Pumpkin (Castlevania)

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It's me, Pumpkin! Thanks for the invite! I'll do my best to help you out!

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It's me, Pumpkin! I was aiming for a more grown-up feel, but I'm only a kid and not sure what that is!

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It's me, Pumpkin! Don't worry, I'm not injured. This is all fake blood.

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It's me, Pumpkin! My horse, my horse, my tiny kingdom for a horse... no, that's not right...

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It's me, Pumpkin! I wanted to be a clown, but could only find this nose. Still, pretty cool, isn't it?

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It's me, Pumpkin! I've recently become addicted to spices. But I still hate spicy hot food.

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	~ It's me, Pumpkin! Actually, I'm a genius in the kitchen. Pumpkin pie is my specialty. I'm starving!

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It's me, Pumpkin! I'm being as good as an angel. So go on, buy me a new toy. Please, please, please!

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It's me, Pumpkin! This costume, when I've finally got it all on, just makes me wanna be bad!

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Background

Pumpkin is a secret playable character in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. The character can be unlocked by completing Joachim Mode. Pumpkin also appears as an Innocent Devil in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness and Castlevania: Labyrinth of Love.

Pumpkin wields a unique sub-weapon, aptly named after itself. Unusually, this sub-weapon bypasses Death's defenses, making it the only one in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence that can be effectively used against him. True to the tradition of secret characters in Koji Igarashi's Castlevania games, Pumpkin is designed with a comedic twist—it has exceptionally low health yet possesses extraordinary super-strength, blending humor with its formidable power.

Appearance

The Pumpkin Innocent Devil represents the base form of the optional Pumpkin-Type family. While it has the potential to evolve into various forms, it remains notably weak, even when leveled extensively. Its primary benefit lies in the significant stat boost it provides to Hector, making it a valuable support companion despite its limited combat prowess.

General Information

Name: Pumpkin

Other Names: Queen, Bloody, Tiny King, Clown Nose, New Deli, Cursed Pumpkin, Whimsical Angel, Genius Chef

Origin: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

First Appearance: Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

Latest Appearance: Castlevania: Curse of Darkness (Latest canonical appearance), Vampire Survivors

Company: Konami

Creator: Koji Igarashi

Gender: Unknown (Pumpkin likely has no true identification, as they turned themself into a Queen purely for a more "Grown-up feel" while also making themself a Tiny King)

Sex: Unknown

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: It/They

Age: Unknown (Despite calling themself a kid, they've been alive since Lament of Innocence, meaning they've been alive for over hundreds of years)

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Walter's Castle (In Lament of Innocence), Julia's Shop (In Curse Of Darkness; Hector and all of his Innocent Devils decided to stay with Julia in her shop at the end of Curse of Darkness)

Story Role: Hidden Playable Character, Supporting Protagonist

Classification: Innocent Devil, Pumpkin-Type, Devils

Species: Pumpkin, Plant

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Pumpkin Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Chaos (In Lament of Innocence), Hector (In Curse of Darkness)

Occupation: None

Affiliations: Hector

Enemies: Draucla (As innocent devils are loyal to their master, any one that is their masters enemy is their enemy), Death, Isaac

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Lawful Neutral (Innocent Devils have absolute loyalty to their creator and thus will follow whatever they decide)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A (Innocent Devils provide status enhancements to Hector, with Innocent Devils like Pumpkin greatly boosting all of Hector's stats)

Tier: 7-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Town level (Potency) (In its alternate continuity Pumpkin mode it is capable of fighting and defeating the likes of 1000s Death, where Alucard notes that Death is a force to be reckoned with, where not one other of Dracula's henchman being able to compare, Dracula also serves as the absolute evil, the opposite to God, where for God to be perfectly good, there must be a being of perfect darkness, being the entity opposite to God, with such power making him far superior to Golem from Castlevania Judgment, as he died to a random unknown hunter after his return from the time rift. Golem with his ultimate can shoot out a mouth blast that vaporizes everything it touches as far as the eye can see getting these results)

Durability: Town level

Striking Strength: Town Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class

Travel Speed: Unknown: True level

Attack Speed: At most Faster Than Light (Can tag 1000s Death, where Alucard notes that Death is a force to be reckoned with, where not one other of Dracula's henchman being able to compare, which should make him far superior to enemies like the Sky Fish, who moves so fast that it appears as a beam of light and is only slowed down when time is stopped and the White Demon, who can move at the speed of light at short distances)

