It’s Spooky Weekhere at Kotaku, and what better time to look back at Parasect, one of the most unsettling Pocket Monsters to date.
The Bug/Grass type evolves from Paras, and its name appears to be a portmanteau of “parasite” and “insect.”
Ah, that's so creepy! "@PokeFacts: Paras & Parasect #PokéFacts pic.twitter.com/OWzp9ya5JS"
— That Guy You Know (@Wacky_Will) June 11, 2013
Hence, Parasect.
https://twitter.com/embed/status/632204438371852288
Parasect is such a creepy Pokémon, it's nice to see he can still smile! Despite being a zombie…. #creepyPokemon #whytho pic.twitter.com/u6dW3YyYHu
— Connor Ottman (@AspringArtist64) March 1, 2017
What makes Parasect so unsettling is that it’s been taken over by a fungus.
I had no idea Parasect would have that creepy mouth wtf pic.twitter.com/vbQZmJLHAG
— 🌿Limereptile🍂 Coms closed ! (@limereptileart) November 27, 2016
That expression doesn’t help, though.
While Paras has pupils, Parasect’s eyes have turned white as if it’s become a soulless zombie. Perhaps it has! There’s a theory that Parasect isn’t even a Pocket Monster.
Check out these Pokédex entries (via Bulbapedia):
Parasect is reminiscent of a Scientific American article I once read called “Fungus Makes Zombie Ants Do All the Work” with the tagline “A tropical fungus has adapted to infect ants and force them to chomp, with surprising specificity, into perfectly located leaves before killing them and taking over their bodies.”
Goodness.
Parasect has no pupils. Freaky! #PokemonGO #pokemon pic.twitter.com/AqoGAqUdZR
— Fi Plays (@FiPlays) July 30, 2016
It’s really those white eyes. If Parasect had pupils, this zombie-mon would be cute!
https://twitter.com/embed/status/771224958559096832
But it doesn’t, so this infested Pokémon is the stuff of nightmares.
Parasect ❤ and… Pikachu 😮https://t.co/TGKDiQWLaf#creepy #pokemon #pokemongo #wtf #pikachu #spreadthehorror #art pic.twitter.com/kR1BqZKiWj
— David Szilagyi 💙 (@dsszilagyi) August 12, 2016
Look forward to tales of ghosts and glitches all week during Kotaku’s Spooky Week
