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20	->''Ghosts better stay hidden!''
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22	''Ghost Force'' is a French computer-animated children's television series created by Jeremy Zag and produced by Creator/{{Zagtoon}} (of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fame) and animated by Creator/{{SAMG}}.
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24	Andy, Liv and Mike, three high school kids working as a team of superheroes, known as Ghost Force, are tasked with secretly hunting down and capturing the ghosts that terrorize UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity. Operating from the secret underground laboratory built by Miss Jones, they are the city's only line of paranormal defense and must put their daily lives on hold in order to ghost power-up and restore the city to normalcy before citizens catch on. With inherent desire to “troublemake,” the ghosts, which are invisible to the human eye, use fright as fuel to increase their power and ability to affect the world around them. It can [[JustForFun/XMeetsY best be described]] as ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' meets ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Iron Man]]'' meets ''[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Poké]][[GottaCatchThemAll mon]]''.
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26	Production began mid-May 2018, and released in Fall 2021 on Creator/DisneyChannel throughout the globe.
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29	!!Tropes in this series include:
30	* AllCGICartoon
31	* AppliedPhlebotinum: The Boo Energy is what powers the three heroes suits of armour and Glowboo. It's also what Miss Jones right arm and hair are made off. It's not clearly stated what is its nature but ties in with the ghosts.
32	** The more a ghost gains items related to its type (be it garbage, food, beverage or more [[ExtremeOmnivore exotic things]]), the more it is able to produce Boo Energy, and consequently becomes more powerful. Once a set limit is reached, it is able to go "[[SuperMode Booster Mode]]". It then feeds mostly of fear and chaos.
33	* ArtificialLimbs: Miss Jones has an arm ([[ElementalHairComposition and hair]]) that appears to be made out of the same boo energy that comprises ghosts.
34	* BigBrotherInstinct: Andy and Liv both have this for Mike and Andy very vividly demonstrates this trope towards Liv; Liv, for her part, has a pretty big Little Sister Instinct and is ''fiercely'' protective of Andy.
35	* BlackAndNerdy: Mike. He wears glasses and is very much a science nerd.
36	* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Comes into play about Liv and Andy's fight about Liv revealing that her brother can't swim despite his bravado; Liv was correct that Andy shouldn't have been lying but Andy was well-within his rights to be furious that his sister revealed one of his secrets without his consent.
37	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Many ghosts have been shown to have mind control powers but Piraniak in particular brainwashes Liv/Myst into a very dangerous opponent for the two male leads.
38	* BrotherSisterTeam: Andy and Liv are siblings and work in the same team.
39	* ColorCodedCharacters: Andy/Fury is green, Liv/Myst is pink, Mike/Krush is blue, and Glowboo is orange.
40	* ColorCodedSecretIdentity: Andy, Liv and Mike all dress in color schemes that are heavily reminiscent of their hero costumes.
41	* CrossCastRole: In "Xhypno", Andy tries to get the role of a DamselInDistress in a film his parents are making when the actress who originally got the role doesn't show up. His parents [[AvertedTrope instead choose Stacy]] to play the role.
42	* DelusionsOfDoghood: The eponymous ghost of "Hypnolion" hypnotizes people into acting like animals.
43	* {{Ectoplasm}}: Fury's powers are about using ectoplasm or something slimey to bind rogue ghosts or shield himself and his friends.
44	* {{Familiar}}: Each hero has a personal ghost that they can release to use their respective finishing moves. Fury has a dragon, Krush has an ice golem, and Myst has an "octocat". Ms. Jones has her own pet ghost, but its powers are unknown.
45	* FluffyTamer: Ms. Jones studies the ghosts that the team captures so she may eventually tame them.
46	* {{Foil}}: In a way, to ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. While Ladybug and Cat Noir are the main protagonists, Ladybug is the title heroine and she's the one to ultimately save the day with Cat Noir as a support hero. Plus, the antagonists are random humans turned into [[MonsterOfTheWeek Villlians of the Week]] that act under the BigBad's influence. In ''Ghost Force'', Fury, Myst and Krush act as a team to stop the MonsterOfTheWeek, acting on their own volition, and any of them can finish the ghost using special moves.
47	* GradeSkipper: Mike is actually a year younger than Liv (who actually is the appropriate age for their current grade) and is stated to have skipped a grade.
48	* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Fury's weapon is a bo staff while Myst fights with a bow that shoots spectral arrows.
49	** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Krush who arguably does both. He shoots [[AnIcePerson blasts of ice]] from his fists, but his FinishingMove uses his {{Familiar}} to smash the already weakened ghosts prior to their ultimate capture.