Reaction Speed: At most Faster Than Light

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Below Standard Melee physically, Several Meters with Pumpkin Attacks

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Able to utilize sub-weapons that possess great attack and power which in Castlevania requires one to have a high intelligence to be able to do)

Knowledge: Novice level (Does not understand much and is treated like a kid)

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Powers and Techniques

Is a Creature of the Night, which gives:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Even the smallest creatures of the night can destroy a bridge, one of Dracula's bats easily destroyed a stone ground block), Intimidation (Creatures of the nights appearances can cause one to have their body's cells cry out in terror), Immortality (Ageless; The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations. Immortal Metaphysical Aspect; Creatures of the Night can continue to exist even as a spirit and use their spirit form to form bodies out of inanimate material around them), Acausality (Causality Immunity; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon. With their souls being completely free from time. The biggest hindrance to humans when attempting to accomplish something is their limited lifespans, a limitation that cannot be overcome, however, dwellers of the darkness do not apply to the laws of the human world, ignoring such limitations), Free Will (Creatures of the Night do not follow the hand of God and instead choose of their own free will), Empowerment (Creatures of the night are empowered by the night, becoming stronger when it's night time), Evolution (Creatures of chaos can inherit evil natures awakening into stronger enemies with new abilities and less weaknesses), Resurrection (Self-Resurrection; Creatures of chaos can be brought back to life from the power of hate. This has also been shown with slain heads reviving as an angry wraith), Regeneration (Mid-Godly overtime; Even the castle from Castlevania is a Creature of Chaos, where they are always rebirth from Chaos with each rebirth, the creatures takes a new form, with this state being referred to as a "regeneration cycle"), Invisibility (Creatures of Chaos possess a natural aura of darkness, which makes one unable to see those with an aura of darkness by the naked eye), Time Manipulation (Passive; All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon), Darkness Manipulation & Subjective Reality (Creatures of chaos very existence causes dark powers to flow beyond the control of the Elgos' grimoires, due to them collecting documented information on Dracula and his castle. Causing their power to materialize in the real world in the form of monsters. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Text Manipulation & Plot Manipulation (Passive; Creatures of the night's dark powers allowed them to rewrite the Grimoires to strengthen their dark powers greatly. It is noted by Lucy that the "vital soul" of a monster is the cause of the grimoire chaos. Their vital souls are causing the grimoires contents to be overwritten changing history to things such as Jonathan Morris is now at a disadvantage in battle, or Charlotte fading from existence due to them messing with the history of the Grimoires, Maria starting to fade because Richter's history is being rewritten, where if the contents of the book change the creatures magic will keep growing and eventually overflow into reality, causing the grimoire to fall into chaos and even more monsters materializing into the real world. The text alterations also make the monsters stronger. With the real world and world of grimoires being one and the same), Law Manipulation (Creatures of Chaos can alter grimoires, which do not adhere to the laws of reality), Power Modification (Creatures of the night alterations of the Grimoire can greatly limit the powers of those far stronger than them, such as Jonathan Morris' power being limited due to the alterations. The Chaos of the Grimoire destabilized the magic of the others).

Resistance to Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (All enemies in Castlevania III: Dracula's curse can eventually break out of being frozen from Sypha's ice magic. Along with this to protect against ice attacks in series, one normally wears rings that help them resist against absolute zero), Time Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time. With time in Castlevania being so potent that not even eternity can withstand time, along with even artificial life being subject to the laws of time. Some creatures of chaos are immune to time stop, normally being boss-level creatures), Fate Manipulation (All immortal beings disrupt the flow of time according to Aeon, with their souls being completely free from time, with fate being a truth wound by time)

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Innocent Devils receive their powers from a devil forgemaster transferring the energy into their shells, the more powerful the devil, the larger its power to stabilize), Accelerated Development (Leveling, Physical Stats and Abilities; Innocent Devils level up with experience points by defeating enemies), Evolution & Absorption (Through Innocent Devils absorbing "evolution crystals", they will evolve, having their from change and obtaining new types of abilities), Bestowal (Innocent Devils are mystical untainted familiars created by a devil forgemaster that grants status enhancements), Regeneration (Low-Godly; Innocent Devils will revert to their soul form if they lose all hearts, if the devil forgetmsaster gathers enough hearts for them the Innocent Devils soul can then be restored to material form), Immortality (Life and Death Immunity; Innocent Devils are unable to die no matter the attack), Teleportation (As one executes certain combos, the word "chain" may appear, if they chains correctly, the Innocent Devil will warp in front and add a cooperative attack), Creation (Innocent Devils will occassionally create "Devil Shards", which can be used to create new Innocent Devils).

