Gourgeist (Pokémon)

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Gourgeist (Japanese: パンプジン Pumpjin) is a dual-type introduced in Generation VI.
It evolves from when traded.
Gourgeist has four different forms: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size.
==Biology==
Gourgeist is a ghostly gourd-like that varies dramatically in size. Its body is a dark brown pumpkin with a glowing, yellow-orange face carved into the front and a pair of nubby legs. The face consists of two triangular eyes and a grinning mouth; on top of the mouth is a small, triangular cutout for a nose. Poking out of the top of the pumpkin is its slender brown-orange head, which has bright yellow eyes and a small mouth but no visible nose. Gourgeist has long, light pink hair with arm-like tendrils framing its face and bangs that usually cover one eye. On top of its head is a crescent-shaped tuft that is brown on top; this tuft resembles a pumpkin's stem. In the , Gourgeist has shown the ability to retract its upper body into the pumpkin, giving it the appearance of a traditional .
On the night of a new moon, Gourgeist wanders town streets while singing an eerie song. Those who hear its song will be cursed. It is also known to sing joyfully while observing prey it has entangled in its arms.
Gourgeist and its pre-evolved form are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move .
Jessie Gourgeist flashlight.png|Jessie's Gourgeist flashing light from the holes in her body
File:Gourgeist pumpkin form.png|Gourgeist appearing as a jack-o'-lantern
===Forms===
Gourgeist has four separate forms: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size. 
Gourgeist's four different sizes determines their target for who they take into the afterlife. Small Gourgeist prefers targeting adults by pretending to be children. The large Gourgeist prefers taking children by pretending to be adults. The Supersize Gourgeist aren't picky and will target anyone.
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Small Size
===Evolution===
Gourgeist evolves from .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
=====Small Size=====
=====Average Size=====
=====Large Size=====
=====Super Size=====
===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
Gourgeist is available in .
====By leveling up====
====By TM/TR====
====By ====
====By tutoring====
====By a prior Evolution====
====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===
Gourgeist 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 from and cannot be changed. Gourgeist typically cannot be found in the , and its different forms can usually only be obtained by evolving Pumpkaboo, whose larger sizes are rarer to encounter. However, in , Average Size Gourgeist can be found in the wild, and Gourgeist can also be encountered in Dynamax Adventures.
Super Size Gourgeist 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 Gourgeist do not use different menu sprites, except in .
Previously, only Average Size and Super Size Gourgeist 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, its base stat increases by 10 points and its base stat increases by 5 points while its base stat decreases by 15 points. Consequently, its base stat total does not vary with size.
			
===Evolution data===
====Small Size====
====Average Size====
====Large Size====
====Super Size====
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
====Jessie's Gourgeist====
Jessie's Super Size Pumpkaboo evolved into a Gourgeist in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?. When Jessie headed to Alola in Loading the Dex!, it was revealed that Gourgeist had been left behind at . Gourgeist returned to Jessie's party in Rocket Revengers!.
====Other====
Three Gourgeist appeared in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?, under the ownership of Count Pumpka's steward. They were commonly used by their to carry out Count Pumpka's bidding. All three were eventually defeated by Ash's Pikachu, Clemont's Bunnelby, and Serena's Braixen.
A Gourgeist belonging to Diantha appeared in Pride of a Champion!. She used it in her Masters Eight Tournament battle against , where it defeated , before losing to .
===Minor appearances===
Five Gourgeist appeared in A Haunted House for Everyone! as illusions created by a .
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
A Gourgeist appeared in Morphing Manectric under the ownership of Cassius.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
===Origin===
Gourgeist appears to be based on s, s, and modern s, decorations made out of carved pumpkins for . Its multiple sizes may be a reference to the tradition of trying to grow the largest pumpkin for Halloween. Its upper body may also be based on the s within jack-o'-lanterns themselves, with the curl being its wick and its hair-like extensions its dripping wax. It could also be viewed as a mere extension of the shape and the curl on top being its stem. The lower body's different color might also reference the tradition of decorating gourds with paint. Gourgeist's behavior of knocking on people's front doors before whisking them away, as described by its Pokédex entry in , may reference the Halloween tradition of going door-to-door for .
Gourgeist also has potential connections with the famous Japanese story, , in which a woman transforms into a paper lantern with long hair.
====Name origin====
Gourgeist may be a combination of and .
Pumpjin may be a combination of pumpkin and 神 (deity, spirit), 人 jin (man), or .
==In other languages==
Average Size
Small Size
Large Size
Super Size
==Related articles==
*Jessie's Gourgeist
* List of Pokémon with form differences
==External links==
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