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* {{Padding}}: The Amber and Vic subplot where they aim to get {{Revenge}} on Kat for taking the location of the school Halloween party away from them comes off really tacked on to the point of it feeling like {{Filler}}. The Amber and Vic stuff could be cut out from the film, and nothing would feel out-of-place.
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Not a YMMV trope


* SexyVillainsChasteHeroes: Carrigan, who's played by the conventionally attractive Cathy Moriarty, is the most blatantly sexualized character in the film--forming a pretty clear contrast with the innocent and childlike Casper, whose relationship with Kat never goes beyond a PrecociousCrush. [[https://www.deviantart.com/toongod/art/Carrigan-s-Ghost-GIF-07-710419125 Carrigan's ghost form]] plays up her sex appeal [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure even more noticeably]].
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* HarsherInHindsight: If this film is to be considered canon to the Ghostbusters films, then with the events of Film/GhostbustersAfterlife in mind, Ray's cameo makes a lot more sense.

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* HarsherInHindsight: If this film is to be considered canon to the Ghostbusters films, then with the events of Film/GhostbustersAfterlife ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' in mind, Ray's cameo makes a lot more sense.

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* EvilIsSexy: Carrigan being played by Cathy Moriarty. [[https://www.deviantart.com/toongod/art/Carrigan-s-Ghost-GIF-07-710419125 Her ghost form]] takes it even [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure more so]].


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* SexyVillainsChasteHeroes: Carrigan, who's played by the conventionally attractive Cathy Moriarty, is the most blatantly sexualized character in the film--forming a pretty clear contrast with the innocent and childlike Casper, whose relationship with Kat never goes beyond a PrecociousCrush. [[https://www.deviantart.com/toongod/art/Carrigan-s-Ghost-GIF-07-710419125 Carrigan's ghost form]] plays up her sex appeal [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure even more noticeably]].
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This seems like a stretch. The fact that he's twelve years old isn't exactly a major plot revelation, so it's not the kind of thing that most viewers would expect to be foreshadowed. And the movie never explicitly tells us anything about his age before that point—so the fact that he's 12 doesn't contradict anything. It's not that hard to imagine that he was just a very playful and youthful 12-year-old.


* AssPull: The reveal that Casper died at the age of twelve. Considering how he was portrayed more like an eight year old throughout the movie, it seems obvious that the writers made him closer to Kat's age (thirteen) at the last minute so his romantic feelings for her would be genuine rather than a PrecociousCrush.

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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the rest of the film, but even after more than twenty years of technological development, the computer animated ghosts are still ''very'' convincing. It helps that animated ghosts are very well-suited to the CGI capabilities of 1995; they float in the air, they don't have shadows, they don't have reflections, they don't have consistency to their weight or shape, etc.

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* VindicatedByHistory: The film performed well (but not ''spectacularly'') at the box office in 1995, but got severely mixed reviews from critics (Creator/RogerEbert liked it, but Creator/LeonardMaltin hated it), and was generally seen as a decent but forgettable family film for many years after its release. Decades later, it's come to be sincerely regarded as a classic by many grown-up children of the '90s, who've proudly put it in the pantheon of great "Halloween movies" alongside the likes of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' and ''Film/HocusPocus''.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the rest of the film, but even Even decades after more than twenty years of technological development, its release, the computer animated computer-animated ghosts are still ''very'' convincing. It helps that animated ghosts are very well-suited to the CGI capabilities of 1995; they float in the air, they don't have shadows, they don't have reflections, they don't have consistency to their weight or shape, etc.
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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the rest of the film, but even after twenty years of technological development, the computer animated ghosts are still ''very'' convincing. It helps that animated ghosts are very well-suited to the CGI capabilities of 1995; they float in the air, they don't have shadows, they don't have reflections, they don't have consistency to their weight or shape, etc.

