I thought Decidueye was based off the Hawaiian stilt owl. They both look very similar with coloring and have the long white legs. The type change is because that species went extinct and therefore the living, flying type owls of Rowlet and Dartrix are no longer flying because they all died out, hence now remain as ghosts.
Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina represent the three main forms of matter Dialga - Solid - Steel Type Palkia - Liquid - Water Type Giratina - Gas - Ghost Type
we could also look to arceus for plasma, 99% of the universe seems pretty fitting for god. additionally seeing as Archeus is the transition point from matter to astral, and plasma is basically energy, fits pretty well there as well.
Also, there is a theory (or a fact, idk) that Gengar is a Clefable's shadow or something like this. So his doppelganger name makes even more sense if it's true
I'm from the Philippines and the "DILA" that you meantioned is actually called "Tik-Tik" The word "dila" directly translates to tongue and is never used to call the monster
Yeah it kinda annoys me when people dont know how to read the letter J in some languages so they proceed to read it like in English. Its like slovene's capital-ljubljana. Dont sweat it out. It reads "lyoo blee yana", not "lLJUHBLJANAHG"
I know I'm three months late, but here's a fun fact! There's a term for beings like Dusknoir, entities that guide lost spirits to the spirit world and help them find their way; they're called "Psychopomps." Notable Psychopomps from various cultures include Anubis, the Egyptian God said to weigh your soul after you die, the Grim Reaper - obviously - and entities like Hades, Persephone and Charon, from Greek mythology. Also, check out Gunnerkrigg Court. Really good webcomic about a psychopomp-in-training.
Hades and Persephone are not Psychopomps, they simply rule the underworld, though they do take a minor part in what happens to the person. Hermes and Charon are Psychopomps though.
Y'all probably already know this, but before gen 6, the Dark/Ghost combo had no weakness. Now it has 1, fairy. (It only has one resistance {poison}, however it has 3 immunities {normal, fighting, psychic})
I was surprised at those origins for misdreavus, but how could you leave out its clearly Celtic origins? Misdreavus is based more on a banshee than anything
About decidueye: Owls also are depicted as witches or spirits that took that form to encover themselves. Lots of cultures have this supersticious look on Owls, even killing them due tradition. Things like owls stealing babies are a normal thing in folklore
Arthur Schamne not like he knew any of this before researching the video! Nothing to remember. But like I say, and I just checked again Misdrevous just a ghost type not a duel type! (+ case solved
I thought Decidueye was based on the Hawaiian Stilt Owl, which has surprisingly long legs for an owl, and was a ghost type because the stilt owl is extinct
@@funnymonky9173 wait really? I mean I understand Charizard, but what about Blastois (not sure if that's how you spell it but whatever :/ ) primarina, and a few others?
What if Alolan Marowak is what happens when the Cubone’s mother comes back as a ghost and possesses her own child to live again? I think I just creeped myself out.
Love the ghost type! My favorites : Haunter : first ghost pokemon i had, never got to evolve it, so I like it more than gengar due to nostalgia. Mismagius : love witch stories and the design is awesome! Banette : the idea of a haunted doll back for revange is so cool! And those make the best story's! Candelure : blue flames. That is all! All time favorite and my favorite pokemon of them all : Sableye! Gems are a girl's best friend 😉 But no, I love the lil goblin lurkin in the shadows waiting to claw your soul out ❤️♥️💖
Geist is German for Ghost. The "polter" from Poltergeist means as much as making loud sounds by throwing over objects, both willingly and unwillingly. Basically Poltergeist means Ghost that throws stuff around and makes a lot of noise.
... Did he really not cover the 666 reference in Giratina's design? while that might not be intentional, its such a common thing to hear about you'd think he'd bring up the possible devil connection
The whole "666" thing was almost definitely unintentional. You can find sets of six on many other Pokémon. Besides, Giratina isn't really "evil", considering it stepped in to stop the destruction of the universe in Platinum, and doesn't directly interfere with earthly affairs otherwise. If any Pokémon is truly demonic, I would say it's Hoopa. Although it is primarily based on a djinn, it has all the typical "Satan" design elements, from the goatee to the pointed tail. It also enjoys causing chaos and destruction, and has the power to do so with its six rings. Not to mention that it's a dark type, which is literally "evil type" in Japanese.
Giratina in Diamond & Pearl is found in Turnback Cave at Sendoff Spring, which real world location is based off of Lake Mashu, "The Lake of the Devil" (The Ainu devil depicted in their stories). A local legend says that if you see the surface the Lake you may have bad luck and the lake is so clear no one is allowed to go near it or defile it. Furthermore the Ainu devil is depicted as a snake who would eat the sun but was but was thrawted by a crow that had flew down his throat, much like Giratina's Origin Forme appearance. It should also be noted that Giratina wears a Kabuto helmet and its horns are a Datemono ornament, like a samurai. It should be noted that there was conflict between the Ainu, the indigenous people of Hokkaido where Shinnoh is based on, and the "Children of the Sun" or the Japanese people whio came from southern Okinawa, that we know today. At lake mashu there is a cave called Takeshiro's Cave, A Cave the ainu people reveared as housing the Gods by the Ainu people. There's probably more iconography and information associated with Giratina but no one's really looked into it yet. but all this is more of the stuff surrounding giratina than its name origin
Another thing with Giratina is, if we tie it to Palkia and Dialga, it could be the compactified dimensions, dimensions which must exist within current understanding if gravity and quantum mechanics are to go together, but obviously, we have three spatial and one temporal dimension that we experience. So where are these seven other dimensions? The theory is that they became "compactified", i.e. as the three spatial dimensions expanded (imperfect tense, since they're still expanding) to infinity, they contracted to the infinitesimal. I should disclaim that physicists don't actually believe in string theory, but it's not because of seven additional dimensions; it's because there's no way to prove it wrong.
