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Due to its lack of a solid form, Grimer is capable of squeezing into any space or crevices with relative ease. It uses this to penetrate sewage pipes and feed off of the filthy wastewater inside. Its population fluctuates based on the availability of waste. It can be found in polluted lakes and streams, as well as within {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Urban Pokémon|cities and factories}} where trash and industrial waste can be found. | Due to its lack of a solid form, Grimer is capable of squeezing into any space or crevices with relative ease. It uses this to penetrate sewage pipes and feed off of the filthy wastewater inside. Its population fluctuates based on the availability of waste. It can be found in polluted lakes and streams, as well as within {{DL|List of Pokémon by habitat|Urban Pokémon|cities and factories}} where trash and industrial waste can be found. | ||
Grimer was brought to Alola to deal with the excess waste generated by the region's increased population. Alolan Grimer eats solid garbage instead of sludge; this new diet has caused its body composition and form to change. Alolan Grimer's body is green with a line of yellow sludge along its lower lip that extends around behind its head, a bright blue tongue, and a small black space behind its eyes. It also has two blunt "teeth" in its upper jaw, which are actually crystallized toxins formed by its diet. It is not known how to break down these toxic crystals, but direct contact with them is known to be dangerous. Lethal poisons leak out of Grimer's body when these crystals fall out. Because it produces and stores its toxins within its body, Alolan Grimer does not produce a foul stench like the standard version.<ref>[https://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-ca/pokemon/alolan-muk/ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Muk]</ref> | Grimer was brought to Alola to deal with the excess waste generated by the region's increased population. Alolan Grimer eats solid garbage instead of sludge; this new diet has caused its body composition and form to change. Alolan Grimer's body is green with a line of yellow sludge along its lower lip that extends around behind its head, a bright blue tongue, and a small black space behind its eyes. It also has two blunt "teeth" in its upper jaw, which are actually crystallized toxins formed by its diet. It is not known how to break down these toxic crystals, but direct contact with them is known to be dangerous. Lethal poisons leak out of Grimer's body when these crystals fall out. Because it produces and stores its toxins within its body, Alolan Grimer does not produce a foul stench like the standard version.<ref>[https://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-ca/pokemon/alolan-muk/ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Muk]</ref><ref>[[Samson Oak#Quotes|Samson Oak]]: "''Did you know that Alolan Grimer are in fact not native to the region at all, but instead are what we would call naturalized Pokémon? There is not so much sludge and pollution for Grimer to feed on here in Alola, though, so they have grown to feed on garbage instead. They do not give off a foul stench, thanks to the way they contain any poisons within their bodies, but their crystals are terribly poisonous!''"</ref> | ||
Alolan Grimer is perpetually hungry and must constantly eat trash. If no trash is readily available, it will eat other manufactured products instead.<ref> [https://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-ca/pokemon/alolan-grimer/ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Grimer]</ref> In addition to garbage, Alolan Grimer preys on {{p|Trubbish}} and {{p|Garbodor}}; its introduction to Alola caused their populations to decrease in the region. | Alolan Grimer is perpetually hungry and must constantly eat trash. If no trash is readily available, it will eat other manufactured products instead.<ref>[https://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-ca/pokemon/alolan-grimer/ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Grimer]</ref> In addition to garbage, Alolan Grimer preys on {{p|Trubbish}} and {{p|Garbodor}}; its introduction to Alola caused their populations to decrease in the region. | ||
