Gastly
ゴース Ghos
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Artwork from FR/LG
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HP
0
| Atk
0
| Def
0
| Sp.Atk
1
| Sp.Def
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| Speed
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| Exp.
95
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Gastly (Japanese: ゴース Ghos) is a dual-type Ghost/Poison Pokémon.
It evolves into Haunter starting at level 25, who evolves into Gengar when traded.
Biology
Physiology
Gastly appears to be nothing more that a black ball of ghostly matter that is surrounded by a purple glow of smog. Gastly has big, white eyes and a mouth with a pair of fangs in it. Gastly's face is similar to Cloyster's, but the two Pokémon aren't related.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Due to having a body made of gas, Gastly can slip into any place it wants. However, Gastly's body will dwindle away when exposed to a strong wind (but it can probably regenerate itself later). A Gastly is capable of toppling an Indian Elephant within two seconds by enveloping it in poisonous gas.
Despite Gastly's evolutionary level, it is quite powerful at using special attacks such as Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Thunderbolt, and Energy Ball. Gastly can learn quite a few moves with all sorts of disruptive effects such as Will-O-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Hypnosis, Taunt, and Embargo.
There have been claims that on rare occasions, a Gastly can gain the ability to speak like a human and transform itself, but these rumors have yet to be proven true. However, it apparently can communicate with telepathy.
Behavior
As a Ghost-type Pokémon, Gastly tend to be pranksters that go scaring people just for the fun of it. They are also proficient at sneaking up on unsuspecting prey and putting it to sleep.
Habitat
Gastly live in old, dilapidated buildings and can also be found at cemeteries.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Major Appearances
Gastly first appeared in The Ghost of Maiden's Peak. This Gastly had the ability to talk and shape-shift. He kept posing himself as the spirit of the woman which legend said turned to stone after many years of waiting for her love to return to her. Gastly kept on toying with the minds of young men.
The first time a regular Gastly appeared was in The Tower of Terror. Ash and his friends went to Lavender Town in search of a Ghost-type Pokémon to aid Ash in defeating Sabrina.
Morty used a Gastly to battle Ash in From Ghost to Ghost.
A pair of Gastly were among a group of Ghost Pokémon living in an abandoned mine in Fear Factor Phony. The Ghost Pokémon couldn't stand the partying Psychic Pokémon that lived in the nearby town, so they created a Haunter-like illusion to scare everyone away.
Minor Appearances
An Officer Jenny owned a Gastly in Pikachu Re-volts. This Gastly appeared to be the only Pokémon not affected by the psychic wave caused by Butch & Cassidy's Drowzee.
A Gastly appeared in Ghoul Daze!.
Pokédex entries
| Episode
| Pokémon
| Pokédex
| Entry
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| EP020
| Gastly
| Ash's Pokédex
| Gastly, a Ghost Pokémon. It is usually invisible. Its specialty is Hypnosis.
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| Original series entries continue below.
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| Episode
| Pokémon
| Pokédex
| Entry
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| EP095
| Gastly
| Ash's Pokédex
| Gastly, the Gas Pokémon. Some researchers believe this Pokémon is a Multidimensional being.
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| This concludes the entries from the original series.
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In the manga
Gastly first appears in Volume 1 of Pokémon Adventures, possessing the corpses of dead Pokémon in Pokémon Tower. Red's Bulbasaur manages to defeat it by sucking up the surrounding air with its bulb, along with Gastly's gaseous form, and expelling it in a SolarBeam.
Gastly also forms as part of the Ghost-type army Agatha sends out to attack the Gym Leaders.
The Masked Man also used a Gastly in his team to capture Celebi, due to its type advantage. It was purposed to possess intruders that entered the Ilex Forest. Later, during the fight at the Indigo Stadium, it took out Suicune using its Curse technique, locking Suicune and Misty inside Suicune's crystal wall. It was later defeated by Eusine's Haunter.
Gastly also appear in the Diamond & Pearl chapter.
In the TCG
- Main article: Gastly (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen
| Game
| Pokédex entry
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| I
| Red
| Almost invisible, this gaseous Pokémon cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.
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| Blue
| Almost invisible, this gaseous Pokémon cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.
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| Yellow
| Said to appear in decrepit, deserted buildings. It has no real shape as it appears to be made of a gas.
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| Stadium
| Made of a thin, gas-like substance that induces fainting if you get enshrouded in it. Will not appear if it is very windy.
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| II
| Gold
| With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.
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| Silver
| Its thin body is made of gas. It can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
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| Crystal
| It wraps its opponent in its gas-like body, slowly weakening its prey by poisoning it through the skin.
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| Stadium 2
| With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.
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| III
| Ruby
| Gastly is largely composed of gaseous matter. When exposed to a strong wind, the gaseous body quickly dwindles away. Groups of this Pokémon cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.
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| Sapphire
| Gastly is largely composed of gaseous matter. When exposed to a strong wind, the gaseous body quickly dwindles away. Groups of this Pokémon cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.
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| Emerald
| When exposed to a strong wind, a Gastly's gaseous body quickly dwindles away. They cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.
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| FireRed
| A being that exists as a thin gas. It can topple an Indian elephant by enveloping the prey in two seconds.
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| LeafGreen
| Almost invisible, this gaseous Pokémon cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.
