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Muk Sludge Pokémon ベトベトン Betbeton #089 Kantonian Muk Alolan Muk Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Types Poison Unknown Kantonian Muk Poison Dark Alolan Muk Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Stench or Sticky Hold Kantonian Muk Poison Touch or Gluttony Alolan Muk Cacophony Poison Touch Kantonian Muk Hidden Ability Power of Alchemy Alolan Muk Hidden Ability Cacophony Alolan Muk Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male, 50% female	Catch rate 75 (17.5%)
Breeding Egg Group Amorphous Hatch time 20 cycles
Height 3'11" 1.2 m Kantonian Muk 3'03" 1.0 m Alolan Muk 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 66.1 lbs. 30.0 kg Kantonian Muk 114.6 lbs. 52.0 kg Alolan Muk 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 157 Gen. I-IV Unknown IV 175 V+	Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 Kantonian Muk 1 HP 1 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Alolan Muk 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Alolan Muk
Pokédex color   Purple Other forms may have other colors.	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

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 Poison/Dark-type regional form. 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 gray 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.

Muk 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. This has led some to believe that it will go extinct at some point; sludge ponds are being built to prevent its extinction.

Alolan Muk has a more vibrant coloration, consisting of green, pink, and yellow stripes with thin blue bands in-between. The green, yellow, and pink stripes are capable of shifting downwards while the blue stays in place. 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 eyes with a black space behind them and a bright blue tongue. Its vivid coloration is a result of the garbage it eats, which causes chemical changes in its body. Its body contains over a hundred different kinds of poisons.

Alolan Muk is unexpectedly quiet and friendly. However, if it is not fed trash for a while, its hunger will compel it to destroy its Trainer's furnishings for food. It is thought that it cannot maintain its energy without a constant source of toxins, which causes its voracious appetite. 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 due to its toxins being contained in with its body.^[1] Alolan Muk preys on Trubbish and Garbodor.

In the anime

In the main series

Alolan Muk and Kantonian Muk in the anime

Major appearances

Ash's Muk

In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, Ash caught a Muk after it caused trouble at the Gringey City power plant. Immediately afterwards, it was transferred to Professor Oak's lab. Since then, it has always tried to smother Professor Oak. In The Fourth Round Rumble, Ash first used Muk in battle against Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout, which had already defeated his Bulbasaur and Pikachu.

Other

In The Legend of Thunder!, Attila used a Muk to stop Vincent's Meganium and Jimmy's Typhlosion from freeing Raikou, but it was defeated by Little Miss.

Six Muk appeared in The Psyduck Stops Here!. Three of them invaded Lake Psyduck before being sent back to their home lake.

In Secrets From Out of the Fog!, a Team Plasma Grunt used a Muk to battle Ash and his friends, but it was defeated by Iris's Excadrill's Focus Blast.

In A Young Royal Flame Ignites!, the Revengers used an Alolan Muk to help Viren during his Battle Royal by distracting Incineroar.

Minor appearances

In The Fire-ing Squad!, four Muk competed in the Fire and Rescue Grand Prix. They faced off against Ash's team and were able to put the fire out first.

In Carrying On!, an ill Muk was in Way Away Island's Pokémon Center.

In a flashback in The Joy of Water Pokémon, a Muk lived in Lake Lucid before it became the clean lake it is now.

A Muk appeared in the opening sequence of Destiny Deoxys.

In An Old Family Blend!, a Trainer's Muk competed in the Lily of the Valley Conference.

In Racing to a Big Event!, an Alolan Muk was eating the pancakes that were dropped during the Pancake Race.

In Alola, Kanto!, a Trainer's Alolan Muk was compared to Ash's Muk.

In This Magik Moment!, a Trainer's Alolan Muk competed on Alola Pokémon Quiz.

Pokédex entries

In the Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer

Muk in the animated trailer

In the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, a Team Plasma Grunt's Muk surrounded Nate, Hugh, and Cheren aboard the Plasma Frigate.

In the manga

Muk in Pokémon Adventures

Alolan Muk in Pokémon Adventures

In the Ash & Pikachu manga

Main article: Ash's Muk

Ash's Muk only appeared on the scoreboard in One Half Of A Poké Ball.

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 Jeanette Fisher's Bellsprout.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Muk debuted 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 one of the Pokémon trained by the International Police in Innocent Scientist.

Multiple Muk appeared in Angry Boy, under the ownership of Team Plasma Grunts.

Multiple Muk appeared in a flashback in PS543, under the ownership of Team Plasma Grunts.

