Grimsley
Grimsley (Japanese: ギーマ Gīma) is a Dark-type Trainer and member of the Unova Elite Four.
| Grimsley ギーマ Gīma | |
 Concept art for Pokémon Sun and Moon | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Black |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Unova |
| Trainer class | Elite FourBWB2W2 Pokémon TrainerSMUSUM |
| Generation | V, VII |
| Games | Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon Masters EX |
| Elite Four of | Pokémon League (Unova) |
| Specializes in | Dark types |
| Game animation debut | Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer |
| English voice actor | Greg Chun[1] (Masters EX) |
| Japanese voice actor | Daisuke Ono[2] (Masters EX) |
In the core series games
In Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, Grimsley appears as an Elite Four Trainer of Unova. He is the son of a distinguished family that fell into ruin. As a result, he developed a gambling addiction.
Grimsley, having stepped down as an Elite Four member, reappears in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon at Route 15, where he assists the player by registering Sharpedo into their Ride Pager. He also participates as a Trainer in the Battle Tree. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Grimsley is an accomplished Mantine Surfer, where he competes under the name Big G (Japanese: ビッグG Big G) and holds a high ranking on the leaderboards of all four islands' beaches before the player has a chance to beat the records. He is noted to have developed skills for the sport surprisingly quickly, believing that it couldn't be much different from riding a Sharpedo. Samson Oak struggles to best his scores and views him as a rival — while Grimsley tends to hold the second-place position at the various beaches, Samson is usually the person in third place.
Pokémon
Pokémon Black and White
First battle (pre-National Pokédex)
Rematch (post-National Pokédex)
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
First battle (Easy Mode/Normal Mode)
First battle (Challenge Mode)
Rematch (Easy Mode/Normal Mode)
Rematch (Challenge Mode)
Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
Grimsley's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.
Battle Tree
Grimsley uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double Battles, and two in Multi Battles in the Battle Tree.
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Grimsley (Masters)
Grimsley forms a sync pair with Liepard, Sharpedo, Bisharp, and Absol in Pokémon Masters EX. His Sharpedo and Absol are capable of Mega Evolving. Grimsley became a playable sync pair on November 28, 2019.
| Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
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| #073 | 
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Grimsley | #0510 | 
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Liepard♀ |
Dark
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Bug
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★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | |
| #073 | 
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Sygna Suit Grimsley |
#0319 | 
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Sharpedo♂  Mega Sharpedo
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Water
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Fairy
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★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | |
| #073 | 
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Kimono Grimsley |
#0625 | 
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Bisharp♀ |
Steel
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Ground
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★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | |
| #073 |
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Kimono Grimsley |
#0359 | 
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Absol♀   Mega Absol
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Dark
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Bug
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★★★★★☆EX | Variety Sync Pair Scout |
Gallery
Artwork
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| Official artwork from Black and White |
Concept art of Grimsley from Sun and Moon |
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| Concept art of Grimsley from Sun and Moon | |
Sprites and models
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| Sprite from Black and White |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
VS sprite from Generation V |
High-poly model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
VS sprite from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon |
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| Overworld sprite from Generation V |
Overworld model from Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon | |||
Quotes
- Main article: Grimsley/Quotes
In animation
GOTCHA!
Grimsley briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Grimsley first appears on Route 4 in disguise, where he plays a game of card flip with the Workers there in order to give them something to do on their breaks. He quickly gets acquainted with Black and challenges him to a game that involves guessing where the local Drilbur will pop up. When a Worker falls into a hole created by the Drilbur, Grimsley reveals that the person is an impostor in disguise, as Grimsley had told the Workers not to go on the side they were playing the game on. Grimsley battles the man and easily manages to win. He then removes the impostor's disguise, revealing the person to be a Team Plasma Grunt. Grimsley reveals to Black who he truly is and decides to have a battle with him, with the conditions that whoever loses has to give up something precious. Before Black can answer, he faints from mental stress at the thought of losing his Gym Badges and not being able to qualify for the League. Amused, Grimsley decides takes his leave, but he also binds up the Plasma Grunt and leaves a card instructing who reads it to punish the Grunt.
