Um, when the ghosts touch him, he dies. If he just fainted, he wouldn't need extra lives. And besides, since when does it make sense to collapse in on yourself just to FAINT?
UGH, forget it, just drop it...
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…” --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)