50	* HourOfPower: The team each has a finite amount of "Boo Energy" when transformed that's used up quicker the more they use their powers. When their reserves are depleted all their powers shutdown, including flight, often leaving them dropping out of the sky and requiring rescue by another teammate. In one episode Miss Jones manages to rig a battery for a field recharge, but says it's only viable because they're [[IncredibleShrinkingMan currently shrunken enough]] for it to be effective.
51	* InMediasRes: The series opens with Ghost Force openly operating as well-known heroes and we have yet to get any info on how Miss Jones recruited them or how the ghosts started invading New York.
52	* InsistentTerminology: Downplayed but it's not ever really shown in canon that Liv and Andy are part of a blended family as both of them refer to both parents as "Mom" and "Dad" and only refer to each other as "bro/my brother" and "sis/my sister".
53	* {{Magitek}}: [[SixthRanger Glowboo]] (a Robot[=/=]AI) and the heroes' suits of armour all combine high-tech with [[AppliedPhlebotinum Boo Energy]], which is the mystical energy provided and used by the ghosts.
54	* MamasBoy: Marlo, one of the Ghost Force's classmates, gives his mom a bouquet of flowers in one episode.
55	* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Professor Pascal is shorter than most of his twelve-year old student body.
56	* NoOntologicalInertia: After a ghost is captured, whatever effects it was causing immediately cease, be it a blizzard, heatwave, hypnosis spells, webs made of gum that were keeping people suspended in the air.
57	* NotWhatItLooksLike: When classmate Milo sticks a bouquet in Liv's locker, she's quickly flustered because she has no idea how to handle this and is further confused when Milo takes back the bouquet; turns out the flowers were for his mom and he meant to stick them in his locker but accidentally put them in Liv's because he was concerned about being seen with flowers as it didn't fit with his "cool guy" image.
58	* PinkGirlBlueBoy: One of the male co-leads, Mike, has electric blue highlights on his outfit, while the female co-lead Liv has pink ones instead. Andy also leans towards the blue part of the spectrum with the green highlights of his power suit.
59	* PowerUpFood: Certain ghosts enter Booster Mode from bonding with foods they've eaten. The freezing ghost in "Bananice" becomes a banana monster from eating the titular ice cream pop, and the ghost in "Arakgum" becomes a gum-based giant spider from eating a wad of gum.
60	* RealPlaceBackground: Just as ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' is set in Paris and uses real areas from the city, ''Ghost Force'' is set in Manhattan. While there's obviously landmarks like Central Park and the Times Square, there are also streets like Lexington Avenue.
61	* SharedUniverse: With ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''.
62	** WordOfGod[[invoked]] says ''[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugSP01MiraculousWorldNewYork Miraculous World: New York]]'' was originally meant to be a crossover between ''Miraculous'', this and the yet unmade ''Pixie Girl''. A crossover between ''Ghost Force'' and ''Miraculous Ladybug'' is still planned.
63	** In the "Bananice" preview clip, [[https://theclydesdalepegasus149.tumblr.com/post/651477903164538880/ladybugs-cameo-in-ghostforce a poster of Ladybug]] can be seen near the graffitied alleyway. The [[https://theclydesdalepegasus149.tumblr.com/post/653547794310758400/ghostforce-easter-egg-in-miraculous-new-york basketball courtyard]] in the same clip is also where Techno-Pirate was arrested in the "New York" special.
64	* ShoutOut: As shown in [[https://youtu.be/aiW7e_Z3J-k this trailer]], our trio of [[ColorCodedCharacters color-coded teen heroes]] use lockers that send them down tubes so they can get into their superhero outfits and receive their mission briefing, in a French cartoon. [[WesternAnimation/TotallySpies Hmm…]]
65	** In one episode, Andy is ashamed that he can't swim and covers it up with a lie about loving the sea, swimming very well and having been friend with a white dolphin and able to ride on his back. This is a reference to ''WesternAnimation/ZoomTheWhiteDolphin'' (''Oum le dauphin blanc'' in the original), another french animated series also broadcasted by TF[=1=], and more precisely, its still ongoing 2015 iteration (it's not a ZAG production). Despite the similar sounding french voices, the two characters are not voiced by the same actor: Enzo Ratsito voices Andy while Yann from ''Zoom...'' is voiced by Benjamin Bollen. But funnily enough, Benjamin Bollen ''does'' voice Chat Noir in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', of whom Andy is an {{Expy}}.
