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Ghost (1990)

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Ghost (1990)	label	Ghost (1990)
Ghost (1990)	page	Ghost1990
Ghost (1990)	comment	Ghost is a 1990 film directed by Jerry Zucker, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn, and Whoopi Goldberg in the performance that won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (which she attributes to Swayze insisting on her being cast in the part).Executive Sam Wheat and his artist girlfriend Molly are a pair of yuppies living in SoHo in New York City. They're in love, though Sam seems to have a little difficulty coming right out and saying it, and can only manage "ditto" when Molly tells him she loves him.On their way home one night, Sam is mugged and killed. This is where the actual story begins, as the violent murder (plus the fact that Sam had the unfinished business of never truly telling Molly he loves her) causes him to stick around as a ghost. Then Sam discovers there's more to his death than just making him an unfortunate statistic in mugger-prone New York.In 2010, a Foreign Remake was made in Japan, where Sam's character is now a woman trying to protect her husband. A musical production of Ghost opened in England in 2011 and hit Broadway in 2012. It has its own separate page here.Not to be confused with the 1997 short film Ghosts, starring Michael Jackson, or the 2005 book Ghost by John Ringo.
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Ghost (1990) / int_105cabdd	type	Jacob Marley Apparel
Ghost (1990) / int_105cabdd	comment	Jacob Marley Apparel: Sam spends the entire movie in the burgundy polo and jeans he was wearing when he was murdered.
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Ghost (1990) / int_107edaa4	type	Comforting the Widow
Ghost (1990) / int_107edaa4	comment	Comforting the Widow: With the guy who killed Swayze's character attempting it by putting the moves on his girlfriend. Though Molly (the girlfriend) has no interest in the murderer, even when she doesn't know he's the murderer.
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Ghost (1990) / int_1235f055	type	Dirty Coward
Ghost (1990) / int_1235f055	comment	Dirty Coward: Carl, whose primary goal is to avoid getting killed by the Drug Dealers he's working for.
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Ghost (1990) / int_15b2cab3	type	Tempting Fate
Ghost (1990) / int_15b2cab3	comment	Tempting Fate: Sam gleefully gloats to Carl from the beyond when he thinks everything is in the clear, but this sends him into a panic to Molly, who reveals she saw Oda Mae at the bank using the laundered alias and immediately putting her in danger. Sam jumps into Oda Mae's body to share a last dance with his fiancÃ©e, which had already been shown to weaken ghosts. Naturally, that's when a psychotic Carl chooses to attack.
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Ghost (1990) / int_1994ba0b	type	Gone Horribly Right
Ghost (1990) / int_1994ba0b	comment	Gone Horribly Right: Oda Mae started as as a con artist pretending to be a medium, but after hearing Sam, she becomes a medium for real much to her dismay that during her business, other ghosts from all over America began coming to her to reach out to their loved ones visiting Oda Mae to the point that she complains to Sam about it.
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Ghost (1990) / int_19aa50f3	type	Torment by Annoyance
Ghost (1990) / int_19aa50f3	comment	Torment by Annoyance: Sam badgers Oda Mae into helping him by singing "I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am" loudly over and over again for hours until she finally can't take it anymore.
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Ghost (1990) / int_1b4f86c	type	I "Uh" You, Too
Ghost (1990) / int_1b4f86c	comment	I "Uh" You, Too: "Ditto." Inverted at the end: when Sam finally manages to say "I love you" to Molly, thereby ensuring his Ascension to a Higher Plane of Existence, it's she who replies with "ditto".
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Ghost (1990) / int_1bdbbbae	type	The Klutz
Ghost (1990) / int_1bdbbbae	comment	The Klutz: Besides believing to be suicidal (see Driven to Suicide), the Subway Ghost also acted poorly when Sam thinks he "tripped".
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Ghost (1990) / int_1e584efa	type	Cruel and Unusual Death
Ghost (1990) / int_1e584efa	comment	Cruel and Unusual Death: The Subway Ghost says he was pushed into an oncoming subway.
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Ghost (1990) / int_1f0c1d33	type	Couldn't Find a Pen
Ghost (1990) / int_1f0c1d33	comment	Couldn't Find a Pen Sam writing "BOO" on the steamed bathroom mirror in Willie's apartment. Cheap but effective! Later, Sam freaks out the Big Bad Carl by typing "SAM" repeatedly on his computer.
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Ghost (1990) / int_21f3aa44	type	Good Is Not Nice
Ghost (1990) / int_21f3aa44	comment	Good is Not Nice: Subway Ghost is permanently angry and by the looks of him he wasn't a saint in life. Still, after some prodding he does his best to help Sam. Besides, if he was evil, he would have been Dragged Off to Hell. Only heaven waits till you're ready.
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Ghost (1990) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Ghost (1990) / int_22cf536c	comment	Sam jumps into Oda Mae's body to share a last dance with his fiancÃ©e, which had already been shown to weaken ghosts. Naturally, that's when a psychotic Carl chooses to attack.
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Ghost (1990) / int_23a06c52	type	TheUnReveal
Ghost (1990) / int_23a06c52	comment	The Un-Reveal: We never find out how ghosts can identify each other.
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Ghost (1990) / int_2547b359	type	Real Dreams are Weirder
Ghost (1990) / int_2547b359	comment	Real Dreams are Weirder: Although it happens after he's died, Sam's bizarre dream about waking up in bed with the angel statue instead of with Molly seems like an example of a nonsensical everyday dream. It isn't till later that Sam realizes it's Foreshadowing that Molly, his angel, is in grave danger (with a glimpse of the statue getting broken).
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Ghost (1990) / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
Ghost (1990) / int_2a090d00	comment	Lampshade Hanging: As Sam and Oda Mae plan to withdraw the laundered money at the bank, Sam whispers instructions to her to avoid being overheard, but Oda Mae points out it's quite unnecessary since he's Invisible to Normals.
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Ghost (1990) / int_2af6bbeb	type	Break the Haughty
Ghost (1990) / int_2af6bbeb	comment	Break the Haughty: Sam haunts both Willie and Carl to the point they end up running scared immediately up to their Karmic Deaths.
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Ghost (1990) / int_2da9bb9b	type	Psychopomp
Ghost (1990) / int_2da9bb9b	comment	Psychopomp: There are shadowy spirits that will drag you off to hell after you die if you've been an evil person in this life.
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Ghost (1990) / int_313e9485	type	Hero with Bad Publicity
Ghost (1990) / int_313e9485	comment	Hero with Bad Publicity: Oda Mae's established reputation as a con artist initially made it hard for Molly to believe her at first about Sam still being here.
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Ghost (1990) / int_319e4a2f	type	Even Evil Has Standards
Ghost (1990) / int_319e4a2f	comment	Even Evil Has Standards: Carl chews out Willie for killing off Sam when he didn't want that, only to rob him.
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Ghost (1990) / int_31e92640	type	Japan Takes Over the World
Ghost (1990) / int_31e92640	comment	Japan Takes Over the World: Sam, in preparation for a big client, is practicing saying basic phrases in Japanese.
