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Height
4′11″
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1.5 m
Metric
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4′11″/1.5 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
89.3 lbs.
Imperial
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40.5 kg
Metric
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89.3 lbs./40.5 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
0
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Atk
0
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Def
0
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Sp.Atk
0
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Sp.Def
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Speed
0
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| Base Exp.: 190
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Battle Exp.: 1901*
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Gengar (Japanese: ゲンガー Gangar) is a Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Gengar is a dark-purple Pokémon with a roundish body. Gengar's hands now connect to the rest of its body and it now has a pair of legs. Gengar has a spike-covered back. Gengar's eyes are red and its mouth is usually curled into a in sinister grin.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Gengar has the same abilities in battle as a Haunter, only stronger. The presence of a Gengar can cool the temperature of the surrounding area by 10°F. Since Gengar is a fully evolved Pokémon, it can use Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
Behavior
Habitat
Gengar live in shadows of rooms, caves, and dark places where shadows form.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
This Pokémon eats dreams, which is a trait similar to Drowzee.
In the anime
Gengar first appeared in the opening of Pokémon, I Choose You!, where it and a Nidorino battled in a Colosseum.
Ash first saw a Gengar in person in Lavender Town in The Tower of Terror while searching for a Ghost-type Pokémon to fight Sabrina with. Due to a close call, Ash got to spend some unexpected time with the ghostly trio, Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar.
In The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis, a giant Gengar was awakened near the Ancient City of Pokémopolis where it battled an equally large Alakazam.
Drake of the Orange Islands used a Gengar in his battle with Ash in Hello Pummelo and Enter The Dragonite. His Gengar managed to confuse Ash's Tauros before he returned it and tried with Ash's Lapras. In the collision between Night Shade and Ice Beam, both Lapras and Gengar fainted.
A Gengar appeared under the ownership of Ecruteak City Gym Leader Morty in A Ghost Of A Chance, From Ghost to Ghost, and For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll.
Agatha used a Gengar to battle Ash's Pikachu in The Scheme Team. The Ghost Pokémon defeated Pikachu.
Gengar was the leader of "Team Meanies" in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!
In the manga
In Pokémon Special, Agatha has two Gengar on her team. One of them was used to attack Green and Koga from the shadows, draining the latter's life force as it possessed his shadow.
Another Gengar was seen at the beginning of the FireRed and LeafGreen saga in Template:PSV. It was used by a kid from Pallet Town in an attempt to capture a Nidorino, thus replicating the opening sequence of the Generation I video games.
In the TCGGame data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gengar is the leader of Team Meanies. While often accompanied by Ekans and Medicham, Gengar will often act alone and spends much of the game causing trouble, even convincing the village to exile the hero, blaming him or her for the natural disasters. However, it is later revealed that he is the cursed human.
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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| Red
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Under a full moon, this Pokémon likes to mimic the shadows of people and laugh at their fright.
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| Yellow
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A Gengar is close by if you feel a sudden chill. It may be trying to lay a curse on you.
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| Stadium
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Appears to attack people who get lost in the mountains. Said to be the culprit behind shadows that laugh in the moonlight.
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| Generation II
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| Gold
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It steals heat from its surroundings. If you feel a sudden chill, it is certain that a Gengar appeared.
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| Silver
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To steal the life of its target, it slips into the prey's shadow and silently waits for an opportunity.
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| Crystal
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Hiding in people's shadows at night, it absorbs their heat. The chill it causes makes the victims shake.
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It steals heat from its surroundings. If you feel a sudden chill, it is certain that a Gengar appeared.
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| Ruby
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Sometimes, on a dark night, your shadow thrown by a streetlight will suddenly and startlingly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
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| Sapphire
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Sometimes, on a dark night, your shadow thrown by a streetlight will suddenly and startlingly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
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| Emerald
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Deep in the night, your shadow cast by a streetlight may suddenly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
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| FireRed
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It is said to emerge from darkness to steal the lives of those who become lost in mountains.
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| LeafGreen
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On the night of the full moon, if shadows move on their own and laugh, it must be Gengar's doing.
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| Diamond
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It hides in shadows. It is said that if Gengar is hiding, it cools the area by nearly 10 degrees F.
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| Pearl
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Lurking in the shadowy corners of rooms, it awaits chances to steal its prey's life force.
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| Platinum
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| SoulSilver
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
| Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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60
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120 - 167
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230 - 324
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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60
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58 - 123
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112 - 240
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130
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121 - 200
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238 - 394
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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110
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103 - 178
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202 - 350
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Total: 500
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 130.
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Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Notes:
- If a move such as Foresight is used, the effectiveness of Normal and Fighting becomes 1× and ½×, respectively.
- In Generations I and II, or in later generations if Skill Swap or Gravity is used, the effectiveness of Ground becomes 2×.
- In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 1×.
Learnset
Template:Evolved learnset intro
Side game data
Template:Side game
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- "Phantom" was the original English name for Gengar.
- In earlier generations, Gengar was darker in color. This may have had to do with the limited colorscheme of the Game Boy and Game Boy Color, however.
- In Generations I and II, Gengar appears to have a tuft of hair on its head.
Origin
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, and possibly on a distorted shadow of a human being. The overall appearance could also be an homage to the Cheshire Cat. Gengar also has some similarities to Gremlins with both looks and personality (violent, rude, and wild)
Name origin
Gengar's name is probably a shortening of doppelgänger - a ghostly double of a person. This is a fitting name for a Pokémon with a habit of pretending to be a person's shadow.
Some also suspect that, like Kangaskhan, Gengar's name may be partially based on Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, what with Gengar's chaotic and dangerous behavior towards others for its own amusement.
In other languages
- German: Gengar
- French: Ectoplasma - From ectoplasm, the substance that supposedly emanates from the body of a spiritualistic medium when contacting the dead.
- Korean: 팬텀 Paenteom - A transliteration of the English word phantom.
External links
For other sprites and images, please see Gengar images on Bulbagarden Archives.