Pokemon: A Deep Dive Into Human Ghosts in the Series

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While the Pokemon series has ghost-type Pokemon, it is also not a stranger to literal ghosts. In fact, human ghosts have been in both games the TV series for a long time. Any veteran fan knows by now that human ghosts are a reality of the Pokemonuniverse. With humans ghosts as a reality though, that brings out many questions. For example, what is the difference between human ghosts and ghost Pokemon (since some ghost Pokemon evidently were once human)?

From a ghost hand in Kanto's Lavender Town, to a little girl ghost in Pokemon Sword and Shield's Hammerlocke, ghosts in Pokemon have been sometimes subtle and sometimes have even sent players on quests. Their presence has ranged from terrifying to touching. With how often they appear, there is little doubt players will meet more human ghosts in the future.

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One of the more recent ghost sightings in the games is in Pokemon Sword and Shield. Above the train station in Hammerlocke is a little girl that asks players to deliver a letter to a boy named Frank. However, when delivered, it turns out Frank is an old man and mentions to the player about a little girl he was friends with that died of a fatal illness that she kept secret. When the player returns to where the girl was, she is gone.

In the Diamond and Pearl games, the Old Chateau housed a couple of human ghosts: a little girl and a butler. In Pokemon Generations, the same Old Chateau ghosts actually attack a woman and her Chansey. In those same games, at Snowpoint City, players can visit a dark cabin where an old woman sits alone. She gives the players a Spell Tag and talks about the lack of visitors. If the player visits the dark