History Film / GhostTown

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What ''was'' the deal with the naked guy?
** OutWithABang?
** It could also be a NoodleIncident...

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Pincus is being chased by a bunch of ghosts, accompanied by lively chase music; then they run past the street violinist who is providing it.

* HilariousOuttakes: It's ''Ricky Gervais''. That is all.
** Oh, and there's ''bouncing dog shit''.

* BackFromTheDead: Luckily for Pincus, [[spoiler: he doesn't have to stay a ghost for long]]

* DepravedDentist: While certainly not the worst kind, Pincus wasn't winning any awards.

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: The reason that Frank finally gets to leave
* JacobMarleyApparel: The ghosts can't change their clothes from what they died in.

* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailer for this film makes the other "ghosts" into much more of the plot than they actually are

* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: Pincus is being chased by a bunch of ghosts, accompanied by lively chase music; then they run past the street violinist who is providing it.
** Later in the movie, he's coming clean to another character about the whole I See Dead People thing and the camera pans away to reveal that the drum music in the BGM is being played by a guy on a nearby park bench.

A 2008 film starring RickyGervais.

After suffering a near death experience during routine surgery, where he was technically dead for 7 minutes (a bit less, misanthropic dentist Bertram Pincus (Gervais) begins seeing the ghosts of people who died with unfinished business. When the ghosts realize that Pincus can see them, they begin following him around, asking for his help in crossing over. He, of course, does his best to ignore them all, but one ghost in particular finally get's his attention: Frank (Greg Kinnear), who believes that if he can get Pincus to prevent his widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni) from marrying a new guy that is completely wrong for her, he can finally cross over.

After suffering a near death experience during routine surgery, where he was technically dead for 7 minutes, [[spoiler:a bit less]], misanthropic dentist Bertram Pincus (Gervais) begins seeing the ghosts of people who died with unfinished business. When the ghosts realize that Pincus can see them, they begin following him around, asking for his help in crossing over. He, of course, does his best to ignore them all, but one ghost in particular finally get's his attention: Frank (Greg Kinnear), who believes that if he can get Pincus to prevent his widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni) from marrying a new guy that is completely wrong for her, he can finally cross over.

* TheBeatles: "I'm Looking Through You" plays over the opening title sequence; this is a rare use of an original Beatle song in a film soundtrack as opposed to a cover version.

* JerkAss: Pincus originally embodies this trope, before showing his true colors as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* UnfortunateImplications - '''Every''' character that Pincus has wronged in the opening sequence of the film with his cynicism and apathy gets vindication and valediction with the ''glaringly'' noticable exception to the Asian boy trying to raise awareness for Global Warming.

* [=~Hey, It's That Guy!~=]: [[TheOffice Oscar]] plays a fellow dentist, while [[FerrisBuellersDayOff Cameron]] is a ghost.

** OutWithABang?

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:When Pincus's co-worker gives him a motivational talk about not being "such a fucking prick" all of the time. Not only does this get him out of the slump he was in, but it convinces him to finally start trying to help the ghosts out.]]

* RunningGag: Every time someone walks through a ghost, they sneeze. This gets cranked UpToEleven when Pincus must traverse an entire room full of ghosts, trying to get away from them all.
* UnfortunateImplications - '''Every''' character that Pincus has wronged in the opening of the film with his cynicism and apathy gets vindication and valediction with the glaringly noticable exception to the Asian boy trying to raise awareness for Global Warming.

After suffering a near death experience during routine surgery, where he was technically dead for 7 minutes [[spoiler:a bit less]], misanthropic dentist Bertram Pincus (Gervais) begins seeing the ghosts of people who died with unfinished business. When the ghosts realize that Pincus can see them, they begin following him around, asking for his help in crossing over. He, of course, does his best to ignore them all, but one ghost in particular finally get's his attention: Frank (Greg Kinnear), who believes that if he can get Pincus to prevent his widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni) from marrying a new guy that is completely wrong for her, he can finally cross over.

After suffering a near death experience during routine surgery, where he was technically dead for 7 minutes, misanthropic dentist Bertram Pincus (Gervais) begins seeing the ghosts of people who died with unfinished business. When the ghosts realize that Pincus can see them, they begin following him around, asking for his help in crossing over. He, of course, does his best to ignore them all, but one ghost in particular finally get's his attention: Frank (Greg Kinnear), who believes that if he can get Pincus to prevent his widow, Gwen (Tea Leoni) from marrying a new guy that is completely wrong for her, he can finally cross over.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:When Pincus's co-worker gives him a motivational talk about not being "suck a fucking prick" all of the time. Not only does this get him out of the slump he was in, but it convinces him to finally start trying to help the ghosts out.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What ''was'' the deal with the naked guy?

* DepravedDentist: While certainly not the worst kind, Pincus certainly wasn't winning any awards

* TheBeatles: "I'm Looking Through You" plays over the opening title sequence; this is a rare use of an original Beatle song in a film soundtrack as opposed to a cover version.