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In a flashback in ''[[EP206|The Joy of Water Pokémon]]'', four Grimer lived in [[Lake Lucid]] before it became the clean lake it is now. | In a flashback in ''[[EP206|The Joy of Water Pokémon]]'', four Grimer lived in [[Lake Lucid]] before it became the clean lake it is now. | ||
In ''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]'', a Trainer's Grimer competed in the [[Ever Grande Conference]] | In ''[[AG126|Saved by the Beldum]]'', a Trainer's Grimer competed in the [[Ever Grande Conference]]. | ||
A {{pkmn|Coordinator}}'s Grimer appeared in ''[[AG180|May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!]]''. | A {{pkmn|Coordinator}}'s Grimer appeared in ''[[AG180|May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!]]''. | ||
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{{rf|Alolan}} Grimer debuted in a flashback in ''[[SM065|Turning Heads and Training Hard!]]'', under the ownership of [[Tupp]]. | {{rf|Alolan}} Grimer debuted in a flashback in ''[[SM065|Turning Heads and Training Hard!]]'', under the ownership of [[Tupp]]. | ||
In [[JN020]], [[Goh]] caught a {{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Grimer}} during the [[Pokémon Orienteering]] competition. It has since made further appearances in ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''. | In ''[[JN020|Dreams Are Made of These!]]'', [[Goh]] caught a {{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Grimer}} during the [[Pokémon Orienteering]] competition. It has since made further appearances in ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''. | ||
In [[JN024]], a Trainer's Grimer was captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends. | In ''[[JN024|A Little Rocket R & R!]]'', a Trainer's Grimer was captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends. | ||
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in [[JN033]]. | A Trainer's Grimer appeared in ''[[JN033|Trade, Borrow, and Steal!]]''. | ||
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in [[JN034]]. | A Trainer's Grimer appeared in ''[[JN034|Solitary and Menacing!]]''. | ||
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in [[JN038]]. | |||
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[[Janine]] owns a Grimer in ''[[PS156|Notorious Noctowl]]''. She used it against [[Falkner]] during the [[Gym Leader]] face-off; during the battle; it used its {{m|Minimize}} attack to outwit his {{p|Noctowl}}. | [[Janine]] owns a Grimer in ''[[PS156|Notorious Noctowl]]''. She used it against [[Falkner]] during the [[Gym Leader]] face-off; during the battle; it used its {{m|Minimize}} attack to outwit his {{p|Noctowl}}. | ||
In ''[[PS179|The Last Battle XIII]]'', a Grimer was sent to participate in the fight in [[Ilex Forest]]. | |||
Multiple Grimer were used by {{tc|Galactic Grunt|Team Galactic Grunt}}s in ''[[PS403|Cleaning Up Grimer]]''. | Multiple Grimer were used by {{tc|Galactic Grunt|Team Galactic Grunt}}s in ''[[PS403|Cleaning Up Grimer]]''. | ||
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{{Dex/Gen/3|gen=VII|reg1=Alola|num1=050|label1={{gameabbrev7|SM}}:|reg2=Alola|num2=057|label2={{gameabbrev7|USUM}}:|reg3=Kanto|num3=088}} | {{Dex/Gen/3|gen=VII|reg1=Alola|num1=050|label1={{gameabbrev7|SM}}:|reg2=Alola|num2=057|label2={{gameabbrev7|USUM}}:|reg3=Kanto|num3=088}} | ||
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Sun|entry=Its main source of food is the slimy industrial waste of factories. This Pokémon's numbers have been decreasing in recent years.}} | {{Dex/Entry1|v=Sun|entry=Its main source of food is the slimy industrial waste of factories. This Pokémon's numbers have been decreasing in recent years.}} | ||
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Moon|entry=It was born from sludge transformed by exposure to X-rays from the moon. When its internal load of germs decreases, it dies.}} | {{Dex/Entry1|v=Moon|entry=It was born from sludge transformed by exposure to X-rays from the moon. When its internal load of germs decreases, it dies.}} | ||
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{{Dex/Entry1|v=Ultra Moon|entry=The wastewater coming from factories is clean these days, so Grimer have nothing to eat. They're said to be on the verge of extinction.}} | {{Dex/Entry1|v=Ultra Moon|entry=The wastewater coming from factories is clean these days, so Grimer have nothing to eat. They're said to be on the verge of extinction.}} | ||
