Muk (Pokémon)

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Muk (Japanese: ベトベトン Betbeton) is a introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from starting at level 38.
In Alola, Muk has a dual-type regional form. It evolves from Alolan Grimer starting at level 38. These Muk can also be found in Blueberry Academy's Terarium.
==Biology==
Muk is a large, sticky, amorphous 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. It will readily consume nearly any waste or refuse generated by people and Pokémon alike. Muk's body produces a powerful odor that can cause fainting. However, despite the risk Muk's stench contains, some fans of Muk believe its stench is a good thing.
Muk can be found in heavily polluted bodies of water, , where groups can gather to consume trash that people throw away into the streets. 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.
Prior to Generation IV, Muk and its pre-evolved form, Grimer, were the only known Pokémon that could have as an Ability.
===Forms===
Muk has a regional form: Muk.
 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. Chemical reactions of different poisons occurring within its body is the source of Alolan Muk's vitality.
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. Unlike Kantonian Muk, Alolan Muk does not produce a foul stench due to its toxins being contained within its body.Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Alolan Muk Alolan Muk preys on and . They can also be found in the Coastal Biome of Blueberry Academy's Terarium, where Alola's island life is simulated.
Alolan Muk and its pre-evolved form, Alolan , are the only known Pokémon that can have as an Ability.
===Evolution===
Muk evolves from .
 Muk evolves from Alolan Grimer.
(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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====Alolan Muk====
Alolan Muk does not have any held items that it can be caught with.
===Stats===
====Base stats====
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Alolan Muk has the same base stats as Kantonian Muk.
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Alolan Muk did not have any Egg Moves prior to Version 2.0.1.
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===Side game data===
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===Evolution data===
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===Sprites===
==In animation==
===Main series===
====Major appearances====
=====Ash's Muk=====
Muk debuted in Sparks Fly for Magnemite, where one was causing trouble at the Gringey City power plant as the leader of a groups . It was eventually defeated and by . Immediately afterwards, it was transferred to 's lab. Since then, it has spent most of its time at the lab and frequently tries to smother Professor Oak with affection.
=====Other=====
In The Legend of Thunder!, Attila used a Muk to stop Vincent's Meganium and Jimmy's Typhlosion from freeing , but it was defeated by Little Miss.
Six Muk appeared in The Psyduck Stops Here!. Three of them invaded Lake Psyduck before being sent to a more appropriate home lake.
In Secrets From Out of the Fog!, a used a Muk to battle and , but it was defeated by Iris's Excadrill's .
In A Young Royal Flame Ignites!, the Revengers used an Muk to help Viren during his Battle Royal by distracting .
In Healing the Healer!, a group of used a Muk to poison a lake in an attempt to draw the attention of . Once Goh Suicune, it was used to battle Ash and Goh before eventually being defeated.
An Alolan Muk first appeared in The Pendant That Starts It All (Part Two), onboard the Brave Olivine, as part of the Rising Volt Tacklers crew. It is consuming the airship's trash.
====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 '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.
In Crowning the Chow Crusher!, a 's Muk competed in the Pokémon Grand Eating Contest.
A Trainer's Muk appeared in This Could be the Start of Something Big!.
====Pokédex entries====
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 Animated Trailer===
In the Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Animated Trailer, a 's Muk surrounded , Hugh, and Cheren aboard the Plasma Frigate.
==In the manga==
===Ash & Pikachu===
's Muk only appeared on the scoreboard in One Half Of A Poké Ball.
===The Electric Tale of Pikachu===
 has a Muk that he off-screen. It was used in the Indigo League where it fought and defeated Jeanette Fisher's .
===Pokémon Adventures===
Muk debuted in You know... Articuno!, where it was used in by Harry to help Team Rocket on their mission to get . 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 , 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 s.
Multiple Muk appeared in a flashback in Abyssal Ruins, under the ownership of Team Plasma Grunts.
In Darkness!! The Mysterious Claws of Necrozma!, 's Grimer was revealed to have evolved into a Muk.
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
 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==
==Trivia==
* Muk shares similar traits to and . All three are pure 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.Tweet by ありがひとし/ArigaHitoshi (@ariga_megamix). Posted on December 2, 2016.
* Muk is tied with for the shortest English name of all Pokémon.
===Origin===
Muk appears to be a pile of living . 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 Muk 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.
====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==
==Related articles==
* Ash's Muk
* Artificial Pokémon
* Regional form
==References==
==External links==
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