Gengar (Pokémon)
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Gengar (Japanese: ゲンガー Gangar) is a Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon.
Pokédex entries
- Pokémon Red and Blue
- Under a full moon, this Pokémon likes to mimic the shadows of people and laugh at their fright.
- Pokémon Yellow
- A Gengar is close by if you feel a sudden chill. It may be trying to lay a curse on you.
- Pokémon Gold
- It steals heat from its surroundings. If you feel a sudden chill, it is certain that a Gengar appeared.
- Pokémon Silver
- To steal the life of its target, it slips into the prey's shadow and silently waits for an opportunity.
- Pokémon Crystal
- Hiding in people's shadows at night, it absorbs their heat. The chill it causes makes the victims shake.
- Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire
- Sometimes, on a dark night, your shadow thrown by a streetlight will suddenly and startlingly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
- Pokémon Emerald
- Deep in the night, your shadow cast by a streetlight may suddenly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
- Pokémon FireRed
- It is said to emerge from darkness to steal the lives of those who become lost in mountains.
- Pokémon LeafGreen
- On the night of the full moon, if shadows move on thier own and laugh, it must be Gengar's doing.
Name origin
Gengar's name is probably a shortening of doppelgänger - a ghostly double of a person. This is a fitting name for a Pokémon with a habit of pretending to be a person's shadow. It's French name comes from Ectoplasm, the substance that's supposedly emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium when contacting the dead. Gengar's Korean name is a corruption of phantom.
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, and possibly on a distorted shadow of a human being.
"Phantom" was the original English name for Gengar.
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 60
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120 - 167 | 230 - 324 | |
65
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63 - 128 | 121 - 251 | |
60
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58 - 123 | 112 - 240 | |
130
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121 - 200 | 238 - 394 | |
75
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72 - 139 | 139 - 273 | |
110
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103 - 178 | 202 - 350 | |
Total: 500
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Other Pokémon with this total | ||
Type effectiveness
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- In third generation games, Gengar is immune to Ground due to its ability, Levitate.
- The immunity of Ghost Pokémon to Normal and Fighting can be removed by the use of moves such as Foresight; If such a move is used, the effectiveness of Normal on Gengar is 100, and of Fighting - 50 (due to Gengar's other type).
Learnset
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By leveling up
Game | Generation I | Generation II | Generation III | |
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RSE | FR/LG | |||
25 | Shadow Punch | |||
29 | Hypnosis | |||
31 | Confuse Ray | Confuse Ray | Dream Eater | |
38 | Dream Eater | |||
39 | Dream Eater | Dream Eater | Destiny Bond | |
45 | Shadow Ball | |||
48 | Destiny Bond | Destiny Bond | ||
53 | Nightmare | |||
64 | Mean Look |
By TM/HM
In the anime
Gengar first appeared in the opening of EP001.
Ash first saw a Gengar in person in EP023 while searching for a Ghost-typed Pokémon to fight Sabrina with.
In EP072, A giant Gengar was awakened near the Ancient City of Pokemonopolis.
Drake of the Orange Islands used a Gengar in his battle with Ash in EP111-EP112.
A Gengar appeared under the ownership of Morty in EP181, EP182 and EP227.
Agatha used a Gengar to battle Ash's Pikachu in AG132. The Shadow Pokémon defeated Pikachu.
Gengar was the head of "Team Meanies" in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon special.
Evolution
External links
In other languages
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