Jessie's Gourgeist

Jessie's Gourgeist ムサシのパンプジン Musashi's Pumpjin

Jessie's Gourgeist

Debuts in The Bamboozling Forest! Caught at Route 5 Evolves in XY081 Gender Female Ability Unknown Traded in XY081 Original Trainer Jessie Traded for Count's Mawile Current location With Jessie

→ This Pokémon spent 70 episodes as Pumpkaboo.

Voice actor Japanese English As Pumpkaboo Megumi Satō Haven Paschall As Gourgeist Miyako Itō N/A

Jessie's Gourgeist (Japanese: ムサシのパンプジン Musashi's Pumpjin) is the first Pokémon that Jessie caught in the Kalos region.

History

As a Pumpkaboo, with Jessie

As a Pumpkaboo

As a Pumpkaboo, she made her first appearance in The Bamboozling Forest!. While walking through a forest, Jessie tripped over Pumpkaboo as she was emerging from underground. While she kept shining its light repeatedly, Jessie threw a Poké Ball at her, successfully catching Pumpkaboo, much to James's surprise. Later, she was used to battle Ash and his friends to prevent them from rescuing a Pangoro and Pancham that Team Rocket had captured. Using her Leech Seed, Pumpkaboo was able to prevent her opponents' Pokémon from moving. She was defeated after Ash gave Pangoro a leaf, allowing it to regain its confidence and easily send Team Rocket blasting off.

Since being caught Pumpkaboo has become Jessie's main battler in Kalos, replacing Wobbuffet. As is traditional for Pokémon owned by Team Rocket, Pumpkaboo has lost nearly every battle she has participated in.

Pumpkaboo appeared in The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos!, using her flashlight ability to light up a cave for Jessie. They quickly ran into a wild Salamence, and Pumpkaboo and Jessie played dead in order to confuse it. While the Salamence tried to figure out what happened, Jessie put a device on its head. This caused Salamence to go into a rampage, sending Team Rocket blasting off. Pumpkaboo was later seen at the Pokémon Center, being healed of her injuries from Salamence.

In A Showcase Debut!, Pumpkaboo was used in the Coumarine City Rookie Class Pokémon Showcase. Jessie dressed Pumpkaboo up as a scarecrow for the Theme Performance, where she was matched against Shauna's Bulbasaur and Alouette's Furfrou. Her costume and accessories were not well-received by the audience members and she ended up receiving the least amount of votes, thus being eliminated from the competition.

In A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways! she was separated from her Trainer as well as Wobbuffet after being blasted off by Pikachu. While looking for her with James and Meowth, she was captured by a Pokémon hunter along with Meowth and Inkay. After getting rescued by James and being reunited with her Trainer, she helped to defeat the Pokémon hunter along with Team Rocket's other Pokémon, Pikachu and Fennekin.

In XY077, Pumpkaboo was used to compete in the Pokémon Sky Relay. She managed to finish her part of the race in first place by hiding inside an Altaria, but her team was disqualified when Meowth's Pelipper machine was exposed.

Personality and characteristics

Jessie and Gourgeist

While not as playful as James's Inkay, Gourgeist as a Pumpkaboo seems to be a very cheerful and energetic Pokémon; this can be seen when she often dances, spins around or sings during her battles, sometimes even childishly changing her tone of voice when attacking. She is shown to get excited and proud of herself when doing well in battle, such as in Forging Forest Friendships! when Ash's Hawlucha missed with Flying Press due to Pumpkaboo being a Ghost-type. She's also shown to have a tendency to flash her lights repeatedly as shown in The Bamboozling Forest!, when Pumpkaboo was startled by Jessie, though she used this ability to good effect in The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos!. Pumpkaboo has not shown any problem listening to her Trainer.

Moves used

Using Shadow Ball as a Pumpkaboo	Move First Used In Leech Seed The Bamboozling Forest! Shadow Ball The Bamboozling Forest! Frustration A PokéVision of Things to Come! Dark Pulse Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike! Bullet Seed XY081
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Gourgeist's flashlight ability as a Pumpkaboo

Moves improvised

• Flashlight: Gourgeist can release light from the holes on her body, using it as a flashlight.

Trivia

• Gourgeist's evolution was first teased in the poster for PK27.
• Gourgeist is Jessie's first Grass-type Pokémon.
• Gourgeist is the first Pokémon owned by a main character to evolve by trade.
• Not including temporary Pokémon, Gourgeist is the first Pokémon owned by a main character to have a form difference.
  • Jessie's Gourgeist is a Super Size Gourgeist. This was first implied in her debut by her size in relation to that of James's Inkay, and outright confirmed later on.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist.

Team Rocket's Pokémon
Travel with:	Meowth	Rotom Phone
	Jessie			James
On hand:	Wobbuffet	Seviper	Yanmega	Mime Jr.	Carnivine	Yamask
	Woobat	Frillish	Gourgeist	Amoonguss	Inkay	Morpeko
In training:				Cacnea
At home:				Growlie	Chimecho
Released:	Arbok	Dustox	Mimikyu	Weezing	Gyarados	Mareanie
Traded away:	Lickitung			Victreebel
Lived with (all three):	Bewear	Stufful
Worked with (all three):	Delibird	Pelipper
Temporarily owned:	Porygon Zero	Shellder	Magikarp	Second Victreebel	Hoppip
	Mawile
Befriended:	Blissey
Status unknown:	Starmie			Pidgey	Numel
For a list of other Pokémon Team Rocket has commanded, see here and here

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