Gourgeist (Pokémon)


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Gourgeist (Japanese: パンプジン Pumpjin) is a dual-type  introduced in Generation VI.

It evolves from when traded.

Gourgeist comes in four different variations: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size.

Biology
Gourgeist is a bipedal, pumpkin Pokémon. Its body is a black pumpkin with two short, stubby feet. There is a face carved into this pumpkin, having triangular eyes and a half-circle mouth, completed with a spike protruding from the top of the mouth. Above this pumpkin is the head, which is tall, slender, and orange in color. At the top of the head is the face, which has yellow eyes and a small mouth with no nose present. The mouth has two sharp fangs, with an absence of other visible teeth. It is completed with its peach-colored hair, which down the sides develops limbs. 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. Its colors have switched from when it was a Pumpkaboo, with its lower body being black and its top being pink.

Gourgeist are malevolent Pokémon that catch their prey in their hairlike arms and take delight in their victims' suffering. On moonless nights, they are known to wander through town streets, singing an eerie song that curses its unfortunate listeners. It and its pre-evolution,, are the only known Pokémon that can learn.

Jessie's Gourgeist
Jessie's Pumpkaboo evolved into a Gourgeist in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?. When Jessie headed to Alola in Loading the Dex!, it was revealed that Gourgeist had been left behind at.

Other
Three Gourgeist appeared in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?, under the ownership of Count Pumpka's steward. They were commonly used by their to carry out Count Pumpka's bidding. All three were eventually defeated by Ash's Pikachu, Clemont's Bunnelby, and Serena's Braixen.

Minor appearances
Five Gourgeist appeared in SM094 as illusions created by a.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Gourgeist appeared in Morphing Manectric under the ownership of Cassius.

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Trivia

 * A Super Size Gourgeist has a different cry from its other three forms, pitched lower than the cry shared by the other forms.
 * Only Average Size and Super Size Gourgeist can have its Hidden Ability . Average Size can be obtained as a Pumpkaboo with its Hidden Ability from the Friend Safari; Super Size can be obtained as a Pumpkaboo from.

Origin
Gourgeist appears to be based on both and modern pumpkin s. Its multiple sizes may be a reference to the tradition of trying to grow the largest pumpkin for Halloween. Its upper body may also be based on the s within jack-o'-lanterns themselves, with the curl being its wick and its hair-like extensions its dripping wax. It could also be viewed as a mere extension of the shape and the curl on top being its stem. The lower body's different color might also reference the tradition of decorating gourds with paint.

Name origin
Gourgeist is a combination of ' and '.

Pumpjin is a combination of pumpkin and 神 ' (deity, spirit), 人 jin (man), or '.

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 * Jessie's Gourgeist