Moon's Alolan Grimer was revealed to have evolved into a Muk in PASM29.

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Giovanni sent out multiple Muk to prevent anyone from winning the contest he hosted on TV in Seize the Dream of One Million Yen!!.

A Muk appeared in Pikachu's Birthday Party.

Koga was revealed to have a Muk when Red battled Karen.

In the TCG

Main article: Muk (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Game locations

In side games

Held items

Game		Held Item(s)
Red*	Blue*	Gold Leaf (100%)
Yellow*
Gold	Silver	Nugget (2%)
Crystal
HeartGold	SoulSilver	Nugget (5%)
Black 2	White 2	Toxic Orb (1%)	Black Sludge (50%)
X	Y	Black Sludge (5%)

Stats

Base stats

• Alolan Muk has the same stats as a regular Muk.

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Muk

Alolan Muk

Learnset

Side game data

Muk

Pokémon Pinball Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Pinball RS Acquisition: Evolve		Pokémon Trozei! Rarity: Rare
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team Body size: 1 Recruit rate: Evolve Friend Area: Poison Swamp Phrases 51%-100% HP Touch me at the risk of your health! 26%-50% HP My HP's gone down to half... 1%-25% HP I'm done for... I wish I lived a better life... Level up I leveled up! It fills me with glee!
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: -4.5% IQ group: G
Pokémon Ranger Group: Poison Poké Assist: Poison Field move: None Loops: 10 Min. exp.: 58 Max. exp.: 78 Browser entry R-088 Muk heads right for the Capture Disc. It hurls big globs of sludge.
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Poison Poké Assist: Poison Field move: (Crush ×3) Browser entry R-152 It attacks by spitting poison and letting loose poisonous fog.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.98 seconds Base HP: 60 Base Attack: 79 Base Defense: 57 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Poison Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Poison Attack Power: 70 - 125 10 #326 Power of 4+ Deals even more damage when you make a match of four. Swappable Skill(s): Block Shot
Pokémon GO Base HP: 233 Base Attack: 190 Base Defense: 172 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Infestation*, Poison Jab, Lick†, Acid× Charged Attacks: Dark Pulse, Gunk Shot, Sludge Wave, Thunder Punch*, Acid Spray*, Frustration‡, Return‡

Alolan Muk

Pokémon Shuffle Dark Attack Power: 70 - 110 5 #326 Counterattack+ Deals even more damage the more disruptions there are.

Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.98 seconds Base HP: 60 Base Attack: 79 Base Defense: 57 Base Speed: 60

Pokémon GO Base HP: 233 Base Attack: 190 Base Defense: 172 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks: Bite, Poison Jab, Snarl* Charged Attacks: Dark Pulse, Gunk Shot, Sludge Wave, Acid Spray*

Evolution

Muk

Unevolved Grimer  Poison

Level 38 →

First evolution Muk  Poison

Alolan Muk

Unevolved Grimer  Poison  Dark

Level 38 →

First evolution Muk  Poison  Dark

Sprites

Generation I Red Green Red Blue Yellow Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation II Gold Silver Crystal Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation III Ruby Sapphire Emerald FireRed LeafGreen Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back

Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back

Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back

Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back

For other sprites and images, please see Muk images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

• Although Muk's body is very poisonous, it doesn't seem to harm Ash and other characters 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 Rough Skin Ability.
• Muk shares similar traits to Weezing and Garbodor. All three Pokémon are pure Poison-type Pokémon with a single pre-evolved form, 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-evolved form were designed by Hitoshi Ariga.
• Muk is one of two Pokémon to have the shortest English Pokémon name, Mew being the other.

Origin

Muk 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 Muk 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.

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 Title Meaning Japanese ベトベトン Betbeton From べとべと betobeto French Grotadmorv From gros and Tadmorv Spanish Muk Same as English name German Sleimok From Schleim and muck Italian Muk Same as English name Korean 질뻐기 Jilppeogi From 질퍽하다 Jilpeoghada; also a corruption of 질퍽이 Jilpeogi Mandarin Chinese 臭臭泥 Chòuchòuní Means "Very foul sludge" Cantonese Chinese 爛泥怪 Laahnnàihgwaai Means "Ooze freak"

More languages Hindi मक Muk Transcription of English name Russian Мак Mak Transcription of English name Thai เบ็ทเบตัน Betbeton Transcription of trademarked Japanese name

Related articles

• Ash's Muk
• Artificial Pokémon
• Regional form

Notes

External links

• Article on Wikipedia

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