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Ghost (1990) / int_32cb267a	type	Magical Negro
Ghost (1990) / int_32cb267a	comment	Magical Negro: Oda Mae, who for a good part of the movie does NOT want to become one. She inherited her ability from her mother, who got it from her grandmother. They said she'd get it too, but she never believed them.
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Ghost (1990) / int_367f2530	type	Outdated Outfit
Ghost (1990) / int_367f2530	comment	Outdated Outfit: The Subway Ghost wears an outfit that looks like it's from the first half of the 20th century, suggesting that he's been haunting the subway train for a long time.
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Ghost (1990) / int_373e2b9f	type	Murder the Hypotenuse
Ghost (1990) / int_373e2b9f	comment	Murder the Hypotenuse: Willie thought he was doing this on Carl's behalf by killing Sam instead of sticking to the original plan of stealing his wallet. It'd be of no surprise if Carl had told him at some point of his attraction toward Molly. There's no evidence that Carl actually felt this way about her, though.
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Ghost (1990) / int_38f5ed1a	type	Dragged Off to Hell
Ghost (1990) / int_38f5ed1a	comment	Dragged Off to Hell: Willie, and later Carl. The Hospital Ghost implies this is the fate of other evil people when they die.
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Ghost (1990) / int_3a4ec6e8	type	Afterlife Angst
Ghost (1990) / int_3a4ec6e8	comment	Afterlife Angst: This is a major theme in the movie. After main character Sam Wheat is killed in a mugging, he has the opportunity to move on to the next world, but can't bring himself to leave his beloved girlfriend Molly. Later, Sam meets another spirit on the subway (known only as "The Subway Ghost") who also chose to remain on Earth—but his anger and self-loathing have left him a miserable monster incapable of finding peace. At the end of the film, Sam ensures Molly's safety, comes to terms with his death, and finally passes into Heaven.
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Ghost (1990) / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Ghost (1990) / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Oda Mae is the only character to grow and change throughout the film, going from a Phony Psychic to someone with genuine Psychic Powers, and (reluctantly) using those powers for good.
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Ghost (1990) / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
Ghost (1990) / int_3d699462	comment	Curb-Stomp Battle: Once Sam learned how to manipulate objects in the real world, Willie and Carl never stood a chance.
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Ghost (1990) / int_3f0b2f50	type	Make It Look Like an Accident
Ghost (1990) / int_3f0b2f50	comment	Make It Look Like an Accident: Molly and Sam believe he was killed in the course of a random mugging before Sam learns that it was a set up. Even worse is that Carl's dialogue indicates that he wanted it to only be a robbery and on some level, was initially genuinely sorry that Sam was killed. The Subway Ghost insists someone pushed him in front of a train, which was later deemed a suicide.
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Ghost (1990) / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Ghost (1990) / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: With a little help from Oda Mae, Sam saves Molly from Carl, also bringing an end to the money laundering he was behind, and he finally tells her he loves her. But after all is said and done, Sam is still dead, he just watched his best friend get Dragged Off to Hell, and he can never come back. In the Foreign Remake, just when you think the male lead would die, he is actually experiencing a Near-Death Experience. But his wife promises that they'll reunite again.
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Ghost (1990) / int_411a35bd	type	Body Surf
Ghost (1990) / int_411a35bd	comment	Body Surf: Oda Mae is nonplussed to discover that she is a vehicle for ghosts as well.
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Ghost (1990) / int_42c186e	type	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness
Ghost (1990) / int_42c186e	comment	A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: While an enraged Sam was eager to take revenge on both Willie and Carl, he is genuinely horrified when it indirectly leads to them panicking and running to their deaths in both instances, and especially towards the aftermath their souls await.
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Ghost (1990) / int_437820dc	type	Villainous Crush
Ghost (1990) / int_437820dc	comment	Villainous Crush: When Molly comes home while Willie is still in the house, he secretly watches her undress with an almost predatory smile on his face. Later that day when Sam follows Willie to his apartment, he finds him lying on the bed admiring a photo of Molly while taking a swig from a bottle of alcohol. Needless to say, Sam doesn't take this well. Not that he could do anything about it though.
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Ghost (1990) / int_44606d14	type	Becoming the Mask
Ghost (1990) / int_44606d14	comment	Becoming the Mask: Oda Mae starts out as a con artist posing as a psychic, but when Sam enters her life, she becomes one for real.
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Ghost (1990) / int_463fd2a4	type	Resurrected Romance
Ghost (1990) / int_463fd2a4	comment	Resurrected Romance: The protagonist never managed to tell his girlfriend he loved her while he was alive, so making sure she knows he did becomes one of his Ghostly Goals.
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Ghost (1990) / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Ghost (1990) / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Oda Mae is a psychic medium charlatan who's not afraid to rip off people for her own benefits but even she's willing to help Sam communicate to Molly about a warning that she's in danger from Willie and Carl and when they manage to secure the latter's laundering money of $4 million in check form, she's willing to use it for herself but Sam's stern warning makes her begrudgingly donating it to the nun's charity (though even that is at least partially self-serving, as Sam impresses on her that keeping the money will put her in danger).
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Ghost (1990) / int_4c851777	type	Black Comedy Rape
Ghost (1990) / int_4c851777	comment	Black Comedy Rape: Orlando jumping into Oda Mae's body without her permission or consent, her struggling to get rid of him—"Get out of me, you son of a bitch!" and her disgusted, angry shuddering—"Don't you EVER do that to me again!" comes across like this.
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Ghost (1990) / int_4df647d9	type	Billed Above the Title
Ghost (1990) / int_4df647d9	comment	Billed Above the Title: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg.
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Ghost (1990) / int_4e7017f1	type	Wig, Dress, Accent
Ghost (1990) / int_4e7017f1	comment	Wig, Dress, Accent: Oda Mae adopts a broad southern stereotype with the bank.
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Ghost (1990) / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Ghost (1990) / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: When Sam follows Carl to Willie's house and finds they are in cahoots:
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Ghost (1990) / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
Ghost (1990) / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: When Willie shows up at the apartment. It's the first sign that Sam's death might not have been as accidental as it initially seemed.
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Ghost (1990) / int_4fc5ac56	type	Holy Backlight
Ghost (1990) / int_4fc5ac56	comment	Holy Backlight: Happens just before Sam goes to Heaven. Notably this is the only time in the entire film his girlfriend sees him as a ghost.
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Ghost (1990) / int_50f17484	type	Fake-Out Opening
Ghost (1990) / int_50f17484	comment	Fake-Out Opening: The intro of this film makes it seem spookier than it really is. It also comes across as something of a Big-Lipped Alligator Momentinvoked, since all it does is establish Carl's friendship with Sam and Molly and show that Sam is rich enough to afford breaking into and completely refurbishing an expensive SoHo loft; aside from providing the surreal imagery for Sam's later strange dream, it never gets referenced again until the climax, when Sam chases the Big Bad through other abandoned or under-construction portions of the building.
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Ghost (1990) / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
Ghost (1990) / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon: Willie is this to Carl.
