Polteageist (Pokémon)

Not to be confused with Poltergeist.

For Pokémon GO information on this species, see the game's section.
← #854: Sinistea	Pokémon	#856: Hatenna →

Polteageist Black Tea Pokémon ポットデス Potdeath #855 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Weak Armor Cacophony Cacophony Cursed Body Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Gender unknown	Catch rate 60 (14.8%)
Breeding Egg Groups Mineral and Amorphous Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 0'08" 0.2 m Polteageist 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 0.9 lbs. 0.4 kg Polteageist 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV 178	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Polteageist 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 2 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint File:F855.png {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Purple	Base friendship 50
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Polteageist (Japanese: ポットデス Potdeath) is a Ghost-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

It evolves from Sinistea when exposed to a Cracked Pot or a Chipped Pot. The item required depends on its form.

• The Phony Form^[1][2] (if it lacks a mark of authenticity) requires a Cracked Pot to evolve.
• The Antique Form^[1][3] (if it has a mark of authenticity) requires a Chipped Pot to evolve.

Biology

Polteageist is a specter Pokémon with a purple body with yellow eyes, mouth, and lower body. It has thin arms and three digit hands, it also has two small legs. It possesses a large, white teapot with cracks and holes on it, exposing parts of Polteageist's body. The teapot has a yellow handle, with the rims of the cover and bottom also being yellow. The top half of the teapot is blue with swirly patterns surrounding the teapot.

It is made of black tea that tastes very good, but can cause indigestion or stomach aches if drunk in excess. Only its trainer is allowed to drink the tea. They live in hotels and restaurants to infect teapots to create more of their own kind.^[4] As such, Polteageist is a genderless species. Most of the teapots that Polteageist infects are forgeries, but occasionally an authentic one is found (with a mark of authenticity on the bottom). Polteageist attacks by shooting tea at its enemy's mouth, causing them strong chills when swallowed.

Polteageist is the only known Pokémon capable of using the move Teatime. It is also one of the shortest Pokémon in existence.

In the anime

Main series

Major appearances

Minor appearances

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

A Trainer's Polteageist appeared in Buddy.

A Trainer's Polteageist appeared in The Gathering of Stars.

In the manga

Polteageist in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

Professor Magnolia owns a Polteageist and Sinistea, both in their Antique Form, as shown in PASS14.

In the TCG

Main article: Polteageist (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In events

Wild Area News

Stats

Base stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

By leveling up

By TM/TR

Generation VIII Other generations: IX

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM08 TM08 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM09 TM09 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM17 TM17 Light Screen Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 30 TM18 TM18 Reflect Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM20 TM20 Self-Destruct Normal Physical 200200 100}}100% 5 TM21 TM21 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM24 TM24 Snore Normal Special 05050 100}}100% 15 TM25 TM25 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM28 TM28 Giga Drain Grass Special 07575 100}}100% 10 TM38 TM38 Will-O-Wisp Fire Status 0000— 085}}85% 15 TM39 TM39 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM44 TM44 Imprison Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM57 TM57 Payback Dark Physical 05050 100}}100% 10 TM71 TM71 Wonder Room Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM76 TM76 Round Normal Special 06060 100}}100% 15 TM77 TM77 Hex Ghost Special 06565 100}}100% 10 TM86 TM86 Phantom Force Ghost Physical 09090 100}}100% 10 TR11 TR11 Psychic Psychic Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TR14 TR14 Metronome Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR20 TR20 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR25 TR25 Psyshock Psychic Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TR26 TR26 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR27 TR27 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TR29 TR29 Baton Pass Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 40 TR33 TR33 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR38 TR38 Trick Psychic Status 0000— 100}}100% 10 TR58 TR58 Dark Pulse Dark Special 08080 100}}100% 15 TR68 TR68 Nasty Plot Dark Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TR81 TR81 Foul Play Dark Physical 09595 100}}100% 15 TR82 TR82 Stored Power Psychic Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TR83 TR83 Ally Switch Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 15

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Polteageist Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Polteageist

By breeding

By tutoring

By a prior evolution

Side game data

Evolution

Phony Form

Unevolved Sinistea  Ghost

Cracked Pot →

First evolution Polteageist  Ghost

Antique Form

Unevolved Sinistea  Ghost

Chipped Pot →

First evolution Polteageist  Ghost

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VIII.
Generation VIII Sword Shield

For other sprites and images, please see Polteageist images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Polteageist was designed by James Turner.^[5]

Origin

Polteageist may be based on a poltergeist, a mischievous ghost that possesses objects, and a teapot and black tea. It may also be inspired by the idea of a genie, which are often depicted as residing in oil lamps. Its forms may be based on teapot forgeries being done in Britain. Additionally, it may be based on the yokai Morinji-no-okama or Narigama, which both take the forms of possessed kettles.

Name origin

Polteageist may be a combination of poltergeist and tea.

Potdeath may be a combination of pot and death. It literally means "it's a teapot" (potto desu).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ポットデス Potdeath From pot, death, and ポットです potto desu French Polthégeist From poltergeist and thé Spanish Polteageist Same as English name German Mortipot From mors, tea, and Pott Italian Polteageist Same as English name Korean 포트데스 Potdeath From pot and death Mandarin Chinese 怖思壺 / 怖思壶 Bùsīhú From 怖 bù, 思 sī, 壺 hú, 不死 bùsǐ, and 不是壺 bùshì hú Cantonese Chinese 怖思壺 Bousīwùh From 怖 bou, 思 sī, and 壺 wùh

More languages Russian Полтигейст Poltigeyst Transcription of English name Thai พอตเดธ Photdet Transcription of Japanese name Vietnamese Pottodesu Transcription of Japanese name

Phony Form

Language Title Japanese がんさくフォルム Counterfeit Forme Chinese Cantonese 贗品形態 Ngaahnbán Yìhngtaai Mandarin 贗品形態 / 赝品形态 Yànpǐn Xíngtài French Forme Contrefaçon German Fälschungsform Indonesian Bentuk Imitasi Italian Forma Contraffatta Korean 위작품 Wijakpum Malaysian Bentuk Palsu Brazilian Portuguese Forma Falsificada Spanish Forma Arcaica Thai ฟอร์มของปลอม Vietnamese Dạng Rởm

Antique Form

Language Title Japanese しんさくフォルム Authentic Forme Chinese Cantonese 真品形態 Jānbán Yìhngtaai Mandarin 真品形態 / 真品形态 Zhēnpǐn Xíngtài French Forme Authentique German Originalform Indonesian Bentuk Antik Asli Italian Forma Autentica Korean 진작품 Jinjakpum Malaysian Bentuk Antik Brazilian Portuguese Forma Autêntica Spanish Forma Genuina Thai ฟอร์มของแท้ Vietnamese Dạng Thật

Related articles

• List of Pokémon with form differences

Notes

External links

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