Fictional ghosts iceberg

Fictional ghosts iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. A text version, "Fictional Ghosts" by TheGrandFinal, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 752 views as of 29 October 2026.

The IcebergThreads author describes it as: "This is an iceberg on ghosts originating from fictional media. This is a big WIP, so all proposals are welcome. There are spoilers below, either pertaining to the existence of a character or the identity of a character (e.g. character who initially doesn't seem like a ghost but isn't one, or dies and comes back as a ghost). To filter out spoilers, click the "Click to filter out spoiler…"

Entries reflect the chart authors' choices and are not verified fact.

Tiers

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

Tier 1

• Any Force Ghost – Star Wars
• Any Ghost-Type Pokemon – Pokemon (A specific example would be the Gastly family [Gastly, Haunter, Gengar].)
• Beetlejuice/Betelgeuse – Beetlejuice
• Boo – Super Mario
• Cappy – Super Mario Odyssey
• Casper the Friendly Ghost – Casper the Friendly Ghost
• Chef Gusteau – Ratatouille (Technically he's only a part of Remy's imagination, but he appears in the form of a spirit)
• Danny Fenton – Danny Phantom
• Freddy Krueger – A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Haunted Mansion Ghosts – The Haunted Mansion
• King Boo – Luigi's Mansion
• King Hamlet – Hamlet
• Malcolm Crowe – The Sixth Sense
• Pac-Man Ghosts – Pac-Man (Inky, Blinky, Pinky, Clyde)
• Sadako Yamamara/Park Eun-suh/Samara Morgan – Ringu/The Ring Virus/The Ring
• Slimer – Ghostbusters
• Snapchat Ghost – Snapchat
• Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man – Ghostbusters
• The Flying Dutchman – SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come – A Christmas Carol
• The Grady Twins – The Shining
• Zero the Ghost Dog – The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tier 2

• Adam and Barbara Maitland – Beetlejuice
• Alma Wade – F.E.A.R.
• BEN – BEN Drowned
• Big Boo – Super Mario Bros
• Blind Specter – Cuphead
• Bonneters – Super Mario Odyssey
• Boo Berry – Monster Cereals
• Candyman – Candyman
• Carrie – The Amazing World of Gumball
• Del the Ghost Rapper – Gorillaz
• Eleanor Twitty/Library Ghost – Ghostbusters
• Fa Family Ancestors – Mulan
• Garcello (Ghost form) – Smoke 'Em Out Struggle (Friday Night Funkin')
• GHOST – Pokemon Red and Blue (the one ghost associated with creepypastas and MissingNo.)
• Ghost Children – Coraline
• Ghost Rider – MCU
• Herobrine – Minecraft Creepypasta
• High Five Ghost – Regular Show
• Jacob Marley – A Christmas Carol
• Kayako Saeki – The Grudge
• Large Marge – Pee-wee's Big Adventure
• Mad/Glad Dummy/Mad Mew Mew – Undertale (Same ghost possessing different bodies. This entry is only filtered out due to Mad Mew Mew being more of a surprise compared to the dummies.)
• Mettaton – Undertale (While his appearance is a robot, he's actually a ghost possessing a robot body.)
• Moaning Myrtle – Harry Potter
• Napstablook – Undertale
• Nearly Headless Nick – Harry Potter
• Peeves the Poltergeist – Harry Potter
• Sam Wheat – Ghost
• Scratch – The Ghost and Molly McGee
• Space Ghost – Space Ghost (and Coast to Coast)
• The Crying Child – Five Nights At Freddy's
• The ghosts of William Afton's victims – Five Nights at Freddy's (they aren't seen, but are implied to be possessing the animatronics in some cases.)
• The other ghosts from Luigi's Mansion – Luigi's Mansion
• The Vengeful Spirit – Five Nights At Freddy's
• Tiara – Super Mario Odyssey
• Vitruvius (Ghost) – The LEGO Movie
• Vivian – Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
• Vlad Plasimus/Masters – Danny Phantom

