Marowak (ghost)
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 The ghost Marowak in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! | ||||||||||||||
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Theghost of a Marowak haunts thePokémon Tower inLavender Town. Thisghost is the mother of aCubone.
In the games
In theGeneration Icore series games,Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, andPokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, before theplayer reaches Lavender Town, members ofTeam Rocket invade the Pokémon Tower and attempt to steal the skulls ofCubone in order to sell them for large amounts ofmoney. One Cubone, however, was protected by its mother. The Cubone escaped, but its mother was killed. As a result, the Marowak's ghost remained in the Pokémon Tower, forbidding access to the topmost floor. She appears as aghost that prevents the player from ascending to the top floor until they obtain theSilph Scope to identify her.
In the Generation I games and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the player has to battle her to calm her down. Despite being a wild Pokémon, she avoids all thrownPoké Balls (even whilesleeping). Once she is defeated, her soul is calmed, and she departs to the afterlife, granting the player passage to the top floor.
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, after the player reveals her with the Silph Scope, she does not initiate a battle. Her child Cubone calms her spirit, and she departs.
Movesets
InPokémon Red, Blue, andYellow, the ghost Marowak'sindividual values are randomly generated like those of any wild Pokémon, with new IVs generated in each battle against it. InPokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, it has a perfect 31 in all IVs and itsNature is Serious.
Quotes
- Directly before encountering the Marowak ghost
- "Be gone... Intruders..."
Sprites and models
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| Ghost sprite from Generation I | Sprite from Red and Green | Sprite from Red and Blue | Sprite from Yellow | Ghost sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen | Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen | Model fromLet's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! |
In animation
Pokémon Origins
The Marowak ghost appeared inFile 2: Cubone, where she played the same role that she does in thegames, warning intruders to stay away. The Marowak and her childCubone used to live peacefully until Team Rocket began poaching Pokémon in the area. When they attempted to capture Cubone as well, Marowak stepped in to protect it, only to be killed with a stun baton while her child was running away.
After her death, she haunted the Pokémon Tower to warn people of Team Rocket, who had taken it over. WhenBlue went inside to drive Team Rocket out, he saw the ghost and ran away from her, terrified.Red, however, decided to be brave and fight her with hisCharmeleon, but his Pokémon's attacks wouldn't work on her. When Blue returned to give Red theSilph Scope, Red was able to identify the ghost and figure out her true identity.
Before he could continue theirbattle, Marowak's child Cubone came rushing in and embraced its deceased mother. Having found peace in seeing her child once again, Marowak's spirit calmed down and moved on to the afterlife.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
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| Japanese | ||
| English | Laura Post | |
| European Spanish | Milagros Fernández | |
In the manga
Pokémon Zensho
InPZ05, the ghost Marowak appeared whenSatoshi was being attacked byGiovanni at the Pokémon Tower. Due to its immunity to physical moves, it defeated theMachamp spirit that Giovanni had summoned, leading him to withdraw Team Rocket from the tower. Afterwards, Mr. Fuji was able to calm the ghost down and allow it to pass on into the afterlife.
Unlike other depictions of the ghost Marowak, the Zensho manga's version of the ghost Marowak had it initially take the form of aHaunter and even gave it the abilities of one, allowing it to useDream Eater.
In the guidebooks
The Official Pokémon Handbook
InThe Official Pokémon Handbook: Deluxe Edition,Marowak's Pokédex entry includes this excerpt about the ghost Marowak:"According to legend, an angry mother Marowak, upset by the cruel deaths of her children, haunts Pokémon Tower. If you defeat her in battle, her spirit will finally be at peace."
Trivia
- Marowak's quote of"Begone... Intruders..." was used at the beginning of the songGhost Dive.
- This ghost Marowak is one of the fewwild Pokémon encountered by the player after the player has access toPoké Balls that is impossible tocatch. However, unlike the other cases, it is possible to throw Poké Balls at the ghost Marowak. The only others that share this trait are:
- TheBlackKyuremB2/White KyuremW2 inPokémon Black 2 and White 2,
- Nihilego atAether Paradise inPokémon Sun and Moon,
- Dusk ManeUSNecrozma/Dawn WingsUM Necrozma (Altar of the SunneUS/Altar of the MooneUM) and Ultra Necrozma (Ultra Megalopolis) inPokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
- UnfusedCalyrex and eitherGlastrier orSpectrier atFreezington inPokémon Sword and Shield.
- Despite the fact that this Marowak is aghost, it is not treated as aGhost-type Pokémon by the game, and thus is still affected byNormal- andFighting-type moves.
- Twenty years after this Marowak's appearance, a Ghost-type Marowak would be introduced in Sun and Moon as aregional form.
- In Generation I,a glitch exists where aPoké Doll can be used against the Marowak, which will make it flee the fight and allow the player to pass on as if it were defeated. This was fixed in theGeneration III remakes.
- This glitch allows the player to completely skip theTeam Rocket Hideout inCeladon City because there will be no need to obtain theSilph Scope. The player can alsobreak the gameplay sequence and go to the Team Rocket Hideout at any point later.
- InPokémon Origins, its Cubone offspring is shown wearing its skull in the flashback, despite the Marowak not even having died yet.
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, seeMarowak.
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