History Creator / SpiritHalloween

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: The Ghost Girl with Head/Donna the Dead prop is a pale black-haired ghost with a bloody black dress instead of the usual white kimono. Several other female animatronics invoke this appearance, with most of them being possessed girls.

* NothingIsScarier: Life Sentence appears to be the barred window of a dungeon or prison cell that fogs and shakes as loud, angry growling noises could be heard. All we see of the monster trapped inside are its hands.

* NightmareFace: Several props have these, and many of them feature the reveal of their face through some means as their scary punchline, such as Peek a Boo Penny, the Face Off Baby Doll, Mourning Gory, and Henry Hustle.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: 2023's The Black Heart embraces a dead or dying woman, telling her that she will be with him for all eternity before lowering his head and concealing her with his robe. Judging by the BadBlackBarf dripping from his jaw and her mouth, [[KissOfDeath it's heavily implied he's been kissing her]].

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Heckles appears to be a sad and miserable clown who cries when people don't want to buy his balloons, but how much of it is a facade? It also helps that some of his phrases have more sinister undertones, and that his official description tell us that he fills his balloons with toxic gas.

** The 2014 Evil Scientist has GlowingEyesOfDoom, [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation unnatural greenish skin]], an exposed nasal cavity, and a mouthful of sharp fangs. He also threatens to take your soul in one phrase.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Heckles appears to be a sad and miserable clown who cries when people don't want do buy his balloons, but how much of it is a facade? It also helps that some of his phrases have more sinister undertones, and that his official description tell us that he fills his balloons with toxic gas.

** Scary strings are Used in the Undead Granny's soundtrack to complete the reference to [[{{Film/Psycho1958}} the film itself]], as the Granny is a creepy elderly motel owner with the same hair as "Mother" Bates.
** Creepy Towering Clown's [[CreepyCircusMusic background music]] features repeating notes that evoke the famous ''Psycho'' stings.

** The very popular Jumping Spider prop that debuted in 2011, which comes in black, brown, and red/black versions. The 2016 Attack Spider is more realistic, and leaps forward horizontally, rather than jumping upward.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Ghost Girl with Head/Donna the Dead is one with a bloody black dress instead of the usual white kimono. Several other female animatronics invoke this appearance, with most of them being possessed girls.

** The Boogie Man prop, named after the boogeyman trope and resembling a monster from a scary story or nightmare.

* VolcanicVeins: The Smoldering Zombies have glowing fiery veins going through their blackened skin.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Most of the clown animatronics appear to be [[HumanoidAbomination terrifying caricatures of people]] rather than humans in costumes. Henry Hustle is a good example of this, as he appears to be a normal human clown, until he reveals that he has a second, more monstrous head in his [[JumpScare jump scare.]]
** There's also the Evil Scientist from 2014, who has GlowingEyesOfDoom, [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation unnatural green skin]], an exposed nasal cavity, and a mouthful of sharp fangs. He also threatens to take your soul in one phrase.

** Barnyard butcher looks like a deranged man [[SackheadSlasher wearing a burlap sack over his head]], but for all we know he could be just another [[ScaryScarecrows evil living scarecrow]].

* CreepyCave: The 2020 'Jack's Cave' back theme is a volcanic cave within the tropical island setting..

** The 2023 Death Stalker is a monstrous vagyely alien robed figure with an eyeless giant maw for a head, resembling something from a ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' title or [[{{Blog/Slimyswampghost}} Trevor Henderson]]'s artwork.

* CryLaughing: In the background of Waving Wally's soundtrack, children can be heard giggling. As he keeps talking, the giggles shift into scared sobs.

** The 2023 Death Stalker is a monstrous robed figure with an eyeless giant maw for a head, resembling something from a ''VideoGame/SilentHill'' title or Creator/TrevorHenderson's artwork.

* AlasPoorYorick: Evelyn Leech is a crying bride who tragically holds up the zombified severed head of her husband-to-be.

* ArtificialLimbs: 2021's Buzzsaw has a buzzsaw for a left hand and a hammer for his right.

* BaitAndSwitch: Untimely Death isn't a statue of someone who died before their time...it causes ''your'' untimely death.

* BlackSite: Area 31, one of the 2017 themes.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The Morbid Enterprises [[Film/TheExorcist Regan]] changes a rather offensive quote from the movie to "Do you know what she did? Your ''haunting'' daughter?"

* CreepyCave: The 2020 'Jack's Cave' back theme.

* CrossdressingVoices: Several SVI witches were voiced by Mike Reynolds.

