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 ===Origin===
-Haunter appears to be based on a generic sort of cartoonish {{wp|ghost}}. Like Gengar, Haunter may also be based on the {{wp|Cheshire Cat}}, as it possesses what may be pointed ears; a large, toothy grin; and the ability to vanish at will. While many Japanese {{wp|yōkai}} - ghosts and ghouls - are depicted with long tongues, Haunter's vampiric licking may have come specifically from the Dila, a Philippine spirit that licked the life energy of sick people until they died.
+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.
+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.
 ====Name origin====