{{Dex/Entry2|v=Let's Go Pikachu|v2=Let's Go Eevee|entry=Made of congealed sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won't grow in its path.}} | {{Dex/Entry2|v=Let's Go Pikachu|v2=Let's Go Eevee|entry=Made of congealed sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won't grow in its path.}} | ||
{{Dex/Form | {{Dex/Form|Alolan Grimer}} | ||
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Sun|entry=A Grimer, which had been brought in to solve a problem with garbage, developed over time into this form.}} | {{Dex/Entry1|v=Sun|entry=A Grimer, which had been brought in to solve a problem with garbage, developed over time into this form.}} | ||
{{Dex/Entry1|v=Moon|entry=The crystals on Grimer's body are lumps of toxins. If one falls off, lethal poisons leak out.}} | {{Dex/Entry1|v=Moon|entry=The crystals on Grimer's body are lumps of toxins. If one falls off, lethal poisons leak out.}} | ||
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===Stats=== | ===Stats=== | ||
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{{Stats | {{Stats | ||
|type=Poison | |type=Poison | ||
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|SpAtk=40 | |SpAtk=40 | ||
|SpDef=50 | |SpDef=50 | ||
|Speed=25 | |||
|Special=40 | |Special=40 | ||
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====Alolan Grimer==== | =====Alolan Grimer===== | ||
{{Stats | {{Stats | ||
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|SpDef=50 | |SpDef=50 | ||
|Speed=25}} | |Speed=25 | ||
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|type1=Poison | |type1=Poison | ||
|Normal=100 | |Normal=100 | ||
|Fighting=50 | |||
|Flying=100 | |Flying=100 | ||
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|Ground=200 | |Ground=200 | ||
|Rock=100 | |Rock=100 | ||
|Bug=50 | |Bug=50 | ||
|Ghost=100 | |Ghost=100 | ||
|Steel=100 | |Steel=100 | ||
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|notes=yes | |notes=yes | ||
|gen1poison=yes | |gen1poison=yes | ||
|oldbug=2}} | |oldbug=2 | ||
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|dark=yes | |dark=yes | ||
|newpsychic=2}} | |newpsychic=2 | ||
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===Learnset=== | ===Learnset=== | ||
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{{Spindata/GO|col=6|type=Poison|ndex=088A | {{Spindata/GO|col=6|type=Poison|ndex=088A | ||
|hatch= | |hatch=7 km | ||
|buddy=3 | |buddy=3 | ||
|candy=Grimer | |candy=Grimer | ||
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|name2=Muk | |name2=Muk | ||
|type1-2=Poison | |type1-2=Poison | ||
|type2-2=Dark | |type2-2=Dark}} | ||
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|fr=Tadmorv|frmeaning=From ''{{tt|tas de morve|heap of snot}}'' | |fr=Tadmorv|frmeaning=From ''{{tt|tas de morve|heap of snot}}'' | ||
|es=Grimer|esmeaning=Same as English name | |es=Grimer|esmeaning=Same as English name | ||
|de=Sleima|demeaning=From ''{{tt|Schleim|slime}}'' | |de=Sleima|demeaning=From ''{{tt|Schleim|slime}}'' and ''{{tt|Matsch|mud}}'' | ||
|it=Grimer|itmeaning=Same as English name | |it=Grimer|itmeaning=Same as English name | ||
|ko=질퍽이 ''Jilpeogi''|komeaning=From {{tt|질퍽하다 ''Jilpeoghada''|sticky}} | |ko=질퍽이 ''Jilpeogi''|komeaning=From {{tt|질퍽하다 ''Jilpeoghada''|sticky}} |
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Grimer (Japanese: ベトベター Betbeter) is a Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into Muk starting at level 38.
In Alola, Grimer has a Poison/Dark-type regional form. It evolves into Alolan Muk starting at level 38.
Biology
Grimer is a slimy, amorphous Pokémon whose body was animated because of lunar radiation. It has two large eyes with beady pupils and a gaping mouth with a gray tongue. While it lacks any visible legs, it does have two arms with three digits on each hand. Its purple sludge body contains a variety of pungent bacteria, which are so potent that it renders soil barren and incapable of supporting plant life. It is constantly oozing a bacteria-rich fluid from all parts of its body. Pieces of it often break off during travel and go on to become new Grimer. When combined with another Grimer, it produces new poisonous compounds.