I have to agree with that but Lock is right saying it's not a ghost. I think it's scarier than that, it's a demon or the pokemon version of the devil itself.
You left out the part about Frillish dragging creatures down under the water and drowning them. I feel like I've heard of evil spirits that drown people before
"and drowning them alive" no duh what? are they supposed to drown them dead? (don attack me pls i am not being mean or anything i am just pointing that out)
@@chunkymonkey7983It is, some part of its name in Japanese means "Its a sand castle" So they most likely would put pile of sand in English like they did for other pokemon
I once read a theory that Dartrix _commits suicide_ to become Decidueye because of its narcissism and feeling of inferiority due to being being somewhat of a birdbrain (no pun intended). Edgy, I know.
The honedge line are much more than haunted swords. They possess whoever grabs their hilt, and cause them to go on a murderous rampage. The same thing happens to the wielders of Soul Edge, from the Soul Calibur series; Anubis, the sword stand from Jojo; and Sacrifar, the 9th form of the 10 Commandments sword from Rave Master.
My guess is Soul Calibur, Anubis, pokemon, etc, get their legend from the OG cursed sword the Muramasa blade of 18th century Japan. Which possessed its users to go on bloodlusted rampages due to how much blood was soaked into it.
Actually, even if that's true, jellyfish are well-known for being named for or resembling spirits and ghosts. Because they're 90+ percent water, their bodies are nearly see-through, and plenty are bioluminescent, which gives them a ghostly glow in deep waters. Not to mention, they float about aimlessly, killing whatever touches their tentacles.
A bunch of English words for supernatural things are just antiquated or foreign ways of saying something simple like "corpse" or "ghost" but have acquired additional connotations thanks to fantasy and horror media. "Lich" is one, just being an Old English word for corpse that now means an extremely specific type of undead bound to a phylactery. Geist likewise has a more specific meaning than just "ghost" in modern English fantasy or horror.
It's even more general than ghost, it means spirit and soul. For example the humanities in German are called Geistwissenschaft (literally: sciences of the spirit) because they uplift your spirit or your soul.
Doppelgänger and Gjenganger is pretty much the same thing. The Swedish version of the word is Gengångare. Not literally the same as doppelgänger, but the words are related to ghostly or mystical... things(?) that looks like a person, but the Swedish and Norwegian words are indeed more of a revenant, or someone who walks again after death or "går igen" in Swedish. *Edit*: Doppelgänger is actually directly translated into Dubbelgångare in Swedish, but the connections between the words are never the less interesting to me.
A Doppelgänger is just someone who looks like another person, might be a ghost but it's more often used for completly non spooky things, like if two people just look kinda similar. Someone coming back from the dead would be a Wiedergänger in German, but both words have the Gänger part that Gengar might take his name from.
11:54 I read from “Dr. Lavas Lost Pokemon” Twitter account that Frillish was originally supposed to be just water but then got ghost type added to balance out the gen 5 typing and because ghost and water had not been done before. Apparently, Frillish’s designer was not pleased with this.
They seem to have drifted away from eachother. They no longer have opposing typings, and gengar has a mega. Also it’s strange that their evolutionary lines don’t fully synch up like other notable counterparts. Gengar had 3 Pokémon in its line at the time of its creation, while clefable only had 2.
4:55 The National Dex actually covered Sandygast and Pallosand, confirming that the two are based on the fact that sand itself is the remains of dead animals (which is true). Thus, the foundation of their ghost typing comes from there.
In giratina, the tina part is from platina, which is an alloy a platin, hence pokemon platinum. It controls antimatter which is unknown and somewhat creepy, hence ghost while lots of people also relate it to gas. Not to mention it was also banished
@@ape7119 yes you are right about it tough i would say it will be an interesting addition to cover shiny pokemon genetics or a change to survive (example mareanie and toxapex shiny looks like they use it to camuflage on coral and prey easily on corsola)
Rotom might also be a reference to the ghost in/from the machine. This phenomena is most prominently explored in things like Ghost in the Shell, iRobot, Detroit: Become Human etc. The thought that AI and cyber augmentation will develop it's own soul.
I always thought of Drifloon as a lost balloon. When a child lets go of a balloon, they have that dawning realization that they can't get it back. It's sort of a rite of passage for a kid; a lesson about loss. Drifloon, as a ghost type, represents the "death" of that balloon: it's a manifestation of despair at something that can never be recovered.
It absolutely is. Take away the ears and drawn-on face, and it looks like a kapu stick with a crooked stick (Mimikyu's tail). Breaking kapu is usually punishable by death (Ghost type), and seeing Mimikyu's true form is literally 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘶 -- forbidden. (And also results in death).
Xaldyn Nemo Thank you! I made 2 videos explaining this but I feel like not many Pokémon fans acknowledge this and assume since it’s the fairy type that it comes from European folklore. 😑
2:27 lol when I named my sceptile "spectrum" in a French playthrough (don't ask why) and got taken aback when my opponent was about to send out Spectrum too
Interestingly ages ago I was studying the mythology of vampires and in some ancient tales ( I want to say they were Slavic ) and it had a story about vegetables , especially gourds turning into vampiric creatures. I thought it was so bizarre but it made me think of Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist.
Nah, I think your Video had a Quality drop. I would prefere a Version in wich you split the Sections in Ghost who posesses things, Ghost whit clear influence on a specific typ of Ghost, random Ghosts and Pokemon whit Ghostlike qualitys. #Still nice too see a new Video.
Yeah, but ghosts aren't that clearly defined. Do it right now, go make a list if spirits from different mythos and attempt to categorize them. Trust me from experience, it is difficult.
