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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Haunter is based on a {{wp|ghost}}. It shares many similarities with the {{wp|yōkai}} {{wp|akashita|akaguchi}}, a creature with a wide mouth and long tongue whose body is covered by dark clouds, making only its head and clawed hands visible. | Haunter is based on a {{wp|ghost}}. It shares many similarities with the {{wp|yōkai}} {{wp|akashita|akaguchi}}, a creature with a wide mouth and a long tongue whose body is covered by dark clouds, making only its head and clawed hands visible. | ||
While Haunter's long tongue is a recurring theme among many yōkai, its vampiric licking might have come from the Dila, a Philippine spirit that licked the life energy of sick people until they died, or from some variants of the {{wp|akaname}}. | While Haunter's long tongue is a recurring theme among many yōkai, its vampiric licking might have come from the Dila, a Philippine spirit that licked the life energy of sick people until they died, or from some variants of the {{wp|akaname}}. | ||
Some of Haunter's traits, such as its Poison type and extremely light weight, seem to be based on {{jwp|Fuyūrei}}, floating spirits said to be able to spread diseases. | Some of Haunter's traits, such as its {{t|Poison}} type and extremely light weight, seem to be based on {{jwp|Fuyūrei}}, floating spirits said to be able to spread diseases. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||