Mr. Mime is a bipedal, humanoid Pokémon with a round, white body with a red spot in the middle. Its light pink arms and legs are connected to its body by red spheres. Its knees have small, white coverings. There are red pads on the tips of its white fingers, and its black feet curl upward at the tips. Blue growths extend from the sides of its pale pink head, and there are red circles on its cheeks.
From birth, this Pokémon is an excellent pantomime. As it matures, it gains the ability to solidify air molecules by vibrating its fingertips. This ability allows it to create invisible objects with its gestures. It punishes those who interrupt its act by slapping them. Mr. Mime is usually very rare, but can be found in suburban areas.
Mr. Mime's first anime appearance was in It's Mr. Mime Time. Ash and his friends were looking for a Mr. Mime to replace another one that was supposed to perform in Stella's circus. Ash originally dressed as one to encourage the old Mr. Mime, soon confusing his mother when a wild Mr. Mime arrived at her house.
Other
Stella had her own, lazy Mr. Mime in It's Mr. Mime Time which had quit obeying her because she was too hard on it. It listened to her once more once it saw how she was willing to protect it from Team Rocket.
In Stage Fight!, a Mr. Mime was part of a showboat stage show along with other Pokémon.
Mr. Mime also appears in Hail to the Chef under the ownership of Rhonda, a girl who lives outside Saffron City who was competing with her sister, who owned a Sneasel, for the ownership of her father's restaurant.
The same Mr. Mime was seen again during the Gym Leader faceoff in the Indigo Plateau, using its miming powers to trap Bugsy within walls created from solidified air, and defeating his Heracross with a Psybeam.
Crystal was revealed to have added a Mr. Mime, nicknamed Mymee, to her team during the Emerald arc in order to imitate Sabrina's tactics.
Pokémon Stadium 2: Mr. Mime stars in its own minigame called "Barrier Ball." Poké Balls appear on the field and by using Mr. Mime's Barrier, send the Poké Balls to the other player's fields.
Mr. Mime is a master of pantomime. Its gestures and motions convince watchers that something unseeable actually exists. Once it is believed, it will exist as if it were a real thing.
A Mr. Mime is a master of pantomime. It can convince others that something unseeable actually exists. Once believed, the imaginary object does become real.
Mr. Mime is a master of pantomime. Its gestures and motions convince watchers that something unseeable actually exists. Once the watchers are convinced, the unseeable thing exists as if it were real.
The Mr. Mime obtained through an in-game trade in Pokémon Red and Blue was nicknamed Marcel. This may have been a homage to the late Marcel Marceau. However, this was not kept in Pokémon Yellow or Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen; the same Mr. Mime is nicknamed Miles in Yellow, and Mimien in FireRed and LeafGreen.
Mr. Mime originally had four fingers on its hands. This was changed to five in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and every game since.
In the anime however, Mr. Mime was always introduced with five fingers.
In the Hebrew dub of the anime, Mr. Mime was often confused for a Water-type Pokémon in Israel, as "Mayim" (water) is pronounced very similar to "Mime".
Origin
Mr. Mime appears to be based on a combination of a clown and a mime - together with a popular pantomime, pretending to be trapped in invisible boxes. Its feet also appear to be reminiscent of the various hook-toed shoes worn by jesters. Its jerky animations and jaw in X and Y suggest that it may also be inspired by a jointed puppet or doll.
Name origin
Mr. Mime is mime with an English male honorific. The assignment of a gendered title has no bearing of its equal male/female gender ratio, as it was named before the gender mechanic was introduced in the games.
Barrierd may be a combination of barrier (referring to the mime trait of 'being trapped' behind invisible walls) and weird or barricade.
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