Marowak (ghost)

The ghost of a Marowak haunts the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town. This is the mother of a .
==In the games==
In the Generation I core series games, , and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, before the reaches Lavender Town, members of Team Rocket invade the Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls of in order to sell them for large amounts of . One Cubone, however, was protected by its mother. The Cubone escaped, but its mother was killed. As a result, the Marowak's ghost remained in the Pokémon Tower, forbidding access to the topmost floor. She appears as a that prevents the player from ascending to the top floor until they obtain the Silph Scope to identify her.
In the Generation I games and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the player has to battle her to calm her down. Despite being a wild Pokémon, she avoids all thrown Poké Balls (even while ing). Once she is defeated, her soul is calmed, and she departs to the afterlife, granting the player passage to the top floor.
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, after the player reveals her with the Silph Scope, she does not initiate a battle. Her child Cubone calms her spirit, and she departs.
===Movesets===
===Quotes===
* Directly before encountering the Marowak ghost
:"Be gone... Intruders..."
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==In animation==
===Pokémon Origins===
The Marowak ghost appeared in File 2: Cubone, where she played the same role that she does in the , warning intruders to stay away. The Marowak and her child used to live peacefully until Team Rocket began poaching Pokémon in the area. When they attempted to capture Cubone as well, Marowak stepped in to protect it, only to be killed with a stun baton while her child was running away.
After her death, she haunted the Pokémon Tower to warn people of Team Rocket, who had taken it over. When went inside to drive Team Rocket out, he saw the ghost and ran away from her, terrified. , however, decided to be brave and fight her with his , but his Pokémon's attacks wouldn't work on her. When Blue returned to give Red the Silph Scope, Red was able to identify the ghost and figure out her true identity.
Before he could continue their , Marowak's child Cubone came rushing in and embraced its deceased mother. Having found peace in seeing her child once again, Marowak's spirit calmed down and moved on to the afterlife.
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Zensho===
In PZ05, the ghost Marowak appeared when was being attacked by Giovanni at the Pokémon Tower. Due to its immunity to physical moves, it defeated the spirit that Giovanni had summoned, leading him to withdraw Team Rocket from the tower. Afterwards, Mr. Fuji was able to calm the ghost down and allow it to pass on into the afterlife.
Unlike other depictions of the ghost Marowak, the Zensho manga's version of the ghost Marowak had it initially take the form of a and even gave it the abilities of one, allowing it to use .
==In the guidebooks==
===The Official Pokémon Handbook===
In The Official Pokémon Handbook: Deluxe Edition, 's Pokédex entry includes this excerpt about the ghost Marowak: "According to legend, an angry mother Marowak, upset by the cruel deaths of her children, haunts Pokémon Tower. If you defeat her in battle, her spirit will finally be at peace."
==Trivia==
* Marowak's quote of "Begone... Intruders..." was used at the beginning of the song .
* This ghost Marowak is one of the few wild Pokémon encountered by the player after the player has access to Poké Balls that is impossible to . However, unlike the other cases, it is possible to throw Poké Balls at the ghost Marowak. The only others that share this trait are:
** The / Kyurem in ,
** at Aether Paradise in ,
** / Necrozma (Altar of the Sunne/Altar of the Moone) and Ultra Necrozma (Ultra Megalopolis) in .
** Unfused and either or at Freezington in .
* Despite the fact that this Marowak is a ghost, it is not treated as a Pokémon by the game, and thus is still affected by - and moves.
** Twenty years after this Marowak's appearance, a Ghost-type Marowak would be introduced in Sun and Moon as a regional form.
* In Generation I, the ghost Marowak's individual values are randomly generated like those of any wild Pokémon. If the player battles it multiple times in the same game, it will have new individual values for each battle despite being the same Pokémon.
* In Generation I, exists where a Poké Doll can be used against the Marowak, which will make it flee the fight and allow the player to pass on as if it were defeated. This was fixed in the Generation III remakes.
** This glitch allows the player to completely skip the Team Rocket Hideout in Celadon City because there will be no need to obtain the Silph Scope. The player can also break the gameplay sequence and go to the Team Rocket Hideout at any point later.
* In Pokémon Origins, its Cubone offspring is shown wearing its skull in the flashback, despite the Marowak not even having died yet.
==Related articles==
* Ghost (Pokémon Tower)
* Ghosts in the Pokémon world
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