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{{move|Ghosts in the Pokémon world}} | {{move|Ghosts in the Pokémon world}} | ||
[[File:Marowak ghost PO.png|thumb|320px|A ghost in [[Pokémon Origins]]]] | [[File:Marowak ghost PO.png|thumb|320px|A ghost in [[Pokémon Origins]]]] | ||
'''Ghosts''' (Japanese: '''ゆうれい''' ''{{wp|yūrei}}'') are souls of dead beings that have not yet gone to the afterlife and appear to the living. They have appeared in various [[Pokémon]] media. | '''Ghosts''' (Japanese: '''ゆうれい''' ''{{wp|yūrei}}'') are souls of [[Death in the Pokémon world|dead]] beings that have not yet gone to the afterlife and appear to the living. They have appeared in various [[Pokémon]] media. | ||
Ghosts are distinct from {{type|Ghost}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, who are often said to be reborn from such spirits. This distinction has existed since [[Generation I]], which introduced Ghost-type Pokémon along with the ghosts of [[Pokémon Tower]]. | Ghosts are distinct from {{type|Ghost}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, who are often said to be reborn from such spirits. This distinction has existed since [[Generation I]], which introduced Ghost-type Pokémon along with the ghosts of [[Pokémon Tower]]. | ||
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===Pokédex entries=== | ===Pokédex entries=== | ||
Some [[Pokédex]] entries refer to ghosts, spirits, and the souls of the departed. | Some [[Pokédex]] entries refer to ghosts, spirits, and the souls of the departed. | ||
{| class="roundtable" style="text-align: center; background: #{{ghost color dark}}; border: 3px solid #{{ghost color light}}" | |||
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! style="background: #{{ghost color light}}; {{roundytl|10px}}" width=150px | Pokémon | |||
! style="background: #{{ghost color light}}; {{roundytr|10px}}" width=750px | Pokédex | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:157Typhlosion-Hisui.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Typhlosion}} | |||
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{{rf|Hisuian}} Typhlosion is said to purify lost, forsaken souls with its flames and guide them to the afterlife. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:425Drifloon.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Drifloon}} | |||
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Drifloon was formed by the wandering spirits of people and Pokemon. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:442Spiritomb.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Spiritomb}} | |||
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Spiritomb was formed by a mysterious spell that punished 108 souls and bound it to a stone. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:478Froslass.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Froslass}} | |||
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Legends suggest that Froslass was formed when the spirit and lingering regrets of a lost woman who died in the snowy mountains possessed an icicle. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:562Yamask.png|50px]]<br>[[File:562Yamask-Galar.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Yamask}} | |||
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Yamask arose from the spirits of people interred in graves in past ages. It carries a mask that used to be its face when it was a human. | |||
{{rf|Galarian}} Yamask is said to have formed when an ancient clay tablet was drawn to a vengeful spirit. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:570Zorua-Hisui.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Zorua}} | |||
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Hisuian Zorua is a once-departed soul returned to life. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:708Phantump.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Phantump}} | |||
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Phantump was formed when the spirit of a child that perished in a forest possessed a rotten tree stump. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:710Pumpkaboo.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Pumpkaboo}} | |||
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Pumpkaboo's body is inhabited by a spirit trapped in this world. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:781Dhelmise.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Dhelmise}} | |||
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Dhelmise is said to be reborn as a Pokemon from the soul of seaweed adrift in the waves or merged with debris from a sunken ship. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:854Sinistea.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Sinistea}} | |||
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Sinistea was born when a lonely spirit possessed a cold, leftover cup of tea. | |||
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! style="background: #fff; style="text-align: left" | [[File:902Basculegion.png|50px]]<br>{{p|Basculegion}} | |||
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Basculegion got possessed by the souls of other {{p|Basculin}} from its school that could not withstand the harsh journey upstream. | |||
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==In the side series games== | ==In the side series games== |