The Tragic Mystery of Pokemon's Ghost Girl (Pokemon) | Game Theory

Matpat: "Pokemon's first ever ghost girl"
Ghost girl from the Old Chateau: "Am I a joke to you?"

I mean...she's a kid in the pokemon world. There's always one very-likely reason that Darkrai felt like it needed to defend itself: *someone tried to catch it.*

I actually know why Darkrai made the ghost girl have the nightmare. In the more recent Pokémon Journeys and Master Journeys (I can’t remember which one), it is stated in one episode that Darkrai was not able to control its nightmare powers. So Darkrai did not mean to hurt the ghost girl, but due to incontrollable power, it made her fall into an endless nightmare. Something I would like to point out, in the same episode, it is mentioned that Cresselia exists to stop nightmares that Darkrai accidentally does. It balances the two out. Whe Darkrai accidentally harms someone, Cresselia’s there to stop the nightmare. Both Darkrai and Cresselia coexist.

Actually more evidence, one of the moves darkrai can learn is called dark void which is a move only accessible by darkrai, further more the moves description is "a move which when used puts the opponent in a never ending sleep" now the interesting part is it also gives darkrai more health from the opposing Pokémon so I'm guessing that darkrai used it by mistake on the little girl when it was angry or a better reason someone tried to catch it as trainers can catch it for a good team.

Any game: *exists*
MatPat: *DeAd ChiLDrEn*

game: comes out.
MatPat: I diagnose you with *dead child*

The ghost girls could very well be a reference to the onryo or how, in Japanese mythology, a lot of ghost stories seemed to be based around female ghosts, since they don't seem to be vengeful.

I think she was trying to convince her father to forget the Lunar Wing, but “Stay here with me” could be her noticing the Player and wishing they would stay with her, viewing them as a possible friend, and not wanting to lose them as she lost her Parents.

Any innocent game: *exists*
MatPat: *I SEE DEAD CHILDEREN*

A game franchise: exists
Mat Pat: I diagnose you with *dark*

I have a theory (It's a long one, but it's worth to give a try)-
This girl is actually Lostelle.
An NPC appearing in Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green. When we go to the Two Island in Sevii Islands, we figure out, that the daughter of the owner of the Game Corner has been lost and he wants us to find her Lostelle. So, we go to Three Island and enter the Berry Forest and at the end of the forest, we find Lostelle and she says (while crying) "Please help me" and then we find out that she was kidnapped by an Hypno and we fight him, we can either faint it or catch it, and after that battle, we get back to the Two Island and Lostelle returns to her father. Now, there's a very popular creepypasta about Hypno called "Hypno's Lullaby", which is basically based on this incident and Hypno' pokedex entry, which Mat talked about that in this video. So, in this creepypasta, Hypno kidnaps kids and take them into the Berry Forest and keep them away from their family forever and there's even a song made about and you can find it on KRplus, and the worse part about that song is that it has Lavender Town's music in it. So my theory is that Lostelle was the only survivor from all those children that Hypno kidnapped and kept them them in the forest, and because of nightmares that Lostelle still has because of what Hypno did to her, her family shifted to Unova into that Strange House. And maybe those nightmares has something to do with Darkrai tormenting Lostelle. But hey, that's just a theo.... You know what, I can't do this, only Mat can.

So basically,
''Hey! Lets catch pokemon and get kidnapped by an big yellow pokemon that has an pendelum that can bring me to hell!'' Kind of that statement.

"Are you ready for a ghost story?"
*Me watching this at 3 am*
"Sure, why not."

2:32
"The original ghost. The bridge girl from black and white"
Gen 4 chateu ghosts: am I a joke to you?

Given the nature of Darkrai's powers in the games being uncontrollable, it's very possible that the whole thing was an accident.

This was one of the first videos I've watched on youtube (partially because of Covid) and I thought this was by some random unknown theorist, and this video just changed my entire life in so many ways. I have always loved this theory and when I found it four years later by complete accident, I was so happy. This video gave me an appreciation towards stories in games and I now know why Darkrai is my favorite Pokemon. (other than the amazing design) I love what Mat Pat has done with the theory, and how much it's changed my life.

Didn't she used to play with abra on the bridge?
Maybe Abra saw Darkrai aproaching and attacked him to protect the girl, making Darkrai feel treathen and attacking him back... He misses cuz the girl was too close to her Abra and stepped in the way... Seems reasonable.

