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{{AnimePokémonInfobox|
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[[File:Ghost Marowak and Cubone.png|thumb|300px|Marowak's spirit being calmed by its child in {{LGPE}}]]
nickname=Marowak|
The '''ghost of a Marowak''' haunts the [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]]. This {{OBP|ghost|Pokémon Tower}} is the mother of a {{p|Cubone}}.
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caption=The Marowak ghost before the [[Silph Scope]] unmasks it in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} |
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In [[Generation I|Generations I]] and {{gen|III}}, the '''{{OBP|Ghost|literal|ghost}} of a [[gender|female]] {{p|Marowak}}''' haunts the [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]].
==In the games==
[[File:Ghost.png|thumb|left|250px|The Marowak ghost before the [[Silph Scope]] unmasks it in [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]]]]
In the [[Generation I]] [[core series]] games, {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}, 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 {{p|Cubone}} in order to sell them for large amounts of {{pkmn|Dollar|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 {{OBP|ghost|Pokémon Tower}} that prevents the player from ascending to the top floor until they obtain the [[Silph Scope]] to identify her.


At a point before the {{player}} reaches Lavender Town, members of [[Team Rocket]] invade the 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 {{OBP|Ghost|literal|in a disguise}}, avoid all thrown [[Poké Ball]]s, and scare opponents so much that they would be unwilling to attack. However, the player unmasked her with the [[Silph Scope]] and subsequently {{pkmn|battle}}d her. Once she was defeated, her soul was calmed, and she departed to the afterlife.
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 Ball]]s (even while {{status|sleep}}ing). Once she is defeated, her soul is calmed, and she departs to the afterlife, granting the player passage to the top floor.
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==In the games==
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.
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===Quotes===
* Directly before encountering the Marowak ghost
:''"Be gone... Intruders..."''
===Sprites and models===
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color}}; font-size:80%"
|-
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Ghost I grey.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:LitGhost.png]]
|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ghost color dark}}; background: #{{ghost color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Ghost Model Marowak LGPE.png|x80px]]
|- style="color:#FFF"
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Generation I}}
| Sprite from<br>{{color2|fff|Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed and LeafGreen}}
| Model from {{color2|fff|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
|}
|}
==In the anime==
===Pokémon Origins===
[[File:Marowak PO.png|left|thumb|250px|Marowak in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]
[[File:Marowak ghost PO.png|thumb|250px|Marowak's ghost form in Pokémon Origins]]
The Marowak ghost appeared in ''[[PO02|File 2: Cubone]]'', where she played the same role that she does in the {{pkmn|games}}, warning intruders to stay away. The Marowak and her child {{p|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 {{OBP|Blue|Origins}} went inside to drive Team Rocket out, he saw the ghost and ran away from her, terrified. {{OBP|Red|Origins}}, however, decided to be brave and fight her with his {{p|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 {{pkmn|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====
{{vatable|color={{ground color}}|bordercolor={{ground color light}}
|en=Laura Post
|es_eu=Milagros Fernández}}
==In the manga==
[[File:Marowak ghost Zensho.png|thumb|150px|Marowak's ghost in [[Pokémon Zensho]]]]
===Pokémon Zensho===
In [[PZ05]], the ghost Marowak appeared when {{zensho|Satoshi}} was being attacked by [[Giovanni]] at the Pokémon Tower. Due to its immunity to physical moves, it defeated the {{p|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 {{p|Haunter}} and even gave it the abilities of one, allowing it to use {{m|Dream Eater}},
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==In the guidebooks==
===''The Official Pokémon Handbook''===
In ''[[The Official Pokémon Handbook|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==
==Trivia==
* Even after the Silph Scope is used on it, the Marowak ghost will continue to dodge thrown [[Poké Ball]]s, even [[Master Ball]]s. It will even dodge thrown Balls while {{status|sleep}}ing. This makes this particular Marowak the first [[wild Pokémon]] encountered by the player after the player has access to Poké Balls that is impossible to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}}. The only other two to share this trait are the Black {{p|Kyurem}}{{sup/5|B2}} and White Kyurem{{sup/5|W2}}; however, when battling against these forms of Kyurem Poké Balls cannot be used at all.
* Marowak's quote of '''"Begone... Intruders..."''' was used at the beginning of the song {{OBP|Ghost Dive|song}}.
* Despite the fact that this Marowak is a {{OBP|Ghost|literal|ghost}}, it is not treated as a {{type|Ghost}} by the game, and thus is still affected by {{t|Normal}} and {{type|Fighting}} moves.
* This ghost Marowak is one of the few [[wild Pokémon]] encountered by the player after the player has access to [[Poké Ball]]s that is impossible to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}}. However, unlike the other cases, it is possible to throw Poké Balls at the ghost Marowak. The only others that share this trait are:
* In [[Generation I]] games, [[List of glitches in Generation I#Ghost Marowak glitch|a glitch]] exists where a [[Poké Doll]] can be used against the Marowak, which will make it flee the fight and allow the player to pass on as if it were defeated. This allows the player to skip getting the Silph Scope and the Celadon Rocket Hideout completely, and was addressed in the remakes.
** The {{fd|Kyurem|Black}} {{p|Kyurem}}{{sup/5|B2}}/{{fd|Kyurem|White}} Kyurem{{sup/5|W2}} in {{B2W2}},
** {{p|Nihilego}} at [[Aether Paradise]] in {{g|Sun and Moon}},
** {{fd|Necrozma|Dusk Mane}}{{sup/7|US}} {{p|Necrozma}}/{{fd|Necrozma|Dawn Wings}}{{sup/7|UM}} Necrozma ([[Altar of the Sunne]]{{sup/7|US}}/[[Altar of the Moone]]{{sup/7|UM}}) and Ultra Necrozma ([[Ultra Megalopolis]]) in {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}}.
* Despite the fact that this Marowak is a [[Ghosts in the Pokémon world|ghost]], it is not treated as a {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon by the game, and thus is still affected by {{t|Normal}}- and {{type|Fighting}} moves.
** Twenty years after this Marowak's appearance, a Ghost-type Marowak would be introduced in Sun and Moon as a [[regional form]].
* In [[Generation I]], the ghost Marowak's [[individual values]] are randomly generated like those of any wild Pokémon. If the player battles it multiple times in the same game, it will have new individual values for each battle despite being the same Pokémon.
* In Generation I, {{DL|List of glitches (Generation I)|Ghost Marowak bypassing|a glitch}} exists where a [[Poké Doll]] can be used against the Marowak, which will make it flee the fight and allow the player to pass on as if it were defeated. This allows the player to skip getting the Silph Scope and the Celadon Rocket Hideout completely. This was fixed in the [[Generation III]] remakes.
* In [[Pokémon Origins]], its Cubone offspring is shown wearing its skull in the flashback, despite the Marowak not even having died yet.


==Related articles==
==See also==
{{animespecies|Marowak}}
{{animespecies|Marowak}}
* [[Ghost (Pokémon Tower)]]
* [[Ghosts in the Pokémon world]]


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