Ghost (Pokémon Tower)

Ghosts (Japanese: ゆうれい ) are disguised and, in one case, , that roam Lavender Town's Pokémon Tower.
==In the core series games==
In the Kanto-based games, before getting a Silph Scope, several unidentified ghosts (in reality, , , or ) appear in the Pokémon Tower.
The identity of the ghosts can be revealed with the Silph Scope. Without the Silph Scope, ghosts appear as wild Pokémon in the Pokémon Tower, but cannot be battled. In Generations I and III, whenever the orders a move against an unknown ghost, the player's Pokémon will be too scared to move. Additionally, if the player throws a Poké Ball (including a Master Ball) at an unidentified ghost, it will simply dodge the ball.
In Generation VII, if the player is touched by a ghost, they are warped back to the first floor of the Pokémon Tower. Furthermore, ghosts home in slowly on the player's location and (unlike even unmasked Ghost-types) can pass through walls while doing so.
In Generation I, the ghosts use the front sprite of the specific MissingNo. with the ghost form.
===Marowak===
Another stronger ghost is revealed to be a mother , which haunts the tower as a result of her death at the hands of Team Rocket. Even with the help of the Silph Scope, the Marowak ghost cannot be caught.
During the course of the game, the player must obtain the Silph Scope and becalm the ghost Marowak by battling it/reuniting it with its child, Cubone.
===Oddities===
The ghosts do not have a cry in the Generation I games, whereas they emit the cry of the disguised Pokémon in .
In Generation I:
* The Pokédex still records the of the wild Pokémon even without the Silph Scope.
* If the games are played on a Super Game Boy (or on a Game Boy Color, in the case of the international releases of ), the ghost has the same color palette as that of the Pokémon it is hiding. This means that a ghost can be seen with two different and legitimate color palettes: that of Gastly and Haunter, and that of Cubone and Marowak. If the ghost appears due to a glitch, a third palette is used.
* Players can exploit the to make the ghost reveal itself by viewing the stats of any Pokémon in the player's party, and then returning to the battle. However, this glitch is only graphical as it is still impossible to battle or a ghost.
* If the player uses a Poké Doll against the ghost Marowak, it will disappear even if the player didn't have the Silph Scope.
==Quotes==
* When trying to attack a ghost without the Silph Scope
:"Get out...... Get out......"
:"Get out... Begone..."
* Directly before encountering the Marowak ghost
:"Be gone... Intruders..."
==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
In Generation I, the ghost uses the purple palette when it is or , and the grey palette when it is or .
 	 	 	 	 	
Sprite from (purple palette)	Sprite from (grey palette)	Sprite from	Model from	Model of Marowak's ghost from	Artwork from the
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
In Getting to the Heart of it All!, a created a shadow in the form of the original ghost sprite from the Generation I games.
===Pokémon Origins===
A ghost appeared in File 2: Cubone. It played a similar role to the ghosts in the games, lying dormant in the Pokémon Tower and warning intruders to stay away from Team Rocket, who had taken it over. One resident of Lavender Town noted that she saw the ghost after sneaking past s at night, and fled in terror. also ran away upon seeing it. attempted to fight it, but his Pokémon's attacks were ineffective against it. When Blue returned to give Red the Silph Scope, Red was able to identify the ghost as the spirit of . After Marowak's child, , came rushing in and embraced its deceased mother, Marowak's spirit departed for the afterlife.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Zensho===
The Marowak ghost appeared in Pokémon Zensho.
==Trivia==
* The Tera Jewel appears to be based on the Generation I Ghost sprite.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Ghosts in the Pokémon world
* Marowak (ghost)
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