# Friday 13th - The Series vs Ghost Whisperer -- Similarities abound

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**Created:** [October 22, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-13th-the-series-vs-ghost-whisperer-similarities-abound/327363 "2005-10-22T00:37:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-13th-the-series-vs-ghost-whisperer-similarities-abound/327363/1 "2005-10-22T00:37:30Z")

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Protagonists of both series work out of an antique shop.

One character of the protagonists sports large mammaries.

Similar non sequitur event in opening credits music.

Oh yeah, deals with the supernatural.

Name some more!

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**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-13th-the-series-vs-ghost-whisperer-similarities-abound/327363/2 "2005-10-25T18:52:09Z")

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> [@NoClueBoy](#):
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> One character of the protagonists sports large mammaries.

I haven’t seen the Friday series but the _Ghost Whisperer_ kinda sux.

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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-13th-the-series-vs-ghost-whisperer-similarities-abound/327363/3 "2005-10-25T20:58:30Z")

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I have fond memories of the old “Friday the 13th” TV series, though I cannot remember the exact years that it aired (late 1980s?). Robey was a very attractive redhead with definite mammalian characteristics! She and her colleagues had to track down a cursed relic/antique each week. It was a fun show!

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-13th-the-series-vs-ghost-whisperer-similarities-abound/327363/4 "2005-10-25T21:06:51Z")

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Hmmm…I only half-watch GW while doing other stuff, but I’ll look more closely. I enjoyed the FT13th series, thought the cast members worked well together, and…what the heck ever happened to Robey?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-13th-the-series-vs-ghost-whisperer-similarities-abound/327363/5 "2005-10-25T23:28:00Z")

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Don’t misunderstand me. I’m not selling GW. But, once I actually actually watched, the similarities with Fri 13th kind of jumped out at me.

Fri 13th - The Series was a fun show. At least for the first two seasons. Once they got rid of Ryan, it kind of lost a little something.  
[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092357/](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092357/)