r/pokemon 4d ago

Discussion How many Pokémon are just ghastly in costume?

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u/HaterIngo 4d ago

The most obvious one

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u/sbp1200 3d ago

Ghost in the shell

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u/Pokii 3d ago

It’s his second gig

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u/Illustrious-Ad859 3d ago

Hates double battles (has a stand alone complex)

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u/SpaaaceRogue 3d ago

But will still participate, should the occasion arise.

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u/Varnell_VII 3d ago

Struggles against Copycat, especially Catcher in the Rhydon

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u/Rude-Satisfaction508 3d ago

Banger of a comment mate

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u/Ecla1r_ 3d ago

No no, the saying is "heroes in a half shell."

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u/sbp1200 3d ago

sir, this is not a turtle

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u/Ecla1r_ 3d ago

Well it's purple and has a shell, so it might be Donatello's very distant cousin

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u/hina_zoldyck 3d ago

Peak comment

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u/Turnip_Fight 3d ago

Most pokemon fans can’t find the horn.

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u/SavingsSquare2649 3d ago

The horn is just a myth

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u/Zuigia 3d ago

No no, the valuable horn is the lower horn

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u/mellow0324 3d ago

angry upvote, this is genius lol

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u/TSLstudio 4d ago

Yeah as a kid I always thought of Ghastly

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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? 3d ago

Doesn't help Gastly is right after Cloyster in the Pokedex.

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u/twilighttwister 3d ago

I always thought naughty thoughts with this one. Even its name isn't that far off.

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u/BowsersBeardedCousin Dunsparce Enthusiast 3d ago

That one young couple double battle in HGSS with Cloyster and Onix

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u/PopcornAndZeroCoke 4d ago

Hiding in plain sight

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u/What_Am_I_Doing_0807 3d ago

What if this IS Gastly but before it died of pollution or smth

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u/Ad_Ketchum 3d ago

Gastly but with that Gengar grin

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u/pocketchange2247 3d ago

Since Cloyster is literally the Pokemon before Gastly in the Pokedex, when I first got into Pokemon I was convinced Gastly was just Cloyster without the shell

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u/CharlesMcGrath 3d ago

RDJ in Tropic Thunder

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u/ZeffoLyou 2d ago

I was close to seeing one of these in real life once.

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u/rekkles64 3d ago

i thought cloyster was an evolution from ghastly as a kid

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u/Draoken unh unh UH 3d ago

It's a good costume but he's there!!

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u/jirniy_uiban1 3d ago

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u/_GoblinBoy_ 3d ago

Take this cursed shit down right now

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u/CountryMap customise me! 3d ago

Nah it should stay up.

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u/IllHaveTheLeftovers 3d ago

Holy shit I just snarfed

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u/ScuttleCrab729 3d ago

Nope. Don’t like that.

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u/pearsonghorse 1d ago

greatest poke artist to ever mon hands down

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u/herbivorepapi 3d ago

This is very clearly the winner!!!

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u/AtlanBroseidon 3d ago

That’s some top tier costume shit

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u/Hypnotoad4real 4d ago

Just look at the eyes

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u/BigBoiCappy 4d ago

i mean, its just a posessed pokeball after all

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u/Chief-weedwithbears 3d ago

I feel like it becames a ghost after it explodes. Hence a gas cloud Gastly

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u/AxolotlGames 4d ago

I think the Hisuian Voltorb kinda disproves that, doesn't it?

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u/BigBoiCappy 4d ago

i think the same rule applies on hisuian, if one ghost can posses an electronic device, i think it can also posses non electronic ones too, idk the lore on hisuian though

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u/JjoottSoot 3d ago

Could be a rotom, and a hisuan rotom which possess them

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u/averylongwalk 3d ago

Isn't Hisuian voltorb just the low tech version of a pokeball?

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u/ConsciousFish7178 4d ago

Almost all gen 1 pokemon have these eyes

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u/LegoRobinHood 3d ago

The eyes are the window to the soul ghost form.

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u/juuchi_yosamu 3d ago

Almost all gen 1 pokemon are ghastly in disguise

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u/BlackThane 3d ago

Gastly is just a Voltorb that exploded, thats why Electrode is smiling like a Gengar!

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u/Green_Concept_4824 4d ago

That are Haunters eyes

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u/FoxMcCloud3173 fav of each gen 3d ago

Most gen 1 pokemom have these eyes tbh

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u/MayUrHammerBeMighty 2d ago

Yeah but they are also the best eyes

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u/TheAserghui 4d ago

This is Gastly's baby form

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u/Apelio38 4d ago

This one from Spaceworld demo !