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Ghost (1990) / int_54575dc6	type	Flat Scare
Ghost (1990) / int_54575dc6	comment	Flat Scare: Played with. Writing the word "BOO" onto a fogged surface isn't normally that much of a scare, but when you're a disembodied spirit and your victim is watching the word seemingly trace itself out on a bathroom mirror, it becomes quite terrifying.
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Ghost (1990) / int_57bb7b55	type	Near-Death Clairvoyance
Ghost (1990) / int_57bb7b55	comment	Near-Death Clairvoyance: Though the near death experience just ended up as death.
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Ghost (1990) / int_58030b25	type	Visual Innuendo
Ghost (1990) / int_58030b25	comment	Visual Innuendo: Featuring the world's only PG-13 rated clay-pottery-throwing scene. (Until of course, the Affectionate Parody as seen in Wrongfully Accused, and the one in Naked Gun 2Â½.)
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Ghost (1990) / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
Ghost (1990) / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: When Molly comes to them with her story about Oda Mae warning her about Willie Lopez, the police are skeptical and instead tell her about Oda Mae's con artist past, breaking poor Molly's trust in her warning. Justified, not just because Willie Lopez may not have a record, but the police have dealt with Oda Mae's cons so many times that it stands out more.
Ghost (1990) / int_59907e4f	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_59907e4f	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_59907e4f
Ghost (1990) / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
Ghost (1990) / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: While arguing with Carl, Willie says that killing Sam was a "favor". He may have a point as if Willie left Sam after robbing him, Sam could have reported the robbery to the cops, which could in turn make the money-laundering scheme fall apart. Not only that, it wouldn't have eliminated Sam's suspicions about the accounts with excess money, and might have made him even more so. Even though Sam's spirit stayed on Earth which soon ends up with said scheme falling apart anyway, Willie honestly could not have known that, so really from his viewpoint, killing Sam was the best option in order to make sure there are no loose ends.note It's left ambiguous whether Willie intended to kill Sam from the get-go, or simply did so due to Sam fighting back against the mugging.
Ghost (1990) / int_5ca80293	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_5ca80293	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_5ca80293
Ghost (1990) / int_62ac3f93	type	Sinister Subway
Ghost (1990) / int_62ac3f93	comment	Sinister Subway: The subway where a ghost (played by Vincent Schiavelli) knocks items around and whatnot. His tragic backstory also adds a layer to this.
Ghost (1990) / int_62ac3f93	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_62ac3f93	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_62ac3f93
Ghost (1990) / int_62df92d4	type	Involuntary Charity Donation
Ghost (1990) / int_62df92d4	comment	Involuntary Charity Donation: Oda Mae Brown does a variation of this to the villain — with Sam's help, she's able to steal the money from a special account, turn it into a check, and donate it to a nuns' charity.
Ghost (1990) / int_62df92d4	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_62df92d4	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_62df92d4
Ghost (1990) / int_62fd5552	type	Bavarian Fire Drill
Ghost (1990) / int_62fd5552	comment	Bavarian Fire Drill: Sam basically helps Oda Mae pull this when posing as "Rita Miller", even directing her to talk to Lyle Ferguson and claim they met at a Christmas party where Lyle was so drunk he wouldn't be able to remember if he met her or not.
Ghost (1990) / int_62fd5552	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_62fd5552	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_62fd5552
Ghost (1990) / int_639cefd2	type	Go into the Light
Ghost (1990) / int_639cefd2	comment	Go into the Light: The way Sam ascends after saving Molly from the guy who murdered him. Also the flatlining patient at the hospital.
Ghost (1990) / int_639cefd2	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_639cefd2	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_639cefd2
Ghost (1990) / int_6459cc02	type	I See Dead People
Ghost (1990) / int_6459cc02	comment	I See Dead People: Oda Mae is descended from a long line of mediums who have always been able to commune with the dead. It seems that the family power skipped a generation at first—but when Sam shows up, she realizes that she actually does have the power of mediumship, and before long, every ghost for miles around is using her as a channeler, too.
Ghost (1990) / int_6459cc02	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6459cc02	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6459cc02
Ghost (1990) / int_6492f4ca	type	Spirit Advisor
Ghost (1990) / int_6492f4ca	comment	Spirit Advisor: Several ghosts throw out little tidbits of pertinent information for Sam, but notably the Subway Ghost, who teaches him how to move objects. Slightly different in that the character being advised is himself a ghost... The Hospital Ghost, while waiting for his soon-to-be-deceased wife, talks to Sam for a bit about how he'll be wandering the Earth for a while and warns him about "the other ones".
Ghost (1990) / int_6492f4ca	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6492f4ca	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6492f4ca
Ghost (1990) / int_653c5c73	type	Cannot Spit It Out
Ghost (1990) / int_653c5c73	comment	Cannot Spit It Out: Sam has difficulty saying "I love you" to Molly. When she says "I love you" to him, he answers, "Ditto." This becomes a plot point; when Oda Mae says "Ditto" as something Sam would say, Molly begins to believe her.
Ghost (1990) / int_653c5c73	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_653c5c73	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_653c5c73
Ghost (1990) / int_66479d0	type	Our Ghosts Are Different
Ghost (1990) / int_66479d0	comment	Our Ghosts Are Different: The poltergeist effect of throwing things around is described as coming from the emotions, but the ghosts still kick and hit and shove things to make them move as if they were alive. Also, possession can wear a ghost out temporarily.
Ghost (1990) / int_66479d0	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_66479d0	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_66479d0
Ghost (1990) / int_67f2c837	type	The Pig-Pen
Ghost (1990) / int_67f2c837	comment	The Pig-Pen: Willie's messy living arrangements in his apartment seem to imply that he is this.
Ghost (1990) / int_67f2c837	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_67f2c837	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_67f2c837
Ghost (1990) / int_6a696742	type	The Power of Love
Ghost (1990) / int_6a696742	comment	The Power of Love: It's what keeps Sam there to look after Molly and what allows Molly her chance to hear him and say goodbye when he goes into the light.
Ghost (1990) / int_6a696742	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6a696742	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6a696742
Ghost (1990) / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Ghost (1990) / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: While it's apparent Carl's "live for today" speech is just a transparent attempt to earn Molly's trust, it does resonate true with how Sam lost his chance at marrying Molly (or at least telling her "I love you") by putting it off.
Ghost (1990) / int_6b05b601	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6b05b601	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6b05b601
Ghost (1990) / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
Ghost (1990) / int_6b2b3b59	comment	One that you only notice after The Reveal. Carl asks Sam what he and Molly are doing that night, it turns out they're going to the theater. So Carl knows where Sam is going to be that evening...
Ghost (1990) / int_6b2b3b59	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6b2b3b59	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6b2b3b59
Ghost (1990) / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Ghost (1990) / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: "Ditto."
Ghost (1990) / int_6bd689ca	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6bd689ca	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6bd689ca
Ghost (1990) / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Ghost (1990) / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: The Subway Ghost's death was apparently taken as a case of this trope, and he reacts very poorly when he thinks Sam is implying it, insisting bitterly that it wasn't his time and that he was pushed.
