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Gengar ゲンガー Gangar #094
Artwork from FR/LG
Type Ghost Poison Unknown Unknown Blue-Striped Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown	Category Shadow Pokémon
Ability Levitate Blue-Striped -----	Exp. at Lv. 100 1,059,860
Regional Pokédex numbers Kanto #094 Johto #060 Hoenn #264 Sinnoh #071 Unova Not in any regional Pokédex
Regional Browser numbers Fiore R— Almia R— Oblivia
Height 4'11" Imperial 1.5 m Metric 4'11"/1.5 m Red-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped 0'0"/0.0 m
Weight 89.3 lbs. Imperial 40.5 kg Metric 89.3 lbs./40.5 kg Red-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped 0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Dex color Purple	Catch rate 45 (5.9%)
Body style Blue-Striped	Footprint      Blue-Striped
Gender ratio Gender unknown Unknown Gender unknown
Breeding Indeterminate group 1 cycles (255 minimum steps)
EV yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 Base Exp.: 190 Battle Exp.: 1901*
External links {{Links/{{{generation}}}|pokefordex=gengar|ndex=094|name=Gengar }}

Gengar (Japanese: ゲンガー Gangar) is a Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon.

Biology

Physiology

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

Behavior

Habitat

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Gengar first appeared in the opening of EP001.

Ash first saw a Gengar in person in EP023 while searching for a Ghost-typed Pokémon to fight Sabrina with.

In EP072, A giant Gengar was awakened near the Ancient City of Pokemonopolis.

Drake of the Orange Islands used a Gengar in his battle with Ash in EP111-EP112.

A Gengar appeared under the ownership of Morty in EP181, EP182 and EP227.

Agatha used a Gengar to battle Ash's Pikachu in AG132. The Shadow Pokémon defeated Pikachu.

Gengar was the leader of "Team Meanies" in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters out of the Gate!

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Red and Blue

Under a full moon, this Pokémon likes to mimic the shadows of people and laugh at their fright.

Pokémon Yellow

A Gengar is close by if you feel a sudden chill. It may be trying to lay a curse on you.

Pokémon Gold

It steals heat from its surroundings. If you feel a sudden chill, it is certain that a Gengar appeared.

Pokémon Silver

To steal the life of its target, it slips into the prey's shadow and silently waits for an opportunity.

Pokémon Crystal

Hiding in people's shadows at night, it absorbs their heat. The chill it causes makes the victims shake.

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

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.

Pokémon Emerald

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.

Pokémon FireRed

It is said to emerge from darkness to steal the lives of those who become lost in mountains.

Pokémon LeafGreen

On the night of the full moon, if shadows move on thier own and laugh, it must be Gengar's doing.

Game locations

In side games

Base stats

Type effectiveness

• In third generation games, Gengar is immune to Ground due to its ability, Levitate.
• The immunity of Ghost Pokémon to Normal and Fighting can be removed by the use of moves such as Foresight; If such a move is used, the effectiveness of Normal on Gengar is 100, and of Fighting - 50 (due to Gengar's other type).

Learnset

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By leveling up

By TM/HM

Evolution

Trivia

"Phantom" was the original English name for Gengar.

Origin

It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, and possibly on a distorted shadow of a human being.

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. It's French name comes from Ectoplasm, the substance that's supposedly emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium when contacting the dead. Gengar's Korean name is a corruption of phantom.

In other languages

• German: Gengar
• French: Ectoplasma
• Korean: 팬텀 Paenteom

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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