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* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': The ghost of Herald-Mage Vanyel says this very cheerfully in ''Winds of Fury'' after interfering with a CoolGate (which was supposedly impossible) to bring the main characters to the Forest of Sorrows instead of where they wanted to go. Vanyel has been dead for about 600 years at this point.

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* ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'': The ghost of [[Literature/LastHeraldMageTrilogy Herald-Mage Vanyel Vanyel]] says this very cheerfully in ''Winds of Fury'' after interfering with a CoolGate (which was supposedly impossible) to bring the main characters to the Forest of Sorrows instead of where they wanted to go. Vanyel has been dead for about 600 years at this point.
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* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': Said jokingly by an old lady to a man who's just dropped a tray of glasses. As well he should, [[spoiler:because he expected her to be dead at that moment, and she knows he ordered the hit.]]
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* In ''Film/WhatLiesBeneath'', Mrs. Templeton says this to Claire when discussing an incident at the [=DuPont=] party the year before. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Claire had this reaction because despite the car accident she was in some time before rendering her unable to remember, she saw Madison, the student her husband Norman had an affair with, staring at her at the party and subconsciously recognized her.]]
-->'''Mrs. Templeton:''' You went completely pale. You couldn't catch your breath. It was as if you had seen a ghost.
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* Line used by [[spoiler:the immortal]] Luck Gandor in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' when speaking to a man involved in his "ventilation".

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* Line used by [[spoiler:the immortal]] Luck Gandor in ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' when speaking to a man involved in his "ventilation".
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* ''Film/DarbyAndTheDead'': Capri says to Darby, "You look like you've just seen a ghost." This is juxtaposed with a glass shattering, Darby reacting in fright, and Capri— established to be a ghost— raising an eyebrow.
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* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': In "The Foretelling" in the first series, the Queen says this to Edmund, just after he has indeed seen the ghost of Richard III.
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A SubTrope of LiteralMetaphor. When characters enter screaming and running from a ghost (or any supernatural creature that would frighten your average [[{{Muggles}} Muggle]]), it is customary for a {{Genre Blind|ness}} character to say in complete jest, "What's wrong with you? You look like you've seen a ghost." Alternatively, the line may be said mockingly by the 'ghost'--whether they're literally a ghost, some other kind of undead, or merely [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated wrongly believed to be dead]]--themselves.

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A SubTrope of LiteralMetaphor. When characters enter screaming and running from a ghost (or any supernatural creature that would frighten your average [[{{Muggles}} Muggle]]), {{Muggle|s}}), it is customary for a {{Genre Blind|ness}} character to say in complete jest, "What's wrong with you? You look like you've seen a ghost." Alternatively, the line may be said mockingly by the 'ghost'--whether they're literally a ghost, some other kind of undead, or merely [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated wrongly believed to be dead]]--themselves.



* ''Film/{{Goosebumps}}'' has a more [[spoiler:literal]] version of the trope. Hannah says the line after finding Stine and Zach. [[spoiler:Thing is, they just finished discussing how [[DeadAllAlong Hannah being a ghost]] affected Stine's life.]]

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* ''Film/{{Goosebumps}}'' ''Film/Goosebumps2015'' has a more [[spoiler:literal]] version of the trope. Hannah says the line after finding Stine and Zach. [[spoiler:Thing is, they just finished discussing how [[DeadAllAlong Hannah being a ghost]] affected Stine's life.]]



* On ''Series/{{Covert Affairs}}'', Jai says this to Annie when she realizes that [[spoiler:Jai was Ben's contact in Sri Lanka.]]

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* On ''Series/{{Covert Affairs}}'', ''Series/CovertAffairs'', Jai says this to Annie when she realizes that [[spoiler:Jai was Ben's contact in Sri Lanka.]]



* Spoken verbatim by resident LadyInRed FemmeFatale Ada Wong in ''Videogame/ResidentEvil6'' when protagonist Leon Kennedy first meets her in an underground catacomb. Considering the circumstances under which they last saw each other and what happened in the previous game, his reaction is actually rather understandable.

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* Spoken verbatim by resident LadyInRed FemmeFatale Ada Wong in ''Videogame/ResidentEvil6'' ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' when protagonist Leon Kennedy first meets her in an underground catacomb. Considering the circumstances under which they last saw each other and what happened in the previous game, his reaction is actually rather understandable.

