- "They surround us all the time. Most of them can't hurt us. Most don't even want to hurt us. But there are exceptions."
- ― Dennis, Thir13en Ghosts
- "I was afraid of death. I chose to remain behind. I sometimes wonder whether I oughtn't to have...well, that is neither here nor there..in fact, I am neither here nor there. I know nothing of the secrets of death, Harry, for I chose my feeble imitation of life instead."
- ― Sir Nicholas, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The power to use the abilities of ghosts. Variation of Spirit Physiology.
Also Called
- Apparition Mimicry/Physiology
- Exspiravit Mimicry/Physiology
- Ghost Mimicry
- Phantom Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities
User with this ability either is or can transform into a ghost, spirits/souls of the dead, often bound to stay until certain conditions are met. This can vary from honorable burial, unfinished business/revenge or self-appointed duties.
Applications
- Decelerated Aging, Semi-Immortality or Immortality
- Energy Independence
- Fear Inducement
- Flight
- Inaudibility
- Inodorosity
- Intangibility
- Invisibility
- Possession
- Telekinesis
- Telepathy
Variations
- Corporealization
- Corpse Possession
- Dream Walking
- Ectoplasm Manipulation
- Illusive Appearance
- Imperceptibility
- Malleable Anatomy
- Non-Physical Interaction
- Object Possession
- Phantasm Manipulation
- Physical Force Immunity
- Portal Manipulation
- Psionics
- Tangibility Interplay
- Teleportation
Types of Ghost
For a list of various ghost, see here.
- Baykok Physiology: Flight, Enhanced Archery, Paralysis Inducement
- Banshee Physiology
- Ghost Lord Physiology
- Kuchisake-Onna Physiology
- Mutated Ghost Physiology
- Onryo Physiology
- Poltergeist Physiology
- Revenant Physiology
- Superior Ghost Physiology
- Transcendent Ghost Physiology
- Wraith Physiology
Associations
Limitations
- Being resurrected may cause the user to lose their powers.
- When certain conditions are met, the user may be forced to move on.
- May become more vengeful/violent the longer the user stays in the mortal realm.
- Despite being no longer bound to the living world, ghosts may need to follow a certain logic.
- Necromancy and Soul Manipulation may be used to control the user.
- Vulnerable to Soul Destruction, Soul Mutilation, Nonexistence, Absolute Destruction, and other powers that may harm souls/spirits.
Known Users
See Also: Our Ghosts Are Different.
Anime/Manga
- Sayo (18if)
- Meiko Honma (Anohana)
- Child Ghost Girl (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere)
- Sanae Higashihongan (Invaders of the Rokujouma)
- Reimi Sugimoto (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
- Arnold (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
- Yoshihiro Kira (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part IV: Diamond Is Unbreakable)
- Jean Pierre Polnareff (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V: Golden Wind/Vento Aureo)
- Elizabeth (Maburaho)
- Ghosts (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Alma
- Ghost (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Kana (My Lovely Ghost Kana)
- Nanana Ryūgajō (Nanana's Buried Treasure)
- Sayo Aisaka (Negima)
- Omiyo (Sgt Frog)
- Banshee (Sidekicks)
- Ghosts (Three Little Ghosts)
- Bumper
- Cutter
- Sally
- Kuri (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga)
- Ruriko (Youkai Apartment no Yuuga)
- Hinako Uehara (Zettai Reiiki)
Mythology/Folklore
- Ghosts (Folklore)
- Banshees (Scottish Folklore)
Literature
- Ghosts (Goosebumps)
- Hannah Fairchild (Goosebumps)
- Ghosts (Harry Potter)
- Nicky (Mostly Ghostly)
- Tara (Mostly Ghostly)
- Phears (Mostly Ghostly)
- The Rolands (Mostly Ghostly)
- Ghosts (Mostly Ghostly)
- Ghosts (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series)
- Ghosts (The Vampire Diaries)
Live Television
- Ghosts (Being Human)
- Ghosts (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel)
- Ghosts (Charmed)
- Buddy Berry (Chuck Finn)
- Fingers Fitzpatrick (Chuck Finn)
- Ghostly Mountaineer (Freaky)
- Wazza (Freaky)
- Big Ghost (Freaky)
- Ghosts (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Louie Preston
- Miles Preston
- Ray Preston
- Ghosts (Hex)
- Martin Hopkirk (Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)/My Partner the Ghost)
- Ghosts (Round the Twist)
- Ghosts (Supernatural)
- Bobby Singer
- Kevin Tran
Movies
- Charile B. Barkin and Itchy Itchford (All Dogs Go To Heaven)
- Maitlands (Beetlejuice)
- Victor Crowley (Hatchet series)
- Ghosts (The Haunted Mansion)
- Freaknik (Freaknik: The Musical)
- Ghosts (The Frighteners)
- Sam Wheat (Ghost)
- Ghosts (Ghostbusters)
- Slimer
- Hannah Stine (Goosebumps)
- Armando Salazar (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
- Ghosts (Poltergeist series)
- Pip and the Halloween Hound (Spooky Buddies)
Cartoons