Ghost (1990) / int_6d332aea	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6d332aea	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6d332aea
Ghost (1990) / int_6ec3e83	type	The Journey Through Death
Ghost (1990) / int_6ec3e83	comment	The Journey Through Death: Sam is murdered by his former friend Carl, and through much of the movie he's a ghost who tries to protect his girlfriend Molly from him, and gets help from a medium (Oda Mae). After Carl dies (and is taken to Hell), Sam bids farewell to Molly and Oda Mae before heading to Heaven.
Ghost (1990) / int_6ec3e83	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_6ec3e83	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_6ec3e83
Ghost (1990) / int_777baed3	type	Out-of-Character Alert
Ghost (1990) / int_777baed3	comment	Out-of-Character Alert: Sam nearly blows it trying to prove it's him by relaying "I love you" until he changes it to "ditto".
Ghost (1990) / int_777baed3	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_777baed3	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_777baed3
Ghost (1990) / int_7842867	type	Vengeance Feels Empty
Ghost (1990) / int_7842867	comment	Vengeance Feels Empty: At some point, Sam was delighted at the idea that Carl would most likely be killed for failing to delivered the laundered money. But later, when he witnesses Carl's accidental death, Sam expresses somber pity at seeing his friend die.
Ghost (1990) / int_7842867	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_7842867	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_7842867
Ghost (1990) / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
Ghost (1990) / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Carl and his mishandling of accounts.
Ghost (1990) / int_7c862b8a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_7c862b8a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_7c862b8a
Ghost (1990) / int_7eb73553	type	Bullying a Dragon
Ghost (1990) / int_7eb73553	comment	Bullying a Dragon: Even when the Big Bad realizes he's being haunted by Sam, including being attacked and knowing he can't do anything to defend himself, he continues to threaten Molly's life aloud to him. This goes as well as expected.
Ghost (1990) / int_7eb73553	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_7eb73553	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_7eb73553
Ghost (1990) / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
Ghost (1990) / int_7febc23b	comment	When he walked into Sam and Molly's new apartment, he said they should flip it and double their money. It shows just how greedy Carl really was.
Ghost (1990) / int_7febc23b	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_7febc23b	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_7febc23b
Ghost (1990) / int_8071af62	type	Don't Think, Feel
Ghost (1990) / int_8071af62	comment	Don't Think, Feel: The Subway Ghost's explanation on how he, and later Sam, can move objects without the use of a physical body.
Ghost (1990) / int_8071af62	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_8071af62	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_8071af62
Ghost (1990) / int_812a2820	type	Pink Means Feminine
Ghost (1990) / int_812a2820	comment	Pink Means Feminine: "Rita Miller's" fancy getup.
Ghost (1990) / int_812a2820	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_812a2820	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_812a2820
Ghost (1990) / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Ghost (1990) / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Vincent Schiavelli as the Subway Ghost.
Ghost (1990) / int_823c6e3e	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_823c6e3e	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_823c6e3e
Ghost (1990) / int_82ffd2c7	type	Finding Judas
Ghost (1990) / int_82ffd2c7	comment	Finding Judas: Subverted. Carl was plotting behind the scenes, but it wasn't for the greater good, and he really was the villain. He was perfectly willing to seduce Molly or kill her to forward his plans.
Ghost (1990) / int_82ffd2c7	featureApplicability	-0.3
Ghost (1990) / int_82ffd2c7	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_82ffd2c7
Ghost (1990) / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
Ghost (1990) / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: During Sam's fight with the mugger, we hear a gun go off and then we see Sam apparently chasing the mugger away. Sam then returns to Molly and discovers to his horror that she's holding his corpse; only then do we realize that he died instantly from the gun shot and it was his ghost chasing after the mugger.
Ghost (1990) / int_8797239c	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_8797239c	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_8797239c
Ghost (1990) / int_8864056	type	Plague of Good Fortune
Ghost (1990) / int_8864056	comment	Plague of Good Fortune: Once Sam leaks word of her communing with real ghosts, Oda Mae has more business than she knows what to do with.
Ghost (1990) / int_8864056	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_8864056	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_8864056
Ghost (1990) / int_887da4ea	type	Died Happily Ever After
Ghost (1990) / int_887da4ea	comment	Died Happily Ever After: Patrick Swayze's character finally goes on to heaven once his murder is avenged and his fiancee protected, but not before a final, phantasmal kiss is shared.
Ghost (1990) / int_887da4ea	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_887da4ea	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_887da4ea
Ghost (1990) / int_8b568cb7	type	Posthumous Character
Ghost (1990) / int_8b568cb7	comment	Posthumous Character: Sam is enough of one that it's genuinely shocking to see the lights of heaven opening to welcome him at the end of the film.
Ghost (1990) / int_8b568cb7	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_8b568cb7	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_8b568cb7
Ghost (1990) / int_8cb844c6	type	Mr. Exposition
Ghost (1990) / int_8cb844c6	comment	Mr. Exposition: The first ghost Sam meets, a world-weary old guy in the hospital. "Lucky bastard", he dryly says when a patient ascends to Heaven. He almost shudders when he talks of "other ones" that sometimes appear.
Ghost (1990) / int_8cb844c6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_8cb844c6	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_8cb844c6
Ghost (1990) / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
Ghost (1990) / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Sam writing out his own name on the computer in front of Carl was not the brightest decision. Carl now knows who screwed him over, and would be able to go after those who are connected to Sam.
Ghost (1990) / int_8d0785d5	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_8d0785d5	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_8d0785d5
Ghost (1990) / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Ghost (1990) / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: There is a reason Carl literally gets dragged down to hell after his accidental death (as does his accomplice, Willie).
Ghost (1990) / int_8ed5c6e4	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_8ed5c6e4	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_8ed5c6e4
Ghost (1990) / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
Ghost (1990) / int_90d44f44	comment	Starting when Carl realizes he can't access the stolen money and lasting somewhere around the entire third act. Culminating at the end, where he winds up getting a Karmic Death as a result of trying to win a physical fight against a ghost.
Ghost (1990) / int_90d44f44	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_90d44f44	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_90d44f44
Ghost (1990) / int_9421aa41	type	Flipping the Table
Ghost (1990) / int_9421aa41	comment	Flipping the Table: Oda Mae does this when Willie walks into her shop, buying herself time to take cover before he can get a clean shot at her.
Ghost (1990) / int_9421aa41	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_9421aa41	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_9421aa41
Ghost (1990) / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Ghost (1990) / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Starting when Carl realizes he can't access the stolen money and lasting somewhere around the entire third act. Culminating at the end, where he winds up getting a Karmic Death as a result of trying to win a physical fight against a ghost. Willie is driven into one when Sam haunts him to protect Oda Mae, to the point that he runs blindly into the street, scared out of his mind and becomes Road Kill.
Ghost (1990) / int_957e5fc2	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_957e5fc2	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_957e5fc2
Ghost (1990) / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Ghost (1990) / int_970c790a	comment	Later, Sam freaks out the Big Bad Carl by typing "SAM" repeatedly on his computer.
