Grimer (Pokémon)

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Grimer (Japanese: ベトベター Betbeter) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves into starting at level 38. 
In Alola, Grimer has a dual-type regional form. It evolves into Alolan Muk starting at level 38. These Grimer can also be found in Blueberry Academy's Terarium.
==Biology==
Grimer is a slimy, amorphous , born from sludge in dirty streams or seabeds that are exposed to 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. Should it run out of internal germs, Grimer will die. 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, which is Grimer's main diet. It can be found in polluted lakes and streams, as well as within where trash and industrial waste can be found. In recent years, thanks to efforts in environmental improvements and a decrease in their food source of waste, Grimer is now facing extinction.
Prior to Generation IV, Grimer and its evolved form, , were the only known Pokémon that could have as an Ability.
===Forms===
Grimer has a regional form: Grimer.
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 small black crescent-shaped spaces 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 Alolan Grimer's body when these crystals fall out. Because it produces and stores toxins within its body, Alolan Grimer does not produce a foul stench like Kantonian Grimer.Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan MukSamson 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!"
There are usually about one hundred Alolan Grimer found living near waste-disposal sites in Alola, assisting people in dealing with garbage. Alolan Grimer is widely used and a very popular Pokémon used in garbage disposal facilities around the world. Alolan Grimer is perpetually hungry and must constantly eat trash. If no trash is readily available, it will eat other manufactured products instead.Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Grimer 
In addition to garbage, Alolan Grimer preys on and ; its introduction to Alola caused their populations to decrease in the region. They can also be found in the Coastal Biome of Blueberry Academy's Terarium, where Alola's island life is simulated.
Alolan Grimer and its evolved form, Alolan , are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Grimer evolves into .
 Grimer evolves into Alolan Muk.
(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer to Game data→Evolution data.)
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==Game data==
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===Held items===
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Pokémon caught in Generation I must be traded to a Generation II game in order for a held item to appear.
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===Stats===
====Base stats====
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Alolan Grimer has the same base stats as Kantonian Grimer.
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Alolan Grimer did not have any Egg Moves prior to Version 2.0.1.
===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
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===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Goh's Grimer=====
In Dreams Are Made of These!, Goh caught a Grimer during the Pokémon Orienteering competition. It has since made further appearances in .
=====Other=====
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 chased the Grimer off and saved her.
In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, and encountered multiple Grimer and a 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 Muk.
In Camping It Up!, a Grimer was assigned to 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 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 's Grimer appeared in May, We Harley Drew'd Ya!.
A Grimer appeared in Ghoul Daze!.
A Grimer appeared in I Choose You!.
 Grimer debuted in a flashback in Turning Heads and Training Hard!, under the ownership of Tupp.
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 Restore and Renew!.
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in Dot and Nidothing.
A Trainer's Grimer appeared in Trending Terastallization! Dance, Dance, Quaxly!.
A Student's Grimer appeared in Showdown! The Paldea Elite Four.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Generations===
A Grimer appeared in The Lake of Rage, under the ownership of a . Along with , , , and , it was defeated by Lance's Dragonite during Lance and 's infiltration of the Team Rocket HQ.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl===
A Grimer appeared in PDP01.
A Grimer appeared in PDP25.
===Pocket Monsters DP===
A Grimer appeared in PMDP24.
===Pokémon Adventures===
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 , 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 against Agatha, but to little effect.
In A Flaaffy Kerfuffle, a Grimer was in 's fantasy when he explained that s 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 attack to outwit his .
In The Last Battle XIII, a Grimer was sent to participate in the fight in Ilex Forest.
Multiple Grimer were used by s in Cleaning Up Grimer.
In Softening Up Kakuna, Uprooting Seedot, and Outlasting Ledian, a Grimer was one of the Pokémon that rented during the challenge.
A Grimer appeared in Mr. Perfect.
A Grimer appeared in Goodra Spits, under the ownership of a .
 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 . He later evolved into a Muk.
An Alolan Grimer appeared in Unleashing the Incredible Z-Move.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
Koga used a Grimer in Save The Chansey! to stop from getting to a group of . It reappeared in A Challenge to the Elite Four!.
A Grimer appeared in Clefairy Evolves... At Last?!.
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, Grimer's debut, Grimer had a very strong odor that made most people around the Grimer cover their noses from the smell. However, in later episodes, Grimer's smell has seemingly ceased to exist. This is most obvious in Camping It Up!, where is given a Grimer to train, and it immediately hugs her, but no one complains about any smell.
* Grimer shares similar traits to and . All three Pokémon are pure 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.Tweet by ありがひとし/ArigaHitoshi (@ariga_megamix). Posted on December 2, 2016.
* Alolan Grimer had no Egg Moves in prior to Version 2.0.1. This was presumably unintentional, as it regained them in said version. The same situation occurred with and .
===Origin===
Grimer appears to be a pile of living , and may be based upon the general concept of living slime in popular culture. 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 that rises from the mud of neglected, overgrown rice fields.
Alolan Grimer may be based on an , 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 . 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 or, since its Alolan Form was brought about by human influence, .
====Name origin====
Grimer may be 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.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Goh's Grimer
* Artificial Pokémon
* Regional form
==References==
==External links==
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