Funny enough, ever since using one in pokemon sword, Dusknoir has actually become one of my favourites ^^ didnt really care too much for it before, but I really start to like its design, with its animation, the face on its body starting to glow when it opens its mouth... yeah pretty sick ^^ still miss my mega sableye tho ;'(
My favorite ghost type is Sableye. One of the reasons is that it’s based on the hopskinville goblin. Which I might be spelling that wrong. I just love that it’s based on such a great alien myth. I also love that it has diamonds for eyes. Fun fact about me I have a huge precious mineral and fossil collection.
id love it if u remade this vid with all the improvments uv made since, for example, in this ur sorta loosely listing pokemon while occasionally weakly referencing how u make these now is WAY better (clearly ur style evolved since then)
My reasoning for Decidueye is that a bit of its soul lingers in the dead feathers it uses as arrows, allowing it to adjust their trajectory, or use ghost type powers like soul shackle with it. Basically more like its feathers/leaves are undead. Based primarily on the Deciduous part of its namesake.
The Honedge line are yokai that comes about if a object is around for a long time(like over 100 years old). So they are yokai not ghosts. But they would still fit in ghost types.
I actually learned in one of my college classes that "geist" is the German word for "spirit". Gives Gourgeist another layer of name origin, doesn't it?
You could say that Mimikyu is Bill Cipher, Spiritomb is a mix of Blackheart/Legion and mafubá container, Alolan Marowak is the Ghost Rider and Dusknoir is... Melinda Gordon. xD
Me, when I see the thumbnail and title: Oh this video looks interesting. *watches the first few minutes and the definition of spectre* Me: I guess I won't sleep tonight.
I thought Decidueye was based off the Hawaiian stilt owl. They both look very similar with coloring and have the long white legs. The type change is because that species went extinct and therefore the living, flying type owls of Rowlet and Dartrix are no longer flying because they all died out, hence now remain as ghosts.
Do yo know that in my country, indonesia. Owl translated to "burung hantu" meaning "ghost bird"..
No it is based on an extinct owl who's name I have forgotten
@@marshalldoucette8842 exactly what this person just said....
I mean a different island. Just because it has "Hawaiian" in the name, doesn't mean that is what it is based on
Sophia Hawkins I actually don't know what is decidueye is but I like decidueye.
It's interesting that this time around every Pokemon had at least a decent reason to be ghost type. No unjustified typings here!
Caleb Torres
I admit that Blacephelon could be considered a reach though. But then again even that one makes at least some amount of sense.
Yea, it's like, "Scary clown thing? Yea, that's creepy enough to be a ghost". There aren't any "why?" Pokemon.
@@revolvingworld2676 Its also an Ultra Beast and those don't tend to cooperate with physics and logic
Bee ghost...
I would say Frillish and Jellycent are the less ghost type of all of them.
The types of Ghost-type Pokemon:
-Actual ghosts
-Objects possessed by ghosts
-Pokemon that exhibit ghost-like qualities and abilities
Pretty much true for every type, really
AND OTHER.
Thank you random internet guy.
True
You forgot eldritch-like pokemon who's true form are unfathomable to mortals like giratina and mimikyu who are ghost type because their outsiders
Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina represent the three main forms of matter
Dialga - Solid - Steel Type
Palkia - Liquid - Water Type
Giratina - Gas - Ghost Type
good job
That's an interesting way of looking at it right their
Pikachu - Plasma - Electric type
And then there's also Rotom, who is made of plasma, and it's electric type, lightning is one of the most common froms of natural plasma on earth.
we could also look to arceus for plasma, 99% of the universe seems pretty fitting for god. additionally seeing as Archeus is the transition point from matter to astral, and plasma is basically energy, fits pretty well there as well.
Also, there is a theory (or a fact, idk) that Gengar is a Clefable's shadow or something like this. So his doppelganger name makes even more sense if it's true
It's been confirmed that gengar is a dead clefable's unresting spirit. You can find it here on TH-cam
It even has the same body shape if you look
It's not confirmed lmao it's just a theory, a game theory
That's what I thought he was going to bring up when he said doppelganger
It does Not make sense at all Doppelgänger is nothing paranormal jeeeesuuuuuuuuus
I'm from the Philippines and the "DILA" that you meantioned is actually called "Tik-Tik"
The word "dila" directly translates to tongue and is never used to call the monster
Dila is for Lickitung or.. that.. thing.....
Ay salamat. I was so confused on wtf that was supposed to be.
FINALLY SOMEBODY WHO UNDERSTAND (but I only know more well known Philippines myths
I was about to comment this. But I tried to look in the comment section first - hoping that someone has pointed that out.
Them: OMG! Lechonk is a Filipino reference!
Gen 1: Haunter.
As a Norwegian, it was hilarious to hear lockstin try to say "gjenganger" it's pronounced more like "Yehn-gahng-ehhr"
I tryed to pronounce it but realised i was talking swedish
Yeah it kinda annoys me when people dont know how to read the letter J in some languages so they proceed to read it like in English.
Its like slovene's capital-ljubljana. Dont sweat it out. It reads "lyoo blee yana", not "lLJUHBLJANAHG"
I'm learning Norwegian! That's the only reason I could pronounce it lol
Bruh when he said it the second time I had to wheeze
i thought it was Gen-Ganger
6 more types to go! Grass, water, normal, flying, fairy and dragon. When you're finished with the typings, will you do egg groups?
the egg group thing sounds interesting
Apex Theory
Normal sounds like the hardest to do
He probably won’t do normal
Fredrik Opoku, that would be cool but way to long of a series.
