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1* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Melinda a well-meaning woman trying to help the living and the dead or is she just a nosy person sticking her fingers in everyone's pies? Some of the episodes seem to imply both.
2* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some fans see Delia as a ReplacementScrappy for Andrea and found it frustrating that it took so long for her to accept the existence of ghosts. Others liked the idea of a skeptic as a main character.
3* DieForOurShip: Nikki to some fans, because [[spoiler: she gets in the way of Melinda and Jim/Sam, which however got better when Jim "returned"]].
4* EnsembleDarkhorse: Out of Melinda's many partners in crime across the series, Andrea seems to be the fan-favorite despite only lasting a season.
5* HilariousInHindsight:
6** Creator/EvanPeters as a ghost [[spoiler: who eventually goes into the light]] in a season 5 episode after his role in ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryMurderHouse'', where he played another ghost.
7** Creator/HenryCzerny appeared in the season 1 finale as a Federal Investigator looking into a plane crash. He would go on to play Conrad Grayson, a man who ''caused'' a plane crash, in ''Series/{{Revenge}}''.
8** In "Ghost Busted", Eli lies to Sam/Jim about Melinda being an FBI profiler. Both Jennifer Love-Hewitt and Aisha Tyler played FBI profilers on different seasons of ''Series/CriminalMinds''.
9* JerkassWoobie: Pete Murphy is a downplayed example, as he's still just a little kid, but he's very obnoxious to Melinda and was apparently very troublesome when he was alive.
10* NeverLiveItDown:
11** From the way people talk about [[MsFanservice Melinda's wardrobe]], you'd think she spent every episode [[LingerieScene in her underwear]].
12** The show got a reputation for all the [[MonsterOfTheWeek ghosts of the week]] appearing villainous but always being revealed to have been misunderstood or innocent. While that does happen a lot, there are plenty of villainous ghosts. Notable is "Friendly Neighbourhood Ghost" where the old man turns out to have been an abusive parent, and "The Last Execution" where the ghost of the week confesses that he ''did'' commit the murder for which he was executed.
13* QuestionableCasting:
14** Creator/JamieKennedy as a professor. Especially given [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfzThMe7bBM this]] little incident.
15** Some might also have the reaction to Creator/JayMohr as a professor.
16** Season 5 sees an 8-year-old actor being cast to portray Melinda's 5-year-old son. He looks nowhere close to 5.
17* RetroactiveRecognition:
18** Creator/HenryCzerny, best known for playing Conrad Grayson in ''Series/{{Revenge}}'' appeared in "The One".
19** Creator/NoahGrayCabey, best known for playing Micah Sanders on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' appears in the episode "Fury".
20** Creator/LauraMarano of ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' appears in the episode "Friendly Neighborhood Ghost".
21** Creator/VanessaMarano of ''Series/SwitchedAtBirth'' appears in the season 4 episode "Ghost in the Machine".
22** Creator/AbigailBreslin of ''Film/LittleMissSunshine'' and ''Series/ScreamQueens2015'' appears as the titular character in the episode "Melinda's First Ghost"
23** Creator/BrieLarson is in the episode "Slam".
24** Creator/ElisabethMoss of ''Series/MadMen'' and ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' and Creator/RobertBuckley of ''Series/{{iZombie}}'' appear in the episode "Unhappy Medium".
25** Creator/MatthewMorrison of ''Series/{{Glee}}'' appears as a ghost in the episode "Bad Blood."
26** Creator/IsabelleFuhrman of ''Film/{{Orphan}}'' and ''Film/TheHungerGames'' appears in the episode "Pieces of You"
27** Creator/JoeyKing of ''Film/{{The Conjuring}}'' and ''Film/{{Oz the Great and Powerful}}'' appears in the episode "Old Sins Cast Long Shadows".
28** Creator/MaryMouser of ''Series/CobraKai'' fame plays Madison Clark in "Dead To Me".
29%%* TheScrappy: Nikki is seen by some fans as this not only because [[spoiler: she gets in the way of Melinda and Jim/Sam, which got better when Jim "returned"]], but her character also rubbed many the wrong way.
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