* DemonicPossession: The Possessed Wall Hanger, Broken Spine Girl, Resurrection Mary, Lunging Lily, Floating Ghost Girl, Bloodthirsty Betty, and Demonic Dahlia props seem to be cases of this. While not presented as such in the themes (where she's made to look like an alien victim), the Levitator Girl evokes this.

* DropTheHammer: The Wacky Mole Clown would just ''love'' to do this.

* EldritchAbomination: 2018's Nightmare Harvester claims to be a creature from [[EldritchLocation "another world filled with nightmares."]] 2020's Nightcrawler also appears to be one, being a quadrupedal, nearly-indescribable beast, [[WasOnceAMan although his backstory says that he used to be human.]] He's also depicted as a mutated human in one of the LCD screens in the Reaper's Monster Lab theme.

* EnfantTerrible: If a child character's not a victim, they're the perpetrator, either through possession, monstrous elements, or corrupt morals.

* EvilIsBigger: The aptly-named Towering Animatronics.
* EvilOldFolks: Gruesome Granny, Undead Granny, Wheelchair Granny and Mean Ol' Gramps. However, Gruesome Granny sings a relatively tame song (Rock-A-Bye Baby), despite her and the baby she’s holding being zombies.

** Many props perform 360-degree head turns. 2020's Miss Mercy the nurse provides a variation, as her head spins upside-down.
** The TropeNamer character, Regan [=MacNeil=], has featured multiple times due to Spirit selling 3 different animatronic versions of Regan over the years, each featuring the movement.

* FaceRevealingTurn: A few of their props combine this with ExorcistHead.

* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: The Shotgun Blast Zombie is a "half-buried" zombie designed to fall backward flat on the ground when the gun he comes with is "fired". The gun, however, is a bright green Nerf-esque design that looks nothing like a shotgun in shape or color. It's likely to make it clear the gun isn't a functional weapon, but it doesn't quite match the gory, scary prop.
* FatBastard: 2021's Buzzsaw is an obese man with a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin buzzsaw]] and a hammer for hands, and is also a murderous criminal on the loose.
** The original Uncle Charlie counts as well, but averted with his 2020 incarnation, where he's inexplicably [[LeanAndMean Lean and Mean.]]

* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Invoked by the lunging props, which play on the typical prop, with a static pose and a cheesy script about capturing the viewers...''[[JumpScare before actually trying]]''. Also invoked with props like the Sitting Scarecrow, Jack Straw, and Demonic Dahlia, who are sitting props you would expect to stay as posed. Unfortunately, the Scarecrow pops up to an upright pose, and Dahlia and Jack lunge forward to stand on their feet.

** Mr. Salty is a clown in a trench coat who literally flashes you, only to reveal that he's very short and standing on the shoulders of another short clown named ''"[[DoubleEntendre Little Willy]]"'' who lurches at you.

* GoodAngelBadAngel: The Talking Cherubs are living sculptures of these.

* TheGrimReaper: Several, though many of them just take the image and have different roles.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Averted as would be expected. While not common in the props, blonde hair is no indication of goodness.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Limbless Jim is a zombie with no legs holding onto a walker, and the Undead Fred and Crawling Cathy Grave Grabbers are legless zombies that move like they're clawing at the ground they lie on.
* HauntedHouse: The House of Horrors from 2011/2012 and the 2013 Haunted Mansion themes are classic examples.

* HellHotel: One of the 2016 themes.
* HellHound: The Cerberus and Latex Hellhound props.
* HighVoltageDeath: Death Row. The [[BigElectricSwitch control switch]] that can serve as the prop's trigger is actually called "High Voltage". The Electrified Maniac has a more modern version of this trope. The Electrified Corpse is an example, too, being a man who died tangled up in and pierced by a mass of hanging wires.
* HillbillyHorrors: Invoked with 2014's 'Last Chance Gas', 2015's 'Spirit Swamp Tours' and the 2018 farm themes.
* HillbillyMoonshiner: Someone must have been to give the Moonshine Barrel Zombie his hiding place.

* HumanHeadOnTheWall: The Zombie Head Wall Plaque is an undead case.
* HumanPopsicle: The Cryo Chamber Corpse is an apparently undead one.
* HungryJungle: Invoked with the 2020 themes.
* ItAlwaysRainsAtFunerals: Mourning Gory carries an umbrella.

* JerkAss: Johnny Punk is a bully on a swing set who taunts you in his phrases. The prototype at the Flagship store takes this trope a step further by insulting the audience by calling them names like "pickle-face."
** Baphomet, while being a terrifying demonic entity, stoops so low as to call you a "crybaby" in one phrase.
* JumpScare: Numerous props manufactured by Tekky Toys and Crazy Create operate solely on delivering these, though startles have been used as a secondary function for some props as well.
* KillerTeddyBear: The Deady Bear, Deady Teddy, Peek-A-Boo Teddy, and the Creepy Roaming Bear.
* LargeHam: Almost all of their "character" props (that is, with dialogue) have over-the-top voice acting, such as the Flaming Black Widow and Talking Busts. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Not that that's a bad thing.]]