He did grass
Lumberjack: CUTS TREE
Trevenant: I am going to ruin this mans whole career
Thought this was going to be a Clash royale reference but ok
Lumberjack: Is Zoroark
Trevenant: :O
Lumberjack: *Dramatically pulls out Pokeball*
Is this a meme or something? Because I seem to be seeing it everywhere.
@@animalia5554 Yes
I'm surprised you didn't mention that Decidueye is based on the Stilt Owl, an Extinct species of Terrestrial owl...
That was native to Hawaii to boot
@unicornlord well to be Fair, that doesn't really connect to the ghost typing
@@seandewar47 Many grass types starters are based on extinct species, and only decidueye is a ghost type. So i think there's no connection whatsoever.
@@joaovictor_of true
João Victor Ferreira The stilt owl went extinct fairly recently actually, unlike all of the other starters inspirations.
Is it weird that I 'aww'ed when you said that Dusknoir helps spirits get to the spirit realm safely?
I did that in my head, you're not alone 😅
I did and it has made me want to raise one in one of my games. Time to go Pokemon hunting in a completed file and catch one for breeding purposes.
@@RedRainVGC what?
Gluttony Biscuits nah
So a Houndoom's howl calls on Dusknoir cuz it's like the Grim reaper
As a Ghost type fan, I feel obligated to mention the Necrozma form you missed. I'm not that worried about it, though, because you got the others!
me too ghost is my favorite type even though i probably have phasmophobia
Necrosma is phy ;-;
Oh and #savethehaunters
Phant0m, Necrozma has 3 other forms.
#ghostgang
I know I'm three months late, but here's a fun fact! There's a term for beings like Dusknoir, entities that guide lost spirits to the spirit world and help them find their way; they're called "Psychopomps." Notable Psychopomps from various cultures include Anubis, the Egyptian God said to weigh your soul after you die, the Grim Reaper - obviously - and entities like Hades, Persephone and Charon, from Greek mythology.
Also, check out Gunnerkrigg Court. Really good webcomic about a psychopomp-in-training.
Even Hermes was sometimes one too. Greek mythology is full of psychopomps. It’s not surprising that the word is greek.
psychopimps
Hades and Persephone are not Psychopomps, they simply rule the underworld, though they do take a minor part in what happens to the person. Hermes and Charon are Psychopomps though.
Grim Fandango comes to mind, at least for me-
Also Dionysus!
He's got a fascinating history; I really recommend Overly Sarcastic Production's video on the subject.
0:39 BEE GHOST?!
THAT'S IT!
*FLIPS TABLE*
Boo-bee....boobie...get it? No? Alright, I'll show myself out.
Don't diss Boomblebee
(／‵Д′)／~ ╧╧
And yet, I'd still take one of THEM over a cockroach...
Says "Geist" correctly about 20 times, and then suddenly "Poltergeest"... WHY?
pla1nswalk3r Then says Poltergeist right many times afterward
Maybe it is how you say Poltergeist in another language/dialect
Gotta switch it up
pla1nswalk3r because the origin of the word poltergeist is German, and that’s how you pronounce it in German
@@maplebear5183 you pronounce it like "gaist" in german
I just wanna say: Dark type and Ghost type should work together more.
Aren’t they the same?
Like Spiritomb
@@Cypress-r2u you uncultured swine
Yes
Y'all probably already know this, but before gen 6, the Dark/Ghost combo had no weakness. Now it has 1, fairy.
(It only has one resistance {poison}, however it has 3 immunities {normal, fighting, psychic})
I was surprised at those origins for misdreavus, but how could you leave out its clearly Celtic origins? Misdreavus is based more on a banshee than anything
what about a Dulahan?
@@Gundurr Then where's the body? And those aren't particularly known for mischief or screaming, to my knowledge
@@metaloom it was mainly a suggestion, not really anything else.
Thank you
Misdreavous a ghost type mon! Does it learn screech?
*talks about how "geist" in "goregeist" doesn't mean anything*
Me: well, "geist" in german means "spirit" so I think it does mean something
Geist means ghost not spirit directly.
Geist looks like geest and geest is gost in dutch
Yes and Geist is not derived from Poltergeist. Rather Poltergeist is a ghost/ Geist, that is making a ruckus/ poltert.
It's a gourd gheist
Its gotta be Gourd and Poltergeist, cant think of anything else itd be
About decidueye: Owls also are depicted as witches or spirits that took that form to encover themselves.
Lots of cultures have this supersticious look on Owls, even killing them due tradition.
Things like owls stealing babies are a normal thing in folklore
Has nobody pointed out that marshadow may actually be a Hawaiian night marcher? I thought it was obvious
You and your logic, knock it off :p
he actually mentioned it in the fighting type video
Bigger Blaster really what is that
@@cassiusfelix2805 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightmarchers
It's also a shadow boxer. He didn't mention that in this video either.
For gourgeist, “geist” is German for ghost or spirit, hence loans like “poltergeist” and “zeitgeist.” Plus the word gourd, of course
Wait a sec. You glossed over Honedge and it's kinda without mentioning Dainslaif, it's origin? It's a legendary spirit that possesses a sword.
i thought Misdreavus was a banshee....
dejEtack misdreavus a ghost type mon. Evolve into mismagous with a reaper cloth I think!
Pretty sure it is a Banshee, I think he just forget that Banshees exist.
Arthur Schamne not like he knew any of this before researching the video! Nothing to remember. But like I say, and I just checked again Misdrevous just a ghost type not a duel type! (+ case solved
Misdreavus is based partly on the Banshee
I thought it was a fart
I'm happy that Mimikyu finally found all the love they deserve.
Yes. They deserve a lot of love ☺️
@@Kyumifun A LOT. ♥
my mimikyus are BABEYS and theyre PERFECT
Gourgeists name doesnt necessarily have to come from Poltergeist, it could also come from "Geist" which is just the german word for ghost
That's was I was thinking he's a (Gourd)+(Geist)=Gourgeist
I was going to say this, but decided to check if someone had already said it. Good thing we are pointing this out :)
She’s more banshee than poltergeist considering her loud wails.
