Haunter (Pokémon)

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Haunter (Japanese: ゴースト Ghost) is a dual-type introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 25 and evolves into when traded or when exposed to a Linking Cord.
(Refer to Game data→Evolution data for more details.)
==Biology==
Haunter is a purple with a gaseous body. It has a round head flanked by three large, spiked protrusions on either side. It has triangular eyes with small pupils and a mouth with a long, pink tongue. The gases composing its head curve into its mouth to form several pointed teeth. Disembodied hands with three clawed fingers each float in front of its body. Its body tapers into a jagged tail. Haunter's gaseous form makes it one of the lightest Pokémon in existence.
Haunter hides in very dark places, such as , and is afraid of light. If a human or a Pokémon comes near Haunter, it will stalk the victim while floating and beckon it to come closer. Once approached it will then lick the victim with its gaseous tongue, inflicting convulsions in the victim that last until death. It can also float through walls. It has been shown in Pokémon the Series that it can control its hands from far away and can control any Pokémon that it touches with its hands. Haunter have also been depicted as being able to create illusions,Illusion Confusion pull out spirits from an individual’s body,The Tower of Terror and even remove its own eyes from its faceHaunter versus Kadabra. Despite its predatory nature, it is known to entertain and prank people, such as in the episode The Tower of Terror. Additionally, in A Shipful of Shivers, it is even shown to feel intense loyalty to a deceased Trainer. As mentioned in , Haunter is known to sleep while floating.Sleep Style Dex A sleeping Haunter will steal the of anyone who comes near using its gaseous tongue.
In Generation I, was its signature move.
===Evolution===
Haunter evolves from and evolves into .
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
==Game data==
===NPC appearances===
* : Two Haunter appear in a bonus stage accessible from the Red Table. Once the player knocks out the three , the pair of Haunter appear, and upon knocking them out, the player must then proceed to defeat the that appears.
* : Haunter is the main antagonist in the Special Episode Today's "Oh My Gosh", where it is later revealed there are three Haunter working together.
===Pokédex entries===
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===Held items===
Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
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===Stats===
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===Type effectiveness===
===Learnset===
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
Haunter evolves from starting at level 25 and evolves into when traded. In , Haunter can also evolve into Gengar when exposed to a Linking Cord.
===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Sabrina's Haunter=====
In The Tower of Terror, befriended a Haunter. He then attempted to use it to battle Sabrina in the hopes of freeing , who were captured by Sabrina, but Haunter decided to goof off instead. Eventually, at the end of Haunter Versus Kadabra, Haunter helped Ash succeed in his endeavor, only it didn't fight Kadabra because it only wants to make Sabrina laugh. Afterwards, Haunter decided to stay with Sabrina.
=====Other=====
In A Shipful Of Shivers, a Haunter and a Gastly guarded the Orange League trophy of its deceased .
In Illusion Confusion!, a group of Haunter and Gengar created illusions that impeded progress for Ash and his friends as they wandered through a deep forest.
In From Ghost to Ghost, Morty used a Haunter during his Gym against Ash. It battled and was able to defeat it with and . Haunter then lost to 's newly learned .
In Hoenn Alone!, multiple Haunter attacked ; ; and groups of , , and .
In Fear Factor Phony, a Haunter was living an abandoned mining colony. The Pokémon were having difficulty with the partying Pokémon living nearby.
In PK15, a Haunter lived in a spooky house.
In Scary Hospitality!, Lon used a Haunter with his Gastly and Gengar to scare visitors of the "Scary House". This included Ash, his friends, and later Team Rocket.
In A Haunted House for Everyone!, a Haunter played with Harper and Sarah at the Pokémon School. It also appeared in a dream that a created.
In Showdown at the Gates of Warp!, due to and 's influence, Ash's Gengar devolved into a Haunter and then further devolved into a Gastly. It was later reverted in the same episode.
====Minor appearances====
A Haunter appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
A Haunter appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
A 's Haunter appeared in Deceit and Assist.
A Haunter appeared in Ghoul Daze!.
In Old Rivals, New Tricks!, a Coordinator's Haunter competed in the .
In Loading the Dex!, a Haunter appeared with its evolutionary relatives during a fantasy that had after an encounter with a . They pretended to be a , , and .
A 's Haunter appeared in A Shocking Grocery Run!.
A Haunter appeared in To Top a Totem!.
A Haunter appeared in I Choose You!.
A Trainer's Haunter appeared in Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!.
In Alola, Kanto!, took a photo of a Haunter.
In Securing the Future!, a Trainer's Haunter joined the rest of Alola in showering with light so it could return to its .
A Haunter appeared in a fantasy in The Final Four!.
Three Haunter appeared in The Spectral Express!.
