Yamask (Pokémon)


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Yamask (Japanese: デスマス Desumasu) is a  introduced in Generation V.

It evolves into starting at level 34.

Biology
Yamask is a shadow-like Pokémon holding a mask that has a face from its time as a human. It has two shadowy, tendril-like arms and large, red eyes. It also has a small tail-like appendage that holds the mask.

Due to being a human long ago, it has memories of being a human. If someone wears the mask Yamask carries, they will become possessed by the Yamask in question. Sometimes, it looks at this mask and cries, apparently in longing. Yamask is known to wander the ruins of ancient civilizations.

James's Yamask
A Yamask appeared before in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, and James was able to  it. At the end of the, James had to give Yamask to as a sign that they accomplished something in Unova.

Other
Yamask debuted in A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!, where it was causing havoc in the Nacrene City Museum. This eventually turned out to be because Yamask's mask had been put on display after it accidentally dropped it while sleeping. In the end, Lenora, along with, , , and Hawes gained an understanding with it and gave its mask back. Yamask then left the museum peacefully.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Yamask takes part in BW Agency's roster. It trained along with a, a , and Gigi for the Pokémon Musical in To Make a Musical.

A Yamask appeared in The Case of the Missing Pokémon, where it was one of the Pokémon kidnapped by Team Plasma. It was later returned to its Trainer after being found in a stronghold.

A Yamask appeared in a flashback in Cold Storage Battle.

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Trivia

 * No other Pokémon has the same Egg Group combination as Yamask and its.
 * Yamask, along with Litwick, have the lowest base of all  Pokémon.

Origin
Yamask is based on an Egyptian holding a.

Name origin
Yamask may be a combination of 闇 yami (darkness), や ya (bad), or  (lord of the dead in Hindu and Buddhist mythology), and mask.

Desumasu may be a combination of death and mask. It is also a pun off of ですます体 desumasu-tai, a form of polite Japanese which gets its name from the fact that sentences often end in です desu or ます masu.

Related articles

 * James's Yamask