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-->'''Fennec:''' You look like you've just seen a ghost.
-->'''Mando:''' You were dead.
-->'''Stranger:''' She ''was'' left for dead on the sands of Tatooine, as was I. But fate sometimes steps in to rescue the wretched.
-->'''Fennec:''' In ''my'' case... ''(opens her chest to reveal cybernetic parts)'' [[spoiler: [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Boba Fett]]]] was that fate, and I am now in his service.

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-->'''Fennec:''' You look like you've just seen a ghost.
-->'''Mando:'''
ghost.\\
'''Mando:'''
You were dead.
-->'''Stranger:'''
dead.\\
'''Stranger:'''
She ''was'' left for dead on the sands of Tatooine, as was I. But fate sometimes steps in to rescue the wretched.
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wretched.\\
'''Fennec:'''
In ''my'' case... ''(opens her chest to reveal cybernetic parts)'' [[spoiler: [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Boba Fett]]]] was that fate, and I am now in his service.service.
* ''Series/TheGhostAndMrsMuir'': Mrs. Muir says this to Martha verbatim while Martha's recovering from the shock of seeing [[FriendlyGhost the ghost of Captain Gregg]]. Unusually for the trope, Mrs. Muir has known about the ghost all along, and is only surprised that Gregg has finally chosen to reveal himself to Martha.
-->'''Mrs. Muir:''' Martha, I don't know how to tell you this, but if you think you've seen a ghost... you've seen a ghost.
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* In ''WebAnimation/GenLock'', these are the first words out of the NotQuiteDead Julian Chase's mouth when he reveals himself and his current situation to the Vanguard. He remarks that he was just trying to lighten the mood, seeing as he had been presumed dead for four years after his HeroicSacrifice in the Battle of New York and had to keep silent about his partnership with the ESU for the gen:LOCK program the whole time.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': In "Understanding Willow", when Amity panics upon seeing mental photographs of herself and Willow playing together when were little, something she doesn't want her GirlPosse to see.
-->'''Boscha:''' Why do you look like you've seen a ghost? Is there a ghost in photo class? Are they cute?
-->'''Amity:''' ''(nervously)'' Yep, just a super cute ghost. But they're all mine! ''(runs in and shuts the door)''
-->'''Boscha:''' Ask of they have any friends!
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* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "Who Mourns for Morn", Jadzia walks into Quark's bar and reacts with shock when sees a hologram of Morn in his usual seat. Quark quotes the trope phrase, and Sisko explains that they'd just received word that Morn had been killed in a spacecraft accident.

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* In ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'', Vision begins seeing flashbacks to past events due to issues with his memory processing. At one point he is speaking to Scarlet Witch and begins seeing five of her, from different points in the timeline. The real Scarlet Witch says this to Vision, and two of the "ghosts" echo it.
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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' , Doc says this to Marty after Marty finds Doc's grave. "You're not far off, Doc."

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* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' , ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'', Doc says this to Marty after Marty finds Doc's grave. "You're not far off, Doc."
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* Averted in ''[[Literature/TheElenium The Tamuli]]''. What the character has ''actually'' seen is an ''angry god'', which is naturally much worse.
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-->'''Fennec:''' In ''my'' case... ''(opens her chest to reveal cybernetic parts)'' [[spoiler: [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Boba Fett]]]].

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-->'''Fennec:''' In ''my'' case... ''(opens her chest to reveal cybernetic parts)'' [[spoiler: [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Boba Fett]]]].Fett]]]] was that fate, and I am now in his service.
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-->'''Fennec:''' In ''my'' case... ''(opens her chest to cybernetic parts)'' [[spoiler: [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Boba Fett]]]].

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-->'''Fennec:''' In ''my'' case... ''(opens her chest to reveal cybernetic parts)'' [[spoiler: [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Boba Fett]]]].
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* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': In "The Tragedy", the Mandalorian is confronted by a mysterious stranger and is discovers that Fennec Shand, who he thought had been killed back in "The Gunslinger", is working with him. She drops the line.

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* ''Series/TheMandalorian'': In "The Tragedy", the Mandalorian is confronted by a mysterious stranger and is discovers that Fennec Shand, who he thought had been killed back in "The Gunslinger", is working with him. She drops the line.

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