A Haunter appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
A Haunter appeared in a photo in HZ076.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Origins===
In File 3: Giovanni, used a Haunter against Sabrina's and won. It evolved into sometime before File 4: Charizard.
===Pokémon Generations===
In The Old Chateau, an illusory Haunter tormented Cheryl and her .
===Pokémon: Twilight Wings===
A Haunter appeared in Assistant, under the ownership of Allister. It reappeared in Moonlight, Sky, and The Gathering of Stars.
==In the manga==
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
In Haunting My Dreams, encountered a Haunter called the Black Fog, notorious for using its attack to kill people and Pokémon by stealing their souls. Sabrina had a vendetta against this Haunter, as some of her Pokémon were attacked and killed by it when she was eleven, but she fell victim as well in her attempt to protect a team of people trying to hunt it down. With the combined efforts of Ash and the team of hunters, the Black Fog was weakened enough for capture, only for it to promptly use , killing itself right before Ash's Ultra Ball could reach it.
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Haunter appeared in PMDP03.
===Pocket Monsters Platinum: Aim to Be Battle King!!===
A Haunter appeared in PBK2.
===Pokémon Adventures===
In a flashback in Lapras Lazily, a who met near the abandoned Power Plant had a Haunter in his team before it was stolen, with which he later fights Agatha's Gengar to free Blue from a coffin created by a attack. Agatha also had armies of Haunter that she used in her attack on Kanto, which first appeared in said chapter.
In A Flaaffy Kerfuffle, a Haunter appeared as one of the Pokémon in 's fantasy, when he explains that Trainers should only have six Pokémon with them.
In The Last Battle VI, Eusine's Haunter proved to be useful in knocking out the Masked Man's Gastly after the latter wounded with its .
In The Last Battle XIII, a Haunter was sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Multiple Haunter were used by s in Tackling Tangrowth and Mixing It Up with Machamp.
A Haunter belonging to the Advanced level Grunt appeared in High-tailing It from Haunter.
A Haunter appeared in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, under the ownership of a .
A Haunter appeared in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart, where it was seen inside the .
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
 owns a Haunter, which evolved from a Gastly.
Eusine owns a Haunter, as seen in Farewell To Pikachu?!.
===Pokémon: Yeah! I Got Pokémon!===
A Haunter appeared in GDZ34.
A Haunter appeared in GDZ72.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Haunter debuted in Get Rid Of The Ghost Pokémon!!, where it was under the ownership of . It later evolved into Gengar.
A Haunter appeared in Which One is the Real Clefairy!?, where it was giving the citizens a tour around the area along with .
A Haunter appeared in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!, where it was one of the Pokémon that took part in a baseball match.
A Haunter appeared in Panic on the Luxury Liner?!, under the ownership of Agatha.
 was revealed to have a Haunter in Squirtle, the Crybaby Pokémon, where it attempted to battle his .
==In the TCG==
==Other appearances==
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A Haunter appeared in .
==Trivia==
* In the Pokémon Red and Blue beta, Haunter's prototype name was "Spectre".
** Page 19 of the Pokémon Trainer's Survival Guide erroneously references Haunter by this name.
* Despite all of them being Pokémon, Haunter and its evolutionary line were not able to learn Poison-type moves by leveling up prior to .
* Haunter is the Pokémon with the most cry changes throughout the core series games, having been changed in Generations II, , and .
* Haunter and Gastly are the lightest Poison-type Pokémon. They are also tied with for the lightest Pokémon.
** Haunter is the only Pokémon that weighs exactly the same as its pre-Evolution.
* Haunter is the only Ghost-type Pokémon featured in .
* Haunter's Japanese name, ゴースト Ghost, is exactly the same as the Japanese name for the Ghost type.
===Design variations===
Haunter's Generation I artworks, Generation I sprites (except ), and Generation III sprites depict Haunter with three fingers and one thumb. However, in most of Haunter's depictions in other media, such as throughout Pokémon the Series (including the original series), it has always been depicted with two fingers and a thumb.
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===Origin===
Haunter appears to be based on a . It shares many similarities with the , a creature with a wide mouth and a long tongue whose body is covered by dark clouds, making only its head and clawed hands visible.
While Haunter's long tongue is a recurring theme among many yōkai, its vampiric licking might have come from the Dila, a Philippine spirit that licked the life energy of sick people until they died, or from some variants of the .
Some of Haunter's traits, such as its type and extremely light weight, seem to be based on , floating spirits said to be able to spread diseases.
====Name origin====
Haunter may be derived from haunt and the -er or possibly hunter.
Ghost is literally ghost.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Sabrina's Haunter
* Black Fog
* Gengar (UNITE)
==References==
==External links==
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