Muk (Japanese: ベトベトン Betbeton) is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Grimer starting at level 38.
In Alola, Muk has a regional variant that is Poison/Dark. It evolves from Alolan Grimer starting at level 38.
Biology
Muk is a large, sticky, amorphous Pokémon, made of living purple sludge. It has two small eyes with beady black pupils. It also has an enormous mouth with a grey tongue and strands of ooze connecting its top and bottom jaws. While it has no visible legs, it does have two arms with three fingers on each hand. However, it typically keeps one hand tucked in while it extends the other hand.
It is a living biohazard, leaking toxins that instantly kill all plant life it touches. Even it being in close proximity to plants will cause them to wilt and die. Extreme caution is advised in avoiding any contact with this Pokémon, as an accidental brush up can lead to severe sickness. The effects of this Pokémon can leave the landscape barren for three years. In dirty residential areas where people throw trash into the streets, it is almost certain to appear. It will readily consume nearly any waste or refuse generated by people and Pokémon alike. It can be found in heavily polluted bodies of water, cities and factories. However, Muk's population has declined due to recent environmental improvements and extermination efforts, leading some to believe that it will go extinct at some point. Sludge ponds are being built to prevent their extinction.
Alolan Muk has a more vibrant coloration, consisting of green, pink, yellow, and blue. The green, yellow, and pink colors are capable of shifting downwards while the blue stays in place. Like Alolan Grimer, it has various white crystallized poison shards protruding from parts of its body, especially from its mouth and fingers, giving the impression of claws and fangs. It has blue pupils, black coloring behind its eyes, and a light blue tongue. Its vivid coloration is a result of the garbage it eats, which causes chemical changes in its body; these same chemical changes are thought to be the cause of its unending hunger. Its body contains over a hundred different kinds of poisons.
It's unexpectedly quiet and friendly, but if it is not fed trash for a while, its hunger will compel it to destroy its Trainer's furnishings for food. The crystals covering its body have a tendency to break off, which makes it extremely difficult to deal with due to the concentrated toxins contained within them. This variant of Muk does not produce the foul stench that the standard version is infamous for.[1] Alolan Muk preys on Trubbish and Garbodor.
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
Ash captured a Muk in Sparks Fly for Magnemite. It was transferred to Professor Oak's lab. Ash's Muk is always trying to smother Professor Oak. The first time Ash used his Muk in battle was in The Fourth Round Rumble, as an ace up his sleeve against Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout that had already defeated his Bulbasaur and Pikachu.
Other
A Muk appeared during The Legend of Thunder!, under the ownership of Attila. Muk was used to stop Vincent's Meganium and Jimmy's Typhlosion from freeing Raikou. However, it was defeated by Little Miss.
Six Muk appeared in The Psyduck Stops Here!, where they invaded Lake Psyduck before being sent back to their original lake.
A Muk appeared in Secrets From Out of the Fog!, under the ownership of a Team Plasma Grunt. It was used to battle Ash and his friends, but it was defeated by Iris's Excadrill with a Focus Blast
Minor appearances
Four Muk were among the Pokémon competing in the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix in The Fire-ing Squad!, where they faced off against Ash's team and were able to put the fire out first.
A Muk was one of the sick Pokémon in a Pokémon Center in Carrying On!.
A Muk appeared in a flashback in The Joy of Water Pokémon as a former inhabitant of Lake Lucid before becoming the clean lake it is now.
A Muk appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.
A Trainer's Muk briefly appeared in the Lily of the Valley Conference in An Old Family Blend!.
Multiple Alolan Muk debuted in Racing to a Big Event!. They were seen eating the pancakes that were dropped during the Pancake Race.
A Trainer's Alolan Muk appeared in Alola, Kanto!, where it was compared to Ash's Muk.
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Entry
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EP030
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Muk
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Ash's Pokédex
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Muk, Grimer's evolved form. Use extreme caution as its slimy form contains poison.
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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DP087
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Muk
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Dawn's Pokédex
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Muk, the Sludge Pokémon. A horribly toxic liquid seeps out of its body.
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In the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer
Muk in the animated trailer
A Muk appeared in the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, under the ownership of a Team Plasma Grunt. It surrounded Nate, Hugh, and Cheren aboard the Plasma Frigate.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Muk debuts in You know... Articuno! where it was used in by Harry to help Team Rocket on their mission to get Articuno. When Red tried to stop them, Harry sent Muk against Red's Gyara. It was eventually frozen by Articuno.
Muk is one of the Pokémon owned by Koga in Karate Machop!, where it was used on Cerise Island to battle the Elite Four, and proved useful in Koga's survival after the island began to crumble. In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, it was used during the Circle Push event of the Pokéathlon.
A Muk appeared in a fantasy in Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming.
A Muk appeared in a flashback as a Pokémon trained by the International Police in Innocent Scientist.
Multiple Team Plasma Grunts used Muk in PS535.
In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga
- Main article: Ash's Muk
Ash has a Muk that he caught off-screen. It was used in the Indigo League where it fought and defeated Jeannette Fisher's Bellsprout.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Giovanni sent out Muk to prevent anyone from winning the contest he hosted on TV in Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!!.
Koga was revealed to have a Muk when Red battled Karen of the Johto Elite Four.
In the TCG
- Main article: Muk (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
Muk
Generation I
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Red(ENG)
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Thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It is so toxic, even its footprints contain poison.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Smells so awful, it can cause fainting. Through degeneration, it lost its sense of smell.
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Stadium
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Becomes indistinguishable if it hides in dirt. Touching its sludge-covered body causes horrible poisonings.
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Generation II
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Gold
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They love to gather in smelly areas where sludge accumulates, making the stench around them worse.
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Silver
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Its body is made of a powerful poison. Touching it accidentally will cause a fever that requires bed rest.
