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* FakeOutMakeOut: They don't actually kiss, but Harper pretends their sneaking off to the portal are actually secret trysts to throw off their parents.

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* DidNotDieThatWay: [[spoiler:Harper thinks her father died in a car accident. He actually died in a boating accident later that day, saving her life, and her mother heard Harper say it was a car accident and rolled with it to spare Harper the guilt. Maybe. Or maybe Harper's dad died in a car accident in the original timeline, and when Harper saved him from it when she went back to 2011, the timeline corrected itself by making sure he died later that day. Harper's suppressed memories of the boating accident don't surface until after she returns to 2020, after all. It's not clear yet whether she actually succeeded in changing the original circumstances of the accident.]]
* FakeOutMakeOut: They don't actually kiss, but Harper pretends their sneaking off to the portal are actually secret trysts to throw off their parents. Later, Griffin was like, ''"That's'' the best you could come up with?!"
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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Harper [[spoiler:isn't allowed into the Tremont when they travel back to 1962.]]

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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Harper [[spoiler:isn't allowed into the Tremont when they travel back to 1962. When Griffin complains to the Black porter that Harper's his best friend, he does, at least, get a genuine "Good for you, kid" from him.]]
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** [[spoiler:Harper does microfilm research on the Great Storm of 1960 and how the town rebuilt from it, and discovers a 1962 photograph of the Tremont's re-opening with Savanah in it. That's how she knows she survived the storm.]]

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** [[spoiler:Harper does microfilm research on the Great Storm of 1960 and how the town rebuilt from it, and discovers a 1962 photograph of the Tremont's re-opening with Savanah Savannah in it. That's how she knows she survived the storm.]]
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** [[spoiler:Harper does microfilm research on the Great Storm of 1960 and how the town rebuilt from it, and discovers a 1962 photograph of the Tremont's re-opening with Savanah in it. That's how she knows she survived the storm.

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** [[spoiler:Harper does microfilm research on the Great Storm of 1960 and how the town rebuilt from it, and discovers a 1962 photograph of the Tremont's re-opening with Savanah in it. That's how she knows she survived the storm.]]
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** Harper goes back in time to [[spoiler:prevent the car crash that killed her father. She fails because her father never died in a car crash. He died in a boating accident while Harper was with him and she [[RepressedMemories repressed it]].]]

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** Harper goes back in time to [[spoiler:prevent the car crash that killed her father. She fails because her father never died in a car crash. He died in a boating accident while Harper was with him and she [[RepressedMemories repressed it]]. Maybe. Or maybe she prevented him from dying in the car accident, but the timeline corrected itself by making sure he died in the boating accident. After all, her repressed memory doesn't come out until after she comes back to 2020 from trying to save him.]]
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** [[spoiler:Harper does microfilm research on the Great Storm of 1960 and how the town rebuilt from it, and discovers a 1962 photograph of the Tremont's re-opening with Savanah in it. That's how she knows she survived the storm.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him. She succeeds in warning him before he gets into a car accident, but her dad dies anyway because that's not what actually killed him. He died in a boating accident later that day, while saving Harper's life, and Harper had suppressed the memory of it. When she woke up, she'd thought it was a car accident, and her mother rolled with it to protect her from the guilt. Unfortunately, Harper's childhood memory of the boating accident resurfaces when she returns to 2020 after failing to save her father.]]

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him. She succeeds in warning him before he gets into a car accident, but her dad dies anyway because that's not what actually killed him. He died in a boating accident later that day, while saving Harper's life, and Harper had suppressed the memory of it. When she woke up, she'd thought it was a car accident, and her mother rolled with it to protect her from the guilt. Unfortunately, life. Harper's childhood memory of the boating accident resurfaces when she returns to 2020 after failing to save her father.]]
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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Harper [[spoiler:isn't allowed into the Tremont when they travel back to 1960.]]

