Trubbish resembles a full, dark green garbage bag that with a knot at the top that acts like ears. Trubbish has oval-shaped eyes and large triangular teeth that resemble broken glass. Its arms that look like trash spilling out of small tears in the bag with pink and blue objects protruding out of them. Its feet are dark green and stubby.
This Pokémon was created when a mixture of domestic and industrial waste underwent a chemical reaction of some sort. Trubbish emits noxious, burp-like gases which, when inhaled, will render the victim bedridden for a week. As evidenced in the anime, Trubbish's ear-like tufts stand straight up when startled, are lifted if happy, and lowered if it is feeling down. Furthermore, in the same episode, it is also explained that once Trubbish befriends a person, it will cease expelling foul odors. It prefers unsanitary places, such as garbage dumps.
In the anime
Major appearances
Trubbish in the anime
Trubbish appeared in Here Comes the Trubbish Squad! where a bunch of kindergartners befriended it. However their kindergarten teacher, Daniela, thought it would spread an awful stench through the school. In the end, Trubbish saved the kindergartners' lives, and was adopted by Daniela and the Kindergartners after finding out that Trubbish's stench fades when it's with people it trusts.
Trubbish, the Trash Bag Pokémon. Trubbish prefer to live in dirty places like garbage dumps. It is said they were born when a chemical reaction occurred between an abandoned trash bag and industrial waste.
In the manga
Trubbish in Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Janitor Geoff owns a Trubbish that he used to battle Black. It used its terrible smell to prevent Black's Pokémon from getting close to it; Tep needed to cover his nose to defeat it.
Trubbish shares similar traits to Grimer and Koffing. All three Pokémon are pure Poison types with a single evolution, roughly the same base stat totals and evolution levels, and appear to be based on a different kind of pollution; Trubbish being land pollution.
Origin
Physically, Trubbish is modeled after a plastic bag stuffed with garbage, its tied-off top somewhat resembling long, rabbit-like ears. This may draw from the fact that in both English and Japanese slang, a clump of lint and dirt can be called a "dust bunny". This is further evidenced by how the name of its evolved form is derived from "dust" as well.
Name origin
Trubbish is a combination of trash and rubbish. It may also be derived from a corruption of the word trouble, which complies with its Poison-type, a type used by many of the different villainous teams throughout the Pokémon World.
Yabukuron may be a combination of 破く yabuku (to tear) or 破ける yabukeru (to get torn) and 袋 fukuro (bag) or ぶくぶく bukubuku (loose-fitting/baggy).
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