Gourgeist (Pokmon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokmon encyclopedia
Publish date: 2024-05-13
Gourgeist (Japanese: パンプジン Pumpjin) is a dual-type Ghost/Grass Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.
It evolves from Pumpkaboo when traded.
Gourgeist has four different forms: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size.
Biology
Gourgeist is a ghostly gourd-like Pokémon that varies dramatically in size. Its body is a dark brown pumpkin with a glowing, yellow-orange face carved into the front and a pair of nubby legs. The face consists of two triangular eyes and a grinning mouth; on top of the mouth is a small, triangular cutout for a nose. Poking out of the top of the pumpkin is its slender brown-orange head, which has bright yellow eyes and a small mouth but no visible nose. Gourgeist has long, light pink hair with arm-like tendrils framing its face and bangs that usually cover one eye. On top of its head is a crescent-shaped tuft that is brown on top; this tuft resembles a pumpkin's stem. In the anime, Gourgeist has shown the ability to retract its upper body into the pumpkin, giving it the appearance of a traditional jack-o'-lantern.
On the night of a new moon, Gourgeist wanders town streets while singing an eerie song. Those who hear its song will be cursed. It is also known to sing joyfully while observing prey it has entangled in its arms.
Gourgeist and its pre-evolved form Pumpkaboo are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Trick-or-Treat.
Forms
Gourgeist has four separate forms: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size.
Gourgeist's four different sizes determines their target for who they take into the afterlife. Small Gourgeist prefers targeting adults by pretending to be children. The large Gourgeist prefers taking children by pretending to be adults. The Supersize Gourgeist aren't picky and will target anyone.
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Evolution
Gourgeist evolves from Pumpkaboo.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
Game data
Pokédex entries
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| Generation VI | | Kalos
Mountain #064 | | Hoenn
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| X | Singing in eerie voices, they wander town streets on the night of the new moon. Anyone who hears their song is cursed. |
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| Y | It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey. |
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| Omega Ruby | Singing in eerie voices, they wander town streets on the night of the new moon. Anyone who hears their song is cursed. |
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| Alpha Sapphire | It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey. |
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| Generation VIII | | Galar
#192 | | Sinnoh
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| This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl, and Legends: Arceus. |
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| Sword | Small Gourgeist pretend to be children to fool adults. Anyone who falls for the act gets carried away to the hereafter. |
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| Shield | A small-sized Pumpkaboo evolves into a small-sized Gourgeist. Its bodily proportions also get passed on to its descendants. |
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| Sword | Eerie cries emanate from its body in the dead of night. The sounds are said to be the wails of spirits who are suffering in the afterlife. |
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| Shield | In the darkness of a new-moon night, Gourgeist will come knocking. Whoever answers the door will be swept off to the afterlife. |
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| Sword | Large Gourgeist put on the guise of adults, taking the hands of children to lead them to the afterlife. |
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| Shield | A large-sized Pumpkaboo evolves into a large-sized Gourgeist. Its bodily proportions also get passed on to its descendants. |
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| Sword | Supersized Gourgeist aren't picky. They will forcefully drag anyone off to the afterlife. |
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| Shield | A supersized Pumpkaboo evolves into a supersized Gourgeist. Its bodily proportions also get passed on to its descendants. |
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Game locations
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In side games
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| This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation VIII side games. |
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
Gourgeist is available in Sword and Shield.
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Gourgeist
- 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 Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Gourgeist
- 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 Gourgeist in Generation VIII
- 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 Gourgeist in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Gourgeist
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Gourgeist
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Gourgeist
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By transfer from another generation
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- Transferred Pokémon only retain these moves in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- A striped background indicates a generation in which the move can only be obtained via event or as a special move
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Gourgeist
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Gourgeist
- × indicates a move that cannot be used in Sword and Shield
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see transfer-only moves for other generations
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Side game data
Pokémon Rumble Rush | Walking Speed: 1.67 seconds | Base HP: 49, 52, 54 or 56 | | | Base Attack: 78, 78, 79 or 79 | Base Defense: 59 | Base Speed: 60 |
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Pokémon GO | Base HP: 146, 163, 181 or 198 | Base Attack: 171, 175, 179 or 182 | Base Defense: 219, 213, 206 or 200 | | Egg Distance: N/A | Buddy Distance: 5 km | Evolution Requirement: N/A | | Fast Attacks: Hex, Razor Leaf | | Charged Attacks: Seed Bomb, Shadow Ball, Foul Play, Fire Blast, Poltergeist* |
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Form data
Gourgeist have four different forms, each named after their respective size: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, and Super Size.