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| IV
| Diamond
| This Pokémon's body is 95% made up of gases, which are blown away by strong gusts of wind.
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| Pearl
| A Pokémon born from poison gases. It defeats even the largest foes by enveloping them in gas.
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| Platinum
| Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.
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| HeartGold
| With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.
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| SoulSilver
| Its thin body is made of gas. It can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
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Game locations
| Gen
| Game
| Rarity
| Area
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| I
| Red
| Blue
| Common
| Pokémon Tower
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| Yellow
| Common
| Pokémon Tower
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| II
| Gold
| Silver
| Common
| Tin Tower, Sprout Tower
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| Crystal
| Common
| Routes 31, 32, and 36, Tin Tower, Sprout Tower
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| III
| Ruby
| Sapphire
| None
| Trade
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| Emerald
| None
| Trade
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| FireRed
| LeafGreen
| Common
| Pokémon Tower
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| Colosseum
| None
| Trade
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| XD
| None
| Trade
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| IV
| Diamond
| Pearl
| Many
| Route 209, Old Chateau, Lost Tower
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| Platinum
| Common
| Route 209, Old Chateau, Eterna Forest, Lost Tower
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| HeartGold
| SoulSilver
| Common
| Tin Tower, Sprout Tower
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| Pal Park
| Forest
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
| Stat
| Range
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| At Lv. 50
| At Lv. 100
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| 90 - 137
| 170 - 264
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| 36 - 95
| 67 - 185
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| 31 - 90
| 58 - 174
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| 94 - 167
| 184 - 328
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| 36 - 95
| 67 - 185
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| 76 - 145
| 148 - 284
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 100.
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Pokéthlon stats
Type effectiveness
| Weak to
| Resistant to
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| Normal effectiveness
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Learnset
Gastly is capable of learning the following moves in Generation IV.
- Moves in bold are damaging moves to which STAB applies.
Generation IV
Other generation learnsets: II - III
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| Father
| Move
| Type
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| Acc.
| PP
| Contest
| Appeal
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Misdreavus, Mismagius
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Chimecho
Drifloon, Drifblim
| Astonish
| Ghost
| Physical
| 30
| 100%
| 15
| Smart
| 3 ♥♥♥
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Grimer, Muk
Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
| DisableHGSS
| Normal
| Status
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| 80%
| 20
| Smart
| 2 ♥♥
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Koffing, Weezing
Drifloon, Drifblim
| Explosion
| Normal
| Physical
| 250
| 100%
| 5
| Beauty
| 0
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| Dusclops, Dusknoir
| Fire Punch
| Fire
| Physical
| 75
| 100%
| 15
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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Misdreavus, Mismagius
Shuppet, Banette
| Grudge
| Ghost
| Status
| —
| —%
| 5
| Tough
| 2 ♥♥
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| Koffing, Weezing
| Haze
| Ice
| Status
| —
| —%
| 30
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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| Dusclops, Dusknoir
| Ice Punch
| Ice
| Physical
| 75
| 100%
| 15
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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| Misdreavus, Mismagius
| Perish Song
| Normal
| Status
| —
| —%
| 5
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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Misdreavus, Mismagius
Chimecho
| Psywave
| Psychic
| Special
| —
| 80%
| 15
| Smart
| 3 ♥♥♥
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| Dusclops, Dusknoir
| ThunderPunch
| Electric
| Physical
| 75
| 100%
| 15
| Cool
| 2 ♥♥
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Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir
Shuppet, Banette
| Will-O-Wisp
| Fire
| Status
| —
| 75%
| 15
| Beauty
| 2 ♥♥
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Bold indicates a move that gets STAB
Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon
*Indicates a move only available by chain breeding
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TCG-only moves
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Gastly's prototype name was "Spirit".
- Gastly and its evolution Haunter are the lightest Pokémon in existence.
- Although it has no visible hands, Gastly is able to learn all the elemental punches in Generation IV as egg moves from Dusclops or Dusknoir or as move tutor moves.
- As shown in the anime episode The Tower of Terror, it is able to create hands out of its gas around the black matter.
- Gastly is the first Ghost Pokémon in National Pokédex order; its evolutionary line comprise the only Ghost-types present during Generation I.
- Despite all of them being Poison type, Gastly together with its evolutionary family are not able to learn Poison-type moves by leveling up.
- Gastly's evolution line is the only Ghost-type family that requires the Silph Scope to be seen. Therefore, they must be the only ones that are invisible normally while in the wild; and only in their native region of Kanto.
- The Gastly family is the only one of the original four trade-evolution families (its own, Geodude's, Abra's, and Machop's) which does not appear in all regional Pokédexes, being absent from Hoenn's.
Origin
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, or maybe a will o' the wisp.
Name origin
Gastly's name origin may be a combination of gas and ghastly, dreadfully frightening or horrible. Its Japanese name Ghos (ゴース) is simply a shortened form of ghost and may also incorporate gas into its name. Its French name is a corrupt version of phantom.
In other languages
- German: Nebulak - Referring to Nebel (fog or mist) and nebula.
- French: Fantominus - From fantôme (ghost). The rest may come from minus, which is a pejorative expression, meaning useless, or waste of time.
- Korean: 고오스 Gooseu
External links
Notes
( Ghost )
Body size: 1
(Psy Power ×1)
For other sprites and images, please see Gastly images on Bulbagarden Archives.