@@bricesonroy2350 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I thought Decidueye was based on the Hawaiian Stilt Owl, which has surprisingly long legs for an owl, and was a ghost type because the stilt owl is extinct
Nope, owls really have really long legs. The said legs are hidden by its feathers.
The thing with the stilt owl is that you could actually see the long legs
Aren't most of the Grass type starters based on extinct animals tho?
@@funnymonky9173 wait really? I mean I understand Charizard, but what about Blastois (not sure if that's how you spell it but whatever :/ ) primarina, and a few others?
@@funnymonky9173 oh btw I'm talking for all the starts.
Mismagius can't scare me, it's just like:
OwO
Its just an edgy teen OWO
Kitty Ghost OwO
Yeh kitty witch OwO
More like əwə
UwU
What if Alolan Marowak is what happens when the Cubone’s mother comes back as a ghost and possesses her own child to live again?
I think I just creeped myself out.
Perhaps in the possession the mother doesn't take control, but adds power to her child so the two can fight as one
That would be creepy
Pretty cool tbh
Cubone: I NEED REVENGE
Marowak: Don't worry son, give me ya body, I'll do it myself
Fine, ill do it myself.
Marshadow also draws inspiration from Hawaiian night marchers
So does Alolan marowak
He mentioned that in the Fighting type video
this. like how did you miss that?
I was wondering why he didn't mention it in this video.
I thought of that too, and Marshadow has the coconut helmet
Love the ghost type! My favorites :
Haunter : first ghost pokemon i had, never got to evolve it, so I like it more than gengar due to nostalgia.
Mismagius : love witch stories and the design is awesome!
Banette : the idea of a haunted doll back for revange is so cool! And those make the best story's!
Candelure : blue flames. That is all!
All time favorite and my favorite pokemon of them all :
Sableye! Gems are a girl's best friend 😉
But no, I love the lil goblin lurkin in the shadows waiting to claw your soul out ❤️♥️💖
I have a Mismagius on my Moon team. =)
Grammar
@@torterra1826 worthless
Wait a second, if a ghost type Pokémon dies, does it become a ghost-ghost Pokémon? Or can they just not die?
Orr... They just die... Without becoming a ghost...
Perhaps a ghost type "dying" is less "dying again" and more "finally being laid to rest" and going.. wherever Dusknoir would take them.
Well, acerola has a mimikyu that's a literal ghost. Mimikyu is a ghost type, and it can die. That answers that question.
Or they stop existing.
I assume that when they do die, they become reincarnated into either a person or a new Pokemon
Geist is German for Ghost.
The "polter" from Poltergeist means as much as making loud sounds by throwing over objects, both willingly and unwillingly. Basically Poltergeist means Ghost that throws stuff around and makes a lot of noise.
also: He pronounces „Geist“ correctly multiple times but then...“Polter-geest“? Eh...What?
0:59 Ghastly
1:47 Haunter
2:30 Gengar
12:22 Alolan Marowak
6:26 Misdreavus
15:33 Shedinja
15:13 Sableye
14:38 Shuppet
14:55 Banette
15:59 Duskull
16:15 Dusclops
5:44 Drifloon & Drifblim
7:06 Mismagius
13:37 Spiritomb
16:45 Dusknoir
14:25 Froslass
11:20 Rotom(just the normal form, since the other forms have the ghost type replaced with another type)
9:30 Giratina
13:55 Yamask
14:16 Cofagrigus
11:00 Litwick
11:06 Lampent & Chandelure
11:53 Frillish & Jellicent
4:36 Golett & Golurk
11:31 Honedge, Doublade & Aegislash
3:38 Phantump
3:15 Trevenant
7:23 Pumpkaboo & Gourgeist
10:17 Hoopa(confined, Hoopa unbound is dark type)
13:08 Decidueye
12:41 Oricorio Sensu style
4:56 Sandyghast & Palossand
8:09 Mimikyu
11:42 Dhelmise
10:29 Lunala
9:53 Marshadow
9:11 Blacephalon
You're welcome :)
... Did he really not cover the 666 reference in Giratina's design? while that might not be intentional, its such a common thing to hear about you'd think he'd bring up the possible devil connection
The whole "666" thing was almost definitely unintentional. You can find sets of six on many other Pokémon. Besides, Giratina isn't really "evil", considering it stepped in to stop the destruction of the universe in Platinum, and doesn't directly interfere with earthly affairs otherwise. If any Pokémon is truly demonic, I would say it's Hoopa. Although it is primarily based on a djinn, it has all the typical "Satan" design elements, from the goatee to the pointed tail. It also enjoys causing chaos and destruction, and has the power to do so with its six rings. Not to mention that it's a dark type, which is literally "evil type" in Japanese.
Sophisticated Goat That's Hoopa Unbound.
He's covered it in the end theory series already
@@SophisticatedGoat222 dark and grass type need to get there type name fixed to plant and violent/aggressive type
@@drakekingblackheart5481Here's a fact:Do you know that Dark type is called "evil" type in Japanese?
Giratina in Diamond & Pearl is found in Turnback Cave at Sendoff Spring, which real world location is based off of Lake Mashu, "The Lake of the Devil" (The Ainu devil depicted in their stories). A local legend says that if you see the surface the Lake you may have bad luck and the lake is so clear no one is allowed to go near it or defile it. Furthermore the Ainu devil is depicted as a snake who would eat the sun but was but was thrawted by a crow that had flew down his throat, much like Giratina's Origin Forme appearance. It should also be noted that Giratina wears a Kabuto helmet and its horns are a Datemono ornament, like a samurai. It should be noted that there was conflict between the Ainu, the indigenous people of Hokkaido where Shinnoh is based on, and the "Children of the Sun" or the Japanese people whio came from southern Okinawa, that we know today.