Ah, matpat covering dead video children in a video game
Just like the good ole days

I have a theory that connects to this theory: if Darkrai killed an innocent girl with nightmares, then that meant she'd pose a threat to the world in the future. Like you said "the nightmares were prophecies" , meaning that he actually saved the world from a future threat

This was one of the first videos I watched from Game Theory and I have finally returned to rewatch it! Its super interesting and rather plausible but I need to play these games-

Nobody:
Matpat: LETS TALK ABOUT DEAD KIDS

Even sadder is that darkrai can’t control its nightmare abilities and gas to seclude it’s self because of that. Darkrai didn’t even mean to

Perhaps it was an unintentional side effect of the Pokémons nightmares. Like in the first season of Pokémon where the hypnos sleep ability for humans had detrimental side effects on random children in the area.

i love this kind of easter egg. we have al ot of games with deep intricate and complicated lore, but the best kind is these small horror stories. lavender town is my most fond memory from pokemon, especially the ghost marowak

"The og ghost"
Ghosts from the Old Chateau: Am I a joke to you?

"Pokémon's first ever ghost girl-"
*Old Chateau ghost girl wants to know your location*

Theory: Darkrai saw the Abra, thinking that the girl was being threatened by the Abra, then Darkrai shot the Abra to save the girl, the girl was actually friends with the Abra, so she was sad and fought the Darkrai, so the Darkrai had to defend itself before being caught, then shooting her

This episode is one of my favorites, the thumbnail is so unique, and I absolutely adore it.

Matpat: "Pokemon's first ghost girl." "... and it's always a ghost Girl..."
Butler and girl in the old chateau.: Are we jokes to you?

Matpat: There are multiple instances of children dying
Scott cawthon: Heh that's cute

Despite it's type and appearance, Darkrai is gentle. From what I saw in Journeys, it unfortunately can't be near others for long without accidentally putting them into an unending nightmare. That explains why it's close to Cresselia, the only friend it can have that won't suffer from it's immense power. Since Cresselia tends to roam then the least she could do is leave her buddy with some Lunar Wings.

You know I think the best theories Matt comes up with are the ones that make me cry, and this is one...

So, MatPat, when are you going to start talking about dead children in videogames?
MatPat: *yes*

To my understanding, it isn't so much that Darkrai actively uses its nightmare powers as a means of self-defense, although they do certainly end up working in that manner in a roundabout way, but rather that it is a _constant_ force that emits from it, affecting everything in the area around it with the horrible, inescapable nightmares it is unfortunately so well known for. (as potentially indicated by its permanently active Ability Bad Dreams, which always takes effect as soon as a Pokémon falls asleep near it, and begins doing damage to them every turn)
Darkrai, fully aware of how its presence harms others, actively tries to prevent scenarios like this from happening by staying as far away from other living beings as it can, and as an added countermeasure, it seems that they also try to keep their territory near an area where a Crescelia can be found, since their feathers are the only thing that can save someone once they've succumb to Darkrai's involuntarily active nightmare field. This is potentially alluded to by the only location you can legitimately find Darkrai in the main series games, Newmoon Island, being set up incredibly far from any of the Sinnoh mainland's most populated areas, yet still suspiciously within close proximity to its counterpart, Fullmoon Island, which is both noticeably less barren than its mirrored counterpart that is home to Darkrai, but is where you also just so happen find the Crescelia who gives you the feather needed to save Eldritch's son)
So if I were to hazard a guess, I would say that Unova's Ghost Girl wasn't trapped in her nightmare with malicious intent, but rather she happened to come within the range of the nightmare field that was being emitted by a Darkrai who happened to find its way to a then-secluded portion of the Unova region, leaving her as yet another unintentional victim to Darkrai's unfortunate circumstances, much like Eldritch's son (who perhaps was simply sailing with his father before succumbing to the nightmare, and happened to fall asleep when they were in too close of a proximity to Newmoon Island during the trip), but this time without the help of a Player Character to venture out and save them like the case of Eldritch and his son…

One thing I do wish to correct is that this ghost girl from Black and White is not the first instance of a ghost girl in the pokemon games. He covered Gen 4 diamond and pearl a little bit which also had a ghost girl, the Old Chateau in Eternal forest if you go into a certain room at night you'll see the spirit of a ghost girl appear and float through the wall. You see her a couple more times I believe (it's been a while) throughout the night but that's bout it. She doesn't have a story like this girl. At least one that I can find and I don't know if there were instances of other ghost girls in gens 1-3 before this either. Small detail that doesn't really matter I just wanted to clarify (also to really nitpick for no reason he calls the ability that Drowzee and Hypno have called Forewarn a move that they use rather than an ability.)

Maybe the girl was a trainer and encountered darkrai and tried to catch it but failed and got the nightmares in the wild but her father found her and took her home. She had a drowsy and they had it eat it but failed. It later evolved and it got forewarn and failed again and now she has an eternal slumber and later her parents ended it all because they missed her.

Me: is happy
Matpat: DO YOU WANT TO BE SAD?

I feel like the dialogue “forget about the lunar wing, stay here with me” could’ve been her talking to her father, but I think it could also have been her nightmare trying to convince her to stay in the bad dream forever by using a familiar voice (her fathers) who she trusts

This could very possibly be painful to darkrai as well, since it has to carry around the guilt of the fact that it caused so much pain and suffering.

