Line #33 Series/Spirited


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2	[[caption-width-right:280: "It's complicated."]]
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4	->''Who says romance is dead?''
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6	Suzy Darling is having a rough few days. She just walked out on her unfaithful husband, Steve, taking her children with her to her newly bought penthouse. The penthouse is beautiful with a lovely balcony and it's right next to her dental practice.
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8	Just one problem: It's haunted by the ghost of [[PunkRock Nerve]] frontman, Henry Mallet, whom Suzy alone can see and hear. Suzy has to juggle dealing with Henry's antics and demands, raising her children, settling into her new place, running her dental practice, and dodging Steve's attempts to in turn sabotage her new life and woo her back.
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10	''Spirited'' is an Australian {{dramedy}} on W Channel starring Claudia Karvan, Matt King, and Rodger Corser. It aired for two series, before its cancellation in 2011.
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12	Not to be confused with ''Anime/SpiritedAway'' or the movie musical ''Film/{{Spirited\|2022}}''.
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15	!!This series provides examples of:
16	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Presumably what happens to [[spoiler:ghosts who get into the taxis]].
17	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: For all the times they fight and bicker, Suzy and Henry have more of these moments as the series goes on.
18	* {{Backstory}}: Much of the show revolves around discovering Henry's past.
19	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Henry saving the kids from Apollo.]]
20	%%* BlackComedy
21	* CharacterTics: Suzy has a distinctive fake laugh that crops up whenever someone surprises her.
22	* DeadpanSnarker: Henry. Being invisible makes it easy to snark at everyone.
23	* DepravedDentist: Suzy isn't really, but after her husband's friends tell her they aren't interested in being friends with her now that she's separated from Steve...
24	-->"I am a very good dentist, but if you make an appointment with me, I will ''destroy'' your teeth. [[CheshireCatGrin In ways you cannot begin to imagine.]]"
25	* EroticDream: Both played seriously and for laughs.
26	* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Henry, a bit.
27	* GhostAmnesia: At the start, Henry suffered from this, though his memory has been coming back.
28	* GoshDangItToHeck: Suzy, at least at first, can only manage the utterly feeble "Eff off, you dead...dick!"
29	** Throughout the series she also repeatedly says "shivers" in place of "shit."
30	* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: [[TitledAfterTheSong After rock songs.]]
31	* ISeeDeadPeople: Suzy. [[spoiler: Ghosts can see other ghosts.]]
32	* IntangibleMan: Henry, along with...
33	* InvisibleMainCharacter: Henry again, to everyone but Suzy.
34	%%* JacobMarleyApparel
35	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Henry, once he starts warming up to the Darlings.
36	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Steve, who seems sympathetic for about a half hour of the first episode.
37	* NoodleIncident: Pineapple doughnut
38	* NotSoImaginaryFriend: Henry Mallet
39	* OppositesAttract: The ghost of a punk rocker from the late 1970s/early 1980s and a straight-laced single-mother dentist.
40	* ParentalNeglect: Suzy, in an early episode.
41	* ParentWithNewParamour: The kids never learn of Suzy's liasons, but Verity gets embarrassed by Steve's relationship with [[spoiler:Verity's teacher]].
42	* PlotIncitingInfidelity: Suzy has left her husband after discovering him cheating on her at the start of the show.
43	* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Ghosts can apparently connect to the living's dreams.
44	* PsychoactivePowers: Henry's ability to use his ghostly powers (once he fully acquires them) is tied directly to how angry he is at the time. Unfortunately, so is their severity, and he can't turn them off, as he found out when he accidentally broke a vase with an angry gesture.
45	* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler: Apollo. In ''spades''.]]
46	* RealSongThemeTune: "(I'm) Stranded", by The Saints.
47	* ShrineToTheFallen: The Elysium gets one for Henry from his fans.
48	* SirSwearsALot: ''Henry''. Almost every other word that comes out of his mouth is a swear word of some severity.
49	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Suzy, whom Steve's friends call a "robot", but [[spoiler:Henry]] calls "sweet".
50	%%* SupernaturalSoapOpera
51	* TakingTheKids: Suzy did this when she left Steve.
52	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted. Jonquil, Suzy's sister, is a therapist. [[spoiler:Not a very good one, considering some of Jonquil's actions, though.]]
53	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The preview at the end of episode five is an JustForFun/{{egregious}} example.
54	* UnfinishedBusiness: Often speculated in-universe for the reason why Henry's still around. No one's sure what the unfinished business is, though.
55	* VictoryPose: Suzy has one, the pose a gymnast pulls upon landing a jump.
56	* VisitByDivorcedDad: Steve's interactions with Elvis and Verity. It never goes well.
57	%%* WholesomeCrossdresser: Adam

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