* In all of its Pokédex entries, it says how gross or dirty Grimer is. It shares this quality with {{p|Magikarp}}, whose Pokédex entries all tell how weak it is.
* In all of its Pokédex entries, it says how gross or dirty Grimer is. It shares this quality with {{p|Magikarp}}, whose Pokédex entries all tell how weak it is.
===Origin===
===Origin===
It appears to be a pile of living sludge.
It appears to be a pile of living sludge.Its main source of inspiration may be a daikaiju Known as Hedorah, most notably its land form. The fact that Hedorah came from and can return to the water further proves this.
====Name origin====
====Name origin====
Grimer's name seems to be a corruption of ''grime'', dirt. Its Japanese name may be derived from べとべと ''betobeto'' and べたべた ''betabeta'', both meaning sticky.
Grimer's name seems to be a corruption of ''grime'', dirt. Its Japanese name may be derived from べとべと ''betobeto'' and べたべた ''betabeta'', both meaning sticky.
Grimer is a purple pile of poisonous sludge. It has saucer-like eyes and a gray mouth. Grimer may be distantly related to Koffing, another Pokémon that is associated with pollution.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Grimer emits a very pungent, noisome odor. Since Grimer's body lacks a solid form, it can slip through the smallest of openings. Grimer's germ-infested entrails cause the ground that it passes over to be unable to bear any plant life.
As far as Grimer's skills in battle are concerned, Grimer mainly attacks by flinging poisonous Sludge (or mud) at its foes. Grimer can also wield fire, electricity, and various Template:Type2 attacks. Grimer is part of one of the four Pokémon evolutionary lines that can use Gunk Shot.
Behavior
As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This is said to worsen the stench around it.
Ash and co. first encountered Grimer in Sparks Fly for Magnemite. A Muk and a large group of angry Grimer were gumming up the turbines in the power plant in Gringey City causing a city-wide power loss.
Grimer, the Sludge Pokémon. It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to X-rays from the moon.
In the manga
Koga wears a Grimer on his shoulder in the form of a ninja outfit in Pokémon Adventures. He used it extensively to smother Blue, preventing him from breathing and restrict his movement so that he would be unable to call on his Pokémon. He again used it in the battle with the evil Elite Four Agatha, to little effect.
His daughter, Janine, is later seen with a Grimer. She uses it against Falkner during the Gym Leader faceoff, using its Minimize attack to outwit his Noctowl.
Grimer's sludgy and rubbery body can be forced through any opening, however small it may be. This Pokémon enters sewer pipes to drink filthy wastewater.
Grimer emerged from the sludge that settled on a polluted seabed. This Pokémon loves anything filthy. It constantly leaks a horribly germ- infested fluid from all over its body.
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In Sparks Fly for Magnemite, Grimer's anime debut, Grimer had a very strong odor that made most people around the Grimer to cover their noses form the smell. However, in recent episodes, Grimer's smell has seemingly ceased to exist. This is most obvious in Camping It Up! where Dawn is given a Grimer to train, and it immediately hugs her, but no one complains about any smell.
In the recent 3-D games, Grimer is black instead of purple.
Grimer is the only Pokémon to learn Shadow Punch through breeding. Coincidentally, Grimer and Muk are the only non-Template:Type2 Pokémon to learn this move.
It also can learn Shadow Sneak through breeding, but it has no relation to a Template:Type2 Pokémon or shadows.
In all of its Pokédex entries, it says how gross or dirty Grimer is. It shares this quality with Magikarp, whose Pokédex entries all tell how weak it is.
Origin
It appears to be a pile of living sludge.Its main source of inspiration may be a daikaiju Known as Hedorah, most notably its land form. The fact that Hedorah came from and can return to the water further proves this.
Name origin
Grimer's name seems to be a corruption of grime, dirt. Its Japanese name may be derived from べとべと betobeto and べたべた betabeta, both meaning sticky.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
Nugget (8%)
For other sprites and images, please see Grimer images on Bulbagarden Archives.