At lake mashu there is a cave called Takeshiro's Cave, A Cave the ainu people reveared as housing the Gods by the Ainu people.
There's probably more iconography and information associated with Giratina but no one's really looked into it yet. but all this is more of the stuff surrounding giratina than its name origin
Mahou Point damn, that’s actually really interesting!
Damn thats a lot
You used your Gnoggin
Great job 👍
Another thing with Giratina is, if we tie it to Palkia and Dialga, it could be the compactified dimensions, dimensions which must exist within current understanding if gravity and quantum mechanics are to go together, but obviously, we have three spatial and one temporal dimension that we experience. So where are these seven other dimensions? The theory is that they became "compactified", i.e. as the three spatial dimensions expanded (imperfect tense, since they're still expanding) to infinity, they contracted to the infinitesimal.
I should disclaim that physicists don't actually believe in string theory, but it's not because of seven additional dimensions; it's because there's no way to prove it wrong.
Hey, it's more than the bulbapedia page that this video was taken from, kuddos.
I have to agree with that but Lock is right saying it's not a ghost. I think it's scarier than that, it's a demon or the pokemon version of the devil itself.
The misdreavus has the scream from the "Why are you running?!" Video
Has a ba
You left out the part about Frillish dragging creatures down under the water and drowning them. I feel like I've heard of evil spirits that drown people before
"and drowning them alive"
no duh
what? are they supposed to drown them dead?
(don attack me pls i am not being mean or anything i am just pointing that out)
@@SoməøneXD Sorry, I fixed it. I made that comment kinda fast, sorry
They look far to friendly to do that, lol
I’m starting to think that it should of been a kappa, basically a creepy turtle known to drown little kids in Japan.
I think that kappas and kelpies both drown people
Me before: it’s Halloween! This should be a fun watch
After: Welp. I didn’t need to sleep tonight.
Kodam look like deku skrubs
Mystic Bros. Same
Funny, I always got a fighting spirit sense from Marshadow.
Phantump is one of my favorite Pokémon! It’s so cute and spooky.
Litwick is cute and spooky too~
Same
@@bigtoblerone8446 true but hanter is the most scary thing you could see like look at the black fog
Couldn’t the ”corio” in oricorio also be based off of coreograph? Because dancing?
pretty much, because every form of oricorio has a type of dance
I just thought the "orico" in "Oricorio" was based on "oracle" (neither seasons nor ages)
is it weird i thought palossand was literally a pun on pile of sand
Because it is
it is
@@liliekernizan7028 It's not.
@@chunkymonkey7983It is, some part of its name in Japanese means "Its a sand castle" So they most likely would put pile of sand in English like they did for other pokemon
@@Incineroarlove I assumed it was supposed to be "palace sand," since it's a sand castle.
What if Gengar is the doppelgänger to Clefable. Thought you were gonna mention something about it
I once read a theory that Dartrix _commits suicide_ to become Decidueye because of its narcissism and feeling of inferiority due to being being somewhat of a birdbrain (no pun intended).
Edgy, I know.
Wow.......
so, what your telling me is, if pokemon were real, not only could you train them but die an become a handful of pokemon mentioned in this video?
So basically
None of them weren't ghosts. Neat
Dark is my fav type and ghost is my second fav. They are so good. We need like 100 more of each -W-
The honedge line are much more than haunted swords. They possess whoever grabs their hilt, and cause them to go on a murderous rampage. The same thing happens to the wielders of Soul Edge, from the Soul Calibur series; Anubis, the sword stand from Jojo; and Sacrifar, the 9th form of the 10 Commandments sword from Rave Master.
What? Moly holy i thought they only stole their spirits not posses them
doesn't honedge drain the life force of those who try to hold it?
My guess is Soul Calibur, Anubis, pokemon, etc, get their legend from the OG cursed sword the Muramasa blade of 18th century Japan. Which possessed its users to go on bloodlusted rampages due to how much blood was soaked into it.
Also Frostmourne from wow.
The soul that makes up Honedge's body was killed by the sword that it possessed.
Jellicent wasn’t actually meant to be a ghost type, it was changed last minute for type balancing- this would explain y it shouldn’t be one
Actually, even if that's true, jellyfish are well-known for being named for or resembling spirits and ghosts. Because they're 90+ percent water, their bodies are nearly see-through, and plenty are bioluminescent, which gives them a ghostly glow in deep waters. Not to mention, they float about aimlessly, killing whatever touches their tentacles.
LegendRaptor080 alright smartass that still doesn’t change the fact that it wasn’t meant to be one
@@bluevalor491 You're so pissy about this. You could say the same thing about most fairy types.
@@bluevalor491 source?
"Geist" is literally just German for Ghost. You don't have to look so deep into it.
Fair point but this whole line of videos are meant to look deeper into it
A bunch of English words for supernatural things are just antiquated or foreign ways of saying something simple like "corpse" or "ghost" but have acquired additional connotations thanks to fantasy and horror media. "Lich" is one, just being an Old English word for corpse that now means an extremely specific type of undead bound to a phylactery. Geist likewise has a more specific meaning than just "ghost" in modern English fantasy or horror.
It's even more general than ghost, it means spirit and soul. For example the humanities in German are called Geistwissenschaft (literally: sciences of the spirit) because they uplift your spirit or your soul.
@@Elsenoromniano actually they´re called "Geisteswissenschaften" just wanted to point that out
Elsenoromniano Geist means Not only ghost but Spirit in all of it meanings
Doppelgänger and Gjenganger is pretty much the same thing.