This is the perfect
"We have won but at what cause" quote

Darkrai: *Putting someone on an endless nightmare*
Protagonist: I'M GONNA END THIS POKEMON'S WHOLE CAREER

nobody:
matpat: **theorizes about why children are dead in games**

The thumbnail is super creepy, I'd like to see more of those types of thumbnails on this channel.

I think the whole thing of Darkrai not being malicious and aggressive makes this leagues more tragic. It’d bear a lot lighter sting if Darkrai was malicious and aggressive, willfully going out to try to ail others. But no, it doesn’t try to harm others, which could mean the girl, by will or by coercion, entered Darkrai’s terrain, and it had no other method of driving her out other than inflicting her with nightmares.

When the old lady said “A girl used to play with her Abra here” doesn’t that make you think of Sabrina the psychic trainer in the anime episodes? She has an Abra and she was lonely as a child, right?

“The og ghost girl” “Pokémon’s first ghost girl” ya aight the old chateau doent exist then damn

So here’s my theory for why darkriy affect these children
Basically, children explore more than adults do. They don’t have fear for most things, so what I’m guessing is that they traveled close to a way of getting into the place where darkriy is and the only way for him to protect them to stay out of where he was it’s through the nightmares that he controls!

This is one of my favorite game theory video I hope they will do more of this weird Pokémon things

The ghost girl in X and Y be like:
"I'm gonna be real with you chief, you ain't it".

Darkrai's ability to cause nightmares is something he cannot control, that's why he is found secluded in diamond and pearl

Maybe, MatPat, she used her Abra to attack Darkrai, because she was scared of it. It then plagued her with the nightmares, and her parents found her outside.

There was a ghost girl (and also a ghost butler) in D&P. If you go to the haunted mansion where you catch Rotom, you can get two random events: one at the dining room and one at one of the rooms on the top floor (second or third from the right, iirc). Your sprite is not allowed to move while the events take place. In the first one, you see a butler that then goes towards the kitchen on the left and disappears offscreen. In the second one, a girl is seen at the neighbouring room to the right; she looks at you, then goes out.

I know this is an old video, but it is stated when you catch Darkrai in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum that it hides away on its island to avoid accidentally inflicting nightmares on others, because it isn't always able to control its powers. However, the island is not anchored to one place, it moves around, and sometimes it comes close enough to inflict people, which is what I´m guessing happened in both scenarios

Game Theory:
10% Talks
20% Other games
70% Dead kids

This is November 2021. A game called fnf was crated last year. Someone made a mod for Hypno and in the second song he turns into an absolute MONSTER

I didn't even know this was a game theory video from the thumbnail and title, but it kept appearing in my recommended and I finally clicked on it, I was surprised

Game theroy: "The Tragic Mystery of Pokemon's Ghost Girl (Pokemon)"
Me: "Which one?"

The nightmares caused by Darkrai are not intentional, everyone that's close to him become haunted by nightmares regardless of Darkrai's intensions

Fun fact: If you befriend the scary thing in your nightmare the mood of the dream brightens.
At least for me.

If Darkrai is intent on protecting it's territory then it's always possible that a young and naive child could have accidentally wandered into it without realizing the danger.

Me: *prepares to get spooked by the video*
Me by the end of the video: *CRYING*

"The original ghost girl from pokemon black and white"
The girl in the Old Chateau: I am a joke to you?

this man is one of many who have made me cry.

Matpat: “I’m not taking about Gengar’s or Ghastly’s.”
Me: “It’s Hunters!”

Ghost girl: no, you're not the one
*Bish you ain't perfect either*

No cringey opening?
Aww
Matt are you off you Diet Coke?
We’re sorry for bugging you about it

It may not have anything to do with Darkrai, but two other Dark type Pokemon that I met in Pokemon White and Pokemon White 2. Those Pokemon are Zorua and Zoroark respectively. When I was in Castelia City at the Pokemon Center there was a young boy that wouldn't talk to me through the entire playthrough, however when I showed the boy the Celebi I got through an event the boy transformed into a Zorua and wanted me to catch it so it can be with its friend Celebi. Meanwhile, I was out by the woods when I came across a trailer where I saw a woman turning her back at me but she didn't speak when I talked to her so I left her alone. In Pokemon White 2, when I tried to go back where the woman was she and the trailer were both gone as if they were never there to begin with. It was then that a man came to talk to me and told me about how Zoruark are masters of illusion and that the woman was a Zoruark that cast an illusion in order to make it appear that she was in a trailer. It wasn't until the man turned into a Zoruark right in front of me and ran away.

I started watching this and as you said to ring the bell I got a notification that you released a new video

OG ghost: original
4th Generation Ghost: Am I a joke to you?