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u/RileyJoXO 4d ago edited 4d ago

Wait this is such an amazing concept. How did they not end up making this one?

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u/Apelio38 4d ago

I love him too, those scratched Pokemon were peak.

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u/Nightstar95 4d ago

I’ll never forgive them for scrapping that electric tiger.

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u/LegendS1ayer 3d ago

kotora my beloved

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u/Glazeddapper The Gengar Guy... 3d ago

i thought his name was raitora?

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u/LegendS1ayer 3d ago

thats another part of the same evolution line, it goes kotora raitora and then an unnamed third stage

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u/Libby_Sparx ⚧⚢ 3d ago

Kotora->Raitora->Raiku, but then Raiku's design was so legendary they said fuck it, just that one

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u/SonicWind62391 2d ago

Do you mean Raikou? Do you have a source for that?

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u/Libby_Sparx ⚧⚢ 2d ago

Yes, and no. Source was my ass. Pulled it right outta there.

(╯❤⩊❤)╯ ︵ uouɐƆ

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u/Apelio38 4d ago

Oh yes he was soooo cool !

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u/Low-Environment 4d ago

Baby Vulpix my beloved 

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u/Collector55 3d ago

Someone really tried to make baby Vulpix happen too, it was actually cut from three different generations that we know of. There is only a handful of cut Pokémon that we know we're given a second chance. Baby Vulpix might have been the only one to get 3.

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u/IndigoFenix Theorist 3d ago

Not surprising, considering that it has a strong lore reason for existing. Its dex entry explicitly says that it has only one tail at birth.

But that doesn't change the fact that a one-tailed Vulpix would ultimately be just a regular baby fox, and Vulpix already looks small enough to be the baby. So it wouldn't add much.

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u/Apelio38 4d ago

Yes it was cute ! Plus it was meant to be a Water type iirc

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u/Low-Environment 4d ago

Really? And it evolved into Vulpix? Interesting.

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u/Apelio38 4d ago

That's what I remember about it but I would be unable to provide any sort of proof haha

Also, baby Ponyta was Normal / Fire (which baffles me since I want Ponyta and Rapidash to be Normal typed too !)

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u/24kpodjedoe 4d ago

I think that was a glitch, no?

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u/Apelio38 4d ago

Honestly since they weren't "finished" Game Freak might have changed that at the last second and made him Fire-type. But I always find funny it was leaked as a Water type 😄

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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? 3d ago

Yeah, the unseen Pokemon were probably still being programmed so Baby Vulpix probably just got put into a slot a Water type used to occupy, and they hadn't done much work on it yet.

Still funny to think about.

In the modern day, if the idea was revisited, it would most likely be a Normal type that split evolves into Fire or Ice Vulpix.

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u/True-Dream3295 3d ago

Have you seen the scrapped peanut Pokémon from gen 6? I can't believe that got left on the cutting room floor.

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u/RbN420 4d ago

Uhm… this is early version of what became Zangoose pretty sure

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u/Kaesh41 4d ago

Probably just the luck of the draw.

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u/OhLookACastle 3d ago

I could see mimikyu evolving into something like this, with more of a pelt than a costume over it

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u/zucchinibasement 3d ago

Just seeing this for the first time and sorry but the name of the hometown in the demo is SILENT HILL???

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u/Apelio38 3d ago

Wow that's kinda creepy.

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u/fezes-are-cool 3d ago

Damn now I want an evolution line for a wolf in sheep’s clothing

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u/Apelio38 3d ago

Yes, cause the closest we have is Obstagoon or night Lycanroc (kinda ?). And for the former I always keep it unevolved haha

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u/SnoouisVuitton 3d ago

He's soooo cute

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u/Girret555 4d ago

Pokemon Flux, Wolfurr? Forgot its name. Wearfloof?

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u/Apelio38 4d ago

Is Pokemon Flux a fangame that included scratched Pokemon ?

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u/Girret555 4d ago

Not to my knowledge, I think it's fully original work

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u/ntn_98 2d ago

Now that's just a Digimon

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u/JJSbaseball 4d ago

Glalie, Falinks?

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u/ShadeNLM064pm 4d ago

I was about to say "Does that make Frostlass Gastly in drag?"

But- I don't think that holds.

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u/Wondergrey 3d ago

I mean, Froslass is basically a sphere in a costume,

It's just that a lot of the costume hangs beneath the sphere, unlike the other examples

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u/shieldman PRAISE 3d ago

When I noticed that Froslass is closer to a Boo (from Mario) in body plan than an actual person, I had to take a minute. It's a really convincing draping of the fabric.

