Tag: Gengar

Hello Mister Bill! I’m the anon from quite a while ago with the problem hugging my affectionate Gengar, Noir. I’m happy to say that I’ve built up enough of a tolerance to hug him for a whole three minutes at a time now! What you suggested with the pecha extract worked great, so from the bottom of our hearts, me and Noir thank you for your help!

You’re very welcome, anonymous! Glad it helped and that you’re able to a hug a very deserving pokémon.

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.

I want a Gengar, but I’m nervous about trading him away and back in case he hates me! It would be to my best friend (who has a graveller as it turns out) I don’t know even how to approach it with him… he seems eager to evolve (and keeps drawing himself as a gengar with loads of hearts) but I don’t think he knows how? Is there anything else I can do? Do the trading machines have a way to be changed so the radiation makes him evolve without trading him? I don’t understand the process at all…

Unfortunately, it’s not just the radiation that triggers a trade evolution but also the act of modifying a pokémon’s “data” (in the process of changing its trainer information). The only other option is to wait a bit and perhaps your haunter will evolve naturally if it’s old enough to do so, but given the strength of his interest and your friend’s willingness to help (not to mention their partner’s willingness to evolve), it’s perhaps better to go through with the trade.

One way to make it easier on your haunter is by being upfront with him about it. Show him the trading machine and explain how it will work for him. Show him a few videos. Introduce him to your friend and their graveler and have him spend time with them. Haunter are fairly intelligent, so even if this sounds complicated, yours will understand more than you might think.

Also, tell him your exact plan. Emphasize how long the process will be, and make it clear that you’re not giving him up. When the time comes, try to keep him in his poké ball until he’s back in your possession to minimize his feeling of being abandoned. The evolution will take place once he’s released, even if you change his trainer’s data back to you. Afterwards, be sure to take him out for a treat, just in case you do have to apologize.

Best of luck!

The Gastly Line

bills-pokedex:

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.

So my friend wanted to turn his haunter into a gengar, so I helped him with the trade, and when his gengar evolved and we tried trading back gengar completely rejected my friend for trading him in the first place. Now I have an extremely depressed gengar haunting my home. I don’t mind caring for him, it’s just that I don’t know how to connect with him. Whenever his original trainer comes over he basically becomes a poltergeist and knocks things over and causes destruction. What can I do

You may wish to mediate between your friend and his gengar. It seems that the gengar may be going through emotional turmoil because he believes he’s been betrayed by his former trainer (for lack of a way of putting that without sounding dramatic), so it’s extremely important that you help your friend to convince his gengar that he didn’t abandon him. Perhaps explaining to this gengar that it was to help him evolve will do, but if you’ve already done that, a live demonstration via a battle may allow this gengar to understand.

More than that, remind your friend’s gengar of the bond he shared with his trainer. This may be a painful step, so never do it without the trainer present and supporting you. Have your friend bring some of gengar’s favorite things along, and have him apologize and use those things as a peace offering.

It will take some time and a considerable amount of effort, but the main goal is essentially to repair the relationship between your friend and his gengar. In order to do that, remember that you should be the bridge for communication. Create a comfortable space and do your best to keep everyone calm and in conversation with one another.

Best of luck, anonymous!

hello mister!! i’m a bit concerned about my gengar, Noir. he hasn’t done anything wrong, no, but he’s super affectionate!! he loves giving hugs! the only problem is, well. he’s poisonous. i’ve been knocked out, at best, by the fumes he can give off! he’s a good pokémon… but how can i return the affection without fainting???

Over time, through exposure, you’ll build up tolerance to his poison, anonymous, so don’t worry. Of course, this will take quite a bit of time, so this may not sound so reassuring, I admit.

To avoid fainting now, keep pecha extract on hand. You can find pecha extract in organic food or supplement stores, but if not, antidotes contain pecha extract and will work just as well. Antidotes simply won’t smell as pleasant, which may or may not be an issue for the next step.

That being, of course, that you should soak a handkerchief with either pecha extract or antidote and then cover your nose with the handkerchief and breathe in every time you feel lightheaded around your gengar. This should keep you on your feet long enough to reciprocate.

I live next to a human abandoned house and there is a lone gengar living there. I know this because sometimes it comes over to mine and as soon as it sees me or my Pokémon or gets very scared and leaves. So… that leaves me with the question when you see Pokémon like gengar and alakazam in the wild, Pokémon who can’t evolve unless traded, does that mean they were abandoned by their trainer?

Not necessarily. For many pokémon that evolve by trading, trade evolution is only the faster of two options. Trade evolution pokémon may also evolve  by themselves, just like many others do; the only thing is that the pokémon in question must be of considerable age and battle experience to do so.

However, it’s difficult to say with this particular gengar. Its timidity may indicate that it hasn’t seen humans in years (which means it’s old and has evolved on its own) or that it’s endured trauma (which may indicate that it’s been abandoned). On the other hand, the fact that it visits you may indicate that it’s curious, which seems to imply the former (that you’re the first human it’s interacted with in a very, very long time).

Regardless of the reason behind its behavior, it wouldn’t hurt to show that you mean this gengar no harm, but certainly be cautious. While I advocate making friends with any pokémon, a gengar’s curiosity may also indicate that it’s examining you for your potential as food. Consider investing in sage before attempting to befriend this gengar.

Best of luck, anonymous!