* LaughingMad: Most of the clown props, though they're far from the only ones who act like this.

* TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Many locations are pop-up stores that rent out a recently vacated retail space for a month or two. Leading to many a meme showing a struggling business with a Spirit Halloween banner, occasionally even a government building.
* LivingStatue: The Talking Busts, Talking Cherubs, Cemetery Angel, Untimely Death, and Grim Graven Angel.
* LivingToys: Many. So many take the form of tabletops that usually get their own shelf in stores. Fright in the Box, Monty, and Mr. Punchy are life-size examples.
* LooksLikeOrlok: 2011's Vampire in Coffin and 2020's Lord Dakhanavar don this appearance.

** The Mad Scientist, Undead Laboratory Technician, the Evil Scientist, and Dr. Illume.

* MilkyWhiteEyes: Several props have them. The Rising Swamp Hag even references this feature of herself verbatim.
* MonsterClown: The Spirit Clown Train was full of these, and clown props have been a consistent presence in other years, most notably 2010.

* MurderByCremation: Unfortunately, it didn't keep the Incinerator Zombie down, and he pops out of his oven in a startle.
* MurderousMannequin: Subverted. The Mannequin prop is haunted by an unhappy and plaintive spirit trapped inside.

* TheNecrocracy: Emperor of Souls is a skeletal king sitting on his throne, and is implied to be the ruler of the Underworld.

* NuclearMutant: Toxic Zombie and Hazmat Zombie.
* OffWithHisHead: Lost Her Way is a stumbling spirit searching for her head, and is a life-size bump-and-go roaming prop.

** Ghost Girl with Head holds the severed head of one of her victims.

* PlantPerson: The Nightmare Harvester leans a bit toward this, as he has root-like feet as if he grew from the ground.
** Pumpkin Patch Prowler appears to be a monster made out of vines, tree bark, and a [[PumpkinPerson pumpkin for a head]] rather than a traditional scarecrow.
* PoisonousPerson: Nozzles the Clown dispenses toxic fumes from the titular nozzles for his hands.
* PrecisionFStrike: Subverted with 2014's Barnyard Butcher and Witch of Stolen Souls, who have been the first couple of props to use the word "Hell" in their dialogue, which shocked many commenters on their demo videos.[[note]]Unless you count the Gemmy Pinhead animatronic from 2010.[[/note]] However, they only referred to it as the place, While 2018's Bump 'N Go [[Franchise/ChildsPlay Chucky]] plays this trope straight by saying "Who the hell are you?"
** The Talking Rotten Heads from 2004-2006 somehow got away with saying the word "crappy" in one of their songs.
* PsychoStrings: Used in the Undead Granny's soundtrack.
** Creepy Towering Clown's [[CreepyCircusMusic background music]] has shades of this.
* PumpkinPerson: Most of them are scarecrows, but Pumpkin Nester and Lil' Nester are more humanlike.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Many Tekky Toys props sold by Spirit suffered this in the early days of the company. Seasonal Visions props will also occasionally display this.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue-eyed, blue-dressed Lizzy roaming doll is more playfully threatening, but red-dressed, red-eyed roaming Rosie is more outwardly aggresive in her threats.
* RepulsiveRingmaster: [[https://youtu.be/50cC7cXUgU4 Rotten Ringmaster]] is a freakishly tall circus ringmaster (with a MonsterClown face) holding a screaming little girl in a cage. His dialogue makes it clear that he kidnapped the girl when she wanted to join his circus.

* SackheadSlasher: Barnyard Butcher and Rusty.
* ScareChord: Many of the Tekky [[JumpScare jumping animatronics]] utilize a jarring, mechanical sound when they lunge at you, sometimes even including the sound of a girl screaming.

* ScaryScarecrows: Spirit has sold numerous scarecrow animatronics since 2007 including the Haunted Scarecrow, The Harvester, the Barnyard Butcher, Strawman, Looming Strawman, the Swinging Scarecrow, and the Sitting Scarecrow props.
* ScaryStitches: These feature on the Deady Bear, Evil Rag Doll, and Deady Teddy.

* SickeningCrunch: Used by some props in moments of [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange unnatural motion.]]

* SkeletalMusician: The Janglin' Bones Trio.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Several props have recycled technology or concepts, such as the roaming dolls or the Sawin' Wood Doll to the Evil Rag Doll.