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Crystal
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As it moves, a very strong poison leaks from it, making the ground there barren for three years.
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Stadium 2
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They love to gather in smelly areas where sludge accumulates, making the stench around them worse.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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From Muk's body seeps a foul fluid that gives off a nose-bendingly horrible stench. Just one drop of this Pokémon's body fluid can turn a pool stagnant and rancid.
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Sapphire
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This Pokémon's favorite food is anything that is repugnantly filthy. In dirty towns where people think nothing of throwing away litter on the streets, Muk are certain to gather.
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Emerald
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It prefers warm and humid habitats. In the summertime, the toxic substances in its body intensify, making Muk reek like putrid kitchen garbage.
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FireRed
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It is usually undetectable because it blends in with the ground. Touching it can cause terrible poisoning.
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LeafGreen
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Thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It is so toxic, even its footprints contain poison.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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They love to gather in smelly areas where sludge accumulates, making the stench around them worse.
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SoulSilver
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Its body is made of a powerful poison. Touching it accidentally will cause a fever that requires bed rest.
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Generation V
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Black
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A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.
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White
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Black 2
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It's so stinky! Muk's body contains toxic elements, and any plant will wilt when it passes by.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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They love to gather in smelly areas where sludge accumulates, making the stench around them worse.
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Y
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A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.
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Omega Ruby
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From Muk's body seeps a foul fluid that gives off a nose-bendingly horrible stench. Just one drop of this Pokémon's body fluid can turn a pool stagnant and rancid.
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Alpha Sapphire
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This Pokémon's favorite food is anything that is repugnantly filthy. In dirty towns where people think nothing of throwing away litter on the streets, Muk are certain to gather.
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Generation VII
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Sun
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The stench it gives off will make your nose scrunch up. Still, there are Muk fans who think that's a good thing.
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Moon
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After recent environmental improvements, this Pokémon is now hardly seen at all. People speculate that it may go extinct at some point.
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Ultra Sun
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Their food sources have decreased, and their numbers have declined sharply. Sludge ponds are being built to prevent their extinction.
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Ultra Moon
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Because they scatter germs everywhere, they've long been targeted for extermination, leading to a steep decline in their population.
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Alolan Muk
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
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Generation VII
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Sun
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The garbage it eats causes continuous chemical changes in its body, which produce its exceedingly vivid coloration.
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Moon
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While it's unexpectedly quiet and friendly, if it's not fed any trash for a while, it will smash its Trainer's furnishings and eat up the fragments.
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Ultra Sun
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There are over a hundred kinds of poison inside its body. Chemical reactions between different poisons are the source of its vitality.
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Ultra Moon
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What look like fangs and claws are actually crystallized poison that will afflict you at a mere touch, so don't get too close.
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Game locations
In side games
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Generation II
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This Pokémon is unavailable in Generation II side games.
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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105
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165 - 212
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320 - 414
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105
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99 - 172
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193 - 339
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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Total: 500
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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 65.
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- Alolan Muk has the same stats as a regular Muk.
Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Muk
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Alolan Muk
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
Muk
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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Alolan Muk
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
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Muk
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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Alolan Muk
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
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Muk
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Muk in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Muk in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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Alolan Muk
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Muk in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Muk in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
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Muk
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Muk can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Muk cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or alternate form of Muk
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Alolan Muk
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Muk can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Muk cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or alternate form of Muk
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations
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Side game data
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Pokémon Ranger
Group:
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Poké Assist:
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Field move:
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None
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Loops: 10
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Min. exp.: 58
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Max. exp.: 78
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Browser entry R-000
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Muk heads right for the Capture Disc. It hurls big globs of sludge.
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Evolution
Muk
Alolan Muk
Sprites
Trivia
- Although Muk's body is very poisonous, it doesn't seem to harm Ash and the others when Muk is 'hugging' them. This is probably because it is able to control whether it gives off poison or not, similar to how Ponyta can choose whether or not to burn the person that touches it. Croagunk is another Pokémon which is able to control the amount of poison it uses via its fingertips when using Poison Jab, or Sharpedo activating its Ability, Rough Skin.
- Muk shares similar traits to Weezing and Garbodor. All three Pokémon are pure Poison types with a single pre-evolution, roughly the same base stat totals and evolution levels, and appear to be based on a different kind of pollution; Muk being water pollution.
- Alolan Muk and its Alolan pre-evolution were designed by Hitoshi Ariga.
- Muk is one of two Pokémon to have the shortest English Pokémon name, Mew being the other.
Origin
It appears to be a pile of living sludge. Muk may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic/radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable life.
Alolan Muk may be based on an oil slick, particularly the rainbow colors it produces when it mixes with water. In the real world, oil spills are a major threat to the ecosystem of the world's oceans (a particular danger in Hawaii, which Alola is based on).
Name origin
Muk is a corruption of muck (generally something filthy).
Betbeton may be derived from べとべと betobeto (sticky) and ton.
In other languages
Language
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Title
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Meaning
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Japanese
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ベトベトン Betbeton
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From べとべと betobeto
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French
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Grotadmorv
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From gros and Tadmorv
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Spanish
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Muk
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Same as English name
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German
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Sleimok
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From Schleim and muck
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Italian
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Muk
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Same as English name
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Korean
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질뻐기 Jilppeogi
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From 질퍽하다 Jilpeoghada; also a corruption of 질퍽이 Jilpeogi
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Mandarin Chinese
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臭臭泥 Chòuchòuní
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Means "Very foul sludge"
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Cantonese Chinese
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爛泥怪 Laahnnàihgwaai
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Means "Ooze freak"
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More languages
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Hindi
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मक Muk
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Transcription of English name
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Russian
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Мак Mak
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Transcription of English name
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Related articles
Notes
External links
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