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Height
4′03″
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1.3 m
Metric
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4′03″/1.3 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
0.2 lbs.
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0.1 kg
Metric
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0.2 lbs./0.1 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
0
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Atk
0
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Def
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Sp.Atk
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Sp.Def
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Speed
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| Base Exp.: 95
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Battle Exp.: 951*
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Gastly (Japanese: ゴース Ghos) is a Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon.
Its ability is Levitate, which prevents damage to it from Ground-type moves.
Biology
Physiology
Gastly appears to be nothing more that a black ball of ghostly matter that is surrounded by a purple glow. Gastly has big, white eyes and a mouth with a pair of fangs in it. Gastly's face is apparently similar to Cloyster's, but the two Pokémon aren't related.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Due to having a body made of gas, Gastly can slip into any place it wants. However, Gastly's body will dwindle away when exposed to a strong wind (but it can probably regenerate itself later). A Gastly is capable of toppling an Indian Elephant within two seconds by enveloping it in poisonous gas.
Despite Gastly's evolutionary level, it is quite powerful at using special attacks such as Shadow Ball, Dark Pulse, Thunderbolt and Energy Ball. Gastly can learn quite a few moves with all sorts of disruptive effects such as Will-O-Wisp, Confuse Ray, Hypnosis, Taunt and Embargo.
There have been claims that on rare occasions, a Gastly can gain the ability to speak like a human and transform itself, but these rumors have yet to be proven true.
Behavior
As a Ghost-type Pokémon, Gastly tend to be pranksters that go scaring people just for the fun of it.
Habitat
Gastly live in old, dilapidated buildings and can also be found at cemetaries.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
In the anime
Gastly first appeared 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 many years of waiting for her love to return to her. Gastly kept on toying with the minds of young men. Brock and James just happened to become victims of Gastly's trickery.
The first time a regular Gastly appeared was in The Tower of Terror. Ash and friends went to Lavender Town in search of a Ghost-type Pokémon to aid Ash in defeating Sabrina.
An Officer Jenny owned a Gastly in Pikachu Re-volts.
Morty used a Gastly to battle Ash in From Ghost to Ghost.
A pair of Gastly were among a group of Ghost Pokémon living in an abandoned mine in Fear Factor Phony. The Ghost Pokémon couldn't stand the partying Psychic Pokémon that lived in the nearby town, so they created a Haunter-like illusion to scare anyone away.
In the manga
Gastly first appears in Template:PSV of Pokémon Special, possessing the corpses of dead Pokémon in Pokémon Tower. Red's Bulbasaur manages to defeat it by sucking up the surrounding air with its bulb, along with Gastly's gaseous form, and expelling it in a SolarBeam.
Gastly also forms as part of the Ghost-type army Agatha sends out to attack the Gym Leaders.
The Mask of Ice also used a Gastly in his team to capture Celebi, 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 took out Suicune using its Curse technique, locking Suicune and Misty inside Suicune's crystal wall. It was later defeated by Eusine's Haunter.
In the TCG
- Main article: Gastly (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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| Red
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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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| Gold
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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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| 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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| Sapphire
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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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| FireRed
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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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| Generation IV
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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 then in gas.
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| Platinum
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{{{platinumdex}}}
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| HeartGold
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{{{heartgolddex}}}
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| SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
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Range
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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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Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Notes:
- If a move such as Foresight is used, the effectiveness of Normal and Fighting becomes 1× and ½×, respectfully.
- In Generations I and II, or in later generations if Skill Swap is used or an Iron Ball is held, the effectiveness of Ground becomes 2×.
- In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 1×.
Learnset
Template:Learnset intro
TCG-only Moves
Side game data
Template:Side game
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Even though Yellow is a game made nearly the same time as Red/Blue, Gastly's sprite shows its black orb while Red/Blue/Green doesn't.
- Gastly's prototype name was "Spirit".
- Gastly and its evolution Haunter are the lightest Pokémon in existence.
- Although it has no visible hands, Gastly is able to learn all the Elemental Punches in Generation IV. It seems that the three moves were added to its Egg Moves list in order to account for more widespread availability on its final evolution, Gengar, which had been able to learn the moves either via TMs or Move Tutors in previous generations. Considering that these moves are now physical, and that it is possible to transfer a Gengar knowing the moves from Generation III, this addition would appear to be unnecessary.
Origin
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, or maybe a will o' the wisp.
Name origin
Gastly's name origin may be a combination of gas and ghastly, dreadfully frightening or horrible. Ghos is simply a shortened form of ghost. The French name is a corrupt version of phantom.
In other languages
- German: Nebulak
- French: Fantominus - Fantôme means ghost, and the rest may come from minus, which is a pejorative expression, meaning useless, or waste of time.
- Korean: 고오스 Gooseu
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 Bulbagarden Archives.
