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* FormerTeenRebel: As a Teen she was the type of girl, who would sneak out to wild parties and smoke pot.

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* FormerTeenRebel: As a Teen teen she was the type of girl, girl who would sneak out to wild parties and smoke pot.



Delia's teenage son

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Melinda's Son who makes an appearance in Season 5

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Melinda's Son son who makes an appearance appears in Season 55.
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* RepressedMemory: [[spoiler: It turns out that he died when Jennifer was five years old and that he died in an accident at work (while he was underground during a street cave-in) on the same day as her mother passed away]].

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* RepressedMemory: RepressedMemories: [[spoiler: It turns out that he died when Jennifer was five years old and that he died in an accident at work (while he was underground during a street cave-in) on the same day as her mother passed away]].
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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: She was secretly lesbian or bi and married to cover it up.]]

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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: She was secretly lesbian or bi and married a man to cover it up.]]
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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: Inverted. She was secretly lesbian or bi and married to cover it up.]]

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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: Inverted. She was secretly lesbian or bi and married to cover it up.]]
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* OverprotectiveDad: Part of what made his granddaughter run away. He was overprotective to the point of controlling every aspect of his granddaughter's life.

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* OverprotectiveDad: HelicopterParents: Part of what made his granddaughter run away. He was overprotective to the point of controlling every aspect of his granddaughter's life.
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Inverted, as she tends to see the ''past'' events of ghosts, rather than the future ones. However, in Season 5, when she is pregnant, she does have recurring nightmares of her baby's fate.

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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Inverted, as she tends to see the ''past'' events of ghosts, rather than the future ones. However, in Season 5, 4, when she is pregnant, she does have recurring nightmares of her baby's fate.
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-->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, Creator/GraceFulton (young)

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-->'''Played By:''' Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, Creator/GraceFulton Creator/GraceCarolineCurrey (young)
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* BuxomIsBetter[=/=]SexyBacklessOutfit: Early seasons put Melinda into some very...nice clothing.
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* IllGirl: She eventually died of glioma



* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Died of Hodgkin's disease a month before the episode takes place. He's wearing a jean jacket over a hospital gown to drive the point home.
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* AdultFear: [[spoiler: Her GhostlyGoals revolve around her making Shane feel what she felt when she was stalked]].
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* TheCasanova: Has a new girlfriend very often, and at least once was sleeping with one girl and dating another. The girls were roommates.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Often appears with Romano

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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Often appears with Romano

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!Tom Gordon
The ghost of Melinda's [[spoiler:step-]]dad
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*WickedStepfather: He's more interested in helping the ghosts cross over to the dark side and enlisted Gabriel's help to do it. Oh, and he [[spoiler: killed Melinda's real dad, Paul Eastman and he would have killed Melinda, too, if not for Paul possessing his body]].



!Colleen
The ghost of Shane's stalker
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*AbhorrentAdmirer: According to this Shane, she was a "nightmare" but the reality is that [[spoiler: HE was was the one stalking her and might have led to her being so scared of people that she always took the stairs]].
*AdultFear: [[spoiler: Her GhostlyGoals revolve around her making Shane feel what she felt when she was stalked]].
*ShrinkingViolet: [[spoiler: As we find out, she was actually this. Her landlady described her as "quiet and scared to talk to people and she was so scared of people that she took the stairs.]].
!Mary
A girl who was the subject of the "Bloody Mary" legend
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*AndIMustScream: She had fits of catalepsy (think Madeline from ''Literature/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher'')
*BuriedAlive: [[spoiler: When she was in a really bad cataleptic fit, her father thought she was dead but tied a bell to her wrist, in case she wasn't and she suffocated to death trying to claw herself out of her coffin]].
!!Rachel
A girl who died after she summoned Bloody Mary
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*GhostAmnesia: [[spoiler: The entire time, she thinks ''she's'' Bloody Mary and tries to find her grave at one point before Melinda manages to convince her who she really is, which allows her to cross over]].
!!Paul Eastman
Melinda's [[spoiler:dad]]
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*DarkSecret: His death, specifically, how he died, was something Beth wanted to cover up and move passed it.
*DisappearedDad: In ''The Underneath'', [[spoiler: we find out he was killed by Tom Gordon, Melinda's stepdad, when Melinda was 11]]
!Ray Billings
A man who passed away when his daughter, Jennifer, was a baby
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*RepressedMemory: [[spoiler: It turns out that he died when Jennifer was five years old and that he died in an accident at work (while he was underground during a street cave-in) on the same day as her mother passed away]].
*SpookyPhotographs: What clues us to his presence is how his face is on Melinda's X-ray [[https://ultimateghostwhisperer.fandom.com/wiki/File:Underneathxray.png see here]]




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!Gwen ("Sally Stitch")
The ghost of a woman who died in a car accident
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* ChainLetter: [[spoiler: She thought her deleting one of these is what led to her dying in the car accident that put her mom in a coma]].
* EyeScream: A mild one. When she attacks Ned, he gets a red X over his eye.



!Gwen
The ghost of a woman who died in a car accident
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* ChainLetter: [[spoiler: She thought her deleting one of these is what led to her dying in the car accident that put her mom in a coma]].
* EyeScream: A mild one. When she attacks Ned, he gets a red X over his eye.

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* JerkassWoobie: 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.


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!Gwen
The ghost of a woman who died in a car accident
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*ChainLetter: [[spoiler: She thought her deleting one of these is what led to her dying in the car accident that put her mom in a coma]].
*EyeScream: A mild one. When she attacks Ned, he gets a red X over his eye.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although if one looks closely when Melina is researching about the fire at the orphanage you can see their real names. Near the end of the episode Ernest (Ernie) also reveals that Rat's name is from his initials, "Ronald Aikens Tracy".