Ghost (1990) / int_970c790a	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_970c790a	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_970c790a
Ghost (1990) / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
Ghost (1990) / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: Once Carl is revealed as the mastermind behind everything, a few scenes get this: His concern when he notices Sam investigating the phony accounts and the way he insists that he take over. Willie knowing precisely where to attack Sam and Molly—because earlier we see Carl ask Sam what he and Molly are doing that night. Carl encouraging Molly to join him for a walk—to give Willie the chance to break in and steal the information. His incredulous reaction when Molly tells him all the things Oda Mae told her initially seems to be because he thinks she's a scam artist. We soon realize that he's terrified that Willie's been blabbing to people. Carl walks into Willie's apartment and knocks on his door far too easily for someone who should be terrified and angry of confronting the man who killed his best friend. Sure enough, it turns out he isn't fearful or angry because he's in cahoots with him.
Ghost (1990) / int_97926168	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_97926168	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_97926168
Ghost (1990) / int_979ca348	type	Repurposed Pop Song
Ghost (1990) / int_979ca348	comment	Repurposed Pop Song: "Unchained Melody", by The Righteous Brothers, originally about a prisoner hoping his girl will wait for him (hence "unchained"), becomes the love theme for this film. It also put the song back on the chartsinvoked.
Ghost (1990) / int_979ca348	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_979ca348	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_979ca348
Ghost (1990) / int_999b994b	type	Dead to Begin With
Ghost (1990) / int_999b994b	comment	Dead to Begin With: Begins with Sam and Molly moving into their new apartment and renovating it. As they go out for a stroll one evening, they are mugged, but Sam gets killed trying to defend him and Molly, and as the story progresses, he finds a psychic that can talk to the dead, and also finds out that his (former) best friend orchestrated the mugging in an attempt to get the password to his work computer.
Ghost (1990) / int_999b994b	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_999b994b	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_999b994b
Ghost (1990) / int_99ddfcec	type	Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Ghost (1990) / int_99ddfcec	comment	Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Sam himself, both in noticing a suspicious amount of money in several accounts and mentioning it to Carl, setting the stage for his death.
Ghost (1990) / int_99ddfcec	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_99ddfcec	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_99ddfcec
Ghost (1990) / int_9b06e314	type	Greater-Scope Villain
Ghost (1990) / int_9b06e314	comment	Greater-Scope Villain: The Drug Dealers Carl owes money to. We never get to see this group, but they are the main motivator for Carl's whole scheme.
Ghost (1990) / int_9b06e314	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_9b06e314	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_9b06e314
Ghost (1990) / int_9bca83eb	type	Death by Irony
Ghost (1990) / int_9bca83eb	comment	Death by Irony: Carl impotently swings a hook at Sam's ghost â€“ only for it to swing back and smash into a glass window twice, shatter said window, then have it fall and fatally impale him.
Ghost (1990) / int_9bca83eb	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_9bca83eb	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_9bca83eb
Ghost (1990) / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
Ghost (1990) / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: Sam himself, thanks to instruction from the Subway Ghost.
Ghost (1990) / int_9bcd82c0	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_9bcd82c0	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_9bcd82c0
Ghost (1990) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Ghost (1990) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing Carl's brand new, bright red Testarossa. How'd he afford that? Carl's reflection is shown in a mirror. When he walked into Sam and Molly's new apartment, he said they should flip it and double their money. It shows just how greedy Carl really was. One that you only notice after The Reveal. Carl asks Sam what he and Molly are doing that night, it turns out they're going to the theater. So Carl knows where Sam is going to be that evening... When Sam and the Hospital Ghost watch a spirit ascend to Heaven, the Ghost calls him a "lucky bastard" and then mentions, "Could have been the other ones. You never know." Later, we get to see the "other ones" and exactly what they do to the unfortunates they've been sent to collect. Molly tells the movers to put the angel statue in the bedroom. Later, Sam "wakes up" to find the statue beside him in bed. Ghostly possessions can wear a ghost out temporarily. This happens to Orlando when he possesses Oda Mae and Sam himself learns the hard way when he briefly possessed Oda Mae to touch Molly when Carl arrives and Sam is too weak at first to stop him. Upon his death, the heavens try calling Sam to them, but with Molly begging him (his body at least) not to leave her, he chooses to stay. Later, Oda Mae tells Sam that he is holding onto a life "that doesn't want him anymore" - despite said life having been wrongfully and forcefully taken from him. At the end, when Molly is no longer in danger, Sam allows himself to ascend to heaven, now knowing that he is no longer needed, and Molly has closure enough to let him go.
Ghost (1990) / int_9d12bbc1	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_9d12bbc1	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_9d12bbc1
Ghost (1990) / int_9f62723d	type	Get Out!
Ghost (1990) / int_9f62723d	comment	Get Out!: The Subway Ghost screams this at Sam, while hitting stuff from the passengers' hands, until he relents teaching Sam. Oda Mae also screams this when one of the ghosts took possession of her body, which she hated so much.
Ghost (1990) / int_9f62723d	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_9f62723d	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_9f62723d
Ghost (1990) / int_9ff5aa20	type	Nailed to the Wagon
Ghost (1990) / int_9ff5aa20	comment	Nailed to the Wagon: The "subway ghost" has learned how to manipulate objects (and teaches the protagonist), but not enough to light and smoke a cigarette (which apparently was his addiction when he was living). "I'd give anything for a drag! Just one drag!"
Ghost (1990) / int_9ff5aa20	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_9ff5aa20	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_9ff5aa20
Ghost (1990) / int_a0d9c2f3	type	Final Speech
Ghost (1990) / int_a0d9c2f3	comment	Final Speech: Subverted. Sam gets a poignant goodbye to Molly... after he's already dead, and has been for some time.
Ghost (1990) / int_a0d9c2f3	featureApplicability	-0.3
Ghost (1990) / int_a0d9c2f3	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_a0d9c2f3
Ghost (1990) / int_a2dd3c5	type	My Death Is Just the Beginning
Ghost (1990) / int_a2dd3c5	comment	My Death Is Just the Beginning: A heroic example, Sam's death at the beginning of the movie is what kicks off the main plot.
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Ghost (1990) / int_a3ca3b12	type	Mid-Life Crisis Car
Ghost (1990) / int_a3ca3b12	comment	Mid-Life Crisis Car: Carl's new sports car.
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Ghost (1990) / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Ghost (1990) / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Other than the surreal opening, the movie starts out as a regular drama with some romance. Once Sam is killed and starts investigating his murder, things get even more dramatic and elements of horror appear... but then he meets Oda Mae Brown and the movie switches to a comedy. Most scenes with her remain funny (if at times in a Gallows Humor way) even as they are interspersed with Sam's continued investigation, his attempts to protect Molly, and Carl putting the moves on Molly to cover his tracks, get the password, and eventually eliminate her as a witness. Finally, after the horror returns and an action climax, the movie ends with a Tear Jerkerinvoked. Whew.
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Ghost (1990) / int_a6bd0685	type	Died in Your Arms Tonight
Ghost (1990) / int_a6bd0685	comment	Died in Your Arms Tonight: Sam dies as Molly cradles him.
