Grimsley

Grimsley (Japanese: ギーマ Gīma) is a and member of the Unova Elite Four.
==In the core series games==
In , Grimsley appears as an Elite Four 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 at , where he assists the by registering 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.
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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.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Grimsley forms a sync pair with , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. His Sharpedo is capable of Mega Evolving. Grimsley became a playable sync pair on November 28, 2019.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===GOTCHA!===
Grimsley briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Grimsley first appears on in disguise, where he plays a game of card flip with the s there in order to give them something to do on their breaks. He quickly gets acquainted with and challenges him to a game that involves guessing where the local 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 . 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 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 , 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 at the top of the castle, but they are attacked by Hood Man, who uses , , and 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 Grimsley could not see properly.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Grimsley's known Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
According to Black's notebook, he also has a .
===Pocket Monsters BW===
Grimsley appears in volume 3 of .
===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 at the destroyed .
==In the TCG==
==Trivia==
* According to an interview with Yusuke Ohmura in Nintendo Dream, Grimsley's design is themed on both s (specifically 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 .ShellSpider's blog entry
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ギーマ Gīma 	From ギーマ gīma ( wrightii), 魔 ma (devil; evil influence), 欺瞞 giman, (deception, deceit) or ブギーマン
English 	Grimsley 	From grim, grimace, and possibly sly
German 	Astor 	From Asteriden () or the genus and possibly the
Spanish 	Aza 	From and azar (chance)
French 	Pieris 	From the genus
Italian 	Mirton 	From mirtillo (general term for the fruits of the genus Vaccinium)
Korean 	블래리 Beullaeri 	From 블랙베리
Chinese () 	越橘 Yuèjú 	From 越橘 yuèjú / yuhtgwāt ()
Chinese () 	越橘 Yuhtgwāt 	From 越橘 yuèjú / yuhtgwāt ()
Brazilian Portuguese	FunestoGrimsley 	From funesto (fatal) and possibly nefasto (detrimental, ill-omened)Same as English name
Vietnamese 	Giima 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Big G
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
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