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* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Say what you will about the rest of the film, but even after more than twenty years of technological development, the computer animated ghosts are still ''very'' convincing. It helps that animated ghosts are very well-suited to the CGI capabilities of 1995; they float in the air, they don't have shadows, they don't have reflections, they don't have consistency to their weight or shape, etc.
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* HarsherInHindsight: With the events of Film/GhostbustersAfterlife in mind, Ray's cameo makes a lot more sense.

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* HarsherInHindsight: With If this film is to be considered canon to the Ghostbusters films, then with the events of Film/GhostbustersAfterlife in mind, Ray's cameo makes a lot more sense.
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Big breasts and Hartman Hips are incompatible.


* EvilIsSexy: Carrigan being played by Cathy Moriarty. [[https://www.deviantart.com/toongod/art/Carrigan-s-Ghost-GIF-07-710419125 Her ghost form]] takes it even [[BuxomIsBetter more]] [[HartmanHips so]].

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* EvilIsSexy: Carrigan being played by Cathy Moriarty. [[https://www.deviantart.com/toongod/art/Carrigan-s-Ghost-GIF-07-710419125 Her ghost form]] takes it even [[BuxomIsBetter more]] [[HartmanHips [[ImpossibleHourglassFigure more so]].
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* TheProblemwithLicensedGames: The SNES/Famicom game is very bad, as the game starts you off confused with your surroundings as they are no cutscenes or directions that tell what you are doing or where you are going, making it easy for players to get lost, not to mention that the game has you controlling Casper as he must protect Kat from all items that may harm her, despite it having no effect on her while they constantly harm you. The game also came out at the end of the SNES lifespan, so cartridges are rare and super-expensive.

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* TheProblemwithLicensedGames: TheProblemWithLicensedGames: The SNES/Famicom game is very bad, as the game starts you off confused with your surroundings as they are no cutscenes or directions that tell what you are doing or where you are going, making it easy for players to get lost, not to mention that the game has you controlling Casper as he must protect Kat from all items that may harm her, despite it having no effect on her while they constantly harm you. The game also came out at the end of the SNES lifespan, so cartridges are rare and super-expensive.
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No offense, but praising the SNES/Famicom game feels like it was added in by someone who is very bias about it, especially when the general reception of the game is mainly negative.


* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: The SNES/Famicom game is actually pretty fun and creative, playing like a modified version of ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob''. Casper takes various forms to escort Kat through his house down to the Lazarus Machine, fighting off his uncles and Carrie along the way. Only problem is that it came out at the end of the SNES lifespan, so cartridges are rare and super-expensive.

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* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: *TheProblemwithLicensedGames: The SNES/Famicom game is actually pretty fun and creative, playing like a modified version of ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob''. very bad, as the game starts you off confused with your surroundings as they are no cutscenes or directions that tell what you are doing or where you are going, making it easy for players to get lost, not to mention that the game has you controlling Casper takes various forms to escort as he must protect Kat through his house down to the Lazarus Machine, fighting off his uncles and Carrie along the way. Only problem is from all items that may harm her, despite it having no effect on her while they constantly harm you. The game also came out at the end of the SNES lifespan, so cartridges are rare and super-expensive.

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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** Hard Copy doing a spot on Dr. Harvey. It definitely shows this movie taking place in the 1990s as Hard Copy was cancelled in 1999.

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UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Hard Copy doing a spot on Dr. Harvey. It definitely shows this movie taking place in the 1990s as Hard Copy was cancelled in 1999.
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** Hard Copy doing a spot on Dr. Harvey. It definitely shows this movie taking place in the 1990s as Hard Copy was cancelled in 1999.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


** In the sequels, the ghosts have robotic movements, are animated choppily, and face-plant smack in the middle of the UncannyValley.

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** In the sequels, the ghosts have robotic movements, movements and are animated choppily, and face-plant smack in the middle of the UncannyValley.choppily.
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** Jordan Hill's [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zPU2zAJFXt8 "Remember Me This Way"]] beautifully underscores the reveal of [[spoiler:Casper in his human form]]. And that's just the opening verse: the full length version crosses directly into heart-wrenchingly bittersweet 90s pop ballad territory.

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