I have also have two pokemon that never stay in their pokeballs – those guys always break out. So I always have to keep them with me. At least your Haunter only does it sometimes.

[Spike’s having trouble picturing ghosts as ‘goofballs’ or ‘sweethearts’. But John is so adamant about ghost pokemon. Spike’s wondering if maybe they weren’t so bad...until John tells him about Halloween.]

Oh, we have something like that! But we call it Nightmare Night! You get to dress up, and get loads of candy which is totally the best part, and there are lots of pran...

...wait....

POSSESSED?

[Spike starts wildly looking around at people near him, just in case.]

Are they still here? Who got possessed?? How can you tell which ones??

[Okay, he’s a bit panicky now. What with already dealing with long dead pokemon coming to life and all...]