What is a Gengar?
By LightSideMewtow. Sunday, 13. January 2008, 00:59:08
Gengar is a dark-purple Pokémon with a roundish body. Gengar's hands now connect of the rest of its body and it now has a pair of legs. Gengar has a spike-covered back. Gengar's eyes are red and its mouth is usually curled into a in sinister grin.
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, and possibly on a distorted shadow of a human being. The overall appearance could also be an homage to the Cheshire Cat.
Gengar's name is probably a shortening of doppelgänger - a ghostly double of a person. This is a fitting name for a Pokémon with a habit of pretending to be a person's shadow.
Some also suspect that, like Kangaskhan, Gengar's name may be partially based on Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, what with Gengar's chaotic and dangerous behavior towards others for its own amusement.
* Gengar was originally called Phantom for english versions. Thanks Nintendo for changing that.
Post here any additional information you know about Gengar including EVs, Movesets and popular nicks.
!!!!Soon a Gengar battle tournament will be held!!!
It seems to be simply based on general cartoonish ghosts, and possibly on a distorted shadow of a human being. The overall appearance could also be an homage to the Cheshire Cat.
Gengar's name is probably a shortening of doppelgänger - a ghostly double of a person. This is a fitting name for a Pokémon with a habit of pretending to be a person's shadow.
Some also suspect that, like Kangaskhan, Gengar's name may be partially based on Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, what with Gengar's chaotic and dangerous behavior towards others for its own amusement.
* Gengar was originally called Phantom for english versions. Thanks Nintendo for changing that.
Post here any additional information you know about Gengar including EVs, Movesets and popular nicks.
!!!!Soon a Gengar battle tournament will be held!!!