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Ghost (1990) / int_a754fa9a	type	Instant Death Bullet
Ghost (1990) / int_a754fa9a	comment	Instant Death Bullet: Sam's spirit is immediately separated from his body when he's shot. Somewhat justified in that the bullet seems to have struck the heart, which would cause unconsciousness and death in very short order (but probably not instantly). A variant comes from Carl's demise when he's impaled through the torso by a broken pane of glass and dies within a few seconds, when it really should've taken an unpleasantly long time to bleed out that way.
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Ghost (1990) / int_a8a04f6f	type	And I Must Scream
Ghost (1990) / int_a8a04f6f	comment	And I Must Scream: Subway Ghost is forever angry at the suddenness of his death and refuses to move on. Willie and Carl are both Dragged Off to Hell for their actions in life.
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Ghost (1990) / int_a8f3f520	type	Death Is Dramatic
Ghost (1990) / int_a8f3f520	comment	Death Is Dramatic: It sure as Hell is...
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Ghost (1990) / int_a90f0639	type	Entitled Bastard
Ghost (1990) / int_a90f0639	comment	Entitled Bastard: After being killed by a car running him over and getting his spirit dragged to Hell, Willie cries to Sam "help me!" Says the guy who killed him, which led him to this fate.
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Ghost (1990) / int_aa0ed8a9	type	Look Both Ways
Ghost (1990) / int_aa0ed8a9	comment	Look Both Ways: While fleeing from Sam's ghost, Willie gets sandwiched between two speeding cars.
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Ghost (1990) / int_aab6471d	type	Not-So-Phony Psychic
Ghost (1990) / int_aab6471d	comment	Not-So-Phony Psychic: Oda Mae comes from a family of mediums, though she didn't believe in spirits and scammed her customers with fake seances. That is until she meets Sam and realizes she really can hear dead people. Word spreads and she is soon swamped by ghosts trying to contact their living relatives, even though Sam didn't actually tell any of them about it.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ac09dc0f	type	Alas, Poor Villain
Ghost (1990) / int_ac09dc0f	comment	Alas, Poor Villain: Willie Lopez and Carl Bruner. The scenes of them being literally dragged into the netherworld (and what is probably waiting for them once they get there) are pitiful and terrifying.
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Ghost (1990) / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Ghost (1990) / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Oda Mae's fake IDs. Sam encounters a ghost in the subway who somehow breaks a window. Later on, Sam tips over a picture frame. So he goes back to the ghost to teach him how to touch solid objects. Floyd, Molly's ghost-sensing cat. Oda Mae's past as a con artist comes in handy when Sam guides her through the process of withdrawing funds from a secret account. She's able to effortlessly lie and spin stories to anyone who asks, which allows her (along with Sam's guidance) to navigate the procedure without arousing too much suspicion.
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Ghost (1990) / int_acedb8f5	type	Oscar Bait
Ghost (1990) / int_acedb8f5	comment	Oscar Bait: Pulled it off; it earned a Best Picture nomination and took the home the Oscars for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay, even though actual critical reception was mixed.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Ghost (1990) / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Sam's reaction when Molly tells the Big Bad she saw Oda Mae at the bank using the "Rita Miller" alias, then in the climax when he realizes the swinging hook is about to have deadly consequences for the Big Bad.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ad5c0143	type	Cutting Back to Reality
Ghost (1990) / int_ad5c0143	comment	Cutting Back to Reality: Whenever Sam moves something as a ghost, all we see is an object moving by itself. The one exception is when he kicks a can in the subway scene.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ad62678e	type	Living Shadow
Ghost (1990) / int_ad62678e	comment	Living Shadow: The demons that carry off Carl and Willie.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Ghost (1990) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Sam, especially once he drains Carl's bank account.
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Ghost (1990) / int_b0218885	type	Mickey Mousing
Ghost (1990) / int_b0218885	comment	Mickey Mousing: When the Big Bad sees his money drained on the computer, the score jingles with the error message popping up on the screen.
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Ghost (1990) / int_b05f64f	type	Sensei for Scoundrels
Ghost (1990) / int_b05f64f	comment	Sensei for Scoundrels: The Subway Ghost is a madman who fell in front of a train, possibly intentionally. He begrudgingly agrees to teach Sam how to manipulate solid objects. Once the lesson is concluded, the ghost succumbs to his delusions and vanishes into the tunnels again.
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Ghost (1990) / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Ghost (1990) / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: Despite his vengeful agony over them costing him his life, Sam is left legitimately horrified by the fates of Willie and Carl after accidentally chaining their death and Fate Worse than Death, respectively. Sam even has to look away in pain as he anticipates what will happen to Carl—if anything, he seems like he wants to stop it, but it's too late.
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Ghost (1990) / int_b5171e10	type	Tragic Villain
Ghost (1990) / int_b5171e10	comment	Tragic Villain: While Carl is a crook, his turn to violence is motivated by desperation, not any fundamental desire to hurt anyone. As he explains to Willie, he owes money to drug dealers who will kill him if he doesn't pay up very soon. He didn't intend for Sam to be killed, he simply wanted Sam's wallet so that he could gain access to an account. At the end when he becomes a ghost, just before the demons take him away, he and Sam share a brief moment where they simply look at each other sadly, obviously both thinking "Why did it have to come to this?"
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Ghost (1990) / int_b5b18646	type	Fright Deathtrap
Ghost (1990) / int_b5b18646	comment	Fright Deathtrap: Sam scares Willie and Carl into causing their own deaths.
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Ghost (1990) / int_bafa1190	type	Unfinished Business
Ghost (1990) / int_bafa1190	comment	Unfinished Business: The movie revolves around Sam comes back as a ghost after his murder to save the life of his girlfriend.
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Ghost (1990) / int_bc37d80d	type	So Proud of You
Ghost (1990) / int_bc37d80d	comment	So Proud of You: Before ascending into Heaven, Sam tells Oda Mae that her mother and grandmother would be proud of her.
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Ghost (1990) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Ghost (1990) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: One need only imply that you think the Subway Ghost committed suicide for this to be pressed for him.
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Ghost (1990) / int_bcbf7aef	type	Plucky Comic Relief
Ghost (1990) / int_bcbf7aef	comment	Plucky Comic Relief: In this romantic/fantasy/horror movie, Oda Mae provides funny moments in most of her scenes.
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Ghost (1990) / int_bccb6703	type	Cement Shoes
Ghost (1990) / int_bccb6703	comment	Cement Shoes: Carl pulling his hair over the (newly-drained) bank account while Ghost!Sam looks on impishly. Sam tosses out observations about how the mob is going to bury him "right next to Jimmy Hoffa".
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Ghost (1990) / int_bd2812b5	type	Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
Ghost (1990) / int_bd2812b5	comment	Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: Sam, and a man on an operating table.
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Ghost (1990) / int_beb932ca	type	Big Applesauce
Ghost (1990) / int_beb932ca	comment	Big Applesauce: Hodgepodge piecing together of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
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Ghost (1990) / int_bef9ce5d	type	Yuppie
Ghost (1990) / int_bef9ce5d	comment	Yuppie: Sam and Molly. Sam is a Wall Street financier and Molly is a potter, and they live together in Soho, and Sam is murdered because of his friend/co-worker Carl's greedy money laundering scheme.
