# Pumpkaboo — Daily Pokémon for 2026-10-02

> Day 1498 of the Daily Pokémon archive. Pumpkaboo is a ghost / grass-type Pokémon from Kalos (Generation 6). Within its pumpkin body, wandering spirits find passage to the afterlife. Though inhabited by a spirit trapped in this world, it helps others leave it behind.

*Source: https://pokedaily.net/archive/2026-10-02*

## Pokédex facts

- **Name:** Pumpkaboo
- **Pokédex number:** #0710
- **Types:** ghost / grass
- **Category:** Pumpkin
- **Generation:** 6 (Kalos)
- **Height:** 0.4 m
- **Weight:** 5 kg
- **Abilities:** Pickup, Frisk
- **Color:** brown

## Base stats

- **HP        :**  49 `███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Attack    :**  66 `█████████░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Defense   :**  70 `█████████░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Sp. Attack:**  44 `██████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Sp. Defense:**  55 `███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Speed     :**  51 `███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░`
- **Total:** 335

## Transcript

So what if I told you there's a Pokémon that helps every lost soul it finds move on, except the one living inside it?

This is Pumpkaboo. 

It looks like a little jack-o'-lantern with light glowing through the holes, and when the sun goes down, it gets restless. 

That's when it goes looking for spirits that are wandering this world with nowhere to go. It takes them inside its own body and carries them to the place where they belong, so they can finally move on.

Meanwhile, the spirit inside that pumpkin is trapped in this world. It gets everybody else across, and it stays.

Every family has somebody like that, the one who gets to the hospital first and is still making the phone calls after everybody else has gone home.

And Pumpkaboo come in different sizes. 

The small ones are said to come from places where only a few lost souls lingered. The really big ones come from places where a great number of them did. So the biggest pumpkin in the patch is the one that's been around the most goodbyes, which tracks, because the strongest person in your family is usually the one who's had to say the most of them.

If you're that person, you know the restless part too. 

You're fine all day, then you drop everybody off and end up sitting in the driveway for like twenty minutes before you can make yourself go inside.

Pumpkaboo can't even evolve by itself. 

It only grows when it's traded, handed over to somebody else to hold for a while.

So if you're the one who gets everybody else home, let somebody carry you for once. 

Even the biggest pumpkin in the patch only grows up after it lets someone else hold it.

Send this to the strong one in your family, and tell them it's your turn to carry them.

## Pokédex entry

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

## Video

- **Self-hosted MP4:** https://v.pokedaily.net/2026-10-02.mp4
- **YouTube:** https://youtube.com/shorts/FLsw0wQf2CI
- **TikTok:** https://www.tiktok.com/@mydailypokemon/video/7692075189378600205
- **Instagram:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd_vMKEJxSY/
- **Duration:** 90s

## See also

- **Full Pokédex entry:** https://pokedaily.net/pokedex/710-pumpkaboo
- **Pokédex (markdown):** https://pokedaily.net/raw/pumpkaboo.md
- **This date in Pokémon (Pokémanac):** https://pokedaily.net/pokemanac/10-02
- **This date markdown:** https://pokedaily.net/raw/pokemanac/10-02.md

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*Daily Pokémon archive entry for 2026-10-02. Original publish: 2026-10-02T10:00:00.000Z. Pokédex data from PokéAPI (BSD licensed). Names and likenesses are © The Pokémon Company / Nintendo / Creatures Inc. / GAME FREAK.*