Marowak (ghost)

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The ghost of a Marowak haunts the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town. This ghost is the mother of a Cubone.

The Marowak ghost before the Silph Scope unmasks it in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

In the games

 
Marowak's spirit being calmed by its child in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

In the Generation I core series games, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, before the player reaches Lavender Town, members of Team Rocket invade the Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls of Cubone in order to sell them for large amounts of money. One Cubone, however, was protected by its mother. The Cubone escaped, but its mother was killed. As a result, the Marowak's ghost remained in the Pokémon Tower, forbidding access to the topmost floor. She appears as a ghost that prevents the player from ascending to the top floor until they obtain the Silph Scope to identify her.

In the Generation I games and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the player has to battle her to calm her down. Despite being a wild Pokémon, she avoids all thrown Poké Balls (even while sleeping). Once she is defeated, her soul is calmed, and she departs to the afterlife, granting the player passage to the top floor.

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, after the player reveals her with the Silph Scope, she does not battle. Her child Cubone calms her spirit, and she departs.

Movesets

Pokémon Red and Blue Pokémon Yellow Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
 
Type:
Ground Unknown
Marowak Lv.30
Bone Club
Ground
Growl
Normal
Leer
Normal
Focus Energy
Normal
 
Type:
Ground Unknown
Marowak Lv.30
Bone Club
Ground
Tail Whip
Normal
Headbutt
Normal
Leer
Normal
 
Type:
Ground Unknown
Ability:
Rock Head or Lightningrod
Held item:
None
Marowak Lv.30
Headbutt
Normal
Leer
Normal
Focus Energy
Normal
Bonemerang
Ground

Quotes

  • Directly before encountering the Marowak ghost
"Be gone... Intruders..."

Sprites

   
Sprite from
Generation I
Sprite from
FireRed and LeafGreen

In the anime

Pokémon Origins

 
Marowak in Pokémon Origins
 
Marowak's ghost form in Pokémon Origins

The Marowak ghost appeared in File 2: Cubone, where she played the same role that she does in the games, warning intruders to stay away. The Marowak and her child Cubone used to live peacefully until Team Rocket began poaching Pokémon in the area. When they attempted to capture Cubone as well, Marowak stepped in to protect it, only to be killed with a stun baton while her child was running away.

After her death, she haunted the Pokémon Tower to warn people of Team Rocket, who had taken it over. When Blue went inside to drive Team Rocket out, he saw the ghost and ran away from her, terrified. Red, however, decided to be brave and fight her with his Charmeleon, but his Pokémon's attacks wouldn't work on her. When Blue returned to give Red the Silph Scope, Red was able to identify the ghost and figure out her true identity.

Before he could continue their battle, Marowak's child Cubone came rushing in and embraced its deceased mother. Having found peace in seeing her child once again, Marowak's spirit calmed down and moved on to the afterlife.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese
English Laura Post
European Spanish Milagros Fernández


In the manga

 
Marowak's ghost in Pokémon Zensho

Pokémon Zensho

In PZ05, the ghost Marowak appeared when Satoshi was being attacked by Giovanni at the Pokémon Tower. Due to its immunity to physical moves, it defeated the Machamp spirit that Giovanni had summoned, leading him to withdraw Team Rocket from the tower. Afterwards, Mr. Fuji was able to calm the ghost down and allow it to pass on into the afterlife.

Unlike other depictions of the ghost Marowak, the Zensho manga's version of the ghost Marowak had it initially take the form of a Haunter and even gave it the abilities of one, allowing it to use Dream Eater,

In the guidebooks

The Official Pokémon Handbook

In The Official Pokémon Handbook: Deluxe Edition, there is a different story about the Marowak ghost which contradicts the games: "According to legend, an angry mother Marowak, upset by the cruel deaths of her children, haunts Pokémon Tower. If you defeat her in battle, her spirit will finally be at peace."

Trivia

See also

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Marowak.


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