Search Ghost

Template:Enemy The Search Ghost is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories.

Story

Kingdom Hearts

Once, Jack Skellington attempted to teach Search Ghosts how to dance.

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

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Design

Search Ghosts are well-designed for their appearances in areas where a spooky atmosphere is required. Pale-skinned and bearing the classic footless ghost shape of Japanese folklore, they are clad in purple tunics bearing the Heartless emblem. The sleeves of the tunic end in white cuffs with gold cuff links, but the fashionable nature of the tunic is ruined a bit by the torn hemline and a rip on the left side that exposes the Search Ghosts' ribcage. Search Ghosts also wear white cuffed gloves, but noticeably, there is no flesh or skin connecting the sleeves of the tunic to the Ghosts' hands, only a disturbing empty gap.

Search Ghosts also bear the traditional Heartless jagged jawline and yellow eyes; however, their wide yellow eyes have black angled spirals on them. In addition, the right eye has been pulled out of the socket, and is only held to the head by a length of silver chain. The Ghosts' remaining good eye is what they use to search for their prey, emitting a yellow glow while looking, and with the glow turning red when a target has been spotted.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Search Ghosts have a more jarring color palette. The tunic is a much brighter violet, the cuffs and trim pink, and the gloves lavender. The head is also now a bright vivid orange, giving the Final Mix Search Ghosts a resemblance to a jack o'lantern at first glance.

The Search Ghost's name references its nature of looking for enemies with a rotating searchlight. The Heartless's name also highlights its ghost-like appearance.

Strategy

The Search Ghost attacks on sight, but is slow. It can warp out of harm's way and absorb enemies' HP, making it a tough opponent. They only attack when someone steps into their searchlight.

Gallery

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A Search Ghost as it appears in Halloween Town in Kingdom Hearts
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A Search Ghost as it appears in Halloween Town in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix

