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7	''Ravenswood'' is a television show that aired on ''Creator/ABCFamily.'' It premiered on October 22nd, 2013, following the ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' Season 4 HalloweenEpisode, the B-plot of which served as a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for this show. Its cancellation was announced on February 14th, 2014.
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9	The series follows Caleb Rivers (Creator/TylerBlackburn), who followed his girlfriend Hanna Marin to the town of Ravenswood during the aforementioned HalloweenEpisode, with the aim of protecting her from her mysterious stalker, "A". While in Ravenswood[[note]]on the bus to Ravenswood in Caleb's case.[[/note]], the two of them made the acquaintance of Miranda Collins (Nicole Gale Anderson), who had just moved to Ravenswood to live with her uncle. While attempting to help Hannah with her mystery, Caleb and Miranda stumbled upon one of their own: Two graves in the local cemetery with their names and faces on them. While Hanna's mystery eventually took her back to her hometown of Rosewood, she asked Caleb to stay behind and help Miranda figure things out, setting up the plot of Ravenswood.
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12	!! This series provides examples of:
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14	* AmbiguouslyEvil: Raymond Collins. Emphasis on the "ambiguous". [[spoiler: In the final episode of the series it's revealed that his line were [[AntiVillain the keepers of the souls of those killed by the pact to protect the town]]. He also does a HeelFaceTurn at the end]].
15	* AnimalMotif: First off there's the towns name which is also the series name. Also crows make frequent appearances and finally [[spoiler: Gabriel Abaddon, after the contract is signed by the town fathers turns into a crow and flies off]]
16	%%* BigBad: Abbadon.
17	%%* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Dillon.]]
18	* BlackWidow: Mrs. Matheson (Luke and Olivia's mother) is thought to have killed her husband, due to a lack of any other suspects.
19	* CommonalityConnection: Caleb and Miranda bond over their pasts as troubled foster kids.
20	* CreepyChild: '''MAX!'''
21	* CreepyHousekeeper: Carla Grunwald. Subverted in that she seems to be [[CreepyGood one of the good guys]]. (And fans of ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' will remember her as a helpful ally to Alison when she was in danger.)
22	* CreepyGood: Carla and, probably, Raymond.
23	* CutShort: The series was canceled after ten episodes.
24	* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to its parent show ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. Not only is the lighting and color palette darker, but ''Ravenswood'' incorporates more horror and supernatural elements. As noted above, a HalloweenEpisode served as its introduction.
25	* DeadpanSnarker: Most of the teen characters, though the adults get in on it too.
26	* DeclarationOfProtection: Miranda promises Hanna that she'll protect Caleb.
27	* DeadlyBath: Subverted. Someone - or something - attempts to drown Caleb while he's in the tub, but he survives.
28	* DealWithTheDevil: The pact.
29	* TheDragon: Max
30	* FiveManBand: The protagonists are slowly gelling into this.
31	** TheHero: Caleb
32	** TheLancer[=/=]TheSmartGuy: Remy is definitely the latter and is slipping into the former.
33	** TheBigGuy: Luke
34	** TheHeart: Olivia and Miranda share this role.
35	* GroinAttack: Springer gets one from Olivia in 1x07.
36	* HauntedHouse: They explore one in the fifth episode
37	* ISeeDeadPeople: Caleb sees [[spoiler: Miranda's]] ghost after [[spoiler: she gets killed in the car crash.]] [[spoiler: After they rescue her spirit from Hell it all the kids can see her]]
38	* MagicRealism: A series about a town with a mysterious curse, ghosts and demons in an otherwise mundane 'verse would seem to fit here.
39	* MeaningfulName: Gabriel Abbadon. His first name is that of an angel, the second of a demon.
40	* NearDeathExperience: Caleb has one in the fifth episode
41	* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Subverted. Springer accuses [[spoiler: Miranda]] of simply trying to collect inheritance money. [[spoiler: Caleb]] doesn't take his comments well.
42	* OurGhostsAreDifferent
43	* ParentalAbandonment: Miranda's parents died when she was young and her uncle gave her up without a second thought.
44	* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: "Grave New World", the Season 4 HalloweenEpisode of ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''.
45	* {{Reincarnation}}: Caleb and Miranda at least are reincarnations of the original victims of the curse. Whether the other three are or not has not been indicated.
46	* ScaryScarecrow: One haunts Remy's dream in episode 1.6 [[spoiler: and then shows up in the real world to attack her, Luke and Caleb]]
47	* TheScully: Luke at first. After the trip to the HauntedHouse [[spoiler: which is apparently a portal to Hell]] he's coming around.
48	* TheSeriesHasLeftReality: ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'' is set in the real world, even if some of A's tricks defy belief. The spinoff has overt supernatural elements, and one of its major characters is a psychic with ties to the parent show; most notably, her visions helped her [[spoiler:save Alison's life the night she disappeared]].
49	* TwoGirlsToATeam: Inverted. Caleb and Luke are the only boys in the FiveManBand.
50	* SinisterMinister: Gabriel Abbadon
51	* {{Sleepwalking}}: Remy frequently does this. [[spoiler: it turns out that she's DreamingOfThingsLongPast, namely how the pact came to be]]
52	* SpecialEffectFailure: The Stinger of episode 1x05.
53	* SpinOff
54	* SpookySeance: The main characters hold one using a OuijaBoard in the third episode.
55	* TownWithADarkSecret: Ravenswood appears to have at least one.
56	* {{Undertaker}}: Raymond
57	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. [[spoiler: Miranda]] is killed in episode two, but [[spoiler: she sticks around as a ghost.]]
58	* WhamLine: From the second episode: [[spoiler: "Time of death. One-oh-two."]] Only two episodes and [[spoiler: Miranda, a central character, is already dead.]]

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