuy: All the team members are smart, but mainly Jamal (the best with science and computers), Alex (the expert on all things related to detective work), and Tina (she thinks outside the box the most).
** SixthRanger: Tina, Rob, Hector, and Casey. They all join the team later, in episodes 8, 17, 50 and 58 respectively.
** TagalongKid:Casey.
**Casey, the youngest team member. Gaby was this at first but [[CharacterDevelopment grows out of it.]]]]
** GuestStarPartyMember: Craig in "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store", Frank, Catherine and Lucy in "Just in Time", Becky and Sam in "A Crine of Two Cities". They're all technically members because they can see Ghostwriter and have helped solve cases, but they all only appear for one mystery arc.
* TeamHandStack: The Ghostwriter team sometimes do one in the form of the Ghostwriter cheer, which is finished with them all saying "Ghooooost...WRITER!".
** BigGood: Ghostwriter: He's the whole reason the team exists.
** TheHero / TheLeader: Jamal. First person to see Ghostwriter and the de facto leader of the Ghostwriter Team.
** TheLancer: Lenni. The second person to see Ghostwriter, and Jamal's implied NumberTwo. She's a headstrong performer, while he's more grounded and practical.
** TheBigGuy: Alex. A jock who puts himself at risk the most, as shown in "Ghost Story" and "Over a Barrel".
** TheHeart: Gaby. She seems to be the emotional center of the group, especially when she saves Ghostwriter with [[spoiler:ThePowerOfLove]].
** TheSmartGuy: All the team members are smart, but mainly Jamal (the best with science and computers), Alex (the expert on all things related to detective work), and Tina (she thinks outside the box the most).
** SixthRanger: Tina, Rob, Hector, and Casey. They all join the team later, in episodes 8, 17, 50 and 58 respectively.
** TagalongKid:
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** GuestStarPartyMember: Craig in "Who Burned Mr. Brinker's Store", Frank, Catherine and Lucy in "Just in Time", Becky and Sam in "A Crine of Two Cities". They're all technically members because they can see Ghostwriter and have helped solve cases, but they all only appear for one mystery arc.
* TeamHandStack: The Ghostwriter team sometimes do one in the form of the Ghostwriter cheer, which is finished with them all saying "Ghooooost...WRITER!".
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* TheWatson: Tina serves this role in what was originally the pilot episode where the team explains to her what they know about Ghostwriter, what he is and what his powers are. Footage from this scene was adapted into the series intro so that anyone tuning in for the first time would know it through Tina.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Reading and writing is the characters' solution to every problem. Justified when Ghostwriter is involved because he can't hear, speak, or see anything besides writing, but since the show was designed to encourage literacy in kids, the creators seemed to go out of their way to create situations that reading and writing could solve.
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Reading and writing is the characters' solution to every problem. Justified when Ghostwriter is involved because he can't hear, speak, or see anything besides writing, but since the show was designed to encourage literacy in kids, the creators seemed to go out of their way to create situations that reading and writing could solve.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Ghostwriter is terrified of dogs due to [[GhostAmnesia one of the few memories he has left]]. The thought that they might be nearby almost stops him from helping save Jamal. Since Ghostwriter can't even see or hear dogs, and they can't actually do anything to him, his fear must run really deep.
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* TokenWhite: Leni. Given that the show takes place in ethnically diverse New York, the other main characters are of Salvadoran, Vietnamese and African-American descent.
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* TokenWhite: Leni. Lenni. Given that the show takes place in ethnically diverse New York, the other main characters are of Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Vietnamese and African-American descent.
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* TokenMinority: Subverted; there are actually fewer white characters on the show than minorities. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]], since the show takes place in the ethnically diverse New York.
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* TokenMinority: Subverted; there are actually fewer white characters on the show than minorities. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]], since TokenWhite: Leni. Given that the show takes place in the ethnically diverse New York.York, the other main characters are of Salvadoran, Vietnamese and African-American descent.
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* UnbelievableSourcePlot: the basic premise of the show. The main cast is a bunch of [[AmateurSleuth amateur teen detectives]] who are helped by a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost who can cannot see anything but words and can only interact with the world by reading said words and then rearranging letters and words elsewhere to show what he read]]. The team uses the information from Ghostwriter to solve crimes but they also have to collect conventional evidence [[AdultsAreUseless to get adults to believe them]] since telling them that [[YouHaveToBelieveMe a ghost gave them the clue]] is not going to help the kids or the victim.
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* UnbelievableSourcePlot: the The basic premise of the show. The main cast is a bunch of [[AmateurSleuth amateur teen detectives]] who are helped by a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost who can cannot see anything but words and can only interact with the world by reading said words and then rearranging letters and words elsewhere to show what he read]]. The team uses the information from Ghostwriter to solve crimes but they also have to collect conventional evidence [[AdultsAreUseless to get adults to believe them]] since telling them that [[YouHaveToBelieveMe a ghost gave them the clue]] is not going to help the kids or the victim.
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* OneHitWonder: [[Invoked]]. Leif, the electrician for Lenni's music video, was teen popstar in the 70s with a [[SillyLoveSongs hit called "Girl".]] It's implied that the success didn't continue because he tried to follow the same formula and refused to branch out.
