Grimer (Pokémon)
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| Grimer ベトベター Betbeter | |
 Artwork from FR/LG | |
| Type | Poison |
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| Species | Sludge Pokémon |
| National Dex | #088 |
| Johto Dex | #116 |
| Hoenn Dex | #106 |
| Sinnoh Dex | #— |
| Fiore Browser | R-087 |
| Almia Browser | R— |
| Height | 2′11″ (0.9m) |
| Weight | 66.1 lbs. (30.0kg) |
| Abilities | Stench or Sticky Hold |
| Egg group | Indeterminate |
| Time to hatch | 5,120 steps |
| Effort yield | 1 HP |
| Exp. yield | 90 base exp. |
| Lv. 100 at | 1,000,000 exp. |
| Gender | 50% ♀/50% ♂ |
| Pokédex color | Purple |
| Catch rate | 190 |
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Grimer (Japanese: ベトベター Betbeter) is a Poison-type Pokémon.
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Biology
Physiology
Grimer is a purple pile of poisonous sludge. It has saucer-like eyes and a gray mouth. Grimer may be distantly related to Koffing, another Pokémon that is associated with pollution.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Grimer emits a very pungent, noisome odor. Since Grimer's body lacks a solid form, it can slip through the smallest of openings. Grimer's germ-infested entrails cause the ground that it passes over to be unable to bear any plant life.
As far as Grimer's skills in battle are concerned, Grimer mainly attacks by flinging poisonous Sludge (or mud) at its foes. Grimer can also wield fire, electricity, and various Ghost-type attacks. Grimer is part of one of the four Pokémon evolutionary lines that can use Gunk Shot.
Behavior
Habitat
Grimer thrive anywhere there is pollution.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
Grimer tend to feed on sludge, sewage, 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 making another strong battler.
Dawn temporarily trained a Grimer in DP088.
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.
In the TCG
- Main article: Grimer (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
| Gen | Game | Pokédex entry |
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| I | Red | Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories. |
| Blue | ||
| Yellow | Made of hardened sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won't grow in its path. | |
| Stadium | Sludge that was transformed when exposed to X-rays from the moon. Loves sludge, industrial waste and other refuse. | |
| II | Gold | As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it. |
| Silver | Wherever Grimer has passed, so many germs are left behind that no plants will ever grow again. | |
| Crystal | When two of these Pokémon's bodies are combined together, new poisons are created. | |
| Stadium 2 | As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it. | |
| III | Ruby | 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. |
| Sapphire | 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. | |
| Emerald | Born from polluted sludge in the sea, Grimer's favorite food is anything filthy. They feed on wastewater pumped out from factories. | |
| FireRed | Sludge exposed to X rays from the moon transformed into Grimer. It loves feeding on filthy things. | |
| LeafGreen | Appears in filthy areas. It thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories. | |
| IV | Diamond | It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth. |
| Pearl | It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth. |
Game locations
| Gen | Game | Rarity | Location |
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| I | Pokémon Red and Blue | Rare (Red) Common (Blue) | Pokémon Mansion |
| Pokémon Yellow | Common | Pokémon Mansion and Power Plant | |
| II | Pokémon Gold and Silver | Common | Routes 16, 17, and 18, Celadon City |
| Pokémon Crystal | Common | Routes 16, 17, and 18, Celadon City | |
| III | Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire | Rare (Ruby) Common (Sapphire) | Fiery Path |
| Pokémon Emerald | Rare | Fiery Path | |
| Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen | Rare (FireRed) Common (LeafGreen) | Pokémon Mansion | |
| Pokémon Colosseum | None | Trade | |
| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | One | Phenac City (Shadow) | |
| IV | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl | Rare | Route 212 (Poké Radar) |
| Pal Park | Field |
In side games
| Game | Location |
|---|---|
| Pokémon Snap | Cave |
| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | Cave |
| Pokémon Trozei! | Phobosphere Endless Level 35 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue) | Magma Cavern (15F-21F) Stormy Sea (20F-29F) Silver Trench (20F-29F) Wish Cave (80-85F) Murky Cave (3F-5F) Joyous Tower (80F-85F) Far-off Sea (20F-29F) Marvelous Sea (B20) Fantasy Strait (B20-B29) |
| Pokémon Ranger | Underground Waterways |
| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness) | Waterfall Cave (B1-B8) |
Base stats
| HP: | 80 | |
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| Attack: | 80 | |
| Defense: | 50 | |
| Special: | 40 | |
| SpAtk: | 40 | |
| SpDef: | 50 | |
| Speed: | 25 |
The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.
