Pkmn:Gengar (character)
Gengar
ゲンガー
Gengar (Japanese: ゲンガー) is a Pokémon and a recurring character in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series. He made his debut in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red and Blue Rescue Team in 2005.
He's the former leader of the Rescue Team Team Meanies, after having presumably disbanded it or outright leaving.
Biography[edit | edit source]
The Curse of Ninetales[edit | edit source]
Gengar was once a Human Pokémon Trainer who foolishly touched one of the tails of Ninetales. Hid Pokémon, Gardevoir bore the brunt of the curse, and when Ninetales offered to let him take her place, he'd already fled. Gengar was reincarnated 1,000 years later as a Pokémon, for reasons related to the curse.[Citation needed]
Team Meanies[edit | edit source]
Little is known about how or when Gengar became a Pokémon, or what his human name was before he became a Pokémon. At some point, he created Tea Meanies, with fellow members Ekans and Medicham as members.
Rescue Team Titles[edit | edit source]
Throughout the events of the Rescue Team Titles, Gengar and his team are always out to serve themselves, or harm others, sometimes both. While Gengar helps to create the Teleport Gem, he also tries to drag the Hero into the Dream World, but gets lost and gives up. He later seeks out their help to break the curse over Gardevoir and set her free. He tags along with the Hero to the peak of Mt. Freeze, where he requests Ninetales to break the curse. Ninetales says it's beyond their power, gives Gengar the Nine Tail Crest, and directs him to Murky Cave.
Gengar has to allow the Hero to speak for him, while he's paralyzed. However, the voice of Murky Cave denies their request, until Gengar breaks free and proves that he does, on some level, have remorse for his actions. After this, his fellow members of Team Meanies comment that he hasn't been around much. Medicham went on to join Team Charm, while it's unknown what happened to Ekans.
It's never explained who, or what, the voice in Murky Cave is, much like Luminous Cave. It's possible that the voices of both locations are the Voice of Life.
Go-Getters Out of the Gate[edit | edit source]
In the anime Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate, Team Meanies try to show up Team Go-Getters and save Pikachu from Skarmory. They were unable to do so, and Team Go-Getters was able to finish the mission.
Ginji's Rescue Team[edit | edit source]
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team, Gengar has generic villain motivations of wanting to destroy the world. Despite this, he aids in defeating Groudon, by using Double Edge against it. He's not seen after this point in the manga and is presumed dead.
Physical appearance[edit | edit source]
Personality[edit | edit source]
Gengaris a vile, duplicitous, greedy, selfish Pokémon in every bit of media he's shown in. While a sliver of humanity shines through at the end of his character arc in the video games, he still fronts as a scumbag. It's possible that this is how he wants to be seen, or it could be a case of him not wanting people thinking he turned over a new leaf, simply because he did a single selfless act.
Appearances[edit | edit source]
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Anime[edit | edit source]
- Gengar appears as an antagonist in the anime Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out of the Gate.
Games[edit | edit source]
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Manga[edit | edit source]
- Gengar appears as an antagonist in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
For all of the Gengar art used across the wiki see: Category:Gastly Family
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Gengar is the only known human-turned Pokémon who isn't a protagonist.
- Gengar can use often use moves he can't learn in the games.
- He uses confusion in the Go-Getters Out of the Gate Anime.
- He uses Double Edge in Ginji's Rescue Team.
- Double Edge is a tutor-only move in the main-series games at the time of release.
- When Gengare asks the player to escort him through Murky Cave, h knows Leer, Quick Attack, Scratch, and Taunt. Gengar aren't able to learn the first 3 moves. They're the first four level-up moves of Absol and Sneasel, meaning he was likely just a copy/pasted Absol.
- Rescue Team DX fixed Gengar's learnset, replacing it with; Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Sucker Punch, and Dream Eater.
In Other Languages[edit | edit source]
See Also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- Citation needed
- Pages Using Unofficially Translated Names
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (series) Disambiguations
- Gastly Family
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (series) Male Characters
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (series) Antagonists
- Rescue Team Characters
- Rescue Team DX Characters
- Go-Getters Characters
- Ginji's Rescue Team Characters
- Super MD Characters
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (series) Characters
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (series) Humans turned Pokémon