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* GloomyGray: Fitting for the subject matter, The coloring, backgrounds and scenery in the entire short is ''overwhelmingly'' dark and gloomy, with dark grayish black clouds littering the sky with next to no light anywhere. The only bright colors in the entire cartoon are the fireworks set by the big ghost.
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* GloomyGray: Fitting for the subject matter, The coloring, backgrounds and scenery in the entire short is ''overwhelmingly'' dark and gloomy, with dark grayish black clouds littering the sky with next to no light anywhere. The only bright colors in the entire cartoon are the fireworks set by the big ghost.
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* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly editorials, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews. The sky and entire scenery is devoid of life in a constant state of dreary darkness.
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* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly editorials, editorials (The Saturday Evening Ghost), run ads "Haunt Ads" in the paper, write tutorial "how-to" books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews. The sky is dark and entire scenery cloudy and the land is devoid of life in a constant state with lots of dreary darkness.fog.
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: Just because you are a ghost doesn't mean you can't get scared. Our hero takes a job to haunt another house and is scared off by another ghost.
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A little ghost takes on a job to haunt a house, but realizes he is way in over his head when his spooky employer is all too happy to simply terrorize ''him'' instead.
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* FatBastard: The larger ghost is rather a chubster and gets his kicks scaring the daylights out of the smaller ghost.
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* HeroicMime: While the big ghost is talkative, the protagonist doesn't speak and communicates in phantomime. Its not exactly effective when you're trying to be a scary ghost.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the larger ghost is keeping in his back pocket are lit on fire without him noticing, which blows him up, turning him into a raging fireball that chases the protagonist out of his house and sending him into the bottom of a well.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the larger ghost is keeping in his back pocket are lit on fire without him noticing, which blows him up, turning him into a raging fireball that chases the protagonist out of his house and sending him into the bottom of a well.
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* HeroicMime: While the big ghost is talkative, voiced (by Creator/TexAvery), the protagonist doesn't speak and communicates in phantomime. Its not exactly effective when you're trying to be a scary ghost.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks thelarger big ghost is keeping in his back pocket are lit on fire without him noticing, which blows him up, turning him into a raging fireball that chases the protagonist out of his house and sending him into the bottom of a well.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the
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* GraveClouds: The backgrounds and scenery in the entire short is overly gloomy, with dark grayish black clouds littering the sky with no sun anywhere.
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* GraveClouds: GloomyGray: Fitting for the subject matter, The coloring, backgrounds and scenery in the entire short is overly ''overwhelmingly'' dark and gloomy, with dark grayish black clouds littering the sky with next to no sun anywhere.light anywhere. The only bright colors in the entire cartoon are the fireworks set by the big ghost.
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* HeroicMime: While the big ghost is talkative, the protagonist doesn't speak and communicates in phantomime.
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* HeroicMime: While the big ghost is talkative, the protagonist doesn't speak and communicates in phantomime. Its not exactly effective when you're trying to be a scary ghost.
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* {{Invisibility}}: The protagonist is completely invisible if he's not wearing his ghost "skin". He changes into a blue color before setting off.
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* {{Invisibility}}: The protagonist is completely invisible if he's not wearing his ghost "skin". He changes his white visage into a blue color before setting off.off for his interview.
* IntangibleMan: Even though the protagonist is a ghost and can walk through doors and walls, he still prefers to use doors, and locks the door to his house.
* IntangibleMan: Even though the protagonist is a ghost and can walk through doors and walls, he still prefers to use doors, and locks the door to his house.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Very much different. Ghosts are able to change their color by taking their...ectoplasm? like a piece of clothing and swap it for something else.
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* SillySpook: The larger ghost is an obnoxious troll who puts the protagonist through the winger. Its more entertainment to him than anything.
* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly editorials, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews. The sky is in constant state of dreary darkness.
* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly editorials, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews. The sky is in constant state of dreary darkness.
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* SillySpook: The larger ghost is an obnoxious troll who puts the protagonist through the winger.fright fest. Its more entertainment to him than anything.
* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly editorials, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews. The sky and entire scenery is devoid of life in a constant state of dreary darkness.
* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly editorials, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews. The sky and entire scenery is devoid of life in a constant state of dreary darkness.
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* BlowingSmokeRings: The big ghost offers our protagonist a cigarette, and blows out smoke rings that spell "BOO".
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* SmokingIsCool: The big ghost offers our protagonist a cigarette, and blows out smoke rings that spell "BOO".
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* OneShotCharacter: The Little Ghost's only cartoon short. Aside from an appearance in a 1998 licensed Window decoration, he isn't seen again.
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* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly newspapers, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews.
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* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly newspapers, editorials, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews. The sky is in constant state of dreary darkness.
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A little ghost takes on a job to haunt a house, but his spooky interviewer is all too happy to simply terrorize him instead.
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A little ghost takes on a job to haunt a house, but realizes he is way in over his head when his spooky interviewer employer is all too happy to simply terrorize him ''him'' instead.
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* [[CuteGhostGirl Cute Ghost Boy]]: The Protagonist is a little ghost resembling a very young boy.
