Gastly (Japanese: ゴース Ghos) is a dual-type Ghost/Poison Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into Haunter starting at level 25, which evolves into Gengar when traded.
Biology
Gastly has no true form, due to 95% of its body being poisonous gas. However, it consistently appears as a black, spherical Pokémon surrounded by a purple haze. It has a wide, pink mouth with two visible fangs. Though its eyes seem to extend past its round body, visible eyelids surround them. It produces a faint, sweet smell. The toxic gas surrounding the main body can induce fainting and suffocation, and it is capable of enshrouding an enemy of any size. Its gaseous form makes it one of the lightest Pokémon tying with Haunter, Flabébé, Cosmog, and Kartana.
The anime suggests that Gastly has a playful personality, often frightening and playing pranks on people for fun. However, it has shown a willingness to preserve or pass on the memories of departed humans. It has further been shown changing form and creating illusions, and it is capable of phasing through solid objects and forming tangible hands out of its gasses. Gastly can be found in caves, but the anime has shown it living in old, dilapidated buildings, as well. It will dwindle away when exposed to strong winds, so groups cluster under house eaves to escape the wind. It may also cause flickering lights in abandoned houses. In the past, Night Shade was its signature move.
In the anime
Major appearances
Gastly debuted in The Ghost of Maiden's Peak. This Gastly had the ability to talk and shape-shift. He kept posing himself as the spirit of the woman which legend said turned to stone after 2,000 years of waiting for her love to return to her. As the ghost of the maiden, Gastly kept on toying with the minds of young men.
A Gastly appeared in The Tower of Terror. Ash and his friends went to Lavender Town in search of a Ghost-type Pokémon to aid Ash in defeating Sabrina. It reappeared in a flashback in the following episode.
A Gastly appeared in Pikachu Re-volts, under the ownership of an Officer Jenny. It appeared to be the only Pokémon not affected by the Psychic wave caused by Butch and Cassidy's Drowzee. It was seen outside of its Poké Ball.
A Gastly appeared in A Shipful Of Shivers, where it was guarding the Orange league trophy of its deceased Trainer along with a Haunter.
Morty used a Gastly during his Gym battle against Ash in From Ghost to Ghost. Gastly was used to battle Noctowl, which used Foresight before being switched for Pikachu. Gastly was able to defeat Pikachu before being defeated by Cyndaquil. In the same episode, multiple Gastly hypnotized Team Rocket.
Two Gastly appeared in Fear Factor Phony as residents of an abandoned mining colony. The Ghost Pokémon couldn't stand the partying Psychic Pokémon that lived nearby, so they created a Haunter-like illusion to scare everyone away.
A Gastly appeared in PK15. It was one of the residents of a spooky house.
A Gastly appeared in Scary Hospitality!, under the ownership of Lon. It was used alongside Lon's Haunter and Gengar to scare visitors of the "Scary House". This included Ash, his friends, and later Team Rocket.
A Gastly appeared in A Haunted House for Everyone!, where it played with Harper and Sarah at the Pokémon School and in the dream a Mismagius created.
Minor appearances
A Gastly appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
A Gastly appeared in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, where it protected the Tin Tower after Team Rocket stole the Crystal Bells on the top floor.
A Gastly appeared in PK13.
A Coordinator's Gastly appeared in Harley Rides Again.
A Gastly appeared in Dawn Of A New Era!.
Four Gastly appeared in Drifloon On the Wind!, where they were seen leaving the Pokémon Center.
A Gastly appeared in James's fantasy in Tag! We're It...!.
A Gastly made a brief cameo appearance in Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
A Gastly appeared in Ghoul Daze!.
A Gastly appeared alongside a Haunter and Gengar in Loading the Dex!, during a fantasy that Meowth had after an encounter with a Mimikyu. They pretended to be a Lopunny, Glaceon, and Gardevoir.
A Gastly appeared in I Choose You!.
A Gastly appeared in a photo taken by Rotom in Alola, Kanto!.
A Trainer's Gastly appeared in Love at First Twirl!.
A Trainer's Gastly appeared in Securing the Future!, where it joined the rest of Alola in showering Necrozma with light so it could return to its normal form.
Pokédex entries
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Pokémon
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| EP020
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Gastly
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Ash's Pokédex
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Gastly, a Ghost Pokémon. It is usually invisible. Its specialty is Hypnosis.
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| EP095
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Gastly
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Ash's Pokédex
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Gastly, the Gas Pokémon. Some researchers believe this Pokémon is a multidimensional being.
