Tag: Haunter

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.

on my journey i came upon a home i thought was owned by a normal elderly couple; my goodra had no problems with them, so we decided to spend the night. The moment i walked the threshold my happinny burst from her pokeball and started crying and screaming, trying to push goodra and i back out. the elderly couple turned out to be haunters, luring us in. my houndoom took care of them but how do i make sure to never fall for the ruses of ghost pokemon? what would they have done to us if we stayed?

Ghost pokémon are unfortunately notorious for being tricksters, anonymous, and many of them have the ability to either turn invisible or mimic the appearance of something else. Even those that have tangible bodies or are tied to tangible objects (such as sableye and spiritomb, respectively) have some techniques in their arsenals that allow them to trick a passing human.

The best strategy to avoid such encounters is to be heavily aware of your surroundings. Never enter buildings in the middle of nowhere unless you know who lives there, and never enter abandoned structures, either. Be very careful when you enter graveyards and memorial towers, and do so in a group if at all possible. Most importantly, always keep a pokémon on hand that can sense danger if you happen across any of these structures. Your happiny, for example, is a baby pokémon, which means it has a heightened sensitivity towards all things supernatural—a quality that allows her to notice by instinct if something is wrong. However, a better choice for future reference would be any pokémon with Foresight, a psychic, or even a fellow ghost-type.

As for what the haunter might have done, oh, any of a number of things, anonymous. Some haunter merely like to play with humans by tricking them and scaring them. Others lure humans in to feed on their life forces. Either way, it’s safe to assume it wouldn’t have been pleasant for you.

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.