Its size is maintained through evolution from Pumpkaboo and cannot be changed. Gourgeist typically cannot be found in the wild, and its different forms can usually only be obtained by evolving Pumpkaboo, whose larger sizes are rarer to encounter. However, in Pokémon Sword and Shield, Average Size Gourgeist can be found in the wild, and Gourgeist can also be encountered in Dynamax Adventures.
Super Size Gourgeist have different, lower-pitched cries than the other forms, and were also the only Pokémon to have the XXL size designation in Pokémon GO prior to the addition of XXL and XXS sizes for all species. The different sizes of Gourgeist do not use different menu sprites, except in Pokémon HOME.
Previously, only Average Size and Super Size Gourgeist could have their Hidden Ability Insomnia. Average Size can be obtained with its Hidden Ability from the Friend Safari, and Super Size could be obtained with its Hidden Ability from events. Since Version 1.2.0 of Pokémon Sword and Shield, all sizes can be obtained with their Hidden Abilities via Ability Patches.
Each form has different base stats. With each increase in size, its base HP stat increases by 10 points and its base Attack stat increases by 5 points while its base Speed stat decreases by 15 points. Consequently, its base stat total does not vary with size.
Evolution data
Small Size
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Sprites
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In the anime
Super Size Gourgeist in the animeMajor appearances
Jessie's Super Size Pumpkaboo evolved into a Gourgeist in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?. When Jessie headed to Alola in Loading the Dex!, it was revealed that Gourgeist had been left behind at Team Rocket HQ. Gourgeist returned to Jessie's party in Rocket Revengers!.
Other
Three Gourgeist appeared in A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?, under the ownership of Count Pumpka's steward. They were commonly used by their Trainer to carry out Count Pumpka's bidding. All three were eventually defeated by Ash's Pikachu, Clemont's Bunnelby, and Serena's Braixen.
A Gourgeist belonging to Diantha appeared in Pride of a Champion!. She used it in her Masters Eight Tournament battle against Lance, where it defeated Gyarados, before losing to Hydreigon.
Minor appearances
Five Gourgeist appeared in A Haunted House for Everyone! as illusions created by a Mismagius.
Pokédex entries
| Episode | Pokémon | Source | Entry |
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| XY082 | Gourgeist | Ash's Pokédex | Gourgeist, the Pumpkin Pokémon, and the evolved form of Pumpkaboo. Gourgeist wander through town at the new moon, surrounding their prey with their arms which resemble hair. |
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| JN116 | Gourgeist | Goh's Rotom Phone | Gourgeist, the Pumpkin Pokémon. A Ghost and Grass type. Gourgeist wraps opponents in its hair-like arms. As they struggle, it sings a happy song. |
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
A Gourgeist appeared in Morphing Manectric under the ownership of Cassius.
In the TCG
Main article: Gourgeist (TCG)Trivia
Origin
Gourgeist appears to be based on bottle gourds, pumpkins, and modern jack-o'-lanterns, decorations made out of carved pumpkins for Halloween. Its multiple sizes may be a reference to the tradition of trying to grow the largest pumpkin for Halloween. Its upper body may also be based on the candles within jack-o'-lanterns themselves, with the curl being its wick and its hair-like extensions its dripping wax. It could also be viewed as a mere extension of the shape and the curl on top being its stem. The lower body's different color might also reference the tradition of decorating gourds with paint. Gourgeist's behavior of knocking on people's front doors before whisking them away, as described by its Pokédex entry in Pokémon Shield, may reference the Halloween tradition of going door-to-door for trick-or-treating.
Gourgeist also has potential connections with the famous Japanese story, Yotsuya Kaidan, in which a woman transforms into a paper lantern yōkai with long hair.
Name origin
Gourgeist may be a combination of gourd and geist.
Pumpjin may be a combination of pumpkin and 神 shin (deity, spirit), 人 jin (man), or jinn.
In other languages
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| More languages |  Hindi | कब्भूत Kabbhoot | From कद्दू kaddū and boo (or कब्बू Kabboo), and भूत bhūt |  Russian | Гургайст Gurgayst | Transcription of English name |  Thai | พัมพ์จิน Phamchin | Transcription of Japanese name |
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Small Size
Large Size
Super Size
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