History Series / Ghosted

** At the start of “Whispers” it’s established that Leroy will go into a trance if he hears the song “Walking in Memphis”. This is due to his ex-girlfriend, whom he proposed to, always singing it when they went to karaoke. Max later uses it to snap him out of a succubus’s mind control.

* HornyDevils: “Whispers” has Max and Leroy facing a Sumerian succubus with the power to shapeshift and mind control their victim. She seduces men, then steals their life forces (by literally removing their hearts from their bodies). She turns out to be the cop Max spent the episode trying to set Leroy up with and is seemingly killed when Max manages to kick her off the balcony of their room.

* ShapeshiftingSeducer: PlayedWith. The Succubus in “Whispers” has the power to her change form into different women, and seduces men so she can steal their hearts. However, the two abilities are never directly used together onscreen.

* SpottingTheThread: In “Whispers”, Max is seconds away from leaving, having accused Leroy’s date of being the succubus they were after, when she claims to have gotten her tattoos fifteen years earlier. Only for him to realize that the celebrity feed she claimed to have gotten them from wasn’t around fifteen years ago.

* VerbedTitle

* YourHeadAsplode: In "Hello, Boys", [[spoiler:Max and Leroy are forced to explode Agent Checker's head before the alien taking it over breaks loose.]]

* {{Retool}}: After the first nine episodes, the show was put on hiatus and reworked, dropping the MonsterOfTheWeek format for an ongoing MythArc, and giving more attention to the background characters who had previously been little more than extras. The result was a more conventional workplace sitcom in the vein of shows such as ''Series/TheOffice'' or ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''.

*** These get answered for the most part by the series finale "Hello, Boys." [[spoilers:Checker discovered that the aliens have traveled through other universes destroying alternate versions of Earth, and in each one of those Earths, alternate versions of Max and Leroy are the ones who had come closest to stopping them.]]

* OneWordTitle

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Barry admits that his distrust of artificial intelligences comes from watching Film/TheMatrixReloaded. When Max asks about [[Film/TheMatrix the original Matrix]], Barry admits he’s never actually seen it and thus doesn’t understand the plot or why anything happens in the series.

* CelebrityParadox: In "The Wire", Leroy is using a whiteboard to track which cop shows he's watched. In the center of the board is [[Series/BrooklynNineNine Brooklyn Nine-Nine]], on which Craig Robinson plays recurring antagonist Doug Judy.

* CelebrityParadox: In "The Wire", Leroy is using a whiteboard to track which cop shows he's watched. In the center of the board is BrooklynNineNine, on which Craig Robinson plays recurring antagonist Doug Judy.

* BlueOniRedOni: Blue: Leroy is calm, professional and sceptical to the existence of the paranormal. Red: Max is easily excitable, openly believed in the paranormal long before the Bureau recruited him and is more likely to get distracted whilst on the job.

* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: “Lockdown” features the team dealing with an Irish aquatic Cryptid, transferred to them from Dublin to be autopsied, unaware the thing isn’t actually dead. It is strong enough to break through bulletproof glass, can climb up walls and on the celling, and possesses incredible healing abilities, to the point that they can’t shoot it as its spilled blood will grow into a new smaller monster. It goes on a rampage throughout the Bureau, killing numerous operatives by draining all the moisture from them, until Max figures out that as it’s aquatic it needs massive quantities of water to survive, and they kill it by converting a room into a massive microwave. It’s stated that either this creature or another of the same species caused a massacre back in 1974 in Ireland.

* ParanormalInvestigation: A {{Sitcom}} take on the idea, the Bureau Underground was created to keep mankind safe from the paranormal, and Leroy and Max investigate everything from alien’s and crypid’s to zombies and other monsters.

* TheVirus: “Bee-Mo” involves Max and Leroy dealing with a zombie virus that causes its victims to turn feral and develop super strength. Originally found in an infected cat, it infects Jermain (Leroy’s former police partner’s son) and then a whole party of preteens. Barry manages to synthesise a cure.

* {{Retool}}: After the first nine episodes, the show was put on hiatus and reworked, dropping the MonsterOfTheWeek format for an ongoing MythArc, and giving more attention to the background characters who had been little more than extras. It turned into a BottleEpisode heavy clone of generic workplace sitcoms like ''Series/TheOffice'' or ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''.

* SpottingTheThread: In “Whispers”, Max is seconds away from leaving, having accused Leroy’s date of being the succubus they were after, when she claims to have gotten her tattoos fifteen years earlier. Only for him to realise that the celebrity feed she claimed to have gotten them from wasn’t around fifteen years ago.

* TheVirus: “Bee-Mo” involves Max and Leroy dealing with a zombie virus that causes its victims to turn feral and develop super strength. Originally found in an infected cat, it infects Jermain (Leroy’s former police partner’s son) and then a whole party of preteens. Barry manages to synthesise a cure.

After nine episodes of middling-to-low ratings, Ghosted was pulled from FOX's lineup in January, and it returned in a retooled format in June. The focus turned to the workplace interactions between the characters (instead of, you know, actual paranormal investigating), and the new storyline of finding out who bugged their office. The retool didn't work, and Ghosted's cancellation was announced on June 28, 2018 with 3 episodes left to air, included an episode that was scheduled for January but pulled when the retool was announced. After a week where it was assumed the network was going to discard the un-aired episodes, it was decided that they should air; the series finale is scheduled for July 22.

