Pumpkaboo (Pokémon)

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Pumpkaboo (Japanese: バケッチャ Bakeccha) is a dual-type introduced in Generation VI.
It evolves into when traded.
Pumpkaboo has four different forms: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size.
==Biology==
Pumpkaboo is a ghostly pumpkin-like that varies dramatically in size. Encasing its lower body is a pinkish pumpkin with a pair of nubby legs. Carved into the pumpkin is a pair of circular holes that glow yellow-orange. Pumpkaboo's shadowy black body pokes out of the top of the pumpkin. It has glowing yellow eyes, a pair of fangs in its upper jaw, and pointed ears that curve slightly. On top of its head is a long tuft of fur that curls tightly at the tip. A collar of furry-looking tufts hangs over the edge of the pumpkin.
Pumpkaboo becomes active after dark. The holes in its body can glow and illuminate the way for travelers in the dark. It is said that it also carries wandering spirits to the afterlife by storing the spirits in its body. However, its own spirit is trapped in this world. Pumpkaboo can hypnotize and control any humans or Pokémon. It does this task by releasing streams of light from the holes in the pumpkin.
Pumpkaboo and its evolved form are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
===Forms===
Pumpkaboo has four separate forms: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size.
The size of Pumpkaboo is said to be the product of the number of lost souls that lingered in the area where it was formed. When taking spirits to the afterlife, small Pumpkaboo prefer the spirits of children to those of adults. Supersized Pumpkaboo are very partial to the spirits of people who were of similarly superior proportions.
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Small Size
===Evolution===
Pumpkaboo evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
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====In events====
=====Super Size=====	
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
=====Small Size=====
=====Average Size=====
=====Large Size=====
=====Super Size=====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Pumpkaboo is available in .
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By transfer from another generation====
===Side game data===
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Spooky Festival (Small Size)	Spooky Festival (Average Size)	Spooky Festival (Large Size)	Spooky Festival (Super Size)	
===Form data===
Pumpkaboo have four different forms, each named after their respective size: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size. 
Its size is maintained through evolution into and cannot be changed. Larger sizes of Pumpkaboo are rarer to encounter in the . Bred Pumpkaboo are the same size as their mother, or the same size as the Pumpkaboo or Gourgeist parent if bred with .
In the wild, Super Size Pumpkaboo will always hold a Miracle Seed, whereas other sizes will never hold an item in the wild. Super Size variants have different, lower-pitched cries than the other forms, and were also the only Pokémon to have the XXL size designation in prior to the addition of XXL and XXS sizes for all species. The different sizes of Pumpkaboo do not use different menu sprites, except in .
Previously, only Average Size and Super Size Pumpkaboo could have their Hidden Ability . Average Size can be obtained with its Hidden Ability from the Friend Safari, and Super Size could be obtained with its Hidden Ability from s. Since Version 1.2.0 of , all sizes can be obtained with their Hidden Abilities via Ability Patches.
Each form has different base stats. With each increase in size, Pumpkaboo's base stat increases by 5 points, while its base stat decreases by 5 points. Consequently, its base stat total does not vary with size.
			
===Evolution data===
====Small Size====
====Average Size====
====Large Size====
====Super Size====
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Jessie's Pumpkaboo=====
Pumpkaboo debuted in The Bamboozling Forest!, where Jessie tripped over a Super Size Pumpkaboo in a forest. When she came out of the ground, she threw a at her and successfully her. She later evolved into a Gourgeist after being traded in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?.
=====Other=====
A Small Size Pumpkaboo named Prince Pumpkaboo appeared in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?, under the ownership of Count Pumpka. He fell in love with Jessie's Pumpkaboo and a trade was agreed on. However, when the trade caused Jessie's Pumpkaboo to evolve into Gourgeist, Prince Pumpkaboo rejected her.
====Minor appearances====
A Pumpkaboo appeared as an image in A Performance Pop Quiz!.
A 's Pumpkaboo appeared during a flashback in The Legend of X, Y, and Z!.
Multiple Pumpkaboo appeared in The Spectral Express!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
A Pumpkaboo appeared in Assistant.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
's Average Size Pumpkaboo appeared in Pinsir Glares, where he was with Diantha underneath some rubble to hide from the ultimate weapon's beam.
Aliana's Pumpkaboo first appeared in Mewtwo Angered.
A Pumpkaboo appeared in GRRR!! The Irrepairable Gears during the Darkest Day.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
===Origin===
Pumpkaboo appears to be based on a , specifically the ones carved into s for . Pumpkins are also known for their variety of sizes, possibly contributing to the four sizes Pumpkaboo comes in. Considering its fangs, black upper body, and affiliation with Halloween, it may also be based on bats or black cats, which are also associated with the holiday.
====Name origin====
Pumpkaboo may be a combination of pumpkin and boo (a common word used to startle people) or .
Bakeccha may be a combination of お化け obake (ghost) and 南瓜 kabocha (pumpkin).
==In other languages==
Average Size
Small Size
Large Size
Super Size
==Related articles==
*Jessie's Pumpkaboo
* List of Pokémon with form differences
==External links==
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Category:Pokémon that evolve through trading
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