Duskull (Pokémon)


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Duskull (Japanese: ヨマワル Yomawaru) is a  introduced in Generation III.

It evolves into starting at level 37, which evolves into  when traded holding a Reaper Cloth.

Biology
Duskull is a stylized personification of the. Its body is a black robe with two bones on its back. It has a mask that resembles a skull and has a single eye that floats between the eye sockets.

Duskull is also able to become invisible to sneak up on its prey and go through walls. Duskull is primarily a nocturnal Pokémon and has been shown to live in. It is said that this Pokémon will spirit away disobedient children, and it has been described to enjoy the crying of children. Once Duskull chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn.

Major appearances
Duskull debuted in Camp Pikachu as a friend of a aiding the Pichu Brothers. It scared the Pichu Brothers, and later and.

Two Duskull were among the several Pokémon living in abandoned mine in Fear Factor Phony, as they couldn't stand the partying  Pokémon in the nearby town. decided to help the Ghost-type Pokémon because they knew what it's like to "lose sleep over a bunch of twerps."

A Duskull appeared in PK15. It was one of the residents of a spooky house.

Minor appearances
Duskull made its main series debut in Get the Show on the Road!. While was on her way to Professor Birch, Duskull popped up in front of her and scared her.

It was revealed in a flashback in Disaster of Disguise that Timmy Grimm's was originally a Duskull he found alone in a bush.

A Duskull appeared in a flashback in A Six Pack Attack!.

A Duskull appeared in Who's Flying Now? as one of the Pokémon featured in the Fortree City Feather Festival.

A Duskull appeared in the opening sequence of Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

A Duskull appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.

A Duskull briefly appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness.

A 's Duskull appeared in Dawn's Early Night!, where it was seen participating in a required Double Performance alongside a during the.

A Duskull appeared in Ghoul Daze!, where it, a, and a scared off.

A Coordinator's Duskull appeared in Another One Gabites the Dust!, where it was seen participating in the Performance Stage of the Contest.

A Duskull appeared in SM094 as an illusion created by a.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A Duskull first appeared in Creeping Past Cacnea.

A Duskull appeared in Dreadful Dealing with Dusclops, attacking inside the Sky Pillar.

A Team Aqua Grunt's Duskull appeared in No Armaldo Is an Island.

Duskull is one of the Pokémon Fantina uses in her Gym battle against. However, she was easily defeated by the  and his. She first appeared in Problematic Probopass and Mad Magnezone III.

NPC appearances

 * : Duskull is featured in 's bonus stage. Twenty of them must be hit in order to make Dusclops appear.
 * : Duskull runs the bank in Treasure Town.
 * : The same Duskull from Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness returns as a traveling Pokémon. Upon connecting with him, he will also connect the player's team with Red and Blue Rescue Team's.

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Trivia

 * Duskull can be seen as a parallel to . Both are Generation III Ghost-type Pokémon. Both evolve into their evolved forms starting at level 37. Both also have the same base stat total.

Origin
Duskull may be based on the or the. The Japanese equivalent of the bogeyman is called the. Its shape is similar to a, the japanese representation of a human soul.

Name origin
Duskull is a combination of dusk and skull.

Yomawaru is a combination of 妖魔 yōma and 悪 waru (bad thing/person). It may also derive from 夜回り yomawari (night watch[man]) or 夜回る yomawaru (night wanderer). It is also similar to (a hairy, one-eyed spirit, sometimes considered a kappa), present in .