Tier 3

• Amidamaru – Shaman King
• Beard Burger Master – PaRappa the Rapper 2
• Beldam and Marilyn – Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
• Bloody Baron – Harry Potter
• Bottles (Tooie) – Banjo-Kazooie (At the beginning of Banjo-Tooie he dies and becomes a ghost, but is revived towards the end of the game)
• Box Ghost – Danny Phantom
• Carmen Winstead – A girl named Carmen Winstead; originates from a chain letter on the Internet
• Dark Danny – Danny Phantom
• Desiree – Danny Phantom
• Diana – Lights Out
• Doopliss – Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
• Edd and Molly Walten – The Walten Files
• Ember McLain – Danny Phantom
• Erma Williams – Erma
• Fat Friar – Harry Potter
• Ghazt – My Singing Monsters
• Ghost Pepper – Plants vs. Zombies 2
• Ghost Princess – Adventure Time
• Ghostfreak – Ben 10
• Ghosts from Kairo/Pulse (2001) – Kairo/Pulse (2001)
• Goofball – Brain Dump
• Grace Stewart – The Others
• Grey Lady – Harry Potter
• Jolene Cranley-Evans – Grand Theft Auto V
• Kagutaba – Noroi: The Curse (2005)
• Lady Bow – Paper Mario
• LeChuck (sometimes) – Monkey Island
• Lisa – P.T. (Silent Hills)
• Lumberjack Ghost – Gravity Falls
• Lumiose City Ghost Girl – Pokemon X & Y
• Martha Mildenhall – The Amazing Digital Circus
• Marx's Soul – Kirby Super Star Ultra
• Mavis Vermillion – Fairy Tail
• Meiko "Menma" Honma – Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day
• Michelle Crane – Insidious: Chapter 2
• Onion Cookie – Cookie Run
• Overton Hotel Bartender – The Shining
• Peepa – Super Mario
• Pirate Ghosts – South Park
• Polterpup – Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
• Princess Boosette – Spinoff of the "Bowsette" meme, this time where a Boo is wearing the Super Crown powerup.
• Princess Zelda (Spirit Form) – The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
• Professor Binns – Harry Potter
• Sachiko Shinozaki – Corpse Party
• Sally Williams – Play With Me (Creepypasta)
• Shade – Brawl Stars
• Spirits – Date A Live
• Spooky (Casper) – Casper the Friendly Ghost
• Spooky (Jump Scare Mansion) – Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
• Tabitha – Scary Movie
• Taki – Friday Night Funkin': Friday Night Fever/Fever Town Mod
• The Cat Painting – House (1977)
• The Ghost in the music video for "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" – deadmau5
• The Hathaway family – The Haunted Hathaways
• The Man Who Can't Breathe – Insidious: Chapter 3
• The Phantom – Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
• The Snatcher – A Hat In Time
• Toshio Saeki – The Grudge
• Travis Bell – Killer7
• Unnamed Ghosts – Ghost Duet/Choir
• Walter Sullivan – Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Whisp – My Singing Monsters
• Wisp – Animal Crossing
• World 4-4 Ghost – Super Mario 3D Land
• Wrinkly Kong – Donkey Kong Country/64
• Youmu Konpaku – Touhou Project
• Yuyuko Saigyouji – Touhou Project

Tier 4

• Blindfold Boo – Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
• Block Boo – Super Mario World
• Bomb Boo – Super Mario Galaxy
• Bongcheon-Dong Ghost – The Bongcheon-Dong Ghost
• Boo Boo – Ruby Gloom
• Boohemoth – New Super Mario Bros. 2
• Bootler – Paper Mario
• Broozer – Super Mario Bros
• Captain Blake – The Fog
• Clarence – Adventure Time
• Drop Ball Ghost – Adventure Time
• Duplighost – Paper Mario
• Eerie – Super Mario World
• Fishin' Boo – Super Mario World
• Ghost Bride – Hey Arnold!
• Ghostwriter – Ghostwriter
• Ghosty – The Amazing Digital Circus
• Gladiator Ghosts – Adventure Time
• Interloper – Interloper (Source engine horror series)
• Jennet Humfrye – The Woman in Black
• Jonathan Wellington Muddlemore – The Funky Phantom
• Kackle – Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
• King Boom Boo – Sonic Adventure 2
• Lady Wakasa – Ugetsu (1953)
• Little Ghost and Big Ghost (Ghost Wanted) – Looney Tunes
• Lord Betrayus – Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
• Lord Farquaad's ghost – Shrek (Is imagined in Scared Shrekless, then appears for real in Shrek 4-D.)
• Malefactors – The Suffering
• Mary Henry – Carnival of Souls (1962)
• Mr. Passion / Lord Passion – MOTHER 3
• Mr. Pipes – Ghostwatch
• Officehead – Interloper
• Phanta – Kirby
• Protagonist of I Didn't Mean to Haunt You – Quadeca
• Reverend Henry Kane – Poltergeist
• Saki Akagiri – Corpse Party: Another Child
• Sayo Aisaka – Negima! Magister Negi Magi
• Sidney Poindexter – Danny Phantom
• Sissel – Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
• Specimen 4/Ringu – Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion
• Spectre – OFF
• Spookstep – Kirby
• Spooky (Pac-Man) – Pac-Man World 2
• Strange House Ghost Girl – Pokemon Black & White
• The Ghost of Maiden's Peak – Pokémon: The Series
• The Ghosts from PSG – Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt
• Victims – Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Wedgie Magee – Captain Underpants
• Yoshie Shinozaki – Corpse Party
• Yu and Rei – Puyo Puyo
• Yuki Kanno, Tokiko Tsuji, and Ryou Yoshizawa – Corpse Party
• Zombie Goasts – Half-Life: Full-Life Consequences