* BrokenMasquerade: A newspaper article exposes the existence of the Bureau Underground. No attempt is made to uphold it because the Government was only keeping it secret out of ''embarrassment'' rather than being a matter of national security.

* DrivingQuestion: What did Agent Kurt Checker discover in his investigations into the Alien Activity? What are the aliens planning? And why did Checker choose Leroy and Max to take over his investigations if he disappeared?

* {{Retool}}: After the first nine episodes, the show was put on hiatus and reworked, dropping the MonsterOfTheWeek format for an ongoing MythArc, and giving more attention to the background characters who had been little more than extras. It turned into a BottleEpisode heavy clone of generic workplace sitcoms like The Office or Parks & Recreation.

After nine episodes of middling-to-low ratings, Ghosted was pulled from FOX's lineup in January, and it returned in a retooled format in June. The focus turned to the workplace interactions between the characters (instead of, you know, actual paranormal investigating), and the new storyline of finding out who bugged their office. The retool didn't work, and Ghosted's cancellation was announced on June 28, 2018, with 3 episodes left to air, included an episode that was scheduled for January but pulled when the retool was announced. After a week where it was assumed the network was going to discard the un-aired episodes, it was decided that they should air; the series finale is scheduled for July 22.

* SerialEscalation: In "The Demotion", Max and Leroy are casing a post office box presumably used by the ones who bugged the Bureau. They see a bagman using the box, and as they go over to confront him, the man gets shot by a sniper, who is then killed by a drone, which is then shot down by a rocket launcher from a black van that then drives off. Max and Leroy are dumbfounded by the sheer absurdity of the attacks.

* {{Retool}}: After the first nine episodes, the show was put on hiatus and reworked, dropping the MonsterOfTheWeek format for an ongoing MythArc, and giving more attention to the supporting characters. It turns into a BottleEpisode heavy clone of generic workplace sitcoms like The Office or Parks & Recreation.

* {{Asspull}}: Episode 14 asspulls Annie & Leroy sleeping together. Comes out of freaking nowhere, was never foreshadowed or shown until the reveal. It seems to exist solely to create a modicum of drama between Max & Leroy, and to [[ShipSinking sink]] the Annie[=/=]Max ship.

* {{Retool}}: After the first nine episodes, the show was put on hiatus and reworked, dropping the MonsterOfTheWeek format for an ongoing MythArc, and giving more attention to the supporting characters.

* AlienAbduction: Max believes that his wife was abducted by aliens, and destroyed his career trying to get people to listen to him. [[spoiler:It turns out he was right, and she (among numerous other people) is being detained by the Bureau, having been driven insane by the experience.]]

* SerialEscalation: In "The Demotion", Max and Leroy are casing a post office box presumably used by the ones who [[spoiler:bugged the Bureau]]. They see a bagman using the box, and as they go over to confront him, [[spoiler:the man gets shot by a sniper, who is then killed by a drone, which is then shot down by a rocket launcher from a black van that then drives off.]] Max and Leroy are dumbfounded by the sheer absurdity of the attacks.

* TonightSomeoneDies: In "The Psychic", the titular psychic predicts that someone will die on their way home. This leaves the team too afraid to go home, until little by little they each leave. [[spoiler: Subverted in that none of the characters end up dying, and are all back in the office in the next episode.]]
* TwoFirstNames: Max Jennifer and [[spoiler: Claire Jennifer]].

After nine episodes of middling-to-low ratings, Ghosted was pulled from FOX's lineup in January, and it returned in a retooled format in June. The focus turned to the workplace interactions between the characters (instead of, you know, actual paranormal investigating), and the new storyline of finding out who bugged their office. The retool didn't work, and Ghosted's cancellation was announced on June 28, 2018, with 3 episodes left to air, included an episode that was scheduled for January but pulled when the retool was announced. After a week where it was assumed the network was going to discard the un-aired episodes, it was eventually decided that they should air; the series finale is scheduled for July 22.

After nine episodes of middling-to-low ratings, Ghosted was pulled from FOX's lineup in January, and it returned in a retooled format in June. The focus turned to the workplace interactions between the characters (instead of, you know, actual paranormal investigating), and the new storyline of finding out who bugged their office. The retool didn't work, and Ghosted's cancellation was announced on June 28, 2018, with 3 episodes left to air. After a week where it was assumed the network was going to discard the unaired episodes, it was eventually decided that they should air; the series finale is scheduled for July 22.

After nine episodes of middling-to-low ratings, Ghosted was pulled from FOX's lineup in January, and it returned in a retooled format in June. The focus turned to the workplace interactions between the characters (instead of, you know, actual paranormal investigating), and the new storyline of finding out who bugged their office. The retool didn't work, and Ghosted vanished on June 28, 2018. Only 4 of the 7 retooled episodes aired.

''Ghosted'' is a Creator/{{Fox}} paranormal comedy series starring Creator/AdamScott and Creator/CraigRobinson. Its pilot episode was made available for preview on Twitter one week ahead of its broadcast debut.

* FantasyKitchenSink: In the first four episodes alone, Max and Leroy face off against alien invaders (who are potentially from another universe), super strong zombies, a Sumerian demon who steals men’s hearts and an escaped crypid. Know what oddly hasn't show up yet? [[NeverTrustATitle Ghosts]].

* DaChief: Captain Ava Lafrey runs the Bureau Underground and acts as everyone’s superior.

* SaltAndPepper: Leroy is black while Max is white with Leroy being more aggressive in personality while Max is a stereotypical nerd.