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Western Animation: Casper Scare School

Casper's Scare School: The Series is a 2009 animated series based on the CGI film Casper's Scare School, starring Casper the Friendly Ghost. The series is broadcast these days a week on YTV Canada and will air on Cartoon Network UK & Ireland.

Tropes include:

Academy of Adventure
Anime Hair
Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: Alder and Dash take this very literally. They once punished Casper for giving a gift to one of the teachers, not because it could be considered a bribe, but because it was a nice thing to do.
Blindfolded Vision: Cappy. In fact, when he has his blindness taken away he loses all sense of direction.
Blond Guys are Evil: Played straight with Norman [the skater], but averted with Jimmy
Bumbling Dad: Jimmy's dad.
Deadpan Snarker: Mantha
Expy: Jimmy is similar to Chris from Casper: A Spirited Beginning. Due to both being "experts" in the supernatural.
Extranormal Institute
Five-Man Band:
- The Hero: Casper
- The Lancer: Ra
- The Smart Guy: Mantha
- The Big Guy: Wolfie
- The Chick (Team Fleshie): Jimmy
A Fool and His New Money Are Soon Parted: Ra in "Rich Kid Ra", however he was already rich to begin with until an archaeologist raided his family's tomb.
Hair of Gold: Jimmy and skater Norman's sister Bethica
Humanity Ensues: In one episode, Wolfie was turned into a "fleshie", or human.
Instant Fan Club: Ra in "The Ra-Minator", "Rich Kid Ra", and "Wiz Kid Ra".
Jerkass: Alder and Dash; Thatch to a lesser extent
Kids Are Cruel
Lawful Stupid: Alder and Dash
Lighter and Softer: The Ghostly Trio, so much that they actually care about Casper. Of course they still love to scare humans.
Lovable Alpha Bitches: Mickey and Monaco
Monster Mash
Muggles
Mythology Gag: Deedstown shares the same name as the town from Casper: A Spirited Beginning.
Name's the Same: Two bullies with the same name, "Norman". One has brown hair in a mullet hairstyle, and the other is a blond skater in a beanie and red hoodie.
Nice Guy: Casper
- Maybe too nice for his own good.
Nurse With Good Intentions: The school nurse seems to be under the impression that her sadistic methods will cure her patients rather than making them worse.
One Steve Limit: In a possibly accidental aversion, Jimmy has had two completely different bullies in different episodes, both named Norman.
Only Six Faces: A lot of humans look basically the same, based on the same generic model. The monsters are mostly a Cast of Snowflakes.
Our Vampires Are Different: Thatch isn't harmed by sunlight and doesn't have to drink blood to survive.
Our Werewolves Are Different: Wolfie is perpetually a werewolf. When there's a full moon he turns into a bigger werewolf and loses all control.
Our Monsters Are Different: Many of the creatures that would normally be former fleshies were never fleshies. Mantha was always a zombie, Ra was always a mummy, etc. The only characters that were confirmed to be formerly human were Fly Boy and his father.
- However, in the episode "Scare Day", after Mantha wins a scaring competition, she mentions this is the best day of her afterlife. This suggests she too was once a human, died, and then became a zombie.
Our Zombies Are Different: Mantha is smart and agile. The walking slowly while chanting "Braaains..." routine is just a scare tactic zombies use. And though she does eat brains, it's not all she eats.
Power Trio:
- Casper (Superego)
- Mantha (Ego)
- Ra (Id)
Secret Keeper: Jimmy
She's Not My Girlfriend: In "Possessed", one of the Normans called Mantha Casper's girlfriend.
Norman: Show me how to get home, and I won't mail your girlfriend's head to China.
Casper: She's not my—
Norman: Hmm, now where can I find a box big enough?
Single-Minded Twins: Mickey and Monaco
Skunk Stripe: Thatch
- Triclops
Terrible Trio: Thatch, Mickey and Monaco in the film
- Thatch, Slither, and Dummy Girl in the series.
- The Ghostly Trio
Those Two Girls: Mickey and Monaco
Three Amigos: Casper, Ra and Mantha.
Token Good Teammate: Casper
Town of Adventure
Valley Girls: Mickey and Monaco