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[Shiny Shinx]

What is up with Ash trying to catch a Ghost Type Pokemon to beat Sabrina, but why? Back in Gen 1, which the Anime was going off of, the type chart said that Ghost Types have completely no effect on Psychic Types, which consides of the whole entire party that Sabrina has. Can someone tell me what the heck was going on then?

 

[CommanderPigg]

Actually, when the first season of pokemon was going on, they were already ready to promote Second generation (hence why they had Ho-oh in the first episode) or had at least already come up with the concepts for 2nd Gen.

 

[Iteru]

Ghost type moves were meant to deal super effective damage against Psychic types in Gen I, which is confirmed by strategy guides and other media.

It's only an oversight that they didn't in the games.

From the Bulbapedia trivia section on Ghost types:

In Generation I, Ghost-type moves had no effect on Psychic-type Pokémon, though an abundance of evidence suggests that this may have been an error. Multiple sources mention that Ghost-type moves are super effective on Psychic-type Pokémon: official strategy guides published by Nintendo, two episodes of the anime (The Tower of Terror and Haunter versus Kadabra), and even the games themselves, where a Trainer in the Saffron Gym mentions that Psychic-type Pokémon "only fear Bugs and Ghosts" (though the reference to Ghost-type Pokémon was removed in Yellow). From Generation II onwards, Ghost-type moves are indeed super effective on Psychic-type Pokémon.

 

[Peppermint Phoenix]

It was a glitch.

 

[Aestivate]

@Shiny Shinx - are the answers provided sufficient enough for you? If yes, I or another anime mod will close the thread.

 

[Shiny Shinx]

Yeah, you can close the thread now.
@Aestivate