No. ??? – Dodoul
The Earthbound Pokémon
Type: Ghost
Height: 0.91 m (3")
Weight: 19.9 kg (44 lbs)
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Field Note Entry
Once a widespread and trusting Normal-type species, Dodoul was wiped out centuries ago due to its flightlessness and gentle nature. Though it has returned as a Ghost-type Pokémon, it remains tethered to the earth — unable to fly even in death.
It is often oblivious to trainers seen frantically flapping its transparent wings in an atemot to take flight but flutters uselessly to no avail. Many people laugh at its gliding attempts that end in awkward tumbles or sudden splats.
This has become a source of tragic irony and low-tier comedy across the Orcaibh region.
Dodoul is not dangerous, but its presence unnerves some and frustrates many. It wanders old nesting grounds at night, often seen solemnly pacing in circles or peering wistfully up at the stars. Despite its spectral status, it’s no more powerful than it was in life, and is more of a local oddity than a feared spirit.
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Biology
Dodoul resembles the ghostly remnant of an ancient, awkward bird. Its features are loosely based on the extinct dodo, with its bulbous beak, rounded body, and exaggerated wing stubs. It has long, spindly legs that seem to “glitch” or phase slightly when it walks — its ghostly form not quite adapted to the mortal ground it treads.
Its plumage is a dusty spectral gray, with soft blue/violet highlights.
Dodoul has a dark eye-mask across its face, both alluding to a simplitsic skull look and imence tiredness or hinting at its perpetual disappointment.
It often emits a low, frustrated coo as it tries and fails to hover — a noise that some say sounds like an old door creaking shut.
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Appearance
• Body: Round and sleek
• Wings: Stumpy, fluttering, but incorporeal — more for expression than flight.
• Eyes: Simple, cartoonishly round and expressive in a ghostly way
• Beak: Curved, large, ghostly pale.
• Legs: Long, thin, with exaggerated waddling movement.
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Inspiration & Traits
• Inspired by the real-world dodo and its extinction through overtrusting behavior and inability to flee.
• Has a comical yet tragic flavor — a ghost that still can’t fly, even with spectral wings.
• Conceptually the “punchline Pokémon” — locals often tell ghost stories where Dodoul is the setup and the joke.
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Personality
Dodoul is not hostile in the slightest. It spends its time trying (and failing) to fly, gently haunting cliffs or fields where its species once nested. While occasionally spooky when glimpsed suddenly at night, or when it pers randomly through peoples windows. It quickly undercuts this with its clumsy, flapping routine. Trainers often keep Dodoul as a mascot of misfortune, or simply out of pity.
In battle, Dodoul does little more than try to cause minor irritation. It squawks, flails, and vanishes into the mist — only to appear ten seconds later slightly stuck in a fence or bush. It’s not stupid, just persistently disappointed and overtrusting in others.
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Habitat – Natural Environment
• Commonly found in grassy hillsides, moors, and coastal cliffs — areas once home to colonies of its original species when alive
• Seen only at night, often wandering alone or pacing in circles.
• Particularly active during cloudy or foggy nights with no wind.
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Behavior
• Often attempts to fly off ledges but just drifts downward like its heavier than it should be.
• Pecks at berries it can’t eat and honks mournfully at flying-type Pokémon overhead.
• Will sometimes "hide" behind a single twig or poorly chosen rock, believing itself unseen.
• Tends to ignor people but hares flying type pokemon- will honk at trainers who trsin flying types.
• If its trainer catches a pokenon that flies it becomes increasingly jealous compeating for its trainers affection- in some cases it ignors its trainers commands out of displacement.
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Pokédex Entries by Region
Kanto
This Pokémon was once alive centuries ago. Even in ghostly form, it cannot fly and appears irritated by this fate.
Johto
Dodoul seems to haunt the same cliffs and nesting grounds its species once lived. It has no interest in people, but will stare sadly at your Flying-types.
Hoenn
Though a Ghost-type, it cannot pass through solid objects or float. Its wings flicker in frustration as it waddles through the night.
Sinnoh
A spectral bird cursed to repeat its greatest failure. Trainers often mistake its sad cries for laughter.
Unova
This Pokémon cannot float, phase, or fly. Its repeated failure to rise seems to torment it. Some researchers believe Dodoul doesn’t understand that it’s already dead.
Kalos
Dodoul’s sorrowful flapping is often heard before stormy weather. In some towns, its appearance is considered a sign to stay indoors and reflect on past regrets.
Alola
Despite its light, ghostly body, Dodoul cannot stay airborne. It has been seen challenging Wingull in the skies, only to tumble tragically into the surf below.
Galar
Many in Galar view Dodoul as a comical ghost. However, its flailing wings and lifeless stare hint at a sadness that even the living can feel deep in their bones.
Paldea
When startled, Dodoul vanishes in a puff of mist — only to rematerialize stuck behind a fence or under a bench. It’s frequently blamed for minor property damage near cliffs.
Orange Islands
Once found nesting in coastal cliffs, Dodoul's ghost still wanders the beaches where its kind perished. Tourists mistake it for a prank until it vanishes mid-waddle with a mournful honk.
Orcaibh Entry 1
Once the most common bird in the region, its species vanished long ago. It now lingers like a joke forgotten — always trying to take off, but never leaving the ground.
Orcaibh Entry 2
A Ghost-type with no menace. Its inability to fly, even in death, makes it a symbol of missed potential. Some locals say if you hear its “thump,” rain is coming.
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Base Stats
HP - 60
Attack - 50
Defense - 60
Sp. Atk - 50
Sp. Def - 70
Speed - 40
Total: 330
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Abilities
Tragic Flap (New Ability)
Each turn when a Dodoul attempts a Flying-type move it can’t use (even via TMs or Mimic), it boosts its Evasion by 1 stage out of frustration.
Description: It “tries” to take off but fails — making it slightly harder to hit in its flapping confusion.
Hidden Ability: Hollow Roost
Prevents Dodoul from being hit by Flying-type moves.
Description: Ironically immune to what it can never become.
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Learnset by Leveling Up
1 - Astonish
5 - Leer
9 - Peck (Fails)
13 - Curse
15 - Payback
17 - Spite
21 - Confuse Ray
25 - Roost (Fails)
30 - Phantom Swoop (new)
35 - Mean Look
37 - Mimic
40 - Grudge
42 - Sucker Punch
45 - Shadow Ball
50 - Destiny Bond
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Signature Move
Phantom Swoop
Type: Ghost
Category: Physical
Power: 60
Accuracy: 100
Effect: Dodoul vanishes for a turn and reappears clumsily from above, dealing damage. If it fails to KO the target, it takes 10 recoil damage due to the landing.
Animation: A flickering, half-visible swoop followed by a dusty “thump.”
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TM Compatibility (Partial)
• TM04 Calm Mind
• TM17 Protect
• TM19 Roost (fails)
• TM30 Shadow Ball
• TM32 Double Team
• TM41 Torment
• TM61 Will-O-Wisp
• TM70 Substitute
• TM76 Confide
• TM90 Trick Room
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Trivia
• Dodoul is based on the extinct dodo, known for being flightless and overly trusting — traits that caused its extinction.
• Its cry is a slowed-down coo with a slight “slap” at the end, referencing its ground-bound fate.
• Despite being Ghost-type, Dodoul is among the only known ones incapable of levitation.
• A children’s folk rhyme in Orcaibh begins: “If Dodoul flaps, but doesn’t rise, beware the night and cloudy skies…”
• Has an unspoken rivalry with Flying-type Pokémon, particularly other bird Pokémon.
