Spiritomb (Pokémon)

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Spiritomb (Japanese: ミカルゲ Mikaruge) is a dual-type introduced in Generation IV.
It is not known to evolve into or from any other Pokémon.
==Biology==
Spiritomb is a ghostly purple attached to a stone. Although lacking a physical body, Spiritomb projects its appearance out of a small rock called the Odd Keystone. The rock is trapezoidal in shape and has two small dots. There is a fissure running down the middle, splitting in two near the bottom. The crack in combination with the two dots appears to form a frowning face. Spiritomb's projected appearance is an ethereal composition of swirling purple energy of an unknown kind. Its face is set in the middle of the purple, and contains green, crescent eyes that are connected to its jagged mouth. Its pupils are composed of a spiral and it is sometimes only seen with one. Swirling around its face are green orbs with yellow centers.
Spiritomb is formed by a collection of 108 spirits, some of which are ill-natured. This collection of spirits is known for its misdeeds; thus, as punishment, the spirits were trapped to its Odd Keystone by a traveler using a mysterious spell. Several Pokédex entries state that Spiritomb was sealed roughly 500 years before the present time. The Pokémon lays curses with its wicked thoughts. It will lash out at anyone with little thought, often exercising short-sightedness in its pursuit of vengeance. It is rarely encountered in the wild. In most media, Spiritomb moves its body primarily through levitation; though in the core series games, it can only appear to do so through dragging the Odd Keystone across the ground.
Papers found within Sea Mauville in state that it was donated from the Oreburgh Mine, suggesting that several Odd Keystones meant to contain Spiritomb can be found in the Underground of Sinnoh. Professor Cozmo's father, Raizoh, was responsible for misplacing it when working on the ship."The file folder holds a stack of ragged papers. Official Statem— of Apolog— I, —izo— Co—mo, am respon— for the los— of the Odd Keystone dona—d...by the Oreb—gh Mine..."
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Spiritomb's 108 spirits appear in the form of Wisps, small purple entities scattered across the Hisui region after a seal was broken. When 107 Wisps have been taken to a large Odd Keystone shrine at the Crimson Mirelands' Shrouded Ruins as per Vessa's request, she will provide the player with the final Wisp and disappear, with a wild Spiritomb appearing shortly afterwards.
As depicted in The Keystone Pops!, Spiritomb can be just as aggressive and destructive as the spirits that it is composed of. The Spectral Express! also revealed that anyone possessed by one of Spiritomb's spirits will start to cause misdeeds, and their face will eventually start to resemble Spiritomb. Losing one of these spirits will cause Spiritomb to go on an uncontrollable rampage until the lost spirit is returned.
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : A Spiritomb is the boss of Sealed Ruin. He captures and the player must battle the Spiritomb to free him.
* : A Spiritomb was ordered by to hold hostage in the depths of Icicle Forest to lure into the center of the electric field. This Spiritomb is likely to be the same one from Sealed Ruin.
* : A Spiritomb is the boss the first time the player goes through the Chroma Ruins. It also appears as the second boss of the Capture Arena.
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In , Spiritomb could be obtained by completing 2/4 of the time-limited Special Research, A Spooky Message Unmasked.
===Evolution data===
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Major appearances===
Spiritomb debuted in The Keystone Pops!. and were having a match with and when Buizel accidentally knocked down Hallowed Tower, upon which Spiritomb emerged from the tower's keystone. It then wreaked havoc on a nearby town until Ash succeeded in defeating and resealing it.
A Spiritomb appeared in The Spectral Express!. When Ash touched its keystone, one of its spirits entered his body and possessed him into doing mischievous deeds. Angered by this, Spiritomb went on a rampage until the lost spirit was returned to it. It reappeared in a flashback in The Winding Path to Greatness!.
In Bewitch, Battle, and Bewilder!, used her Spiritomb in her Masters Eight Tournament match against Ash. It battled and , defeating them both before losing to , although not without taking him down with it thanks to .
===Minor appearances===
===Pokédex entries===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
A Spiritomb first appeared in Ring Around the Roserade II, under the ownership of Cynthia. It helped train for her upcoming Gym challenge against Gardenia. With her abilities, she was able to seal Tru's alongside 's Water attack and used them to save Rad Rickshaw, inadvertently getting , , and Platinum a set of bicycles when Rad mistook them as his helpers. Spiritomb was later used against Cyrus, where she defeated his , but was then defeated by .
===Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blazing Exploration Team===
A Spiritomb appeared in BET3.
===Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition ~ Ranse's Color Picture Scroll ~===
A Spiritomb appeared in PNA4, under the ownership of Hanzō.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* Spiritomb is heavily associated with the number , a number considered sacred in .
** Several of its Pokédex entries state that it was formed from 108 spirits.
** Its number in the Sinnoh Pokédex is 108.
** Its Defense and Special Defense base stats are both 108.
** It weighs exactly 108.0 kg.
** In , it can be found at Sea Mauville, which lies on .
** In Pokémon GO, it is encountered at the end of a Special Research quest involving feeding 108 to Pokémon and catching 108 Pokémon.
** In , it is encountered at the end of a request in which the player must gather 108 wisps scattered throughout Hisui.
* Prior to the introduction of the type in Generation VI, Spiritomb had no weaknesses under normal conditions. It shared this distinction with .
* As of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the main body of Spiritomb's model is opaque, and its normals (the direction of the model's faces) are flipped. Due to backface culling, the outside can be seen through, but the inside cannot, allowing for its green orbs (which are three-dimensional and swirl within its body) to be seen with an opaque background from any angle. This is in contrast to previous 3D games, in which Spiritomb's main body is slightly transparent and has normals pointing outwards. The difference can be most easily seen when viewing Spiritomb from the side.
:* Uniquely, because of this, whenever Spiritomb is Terastallized, the souls gain the crystal look, not the swirls.
* When Spiritomb appears as an alpha Pokémon in , the markings on its Odd Keystone glow red.
* Nob Ogasawara, the translator of the Pokémon games to English, had suggested "Phantomb" for Spiritomb's English name, although it was not accepted by Nintendo of America.Interview with Nob Ogasawara by ANMTV. Posted on YouTube on September 28, 2022.
===Origin===
Spiritomb may be based on a Jibakurei, a spirit bound to a single place, or a , a Norwegian folklore spirit that is forced to haul around a boundary stone as punishment for moving one while it was alive. It might also be based on a tradition performed on in Japan in which a bell is rung 108 times to chase away the 108 temptations in order to achieve . The wisps of spirits surrounding its face also resemble a set of prayer beads, a possible reference to .
Spiritomb may also be based on , one of the , which is also very well known in Japan. In the novel's first chapter, a foolish army marshal orders the removal of a stone monument guarded by monks for generations, causing the spirits of 108 demons sealed therein to be released. These 108 souls, having atoned for their sins, become the . They are reincarnated centuries later as 108 outlaws, the heroes of the novel.
====Name origin====
Spiritomb may be a combination of spirit and tomb. It may also be a play on the Latin spiritum.
Mikaruge may be a combination of 御影石 mikageishi () and 軽石 karuishi (). It may also involve .
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
* Pokémon fusion
* Odd Keystone
* Vessa
* Wisp
==External links==
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