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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Harper [[spoiler:isn't allowed into the Tremont when they travel back to 1960.1962.]]
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him. She succeeds in warning him before he gets into a car accident, but her dad dies anyway because that's not what originally killed him. He died in a boating accident later that day, while saving Harper's life, and Harper had suppressed the memory of it. When she woke up, she'd thought it was a car accident, and her mother rolled with it to protect her from the guilt. Unfortunately, Harper's childhood memory of the boating accident resurfaces when she returns to 2020 after failing to save her father.]]

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him. She succeeds in warning him before he gets into a car accident, but her dad dies anyway because that's not what originally actually killed him. He died in a boating accident later that day, while saving Harper's life, and Harper had suppressed the memory of it. When she woke up, she'd thought it was a car accident, and her mother rolled with it to protect her from the guilt. Unfortunately, Harper's childhood memory of the boating accident resurfaces when she returns to 2020 after failing to save her father.]]
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him.]]

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him. She succeeds in warning him before he gets into a car accident, but her dad dies anyway because that's not what originally killed him. He died in a boating accident later that day, while saving Harper's life, and Harper had suppressed the memory of it. When she woke up, she'd thought it was a car accident, and her mother rolled with it to protect her from the guilt. Unfortunately, Harper's childhood memory of the boating accident resurfaces when she returns to 2020 after failing to save her father.]]

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* FeetFirstIntroduction: We're first introduced to Harper when she kicks open Griffin's locker for him.



* PercussiveMaintenance: Harper uses it to get Griffin's new locker upon. She later uses it to get a [[spoiler:mysterious radio that controls the time portal]] working.

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* PercussiveMaintenance: Harper uses it to get Griffin's new locker upon.open, calling it "the worst-kept secret of Sulphur Springs". It's the first time we see her. She later uses it to get a [[spoiler:mysterious radio that controls the time portal]] working.
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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: We learn that [[spoiler:Harper's family, at least on her father's side, has been in Louisiana for several generations, but Harper doesn't speak like she's from Louisiana.]]
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* RealityEnsues: When Griffin and Harper try to get into the Tremont in 1960, the porter forbids them entry. Griffin doesn't understand why, but Harper does-- it's because she's black.
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* RealityEnsues: When Griffin and Harper try to get into the Tremont in 1960, the porter forbids them entry. Griffin doesn't understand why, but Harper does-- it's because she's black.
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* SeriesGoal: Solve the mystery behind Savannah's disappearance and find out why she disappeared.
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* PowerCrystal: The [[spoiler:radio in the shelter seems to be fueled by one.]]

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[[caption-width-right:200:Every secret has its time and place.]]



It follows Griffin Campbell after his father Bennett uproots their family from Chicago for mysterious reasons and purchases the Tremont, a run-down hotel in his hometown of Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, with the intent of fixing it up and reopening it. The hotel is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a young girl who disappeared from the hotel's summer camp in TheNineties. Griffin and his new friend Harper [[spoiler: [[FirstEpisodeTwist discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a portal that allows them to travel back to Savannah's time]].]] Together, they work to uncover the mystery of Savannah's disappearance and how it intersects with their parents' mysterious past.

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It follows Griffin Campbell after his father Bennett uproots their family from Chicago for mysterious reasons and purchases the Tremont, a run-down hotel in his hometown of Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, with the intent of fixing it up and reopening it. The hotel is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a young girl who disappeared from the hotel's summer camp in TheNineties.

Griffin and his new friend Harper [[spoiler: [[FirstEpisodeTwist discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a portal that allows them to travel back to Savannah's time]].]] Together, they work to uncover the mystery of Savannah's disappearance and how it intersects with their parents' mysterious past.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Season 1 ends with [[spoiler:the gang traveling back to the 1930's and Harper running into herself.]]

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** Harper goes back in time to [[spoiler:prevent the car crash that killed her father. She fails because her father never died in a car crash. He died in a boating accident while Harper was with him and she [[RepressedMemories repressed it]].]]



* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Savannah writes a letter to Bennett saying she ran away from camp to look for her parents and hides it in the treehouse where they used to hang out.]] This does a lot to give Bennett and Jess closure.

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[[spoiler:Savannah writes a letter to Bennett saying she ran away from camp to look for her parents and hides it in the treehouse where they used to hang out.]] This does a lot to give Bennett and Jess closure.closure.
** Savannah later [[spoiler:comes to the present day to show a 1930's photograph of Harper that was hidden in the Tremont walls.]]
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* AlphaBitch: [[spoiler: It turns out that Harper's mother, Jess, was one back when she attended Camp Tremont in her youth.]]


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* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler: It's revealed that when they were young, Harper's mother, Jess, had a crush on Ben Campbell (Griffin's dad) and was jealous of Savannah's close friendship with him.]]
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* SucksAtDancing: Griffin claims to be a great dancer as an excuse to attend the camp dance. Then he actually attends and the campers find out that's not the case.
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* GhostlyChill: The twins document several cold spots all around the hotel. When Sarah considers leaving [[spoiler:she sees a mirror frost over with the word STAY written on it.]]
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* FakeOutMakeOut: They don't actually kiss, but Harper pretends their sneaking off to the portal are actually secret trysts to throw off their parents.
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* SpookySeance: Griffin's younger siblings Wyatt and Zoey attempt several of these to contact Savannah. However, they have no idea what to offer her as tribute because they have no idea what she likes. They settle on money, cheese, and a photo of a [[Creator/JohnStamos "hot 90's guy."]]
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* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Savannah writes a letter to Bennett saying she ran away from camp to look for her parents.]] This does a lot to give Bennett and Jess closure.

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* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Savannah writes a letter to Bennett saying she ran away from camp to look for her parents.parents and hides it in the treehouse where they used to hang out.]] This does a lot to give Bennett and Jess closure.
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It follows Griffin Campbell after his father Bennett uproots their family from Chicago for mysterious reasons and purchases the Tremont, a run-down hotel in his hometown of Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, with the intent of fixing it up and reopening it. The hotel is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a young girl who disappeared from the hotel's summer camp in TheNineties. Griffin and his new friend Harper [[spoiler: [[FirstEpisodeTwist discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a portal that allows them to travel back to Savannah's time.]] Together, they work to uncover the mystery of Savannah's disappearance and how it intersects with their parents' mysterious past.

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It follows Griffin Campbell after his father Bennett uproots their family from Chicago for mysterious reasons and purchases the Tremont, a run-down hotel in his hometown of Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, with the intent of fixing it up and reopening it. The hotel is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a young girl who disappeared from the hotel's summer camp in TheNineties. Griffin and his new friend Harper [[spoiler: [[FirstEpisodeTwist discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a portal that allows them to travel back to Savannah's time.time]].]] Together, they work to uncover the mystery of Savannah's disappearance and how it intersects with their parents' mysterious past.
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* SetRigthWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him.]]

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* SetRigthWhatOnceWentWrong: SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him.]]
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* ItsAllMyFault: Bennett's feelings about [[spoiler:Savannah's disappearance. They both spent the night in the basement after being dared by Jess but Ben got scared and ran, leaving Savannah alone the night she disappeared.]]
* MyBelovedSmother: Male version. Ben has this relationship with his father.



* RedHerring: It's hinted that there is a ghost in the Tremont [[spoiler:but it's not Savannah]].

