{"id":396357,"date":"2025-10-31T05:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/the-scariest-and-creepiest-entries-in-the-pokedex\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T05:21:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:21:54","slug":"the-scariest-and-creepiest-entries-in-the-pokedex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-scariest-and-creepiest-entries-in-the-pokedex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scariest And Creepiest Entries In The Pok\u00e9dex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/the-scariest-and-creepiest-entries-in-the-pokedex.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>With Halloween just days away, we thought it would be fun to post our Game Over page from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issue 319<\/a>&nbsp;of <em>Game Informer<\/em>, highlighting some of the creepiest entries found within the Pok\u00e9dex. Not every Pok\u00e9mon is cute and cuddly, many are dangerous and pose a serious threat to the lives of others. Without further ado, here are The Scariest and Creepiest Entries in The Pok\u00e9dex:<\/p>\n<p>So, you wish Pokemon were real? Maybe reading these creepy facts from the various Pok\u00e9mon games will make you think twice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Gengar<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/6898fd45\/gengar.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>Should you feel yourself attacked by a sudden chill, it is evidence of an approaching Gengar. There is no escaping it. Give up.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Gyarados<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Emerald<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/6b5308d6\/gyarados.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>It is an extremely vicious and violent\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon. When humans begin to fight, it will appear and burn everything to the ground with intensely hot flames.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Houndoom<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Gold<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/9bf67f0e\/houndoom.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>If you are burned by the flames it shoots from its mouth, the pain will never go away.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Tyranitar<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Black and White<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/24a9a6d6\/tyranitar.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>If it rampages, it knocks down mountains and buries rivers. Maps must be redrawn afterward.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Carvanha<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Ruby<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/35f2d13d\/carvanha.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>Carvanha&#8217;s strongly developed jaws and its sharply pointed fangs pack the destructive power to rip out boat hulls. Many boats have been attacked and sunk by this\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Banette<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/88528b1f\/banette.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>It&#8217;s a stuffed toy that was thrown away and became possessed, ever searching for the one who threw it away so it can exact its revenge.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Gorebyss<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Moon<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/f5b45cf8\/gorebyss.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>It sucks bodily fluids out of its prey. The leftover meat sinks to the seafloor, where it becomes food for other\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Drifloon<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Sun<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/add071a0\/drifloon.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>Stories go that it grabs the hands of small children and drags them away to the afterlife. It dislikes heavy children.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Froslass<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Sun<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/981ff550\/frosslass.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>When it finds humans or\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon it dislikes, it freezes them and takes them to its chilly den, where they become decorations.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Gurdurr<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Black 2 and White 2<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/aa4e7f0c\/gurdurr.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>With strengthened bodies, they skillfully wield steel beams to take down buildings.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Thundurus<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Black<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/6cf3adc2\/thundurus.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>Countless charred remains mar the landscape of places through which Thundurus has passed.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Honedge<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Y<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/95a80371\/honedge.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>If anyone dares to grab its hilt, it wraps a blue cloth around that person&#8217;s arm and drains that person&#8217;s life energy.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Gourgeist<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Y<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/5c0e03b4\/gourgeist.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Bewear<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Moon<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/f9ad6afe\/bewear.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>This\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon has the habit of hugging its companions. Many Trainers have left this world after their spines were squashed by its hug.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Palossand<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Moon<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-left\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/925b4629\/palossand.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6><em>Buried beneath the castle are masses of dried-up bones from those whose vitality it has drained.<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph paragraph--type--list-item paragraph--view-mode--default\">\n<div class=\"list-item\">\n<div class=\"list-item-right\">\n<h2>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-title field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-title gi5-string field__item\">Mimikyu<\/div>\n<\/h2>\n<div class=\"list_item_sub\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-list-item-sub field--type-string field--label-hidden gi5-field-list-item-sub gi5-string field__item\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Moon<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-copy field--type-text-long field--label-hidden gi5-field-copy gi5-text-long field__item\">\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-right\">\n<div class=\"file file--type-image file--mimetype-image-png file--view-mode-body-default-rendered\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-uri field--type-file-uri field--label-hidden gi5-uri gi5-file-uri field__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/body_default\/public\/2021\/10\/29\/9ba8d721\/mimikyu.png\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<aside>\n<h6>A gust of wind revealed what hides under this\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s rag to a passing Trainer, who went home and died\u00a0painfully that very night.<\/h6>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&lt;p class=&quot;text-align-center&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article originally appeared in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/magazine&quot;&gt;Issue\">https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/magazine&quot;&gt;Issue<\/a> 31&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/magazine&amp;quot\">https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/magazine&amp;quot<\/a>; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;9&lt;\/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of Game Informer.&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/10\/29\/the-scariest-and-creepiest-entries-in-the-pokedex\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Halloween just days away, we thought it would be fun to post our Game Over page from issue 319&nbsp;of Game Informer, highlighting some of the creepiest entries found within the Pok\u00e9dex. 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