MatPat: Pokemon's first ever ghost girl
Me: But what about the little girl in the old chateau in Sinnoh?

Theory about the dreams from Darkrai: They are apocalyptic prophecies, essentially enacted in the dream, however, most people are not able to find a way out of the dream due to them being overwhelmed by the visions.

Y'know, as a kid, I was always afraid of Darkrai, after watching the movie. . . and this does not help. You'd think that there would be more Darkrai Creepypastas.

Funnily enough, dead kid theory’s bring the most life to this channel.....

Stories in games involving dead children.
Matpat: It's free real estate.

Kinda thoughtful how the girl decided to return the feather. Since she knew that the feather never belonged to her and she knew that she couldn’t be saved anyways :(

For a theory on how she became afflicted by Darkrai, maybe she was playing around with her Abra, and teleported near Darkrai and he cursed her.

"Are you ready for a ghost story?"
*Me supposed to be doing schoolwork*
"Sure, why not"

you: the pokemon ghost girl
me, an intellectual: *which one*

'it just misses sometimes" yes it sure does, it is one of the least accurate non-damage dealing moves!

Well, in Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, Team Rocket just straight up murders a marowack that haunts Lavender Tower.

MatPat: “Pokémon’s first ever ghost girl”
Old Chateau’s Ghost Girl and Butler: *laugh maniacally in the shadows*

0:52
MatPat: "are you ready for ghost story"?
Me: this is why I'm here

Darkrai can't fully control it's powers, it may have just lost control, and didn't realize😢

"It's just scratching the surface" is matpat's favorite phrase

matt: first ever ghost girl
old chatue: am i joke to you?

Abra was in a battle with darkrai
Abra could easily escape nightmares with one of its moves since it’s a psychic type
darkrai affected the abra’s trainer

She was not the first ghost girl in Pokémon. In diamond, pearl, platinum in the old Château there is a ghost girl too

This made me cry..I was heartbroken watching the tragic mystery of Pokemon's Ghost Girl

Game: **exists**
MatPat: _WHERE IS THE LORE. WHERE IS THE DAMN L O R E ? !_

"Its always a ghost *girl* for some reason"
*old chateau has entered the chat*

You know it’s a killer episode when it doesn’t even need the iconic green text to catch your attention.

This is late, probably unnecessary but hear me out- Matpat mentioned that in the movie "The Rise of Darkrai" a girl's grandmother had befriended a Darkrai. I'm not really a Pokemon fan nor am I knowledgeable about the series, the various pokemon or timelines, hence this theory might not fit in but- What if the grandmother that was referred to have befriended Darkrai is the same old lady that can be found at the Eastern Gate of the Marvelous Bridge.
The old lady clearly knew the little ghost girl when she played there with her Abra, it's obvious they're connected, so if that old lady was the one that was said to have befriended a Darkrai, then wouldn't it make sense that the same Darkrai came across the ghost girl and due to his instincts, unknowingly attacked and doomed the girl to her death, perhaps her playing there with her Abra unconsciously alarmed the Darkrai.
And fact is, isn't it pretty odd that a random old lady would suddenly make an eerie but mysterious comment regarding a girl who used to play there? Although this might be a stretch, she could purposely be there as a form of repentance to the ghost girl, in hopes that someone, in this case the player, may quell or fulfill the ghost girl's final wishes...
It could also be that the ghost girl and the old lady are directly related, perhaps that old lady was the ghost girl's mother, there was a lack of mention of the ghost girl's mother but it could just be a coincidence, and however unlikely this last bit here seems, it's not totally impossible for the parents of the ghost girl to have other children or other descendants, either way their purpose would be the same, repentance.
But hey! That's just a theory! From the comment section 3 years after this video was released. :p

The first ghost girl?
Yo what? There's a ghost girl in the Mansion in Eterna Forest in Diamond and Pearl.

Me:*peacefully enjoying myself*
Matpat: HELLO INTERNET WELCOME TO GAME THEORY

Heres a small theory! Since Darkrai uses nightmares to *protect itself* so, the everlasting dark dream may have just been Darkrai getting a bit scared and just out of fear it gave the children the dark dreams, or because the ghost girl and/or the sailors (I think the man was a sailor..?) son could have tried to catch Darkrai so in order to prevent itself from being caught it could have given them the everlasting dark dream.
BUT HEY, THATS JUST A THEORY! A GAME THEORY! Thanks for reading.

for the beginning of this vid's explanation gives off huge hypno's lullaby creepypasta vibes

"It's wings shine like the crescent moon and keep nightmares away"
*Ad appears*
Me: Well she didn't keep my nightmares away.

"Pokemon's first ever Ghost Girl..."
**cough*Old Chateau*cough**

This gives me chills

I instantly knew the whole theory because Fawfuls minion made a video on this place in a top 10 video for creepy areas. So this was kinda nostalgic for me.