When the Pokémon League begins, he and Shauntal travel via Shauntal's Golurk to meet up with their fellow Elite Four members. When discussing what to do with Team Plasma, Grimsley declares that unless they attack first, he will not defend, because it's not his style. The four then watch as spectators for the tournament before their battles can begin. Although the tournament is won by Black, the event is interrupted by Team Plasma, who attacks the stadium by surrounding it with N's Castle. The Elite Four travel on Shauntal's Golurk to try and confront N at the top of the castle, but they are attacked by Hood Man, who uses Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus against them to try and figure out how to activate the three Pokémon's Therian Formes. Grimsley leaves the others to take care of three Legendary Pokémon while he goes to face Hood Man himself. The two battle each other for an extended period of time, but Hood Man eventually manages to escape using a Pokémon Grimsley could not see properly.
Pokémon
This listing is of Grimsley's known Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
| Debut | Sandstorm |
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Bisharp is Grimsley's only known Pokémon. It first appeared with its Trainer on Route 4 where it helped Grimsley play card flip with the workers there. Later, it battled a disguised Team Plasma Grunt's Maractus and defeated it. During Team Plasma's attack on the League, Bisharp was used to battle Hood Man. It easily deflected Hood Man's Klinklang's attacks, but couldn't keep up when Hood Man used another Pokémon to escape at high speeds.
Bisharp's only known move is Fury Cutter, and its Ability is Defiant.
According to Black's notebook, he also has a Krookodile.
Pocket Monsters BW
Grimsley appears in Volume 3 of Pocket Monsters BW.
Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder
Grimsley appears in one panel in A Very Important Thing, alongside the other Elite Four members defeated by N's Zekrom at the destroyed Pokémon League.
In the TCG
| Grimsley's Trainer cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | ||||||||||
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| Card | Type | Mark | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # | ||
| Grimsley | Su | 
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Unified Minds | 
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199/236 | GG End | 
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048/054 |
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234/236 | GG End |
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061/054 | |||
| Grimsley's Move | Su | 
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Phantasmal Flames | 
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090/094 | Inferno X | 
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076/080 |
| Phantasmal Flames |
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120/094 | Inferno X |
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105/080 | |||
| Other related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | ||||||||||
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| Card | Type | Mark | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # | ||
| Houndoom | 
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Brilliant Stars | 
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TG10/TG30 | VMAX Climax | 
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206/184 |
Trivia
- Unusually, in Pokémon Black and White 2, Grimsley's Pokémon are all female, despite him being a male Trainer.
- Adding to the oddity is the fact that his Scrafty was male in the original Pokémon Black and White, but became female.
- According to an interview with Yusuke Ohmura in Nintendo Dream, Grimsley's design is themed on both vampires (specifically Dracula himself) and gambling. While his clothes are meant to look refined, the blue-black and red color scheme is a reference to the colors of the roulette.[3]
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ギーマ Gīma | From ギーマ gīma (Vaccinium wrightii) and possibly 魔 ma (devil; evil influence), 欺瞞 giman (deception, deceit), or ブギーマン boogeyman |
| English, Latin American Spanish | Grimsley | From grim and possibly sly |
| German | Astor | From Asteriden (Asterids, clade that contains the genus Vaccinium) and possibly the Astor family (prominent family in the 19th and 20th century) |
| European Spanish | Aza | From azalea (flowering shrubs that belong in the same family as the genus Vaccinium) and azar (chance) |
| French | Pieris | From the genus Pieris (flowering shrubs that belong in the same family as the genus Vaccinium) |
| Italian | Mirton | From mirtillo (general term for the fruits of the genus Vaccinium, such as blueberry, cranberry, lingonberry, etc.) |
| Korean | 블래리 Blarry | From 블랙베리 blackberry |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 越橘 Yuèjú / Yuhtgwāt | From 越橘 yuèjú / yuhtgwāt (lingonberry) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 越橘 Yuèjú | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Funesto[n 1] Grimsley[n 2] |
From funesto (fatal; gloomy) and possibly nefasto (ominous; loathsome) Same as his English name |
| Vietnamese | Giima | Transcription of his Japanese name |
Big G
| Language | Title | |
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| Chinese | Cantonese | Ｂｉｇ・Ｙ Big Y |
| Mandarin | Ｂｉｇ・Ｙ Big Y | |
| French | Big P | |
| German | Big A | |
| Italian | Big M | |
| Korean | 빅G Big G | |
| Spanish | Big A | |
Notes
References
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