- Ghost Princess (Adventure Time)
- Carrie Krueger (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Ectonurites (Ben 10)
- Ghostfreak
- Zs'Skayr
- Necrofriggians (Ben 10)
- Big Chill
- Carl (Ben 10 Reboot)
- Ghosts (Casper the Friendly Ghost)
- Casper
- Stretch
- Stinkie
- Fatso
- Kibosh (Casper's Scare School)
- Spitzy (Casper's Scare School)
- Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Half-Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Phantom
- Dani Phantom
- Vlad Plasmius
- Billy Joe Cobra (Dude, That's My Ghost)
- Spencer Wright (Dude, That's My Ghost); temporarily due to ingesting ectoplasm
- Bobby (Dude, That's My Ghost)
- Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore/The Funky Phantom and Boo the Cat (The Funky Phantom)
- Del (Gorillaz)
- Ghosts (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Ghost Warriors
- Cole
- Sensei Yang
- Morro
- Clouse
- Experiment 375/Phantasmo (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
- Ghosts (The Little Ghosts)
- Edward
- George
- Henry
- Lucy
- Ghosts (Monster High)
- Moanatella Ghostier
- Spectra Vondergeist
- Ari Hauntington
- Ghosts (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures)
- Boo Boo (Ruby Gloom)
- Mr. White (Ruby Gloom)
- Phantasma (Scooby-Doo)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Dame Fedora (Zombie Hotel)
Video Games
- The Lost (The Binding of Isaac)
- The Haunt (The Binding of Isaac)
- Bound Widows (Bloodborne)
- Mysterious Apparition/Ryu's Mother (Breath of Fire III)
- Ghost Widow (City of Heroes)
- Ghosts (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
- Banshees (Dark Souls)
- Ghosts (Dark Souls)
- Chancellor Wellager (Dark Souls II)
- Abigail (Don't Starve)
- Ferry (Granblue Fantasy)
- Ghosts (Growtopia)
- Ghosts (Luigi's Mansion)
- Pamela Ibis (Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis/Atelier series)
- LeChuck (Monkey Island); formerly, before being reanimated as a zombie
- Ronan O'Connor and Abigail Williams (Murdered: Soul Suspect)
- Ghosts (Pac-Man)
- Ghost-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Ghosts (The Secret World)
- Apparitions (Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice)
- The Big Creep (Shovel Knight)
- Invisishades (Shovel Knight)
- Walter Sullivan (Silent Hill 4: The Room)
- Ghosts (Skylanders)
- Bad Juju (Skylanders)
- Masker Mind (Skylanders)
- Izanami (Smite)
- The Morrigan (Smite)
- King Boom Boo (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Bekka (Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion)
- Lisa (Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion)
- Ringu (Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion)
- Dr. Killjoy (The Suffering)
- Hermes T. Haight (The Suffering)
- Horace P. Gauge (The Suffering)
- Copperfield the Slave Hunter (The Suffering: Ties That Bind)
- The Creeper (The Suffering: Ties That Bind)
- Boo (Super Mario Bros. series)
- Zepheniah Mann (Team Fortress 2)
- Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project)
- Soga no Tojiko (Touhou Project)
- Napstablook (Undertale)
- Mad Dummy (Undertale)
- Mettaton (Undertale); formerly, before gaining a robot body
- Ghost (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Phantom (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Zashiki Warashi (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Ghost Writers (Yooka-Laylee)
Comics
- Boston Brand/Deadman (DC Comics)
- James Craddock/Gentleman Ghost (DC Comics)
- Tinya Wazzo/Phantom Girl (DC Comics)
- Greta Hayes/Secret (DC Comics)
- The Vision (Marvel Comics)
Web Original
- SCP-973 - Smokey (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1036 - Nkondi (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1111 - The White Dog (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1337 - The Hitchhiker (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1774-A - The Proof's Equipment (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2111 - If You Can Read This... (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2190 - Phone calls from Mom (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2696-1 - The Haunted Victorian Mansion of Dark Peak (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2996 - ERROR / ERROR (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3901 - Rachael Parks (SCP Foundation)
- MTF Omega-0 Ará Orún (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects
- Hollow Hollow Fruit/Horo Horo no Mi (One Piece)
- Bubble Brains (Xiaolin Chronicles)
Gallery
Carrie Krueger (The Amazing World of Gumball)
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Ghostfreak (Ben 10)
Casper (Casper the Friendly Ghost)
After an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world and the supernatural Ghost Zone, Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom) was turned into a half-ghost.
