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| [[File:Ghost.png|right|thumb|250px|The Marowak ghost before the [[Silph Scope]] unmasks it in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}]] | | [[File:Ghost.png|right|thumb|250px|The Marowak ghost before the [[Silph Scope]] unmasks it in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}]] |
| In [[Generation I|Generations I]] and {{gen|III}}, the '''[[Literal ghost|ghost]]''' of a [[gender|female]] '''{{p|Marowak}}''' haunts [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]]. | | In [[Generation I|Generations I]] and {{gen|III}}, the '''[[Literal ghost|ghost]]''' of a [[gender|female]] '''{{p|Marowak}}''' haunts the [[Pokémon Tower]] in [[Lavender Town]]. |
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| At a point before the {{player}} reaches Lavender Town, members of [[Team Rocket]] invade Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls of {{p|Cubone}}, in order to sell them for [[Pokémon Dollar|large amounts of cash]]. One Cubone, however, was protected by its mother. The Cubone escaped, but its mother was killed. As a result, the Marowak's ghost remained in the Pokémon Tower, forbidding access to the topmost floor. She would appear [[Literal ghost|in a disguise]], avoid all thrown [[Poké Ball]]s, and scare opponents so much that they would be unwilling to attack. However, the player unmasked her with the [[Silph Scope]] and subsequently {{pkmn|battle}}d her. Once she was defeated, her soul was calmed, and she departed to the afterlife. | | At a point before the {{player}} reaches Lavender Town, members of [[Team Rocket]] invade the Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls of {{p|Cubone}}, in order to sell them for [[Pokémon Dollar|large amounts of cash]]. One Cubone, however, was protected by its mother. The Cubone escaped, but its mother was killed. As a result, the Marowak's ghost remained in the Pokémon Tower, forbidding access to the topmost floor. She would appear [[Literal ghost|in a disguise]], avoid all thrown [[Poké Ball]]s, and scare opponents so much that they would be unwilling to attack. However, the player unmasked her with the [[Silph Scope]] and subsequently {{pkmn|battle}}d her. Once she was defeated, her soul was calmed, and she departed to the afterlife. |
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Revision as of 10:40, 23 December 2010
In Generations I and III, the ghost of a female Marowak haunts the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town.
At a point before the player reaches Lavender Town, members of Team Rocket invade the Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls of Cubone, in order to sell them for large amounts of cash. One Cubone, however, was protected by its mother. The Cubone escaped, but its mother was killed. As a result, the Marowak's ghost remained in the Pokémon Tower, forbidding access to the topmost floor. She would appear in a disguise, avoid all thrown Poké Balls, and scare opponents so much that they would be unwilling to attack. However, the player unmasked her with the Silph Scope and subsequently battled her. Once she was defeated, her soul was calmed, and she departed to the afterlife.
In the games
Trivia
- Even after the Silph Scope is used on it, the Marowak ghost will continue to dodge thrown Poké Balls.
- Strangely, it will even dodge thrown balls while sleeping. It could also dodge a Master Ball (if traded into the game in Generation III).
- This makes this Marowak the only wild Pokémon encountered after the player has access to Poké Balls that is completely impossible to catch.
- Despite the fact that this Marowak is a ghost, it is not treated as a Template:Type2 by the game, and thus is still affected by Normal and Template:Type2 moves.
- In Generation I games, a glitch exists where Poké Doll can be used against the Marowak, which will make it flee the fight and allow the player to pass on as if it were defeated. This allows the player to skip getting the Silph Scope and the Celadon Rocket hideout completely, and was addressed in the remakes.
- If the player uses a cheating device to make the Marowak catchable and catches it, the game will treat it as if it were an ordinary Marowak. However, the message after the battle saying that the Marowak's spirit had departed to the afterlife will still show up, despite the fact that it was caught.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Marowak.