Type effectiveness
| Weak to | Resistant to | Immune to | Normal effectiveness |
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Learnset
Grimer is capable of learning the following moves.
Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.
By leveling up
| Generation IV Other generation learnsets: I - II - III | ||||||||
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| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal |
| Start | Poison Gas | Poison | Status | — | 55% | 40 | Smart | 3 ♥♥♥
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| Start | Pound | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100% | 35 | Tough | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 4 | Harden | Normal | Status | — | —% | 30 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| 7 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| 12 | Disable | Normal | Status | — | 80% | 20 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 17 | Minimize | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| 20 | Sludge | Poison | Special | 65 | 100% | 20 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| 23 | Mud Bomb | Ground | Special | 60 | 85% | 10 | Smart | 0 |
| 28 | Fling | Dark | Physical | — | 100% | 10 | Tough | 1 ♥
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| 33 | Screech | Normal | Status | — | 85% | 40 | Smart | 2 ♥♥
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| 36 | Sludge Bomb | Poison | Special | 90 | 100% | 10 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| 39 | Acid Armor | Poison | Status | — | —% | 40 | Tough | 0 |
| 44 | Gunk Shot | Poison | Physical | 120 | 70% | 5 | Cool | 0 |
| 49 | Memento | Dark | Status | — | 100% | 10 | Tough | 0 |
| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||
By TM/HM
By breeding
By tutoring
| Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III | ||||||||||||
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| Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | Contest | Appeal | ||||
| FR | LG | E | Body Slam* | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100% | 15 | Tough | 3 ♥♥♥
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| E | DynamicPunch* | Fighting | Physical | 100 | 50% | 5 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| E | Endure* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Tough | 2 ♥♥
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| FR | LG | E | Explosion* | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100% | 5 | Beauty | 0 | ||
| E | Fire Punch* | Fire | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 | Beauty | 2 ♥♥
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| E | Ice Punch* | Ice | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 | Beauty | 2 ♥♥
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| FR | LG | E | Mimic* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Cute | 0 | ||
| E | Mud-Slap* | Ground | Special | 20 | 100% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| E | Sleep Talk* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Cute | 3 ♥♥♥
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| E | Snore* | Normal | Special | 40 | 100% | 15 | Cool | 3 ♥♥♥
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| FR | LG | E | Substitute* | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | Smart | 1 ♥
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| E | Swagger* | Normal | Status | — | 90% | 15 | Cute | 2 ♥♥
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| E | ThunderPunch* | Electric | Physical | 75 | 100% | 15 | Cool | 2 ♥♥
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| Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon | ||||||||||||
Special moves
| Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | ||||
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| Shadow moves | Level 23+ | Purified moves | ||
| Shadow Blitz | ??? | 
| Helping Hand | Normal |
| Shadow Hold | ??? | Sludge Bomb | Poison | |
| -- | Shadow Punch | Ghost | ||
| -- | Minimize | Normal | ||
Side game data
| Pokémon Pinball | ||
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| Acquisition: Catch | 
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| Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire | ||
| Acquisition: Catch | 
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| Pokémon Trozei! | ||
| Rarity: Common |
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | ||
| Body size: 1 | Recruit Rate: 12.2% | Friend Area: Poison Swamp |
| Phrases | ||
| 51%-100% HP | I'll attack with Sludge! Hahaha! | |
| 26%-50% HP | My HP's down to half. It's no laughing matter! | |
| 1%-25% HP | I'm beat... Sink me in a sea of sludge... | |
| Level Up | Leveled up! Hahaha! | |
| Pokémon Ranger | ||
Group: 
| Loops: 5 | Minimum Experience: 27 |
| Poké Assist:
| Field Move: None | Maximum Experience: 39 |
| Grimer hurls blobs of sludge. Also beware of the sludge trail it leaves behind. | ||
Evolution
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Sprites
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| I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
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| II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
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| III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
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| IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | Back | |||
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For other sprites and images, please see Grimer images on Bulbagarden Archives.Trivia
- Grimer and Gastly are the only Pokémon who don't change weight during evolution.
- in Pokémon Stadium 2, Grimer was black instead of purple.
- Grimer is the only Pokémon to learn Shadow Punch through breeding. Coincidentally, Grimer and Muk are the only non-Ghost-type Pokémon to learn this move.
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.