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[[File:Ghost.png|right|thumb|250px|The Marowak ghost as seen in [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]] (before the [[Silph Scope]] unmasks it).]]
In [[Generation I|Generations I and]] {{gen|III}}, the '''[[Literal ghost|ghost]]''' of a [[gender|female]] '''{{p|Marowak}}''' haunts [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]].

At a point before the [[player]] reaches Lavender Town, members of [[Team Rocket]] invade Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls of {{p|Cubone}}, in order to sell them for [[Pokémon Dollar|large amounts of cash]].  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 would appear [[Literal ghost|in a disguise]], avoid all thrown [[Poké Balls]], and scare opponents so much that they would be unwilling to attack.  However, the player unmasked her with the [[Silph Scope]] and subsequently [[Pokémon battle|battled]] her.  Once she was defeated, her soul was calmed, and she departed to the afterlife.

==={{game3|Red and Green|Pokémon Red, Green|s}}, and [[Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Blue]]===
{{Pokémon
|gen=1
|game=Red and Blue
|ndex=105
|pokemon=Marowak
|level=30
|type1=Ground
|move1=Growl
|move1type=Normal
|move2=Bone Club
|move2type=Normal
|move3=Leer
|move3type=Ground}}

==={{game|Yellow}}===
{{Pokémon
|gen=1
|game=Yellow
|ndex=105
|pokemon=Marowak
|level=30
|type1=Ground
|move1=Tail Whip
|move1type=Normal
|move2=Leer
|move2type=Normal
|move3=Bone Club
|move3type=Ground
|move4=Headbutt
|move4type=Normal}}

==={{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}===
{{Pokémon
|gen=3
|game=FireRed
|ndex=105
|pokemon=Marowak
|gender=female
|level=30
|type1=Ground
|ability=Unknown
|move1=Headbutt
|move1type=Normal
|move2=Leer
|move2type=Normal
|move3=Focus Energy
|move3type=Normal
|move4=Bonemerang
|move4type=Ground}}

==Trivia==
*Even after the Silph Scope is used on it, the Marowak ghost will continue to dodge thrown [[Poké Balls]].
**Strangely, it will even dodge thrown balls [[Status condition#Sleep|in its sleep]].
**This makes this Marowak the only wild Pokémon encountered after the player has access to Poké Balls that is completely impossible to catch
*Despite the fact that this Marowak is a [[literal ghost|ghost]], it is not treated as a {{type2|Ghost}} by the game, and thus is still affected by {{t|Normal}} and {{type2|Fighting}} moves.

==Related articles==
{{animespecies|Marowak}}


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