Ghost (Marowak)

Ghosts are the spirits of deceased Pokémon. Ghosts first appear in the Generation I games, where they inhabit the Pokémon Tower. One of the ghosts is a Marowak, who was killed by Team Rocket while trying to protect her Cubone child from being taken by Team Rocket, who were attempting to steal Cubone skulls for large sums of money.
==Generation I==
In Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow, the Ghost will appear in the Pokémon Tower to represent the various Pokémon living there, as well as a single one that blocks the player's path towards the tower's top floor. Attempting to attack the Ghosts will only result in them warning the player to leave the Pokémon Tower with chants of "Get out......". The player must first collect the Silph Scope to reveal the ghost's true identities, which will initiate normal battles now that they are revealed.
If the player obtains the Silph Scope and heads to the Ghost blocking their path to the top floor, they are revealed to be a Marowak that will then battle the player. This Marowak can not be caught unlike other wild Pokémon. Once defeated, the Marowak's spirit will be at peace and will depart, granting access to the Pokémon Tower's top floor. However, this battle can be completely skipped by using a Poké Doll.
The Ghost's sprite is also one of the various appearances that the glitch Pokémon MissingNo. can use.
==Generation III==
In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Ghost's appearance has changed. Instead of appearing to be a black figure with floating hands and a smiling mouth, it is now depicted as a foggy purple mass with yellow eyes.
The process of passing by this Ghost is the same: obtain the Silph Scope and battle the Marowak that appears upon revealing the Ghost's identity. However, unlike the Generation I games, the Poké Doll glitch that automatically ends the fight can not be abused, requiring the player to actually fight Marowak. Just like Marowak's battle in Generation I, this one can not be caught.
==Generation VII==
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!, the Ghost reappears. Their appearance is much more similar to that of the Ghost sprite in Generation I, albeit with added teeth and horns. There are smaller ghosts within the Pokémon Tower that present a challenge for the player: they will chase the player around and will teleport them to the bottom floor if caught.
The process of revealing the Ghosts is also the same: obtain the Silph Scope and use it on the Ghost.
Unlike the other Kanto games, the Ghost in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! does not initiate a battle and instead shows a cutscene. The Marowak's child, a Cubone, approaches the ghost Marowak as her spirit is calmed and slowly disappears.
== Generation VIII ==
In Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master Episode "PJ144: Getting to the Heart of It All!, Ghost makes a cameo appearance.
==Trivia==
*Interestingly, Marowak would receive a regional form in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon that made them part type, twenty years after the first appearance of the Ghost Marowak in the Generation I games.
*Due to an oversight, the battle with the Ghost Marowak in Red, Blue, and Yellow can be skipped using a Poké Doll, allowing the player to progress as if they defeated it. This allows the player to forgo the Silph Scope and skip the Celadon Rocket Hideout completely, which was fixed in both remakes.
*Despite not being able to be caught by the player, it is still possible to throw Poké Balls at the Marowak, which will always fail. This is unlike any other uncatchable Pokémon battle, which will not allow the use of Poké Balls whatsoever.
*The Terastal crown worn by Pokémon with a Tera Type in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet appears to reference the Ghost's original design. The crown depicts a jewel resembling a round spirit with floating hands and a grinning face, not dissimilar to the Ghost's sprite in the Generation I games.
==See also==
*Marowak
*MissingNo.
Category:Glitch Pokémon
Category:Deceased