Ash's Gengar

Ash's Gengar is the 106th pokemon Ash caught and his 106th overall.

## **Personality:**

Gengar was once loyal to its previous Trainer,obeying his instructions to remain at the future site of the Cerise Laboratory. Over time however,Gengar became resentful of its old Trainer,even to the point of attacking him upon seeing him again and only calming down once he ran away. It grew bitter and developed a hostile nature against all humans,repeatedly attacking them with its powers. Even before its capture,Gengar wasn't an evil or cruel Pokemon. It had been embittered due to its original trainer abandoning it. After it bonded with Ash and was caught,it became friendlier,though it still seems to have a mischievous streak such as when it showed its concern for Ash by dumping a pile of apples on top of him and when it scared Ren and Chloe by phasing through a wall. Gengar dislikes being accused of something it didn't do,as seen in *Panic in the Park!*,when it appeared out of nowhere behind Ash and hit him with Shadow Ball after overhearing him accusing it of stealing Goh's Pokemon's food. Gengar makes use of its ghostly abilities in battle to throw its opponents for a loop. Gengar is a tricky and fast Pokemon who will fly circles around his opponents and wreck their day. However against an opponent who can outspeed him,Gengar has proven very vulnerable and will struggle and go down quickly. As a ghost,Gengar is able to go through walls with ease. It also exploits this in battle to phase through some incoming attacks,as demonstrated against Visquez's Raichu and can turn invisible at will. Gengar can also tangile with and overpower the souls that make up a Spiritomb when need be. Allister can tell that being with Ash has mellowed its outlook on life.

## **History:**

### **Abandonment:**

As revealed in *A Chilling Curse!*,Gengar was originally caught by a Trainer living in Vermilion City,three years before the events of *Pokemon Journeys: The Series*. However,as he started losing battles and failing to catch other Pokemon in Gengar's presence,the Trainer attributed his misfortunes to a curse caused by Gengar and decided to get rid of it. Before he abandoned it,he instructed Gengar to wait for him at the place that would later become the Cerise Laboratory.

### **As a wild pokemon:**

Not knowing its Trainer had no intention of returning for it,Gengar obediently waited for its Trainer,even staying at the building as it was being converted into Professor Cerise's research center. It tried to scare the Professor off by haunting the building,but as he only found its actions amusing,it eventually gave up trying to frighten him. Gengar debuted in *Best Friend...Worst Nightmare!*,where it resumed its mischievous activity by scaring Ren,making its presence known for Ash and Goh in the process. It eventually fled when Ash commanded Yamper to use Spark. It was later seen at the end of the episode,perched atop the Institute.

In *A Chilling Curse!*,Gengar once again began causing trouble at the Institute and subsequently hid in Ash's shadow. When Ash ran into Gengar's former Trainer,it overheard the latter bragging about how much he enjoyed being free from its curse. Angered by the revelation that its Trainer abandoned it,Gengar started attacking him. When the Trainer fled in fear,Gengar ran off as well. Team Rocket found Gengar and asked it to join them but when it refused,they instead tried to capture it. Ash showed up,managed to free Gengar and convinced it to fight Team Rocket alongside him. After Gengar defeated Team Rocket's two Dusclops,Ash collapsed from a fever he had unknowingly caught earlier. When Ash woke up at the laboratory,Gengar appeared and dropped a Pokeball for him,indicating it wanted to join his team. Ash accepted the request and caught Gengar.

### **With Ash:**

Ash used Gengar in his battle against Visquez so he could increase his World Coronation Series ranking. Gengar substituted for Pikachu while going up against Visquez's Raichu and it managed to defeat it with Psychic. Gengar then went up against Visquez's second Pokémon,Electrode but was soon defeated,though not before dealing some damage on its opponent. Ash brought Gengar with him to Shalour City for a World Coronation Series Battle Festival Challenge. During Ash's match with Korrina,Gengar went up against her Mienshao and Lucario,getting defeated by the latter without managing to deal any damage on either. Ash used Gengar to face a rampaging Gigantamax Coalossal alongside Leon's Dragapult. During the battle,Gengar saved the lives of a group of Workers who were nearby. Gengar is eventually able to Gigantamax. Gengar has been taken interest into contests after training with Ash's fellow Fire type pokemon at Oak's lab and learning Will-O-Wisp. Gengar quickly bonds with Ash's Fire-types at Oak's lab and shares a similar backstory with three of them. During the Master Eight Tournament,Ash used Gengar to battle Steven. Gengar was also used to battle Leon's Inteleon. Gengar helped Ash investigate a weird phenomenon in the Hoenn region and met up with Banette. Wanting to understand Banette,Gengar followed it and formed a bond with Banette. When it was revealed that Banette was abandonned,Gengar went crying and wished to help out Banette. They went looking for Banette's owner,only to find out she passed away,which saddened both Banette and Gengar. Because Ash felt sad for Banette,he decided to offer it a place on his team,which it accepts. Both Gengar and Banette remains their friendship.

## **Moveset:**

* Night Shade
* Psychic
* Ice Punch
* Shadow Ball
* Dazzling Gleam
* Sludge Bomb
* Shadow Sneak
* Will-O-Wisp
* Hex
* Metronome
* Disable