Pokemon Fan Art Imagines Gastly as a Pumpkin

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Ghosts have been around in the Pokemon series from the start, with both humanoid ghosts and Ghost-type Pokemon making appearances throughout. Ghost-type Pokemon have been popular for a long time, and while the roster has increased over the years, there's still a lot of love for one of the originals.

The Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar family tree of Pokemon remains a popular one, especially its final incarnation, Gengar. However, there's still plenty of love for Gastly, and one Pokemon fan has come up with an idea for what a cross between a pumpkin and a Gastly might look like.

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Reddit user GUSTAV_1_2_3 shared one of their latest creations with thePokemon subreddit, and fans seem to be fond of it. The mash-up does a great job of depicting a pumpkin while still retaining the characteristics Gastly is known for, like its big mischievous eyes, fangs, and spooky aura. Instead of the Pokemon's usual colorings, it's become entirely orange, in keeping with the pumpkin it's become.

GUSTAV_1_2_3 didn't share any information on their idea behind this particular fanart creation, so it's not readily clear if this is intended to be an actual Pokemon, or if Gastly is simply possessing the pumpkin. Haunting and interacting with physical objects is something that ghosts are well-known for in lore, after all. However, many in the comments imagined it as being a Pokemon itself, perhaps even being a regional variant of Gastly in some future area. The typing is also something that was brought into question, as this could easily be a Fire/Ghost-type, Grass/Ghost-type, or even dabble with the Dark-type.

Nearly every Pokemon game has brought a new Ghost-type or two to the title, as well as the series'