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although if one looks closely when Melina Melinda is researching about the fire at the orphanage you can see their real names. Near the end of the episode Ernest (Ernie) also reveals that Rat's name is from his initials, "Ronald Aikens Tracy".



* BirthDeathJuxatposition: She dies giving birth while Aiden is born.

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* BirthDeathJuxatposition: BirthDeathJuxtaposition: She dies giving birth while Aiden is born.



* DyingAlone: Implied.

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* DyingAlone: Implied.Implied, as [[spoiler: his mom died giving birth to him]] and he has no other family.
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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: While Zoe had had a bad day, was drunk the night she slept with Natalie's boyfriend, and genuinely feels terrible about it, he on the other hand wasn't drunk and knew that the twin he was actually involved with was in the next room.
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-->'''Played By:''' Creator/FredericLehne

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* DeadpanSnarker: One of the snarkiest characters on the show and delivers most of his lines with a neutral half-grin.
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* FormerTeenRebel: As a Teen she was the type of girl, who would sneak out to wild parties and smoke pot.
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* BlackBestFriend: Plays this role to Melinda being one of her few confidantes
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!Pete Murphy
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A young boy causing trouble at the hospital where Jim works.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Melinda doesn't realize he's dead until the soda she bought him falls through his hand.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His mother [[spoiler: died giving birth to him]], so he was raised in a youth home and in and out of foster homes. He never stayed in any one foster home very long, though, due to being too much for the foster parents to handle. And then he died alone in a hospital at age thirteen.
* DeathByChildbirth: Not him, obviously, but [[spoiler: it's eventually revealed that his mother died giving birth to him.]]
* DyingAlone: Implied.
* FosterKid: Was repeatedly returned to the youth home, though.
* TheGadfly: Really enjoys messing with people, especially the doctors, nurses, and Melinda.
* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Died of Hodgkin's disease a month before the episode takes place. He's wearing a jean jacket over a hospital gown to drive the point home.
* JerkassWoobie: 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.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever he did to keep getting kicked out of foster homes isn't directly stated, but it seemed to really piss off the gas station owner at least.


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A woman that passed away on her WeddingDay in a tragic accident in which only her husband survived

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A woman that passed away on her WeddingDay wedding in a tragic accident in which only her husband survived

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A very, very smartass professor who occasionally lapses into MotorMouth. He claims to not believe in any of the supernatural things his job as a professor covers, but is nonetheless very knowledgeable of it. In season two, Melinda finally tells him her ability after severl occasions of dodging questions from him.

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A very, very smartass professor who occasionally lapses into MotorMouth. He claims to not believe in any of the supernatural things his job as a professor covers, but is nonetheless very knowledgeable of it. In season two, Melinda finally tells him her ability after severl several occasions of dodging questions from him.



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* GlamorousSingleMother: SubvertedSubverted. She's more of a StrugglingSingleMother, except she's more wealthy and is more overworked.



!Aiden Lucas

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* DeadGuyJunior: Named after Melinda and Sam's deceased dads

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* DeadGuyJunior: Named after Melinda and Sam's deceased dadsdads



* WightInAWeddingDress: Is seen in a wedding dress.

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* WightInAWeddingDress: Is seen in a wedding dress, tying into JacobMarleyApparel, as she died in that wedding dress.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although if one looks closely when Melina is researching about the fire at the orphanage you can see their real names. Near the end of the episode Ernest also reveals that Rat's name is from his initials, "Ronald Aikens Tracy".

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although if one looks closely when Melina is researching about the fire at the orphanage you can see their real names. Near the end of the episode Ernest (Ernie) also reveals that Rat's name is from his initials, "Ronald Aikens Tracy".



* OverprotectiveDad: Part of what made his granddaughter run away

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* OverprotectiveDad: Part of what made his granddaughter run awayaway. He was overprotective to the point of controlling every aspect of his granddaughter's life.



* DisappearedDad: As we find out

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* DisappearedDad: As we find outout, [[spoiler: his reason for not crossing over was that he wanted to make sure his newborn son was okay and make amends]].



*ElectromagneticGhosts: One of the things that clues us off to her presence is that electrical equipment and anything involved with electrical equipment starts to short circuit.



* MissingMom: To her son

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* MissingMom: To her son
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* DisappearedDad: To his daughter

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* DisappearedDad: To his daughterdaughter. [[spoiler: He committed murder and was sentenced to death]].



* LittlestCancerPatient: In some senses

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* LittlestCancerPatient: In some sensessenses of the word, as her death is treated especially tragic.



*BirthDeathJuxatposition: She dies giving birth while Aiden is born.



* TheBeard: [[spoiler: Inverted]]

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* TheBeard: [[spoiler: Inverted]]Inverted. She was secretly lesbian or bi and married to cover it up.]]



* CreepyChild: They can be

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* MeaningfulName: His right hand is bleeding

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's rude, sarcastic, has no filter, interrupts people and always thinks he's right. He also does his best to help Melinda, including putting off a much longed for sabbatical just because she's in the middle of a case she can't figure out without him.
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* WomanInWhite: Is seen in a wedding dress.

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* BrokenBird: Melinda's own life is not without casualties. Sometimes this makes her an IronWoobie, but she's shown to be very torn up about the losses in her life most of the time.

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* BrokenBird: Melinda's own life is not without casualties. Sometimes this makes her an IronWoobie, Iron Woobie, but she's shown to be very torn up about the losses in her life most of the time.




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* TheFaceless: His face is rarely seen

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