Haunter (Pokémon)
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Haunter (Japanese: ゴースト Ghost) is a dual-type Ghost/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Gastly starting at level 25 and evolves into Gengar when traded.
Biology
Haunter is a purple Pokémon with a gaseous body. It has a round head with a pair of disembodied hands. Each hand has three pointed fingers. Its head is flanked by three large, spiked protrusions on either side, and its eyes are large and triangular with small pupils. The gases composing its head curve down to form several pointed teeth framing a pink mouth and a long tongue. Its body tapers into a jagged tail.
Haunter hides in very dark places, where it plots to take the life of the next living thing that comes near it. It silently stalks its victim and steals its life force with a lick from its gaseous tongue, which inflicts convulsions that persists until the victim dies. It has the ability to float through solid walls. Despite its predatory nature, it has been known to entertain and prank people in the anime. Additionally, it has even been shown to feel intense loyalty to a deceased Trainer. Haunter lives in dark, abandoned caves.
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
Sabrina's Haunter
Haunter debuted in The Tower of Terror. After Ash befriended it, he attempted to use it to battle Sabrina in the hopes of freeing his friends in the process, but Haunter decided to goof off instead. At the end of Haunter Versus Kadabra, Haunter helped Ash succeed in his endeavor and decided to stay with Sabrina afterwards.
Other
A Haunter appeared in A Shipful Of Shivers guarding the Orange league trophy of its deceased Trainer along with a Gastly.
Morty used a Haunter during his Gym battle against Ash in From Ghost to Ghost. Haunter battled Cyndaquil and was able to defeat it with Hypnosis and Lick. It then lost to Noctowl's newly learned Confusion.
Several Haunter attacked Meowth, Pikachu and a group of lonely little Pokémon including Pidgey, Oddish, and Rattata in Hoenn Alone!.
In Fear Factor Phony, a Haunter was living in an abandoned mine with several other Ghost Pokémon. The Ghost Pokémon were having difficulty with the partying Psychic Pokémon living nearby.
A Haunter appeared in PK15. It was one of the residents of a spooky house.
A Haunter appeared in Scary Hospitality!, under the ownership of Lon. It was used alongside Lon's Gastly and Gengar to scare visitors of the "Scary House". This included Ash, his friends, and later Team Rocket.
A Haunter will appear in SM094.
Minor appearances
A Haunter appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
A group of Haunter appeared in Illusion Confusion!, along with a group of Gengar.
A Haunter appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
A Coordinator's Haunter appeared in Deceit and Assist.
A Haunter appeared in Ghoul Daze!.
A Haunter appeared in Old Rivals, New Tricks!.
A Haunter appeared alongside a Gastly and Gengar in Loading the Dex!, during a fantasy that Meowth had after an encounter with a Mimikyu. They pretended to be a Lopunny, Glaceon, and Gardevoir.
A Trainer's Haunter appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
A Haunter appeared in I Choose You!.
A Trainer's Haunter appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
A Haunter appeared in a photo taken by Rotom in Alola, Kanto!.
A Trainer's Haunter appeared in SM090, where it joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its true form.
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In Pokémon Origins
Red's Haunter appeared in File 3: Giovanni. He used it against Sabrina's Alakazam and won. It evolved into Gengar sometime before File 4: Charizard.
In Pokémon Generations
The illusion of a Haunter appeared in The Old Chateau, tormenting Cheryl and her Chansey.
In the manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu, Ash encounters a giant Haunter called the Black Fog, notorious for using its Dream Eater attack to kill people and Pokémon by stealing their souls. Sabrina has a vendetta against this Haunter, as her Pokémon were attacked and killed by it when she was eleven, but she falls victim as well in her attempt to protect a team of people trying to hunt it down. With the combined effort of Ash and the team of hunters, the Black Fog managed to be weakened enough for capture, only for it to promptly use Selfdestruct, making itself faint right before Ash's Ultra Ball reaches it.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Lapras Lazily a boy that Blue met near the abandoned Power Plant had a Haunter in his team before it was stolen, with which he later fights Agatha's Gengar to free Blue from a coffin created by a Dream Eater attack. Agatha also had armies of Haunter that she used in her attack on Kanto Which first appeared in said round.
In A Flaaffy Kerfuffle a Haunter appeared where it was one of the Pokémon in Professor Oak's fantasy when he explains that trainers should only have six Pokémon with them.
Eusine was later seen with a Haunter in The Last Battle VI. It proved useful in knocking out the Masked Man's Gastly after the latter wounded Suicune with its Curse.
Another Haunter appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to help the fight in Ilex Forest.
Multiple Haunter were used by Team Galactic Grunts in Tackling Tangrowth.
A Haunter belonging to the Advanced level Grunt appeared in High-tailing It from Haunter.
A Trainer's Haunter appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z.
A Haunter appeared in PASM16 inside the Thrifty Megamart.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Haunter debuted in Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!! where it was under the ownership of Blue. It evolved into Gengar in the same part.
A Haunter appeared in Which One is the Real Clefairy!? where it was giving the citizens a tour around the area along with Clefairy.
Giovanni was revealed to have a Haunter when it attempted to battle a Squirtle of his.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
Black owns a Haunter which evolved from a Gastly.
Eusine also has a Haunter in the manga.
In the TCG
- Main article: Haunter (TCG)
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Pinball: Two Haunter appear in a bonus stage accessible from the Red Table. Once the player knocks out the three Gastly, the pair of Haunter appear, and upon knocking them out, the player must then proceed to defeat the Gengar that appears.
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky: Haunter is the main antagonist in the Special Episode Today's "Oh My Gosh", where it is later revealed there are three Haunter working together.
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In events
Games | Event | Language/Region | Location | Level | Distribution period |
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FRLG | Pokémon Trade and Battle Day Haunter | English | United States | 23 | September 25, 2004 |
BW | Trade for Evolution! Haunter | Japanese | Japan | 30 | October 10 to November 28, 2010 |
XY | Christmas Haunter | All | Japan | 25 | December 21 to 26, 2013 |
XY | Happy New Year Haunter | All | South Korea | 25 | February 8 to 22, 2014 |
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Events* | Ghost Gem (100%) |
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HP: 45
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105 - 152 | 200 - 294 | |
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49 - 112 | 94 - 218 | |
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45 - 106 | 85 - 207 | |
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108 - 183 | 211 - 361 | |
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54 - 117 | 103 - 229 | |
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90 - 161 | 175 - 317 | |
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Trivia
- In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Haunter's prototype name was "Spectre".
- The Pokémon Trainer's Survival Guide also erroneously references Haunter by this name on one page.
- At 0.2 lbs. (0.1 kg), Haunter is tied with Gastly, Flabébé, Cosmog, and Kartana as the lightest Pokémon.
- No other Pokémon have the same type combination as Haunter and its evolutionary relatives.
- Due to its unique type combination, Haunter and its evolutionary relatives are the only Poison-type Pokémon that are weak against Dark-type moves.
- Haunter is the Pokémon with the most cry changes throughout the series, having been changed in generations II, III, and VI.
Origin
Haunter is possibly based on the dila, a spirit that passes through walls then licks certain humans to death according to Filipino mythology. It also appears to be based on a generic sort of cartoonish ghost.
Name origin
Haunter is derived from haunt, as ghosts are known to do. It could also be a corruption of "hunter".
Ghost is literally ghost.
In other languages
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