#ghost types

[miyaulait]

'haunted shadow' pokemon tcg inspired designs - 2024

[joan-of-arceus]

pika.miki.chu

[swainathan]

Happy Halloween! Have some spooky illustrations from the last yearish because I've been busy 🎃

[glamrockstarmaverick]

It's funny how an evil ghost somehow became the Professional Funny Guy after a few years.

Here's the background I used, I'm quite proud of it.

[silverpsychedelic]

Some various Cades, a Queenie and an unnamed Dreepy

[starseaweed]

hello i'm not dead just a wage slave

i have a bunch of reblog drafts that i havent posted bc im too lazy to add the tags

[historianofgalar]

Shuppet and Banette History

(Art by Azurane on Deviantart)

Shuppet are ghost type pokemon originating in Hoenn, first being documented officially in the Hoennese Edo Period (1600s). They were said to be teru teru bōzu (small little paper dolls) come to life, playing pranks on the children that would mistreat them when they were still dolls. The Shuppet of this era had a slightly different appearance, being white and having paper instead of cloth cover them.

It wasn't until the 1940s that things began to change. During this time period, a popular brand of toy known as "ragged monsters" came out, which resembled what we know now as Banette. These toys quickly grew in popularity, subverting the expectation of regular humanoid dolls and appreciating the more creepy side of toys. These dolls were shipped to many other regions, with hundreds to thousands of them being made. Different variants of them were made as well to fit many occasions, and they became the staple of alternative toys at the time. (While I wasn't alive at that time, my ma did take part in this craze and I do have some of these dolls she decided to pass onto me).

But, like any craze, the popularity soon died out, and many of the dolls were abandoned and thrown away.

After that happened, complaints about seeing these dolls move on their own began to circle the region. Parents would say that their kids would see these strange toys move in the night and stand at the foot of their bed , almost with a vengeful energy. These dolls were recalled as to not anger anyone and to do more research on them. After extensive studies, it was revealed that these dolls were pokemon and the evolution of shuppet. This was a surprise to most, especially with it being the evolution of Shuppet, who was thought to have a rare evolution unrelated to these dolls. These pokemon were then named Jupetta, or Banette for Galarian speakers.

[tulipsnflowers]

Wherever someone sees this Nexomon, a sad whistling sound can be heard. Its inexpressive face gives it an even more frightening visage.

Hi everyone I'm trying to draw some Ghost types! First up, Cranillow

[inkteresting-art]

a taste of what I'm doodling, more to come

[quillpokebiology]

Mimikyu Facts

(@shadow-strawberry )

(Art by mugita_konomi on Danbooru)

-The scientific name for mimkyu is "Tractis desiatria" which translates to "Tangible desire"

-You should never try and remove Mimikyu's costume for the danger it poses to you, and it can permanently damage your Mimikyu's trust in you

-Mimkyu's line on the evolution tree is very difficult to discuss and classify. Researching them is also incredibly difficult from how dangerous just seeing them is. Since what has been observed, they seem to be a black gaseous form, so researchers theorize they're relayed to the Ghastly line

-Mimikyu have been known to make costumes for other popular pokemon, the most common variant being Eevee. Nothing changes with behavior, though

-Like most ghost types, they don't need to eat, instead just being able to feed on the life force and emotions of other living things. To prevent anyone from getting hurt, you can contact your local pokemon center or league to arrange an ethical feeding plan

-However, in the wild when being observed by people, they have been known to eat berries and foods that Pikachu will eat. This stops once they think they aren't being watched

-Mimikyu get very jealous around Pikachu, and they shouldn’t be kept near each other. This isn't present with Pichu and disappears with Raichu

-Mimikyu are known to be very good at crafting and sewing

-They're very clingy Pokemon and can get jealous easily in general

-All Mimikyu desire in life is affection and love, and they're willing to overlook the negative traits their trainer has as long as they're loved. This makes abuse in Mimikyu very common, since they won't care

-Mimikyu are very protective of their disguises and will avoid things like rain or snow to protect them. They can and will freak out if their disguise has a minor scratch on them, and they're very big neat-freaks

-Mimikyu are able to store a lot of items in their costumes

-While Mimikyu can breed, they don't breed normally since they can't be seen. Instead, they'll just put sperm into the Pokemon of the opposite sex

-Mimikyu will often hide in toy stores in hopes of someone mistaking them for a toy and taking them home

-Mimikyu are long living and it isn't known if they can die old age or natural causes

(Art by Ligton)

[shapercreater]

Welp, the polls have spoken, and this I bring with a Drumroll... The results!

Mipha/Female Basculegion (58.3%)

Daruk/Golurk (88.2%)

Urbosa/Ceruledge (45.5%)

And Revali/Decidueye (68.3%)

Thank you everyone for the votes and suggestions, I will post again once I have them all sketched out, and maybe if I have the energy I'll eventually even try and color them

[surelifesucksbutnotthatmuch]

Sure life sucks but at least we have Ghost Type Pokémon

[everyday-pokemon-headcanons]

Welp, my local Pokémon adoption center just blocked all ghost and dark types from being adopted for the month.

When I asked my neighbor about it, she told me it wasn't because people would hurt the Pokémon (apparently, that's mostly an urban myth). Instead, people will get a ghost or dark type for Halloween and abandon it immediately after the holiday.

Crazy.

[ortmaker]

Drifting away, with children, energetically, or sadly.

[nekokabuuuri]

[ghostypedamame]

dhelmise

So, we all know Gengar, because he takes over the Pokemon SNS Accounts every October and posts nothing but himself with the other fame-drunk Pokemon. Mimikyu gets cred because it's literally the creepy counterpart to Pikachu, and if you go on Youtube for a second you'll find channels talking about other, less well-known Pokemon.

But. There is one Pokemon that is so underrated and overlooked that people who are newer to the Pokemon games will have not heard of it nor seen it represented in any official merchandise except in trading cards, and it is

this. This rusty anchor that could give you tetanus and strangle you with the literal algae on its messed-up body.

Ignoring its abhorrent speed and shallow movepool, the design is just so bizarrely cool. The anchor isn't even the Pokemon, it's the seaweed, hence the Ghost/Grass typing. And it uses its anchor to hunt Wailords, because apparently grass can now defeat 47 feet marine behemoths, and this raises some serious questions. Brambleghast was proof enough, but now we know the truth that undead plants can be living, sentient creatures.

This also raises some ethical questions, because if the implication of eating cute little useless Magikarp wasn't enough, do people in the Pokemon World kill these seaweed ghosts, dry them out, and wrap rice up in them? But if you can't really kill ghosts, do the spirits locked up in Dhelmise's seaweed body go on to possess those unfortunate enough to eat it?

Of course, Dhelmise's overall appearance is one of an anchor, not seaweed. This leads us to the question of how long Dhelmise has even existed as a lost soul trapped in a seafaring device. Anchors weren't invented until seafaring technology was developed, so there are two main possibilites that can branch from this.

Dhelmise existed before the invention of anchors, and it attached itself to rocks and other inanimate objects in the ocean to survive.

As ships became more abundant and shipwrecks started happening, the souls of those lost at sea came back to undead life in the form of these algae, growing on anchors as a means of fighting off predators who would have interest in thin, flimsy seaweed.

This post was literally just me having an aneurysm over the fact that I have never heard of Dhelmise before, and being relatively new to the Pokemon franchise, I can't really say much more about it. Maybe Dhelmise isn't as underappreciated as I think it is, or maybe this post holds some truth. Either way, Dhelmise is a bizarrely cool Pokemon with a lot of potential for interesting lore, and it deserves a lot of love.