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Pokémon
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| DP028
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Gastly
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Gastly, the Gas Pokémon. Although it can sneak in anywhere with its gaseous body, it can also be blown away by wind.
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Pokémon
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| XY072
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Gastly
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Ash's Pokédex
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Gastly, the Gas Pokémon. By enveloping larger opponents with gas, Gastly is able to defeat them.
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In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
A Gastly appeared in Let's Save The Lugia!, under the ownership of a Team Rocket Scientist.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Gastly debuted in That Awful Arbok!, under the ownership of Koga, possessing the corpses of dead Pokémon in Pokémon Tower. Red's Bulbasaur managed to defeat it by sucking up the surrounding air with its bulb, along with Gastly's gaseous form, and expelling it in a Solar Beam. In the process, the two also freed Red's rival Blue, who was under its ghostly possession.
A Gastly was part of the Ghost-type army Agatha sent out to attack the Gym Leaders in As Gastly as Before. She also has a Gastly as a member of her main team.
The Masked Man used a Gastly, which first appeared in You Ain't Nothin' but a Houndour. It was in his team to capture Celebi, chosen due to its type advantage. It was purposed to possess intruders that entered the Ilex Forest. Later, during the fight at the Indigo Stadium, it impaired Suicune using its Curse technique, locking it and Misty inside Suicune's crystal wall. It was later defeated by Eusine's Haunter.
Morty has a Gastly, which was used along with Misdreavus to battle Suicune in Misdreavus Misgivings.
A Gastly appeared in The Last Battle XIII as one of the Pokémon sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
A Gastly briefly appeared in A Vicious Cycle of Possibilities, under the ownership of a Biker whose gang attempted to ransack Three Island.
Multiple Gastly appeared in Robust Rotom when Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum spend the night in the Old Chateau.
A Gastly appeared in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia V.
In Softening Up Kakuna, a Gastly was used by a Trainer that was challenging the Battle Factory.
Multiple Gastly appeared in Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost).
A Gastly appeared in Out-Odding Oddish, under the ownership of a Pokéathlon participant.
A Gastly appeared in A Photoshoot and the Abandoned Thrifty Megamart, where it was seen inside the Thrifty Megamart.
In the Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys manga
Black owns a Haunter which evolved from a Gastly.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
In Get Rid of The Ghost Pokémon!!, while Red, Clefairy and Pikachu were in Blue's mansion, they stumble across a Gastly that Clefairy ends up battling. However, since Blue didn't officially control it, it is unknown if it belongs to him.
A Gastly appeared in Which One is the Real Clefairy!? while Red had a confrontation with Giovanni and his twin brother. This Gastly was out of its gas form.
A Gastly took part in a baseball match in Fierce Competition at the Pokémon Baseball Tournament!.
A Gastly was with Green when he was having a soccer competition with Red.
Giovanni was revealed to have a Gastly when it was battling a Squirtle of his.
A Gastly appeared in PMDP03.
In the TCG
- Main article: Gastly (TCG)
Other appearances
Gastly appears in the 3DS version as an enemy in Smash Run mode, as well as a trophy. It is immune to melee attacks.
Trophy information
NA: This Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon is made up of several toxic gases—touching it would be really unpleasant. Instead, try to take it out with projectiles. It's not the fastest enemy in Smash Run, but occasionally it may try to chase down a fighter, so be careful around this gaseous foe.
PAL: In Smash Run, these Ghost- and Poison-type Pokémon tend to move slowly, and then, without warning, chase after you at high speed. You'll get hurt if they so much as come into contact with you, so be on your guard. As ghosts, they're immune to direct attacks. The only way to defeat them is to hit them with projectiles or items.
Game data
NPC appearances
- Pokémon Pinball: Three Gastly appear in a bonus stage accessible from the Red Table. Once the player knocks them out, they must then proceed to defeat the subsequent pair of Haunter and the Gengar that appears.
Pokédex entries
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Kanto
#092
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Almost invisible, this gaseous Pokémon cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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Said to appear in decrepit, deserted buildings. It has no real shape as it appears to be made of a gas.
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| Stadium
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Made of a thin, gas-like substance that induces fainting if you get enshrouded in it. Will not appear if it is very windy.
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Johto
#058
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With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.
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| Silver
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Its thin body is made of gas. It can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
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| Crystal
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It wraps its opponent in its gas-like body, slowly weakening its prey by poisoning it through the skin.
