Jack O'Lantern Yokai

**Jack O'Lantern Yokai** are a variation of the Scarecrow Yokai who has the body of a human and a head of a pumpkin.

## Physical Appearance

Jack O'Lantern Yokai can have different appearance. Some would have the body of a human but their head is that of a pumpkin with holed eyes, nose and mouth that can change facial expressions at will. Some are just floating pumpkins with no body. Some are completely ghostly humanoid beings who wear pumpkin-inspired attire.

## Description

Jack O'Lantern were originally human that was banned from the afterlife. They look more like a scarecrow in appearance and abilities, aside from their fire-related abilities. As a legacy-bearer of a being banned from restful death, they have a high-level resistance against the supernatural. These yokai are known to be mischievous at times. Pranking on humans and other yokai for the fun of it. Especially during Halloween and April Fools' Day where they can do all the pranking in just one whole day.

## Abilities

Here are the abilities that Jack O'Lantern Yokai can have in their arsenal:

* Defunct Physiology
* Enhanced Agility
* Enhanced Leap
* Fear Manipulation
	+ Fear Empowerment
	+ Fear Inducement
* Fire Manipulation
	+ Fire Breath
	+ Fire Generation
	+ Fire Ball Projection - In the form of pumpkins.
* Head Liberation
	+ Head Reattachment
* Hollow Skeleton
* Paranormal Immunity

### Variations

* Dream Manipulation
* Hell-Fire Manipulation
	+ Hell-Fire Breath
* Laughter Inducement
* Phantasm Manipulation

### Associations

* Classic Monster Physiology
* Halloween Entity Physiology
* Holiday Manipulation
* Scarecrow Physiology
* Spirit Physiology
* Will-O'-The-Wisp Physiology
* Pumpkin Magic

## Pop Culture

Jack O'Lanterns are one of the most iconic symbols of Halloween. They're easily recognized by the holes that people cut out to make a face and lighting up the inside of the jack o'lanterns with candles after digging out all the pumpkin seeds. Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist are based on pumpkins. Jack from Billy & Mandy is one of the many enemies that Grim, Billy and Mandy have to face from time to time. Guardian ÄRM, Trick-Or-Treat from Marchen Awakens Romance takes the form of an army of creatures with Jack o'lantern heads.

## Variations

### Scarecrow Yokai

Jack O'Lanterns have been used for the heads of scarecrows as a way to make sure the crows don't attempt to eat the farmer's crops.

### Spirit Yokai

In some stories, the spirits of those who has been banned from the afterlife would possess the Jack O'Lanterns to use it as their new home.

### Will-O'-The-Wisp Yokai

Jack O'Lanterns can have will-o'-the-wisps inside them. Will-O'-Wisps would use them as a technique to lead travelers astray from their paths as a prank.

## Life in the Hidden World

Jack O'Lanterns are one of the most mischievous yokai species in the Hidden World. They use their powers to prank on both humans and yokai alike. Some are seen carrying staffs where they can perform their magic. They're known to live in Witch Towns where they can teach young Yokai witches how to perform Pumpkin Magic. A type of magic that revolves around pumpkins. Including casting spells relating to pumpkins, summoning pumpkins and/or pumpkin creatures, use healing magic with pumpkins, etc. These yokai can live in any region. But they mostly live in the Ireland Region of the Hidden City in which their legend has been told there. When Halloween and April Fools' Day starts, they would start pulling as many pranks as possible before the end of the day.

## Symbolism

This may sound like an odd one, but believe it or not, Jack O’ Lanterns are very common dream symbols. This is a traditional Halloween symbol that has roots in the celebration of Samhain. The carvings of a Jack O’ Lantern make its dream meaning different from a traditional pumpkin, even though there are some overlaps.