Who knew thatGorebysshunted by spearing prey and drinking their vital fluids?
Or thatSpoinkwould die if they ever stopped bouncing?
However, theres more to the creepy side ofPokemonthan just Pokedex entries.
Here are some of the darker examples ofPokemonlore that we found.
Good thing too, since Mega Evolution is far more dangerous than it appears.
Each transformation even comes with its own respective Pokedex entries.
More often than not, the Mega Evolution process is described as very painful.
And quite frankly, those are the lucky ones.
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Mega Evolution Pokedex entries are full of examples where the victim is driven mad.
Ghost-types likeMega GengarandMega Banettego full Pazuzu and attempt to curse everything around them, including their trainers.
Maybe its a good thing Game Freak got rid of Mega Evolution.
Real Ghosts Haunt the Pokemon World
In the world ofPokemon, Ghost-types are a known quantity.
They might be floating, semi-intangible creatures, but they still eat, sleep, and reproduce.
In other words, Ghost-types are alive and not actual ghosts.
However,actualghosts do exist in the differentPokemonregions, and unlike Ghost-punch in Pokemon, they arent easily explainable.
Not walks, floats.
And if you go after her, you cant find her.
What does she want?
Who is she looking for?
Many Trainers, Gym Leaders, and Elite Four members who use Ghost-types have a connection with spirits.
Sometimes theyre just possessed, but some, such asPhoebe, are mediums.
Then the scene gets really freaky.
The camera moves oddly, as if its from the perspective of someone walking.
Nobody acknowledges it, but its there.
That unexplained NPC isnt the games only ghost.
At thetop of Mt.
Pyre, when Team Magma/Team Aqua steal their respective orbs, an elderly couple is up there with them.
However, if you return later in the game, the old woman is missing.
But you saw her alive earlier in the game, right?
Two of the most haunted locations in all ofPokemonare SinnohsOld Chateauand UnovasStrange House.
Both exude a creepy atmosphere and are home to unexplained phenomena.
But then you dive into the lore.
She died before her dreams could be cured with a Cresselias Lunar Wing.
That isnt just dark; its depressing.
A longing to participate in gladiatorial combat and a willingness to obey anyone who helps bring them victory?
Nope, the answer is probably brainwashing.
Whenever you trade Pokemon, the one you receive obeys you without question.
Its not like you caught it or trained it.
Youre a stranger to the creature, so why should it obey you?
Odds are you have probably seen images ofzombie Pokemonand anArbok being decapitated by a Charmeleon.
These stem from the first arc of thePokemon Adventuresmangaand are just the tip of its violent iceberg.
And the manga doesnt just stop with physical violence; it also charges headfirst into mental scarring territory.
The Kanto Gym Leaders and Elite Four are the poster children of these personality changes.Lt.
Its difficult to determine who is the worst member of the bunch.
Is itAgatha, who brainwashed Bruno into joining her genocidal crusade?
Is itLance, who used a Dragonair to blow up Vermillion City and all its inhabitants?
Either way, theyre all dark, irredeemable reflections of the characters manyPokemongame veterans know and love.
Lumiose Stations Mysterious Message
A little bit of mystery can go a long way.
For instance,Lumiose Cityis a fairly large city that is full of locations to visit.
One such area is Lumiose Station, which is a necessary stop in many players journeys.
If you look around and interact with most objects, you wont find anything out of the ordinary.
Wait in the usual place.
The more you think about this message, the more it sends chills down your spine.
Who left this message, and what did they need help with?
Where did the messages creator go, and did they ever get the help?
Again, we dont know.
Its enough to send chills down your spine, especially since we dont know if its been resolved.
Galarian Fossil Pokemon Live In Agony
Fossil Pokemon are a longstanding tradition of thePokemonfranchise.
However, Fossil Pokemon are all part Rock-jot down.
The combination can create an Arctozolt, Dracozolt, Arctovish, or Dracovish.
The plot twist of this period of science was that scientists had no idea what they were doing.
They just glued together the skeletons of unrelated animals and unintentionally created chimeric sculptures.
Cara Liss copies that playbook when resurrecting the Galarian Fossil Pokemon.
But what makes the resulting creatures so dark?
As usual, its all in the Pokedex.
Even worse, most of these blurbs state the Pokemon live in constant agony.
Really makes you reconsider whether or not you should enjoy listening toDracovish cry from the anime.
But if youre looking for some creepy post-game content, visit theAlola Trainer Schoolagain.
While players visit the school shortly after acquiring Pokedex, they dont have a reason to visit afterward.
While wandering dark empty halls scored by creepy music is tense enough, the mysteries have mundane explanations.
At least they do at first.
Then these mysteries start becoming real.
After all, Drifloon are known to carry children off to the afterlife.
As with the best mysteries in any video game, this mystery has no answer.
The first and most famous example isParasect.
The second and more recent example of this parasite enslavement isGalarian Slowking.
But dont take our word for it, just look at itsanimations.
