Duskull is a stylized personification of the Grim Reaper. Its body is a black robe with two bones on its back. It has a mask that resembles a skull and has single eye that floats between the eye sockets.
Duskull is also able to become invisible to sneak up on its prey and go through walls. Duskull is primarily a nocturnal Pokémon and has been shown to live in thick forests. It is said that this Pokémon will spirit away disobedient children, and it has been described to enjoy the crying of children. Once Duskull chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn.
Two Duskull were among the several Ghost-type Pokémon living in abandoned mine in Fear Factor Phony, as they couldn't stand the partying Psychic-type Pokémon in the nearby town. Team Rocket decided to help the Ghost-type Pokémon because they knew what it's like to "lose sleep over a bunch of twerps."
Duskull can pass through any wall no matter how thick it may be. Once this Pokémon chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn.
Duskull wanders lost among the deep darkness of midnight. There is an oft-told admonishment given to misbehaving children that this Pokémon will spirit away bad children who earn scoldings from their mothers.
A glare from its single scarlet eye makes even burly grown-ups freeze in utter fear. It is a nocturnal Pokémon that roams about under the cloak of darkness.
Duskull can pass through any wall no matter how thick it may be. Once this Pokémon chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn.
Duskull wanders lost among the deep darkness of midnight. There is an oft-told admonishment given to misbehaving children that this Pokémon will spirit away bad children who earn scoldings from their mothers.
Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation III.
Duskull is the only Pokémon with Levitate whose evolutions do not have this Ability.
Duskull can be seen as a parallel to Shuppet. Both are Generation III Ghost-type Pokémon. Both evolve into their evolved forms starting at level 37. Both also have the same base stat total.
Origin
Duskull may be based on the Grim Reaper or the bogeyman. The Japanese equivalent of the bogeyman is called the Namahage.
Name origin
Duskull is a combination of dusk and skull.
Yomawaru is a combination of 妖魔 yōma (ghost) and 悪 waru (bad thing/person). It may also derive from 夜回り yomawari (night watch[man]) or 夜回る yomawaru (night wanderer). It is also similar to Yamawarawa (a hairy, one-eyed spirit, sometimes considered a kappa), present in The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
In other languages
Language
Title
Meaning
Japanese
ヨマワル Yomawaru
From 妖魔 yōma, 悪 waru, 夜回り yomawari, 夜回る yomawaru, or 山童 yamawaro