Notes and References

Heartless
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts
Air Pirate \| Air Soldier \| Angel Star \| Aquatank \| Bandit \| Barrel Spider \| Battleship \| Bit Sniper \| Black Fungus \| Blue Rhapsody \| Bouncywild \| Darkball \| Defender \| Fat Bandit \| Gargoyle \| Green Requiem \| Invisible \| Large Body \| Pirate \| Pot Spider \| Powerwild \| Rare Truffle \| Red Nocturne \| Screwdiver \| Sea Neon \| Search Ghost \| Shadow Sora \| Shadow \| Sheltering Zone \| Soldier \| White Mushroom \| Wight Knight \| Wizard \| Wyvern \| Yellow Opera
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Black Ballade \| Chimera \| Gigas Shadow \| Grand Ghost \| Jet Balloon \| Missile Diver \| Neoshadow \| Pink Agaricus \| Pot Scorpion \| Sniperwild \| Stealth Soldier
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Creeper Plant \| Loudmouth \| Tornado Step
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts II
Aerial Knocker \| Aeroplane \| Armored Knight \| Assault Rider \| Bad Dog \| Bolt Tower \| Bookmaster \| Bulky Vendor \| Cannon Gun \| Crimson Jazz \| Devastator \| Driller Mole \| Emerald Blues \| Fiery Globe \| Fortuneteller \| Gargoyle Knight \| Gargoyle Warrior \| Graveyard \| Hammer Frame \| Hook Bat \| Hot Rod \| Icy Cube \| Lance Soldier \| Living Bone \| Luna Bandit \| Magnum Loader \| Minute Bomb \| Morning Star \| Nightwalker \| Rapid Thruster \| Shaman \| Silver Rock \| Strafer \| Toy Soldier \| Trick Ghost \| Watcher
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
Aerial Champ \| Aerial Viking \| Beffudler \| Camo Cannon \| Iron Hammer \| Lance Warrior \| Mad Ride \| Magic Phantom \| Necromancer \| Reckless \| Runemaster \| Spring Metal
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Aerial Master \| Air Battler \| Artful Flyer \| Avalanche \| Barrier Master \| Blitz Spear \| Bubble Beat \| Bully Dog \| Carrier Ghost \| Chill Ripper \| Clay Armor \| Commander \| Creepworm \| Cymbal Monkey \| Deserter \| Destroyer \| Detonator \| Dire Plant \| Dual Blade \| Dustflier \| Emerald Serenade \| Fire Plant \| Flare Note \| Grey Caprice \| Guardian \| Heat Saber \| Hover Ghost \| Ice Cannon \| Ice Plant \| Jumbo Cannon \| Land Armor \| Large Armor \| Living Pod \| Massive Possessor \| Mega-Shadow \| Novashadow \| Orcus \| Phantomtail \| Pink Concerto \| Poison Plant \| Rare Vendor \| Sapphire Elegy \| Scarlet Tango \| Scorching Sphere \| Sergeant \| Shadow Glob \| Skater Bomb \| Sky Grappler \| Snapper Dog \| Snowy Crystal \| Solid Armor \| Spiked Crawler \| Stalwart Blade \| Storm Bomb \| Striped Aria \| Switch Launcher \| Tailbunker \| Tricky Monkey \| Turquoise March \| Wavecrest \| Windstorm \| Zip Slasher
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts coded
Blox Bug \| Danger Bug \| Metal Bug \| Prize Bug
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Eliminator \| Gold Tricholoma
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ
Armed Warrior \| Armored Archer \| Bag O' Coal \| Bag O' Coins \| Bag O' Gifts \| Bag O' Jewels \| Bag O' Points \| Bitter Macaron \| Candy Apple \| Cannoned Camel \| Cheery Ape \| Chocolate Gargoyle \| Chomper Egg \| Circus Balloon \| Circus Clown \| Cloudy Sunrise \| Copter Fleet \| Creeper Bouquet \| Dark Plant \| Dual Durandal \| Eggcognito \| Eggscapade \| Eggster Bunny \| Festive Fireworks \| Flower Rider \| Gift Shadow \| Gilled Glider \| Great Pretender \| Growth Egg \| Gummi Copter \| Gummi Hammer \| High Wizard \| Huge Fireworks \| Huge Watermelon \| Jack O' Lantern \| King Pretender \| Large Fireworks \| Large Rice Cake \| Large Snowman \| Large Watermelon \| Lion Dancer \| Mighty Macaron \| Nimble Bee \| Nosy Mole \| Pester Jester \| Pink Possessor \| Poison Apple \| Prank Bouquet \| Pretender \| Prize Egg \| Pumpkin Soldier \| Raging Reindeer \| Rainy Loudmouth \| Red Bandit \| Red Rose \| Ringmaster \| Rodeo Rider \| Round Rice Cake \| Rush Sheep \| Shenaneggan \| Stinging Bee \| Strange Tree \| Swaying Spook \| Swordsman \| Terrible Tomte \| Violet Waltz \| Wandering Spook \| White Chocolate Statue \| White Rose \| Wibble Wobble \| Wicked Watermelon \| Wind-Up Leaf Cake
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Amber Opera \| Brick Hammer Frame \| Bunch O' Balloons \| Burrfish \| Candy Plant \| Cherry Kaboom \| Chipper Chef \| Dark Wisp \| Diver \| Emerald Sonata \| False Master \| Flappy Bug \| Flappy Rider \| Gargoyle Wizard \| Gearbit \| Golden Hook Bat \| Gummi Saucer \| Huge Shenaneggan \| Margoyle \| Munny Egg \| Noble Wizard \| Paralysis Archer \| Piercing Knight \| Pleasure Dog \| Poison Archer \| Poison Pot \| Polliwog \| Raccoon Dog Soldier \| Ratty Rat \| Reversed Warlock \| Ring-A-Ding \| Rush Ghost \| Savage Wizard \| Shadow Magician \| Shadow Witch \| Shred Ghost \| Sleep Archer \| Sleepy Snoozer \| Sly Cat \| Sparkler \| Swaying Cactus \| Sweets Squad \| Trick Ghost \| Trick Wizard \| Upright Warlock \| Warlock Step \| Wicked Wick \| Wild Shaman \| Wily Cat
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-
Earth Core \| Flame Core \| Fluttering \| Water Core
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts III
Anchor Raider \| Bizarre Archer \| Chaos Carriage \| Chief Puff \| Dark Inferno \| Focus Popcat \| Frost Serpent \| Gold Beat \| Helmed Body \| High Soldier \| Magic Popcat \| Malachite Bolero \| Marine Rumba \| Marionette \| Mechanitaur \| Metal Troll \| Munny Popcat \| Parasol Beauty \| Pogo Shovel \| Pole Cannon \| Popcat \| Puffball \| Rock Troll \| Satyr \| Sea Sprite \| Spear Lizard \| Tireblade \| Toy Trooper \| Vaporfly \| Vermilion Samba \| Vitality Popcat \| Winterhorn