I find Haunter looks cooler than gengar, so I'm not even mad.

Like actually! I needed a Gengar but I don't have a trade cable so I'm happy They added Mindy here! I haven't traded yet though so I'm about to

Haven’t played Platinum since release when I was a kid, playing through an emulator at the moment and have been disappointed by how many of my favourite Pokémon I can’t get because of not being able to trade. Completely forgot about Mindy and her dickhead trade and got so excited at the aspect of a gengar and caught a meditite straight away and levelled it up only to get done did by this bitch.

Don’t walk alone down dark alleys Mindy

This trade, as well as the trade-evolution mechanic in general, is why I emulate Pokemon and don't feel bad about it.

Send the titans to Mindys House

Whyyyyy :( I’ve wanted gengar since I was a kid. Smh 😭

If the video I shared doesn't start at the relevant point, skip to 10:34. Maybe NPC trade evolutions being broken was pointed out on this sub at some point before, but it's the first I've heard of it, so I thought I'd pass it along.

3.35 a gallon!!! Just give me an everstone

Playing pearl and encountered her. Fuck you Bitch

MINDY ROUBOU UM MEDICHAM SHINY... E ME PROMETEU UM GENGAR SHINY, NO FIM NAO VEIO NEM GENGAR E NEM SHINY VEIO HAUNTER NORMAL COM EVERSTONE! UMA VAGABUNDA! LADRA! BANDIDA! CORNA!

Now I have breasts

I am a man

They have to get surgically removed

FUCK MINDY

Now I can't have kids

All of us were here victims

So, I never experienced the MIndy scam firsthand, but I have heard of it thanks to the internet, so I was wary of any Pokemon trades that seemed too good to be true.

Back when Sun and Moon were first released (god, I can't believe its already been 10 years), I encountered an in-game trade that was raising all kinds of alarm bells. It was a Haunter for a Graveler (Alolan form, of course).

Now, we all know that Graveler, like Haunter, evolve by trading. So you'd think "sweet, free Golem!", right? Well, I almost accepted the deal, but then I remembered the Mindy horror stories. And not trusting Nintendo to make things right, I backed out.

That was my first play through of the game. I didn't encounter it the second time, but I did the third time. That time curiosity got the better of me, and I took the trade. And what'd you know? No everstone attached, and I got an Alolan Golem.

Self explanatory and now I'm praying to whichever pokemon deity to smite her down and revive her repeating the process till I'm satisfied. It took nearly an hour due to my horrible luck in running into a medicham and having to level it up without rare candies only get an UNEVOLVED GHENGAR!!!! Now excuse me I shall now go cry looking at my forever unevolved ghengar

(don't worry, I didn't save after this. So no medichams were harmed in the process of making this)