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* Gengar is tied with {{p|Froslass}} for the fastest {{type2|Ghost}} Pokémon, with a base {{stat|Speed}} of 110, and has the highest base {{stat|Special Attack}} stat of any Ghost-type Pokémon at 130. Coincidentally, that is also the highest of any {{type2|Poison}}. | * Gengar is tied with {{p|Froslass}} for the fastest {{type2|Ghost}} Pokémon, with a base {{stat|Speed}} of 110, and has the highest base {{stat|Special Attack}} stat of any Ghost-type Pokémon at 130. Coincidentally, that is also the highest of any {{type2|Poison}}. | ||
* To date, Gengar and {{p|Dusknoir}} are the only Ghost-type Pokémon which have undergone two evolutionary events, and both require trading to trigger their final evolution. | * To date, Gengar and {{p|Dusknoir}} are the only Ghost-type Pokémon which have undergone two evolutionary events, and both require trading to trigger their final evolution. | ||
* The original Gengar sprites have white eyes (excluding {{ | * The original Gengar sprites have white eyes (excluding {{game|Yellow}}). | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish {{wp|ghost}}s, and possibly on a distorted shadow of a human being like {{wp|shadow people}}. The overall appearance could also be an homage to the {{wp|Alice in Wonderland|Cheshire Cat}}. Gengar also has some similarities to {{wp|Gremlins}} with both looks and personality (violent, rude, and wild). | It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish {{wp|ghost}}s, and possibly on a distorted shadow of a human being like {{wp|shadow people}}. The overall appearance could also be an homage to the {{wp|Alice in Wonderland|Cheshire Cat}}. Gengar also has some similarities to {{wp|Gremlins}} with both looks and personality (violent, rude, and wild). | ||
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Gengar's name is possibly a shortening of ''{{wp|doppelgänger}}'' - a ghostly double of a person, which would be a fitting name for a Pokémon with a habit of pretending to be a person's shadow. The kanji 幻, which can be read "gen", can be used for words meaning "phantom" or "illusion". | Gengar's name is possibly a shortening of ''{{wp|doppelgänger}}'' - a ghostly double of a person, which would be a fitting name for a Pokémon with a habit of pretending to be a person's shadow. The kanji 幻, which can be read "gen", can be used for words meaning "phantom" or "illusion". | ||
Some also suspect that, like {{ | Some also suspect that, like {{p|Kangaskhan}}, Gengar's name may be partially based on ''{{wp|Genghis Khan}}'', founder of the Mongol Empire, what with Gengar's chaotic and dangerous behavior towards others for its own amusement. | ||
There is also a striking pronouncation similarity between Gengar's name and the danish word "genganger", which simply is a spirit that after its death chose not to go to the other world but to return to the world of humans in the shape of a ghost. "Gen" is translated as "again" or simply "re" and "ganger" is an old-fashioned word meaning "walker" or "someone that walks". | There is also a striking pronouncation similarity between Gengar's name and the danish word "genganger", which simply is a spirit that after its death chose not to go to the other world but to return to the world of humans in the shape of a ghost. "Gen" is translated as "again" or simply "re" and "ganger" is an old-fashioned word meaning "walker" or "someone that walks". | ||