Pokémon has generated various fan speculations throughout the last more than twenty years. Some way or another, neither Game Freak nor The Pokémon Company has introduced a lot of proof to affirm or expose these speculations, so they wind up becoming many fans' headcanon. They range from Ash and Pikachu being dead to the Legendary monsters getting going as Eeveelutions. One such longstanding hypothesis is that Gengar is really the "shadow" of a Clefable.



The Gengar-Clefable-shadow hypothesis is very predominant. There appear to be a wide range of proof to back up the case, including their appearances, types, and Pokédex sections. Be that as it may, not every person concurs with this hypothesis. There are the individuals who might advance that Gengar isn't a shadow yet is rather a dead Clefable. And afterward there are the makers of Pokémon who may simply out and out deny both of these speculations. Since this is generally hypothesis, fans are allowed to choose for themselves what to accept so here's a portion of the pieces of information that might prompt their association.


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As a matter of first importance, there are a wide range of motivations to recommend that Gengar and Clefable are two of a kind. The two of them have comparable actual attributes, including their sharp ears, their backs, and their body shapes. Since Clefable is a Normal-type Pokémon (up to Generation V) and Gengar is a Ghost-type, neither can hurt the other, in this manner mirroring the association between the individual and their shadow. Gengar's Pokédex passage calls it the Shadow Pokémon and says that it gets a kick out of the chance to go about as others' shadows around evening time. There's even the likelihood that Gengar's name is gotten from doppelgänger, which further feeds into its status as an imitator. In light of things like this, it makes sense that Gengar and Clefable are connected as Pokémon and shadow.


Then again, a few scholars accept that Gengar is a dead Clefable, and there's proof to back that up, as well. Clefable's sort has been retconned to Fairy as of Generation VI. This change works everything out such that Clefable and Gengar can hit each other with their assaults, so the Pokémon-to-shadow relationship doesn't exist any longer.


Moreover, when fans allude to Gengar as Clefable's "shadow," it tends to be viewed as inseparable from "insidious half." However, assuming Gengar truly were a shrewd adaptation of Clefable, there's a sort that would suit it better- - the Dark-type. The strict interpretation for Dark-type from Japanese to English is "Aku type" or "Underhanded sort." If Game Freak had intended for Gengar to be a detestable anything, they might have given it this sort back in Generation II. Assuming Gengar is definitely not an insidious Clefable, then, at that point, that is one more tie cut off between the two.


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Notwithstanding, there are still ways of associating Gengar and Clefable. The two of them actually appear to be like each other. Moreover, while Clefable is presently not a Normal-type, Gengar is as yet a Ghost-type. Regardless of whether Gengar can't be a shrewd shadow, it might in any case actually be the soul of a dead Clefable.


As things remain, there is no substantial proof to verify or refute that Clefable and Gengar have any relationship with one another. Nonetheless, this likewise implies that fans are allowed to concoct their own headcanon. Gengar can be a shadow or it tends to be a phantom; either works for various reasons.