#0710 · Kalos · Generation 6

Pumpkaboo

Pumpkin Pokémon · Ghost/Grass-type

Pumpkaboo is a Ghost/Grass-type Pokémon, the Pumpkin Pokémon, number 710 (#0710) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 6 and comes from the Kalos region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 5 kg.

Pumpkaboo is a jack-o'-lantern Pokémon that carries wandering spirits to the afterlife. It comes in four sizes, and the Pokédex now says they differ in more than height: each size collects a different size of soul.

How to pronounce Pumpkaboo

Pumpkaboo is pronounced PUMP-kuh-boo. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Pumpkaboo said out loud:

In Japanese it is バケッチャ (Bakeccha).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

A Medium Variety Pumpkaboo is 0.4 m tall and weighs 5 kg. Its lower body sits inside a pinkish pumpkin with two round holes that glow yellow-orange, while a shadowy black body with yellow eyes, small fangs and a curled tuft of fur pokes out of the top. The Pokédex says the light from the holes can hypnotise and control people and Pokémon.

Behaviour

Pumpkaboo grows restless at sunset. The Pokédex says a spirit trapped in this world inhabits the pumpkin, and that it carries other wandering spirits to where they belong. Pokémon Sleep's Sleep Style Dex says it occasionally flashes its hypnotic light even while asleep.

Habitat

Bulbapedia lists Pumpkaboo as unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet. In Legends: Z-A it is found in Wild Zone 15 of Jaune District, and the Mega Dimension DLC puts all four sizes in Hyperspace Lumiose.

Powers

Pickup and Frisk are its Abilities, with Insomnia hidden. Trick-or-Treat adds the Ghost type to a target; Shadow Ball and Seed Bomb are its attacks. The four sizes (Small, Medium, Large and Jumbo, called Super Size before Legends: Z-A) share a 335 total, with each step up adding 5 HP and taking 5 Speed. Small ones prefer children's spirits, Large ones adults', and Jumbo ones (0.8 m, 15 kg) those of equally big people.

Name origin

Pumpkaboo may combine 'pumpkin' with 'boo' or 'peek-a-boo'. The Japanese name is Bakeccha (バケッチャ), possibly from obake ('ghost') and kabocha ('pumpkin').

Design inspiration

Pumpkaboo appears to be based on Halloween jack-o'-lanterns, and its fangs and black body may recall bats or black cats. A spirit that cannot move on may nod to Stingy Jack, a folk figure doomed to wander with a lantern.

Evolution notes

Pumpkaboo evolves into Gourgeist when traded, and keeps its size for life. A bred Pumpkaboo copies its mother's size, and larger sizes are rarer in the wild.

In the games

Nintendo Network handed out a Super Size Pumpkaboo in October 2014 as the 'Spooky 2014' distribution. The species first appeared in X and Y, on Route 16, and returned in Sword and Shield.

In the anime

Jessie fell over a Jumbo Variety Pumpkaboo and caught it in the episode where it debuted, 'The Bamboozling Forest!'.

Fun facts

• Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist are the only Pokémon that can learn Trick-or-Treat.
• Bulbapedia says wild Jumbo Variety Pumpkaboo always hold a Miracle Seed, while other sizes never hold anything.
• Before XXL and XXS labels were added for every species, Jumbo Variety Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist were the only Pokémon with an XXL size in Pokémon GO.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Pumpkaboo (Pokémon) · Serebii: Pumpkaboo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 49
• Attack: 66
• Defense: 70
• Sp. Atk: 44
• Sp. Def: 55
• Speed: 51

Pumpkaboo’s base stat total is 335. Its highest stat is Defense.

Type matchups

What is Pumpkaboo weak to?

Pumpkaboo takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Flying (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting moves.

Evolution

How does Pumpkaboo evolve?

Pumpkaboo evolves into Gourgeist (Trade).

The whole family: Pumpkaboo, Gourgeist.

Forms

• Small Pumpkaboo (Size): Ghost/Grass-type, base stat total 335 (HP 44, Attack 66, Defense 70, Sp. Atk 44, Sp. Def 55, Speed 56). Abilities: Pickup, Frisk, Insomnia (hidden).
• Large Pumpkaboo (Size): Ghost/Grass-type, base stat total 335 (HP 54, Attack 66, Defense 70, Sp. Atk 44, Sp. Def 55, Speed 46). Abilities: Pickup, Frisk, Insomnia (hidden).
• Super Pumpkaboo (Size): Ghost/Grass-type, base stat total 335 (HP 59, Attack 66, Defense 70, Sp. Atk 44, Sp. Def 55, Speed 41). Abilities: Pickup, Frisk, Insomnia (hidden).

Abilities

• Pickup: Picks up other Pokémon's used and Flung held items. May also pick up an item after battle.
• Frisk: Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.
• Insomnia (hidden ability): Prevents sleep.

Moves

Moves Pumpkaboo learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (37)

Pumpkaboo can learn 37 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Solar Beam, Light Screen, Safeguard, Rest, Rock Slide, Thief, Snore, Protect, Scary Face, Giga Drain, Attract, Sunny Day, Will-O-Wisp, Facade, Imprison, Bullet Seed, Trick Room, Round, Hex, Mystical Fire, Flamethrower, Psychic, Fire Blast, Substitute, Sludge Bomb, Endure, Sleep Talk, Shadow Ball, Trick, Skill Swap, Gyro Ball, Dark Pulse, Seed Bomb, Energy Ball, Grass Knot, Foul Play, Ally Switch.

Egg moves (3):Curse, Destiny Bond, Disable.

Move tutor moves (3): Grassy Glide, Poltergeist, Skitter Smack.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 120 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Defense effort value.
• Base experience yield: 67.

Pokédex entries

The light that streams out from the holes in the pumpkin can hypnotize and control the people and Pokémon that see it. (Shield)

Spirits that wander this world are placed into Pumpkaboo's body. They're then moved on to the afterlife. (Sword)

It is said to carry wandering spirits to the place where they belong so they can move on. (Y, Alpha Sapphire)

The pumpkin body is inhabited by a spirit trapped in this world. As the sun sets, it becomes restless and active. (X, Omega Ruby)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Grass type in Gen 6: 5 kg.
• Shortest Grass type in Gen 6: 0.4 m, shared with 2 others.
• Shortest Ghost type in Gen 6: 0.4 m, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m).
• Heavier than 15% of all Pokémon (5 kg).
• Base stat total 335, ranked #731 of 1,025.
• One of 10 Pokémon that are both Ghost and Grass.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 61 of 72 Pokémon introduced in Generation 6 (Kalos).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 51 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 120: about 15.7% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 3 alternate forms.
• Appears in 4 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Pumpkaboo (Pokémon), Serebii: Pumpkaboo (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (PUMP-kuh-boo): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

Explore

Ghost-type Pokémon · Grass-type Pokémon · Ghost/Grass weaknesses and matchups · Kalos region guide · Pickup ability · Frisk ability · Insomnia ability · Compare Pumpkaboo · Full Pokédex · Type chart · All moves

Browse similar Pokémon

Gen 6 Ghost-type Pokémon · Gen 6 Grass-type Pokémon · Gen 6 Pokémon list · Brown Pokémon list · Amorphous egg group · Pokémon that start with P

← Trevenant | Gourgeist →