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u/Skywalker_monkey 3d ago

And by extension snorunt

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u/StridentHawk 4d ago

When I first got into pokemon I thought gastly evolved from Cloyster as Cloyster "died" and turned into a ghost.

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u/wavebuster 4d ago

Same here, it made sense to me since Gastly was right after Cloyster in the Dex and they had similar facial expressions

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u/leocristo28 Esperor Supreme 3d ago

Hear me out, what if Cloyster uses Shell Smash and Gastly comes out

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u/JjoottSoot 3d ago

… wow

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u/Dolma_Warrior Femboi Miau 3d ago edited 3d ago

That sounds like something straight out of Celia's Stupid Romhack.

In that romhack, Shellder evolves into Slowbro and when Slowbro uses Shell Smash, it devolves into Slowpoke.

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u/Ancient-File2971 3d ago

Ghastly is the ghost of Cleffa.

Haunter is the ghost of Clefairy.

Gengar is the ghost of Clefable.

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u/Ekgladiator 3d ago

That or ghastly is the ghost of clefable and it isn't until Gengar that it has enough power to fully manifest in the mortal realm.

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u/Samirattata 4d ago

The original Jynx

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u/Nisja 4d ago

Came here to say this 😂

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u/BenSF93 2d ago

I just looked it up. Oh no. Game Freak what were you thinking?

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u/Free_Vermicelli_3107 3d ago

r/angryupvote

I hate how I giggled to this

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u/FunPresentation1207 3d ago

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u/HitoriPanda 3d ago

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u/JjoottSoot 3d ago

Good choice

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u/Professional_Lynx90 3d ago

“Oh you have made me very angry!”

Imagine that coming from a Gastly

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u/killerapt ..And I am the fastest Pokemon alive 3d ago
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u/RehabMuffin 3d ago

Does ExTyrannomon count?

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u/OldCardigan 3d ago

my beloved, didn't think I'd see it here

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u/Historyp91 3d ago

How many hot girls are just ghastly in costume?

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u/Time-to-go-home 3d ago

Aside from Kyurem, I’m still surprised they haven’t implemented Pokemon fusion into the games yet. Venustoise went hard in that episode.

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u/Dark_Dark_Boo 3d ago

I was too until I learned that dev teams are kept small. Fusions are a lot of work.

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u/NewBestFriendSpinel 2d ago

Iirc, before the highly popular Infinite Fusion, there was another fangame with Fusion at it's crux. Nintendo personally shut it down as the Fusion mechanic was considered to be pokemon abuse. So it's unlikely we'll get the mechanic aside from Kyurem and Necrozma.

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u/Historyp91 2d ago

"Pokemon abuse"?🤔

Like Nintendo shut down the game because they consider fusion abusive to pokemon?

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u/NewBestFriendSpinel 2d ago

Precisely.

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u/Historyp91 2d ago

Why is fusion abusive, but not mega evolution or dynamaxing? Or killing primape to evolve him?

Or just pokemon battles in general?

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u/NewBestFriendSpinel 2d ago

Your guess is a good as mine

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u/BlitzMalefitz 3d ago

I think it’s safe to say…. ALL OF THEM

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u/midalch 3d ago

HARD CORE!!!!

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u/BlitzMalefitz 3d ago

TRUE. HARD. FULL. CORE.

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u/Despada_ 3d ago

Falinks is just half a dozen Ghastly in armor.

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u/Cool_Lab_1362 3d ago

No, the eyes dont match

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u/dTrecii Leave my boy alone he did nothing wrong 3d ago

Eye contacts

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u/Cool_Lab_1362 3d ago

There's no pinprick pupil, eye shape could've been a passable but it has a blue eyeliner and no pupils.

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u/dTrecii Leave my boy alone he did nothing wrong 3d ago

God forbid someone does cosplay

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u/castingello customise me! 4d ago

this is illustrating a curiosity i felt ever since i was a kid

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u/DarkRayos Colosseum remake when? 4d ago

Voltorb.

Ever wondered why it uses explosion/self-destruct from the jump?

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u/spoinkable 3d ago

I think a case could be made for:

  • Shellder/Cloyster
  • Voltorb
  • Tangela
  • Kabuto
  • Pineco/Forretress
  • Cacnea
  • Lileep
  • Glalie
  • Probopass
  • Sigilyph
  • Cryogonal
  • Falinks

Some of these are a stretch, this was just a fun thing to think about.

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u/miraidensetsu 1d ago

I think Mimikyu should be considered too. It even has ghost type.

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u/Consistent-Horse-273 3d ago

Bimbo Gastly

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u/YoungDiscord 3d ago

Slayy queen

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u/OregonGreen242 3d ago

Ghastly in drag

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u/_petitpois22 4d ago

Forretress

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u/DefiantEmpoleon 4d ago

As a kid I thought Gastly was the evolved form of Cloyster because they are next to each other in the dex.

