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* FantasyCreep: {{Downplayed}}. While with a single exception, the series always [[DoingInTheWizard Does In The Wizard]] whenever a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane element comes up, what Shawn and Gus have to do in order to solve cases gradually gets more and more outlandish; compare Season 1, where they have to solve a murder at a Spelling Bee and a Civil War Reenactment, to Season 4, where a SerialKiller forces the core cast to re-enact scenes and scenarios from Creator/AlfredHitchcock films. Season 7 had a full-on double-length MusicalEpisode, to boot.

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* DoingInTheWizard: Every single episode of the show with a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane element lands squarely in the 'Mundane' category, with any and all fantastical elements explained as being either misinterpretation of evidence or a flat-out ScoobyDooHoax. For instance:

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* DoingInTheWizard: Every single All but one episode of the show with a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane element lands squarely in the 'Mundane' category, with any and all fantastical elements explained as being either misinterpretation of evidence or a flat-out ScoobyDooHoax. For instance:


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** The exception to this is in ''Psych: The Musical'', when [[spoiler:Mary acts as a {{Psychopomp}} to Mr. Yang after she's killed. It's left completely unclear if there actually is an afterlife, or if Mr. Yang is having a DyingDream of some form]].
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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: Inverted and parodied in the dynamic between Shawn and Gus. Shawn is white, BrilliantButLazy, and leads an elaborate con to convince the police that he's a psychic investigator. Gus is his BlackAndNerdy partner who reluctantly participates in Sean's scheme and cautions against many of his ideas.

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* WhiteBreadAndBlackBrotha: Inverted and parodied in the dynamic between Shawn and Gus. Shawn is white, BrilliantButLazy, and leads an elaborate con to convince the police that he's a psychic investigator. Gus is his BlackAndNerdy partner who reluctantly participates in Sean's Shawn's scheme and cautions against many of his ideas.
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** Season 1's "Who You Gonna Call?" is about a client of Shaun's believing they're haunted, with inexplicable things happening throughout the episode. It turns out [[spoiler:that the client had dissasociative identity disorder; one of the alternate personalities was a trans woman, the other was a muderous psychopath trying to prevent the second personality from transitioning]].

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** Season 1's "Who You Gonna Call?" is about a client of Shaun's Shawn's believing they're haunted, with inexplicable things happening throughout the episode. It turns out [[spoiler:that the client had dissasociative identity disorder; one of the alternate personalities was a trans woman, the other was a muderous psychopath trying to prevent the second personality from transitioning]].
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* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: http://squirrelassassins.com/

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* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: http://squirrelassassins.com/[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100919150231/http://squirrelassassins.com/ squirrelassassins.com]]
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** Season 1's "Who You Gonna Call?" is about a client of Shaun's believeing they're haunted, with inexplicable things happening throughout the episode. It turns out [[spoiler:that the client had dissasociative identity disorder; one of the alternate personalities was a trans woman, the other was a muderous psychopath trying to prevent the second personality from transitioning]].
** Season 4's "Let's Get Hairy" has the client of the week believe that they're a werewolf. [[spoiler:They were being [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by his psychologist, who's trying to frame him for murder]].
** Season 6's "Heeeeeres Lassie" is a massive {{Homage}} to ''Film/TheShining'', and has Lassiter fly into a murderous rage, blood dripping from light fixtures, and another apparent haunting. [[spoiler:a serial killer is targeting inhabitants of a specific apartment, giving it a reputation for being haunted]].

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** Season 1's "Who You Gonna Call?" is about a client of Shaun's believeing believing they're haunted, with inexplicable things happening throughout the episode. It turns out [[spoiler:that the client had dissasociative identity disorder; one of the alternate personalities was a trans woman, the other was a muderous psychopath trying to prevent the second personality from transitioning]].
** Season 4's "Let's Get Hairy" has the client of the week believe that they're a werewolf. [[spoiler:They were [[spoiler:The client was being [[{{Gaslighting}} gaslit]] by his psychologist, who's trying to frame him for murder]].
** Season 6's "Heeeeeres Lassie" is a massive {{Homage}} to ''Film/TheShining'', and has Lassiter fly into a murderous rage, blood dripping from light fixtures, and another apparent haunting. [[spoiler:a [[spoiler:A serial killer is targeting inhabitants of a specific apartment, giving it a reputation for being haunted]].

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