Tag: gastly

Are there any pokemon that dont like cosplay? Im asking because i want to make sure me and my friends can be the entire cast of Narutorkoal for a convention

There isn’t any one species, really—just individual preference. Start with smaller, singular, looser-fitting costume pieces, rather than a full cosplay. Watch for any signs of discomfort. If your pokémon is fine with the piece, work your way up, little by little, to a full costume. If your pokémon shows signs of discomfort or even distress, sad to say, you’ll need to exclude your pokémon from your cosplay group. Never force a pokémon into a costume.

Also, keep in mind that some pokémon can’t cosplay. For example, despite what the cartoons would have you believe, gastly can’t really wear anything except hats, and even then, they need to be calm at all times, else they’ll simply phase through.

Best of luck!

Do Ghost-type Pokemon like Halloween as much as humans do or is the correlation just because we consider them ghost-like

They do enjoy it, but not for the reason one might think. While they vaguely have a concept of Halloween, they don’t actually fully understand it now. They know, at least, that humans honor(ed) their dead on this day, and the gastly line (especially haunter and gengar) seem to know that long ago, humans once worshipped them on this day. They also know that humans enjoy being scared right around this time and that if they do so, they’ll earn free candy.

But mostly, they know that Halloween is that day when humans hang up fake ghost-type decorations, and they find this incredibly entertaining.

Are there any tips for finding out if any ghost type pokemon have made residence in your home? I live pretty close to a graveyard and keep finding things in places I was pretty sure I didn’t leave them in (And food eaten that I’m pretty sure I didn’t eat yet…) but none of the usual signs that a critter got in…

You can typically tell whether or not you have a ghost-type on your hands if all of the following are true:

  • You experience hints of poltergeist activity (objects appearing where they shouldn’t be, objects moving or floating of their own accord, objects flying at you specifically, objects breaking).
  • You feel a chill in a room for no discernible reason.
  • You have a constant sense of being watched.
  • During the night, you sometimes wake up to see, in your half-asleep state, a shadow in your room (or you dream that you do).
  • You’ve been having trouble remembering your dreams lately, and when you wake up, you feel more exhausted than usual.
  • Your pokémon are constantly looking at empty space. (Some may also attack this empty space, but usually, tamed pokémon will simply stare.)
  • You find random scorch marks on your walls (either narrow as if lightning struck it or circular as if an orb hit it).
  • In the case of a gastly infestation, your smoke detector goes off for no apparent reason. (Note: If your carbon monoxide detector goes off, then this may also indicate gastly activity, but you should likely vacate the premises and call your gas company/landlord/other party anyway, just in case. Don’t assume you have a gastly infestation until you rule out a carbon monoxide leak!)
  • You hear pokémon cries that are so soft you’re not quite sure you actually heard them.
  • You set up a camera, and they in the recording. (In all seriousness, this is usually the most effective albeit probably the most expensive way to find out whether or not you have a ghost pokémon on your hands.)

If, however, the following happens (sometimes in addition to the above), then you do not have a ghost pokémon on your hands:

  • The walls bleed.
  • You hear human crying or human voices.
  • Your pokémon appear extremely agitated or are physically picked up and thrown.
  • Objects combust for no apparent reason.
  • You find objects, especially dolls, standing or sitting in places you most definitely did not leave them, and their eyes are always on you.
  • You find random scratch marks, usually in ominous messages, across your walls.
  • During the night, you wake up to find a presence looming over you. It’s humanlike, but you can’t make out a face.
  • You wake up with scratches or other injuries.
  • You can remember your dreams, but they’re always of you dying.
  • Your roommate seems unusually pleasant lately, although you can also hear them whisper things about Hell when you turn your back on them.
  • During the night, you wake up to find your roommate looming over you.

To clarify, the above points mean you actually have the other sort of ghost on your hands, and you may wish to call a priest.

Best of luck!

The Gastly Line

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Gastly
The Gas Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Poison
Official Registration #: 92
Entry: A spectral pokémon most prevalent in graveyards and pokémon burial sites throughout Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh. Contrary to popular belief, gastly are not the souls of deceased pokémon. Rather, they spawn naturally through either breeding or, in sites that host high volumes of cremation, a mixture of smoke, ash, the noxious gases of decomposition, and a pokémon’s final burst of auric energy. The gases that comprise a gastly’s body are, as mentioned a moment ago, highly noxious to a human and may induce a state of lightheadedness and euphoria shortly before suffocation. Some humans keep gastly who are trained to envelope a human but release them the moment they arrive at the edge of unconsciousness, all expressly for the high induced by this pokémon … not that the author would know anything about this, of course.