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* OneHitWonder: [[Invoked]].Invoked. Leif, the electrician for Lenni's music video, was teen popstar in the 70s with a [[SillyLoveSongs hit called "Girl".]] It's implied that the success didn't continue because he tried to follow the same formula and refused to branch out.
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** A general one that was present in the TV show but cropped up ''a lot'' in the books: your child will get kidnapped and/or locked up in a location no one but their attacker knows about and may be unable to summon help ALA an incident in the books where a blindfolded and bound Hector who the crook abandons in the middle of a forest tries to write a message but barely manages anything readable and it's only luck that the rest of the team figures it out.
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** A general one that was present in the TV show but cropped up ''a lot'' in the books: your child will get kidnapped and/or locked up in a location no one but their attacker knows about and may be unable to summon help ALA a la an incident in the books where a blindfolded and bound Hector who the crook abandons in the middle of a forest tries to write a message but barely manages anything readable and it's only luck that the rest of the team figures it out.
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* OneHitWonder: [[invoked]].[[Invoked]]. Leif, the electrician for Lenni's music video, was teen popstar in the 70s with a [[SillyLoveSongs hit called "Girl".]] It's implied that the success didn't continue because he tried to follow the same formula and refused to branch out.
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* ButNotTooForeign: Hector had much more Spanish influence in his speech than did the other Hispanic characters.
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* ShipTease: There were several throughout the series.
** Alex/Tina: The only one that actually did occur.
** Lenni/Jamal: They were the first two to discover GhostWriter and worked together early and later on.
** Lenni/Rob: Lenni was the first one Rob truly warmed up to, and the two frequently worked together while Rob was on the team. Lenni seemed to be the one most upset about Rob [[PutOnABus having to move to Australia.]]
** Alex/Tina: The only one that actually did occur.
** Lenni/Jamal: They were the first two to discover GhostWriter and worked together early and later on.
** Lenni/Rob: Lenni was the first one Rob truly warmed up to, and the two frequently worked together while Rob was on the team. Lenni seemed to be the one most upset about Rob [[PutOnABus having to move to Australia.]]
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If you're looking for the trope that could have gone here, see PlayingCyrano or {{Ghostwriter}}. Not to be confused with a ''literary'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostwriter ghostwriter]], defined by Wiki/ThatOtherWiki as "a writer who writes books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person" (which frequently overlaps with ExtrudedBookProduct). Also not to be confused with the film ''Film/TheGhostWriter''.
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If you're looking for the trope that could have gone here, see PlayingCyrano or {{Ghostwriter}}. PlayingCyrano. Not to be confused with a ''literary'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostwriter ghostwriter]], {{Ghostwriter}}, defined by Wiki/ThatOtherWiki as "a writer who writes books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person" (which frequently overlaps with ExtrudedBookProduct). Also not to be confused with the film ''Film/TheGhostWriter''.
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If you're looking for the trope that could have gone here, see PlayingCyrano. Not to be confused with a ''literary'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostwriter ghostwriter]], defined by Wiki/ThatOtherWiki as "a writer who writes books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person" (which frequently overlaps with ExtrudedBookProduct). Also not to be confused with the film ''Film/TheGhostWriter''.
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If you're looking for the trope that could have gone here, see PlayingCyrano.PlayingCyrano or {{Ghostwriter}}. Not to be confused with a ''literary'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostwriter ghostwriter]], defined by Wiki/ThatOtherWiki as "a writer who writes books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person" (which frequently overlaps with ExtrudedBookProduct). Also not to be confused with the film ''Film/TheGhostWriter''.
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Although very popular, the show was expensive to produce (it shot on-location in NYC), and with increasing public funding cuts as TheNineties wore on, PBS could no longer afford to foot the bill, even with the help of ViewersLikeYou.
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* DramaticSitDown: A RunningGag is that whenever the titular ghost appears in front of someone new (usually scaring the crap out of them), the current members of the gang will guide the newbie to the nearest convenient chair and say "Sit down!"
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After Jamal's Grandma interrupts his fantasy about the girl he likes, he's reluctant to stand up.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: After Jamal's Grandma interrupts his fantasy about GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the girl he likes, he's reluctant future, please check the trope page to stand up.make sure your example fits the current definition.
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-->'''Gooey Gus''': [[Series/SesameStreet "It's not easy being purple!"]]...and you get confused with that [[Series/BarneyAndFriends doofy dinosaur!"]]
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-->'''Gooey Gus''': [[Series/SesameStreet "It's not easy being purple!"]]...and you get confused they always confuse me with that [[Series/BarneyAndFriends doofy dinosaur!"]]
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* MyNaymeIs: Downplayed. Lenni often introduces herself, particularly if someone needs to write her name down, as, "Lenni, with an 'I'", to which the other person usually responds with "okay Lenni with an 'I'".
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** "What's Up With Alex?
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** "What's Up With Alex?Alex?"
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-->'''Gooey Gus''': [[Series/SesameStreet "It's not easy being purple!"]]purple!"]]...and you get confused with that [[Series/BarneyAndFriends doofy dinosaur!"]]