The Swedish version of the word is Gengångare.
Not literally the same as doppelgänger, but the words are related to ghostly or mystical... things(?) that looks like a person, but the Swedish and Norwegian words are indeed more of a revenant, or someone who walks again after death or "går igen" in Swedish.
*Edit*: Doppelgänger is actually directly translated into Dubbelgångare in Swedish, but the connections between the words are never the less interesting to me.
A Doppelgänger is just someone who looks like another person, might be a ghost but it's more often used for completly non spooky things, like if two people just look kinda similar.
Someone coming back from the dead would be a Wiedergänger in German, but both words have the Gänger part that Gengar might take his name from.
Isn't gengar a dopelganger of clefairy ?
@@sank3297 I would rather say it's clefable's shadow that came to life
Dutch is more like German. Dubbelganger
11:54 I read from “Dr. Lavas Lost Pokemon” Twitter account that Frillish was originally supposed to be just water but then got ghost type added to balance out the gen 5 typing and because ghost and water had not been done before. Apparently, Frillish’s designer was not pleased with this.
Note to self, don't watch this video in the dark at 2am in the morning when everyone is asleep upstairs.
Great idea
I’m watching this at 4:39 am
I did...
yeah i agree
Gengar could also be seen as the doppelganger of Clefable.
Wait... isn't that theory debunked?
They seem to have drifted away from eachother. They no longer have opposing typings, and gengar has a mega. Also it’s strange that their evolutionary lines don’t fully synch up like other notable counterparts. Gengar had 3 Pokémon in its line at the time of its creation, while clefable only had 2.
It was when gengar gained it's mega, however for the longest time it was acknowledged by GF that the two were related
That is stupid
Someone on youtube mentions something from the Philippines
Filipino people: "Allow us to introduce ourselves!"
Lmao I'm a Filipino and I'm laughing 😂
true true
4:55 The National Dex actually covered Sandygast and Pallosand, confirming that the two are based on the fact that sand itself is the remains of dead animals (which is true). Thus, the foundation of their ghost typing comes from there.
It's cute to note that Palossand is literally a "Haunted Sand Castle"
I called my Palossand "Ghastle" as in, Ghast+Castle and I was stupidly proud of my name for it
A sand castle that has the bones of people and Pokemon it's killed under it.
@@NaskaRudd I'm stupidly proud of you too
@@shathinchittum137 m e t a l a f
Too bad its design is terrible. A decent concept ruined by whoever approved whatever the hell that thing is.
Why does cubone have a blue eye
*Megalovania plays in the distance*
I can never go a day anymore on the internet without seeing Undertale once, I miss the old days. :(
Megalovania??? Isnt that ino's signature move??
How did I know this would be posted today
Maybe he needs to explain why your a psychic type
HAPPY HALLOWEEN MUAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
Hallllloweeen
this is halloween, this is halloween, pumpkins scream in the dead of night.
@@AndromedaNull BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
In giratina, the tina part is from platina, which is an alloy a platin, hence pokemon platinum. It controls antimatter which is unknown and somewhat creepy, hence ghost while lots of people also relate it to gas. Not to mention it was also banished
@@dr.blockcraft6633 yep. Six wing spikes, six gold braces/ neck braces, six legs, six red stripes...
Wow, Lockstin talked about Philippines, but no signs of the Filipinos in the comments
*_H M M M M M M_*
i was looking for those comments too lmao
I am
Time to make a Filipino comment then
Sad theres no pokemon based of of a kapre or a duwende or an aswang, which my province is famous for
Hello
5:04 Ahhh man you're amazing "ghost and ghouls" I love the Band ghost 😂😂
What would Papa's party be?
Because all I can think of is houndour's evolution
Ghost pokemon have the best origins. Other gens are just "its a fish, its a bird, its a plant, its a bug thats y" lol
Ikr
It's cool that the editing of each of these videos often fits the theme of the Pokemon type.
I hope you can talk about shiny pokemon it will be very interesting to hear your thoughts about it :D cheers
Steven Irrizarry salute rally just a rarer version of a Pokemon
Comparable to a different race, or maybe albino
@@ape7119 yes you are right about it tough i would say it will be an interesting addition to cover shiny pokemon genetics or a change to survive (example mareanie and toxapex shiny looks like they use it to camuflage on coral and prey easily on corsola)
Steven Irrizarry oh I hadn't thing about it that way
That would a tube a pretty cool video then
@@ape7119 indeed :D
That's easy: Some are pretty, some are ugly, and to many just looks the same.
Alexa, play the Lavender Town Theme.
9:50
The trio that Giratina is probably represents the 3 main forms of matter by typing.
Ever wonder why Palkia is a water type
That makes so much sense cuz always thought it was because pearls are underwater, thus the typing.
We all know you playing this video to come out on this day for months.
its haloween
Another layer that ties Alolan Marowak to ghosts is it being a reference to Hawaiian nightwalkers. Ghosts of warriors who haven't stopped battling.
biohazard724 That would more be Marshadow
@@hoangminhle1964 It's both. A. Marowak's flame is in reference to the torches they carry as well as the fire dance.
@@hoangminhle1964 yeah I'm with you there. Nightmarchers seem to be more Marshadow's thing
Decidueye being a ghost type was actually pretty clever
Rotom might also be a reference to the ghost in/from the machine. This phenomena is most prominently explored in things like Ghost in the Shell, iRobot, Detroit: Become Human etc. The thought that AI and cyber augmentation will develop it's own soul.