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| Stadium 2
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With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.
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Kanto
#092
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| Ruby
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Gastly is largely composed of gaseous matter. When exposed to a strong wind, the gaseous body quickly dwindles away. Groups of this Pokémon cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.
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| Emerald
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When exposed to a strong wind, a Gastly's gaseous body quickly dwindles away. They cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.
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A being that exists as a thin gas. It can topple an Indian elephant by enveloping the prey in two seconds.
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| LeafGreen
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Almost invisible, this gaseous Pokémon cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.
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Sinnoh
#069
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Johto
#058
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| Diamond
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This Pokémon's body is 95% made up of gases, which are blown away by strong gusts of wind.
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| Pearl
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A Pokémon born from poison gases. It defeats even the largest foes by enveloping them in gas.
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| Platinum
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Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.
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| HeartGold
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With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.
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Its thin body is made of gas. Despite lacking substance, it can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
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| Black
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Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.
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| White
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Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.
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Kalos
Mountain #030
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Hoenn
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Its body is made of gas. Despite lacking substance, it can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.
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Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.
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Gastly is largely composed of gaseous matter. When exposed to a strong wind, the gaseous body quickly dwindles away. Groups of this Pokémon cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.
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Alola
SM: #061
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Alola
USUM: #073
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Kanto
#092
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Should a strange light be seen flickering in an abandoned building, Gastly is lurking there.
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| Moon
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Although Gastly is barely visible, when it's near, a faint sweet smell lingers.
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It's said that gas emanating from a graveyard was possessed by the grievances of the deceased and thus became a Pokémon.
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Poisonous gas comprises 95% of its body. It's said that the remaining 5% is made up of the souls of those who died from the gas.
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Said to appear in decrepit, deserted buildings. It has no real shape, as it appears to be made of a gas.
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Game locations
In side games
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
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At Lv. 100
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30
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90 - 137
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170 - 264
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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35
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36 - 95
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67 - 185
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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Total: 310
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 100.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
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- If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of Normal-type moves is 1× and the effectiveness of Fighting-type moves is ½×.
- In Generations I and II, or if Gravity is in effect, this Pokémon is given an Iron Ball or affected by Smack Down or Ingrain, the opponent has the Ability Mold Breaker, Turboblaze or Teravolt, or this Pokémon is affected by Gastro Acid, or this Pokémon's Ability is replaced, the effectiveness of Ground-type moves is 2×.
- In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 1×.
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gastly
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gastly
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gastly
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gastly
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gastly
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gastly
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gastly
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gastly
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Gastly in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Gastly in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gastly
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gastly
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Gastly can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Gastly cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gastly
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Gastly
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
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Min. exp.: 42
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Max. exp.: 66
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Browser entry R-094
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| Gastly fades in and out of view while it tries to spirit your Pokémon away.
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Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs
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(Psy Power ×1)
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Poké Assist:
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Field move:
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(Psy Power ×1)
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| Browser entry R-164/N-183
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| It shoots out orbs imbued with loathsome emotions that make Pokémon Paused.
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Origin
Gastly seems to be based on general ghosts and spirits as depicted by cartoons, or even a will-o'-the-wisp. It may also have been based on the Japanese yōkai sōgen bi, the decapitated head of a monk whose head is doomed to wander the Earth, consumed by fire. Its Poison type is most likely a reference to poisonous or polluted gases.
Name origin
Gastly may be a combination of gas and ghastly (like a ghost; dreadfully frightening).
Ghos is a shortened form of ghost and may also incorporate gas into its name.
In other languages
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 Japanese
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ゴース Ghos
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From the English ghost
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 French
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Fantominus
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From fantôme and minus, a pejorative term meaning both "small" and "weak"
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 Spanish
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Gastly
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Same as English name
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 German
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Nebulak
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From Nebel, nebula, and ach
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 Italian
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Gastly
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Same as English name
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 Korean
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고오스 Goohs
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Transliteration of Japanese name
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 Mandarin Chinese
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鬼斯 Guǐsī
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Transliteration of Japanese name. Also from 鬼 and 瓦斯.
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 Cantonese Chinese
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鬼斯 Gwáisī
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Transliteration of Japanese name. Also from 鬼 and 瓦斯.
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| More languages
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 Hindi
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गॅसली Gastly
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Transcription of English name
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 Russian
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Гастли Gastli
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Transcription of English name
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External links
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This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
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For other sprites and images, please see Gastly images on the Bulbagarden Archives.