* StockScream: The Broken Spine Girl, Resurrection Mary, and Twitching Banshee use different versions of a long female scream, which can be found online in several places.
* StockSoundEffects: Several props use these.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Ghost Girl with Head/Donna the Dead is one with a bloody black dress instead of the usual white kimono. Several other female animatronics invoke this appearance, most of them being possessed girls.

* SwampsAreEvil: One of the themes in 2015 is a sinister Voodoo Swamp.

* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: The original trio of Haunted Dolls and Roaming Rosie Red say different forms of this.

** The Boogie Man prop.
** 2015’s Lil’ Nester mentions that you shouldn’t be afraid of these things in one of his phrases.
* TorsoWithAView: See Thru Sindy, a static prop, and the Shotgun Blast Zombie, an animated one.
* UndeadChild: Pretty much every child character is implied to be undead or possessed...or perhaps both.
* UpdatedRerelease: A few props got tweaked and a couple got remade a few years after being discontinued. In 2017 the Limb Ripper Werewolf was remade. The 2020 lineup featured several cases of older props being remade, advertised in "Flashback Fridays" such as Uncle Charlie, The Gatekeeper, and Flesh Eating Zombie. In 2021 the Wacky Mole Clown was remade due to fans clamouring for his return.
* VaderBreath: 2020's Plague Doctor's audio only consists of creepy heavy breathing and wheezing sounds.

* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: The Bloody Bag of Jokes is a bloody clown in a body bag, who seems perfectly alert. The John Doe prop does this as well, as well as the Toe Tagged Corpse.
* WallCrawl: A couple of possessed props invoke this. The Possessed Wall Hanger is explicitly meant to do this, and one display option for the crawling Bloodthirsty Betty is to mount her on a wall.
* WhenTreesAttack: The Haunted Tree, Talking Tree Face, and Deadly Roots props.
* WickedWitch: Many of the witch props are examples of the classic Halloween image.
* WouldHurtAChild: Towering Boogeyman and Towering Sweet Dreams Clown both have kicking and screaming children in their clutches. Whatever they plan on doing to the poor kids is anything but pleasant.

** Harvester of Souls [[YourSoulIsMine devours the soul of a little girl.]]
* YourSoulIsMine: 2020's Harvester of Souls holds a young girl up and has fog effects as if sucking out her soul.
** This trope is also invoked by several reaper animatronics in their dialogue.
* ZombieApocalypse: 2011’s Zombie Wasteland, 2014’s Last Chance Gas and 2015’s Spirit Station Z themes are populated by zombies.

* EldritchAbomination: 2018's Nightmare Harvester claims to be a creature from [[EldritchLocation "another world filled with nightmares."]] 2020's Nightcrawler also appears to be one, being a quadropedal, nearly-indescribable beast, [[WasOnceAMan although his backstory says that he used to be human.]] He's also depicted as a mutated human in one of the LCD screens in the Reaper's Monster Lab theme.

* EldritchAbomination: 2018's Nightmare Harvester claims to be a creature from [[EldritchLocation "another world filled with nightmares."]] 2020's Nightcrawler also appears to be one, [[WasOnceAMan although his backstory says that he used to be human.]] He's also depicted as a mutated human in one of the LCD screens in the Reaper's Monster Lab theme.

** The Magic Power Hanging Ghost Girl hangs from shackles that are chained to her wrists. There's nothing really inappropriate about it, but in one of her phrases, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything she moans and talks about how she's been "so bad."]]

* NightmareFace: Several props have these, and many of them feature the reveal of their face through some means as their scary punchline, such as Peek a Boo Penny, the Face Off Baby Doll, and Henry Hustle.

** The Magic Power Hanging Ghost Girl hangs from shackles that are chained to her wrists. There's nothing really inappropriate about it, but in one of her phrases, [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything she moans and talks about how she's been "so bad."]] Way to go, Magic Power...

* GiantSpider: 2022's Deadly Creeper. The Jumping Spiders and many of the static spider props occasionally sold are also fairly large.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Ghost Girl with Head/Donna the Dead invokes this appearance, more so with her non-Spirit exclusive counterparts. Several possessed girl animatronics also take on this appearance.

*** 2008/2012's Beheaded Bride is a similar example.

--> Some stories say he got those ghastly scars from the Strongman after playing [[UnusualEuphemism peek-]][[DoubleEntendre a-boo]] with his wife.

* This little bit from Peek-A-Boo Clown's description:

--> Some stories say he got those ghastly scars from the Strongman after playing [[UnusualEuphemism peek-]][[DoubleEntendrea-boo]] with his wife.