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Ghost (1990) / int_bf1255fa	type	Really Gets Around
Ghost (1990) / int_bf1255fa	comment	Really Gets Around: Implied when Willie says that a lot of women know where he lives.
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Ghost (1990) / int_c007c53	type	Cool and Unusual Punishment
Ghost (1990) / int_c007c53	comment	Cool and Unusual Punishment: When Oda Mae initially refuses to help Sam, he starts singing "I'm Henry the VIII, I Am" over and over again for hours to her until she finally can't take it anymore and agrees to help. Later in the film, we learn that Sam used the same trick to get Molly to agree to their first date.
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Ghost (1990) / int_c04b1231	type	Jump Scare
Ghost (1990) / int_c04b1231	comment	Jump Scare: With the title card of all things.
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Ghost (1990) / int_c0d6d1a	type	Loud of War
Ghost (1990) / int_c0d6d1a	comment	Loud of War Sam terrorizes Oda Mae with Herman's Hermits until she agrees to help him. And according to Molly, this is also how he got her to agree to go out with him.
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Ghost (1990) / int_c3c18143	type	Hope Spot
Ghost (1990) / int_c3c18143	comment	Hope Spot: Sam follows Carl after saying he'll take care of it, thinking he's gonna confront Willie. Sam tells his friend to be careful even though he can't hear him. Then, Willie opens the door and says what he's doing back at his apartment... When Molly told Carl that she talked to the police about Willie. Sam makes a small smirk, thinking this would get Carl into trouble, until she has revealed that they showed her a profile of Oda Mae with all of her cons instead due to them not having a profile of Willie in the first place, ruining his attempt to warn her of the danger she's in. When Sam "wakes up", assuming being shot was a nightmare. Until he pulls the blankets to see the angel statue and an ominous vision of it being broken in the street. He "wakes up" again, only to see a bright light above him and finds himself standing near Molly holding his body.
Ghost (1990) / int_c3c18143	featureApplicability	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
Ghost (1990) / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Sam is a good guy, but is not to be trifled with while avenging his death.
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Ghost (1990) / int_c93a6560	type	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Ghost (1990) / int_c93a6560	comment	Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Carl, courtesy of a shattered window pane.
Ghost (1990) / int_c93a6560	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_c93a6560	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_cafdaf4e	type	Trust Password
Ghost (1990) / int_cafdaf4e	comment	Trust Password: Sam is trying to convince his girlfriend that a medium can speak for him. He tries to tell her that he loves her, but this backfires, since he was reluctant to say those words in life. He quickly corrects himself and tells the medium to say "ditto", which is how he would usually respond to his girlfriend telling him that she loves him.
Ghost (1990) / int_cafdaf4e	featureApplicability	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_cd3703a2	type	Genre Mashup
Ghost (1990) / int_cd3703a2	comment	Genre Mashup: The film is at once a romantic drama, a crime thriller, and a supernatural fantasy with occasional elements of horror. It becomes a comedy in most of Whoopi Goldbergâ€™s scenes, but is otherwise a fairly serious drama.
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Ghost (1990) / int_cd7ef676	type	Seen It All
Ghost (1990) / int_cd7ef676	comment	Seen It All: The Hospital Ghost. As he sits with Sam, they see some doctors trying to save a dying patient.
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Ghost (1990) / int_cd99383e	type	Polite Villains, Rude Heroes
Ghost (1990) / int_cd99383e	comment	Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: The dynamic between Sam and Carl after the former discovered he was killed by him to fulfill a debt for the mob over the four million dollars.
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Ghost (1990) / int_cf3966e6	type	Suspicious Spending
Ghost (1990) / int_cf3966e6	comment	Suspicious Spending: A variation when Sam notices an excess of money in several accounts, not in line with the holder's supposed income. Truth in Television—this is often how money laundering is discovered.
Ghost (1990) / int_cf3966e6	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_cf3966e6	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_d013cd12	type	Lovable Rogue
Ghost (1990) / int_d013cd12	comment	Lovable Rogue: Oda Mae is a con artist who's run so many scams and frauds that the police know exactly who she is when Molly brings her up—but she's so naturally funny and over the top that it's impossible to not like her. It helps that she has a Hidden Heart of Gold and eventually comes to truly appreciate and respect Sam as a friend.
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Ghost (1990) / int_d087a0b6	type	Sex by Proxy
Ghost (1990) / int_d087a0b6	comment	Sex by Proxy: Sam uses Oda Mae's body for a Makeout by Proxy with Molly.
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Ghost (1990) / int_d087a0b6	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_d0f0a80d	type	One-Word Title
Ghost (1990) / int_d0f0a80d	comment	One-Word Title: Titled such, because a ghost is a central character.
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Ghost (1990) / int_d0f0a80d	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
Ghost (1990) / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: In the Foreign Remake, Oda Mae's character is now a tiny old lady who enjoys frightening children.
Ghost (1990) / int_d2b59903	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_d2b59903	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
Ghost (1990) / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Carl swings a construction hook at Sam out of desperation, but without Sam even manipulating it (he literally stands there and watches it swing by harmlessly), it comes back and smashes into a window pane twice as he's trying to scramble away, causing it to turn into a giant shard of glass to impale him.
Ghost (1990) / int_d397657d	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_d397657d	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_d397657d
Ghost (1990) / int_d9cf40fa	type	Screw This, I'm Outta Here
Ghost (1990) / int_d9cf40fa	comment	Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Willie attempts to do this when he's being overwhelmed by Sam haunting him. Unlike most examples, he gets killed.
Ghost (1990) / int_d9cf40fa	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_d9cf40fa	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_d9cf40fa
Ghost (1990) / int_db32e308	type	Whodunnit to Me?
Ghost (1990) / int_db32e308	comment	Whodunnit to Me?: The Trope Codifier. At the start, Sam is resigned to being a dry crime statistic until Willie turns up again in the apartment. The goal was not to kill Sam but to hack into his work computer, a task left unfinished. Sam starts to catch on while tailing Carl to Willie's place, ironically out of concern for his friend's safety.
Ghost (1990) / int_db32e308	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_db32e308	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_db32e308
Ghost (1990) / int_db68ca14	type	Died in Ignorance
Ghost (1990) / int_db68ca14	comment	Died in Ignorance: After his death, Sam learns that his killer, Willie Lopez, was hired by his best friend, Carl, to mug him.
Ghost (1990) / int_db68ca14	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_db68ca14	featureConfidence	1.0
Ghost (1990)	hasFeature	Ghost (1990) / int_db68ca14
Ghost (1990) / int_dbab18ef	type	Morally Bankrupt Banker
Ghost (1990) / int_dbab18ef	comment	Morally Bankrupt Banker: Carl.
Ghost (1990) / int_dbab18ef	featureApplicability	1.0
Ghost (1990) / int_dbab18ef	featureConfidence	1.0
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Ghost (1990) / int_dc0d80ee	type	High-Pressure Blood
Ghost (1990) / int_dc0d80ee	comment	High-Pressure Blood: The spatter coming out of Carl when he gets run through by the window pane is pretty gruesome, considering the injury.