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* [[CuteGhostGirl Cute Ghost Boy]]: The Protagonist is a little ghost resembling a very young boy. Try as he might, he isn't very scary. The interviewer makes that painfully clear.
* GraveClouds: The backgrounds and scenery in the entire short is overly gloomy, with dark grayish black clouds littering the sky with no sun anywhere.
* GraveClouds: The backgrounds and scenery in the entire short is overly gloomy, with dark grayish black clouds littering the sky with no sun anywhere.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the larger ghost is holding in his back pocket are lit on fire without him noticing, which blows him up, turning him into a raging fireball that chases the protagonist out of his house.
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* HeroicMime: While the big ghost is talkative, the protagonist doesn't speak and communicates in phantomime.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the larger ghost isholding keeping in his back pocket are lit on fire without him noticing, which blows him up, turning him into a raging fireball that chases the protagonist out of his house.house and sending him into the bottom of a well.
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: ''1313 Dracula Drive'' where the protagonist visits for his job interview.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the larger ghost is
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: ''1313 Dracula Drive'' where the protagonist visits for his job interview.
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* {{Troll}}: The interviewer is having too much fun terrorizing the little ghost instead of interviewing him.
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* {{Troll}}: KnowWhenToFoldEm: The interviewer is having too much fun terrorizing the little ghost instead decides he's not cutout for the house-haunting business and runs back to his house. Placing an "Out To Lunch" sign on his door.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The little ghost is chased out ofinterviewing him.the house and scurries back home.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The little ghost is chased out of
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* SillySpook: The larger ghost is an obnoxious troll who wants nothing more than than to scare and terrorize the little guy for the job he's interviewing.
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* SillySpook: The larger ghost is an obnoxious troll who wants nothing puts the protagonist through the winger. Its more entertainment to him than than to scare anything.
* SmokingIsCool: The big ghost offers our protagonist a cigarette, andterrorize blows out smoke rings that spell "BOO".
* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly newspapers, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews.
* {{Troll}}: The interviewer is having too much fun terrorizing the littleguy for the job he's interviewing.ghost on his "interview".
* SmokingIsCool: The big ghost offers our protagonist a cigarette, and
* SpiritWorld: To the point where Ghosts run their own weekly newspapers, run ads in the paper, write tutorial books on haunting houses, and hold job interviews.
* {{Troll}}: The interviewer is having too much fun terrorizing the little
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[[caption-width-right:350:A novice getting a hang of the boo-sics.]]
'''Ghost Wanted''' is a 1940 [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon by ''Creator/ChuckJones''.
A little ghost takes on a job to haunt a house, but his spooky interviewer is all too happy to simply terrorize him instead.
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!!This cartoon contains examples of:
* CaptainErsatz: The little ghost was inspired by ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'', who made his debut a year earlier in 1939. Casper himself would eventually enter the animation realm in 1945.
* [[CuteGhostGirl Cute Ghost Boy]]: The Protagonist is a little ghost resembling a very young boy.
* HauntedHouse: The protagonist lives in a gloomy and run-down farmhouse, and visits another haunted house to interview for a house-haunting job.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the larger ghost is holding in his back pocket are lit on fire without him noticing, which blows him up, turning him into a raging fireball that chases the protagonist out of his house.
* {{Invisibility}}: The protagonist is completely invisible if he's not wearing his ghost "skin". He changes into a blue color before setting off.
* {{Troll}}: The interviewer is having too much fun terrorizing the little ghost instead of interviewing him.
* SeriousBusiness: Haunting houses and scaring is serious business for ghosts. They even write books and techniques on the subject, and hold job interviews for haunting houses.
* SillySpook: The larger ghost is an obnoxious troll who wants nothing more than than to scare and terrorize the little guy for the job he's interviewing.
[[caption-width-right:350:A novice getting a hang of the boo-sics.]]
'''Ghost Wanted''' is a 1940 [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon by ''Creator/ChuckJones''.
A little ghost takes on a job to haunt a house, but his spooky interviewer is all too happy to simply terrorize him instead.
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!!This cartoon contains examples of:
* CaptainErsatz: The little ghost was inspired by ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'', who made his debut a year earlier in 1939. Casper himself would eventually enter the animation realm in 1945.
* [[CuteGhostGirl Cute Ghost Boy]]: The Protagonist is a little ghost resembling a very young boy.
* HauntedHouse: The protagonist lives in a gloomy and run-down farmhouse, and visits another haunted house to interview for a house-haunting job.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The fireworks the larger ghost is holding in his back pocket are lit on fire without him noticing, which blows him up, turning him into a raging fireball that chases the protagonist out of his house.
* {{Invisibility}}: The protagonist is completely invisible if he's not wearing his ghost "skin". He changes into a blue color before setting off.
* {{Troll}}: The interviewer is having too much fun terrorizing the little ghost instead of interviewing him.
* SeriousBusiness: Haunting houses and scaring is serious business for ghosts. They even write books and techniques on the subject, and hold job interviews for haunting houses.
* SillySpook: The larger ghost is an obnoxious troll who wants nothing more than than to scare and terrorize the little guy for the job he's interviewing.