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Vlad Plasmius (Danny Phantom)
Dani Phantom (Danny Phantom)
Ghosts (Dark Souls) are the spirits of the former inhabitants of New Londo, who were all killed when the city was flooded and sealed away to contain the Darkwraiths.
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Boston Brand/Deadman (DC Comics)
Freaknik (Freaknik: The Musical)
After being betrayed by his best friend, Sam Wheat (Ghost) became a ghost to seek vengeance.
Eleanor Twitty, the Library Ghost (Ghostbusters) is very strict about silence in her library.
After being shot to death in a drive by, Del (Gorillaz) became a funky rapping ghost.
Despite her appearance, Ferry (Granblue Fantasy) is an Erune ghost due to being trapped on the Mist-Shrouded Isle for decades by Celeste.
Mind ghost (Growtopia) is a ghost that make you walk in the opposite direction.
Louie Preston (The Haunted Hathaways)
Miles Preston (The Haunted Hathaways)
The Ghost Girl (Horizon In The Middle of Nowhere) is an unnamed child ghost that appeared suddenly on the Musashi, and shortly after became the adopted daughter of Azuma and Miriam Poqou.
Reimi Sugimoto and Arnold (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamond Is Unbreakable)
After he escaped late from Sensei Yang's Temple, Cole (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) was turned into a ghost.
Experiment 375 "Phantasmo" (Lilo & Stitch: The Series)
Ghosts (Monster Girl Encyclopedia) are horny, lustful spirits who crave the intimacy of a man.
Spectra Vondergeist (Monster High)
Nicky and Tara (Mostly Ghostly)
Ronan O'Connor (Murdered: Soul Suspect) was revived as a ghost after being brutally murdered by the Bell Killer.
Nicknamed the Ghost Princess, Perona (One Piece) is practically a ghost after eating the Hollow Hollow Fruit/Horo-Horo no Mi.
Through the dark powers of the Devil's Triangle, Armando Salazar (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) was resurrected more powerful than ever, but cursed to wander the world as a ghost for eternity.
Walter Sullivan (Silent Hill 4: The Room)
King Boom Boo (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Dr. Killjoy (The Suffering)
Hermes T. Haight (The Suffering)
Horace P. Gauge (The Suffering)
Copperfield the Slave Hunter (The Suffering: Ties That Bind)
The Creeper (The Suffering: Ties That Bind)
Boo (Super Mario series)
After being killed by Dick Roman, Bobby Singer (Supernatural) became a ghost and later a vengeful spirit.
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Bumper, Cutter and Sally (Three Little) Ghosts
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project) the ghost princess of Hakugyokurou, the netherworld of the "formerly-living".
Ghost (Valkyrie Crusade)
Phantom (Valkyrie Crusade)
Zashiki Warashi (Valkyrie Crusade)
After being accidentally killed by his father, Victor Crowley (Hatchet) became a vengeful spirit who wanders the night, searching for his dad.
Ghost Writers (Yooka-Laylee)
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