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Ghost (1990) / int_dc579c91	type	Contrived Coincidence
Ghost (1990) / int_dc579c91	comment	Contrived Coincidence: What ultimately throws a wrinkle into Sam and Oda Mae escaping with the laundered money undetected is Molly showing up on the same floor of the same bank at the exact time they're there. The mob instructs Carl to transfer the dirty money into an account under a woman's name "Rita Miller" so a former con artist like Oda Mae can impersonate her.
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Ghost (1990) / int_df4b69d6	type	Uncomfortable Elevator Moment
Ghost (1990) / int_df4b69d6	comment	Uncomfortable Elevator Moment: In the beginning of the movie, Carl and Sam pull what's clearly an often-practiced joke where they discuss what communicable diseases they've picked up, whilst in a crowded elevator.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e1311c40	type	Romancing the Widow
Ghost (1990) / int_e1311c40	comment	Romancing the Widow: Inverted — Carl took a shortcut by bumping off her hubby first.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e16cd24e	type	Know When to Fold 'Em
Ghost (1990) / int_e16cd24e	comment	Know When to Fold 'Em: Oda Mae leaves both Sam and Molly to their own devices after Sam mentions "there's somebody else involved". She probably doesn't want to be added to that list, especially since Willie lives in her neighborhood.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e1fa8421	type	Dead Person Conversation
Ghost (1990) / int_e1fa8421	comment	Dead Person Conversation: Inverted, as Oda Mae's conversations with Sam make everybody think she's crazy, but she's not.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e3b1ae34	type	Two Roads Before You
Ghost (1990) / int_e3b1ae34	comment	Two Roads Before You: Sam sees a light emanating from the sky after he dies. But he turns away from it to be with Molly, and it seals shut. Subverted at the end, when the light returns. Apparently, good people are allowed to stay behind if they feel they aren't ready to move on, though can do so when they are. Bad people aren't given any choice in the matter.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e784bb8c	comment	Accidental Truth: Sam Wheat was gunned down in a mugging, and after his spirit follows his killer who had recently broken into his apartment, he goes to Oda Mae Brown, a medium, in the hopes she can help him get a message to his girlfriend. When he first sees her working, Oda Mae is scamming a woman whose husband recently died. When Sam voices his displeasure, Oda Mae begins freaking out at the revelation that she can in fact hear ghosts, and later in the movie she voices her displeasure at the fact that spirits from afar traveled to see her, and won't leave her alone.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e7f9c214	type	Barred from the Afterlife
Ghost (1990) / int_e7f9c214	comment	Barred from the Afterlife: The movie is all about this — some souls aren't ready for one place or the other at the time they part with the body, and the main character had some things to resolve on Earth before his soul could be at peace. Played with a bit, as it seems that Sam could have gone to the afterlife, and made a conscious decision to stay (you can even hear Molly in the background shout "Don't you leave me, Sam!" as rescuers are attempting first aid). Once he turned away, the light closed up, but reappears when he's ready to move on. Carl and Willie, on the other hand, are dragged off and don't seem to have any choice in the matter.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e8749dab	comment	Teach Him Anger: The Subway Ghost laughs his ass off when Sam fails to move a soda can. This causes Sam to get furious enough to kick it like David Beckham, which earns him a friendly congratulations.
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Ghost (1990) / int_e8e3807	type	Aside Glance
Ghost (1990) / int_e8e3807	comment	Aside Glance: After Oda Mae finally agrees to help Sam thanks to his unbearable rendition of "I'm Henry the VIII, I Am", he gives a small grin to the camera.
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Ghost (1990) / int_eb81c601	type	Big Damn Heroes
Ghost (1990) / int_eb81c601	comment	Big Damn Heroes: Sam when Oda Mae and Molly are cornered by the Big Bad.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ecc96193	type	Backup from Otherworld
Ghost (1990) / int_ecc96193	comment	Backup from Otherworld: At the start of the movie, Sam Wheat is murdered and becomes a ghost. At the end, he saves his girlfriend from being killed by his murderer by accidentally causing the villain's death.
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Ghost (1990) / int_f109b8e5	type	Reluctant Gift
Ghost (1990) / int_f109b8e5	comment	Reluctant Gift: After conning the villains' money out of the bank, Sam convinces Oda Mae that she can't keep it and urges her to give the check to a nearby Salvation Army booth. Which she does... although still clutching the check for a while and crying as the puzzled nun is pulling on it. Finally, Oda Mae relents, allowing the nun to read the amount... and faint.
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Ghost (1990) / int_f1e837cc	type	Mind over Matter
Ghost (1990) / int_f1e837cc	comment	Mind over Matter: An example of the "mind over matter only" convention. Sam is taught how to manipulate physical objects as a ghost, which later proves helpful for him to possess Oda (with her consent) and defeat his murderer.
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Ghost (1990) / int_f42f96fa	type	Would Hit a Girl
Ghost (1990) / int_f42f96fa	comment	Would Hit a Girl: Willie slaps Molly, enraging Sam and resulting in the fight that gets him killed. Carl has no problem grabbing and slamming Oda Mae into a concrete floor trying to get her to tell him where the money is. Then he shoves Molly when she tries to get him off of Oda Mae, and finally outright holds her hostage in an attempt to get Ghost-Sam off him.
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Ghost (1990) / int_f7fd8809	type	I See Them, Too
Ghost (1990) / int_f7fd8809	comment	I See Them, Too: This happens at the end of the movie. Oda Mae's the only one who can hear Sam until the White Light appears. Then his girlfriend can hear him, too. And a few seconds later, they can both see him as well.
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Ghost (1990) / int_fccd06b6	type	Beware the Nice Ones
Ghost (1990) / int_fccd06b6	comment	Beware the Nice Ones: Sam is a well-mannered honest banker who's faithful to his girlfriend, Molly but when he discovers that his friend and co-worker, Carl was indirectly responsible for his death by sending a thief to steal Sam's wallet with his apartment key inside it to access the place and look for his book of passwords so he can transfer money that he laundered for drug dealers to a single account, he's pissed off and decides to take actions in his own hand by having Oda Mae steal back the laundered money in a cheque and donating it to charity then protecting her and Molly from them by using his poltergeist skills to drive them to their death as comeuppance for both of them.
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Ghost (1990) / int_fd497706	type	Accidental Murder
Ghost (1990) / int_fd497706	comment	Accidental Murder: Carl never wanted Sam dead — he just wanted his wallet. Once he dies and becomes a ghost himself, he actually seems pleased to see Sam again, if only briefly.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ff6ae1f6	type	Evil-Detecting Dog
Ghost (1990) / int_ff6ae1f6	comment	Evil-Detecting Dog: Exploited â€“ Molly's cat goes berserk when it senses Sam's ghost. Sam used that to make it lash at Willie's face, alarming Molly and foiling his break-in attempt.
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Ghost (1990) / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: After some coercing by Sam, the Subway Ghost eventually relents to teach him how to move solid objects and even praised him ("Way to go kid.") after Sam manages to kick a can with his ghost powers.
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