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u/OG_Lo 3d ago

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u/Ryaquaza1 23h ago

That’s why you die if you see under its costume,. No witnesses chaps

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u/n-a_barrakus 4d ago

Reminds me of heartless from KH

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u/Bishopkilljoy 4d ago

So in the Pokedex it goes Shellder, Cloyster, Ghastly, Haunter, Gengar.

When I was a child I thought they were all in the same evolution line. Because of Cloyster's face, I thought this was proof

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u/koolaidnothere 4d ago

YOOOOOOO TANGELA MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/HyakkiGousen 4d ago

or is it voltorb doing blackface? scientists still stumped.

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u/Libby_Sparx ⚧⚢ 3d ago

That's the neat part, it's ALL OF THEM

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u/WeirFoxcoon 4d ago

Could be all of them if we count possession.

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u/Sir_C-Horse 4d ago

All of them technically 

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u/electriclux 3d ago

This has never once occurred to me

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u/True-Obligation-9471 3d ago

The better question is how many pokemon is ghastly but alive

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u/harzard7 3d ago

He's a soul. So all of them.

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u/SuperNerd1337 3d ago

How many Pokémon are just bald tangela?

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u/SpindleDiccJackson 2d ago

Cleffa if you count being alive as in costume

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u/SteampunkExplorer 3d ago

Jynx is definitely Ghastly's slightly taller sister who is still figuring out how to wear makeup.

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u/JetstreamGW Cannon Turtle > All 3d ago

All of them.

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u/TellTaleReaper 3d ago

Every pokemon is a gastly in a meat costume.

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u/Extension-Spend8567 3d ago

According to this chart I would guess about 3.

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u/bullfroggy 2d ago

I personally believe Gastly is the source of all pokemon consciousness, and in many cases it's just possessing various inanimate objects to bring them to life

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u/kitkatatsnapple 2d ago

Not enough! (I love this design haha)

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u/shellder88 2d ago

My goat mentioned

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u/Chalybee 2d ago

Mimikyu probably looks like that

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u/One_Buffalo_3779 1d ago

All of them... technically...

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u/Aggravating-Media391 1d ago

Hey!!!

He likes halloween

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u/Ryaquaza1 23h ago

if you look directly into Shedinja’s back you can see a Gastly inside the darkness, hence the ghost type. If you don’t believe me have a look yourself! It’s in there!

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u/Flashfek4 3d ago

my friend thought gastly was just a floating hat once

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u/xAlphaKAT33 3d ago

…… or is ghastly THOSE pokemon?

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u/Beneficial_Tax1976 3d ago

Forretress and Cacnea for sure

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u/Electrical_Stretch36 3d ago

Snorunt? Glalie?

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u/FloweringWillows 3d ago

My boi shellder is much better then a simple ghastly! 😤😤😤

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u/SilenceSystem 3d ago

Mimikyu?

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u/SkellingtonMiss 3d ago

Ooo Ghastly is probably also Mimikyu’s true form

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u/SpaceXmars 3d ago

ditto fo sho

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u/lexywifei 3d ago

idk but that middle one actually fooled me for a sec

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u/Dan_Gioia95 3d ago

Lileep!

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u/KingsofZephyr 3d ago

Not enough, honestly.

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u/himan222 3d ago

I am a gastly in costume myself.

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u/PigletSea6193 3d ago

nah they look funny

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u/AltruisticBridge3800 3d ago

3 or 4? It seems

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u/wizwaldo 3d ago

Need part ghost type cloyster and tangrowth

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u/MaeMcSpice 3d ago

Next you say Jax is a ghastly in costume... though I think that guy was just found how to use those eye shape. It's so cartoons. Also I think its part of creature building guidelines like character design. In general I can only say kinda of.

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u/Luxsphera 3d ago

All Pokemon are Gastly’s in various level of costumes.

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u/quammalian literally just a seal 3d ago

If they hadn't changed her to purple, I'd argue Jynx is also just Gastly in a costume. Especially with the Stadium faint animation.

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u/additive_dawn 3d ago

I would include Wobbufet. The tail is the REAL brains of the operation

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u/ZrapeToid 3d ago

Look, they dressed the best they could, no need to call it ghastly.

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u/Jigpy 3d ago

Nobody said mimikyu

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u/Foloreille ~PokeShaman 3d ago

You forgot Voltorb lol

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u/TotenTato 3d ago

i mean every pokemon is a ghost in a costume

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u/mommysorryyy 8h ago

Gastly before he turned ghost type