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* RedHerring: It's hinted that there is a ghost in the Tremont [[spoiler:but it's not Savannah]].Savannah]].
* SetRigthWhatOnceWentWrong: [[spoiler:Harper tries to travel back to 2011 to save her father from the car crash that kills him.]]
* StableTimeLoop:
** When they first move in, Griffin discovers an old photo of his father holding the trophy from the Camp Tremont talent show. After traveling back in time, Griffin convinces Ben to play an original song rather than the "classical" song his father wanted him to play. This results in Ben getting nervous and playing poorly when his father shows up to watch. They wonder if they changed the past but Ben still wins anyway after Jess, who has a crush on him, rigs the votes in his favor.
** Griffin and Harper don't [[spoiler:"save" Savannah because she never needs saving. Her disappearance was caused by her discovering the portal under the hotel and traveling back to the 1960's. There, she's adopted by a kind family and decides to stay.]]
* WriteBackToTheFuture: [[spoiler:Savannah writes a letter to Bennett saying she ran away from camp to look for her parents.]] This does a lot to give Bennett and Jess closure.

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It follows Griffin Campbell after his father Bennett uproots their family from Chicago for mysterious reasons and purchases the Tremont, a run-down hotel in his hometown of Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, with the intent of fixing it up and reopening it. The hotel is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a young girl who disappeared from the hotel's summer camp in TheNineties. Griffin and his new friend Harper work to uncover the mystery of Savannah's disappearance and how it intersects with their parents' mysterious past.

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It follows Griffin Campbell after his father Bennett uproots their family from Chicago for mysterious reasons and purchases the Tremont, a run-down hotel in his hometown of Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, with the intent of fixing it up and reopening it. The hotel is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a young girl who disappeared from the hotel's summer camp in TheNineties. Griffin and his new friend Harper [[spoiler: [[FirstEpisodeTwist discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a portal that allows them to travel back to Savannah's time.]] Together, they work to uncover the mystery of Savannah's disappearance and how it intersects with their parents' mysterious past.



* FirstEpisodeTwist: Griffin and Harper [[spoiler:discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a time travel portal back to Savannah's time.]]
* PercussiveMaintenance: Harper uses it to get Griffin's new locker upon. She later uses it to

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* AccidentalTimeTravel: Griffin and Harper accidentally go back in time 30 years.
* CantTakeAnythingWithYou: Downplayed. Griffin is able to take a tablet computer back with him, hoping to show Savannah news of her disappearance, but an electric jolt that hits whoever exits the portal first shuts it off.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: Griffin and Harper [[spoiler:discover discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a time travel portal back to Savannah's time.time.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Clues to Savannah's fate are shown when [[spoiler: a recording of her camp song is found in the hotel on an open-reel audio tape way too old to be from the nineties.]]
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:Savannah, after traveling back to 1960]] finds loving adoptive parents.
* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: In TheNineties, Griffin and Harper go by [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry and Hermione.]] They later tell the hotel manager that Griffin's parents are James and Lily while Harper's parents have [[NoNameGiven no first names at all.]]
* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Harper [[spoiler:isn't allowed into the Tremont when they travel back to 1960.
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* PercussiveMaintenance: Harper uses it to get Griffin's new locker upon. She later uses it toto get a [[spoiler:mysterious radio that controls the time portal]] working.
* RedHerring: It's hinted that there is a ghost in the Tremont [[spoiler:but it's not Savannah]].
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''Secrets of Sulphur Springs'' is a Creator/DisneyChannel horror/mystery series that premiered on January 15, 2021.

It follows Griffin Campbell after his father Bennett uproots their family from Chicago for mysterious reasons and purchases the Tremont, a run-down hotel in his hometown of Sulphur Springs, Louisiana, with the intent of fixing it up and reopening it. The hotel is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Savannah, a young girl who disappeared from the hotel's summer camp in TheNineties. Griffin and his new friend Harper work to uncover the mystery of Savannah's disappearance and how it intersects with their parents' mysterious past.

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* FirstEpisodeTwist: Griffin and Harper [[spoiler:discover a fallout shelter under the hotel that contains a time travel portal back to Savannah's time.]]
* PercussiveMaintenance: Harper uses it to get Griffin's new locker upon. She later uses it to

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