Mr. Mime has 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. Mr. Mime has white, five-fingered hands and black feet that curl upward at the end. Mr. Mime has a pink head with red cheeks and blue, frizzy hair.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Mr. Mime is able to bring invisible barriers that it mimes into existence. These barriers can repel harsh attacks.
Behavior
Mr. Mime are very prideful of their pantomime acts. Anyone that dares to interrupt a Mr. Mime while it is miming will get slapped silly.
Mr. Mime first appeared in It's Mr. Mime Time. Ash and co. 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
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.
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.
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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.
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Although its English and French names suggest that it is exclusively male, female Mr. Mime are just as common as males, and in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, Sabrina herself has a female Mr. Mime as one of her Pokémon. In fact, it is her only female Pokémon until HeartGold and SoulSilver's rematch.
This is due to the lack of genders in the Generation I games when it was introduced. However, the "Mr." part of its name appears to be just part of its name, rather than a title - (probably due to this not being a part of its Japanese name).
There was a guest villain in an episode of The Powerpuff Girls named "Mr. Mime".
Mr. Mime originally had four fingers on its hands, but in Generation III it was given an extra finger. However, in Ruby and Sapphire, it still has only four fingers on one hand. It should be noted that the anime version of Mr. Mime always had five fingers.
In the Hebrew dub of the anime, Mr. Mime was often confused for a Template:Type2 Pokémon in Israel, as "Mayim" (water) is pronounced very similar to "Mime".
Mr. Mime was the first species with a space in its name, as well as the first one with a period and the first one whose name was more than one word; the space in its name was only reflected in the handheld games starting with Generation III, however. Only in Generation IV was the second such species introduced: its baby form, Mime Jr.
It appears that it is based on a combination between a clown and a mime - together with a popular pantomime, pretending to be trapped in invisible boxes.
Name origin
Mr. Mime's name simply refers to mimes. Its Japanese name may be a combination of barrier and weird - indicating its ability to erect invisible walls - or barrier and barricade.
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.
Leppa Berry (5%)
For other sprites and images, please see Mr. Mime images on Bulbagarden Archives.