Resistance to Mind Manipulation & Domination (Innocent Devils have absolute loyalty to their creator)

Non-Standard Interaction (Extra-Planar Interaction; Magic is able to interact with beings such as Camilla Fernandez, Physical attacks are difficult to land as Camilla lives in the Astral plane, and her earthly body is completely ethereal), Limited Immersion & Dimensional Travel (Magic users can align their magic with the magic of another to enter into painting worlds), Summoning (Magic can be used in order to summon weapons and items inscribed in grimoires)

Acrobatics (Pumpkin is capable of easily doing backflips and sidesteps), Non-Standard Interaction (Abstract Interaction; Can interact with Death with its sub-weapons being able to bypass Death's defenses. Where Death is death, being the absolute presence, the awe, the religion, and the dark god. He refers to death itself as him. Noting that he is completely death and human death is only a part of Chaos. Olrox when seeing Death fight serious notes that he senses the overwhelming existence of death and states that death really exists), Explosion Manipulation (Pumpkin's regular attacks has him throw pumpkins that bounce and explode).

Resistance to [[Dracula s Castle]] (Can move around in and fight in Dracula's Castle back when it was owned by Walter and alongside Hector) The Castle Abilities Include:

Reality Warping (The Castle does not work on standard logic, where changing rooms can have one view a completely different background, such as room with a blue sky that is reflecting up and downwards and having the clouds rotate at a fast speed), Transmutation (Beings that come near are subject to the castle's influence, such as a local barnyard owl which was mutated just from flying near it), Possession (The castle possesses objects with its magic, such as a ouija table), Sealing (Dracula's magic captured Aguni, a primitive god of fire. The Castle has doors sealed off without solving puzzles. This can extend to walls being sealed off where explosions will not affect it until the seal is gone), Mind Manipulation (Everything that enters the castle is under the control by the power of Dracula's castle, the ghost of Eric Lecarde needed to cast a magic barrier to bind himself so he could be free from the control of the castle. The Castle corrupts the minds of those who enter it, such as making Maxim Kischine feel strange ever since coming to it. It also corrupted the mind of Hugh turning him against Nathan with Nathan noting he's being controlled by Dracula. The castle increases one's dark desires, allowing Dracula to easily control them. The magic of Dracula's power that empowers the owl enemy also spurs it to violence), Madness Manipulation (The Castle warped Gergoth, a once-gentle beast and drove it mad), Size Manipulation (Magically enlarged a toad through the use of demonic baptism), Fear Manipulation (Even while far away, Curtis and Michelle felt malicious intent from the castle where their bodies seemed to squeal "run away". Michelle even being at the entrance to the castle had her body telling her to not go in and her leg muscles being petrified like stone), Curse Manipulation (The Curse status that spirits inflict comes from them absorbing the magic power around the castle. The Castle cursed a human to turn into a lizard man), Life Manipulation (The castle can bring inanimate statues to life to attack. Can cause the glass murals to come to life and attack), Soul Manipulation (Those that die in the castle become one of the floating spirits that wander the halls of the castle for eternity), Abstract Manipulation & Hell Manipulation (The castle can create a core of evil made from hatred, envy, anger and other dark emotions)

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities

All previous powers and abilities, Human Achievements (Genius Chef Pumpkin is a genius in the kitchen, with pumpkin pie being his speciality)

Power Modification (Orbs can combine with the sub-weapon in question to create completely new abilities from them they would not have otherwise)

Explosion Manipulation (With Large Pumpkin, the Pumpkin + Red Orb combo, a larger pumpkin is made and bounces on the ground twice before exploding)

Homing Attack, Curtain Fire (Mutli-Directional), & Explosion Manipulation (With Pumpkin Missile, the Pumpkin + Purple Orb combo, seven pumpkins appear and are sent out one after the other, homing in on the target)

Size Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (With Shock Pumpkin, the Pumpkin + Blue Orb Combo, drops a massive pumpkin that explodes)

Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration; With Rampage Pumpkin, the Pumpkin + Green Orb Combo, Pumpkin dashes forwards inside a massive pumpkin, slicing through any enemy he encounters)

Light Manipulation & Curtain Fire (Multi-Directional; With Grand Pumpkin, the Pumpkin + Yellow Orb Combo, a series of massive pumpkins spirals upwards around Pumpkin)

Explosion Manipulation (With Spread Pumpkin, the Pumpkin + White Orb Combo, a pumpkin is shot forward and explodes upon contact as a massive pumpkin)

Contact Damage & Curtain Fire (Directional; With Pumpkin Serpent, the Pumpkin + Black Orb Combo, a stream of dozens of small pumpkins led b a massive one moves around in a snake-like path)

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Notable Techniques

Orb	Name	Create	Effect
Red Orb	Large Pumpkin	Pumpkin + Red Orb	A larger pumpkin is thrown in an upward arc, which bounces along the ground twice before exploding. Its explosion covers a greater area.
Purple Orb	Pumpkin Missile	Pumpkin + Purple Orb	7 pumpkins appear in a half-circle formation in front of Pumpkin and are sent out one after the other, seeking out targets.
Blue Orb	Shock Pumpkin	Pumpkin + Blue Orb	A massive pumpkin falls from above onto the ground. Beams of light are then emitted from it before exploding.
Green Orb	Rampage Pumpkin	Pumpkin + Green Orb	Pumpkin dashes forwards quickly inside a massive pumpkin, slicing through any enemy he encounters.
Yellow Orb	Grand Pumpkin	Pumpkin + Yellow Orb	A series of massive pumpkins spirals upward around Pumpkin.
White Orb	Spread Pumpkin	Pumpkin + White Orb	A pumpkin is shot forward, which explodes upon contact as a massive pumpkin.
Black Orb	Pumpkin Serpent	Pumpkin + Black Orb	A stream of dozens of small pumpkins led by a massive one moves around in a snake-like path for 8 seconds before flying off the screen. When they ram into a target, they may move on to another once that one is destroyed.

Pose

Pose is an Innocent Devil ability featured in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. It is exclusively used by all Pumpkin-Type Innocent Devils. This ability does not require any Hearts to cast, but it is considered the least effective ability in the game in terms of combat. Despite its utility in no resource consumption, it offers minimal impact during battles, making it largely useless in practical terms. All Pumpkin does with this skill is several poses.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Pumpkin due to its sheer nature as a childish pumpkin being is a wild card, using whatever it feels like doing.

Weaknesses

• Creature of the Night Weaknesses: Creatures of the night become weaker when exposed to the morning sun. Garlic significantly weakens creatures of the night, and causes demons to die if its placed on the ground. If a vital soul is defeated, the grimoire will revert back to its original content.
• Innocent Devil Weaknesses: When an Innocent Devil performs a special ability, its heart energy will be consumed, when all hearts are consumed, the Innocent Devil will no longer be able to perform any actions until it acquires more hearts.

Note

• Contrary to popular belief, holy attacks and the whips in Castlevania can affect and harm people that aren't apart of the creatures of the night. Leon's doppelganger can use holy water and holy attacks against him in this fight along with the alchemy whip despite Leon being a pure and noble warrior. Simon's doppelganger can harm him with the vampire killer, despite Simon being a noble hero. Holy Water even works and harms enemies such as the "Holy Armor", a knight who has natural holy powers. Corrupted enemies such as Charlie Vincent, use holy water attacks on Carrie and Reinhardt.

Trivia

• If Pumpkin stands still, it will hum Joachim's theme song, Melancholy Joachim.
• Pumpkin's dying cries are actually Joachim's cries in the English voice setting, only sped up. This happens in both games for the PlayStation 2, regardless of the voice language setting.
• Pumpkin reappears in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness and Castlevania: Labyrinth of Love as an Innocent Devil.
  • The Pumpkin Mace also refers to him, describing him as a "legendary hero".
  • Pumpkin also inspired the Pumpkin Head equipment item.
• The description of the Pumpkin Mace in Castlevania: Curse of Darkness refers to a "legendary hero". This is obviously a reference to the character Pumpkin from Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, who was the third playable character unlocked.
• Pumpkin wears the Prince's Clothes.
• Pumpkin-Types are adapted from the character of the same name from Castlevania: Lament of Innocence, and is described as an "legendary hero" in Curse of Darkness.

Battle Records

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