66	** The school twins are named "Jane" and "Stacy"... Hmmm... Now, [[Franchise/{{Spiderman}} where do we have heard of]] two New Yorkers girls [[ShoutOutThemeNaming sharing these names]]?
67	* SingleMindedTwins: Andy sees Jane and Stacy as this. While they are very much in sync with the other and often have similar goals, they aren't as similar at a glance, though Jane keeps some of her own interests secret from Stacy who prefers the two of them to be more similar than different.
68	* SixthRanger: In some episodes the team is assisted by Glowboo, a RobotBuddy provided by Miss Jones though not built by her.
69	* SleepModeSize: Ghosts start off in tiny, cute but impish forms that cause chaos until they gather enough strength to enter "Booster Mode", which transforms them into a much stronger form capable of projecting their powers on a larger scale.
70	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The title and group are either spelled "Ghost Force" or "Ghostforce".
71	* SpoiledSweet: Downplayed but the main trio is probably all somewhat well-off given that Liv and Andy are the children of decently successful film makers and Mike is the son of a well-known basketball player but are generally nice kids who are friendly and kind to their peers.
72	* SuperheroesWearCapes: Zigzagged with the trio, who wear brightly skin-tight black rubber suits, with capes made of light formed when they use their built-in jetpacks.
73	* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: While this trope is not quite in effect for the Paris-bound Ladybug and Cat Noir, the fact the series do exist in a SharedUniverse brings one to ask where the ''many'' New York based heroes shown in Ladybug are during the events of this series. Hero capital of the world yet no sign of them in series, though dialogue in and out of universe does imply that New York ''does'' have other superheroes.
74	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Some characters in the main trio's classroom have similarities with the ''Miraculous'' cast, in design, personality or roles.
75	** The trio itself:
76	*** Andy have some of Adrien's Cat Noir persona (even his hero uniform have black and green as main colors, and his main weapon is a staff), being cocky and rash, mixed with Kim's competition tendencies and love for sports, namely basketball;
77	*** Liv displays some of Marinette's more levelheaded side and a light resemblance with Juleka's gothic streak, using mainly black and pink clothes with some bats on it;
78	*** Mike have some of Nino and Max on him, sometimes showing a [[ComplexityAddiction knack for complex plans]] similar to Marinette's, aside from being the most intelligent of the trio.
79	** Drake fills a similar role to Kim and Chloé, being both the athletically inclined one and the main thorn in our heroes' side.
80	** Bobby serves as one to Ivan, being the largest student, and fills Sabrina's role as the mean kid's henchman.
81	** Charlie fills out a role similar to Alya, both are big fans of the protagonists' hero identities who frequently film and blog about the heroes exploits.
82	** Rajat is one to Max, being the bespectacled intelligent class member.
83	** Jane and Stacy look similar to Chloé, and while they do annoy the heroes in their civilian identities while being fans of their heroic selves they're far less aggravating than Chloé and are not generally bullies.
84	** Officer Callinghan fills in the ineffectual police officer role that Roger does in ''Ladybug'', but while Roger is typically well meaning but bumbling, Callinghan has delusions of grandeur and less allied to the heroes than his French counterpart.
85	* TeachersOutOfSchool: When the main characters chance upon Professor Pascal when the latter is making fireworks for Central Park's Fourth of July celebrations, Andy is surprised that teachers have lives out of school.
86	* TechnicolorScience: In one episode, Miss Jones is mixing beakers claimed to be water and sulfur trioxide, only one glows green while the other glows bright blue.
87	* TemptingFate: When the main characters go to Central Park to celebrate the Fourth of July, Andy is in the middle of commenting on how the best part of summer vacation is not having to endure Professor Pascal's lessons when he notices Professor Pascal is there as well.
88	* ThinkingUpPortals: Myst's unique power.
89	* TricksterMentor: Ms. Jones can be that to her kids in spades!
90	* {{Tuckerization}}: This series has a character named Professor Pascal and a writer named Pascal Boutboul.
91	* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld: Our main trio attend Central High, while moonlighting as ghost-powered superheroes fighting other evil ghosts.
92	* XRaySparks: The opening sequence shown in the trailers has the sparks reveal Andy's nerves and organs as they run down his body when he suits up.
93	* YouCantThwartStageOne: When left for too long, ghosts can boost to a more powerful form, which is why it's recommended for the Ghost Force to capture them before that happens. Don't count on them managing to do that though. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Piraniak" when Glowboo asks if they were supposed to capture the ghost ''before'' it boosts and Myst comments on how it never works.

Context WesternAnimation / GhostForce