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It evolves into Gholdengo when leveled up while it is in its Chest Form and the player has 999 Gimmighoul Coins. After evolving, those Gimmighoul Coins disappear.
Gimmighoul is a metallic blue-gray bipedal Pokémon, with bands of two thin black stripes present around its torso and between its gold, circular eyes. It has a pair of thin black antennae and a tail, which are bent near the base and tipped with small gold circles. These antennae vibrate when detecting something it deems notable. In its Chest Form, Gimmighoul hides inside a red chest with a silver buckle and black and golden accents, which is full of Gimmighoul coins. In its Roaming Form, it carries one of these coins on its back. Both forms of Gimmighoul have different personalities.
In its Chest Form, Gimmighoul's treasure chest provides defense, but makes it hard for it to move due to the weight. Its disguise and low movement speed causes it to be commonly mistaken for an antique and taken away. When Chest Form Gimmighoul senses an approaching person or Pokémon, it will use ghost energy to possess its target and force them to collect Gimmighoul coins. It tends to hide in less frequented places such as warehouses and shop corners to ambush people and Pokémon, and its control has notable persistence.[2]Due to being mistaken for a chest, Gimmighoul is often left in the corners of shops. One old tale tells of a Gimmighoul who manipulated a young girl to gather 999 coins to fill its chest.[3]. The reason it does because the Gimmighoul coins allows it to evolve into Gholdengo. It is also known to drain the life out of anyone who attempts to steal its treasure. Chest Form Gimmighoul was said to have been born inside of a chest 1,500 years ago.
Roaming From Gimmighoul are created passion being infused in a Gimmighoul Coin. In its Roaming Form, Gimmighoul is extremely timid, running away and dropping its Gimmighoul coin as soon as anyone approaches.[2] It does not manipulate people and Pokémon to give it coins like its Chest Form counterpart; instead, it is able to gather coins by itself.[3] Despite being found everywhere in Paldea, no one has apparently been able to capture Roaming Form Gimmighoul. Gimmighoul is believed to be searching for the Chest it used to live in. Its diet consists of draining the life-force of humans who tried to steal its coin. This Gimmighoul has also been seen appearing in the world of Pokémon GO, where it tags along near Trainers who pick up Gimmighoul coins.[2]
Gimmighoul's Chest Form was named by Jacq, while its Roaming Form was named by Professor Willow.[3]
Chest Form Gimmighoul has the lowest base Speed stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.
Pre-release teasers
Chest Form Gimmighoul was teased through a special website[1] that went live on November 5, 2022, at 13:00 UTC, and showcased Gimmighoul's chest and a counter, which periodically ticked upwards every few hours as it was slowly filled with coins. The counter eventually capped out at 999 on November 6, 2022, at 14:00 UTC, and the site became a redirect to a new page on the Pokémon Scarlet and Violet website.[4]
Roaming Form Gimmighoul was also teased on November 5, 2022, appearing in Pokémon GO after the DratiniCommunity Day Classic event ended. It shows up and follows the player for a short time after a newly implemented golden PokéStop is spun, although it currently cannot be properly encountered or caught.
Prior to the release of its teasers, an obscured Roaming Form Gimmighoul appears very briefly in the English version of the "Jump into a Paldean Journey" trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, posted on October 6, 2022.[5] It does not appear in the Japanese version of this trailer.
Various stages of Gimmighoul's Chest Form shown during the initial website teaser.[6]
Origin
As indicated by its English name, Gimmighoul may be based on the ghoul, a mythical creature from Arabic folklore known for luring people into deserted places before preying on them, and stealing coins. The word ghoul (Arabic: غُول ghūl) stems from the Arabic word غَالَ ghāla, meaning "to seize". Gimmighoul may also be based on the toyol (also known as tuyul), an infant-like spirit from Indonesian and Malay folklore invoked to steal riches from people. Gimmighoul's antennae and tail resemble dowsing rods used in the pseudoscience of dowsing (also known as doodlebugging), which is believed to be able to help people locate various buried treasures.
Gimmighoul's Chest Form may be based on the mimic, a monster archetype commonly found in RPGs, known for disguising itself as treasure chests.
Name origin
Gimmighoul may be a combination of gimme (informal spelling of "give me"), gimmick, and ghoul. Altogether, it sounds like the phrase, "Give me gold."
Collecurei may be a combination of collect, 霊 rei (spirit), and a pun on the phrase これくれ kore kure ("Give me this").
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