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6 | [[caption-width-right:350:Jonathan [=MacKensie=] and Edgar "Benny" Benedek]] |
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8 | A sci-fi/fantasy/horror/mystery series that aired on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] in 1985–86. |
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10 | Jonathan [=MacKensie=] (Trevor Eve) is a British anthropology professor at the Georgetown Institute of Science and Technology in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC. Jonathan has a bright academic future ahead; unfortunately, he finds himself getting blackmailed by his department head, Dr. Julianna Moorhouse (Nina Foch), into investigating paranormal occurrences. Along the way, he meets tabloid newshound Edgar "Benny" Benedek (Creator/DennisDugan) and they get involved into weird cases involving hauntings, possessions, curses, vampires, werewolves, a hospital "death angel", aliens and even time travelers. And a dragon. |
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12 | Easily the least successful series ever thought up by major TV Creator [[Series/{{V1983}} Kenneth]] [[Series/AlienNation Johnson]], ''Shadow Chasers'' didn't even get a full broadcast of its thirteen-episode first (and only) season. Fairly understandable, since it was going against powerhouses of the moment like ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' and ''Series/MagnumPI'' Still, it is interesting if only because its formula of a straight-laced academic skeptic paired with a fast-talking, worldly believer investigating paranormal activities predated ''Series/TheXFiles'' by a decade. The show also had a proper wrap-up last episode, something somewhat unusual for series at the time. |
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14 | Do not confuse this with the fanfic ''Fanfic/ShadowchasersSeries'', which is a [=YuGiOH!=] fic series. |
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16 | !!Tropes: |
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18 | * AgentMulder: Should this series have been a success, this trope would have been called The Benedek. |
19 | * AgentScully: Ditto for this trope. How does The [=MacKensie=] sound? |
20 | %%* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord |
21 | * BritishStuffiness: Straight-laced professor? British, of course! |
22 | %%* BuriedAlive |
23 | %%* CorruptCorporateExecutive |
24 | %%* DealWithTheDevil |
25 | %%* FairyTale |
26 | * FantasyKitchenSink: For such a short series, they surely touched a lot of fantasy and parapsychology staples. |
27 | %%* GhostlyGoals |
28 | * IWantMyJetPack: By 2016 Parapsychology is a formal science and you can take training on {{Psychic Power}}s. |
29 | * InSeriesNickname: Benedek's nickname is Benny. |
30 | %%* IntrepidReporter |
31 | %%* MadScientist |
32 | %%* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane |
33 | %%* NakedFirstImpression |
34 | %%* OurMonstersAreDifferent |
35 | %%* OutOfBodyExperience |
36 | %%* PsychicPower |
37 | * ScoobyDooHoax: The series followed this formula during the first episodes, and then [[RealAfterAll a little detail without rational explanation]]. It went weirder and weirder as the series progressed. |
38 | %%* ShortRunners |
39 | * ShoutOut: TimeTravel can only work on living organic matter, so [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} clothes don't survive the travel]] |
40 | * SkepticNoLonger: [=MacKensie=] eventually embraces Parapsychology. |
41 | %%* TeacherStudentRomance |
42 | * TheEighties: The hair. Oh, the hair. |
43 | * TimeTravel: To SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong |
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