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Artwork from FR/LG
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Height
2′11″
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0.9 m
Metric
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2′11″/0.9 m
Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
66.1 lbs.
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30.0 kg
Metric
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66.1 lbs./30.0 kg
Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP
0
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Atk
0
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Def
0
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Sp.Atk
0
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Sp.Def
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Speed
0
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| Base Exp.: 90
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Battle Exp.: 901*
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Grimer (Japanese: ベトベター Betbeter) is a Poison-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Grimer is a purple pile of poisonous sludge.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Grimer (As well as Muk) emit a very pungent, noisome odor. Whenever Grimer travel, tiny globs of sludge fall of their bodies, which end up forming new Grimer.
Behavior
Habitat
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
It eats sludge, sewer water, and other filthy things.
In the anime
When Celadon City Gym Leader Erika was a youngster, she got lost one day and ran into a Grimer. However, a Gloom chased the Grimer off and saved her.
Ash and co. first encountered this filth-ridding Pokémon in Sparks Fly for Magnemite. They were gumming up the turbines in the powerplant in Gringy City. Grimer and Muk chased Ash, Misty and Brock after a negative comment on how they smelled was made. Magnemite and Magneton chased them off, leaving Ash to capture the Muk.
In the manga
Koga wears a Grimer on his shoulder in the form of a ninja outfit in Pokémon Special. He used it extensively to smother Green, preventing him from breathing.
His daughter, Janine, is later seen with a Grimer. She uses it against Falkner during the Gym Leader faceoff, using its Minimize attack to outwit his Noctowl.
Game data
Pokédex entries
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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| Generation I
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| Red
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Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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Made of hardened sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won't grow in its path.
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| Stadium
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Sludge that was transformed when exposed to X-rays from the moon. Loves sludge, industrial waste and other refuse.
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| Generation II
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| Gold
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As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it.
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| Silver
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Wherever Grimer has passed, so many germs are left behind that no plants will ever grow again.
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| Crystal
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When two of these Pokémon's bodies are combined together, new poisons are created.
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| Stadium 2
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As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it.
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| Generation III
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| Ruby
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Grimer's sludgy and rubbery body can be forced through any opening, however small it may be. This Pokémon enters sewer pipes to drink filthy wastewater.
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| Sapphire
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Grimer emerged from the sludge that settled on a polluted seabed. This Pokémon loves anything filthy. It constantly leaks a horribly germ- infested fluid from all over its body.
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| Emerald
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Born from polluted sludge in the sea, Grimer's favorite food is anything filthy. They feed on wastewater pumped out from factories.
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| FireRed
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Sludge exposed to X rays from the moon transformed into Grimer. It loves feeding on filthy things.
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| LeafGreen
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Appears in filthy areas. It thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
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| Diamond
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It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth.
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| Pearl
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It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth.
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| Platinum
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{{{platinumdex}}}
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| HeartGold
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{{{heartgolddex}}}
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| SoulSilver
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{{{soulsilverdex}}}
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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80
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140 - 187
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270 - 364
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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25
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27 - 84
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49 - 163
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Total: 325
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 40.
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Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 2x.
Learnset
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In Pokémon Crystal Only:
In Pokémon FireRed, Pokémon LeafGreen, and Pokémon Emerald:
In Pokémon Emerald Only:
Special moves
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Grimer knows Shadow Blitz and Shadow Hold as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Helping Hand after being purified.
Side game data
Template:Side game
Evolution
Trivia
Origin
It appears to be a pile of living sludge.
Name origin
Grimer's name seems to be a corruption of grime, dirt. Its Japanese name may be derived from べとべと betobeto and べたべた betabeta, both meaning sticky. The German name, Sleima, sounds like "Slimer", a slimy ghost from Ghostbusters.
In other languages
- German: Sleima
- French: Tadmorv - From tas de morve, meaning heap of mucous.
- Korean: 질퍽이 Jilpeogi
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