Haunter
The Gas Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Poison
Official Registration #: 93
Entry: The evolved form of gastly, by battle experience. Like its evolutionary predecessor, haunter’s body is comprised entirely of concentrated, noxious gases. However, these gases are compressed to the point where they hover just at the edge of their liquid state, enabling haunter to have a more tangible form than gastly. Additionally, as the inner materials of its form are compressed to the point where they begin to condense, haunter also has the ability to “touch,” as well as the ability to inflict the paralytic effects of its composition by touch. Thus, when the pokédex informs you that being touched by this pokémon’s hand causes a victim to experience unrelenting shuddering or that being licked by this pokémon’s gaseous tongue results in a full-body paralysis, rest assured that there is an entirely scientific explanation behind all of this which is rooted in equally comforting levels of chemistry. 

Gengar
The Shadow Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Poison
Official Registration #: 94
Entry: The evolved form of haunter, via trading. This spectral pokémon possesses the ability to pass into the shadows of living beings, where it waits until nightfall to suck away their life energies and body heat. Not much else is known about gengar, unfortunately, except for one other note: should you ever attempt to study this with the two most capable researchers you know short of Professor Oak, never attempt to study it by inviting it to perform any of its other abilities unless you have not, within the past half an hour, consumed more whiskey than is reasonable for a professional. It apparently also has the ability to possess humans and the tendency to be creative in its interpretations of requests.

Mega Gengar
The Shadow Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Poison
Official Registration #: 94+
Entry: The advanced form of gengar, via gengarite. Rest assured that the Alolan dex entry concerning this pokémon’s tendency to curse everyone it encounters, even its own trainer, is not true. It will curse everyone except its trainer. Unless its trainer is a terrible person. Then it will curse everyone.

I’ve heard about haunters being able to kill you with their tongue,but can gengars also do that?

They can indeed, especially if they’ve retained the ability to use Lick.

Of course, this is the least of your worries concerning gengar. They normally hunt by absorbing your life force through your shadow—which, incidentally, they can slip into without you noticing.

Needless to say, it’s highly recommended that you exercise extreme caution in areas where gastly and haunter are known to live. The reason why is because gengar are also likely living there; it’s simply that they’re less likely to be detected.

Happy travelings, anonymous!

The Gastly Line

Gastly
The Gas Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Poison
Official Registration #: 92
Entry: A spectral pokémon most prevalent in graveyards and pokémon burial sites throughout Kanto, Johto, and Sinnoh. Contrary to popular belief, gastly are not the souls of deceased pokémon. Rather, they spawn naturally through either breeding or, in sites that host high volumes of cremation, a mixture of smoke, ash, the noxious gases of decomposition, and a pokémon’s final burst of auric energy. The gases that comprise a gastly’s body are, as mentioned a moment ago, highly noxious to a human and may induce a state of lightheadedness and euphoria shortly before suffocation. Some humans keep gastly who are trained to envelope a human but release them the moment they arrive at the edge of unconsciousness, all expressly for the high induced by this pokémon … not that the author would know anything about this, of course.

Haunter
The Gas Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Poison
Official Registration #: 93
Entry: The evolved form of gastly, by battle experience. Like its evolutionary predecessor, haunter’s body is comprised entirely of concentrated, noxious gases. However, these gases are compressed to the point where they hover just at the edge of their liquid state, enabling haunter to have a more tangible form than gastly. Additionally, as the inner materials of its form are compressed to the point where they begin to condense, haunter also has the ability to “touch,” as well as the ability to inflict the paralytic effects of its composition by touch. Thus, when the pokédex informs you that being touched by this pokémon’s hand causes a victim to experience unrelenting shuddering or that being licked by this pokémon’s gaseous tongue results in a full-body paralysis, rest assured that there is an entirely scientific explanation behind all of this which is rooted in equally comforting levels of chemistry. 

Gengar
The Shadow Pokémon
Type: Ghost/Poison
Official Registration #: 94
Entry: The evolved form of haunter, via trading. This spectral pokémon possesses the ability to pass into the shadows of living beings, where it waits until nightfall to suck away their life energies and body heat. Not much else is known about gengar, unfortunately, except for one other note: should you ever attempt to study this with the two most capable researchers you know short of Professor Oak, never attempt to study it by inviting it to perform any of its other abilities unless you have not, within the past half an hour, consumed more whiskey than is reasonable for a professional. It apparently also has the ability to possess humans and the tendency to be creative in its interpretations of requests.