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* In the third movie ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'', a group of {{p|Unown}} creates an illusion where the father of [[Molly Hale|Molly]], [[Spencer Hale]] is transformed into  {{OBP|Entei|M03}}.
* In the third movie ''[[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'', a group of {{p|Unown}} creates an illusion where the father of [[Molly Hale|Molly]], [[Spencer Hale]] is transformed into  {{OBP|Entei|M03}}.
* In the fifth movie ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'', {{OBP|Latias|M05}} changes its appearance and disguises itself as {{OBP|Bianca|M05}}.
* In the fifth movie ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'', {{OBP|Latias|M05}} changes its appearance and disguises itself as {{OBP|Bianca|M05}}.
* In the ninth movie ''[[M06|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', {{OBP|Manaphy|M09}} swaps consciousness of Pokémon and human characters with the move {{m|Heart Swap}}.
* In the thirteenth movie ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'', a wild {{p|Zorua}} likes to use its illusions to transform into people it meets, though its tail is still visible and will revert back to its true form if it is grabbed.
* In the thirteenth movie ''[[M13|Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'', a wild {{p|Zorua}} likes to use its illusions to transform into people it meets, though its tail is still visible and will revert back to its true form if it is grabbed.
* In the episode ''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]'', [[Luke's Zorua]] plays tricks on characters like [[Georgia]] by transforming into them.
* In the episode ''[[BW038|Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!]]'', [[Luke's Zorua]] plays tricks on characters like [[Georgia]] by transforming into them.

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Due to the technology of humans and the mystical abilities of Pokémon, humans and Pokémon have exhibited the ability transform into each other's forms under special circumstances.

Human-to-Pokémon transformation

Bill transformed into Clefairy

Under various unusual circumstances, there have been humans who have transformed into Pokémon.

Pokémon formed from spirits

Several Pokémon, particularly Ghost types, are stated in the Pokédex to be formed from the spirits or souls of deceased humans.

Pokémon Description
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Ninetales
According to an enduring legend, nine noble saints were united and reincarnated as Nintetales.
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Gastly
Poisonous gas comprises 95% of its body. It's said that the remaining 5% is made up of the souls of those who died from the gas.
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Lombre
Old folklore in Kitakami tells of a mischievous child who was reborn as a Pokémon.
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Drifloon
Drifloon is a Pokémon formed by the spirits of people and Pokémon. It likes to steal away children to the afterlife and expands each time it leads someone away.
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Drifblim
The raw material for the gas inside Drifblim's body is composed of souls.
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Spiritomb
Spiritomb was formed from 108 spirits bound to a fissure in an Odd Keystone as punishment for misdeeds 500 years ago. It is uncertain if those spirits were humans.
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Froslass
Froslass was born when the soul of a woman met her end on a snowy mountain bearing a grudge and regrets.
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Yamask
Yamask is said to arose from the spirits of people interred in graves in past ages retaining memories of its former life. The mask they bear used to be its face when it was human.
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Cryogonal
It is said that people and Pokémon who die on snowy mountains are reborn into these Pokémon.
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Honedge
Honedge's soul once belonged to a person who was killed a long time ago by the sword that makes up Honedge's body.
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Phantump
According to old tales, these Pokémon are stumps possessed by the spirits of children who died while lost in the forest.

In the core series games

  • In the Kanto-based games, Bill accidentally combines himself with a Pokémon and transforms into either Nidorino, Clefairy, or an indistinct Pokémon (MS Rhydon I.png) while performing a teleportation experiment.
  • In the Sinnoh-based games, a book in Canalave Library contains a folk story about a Pokémon living in a forest that sheds its hide to sleep as a human, and when awoken the human dons the Pokémon hide to roam villages.

Pokédex entries

A few Pokédex entries refer to Pokémon that were once human. It is uncertain how some of these Pokémon transformed or ended up the way they are.

Pokémon Description
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Kadabra
A Pokédex entry states that one morning a boy with extrasensory powers awoke in bed transformed into Kadabra.

Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia expands the entry explaining it's only the plot of a book called "The Transformation".

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Gengar
Gengar was once a human itself. It tries to create another one by taking the lives of other humans.
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Cofagrigus
People say that Cofagrigus was once human but it no longer remembers it.

In spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In the Mystery Dungeon series, the player character is a human who has been transformed into a Pokémon.

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In animation

Pokémon-to-human transformation

A wild Zorua transforming into Dawn, but keeping its tail

Some Pokémon have moves or Abilities, such as Transform and Illusion, that allow them to take the form of humans. Some notable examples of Pokémon shown doing this are Ditto, Mew, Latias, Zorua, and Zoroark.

In the core series games

  • In the Unova-based games, a wild Zorua in Castelia City takes an appearance of a boy who does not talk.
  • Similarly, a wild Zoroark in Lostlorn Forest utilizes its ability to create illusions, transforming itself first into a woman inside a mobile trailer, and then into a backpacker. It engages in a brief conversation with the player before revealing its true form.
  • In the Alola-based games, at the Police Station on Alola Route 9 and Konikoni City, there's a sidequest where player needs to find and battle five Ditto transformed into humans.

In the spin-off series games

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Ditto summoned from the Poké Ball transforms into a purple version of the fighter who used this item.

In animation

Pokémon the Series

In live action

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

  • The Latias befriended by Emerald often disguises herself as a human in order to blend in with her surroundings.

Trivia

See also