Grumpig

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**Grumpig** (Japanese: **ブーピッグ** *Boopig*) is a Psychic Pokémon introduced in Generation III.

It evolves from Spoink starting at level 32.

## Biology

Grumpig is a bipedal, pig-like Pokémon. It has large ears, a pink snout, and oval eyes. The lower half of its body is black, while the upper half is purple. There are black markings on its ears and arms, while its hands and feet are purple. Its tail is pink and curly. There appear to be three shining black pearls on its body: two on its head, and another on its midsection where the black meets the purple. These pearls are used to amplify its psychic powers, which allow it to control its opponents. The dance it performs while using its powers is very popular. It lives on mountains.

### Major appearances

Grumpig made its main series debut in *Pokéblock, Stock, and Berry*, under the ownership of a Pokémon Coordinator named Kelly. Kelly used the Manipulate Pokémon in the Template:Ci Contest in the following episode.

A bully Grumpig appeared in *An Oasis of Hope!*. It attacked the Spoink that were gathering food and later started manipulating them all, except for one Spoink that managed to escape and find Template:Ash and the Template:Ashfr. Template:TRT used Grumpig as a lure to capture Ash and his friends in their trap, but it was defeated by Ash's newly evolved Sliggoo.

### Minor appearances

Grumpig debuted in a cameo appearance in the opening sequence of *Destiny Deoxys*.

A Grumpig made a cameo appearance in *The Rise of Darkrai* as one of the Pokémon Darkrai hit with a Dark Void.

A Grumpig appeared in *Historical Mystery Tour!*, under the ownership of a Clown.

A Trainer's Grumpig appeared in *A Marathon Rivalry!*, where it was seen participating in the Pokéathlon held in Camellia Town.

A Grumpig appeared in *Casting a Paul on Barry!* in the Lily of the Valley Conference, where it battled and lost against Ash's Snorlax.

A Grumpig appeared in *Cloudy Fate, Bright Future!*, under the ownership of a Psychic.

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### In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In *VS. Grumpig I*, a herd of wild Grumpig attacked Ruby and Sapphire, only to be promptly defeated by the former's Mightyena, Nana. This would turn out to be a critical development in the manga's plot, as it is through this that Sapphire grows aware of Ruby's real strength.

A Grumpig appeared in a fantasy in *Pinsir Me, I Must Be Dreaming*.

The Battle Factory rented a Grumpig which was stolen by Guile Hideout in *The Final Battle VII*.

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## Game data

### Stats

#### Base stats

##### Generation III-V

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

##### Generation VI onward

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

##### Mega Grumpig

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

### Learnset

#### By a prior evolution

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Grumpig
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Grumpig
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

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### Sprites

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## Trivia

* Grumpig shares its category with Gothorita. They are both known as the Manipulate Pokémon.

### Origin

Apart from being a pig, the inspiration for Grumpig may be the Biblical phrase "...neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you" from Matthew 7:6. The pearls were supposed to represent wisdom given to an audience who would not appreciate the teachings. Grumpig and Spoink appear to instead use those pearls of wisdom to enhance their psychic powers.

#### Name origin

Grumpig may be a combination of *grump* and *pig*. *Grump* may also be a corruption of *grunt*, a sound that pigs make.

Boopig may be a combination of ブーブー *būbū* (the sound of grumbling or oinking) or 豚 *buta* (pig) and *pig*.

## External links

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