Tier 5

• "It is a mystery" Ghost – Internet meme
• Aerodent – Wario Land 4
• Akiko – Wishfart
• Bean – Rugrats: All Grown Up!
• Billy Joe Cobra – Dude, That's My Ghost!
• Boo the Cat – The Funky Phantom
• Bug-a-Booo – Bug-a-Booo / Monica's Gang
• Clyde the Fog Spirit – The Fog of Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
• Cool Spook – Kirby's Adventure
• Corporal Benjamin Block – Winchester
• Dark Boo – Paper Mario
• Elijah Douchnov – My Student Spirit
• Elizabeth – Maburaho
• Elon Doyle – CatGhost
• Emily Reilly – Anya's Ghost
• Ghost Fly – Adventure Time
• Ghost Freddy – FNAF World
• Ghost from "Haunted House" – The Ren & Stimpy Show
• Ghost Goomba – Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
• Ghost Party ghosts – OMORI
• Ghost Pygmy – Pocket God
• Ghost T. – Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
• Grunty's Spirit – Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge
• Hairy Scary – Casper and the Angels
• Hannah Fairchild – Goosebumps
• Hiyori Kotobuki – Recently, My Sister Is Unusual
• Inviso – Yoshi's Story
• Jasper – Camp Camp
• Jimmy Bones – Bones (2001)
• John Raimi – Geist
• Kana – My Lovely Ghost Kana
• Mort – Gunnerkrigg Court
• Motzand – Banjo-Kazooie
• Mr. Crumb – Crash Bandicoot 99X/On the Run!
• Mr. White and Mr. White – Ruby Gloom
• Naarah – CatGhost
• Pamela Ibis – Atelier
• Roger the Potted Ghost – Yoshi's Island
• Sam, Louisa and Nat Sadler – Goosebumps
• Sayako – Corpse Party if... and Corpse Party: Cross Fear
• Sir Arthur Jennings – A Brief History of Seven Killings
• Spooky (Big Game Haunt) – Looney Tunes
• Suicide Sadie – Suicide Sadie (Creepypasta)
• Tee-Hee – Banjo-Kazooie
• Underminer – Alex's Mobs
• Unnamed Ghost Girl – 義足のMoses/Moses Supposes
• Whistle – Oddity Woods
• Wraith – Quark (Minecraft mod)
• Wraiths – Thief series
• Yu-rei – DiGi Charat
• Zombie Possessor – EarthBound

Tier 6

• Akari and Kazuki's ghost forms – Hello? Hell...o?
• Blue Kerlew Hound – Goosebumps
• Bomb Ghost – Sonic Rush Adventure
• Booler – Kirby
• Chompagobbler – Yoshi's Crafted World
• Corrupted Traveler – Advent of Ascension
• D – Another Code: Two Memories/Trace Memory
• Effect ghosts from Yume Nikki – Yume Nikki
• Eiko Matsuno – Corpse Party: Coupling x Anthology
• Evelyn Hooper – Less is Morgue
• Gaspar – Kirby
• Ghost Knight – Kirby 64
• Glitchy – Pac-Man 256
• Hector the Reflector – Yoshi's Island DS
• Jelly Ghost – Yoshi's Story
• Kari – Mari-Kari
• Lost Souls – Everhood
• Met – Obsolete Dream/Deep-Sea Prisoner games
• Poltergeist – The Boss of Stage 2 of the Original Splatterhouse
• Que – The Strange Chores
• Soul In A Jar Ghost – The Very Organized Thief
• Subway Ghost – Silent Hill 3
• Tedhaun – Kirby Squeak Squad
• The characters from Ghostpia – Ghostpia
• Unnamed Ghost Character – Don't Want to Go to Bed?
• Whispermere – Ape Escape

Tier 7

• Any ghost in Disney Magical World – Disney Magical World
• Ashley Bowman – Underscores - CCTV
• Caper – Kirby Squeak Squad
• Daemon – Advent of Ascension (scrapped)
• Everyone at the end of minus. – minus. (everyone in the comic turns into a ghost due to overpopulation)
• Fritzy – Battle Princess Madelyn
• Hero Polterguy – Haunting Starring Polterguy
• Johnny B. Dead – Monster by Mistake

Tier 8

• Lucy Carrison – Dogs Never Lie
• Silas – Sweet and Sour Grapes
• The Possessor Ghost – Dreamscape
• Unnamed Ghost/ghost/image_.jpg – City Typing Adventure

See also

• Iceberg chart
• Haunted objects iceberg
• Curses iceberg

Sources

• IcebergThreads version: TheGrandFinal. Fictional Ghosts. IcebergThreads. 27 January 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.