Spooky or Spookey may refer to: something that will cause

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Arts and entertainment

Music

Musicians

Spooky (house music duo) Spooky are a British electronic music production and DJ duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May. History They debuted with ''Gargantuan (album), Gargantuan'' in 1993 after signing to Guerilla Records. In 1995 and 1996, they released ...

* Spookey (UK band), a 1970s soul band based in Manchester *

DJ Spooky Paul Dennis Miller (born September 6, 1970), known professionally as DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid, is an American Electronic music, electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics "illbient" or "trip hop". ...

, musician and producer *

Spookey Ruben Spookey Ruben (born Alan F. Deil) is a Canadian musician, producer, songwriter, composer, and filmmaker. Best known for his song and music video "These Days Are Old", Spookey's songwriting and eccentric production techniques often contrast high a ...

, a singer and musician

Albums

* ''Spooky'' (album), by Lush

Songs

* "Spooky" (Classics IV song), by Mike Sharpe 1966, The Classics IV 1967, Dusty Springfield 1970, and Atlanta Rhythm Section 1979 * "Spooky" (New Order song) * "Spooky", a song by E-40 from '' Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift''

Fictional characters

*Spooky, a ghost that Luigi encounters in the video game ''

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'' *Spooky, the antagonist of the 2002 video game ''

Pac-Man World 2 is a Platformer, platform video game developed and published by Namco, Namco Hometek. It was released for the Xbox (console), Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2 in 2002. A version of the game for Microsoft Windows was released in 2004, and an abr ...

'' *Spooky, the nickname of

Fox Mulder Fox William Mulder () is a fictional FBI Special Agent and one of the two protagonists of the Fox science fiction-supernatural television series ''The X-Files'', played by David Duchovny. Mulder's peers dismiss his many theories on extraterr ...

, of the ''X-Files'' television series and movie *

Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost is a fictional character that appeared in titles published by Harvey Comics. Spooky first appeared in ''Casper the Friendly Ghost'' #10 (June 1953). He is Casper's cousin, although their exact relation is never specifi ...

, a Harvey Comics character and cousin of Casper the Friendly Ghost

Other uses in arts and entertainment

*''Spooky'', a secondary comic strip accompanying ''

Smokey Stover ''Smokey Stover'' is an American comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Bill Holman (cartoonist), Bill Holman from March 10, 1935, until he retired in 1972 and distributed through the ''Chicago Tribune''. It features the misadventures of t ...

'' in Sunday newspapers

Gunships

*Spooky, a variant of the

Lockheed AC-130 The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance, ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport, fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sensors, navigation, and fir ...

, employed in the Vietnam War *

Douglas AC-47 Spooky The Douglas AC-47 ( "Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was designed to provide more firepower than light and medium ground-attack aircra ...

, used by the United States Air Force in the Vietnam War

Other uses

*Spooky, a killer whale born in captivity; see

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*Spooky, nickname of asteroid

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, which passed Earth on Halloween 2015