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Gourgeist (Japanese: パンプジン Pampujin) is a dual-type Ghost/Grass Pokémon.
It evolves from Pumpkaboo when traded.
Gourgeist comes in four different sizes: Small, Average, Large, and Super Size.
Biology
Gourgeist is a bipedal, pumpkin Pokémon. Its body is a black pumpkin, with two short stubby feet. There is a faced carved into this pumpkin, having triangular eyes and a half-circle mouth, completed with a spike protruding from the top of the shape. Above this pumpkin is the head, being tall, slender and and orange in color. At the top of the head is the face, which has yellow eyes, and a small mouth, no nose present. The mouth has two sharp fangs, with an absence of other visible teeth. It is completed with the hair, which down the sides develops limbs, which are used to catch its prey. The hair contains bangs which usually cover one eye. The top of its hair contains a crescent shape, which is peach-colored on the outside, and black on the inside. They come in many sizes, the smallest being no more than 2'04" or 0.7m, while the largest are 5'07", or 1.7m.
In the anime
Major appearances
Minor appearances
Pokédex entries
In the manga
In the TCG
Gourgeist has not yet been featured in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VI.
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Generation VI
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Singing in eerie voices, they wander town streets on the night of the new moon. Anyone who hears their song is cursed.
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It enwraps its prey in its hair like arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey.
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Game locations
Stats
Base stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gourgeist
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Move
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Type
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Cat.
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Pwr.
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Acc.
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PP
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Contest
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Appeal
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Jamming
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This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
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- A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Gourgeist can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Gourgeist cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gourgeist
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Origin
Gourgeist appears to be based on the idea of a living Jack-o'-lantern. Gourgeist's multiple sizes may be a reference to the variety of sizes pumpkins come in that people carve.
Name origin
Gourgeist is a combination of gourd and geist.
Pampujin is a combination of pumpkin and 神 shin (deity, spirit), 人 jin (man), or Jinn
In other languages
External links
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