Due to its lack of a solid form, Grimer is capable of squeezing into any space or crevices with relative ease. It uses this to penetrate sewage pipes and feed off of the filthy wastewater inside. Its population fluctuates based on the availability of waste. It can be found in polluted lakes and streams, as well as within cities and factories where trash and industrial waste can be found.
Grimer was brought to Alola to deal with the excess waste generated by the region's increased population. Alolan Grimer eats solid garbage instead of sludge; this new diet has caused its body composition and form to change. Alolan Grimer's body is green with a line of yellow sludge along its lower lip that extends around behind its head, a bright blue tongue, and a small black space behind its eyes. It also has two blunt "teeth" in its upper jaw, which are actually crystallized toxins formed by its diet. It is not known how to break down these toxic crystals, but direct contact with them is known to be dangerous. Lethal poisons leak out of Grimer's body when these crystals fall out. Because it produces and stores its toxins within its body, Alolan Grimer does not produce a foul stench like the standard version.[1][2]
Alolan Grimer is perpetually hungry and must constantly eat trash. If no trash is readily available, it will eat other manufactured products instead.[3] In addition to garbage, Alolan Grimer preys on Trubbish and Garbodor; its introduction to Alola caused their populations to decrease in the region.
In the anime
In the main series
Major appearances
Grimer debuted in a flashback in Pokémon Scent-sation!. Celadon City Gym Leader Erika told a story about when she was a youngster, where she got lost one day and ran into a Grimer. However, a Gloom chased the Grimer off and saved her.
In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, Ash and his friends encountered multiple Grimer and a Muk when they were gumming up the turbines in the power plant in Gringey City, causing a citywide power loss. This was eventually resolved when Ash caught Muk.
In Camping It Up!, a Grimer was assigned to Dawn by the Pokémon Summer Academy. She temporarily trained it, though its low self-esteem proved difficult. They worked through it, and she was able to teach it the Counter Shield tactic. Grimer later battled a Venonat assigned to Conway.
Minor appearances
In Pikachu Re-Volts, a Grimer was controlled by Cassidy and Butch at Mandarin Island North.
A Grimer appeared in the Japanese credits of Pikachu's Rescue Adventure.
In a flashback in The Joy of Water Pokémon, four Grimer lived in Lake Lucid before it became the clean lake it is now.
In Saved by the Beldum, a Trainer's Grimer competed in the Ever Grande Conference.
A Coordinator's Grimer appeared in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!.
A Grimer appeared in Ghoul Daze!.
A Grimer appeared in I Choose You!.
Alolan Grimer debuted in a flashback in Turning Heads and Training Hard!, under the ownership of Tupp.
In Dreams Are Made of These!, Goh caught a Grimer during the Pokémon Orienteering competition. It has since made further appearances in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
In A Little Rocket R & R!, a Trainer's Grimer was captured by the Matori Matrix but later freed by Ash and his friends.
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in Trade, Borrow, and Steal!.
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in Solitary and Menacing!.
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in JN038.
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In Pokémon Generations
A Grimer appeared in The Lake of Rage, under the ownership of a Team Rocket Grunt. Along with Magnemite, Raticate, Golbat, and Houndoom, it was defeated by Lance's Dragonite during Lance and Ethan's infiltration of the Team Rocket HQ.
In the manga
In the Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl manga
A Grimer appeared in PDP01.
A Grimer appeared in PDP25.
In the Pocket Monsters DP manga
A Grimer appeared in PMDP24.
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Go for the Golbat, Koga wore a Grimer on his shoulder in the form of a ninja outfit. He used it extensively to smother Blue, preventing him from breathing and restrict his movement so that he would be unable to call on his Pokémon. He used it again during the battle against Agatha, but to little effect.
