Gourgeist appears to be based on both gourd and modern pumpkin jack-o’-lanterns. Its multiple sizes may be a reference to the tradition of trying to grow the largest pumpkin for Halloweeen. Its upper body may also be based on the candles within jack-o’-lanterns themselves, with the curl being its wick and its hair-like extensions its dripping wax. It could also be viewed as a mere extension of the shape and the curl on top being its stem. The lower body’s different color might also reference the tradition of decorating gourds with paint.
Gourgeist is a combination of gourd and geist.
Pumpjin is a combination of pumpkin and 神 shin (deity, spirit), 人 jin (man), or jinn.
No: 711
English Name: Gourgeist
Japanese Name: Panpujin
Generation: 6
Type: Ghost, Grass
Species: Pumpkin Pokémon
Abilities: Frisk, Pickup, Insomnia (hidden ability)
Evolution: Pumpkaboo > Gourgeist
Gourgeist is a bipedal, pumpkin Pokémon. Its body is a black pumpkin with two short, stubby feet. There is a face carved into this pumpkin, having triangular eyes and a half-circle mouth, completed with a spike protruding from the top of the mouth. Above this pumpkin is the head, which is tall, slender, and orange in color. At the top of the head is the face, which has yellow eyes and a small mouth with no nose present. The mouth has two sharp fangs, with an absence of other visible teeth. It is completed with its peach-colored hair, which down the sides develops limbs. The hair contains bangs which usually cover one eye. The top of its hair contains a crescent shape, which is peach-colored on the outside and black on the inside. They come in many sizes, the smallest being no more than 2’04” or 0.7m, while the largest are 5’07”, or 1.7m. Its colors have switched from when it was a Pumpkaboo, with its lower body being black and its top being pink.
Gourgeist are malevolent Pokémon that catch their prey in their hairlike arms and take delight in their victims’ suffering. On moonless nights, they are known to wander through town streets, singing an eerie song that curses its unfortunate listeners. It and its pre-evolution, Pumpkaboo, are the only known Pokémon that can learn Trick-or-Treat.
POKEDEX ENTRIES
Pokemon X: Singing in eerie voices, they wander town streets on the night of the new moon. Anyone who hears their song is cursed.
Pokemon Y: It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey.
Pokemon Omega Ruby: Singing in eerie voices, they wander town streets on the night of the new moon. Anyone who hears their song is cursed.
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire: It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey.
