History Characters / PokemonGenerationIGastlyToTauros

* InterpretiveCharacter: Interestingly, Gengar has possibly some of the most varied portrayals of all Pokémon out there. Across various Pokémon media, most species of Pokémon are portrayed pretty consistently, based on their most prominent trait--Pikachu is always cute, and Lucario is always tough. But Gengar's love of scaring people can be as silly or as malicious as a writer intends, while its design can range from cute (it's round and purple!) to scary (look at those red eyes!). Throughout the years, it has been portrayed as a goofy prankster[[note]]the Gengar from the anime episode "The Tower of Terror!"[[/note]], a terrifying spectre[[note]]its Pokédex entries which talk about stealing the life force of humans[[/note]], a mischievous but lonely Pokémon who just wants a friend[[note]]Ash's Gengar, who was abandoned by its previous Trainer[[/note]], a selfish and cruel being [[spoiler:who eventually realizes the error of his ways]][[note]]Gengar from ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam''[[/note]], and a borderline EldritchAbomination[[note]]Gigantamax Gengar, whose gaping mouth is said to lead directly to the afterlife; also the Black Fog from ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'', a Haunter that devours the souls of people and Pokémon[[/note]].

* InterpretiveCharacter: Gengar has possibly some of the most varied portrayals of all Pokémon out there. Across various Pokémon media, most species of Pokémon are portrayed pretty consistently, based on their most prominent character trait--Pikachu is always cute, and Lucario is always tough. But Gengar's love of scaring people can be as silly or as malicious as a writer intends, while its design can range from cute (it's round and purple!) to scary (look at those red eyes!). Throughout the years, it has been portrayed as a goofy prankster[[note]]the Gengar from the anime episode "The Tower of Terror!"[[/note]], a terrifying spectre[[note]]its Pokédex entries which talk about stealing the life force of humans[[/note]], a mischievous but lonely Pokémon who just wants a friend[[note]]Ash's Gengar, who was abandoned by its previous Trainer[[/note]], a selfish and cruel being who eventually realizes the error of his ways[[note]]the Gengar from ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam''[[/note]], and a borderline EldritchAbomination[[note]]Gigantamax Gengar, whose gaping mouth is said to lead directly to the afterlife; also the Black Fog from ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'', a Haunter that devours the souls of people and Pokémon[[/note]].

* InterpretiveCharacter: Gengar has possibly some of the most varied portrayals of all Pokémon out there. Across various Pokémon media, most species of Pokémon are portrayed pretty consistently with similar traits--Pikachu is always cute, and Lucario is always tough. But Gengar's love of scaring people can be as silly or as malicious as a writer intends, while its design can range from cute (it's round and purple!) to scary (look at those red eyes!). Throughout the years, it has been portrayed as a goofy prankster[[note]]the Gengar from the anime episode "The Tower of Terror!"[[/note]], a terrifying spectre[[note]]its Pokédex entries which talk about stealing the life force of humans[[/note]], a mischievous but lonely Pokémon who just wants a friend[[note]]Ash's Gengar, who was abandoned by its previous Trainer[[/note]], a selfish and cruel being who eventually realizes the error of his ways[[note]]the Gengar from ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam''[[/note]], and a borderline EldritchAbomination[[note]]Gigantamax Gengar, whose gaping mouth is said to lead directly to the afterlife; also the Black Fog from ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'', a Haunter that devours the souls of people and Pokémon[[/note]].* ItAmusedMe: Even at its most benevolent, Gengar ''loves'' scaring the ever-loving daylights out of people just for some giggles.

* InterpretiveCharacter: Throughout the years, Gengar has been portrayed as a silly prankster, a terrifying spectre, a lonely creature who just wants a friend, a selfish and cruel being who eventually realizes the error of his ways, and a borderline EldritchAbomination.
* ItAmusedMe: Even at its most benevolent, Gengar ''loves'' scaring the ever-loving daylights out of people just for some giggles.

* InterpretiveCharacter: Throughout the years, Gengar has been portrayed as a silly prankster, a terrifying spectre, a lonely creature who just wants a friend, or a selfish and cruel being which later turns good.

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[[caption-width-right:240:Gigantamax Kingler]]

* AnIcePerson: Galarian Mr. Mime and Mr. Rime are part Ice-type.

Chansey is a much sought-after Pokémon. Catching them is literally all up to chance, as they're normally only found in the Safari Zone; an area of the game where you don't battle the Pokémon (thus making them ''very'' hard to capture) and the Pokémon can run away from you at any time. Once caught, though, they can prove to be one of the best special walls in the game. With access to a number of healing moves and ''the'' highest HP stat (and a fantastic special defense) of any Pokémon, they can last for quite a while... unless they have to deal with a Pokémon with strong physical attacks, at which point they're screwed eight ways to Sunday. Unlike Chansey or Blissey, Happiny are too young to lay their own eggs, so instead they carry an egg-shaped rock in their pouch in imitation of their evolved forms.

* AchillesHeel: Their only weakness, Fighting, is primarily a physical type and they have no Defense to speak of, so a strong Fighting move will crack them like an egg.

* KryptoniteIsEverywhere: A large number of Pokémon favor overpowering physical attacks, and roughly half of them are Fighting-type or use Fighting-type moves. Needless to say, the Egg Pokémon, with their terrible Defense stat, do not appreciate this.

** In Generation VI, Gengar exchanges its Levitate ability for Shadow Tag when it Mega Evolves. Because of this, Mega Gengar is now vulnerable to Ground-type attacks but can prevent its opponent from switching out.

* ActionBomb: Lickilicky is occasionally used for its absurdly strong Explosion, being the only mons with STAB on the move. It can destroy ''anything'' that isn't a Rock, Steel, or Ghost type (and a few things that ''are''), but it makes Lickilicky faint.