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5'''[[Recap/{{Supernatural}} Recap]] of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'''''\
6'''Season 3, Episode 13:'''
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8!Ghostfacers
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10->'''Ghostfacers Theme Song:''' Ghost! Ghostfacers! We face the ghost when others will not! We're ghost! ghostfacers! Stay in the kitchen when the kitchen gets hot! Ghost! Ghostfacers! We face the nightmare, we face the dread! Ghost! Ghostfacers! We face the faceless, we face the dread! In the haunted night, looking for the fright of out life with the after-life! When you trip and fall, into the super-natur-all! We're who you're gonna call cause we face them all! Ghostfacers!
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12Written by Ben Edlund.
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14Directed by Phil Sgriccia.
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16Air Date: April 24, 2008.
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18Harry and Ed, from [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E17HellHouse "Hell House" (S01, E17)]], have formed their own team of ghost chasers and investigate a haunted house in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton,_Wisconsin Appleton, Wisconsin]]. While they're there, they run into Sam and Dean again.
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20!!Body count
21For this episode = 1 human and 2 ghosts (one being the dead human).
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23For the series so far = At least 248 humans (of which 3 were witches), 9 demons, 19 ghosts, 10 vampires, 6 changelings, 3 gods, 2 shapeshifters, 2 werewolves, 1 djinn, 1 rakshasa, 1 rawhead, 1 shtriga, 1 wendigo, and 1 zombie.
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25!Tropes
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27* ADayInTheLimelight: For the Ghostfacers.
28* AffectionateParody: "Ghostfacers" is a parody of ''Series/GhostHunters''.
29* AnswersToTheNameOfGod
30* BreatherEpisode
31* BuryYourGays: Corbett.
32* ChekhovsGun: Dean attempts to interrupt a death echo and Sam tells the Ghostfacers that it sometimes works if you have a connection to the deceased. Later Ed is able shock Corbett out of his death echo.
33* ClusterFBomb: The Ghostfacers show censors [[SoundEffectBleep swearing]], so of course everyone swears. Though Dean most of all.
34* ContinuityNod: The deer's head shows up again.
35* TheDocumentary
36* GagCensor: The ''Ghostfacers'' skull logo.
37* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Daggert's ghost only attacks during leap year.
38* MoodWhiplash: When a dramatic moment cuts into the silly ''Ghostfacers'' logo.
39* MySisterIsOffLimits: Ed's reaction to Harry kissing Maggie.
40* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: Well, taxidermies, anyway.
41* {{Necromantic}}
42* OminousVisualGlitch: The footage the Ghostfacers are recording on their handheld camcorders begin to jump and glitch before ghost echoes show up or when they are near supernatural hot spots.
43* {{Pixellation}}: Dean flipping the bird.
44* RealityShow[=/=]ShowWithinAShow
45* TakeThat: To ghosthunting shows and a bit to reality TV in general, which was at the time enjoying a field day thanks to the writers' strike.
46* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Maggie.
47* SurvivalistStash / CrazyPrepared: Daggert, who died during the Cold War, had a lifetime supply of military food rations as well as a bomb shelter.
48* StylisticSuck: The ''Ghostfacers'' pilot.

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