I always thought of Drifloon as a lost balloon. When a child lets go of a balloon, they have that dawning realization that they can't get it back. It's sort of a rite of passage for a kid; a lesson about loss. Drifloon, as a ghost type, represents the "death" of that balloon: it's a manifestation of despair at something that can never be recovered.
true
6:56 Gosh, i was so terrified with this ghost as a child
Are you sure Mimikyu isn’t based on a Kapu Stick and Taboo mixed with the Mimic?
It absolutely is. Take away the ears and drawn-on face, and it looks like a kapu stick with a crooked stick (Mimikyu's tail). Breaking kapu is usually punishable by death (Ghost type), and seeing Mimikyu's true form is literally 𝘬𝘢𝘱𝘶 -- forbidden. (And also results in death).
Xaldyn Nemo Thank you! I made 2 videos explaining this but I feel like not many Pokémon fans acknowledge this and assume since it’s the fairy type that it comes from European folklore. 😑
Watching a Halloween video
Christmas add plays
XD
Hendog272007 same
Lucky. All I'm getting are these loud, annoying makeup ads.
Sounds like Costco
Lol XD same here!!!
Actually "Geist" just means "Ghost" in German, it's not actually from Poltergeist specifically at all.
Lockstin:"And now you know all about..." flips to ad "RED LOBSTER". me=Wishing I was recording.
My ad was Katie Hill lmao. I would be mad but the timing is just too perfect.
Me:y'mean Larry from spongebob!!!
2:27 lol when I named my sceptile "spectrum" in a French playthrough (don't ask why) and got taken aback when my opponent was about to send out Spectrum too
Gnoggin: *makes an accurate but lesser known D&D references*
Also Gnoggin in his flying type video: Yvetal is a Wyvern, you know spelt with a Y
It’s time to have “a little talk session”
Interestingly ages ago I was studying the mythology of vampires and in some ancient tales ( I want to say they were Slavic ) and it had a story about vegetables , especially gourds turning into vampiric creatures. I thought it was so bizarre but it made me think of Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist.
I’m surprised he hasn’t done dragon yet.
Might be because plenty of them aren't true dragons, just became so tough the are considered Dragons.
He actually said he was saving dragon for last, because, you know, DRAGONS
Aaron Olson you should research dragons beyond a western interpretation
I mean, the dragon type is pretty straight forward, just cold blooded reptiles with thick hides and elemental abilities.
@@pn2294 I'm mainly referring to Flygon and Garchomp.
14:17 - I thought the name was more Coffin + Egregious...
Nah, I think your Video had a Quality drop. I would prefere a Version in wich you split the Sections in Ghost who posesses things, Ghost whit clear influence on a specific typ of Ghost, random Ghosts and Pokemon whit Ghostlike qualitys.
#Still nice too see a new Video.
Yeah, but ghosts aren't that clearly defined. Do it right now, go make a list if spirits from different mythos and attempt to categorize them. Trust me from experience, it is difficult.
Yay finally! Thanks for continueing this series brother
Funny enough, ever since using one in pokemon sword, Dusknoir has actually become one of my favourites ^^ didnt really care too much for it before, but I really start to like its design, with its animation, the face on its body starting to glow when it opens its mouth... yeah pretty sick ^^ still miss my mega sableye tho ;'(
My favorite ghost type is Sableye. One of the reasons is that it’s based on the hopskinville goblin. Which I might be spelling that wrong. I just love that it’s based on such a great alien myth. I also love that it has diamonds for eyes. Fun fact about me I have a huge precious mineral and fossil collection.
Galaxy-Eyes Garchomp Mine is Shedinja and Rotom
Valian G Cool
Well, don't let any Sableye near where you live, then! It'll eat your entire precious collection of gems! D:
Steven?
Wandergirl108 Of course I know that.
Woooo! Been waiting for this series to come back! 💕 And just in time to Spooktober! Did...did you plan that?!
Probably yes.
Narrator: "Back to the spook zone,"
Me: So a balloon thats takes children and floats up with thrm isnt scary enough for you??
Ghost type pokemon are adorable!
Ikr
For Giritina I think its that the distortion world is the opposite from the living and death is the opposite of life
It’s not, it a reverse world, there another afterlife in Pokémon.
id love it if u remade this vid with all the improvments uv made since, for example, in this ur sorta loosely listing pokemon while occasionally weakly referencing
how u make these now is WAY better (clearly ur style evolved since then)
“Do you believe in ghosts?
Huh, I guess not.. so that white hands on your shoulder, and I just imagining it?”
7:44 Nah. "Geist" is just the German word for ghost.
Johannes I’m pretty sure that also derived from the word Poltergeist.
My reasoning for Decidueye is that a bit of its soul lingers in the dead feathers it uses as arrows, allowing it to adjust their trajectory, or use ghost type powers like soul shackle with it. Basically more like its feathers/leaves are undead. Based primarily on the Deciduous part of its namesake.
The Honedge line are yokai that comes about if a object is around for a long time(like over 100 years old). So they are yokai not ghosts. But they would still fit in ghost types.
I actually learned in one of my college classes that "geist" is the German word for "spirit". Gives Gourgeist another layer of name origin, doesn't it?
You could say that Mimikyu is Bill Cipher, Spiritomb is a mix of Blackheart/Legion and mafubá container, Alolan Marowak is the Ghost Rider and Dusknoir is... Melinda Gordon. xD
Me, when I see the thumbnail and title: Oh this video looks interesting.
*watches the first few minutes and the definition of spectre*
Me: I guess I won't sleep tonight.
Same
Ghost type = best type
Normal type = best type fite me --wait no don't do that, please
No fairy is,fight me,w/your ghost,type!!!
@@theramendutchman I will fight u,with me fairy,type!!!
@@kylealex1616 Steel is my favourite type =D
But ghost IS the best type... :c
At 16:43 , when he said "perhaps yours will do" I screamed
Wrapped around an empty void... That definitely sounds hounting.