In A Flaaffy Kerfuffle, a Grimer was in Professor Oak's fantasy when he explained that Trainers should only have six Pokémon with them.
Janine owns a Grimer in Notorious Noctowl. She used it against Falkner during the Gym Leader face-off; during the battle; it used its Minimize attack to outwit his Noctowl.
In The Last Battle XIII, a Grimer was sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Multiple Grimer were used by Team Galactic Grunts in Cleaning Up Grimer.
In Softening Up Kakuna, Uprooting Seedot, and Outlasting Ledian, a Grimer was one of the Pokémon that Platinum rented during the Battle Factory challenge.
A Grimer appeared in Mr. Perfect.
A Grimer appeared in Omega Alpha Adventure 8, under the ownership of a Team Aqua Grunt.
Alolan Grimer debuted in The Decision and the Tournament of Six, where it was seen with its Trainer at a festival held in Iki Town.
An Alolan Grimer appeared in The Party Crasher and Guzma the Destroyer, under the ownership of Moon. He later evolved into a Muk.
An Alolan Grimer appeared in Unleashing the Incredible Z-Move.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Koga used a Grimer in Save The Chansey! to stop Red from getting to a group of Chansey. It reappeared in A Challenge to the Elite Four!.
A Grimer appeared in Clefairy Evolves... At Last?!.
In the TCG
- Main article: Grimer (TCG)
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Alolan Grimer
Games | Event | Region | Location | Level | Distribution period |
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SM | Pokémon Sun & Moon Alolan Grimer | Korean region | Online | 10 | May 2 to June 30, 2017 |
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Red* | Blue* | Berry (100%) | |
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Gold | Silver | Nugget (2%) | |
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Ruby | Sapphire | Nugget (5%) | |
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HeartGold | SoulSilver | Nugget (5%) | |
Black 2 | White 2 | Black Sludge (5%) | |
Omega Ruby | Alpha Sapphire | Black Sludge (5%) |
Alolan Grimer
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Ultra Sun | Ultra Moon | Black Sludge (5%) |
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Trivia
- In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, Grimer's anime debut, Grimer had a very strong odor that made most people around the Grimer cover their noses from the smell. However, in recent episodes, Grimer's smell has seemingly ceased to exist. This is most obvious in Camping It Up!, where Dawn is given a Grimer to train, and it immediately hugs her, but no one complains about any smell.
- Grimer shares similar traits to Koffing and Trubbish. All three Pokémon are pure Poison-type Pokémon with a single evolved form, roughly the same base stat totals and evolution levels, and appear to be based on a different kind of pollution; Grimer being water pollution.
- Alolan Grimer and its Alolan evolution were designed by Hitoshi Ariga.
- Alolan Grimer has the lowest base Speed stat of all non-Mega Evolved Dark-types.
Origin
Grimer appears to be a pile of living sludge. It 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. It may also be based on Dorotabō, a one-eyed, three-fingered yōkai that rises from the mud of neglected, overgrown rice fields.
Alolan Grimer may be based on an oil slick, particularly the rainbow colors that are produced when a thin layer of oil floats on top of water; this is due to a phenomenon called thin-film interference. In the real world, oil spills are a major threat to ecosystems in the world's oceans and particularly in Hawaii, which Alola is based on. Its reduced size may reference insular dwarfism or, since its Alolan Form was brought about by human influence, dwarfing.
Name origin
Grimer is derived from grime (dirt or filth).
Betbeter may be derived from べとべと betobeto and べたべた betabeta, both meaning sticky.
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Notes
- ↑ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Muk
- ↑ Samson Oak: "Did you know that Alolan Grimer are in fact not native to the region at all, but instead are what we would call naturalized Pokémon? There is not so much sludge and pollution for Grimer to feed on here in Alola, though, so they have grown to feed on garbage instead. They do not give off a foul stench, thanks to the way they contain any poisons within their bodies, but their crystals are terribly poisonous!"
- ↑ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Grimer
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