Sabrina's Haunter

Sabrina's Haunter ナツメのゴースト Natsume's Ghost

Haunter

Debuts in The Tower of Terror Caught at Not caught Gender UnknownConfirmed male in novelization Ability Unknown Current location With Sabrina

This Pokémon has not evolved.

Voice actor Japanese English As Haunter Toshiyuki Morikawa Ted Lewis

Sabrina's Haunter (Japanese: ナツメのゴースト Natsume's Ghost) was a Pokémon which briefly accompanied Ash before being left with Sabrina in Haunter versus Kadabra.

History

Ash, Pikachu, and Haunter

After Ash struggled to defeat Sabrina, Sabrina's father told him that Ghost Pokémon would probably be able to defeat Sabrina's Psychic minions and suggested going to the Pokémon Tower to find Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar. Ash found all three of them, but did not capture them. The Haunter that he befriended decided to follow him back to Saffron though, at the end of The Tower of Terror.

In Haunter versus Kadabra, Ash challenged Sabrina a second time; Haunter however disappeared. When Ash found it, Haunter disappeared once again, treating it all like fun and games. Haunter finally returns just as Kadabra was about to defeat Pikachu and proceeded to make Sabrina laugh. This made a connection to Sabrina's old self, unlocking her heart, and while she was immobilized by laughter at the Haunter's faces, her Kadabra, who was psychically linked with her, was immobilized as well. Ash and Haunter were subsequently given the Marsh Badge.

Haunter was later left with Sabrina at the Saffron Gym, to keep her under control.

Personality and characteristics

Haunter has a mischievous and happy nature, showing that it enjoys more of having fun and making people laugh than battling, though this usually involves hurting or scaring people. It was also showing being very sensitive, becoming very depressed when Ash initially failed to get amused by its humor, not to mention about feeling sad when when Ash said that he had to leave.

Moves used

Using Lick	Move First Used In Lick The Tower of Terror
A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the TCG

Haunter is featured in the TCG as one of Sabrina's Pokémon. The following is a list of cards named Sabrina's Haunter.

Sabrina's Haunter Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Sabrina's Haunter		Gym Heroes		58/132	Challenge from the Darkness
Sabrina's Haunter		Gym Challenge		55/132	Yamabuki City Gym

Trivia

• Haunter is the only Ghost type that Ash has used.
• Haunter is Ash's first unofficial Pokémon. Despite this, however, Sabrina and Ash both stated that Ash caught Haunter in Haunter Versus Kadabra (implying that it was official).
• Haunter is one of Ash's only Pokémon, together with Beedrill, to have only one of its attacks revealed, in this case, Lick.

Related articles

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Haunter.

Sabrina's Pokémon
On hand:	Kadabra
Befriended:	Haunter
Adventures only:	Drowzee	Mr. Mime	Alakazam	Venomoth	Moltres	Thu-Fi-Zer
Pocket Monsters only:	Hypno
Zensho only:	Lapras

Ash's Pokémon
On hand:	Pikachu
Traveling with:	Rotom Phone
At Oak's/In rotation:	Pidgeot	Bulbasaur	Charizard	Kingler	Muk	Tauros (×30)
	Snorlax	Heracross	Bayleef	Quilava	Totodile	Noctowl
	Donphan	Swellow	Sceptile	Corphish	Torkoal	Glalie
	Staraptor	Torterra	Infernape	Buizel	Gliscor	Gible
	Unfezant	Oshawott	Pignite	Snivy	Scraggy	Leavanny
	Palpitoad	Boldore	Krookodile	Talonflame	Hawlucha	Noivern
	Dragonite	Gengar	Lucario	Sirfetch'd	Dracovish
With Kukui/In rotation:	Rowlet	Lycanroc	Incineroar	Melmetal
At home:	Mr. Mime
In training:	Squirtle	Primeape
Released:	Butterfree	Lapras	Larvitar	Greninja	Goodra	Nebby
	Naganadel
Temporarily owned:	Seaking	Buzzwole	Stakataka	Pheromosa	Rowlet
Traded away:	Raticate	Aipom
Given away:	Beedrill
Traveled with:	Haunter	Azelf	Meowth	Meloetta	Rotom Pokédex	Latias
The Power of Us only:	Ekans	Sentret
EToP only:	Fearow	Oddish	Mankey	Slowpoke
Newspaper Strip only:	Starmie	Clefairy
For a list of Pokémon Ash has temporarily owned, used, or commanded, see here

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