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Height
3'11" Imperial
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1.2 m Metric
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3'11"/1.2 m Red-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m Blue-Striped
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0'0"/0.0 m
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Weight
66.1 lbs. Imperial
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30.0 kg Metric
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66.1 lbs./30.0 kg Red-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg Blue-Striped
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0.0 lbs./0.0 kg
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EV yield
HP 1
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Atk 1
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Def 0
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Sp.Atk 0
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Sp.Def 0
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Speed 0
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Base Exp.: 157
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Battle Exp.: 1571*
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Muk (Japanese: ベトベトン Betbeton) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
It evolves from Grimer starting at level 38.
Biology
Physiology
Muk basically look very similar to its previous form, Grimer. The main differences are that Muk is larger than Grimer, and has a wider mouth and smaller eyes. It is also usually shown with its left arm being much larger then the right one, along with a strand connecting its upper and lower lip when its mouth is open. The sludge it is made of is apparently less dense than water as it has been shown to float on it in the anime.
Gender Differences
None.
Special abilities
The toxicity of Muk's form has reached the point where a single drop of it can make an entire lake stagnant and rancid. Its footprints are toxic enough for a person to contract influenza if they are touched. Their infamous stench increases in the summertime, due to the toxic substances in its body intensifying. Their ability to exist in the environment without it becoming completely hazardous to other lifeforms may be attributed to their ability to actively control their toxins, as they would likely never want to deliberately pollute a river or spread any harmful diseases.
As a fully evolved Pokémon, Muk is capable of using the moves Hyper Beam and Giga Impact.
Behavior
In the wild, Muks usually take charge of their family of Grimers and are very protective.
Habitat
This Pokémon likes warm and moist places. Groups of them accumulate in dirty places, such as garbage dumps or sewers. They sometimes also reside in dirty back alleys of towns. Despite their penchant for thriving in dirty, contaminated places, they do seem to have a limit as to how much pollution they can tolerate, as no Muk lived in the Lake Lucid of fifty years ago until some work was made on purifying it. Wild Muk are normally found only in Kanto.
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
Muk will eat anything that is already contaminated.
In the anime
Major appearances
Ash captured a Muk in Sparks Fly for Magnemite. It was transferred to Professor Oak's lab. Ash's Muk is always trying to smother Prof. Oak. The first time Ash used his Muk in battle was in The Fourth Round Rumble, as a trump card against a Bellsprout that had already defeated his Bulbasaur and Pikachu.
Other
Six Muk appeared in The Psyduck Stops Here!.
Minor appearances
Muk also appeared under the ownership of Attila during The Legend of Thunder!.
Pokédex entries
Episode
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Pokémon
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Source
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Entry
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EP030
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Muk
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Ash's Pokédex
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Muk, Grimer's evolved form. Use extreme caution as its slimy form contains poison.
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In the manga
Muk is one of the Pokémon owned by Koga in Pokémon Adventures, used in his attack on Articuno.
Muk is seen again during the Elite Four saga, used by Koga to shield himself from the debris of the collapsing Cerise Island.
In the TCG
- Main article: Muk (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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Generation I
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Red
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Thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It is so toxic, even its footprints contain poison.
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Blue
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Yellow
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Smells so awful, it can cause fainting. Through degeneration, it lost its sense of smell.
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Stadium
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Becomes indistinguishable if it hides in dirt. Touching its sludge-covered body causes horrible poisonings.
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Generation II
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Gold
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They love to gather in smelly areas where sludge accumulates, making the stench around them worse.
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Silver
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Its body is made of a powerful poison. Touching it accidentally will cause a fever that requires bed rest.
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Crystal
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As it moves, a very strong poison leaks from it, making the ground there barren for three years.
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Stadium 2
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They love to gather in smelly areas where sludge accumulates, making the stench around them worse.
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Generation III
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Ruby
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From Muk's body seeps a foul fluid that gives off a nose-bendingly horrible stench. Just one drop of this Pokémon's body fluid can turn a pool stagnant and rancid.
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Sapphire
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This Pokémon's favorite food is anything that is repugnantly filthy. In dirty towns where people think nothing of throwing away litter on the streets, Muk are certain to gather.
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Emerald
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It prefers warm and humid habitats. In the summertime, the toxic substances in its body intensify, making Muk reek like putrid kitchen garbage.
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FireRed
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It is usually undetectable because it blends in with the ground. Touching it can cause terrible poisoning.
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LeafGreen
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Thickly covered with a filthy, vile sludge. It is so toxic, even its footprints contain poison.
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Generation IV
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Diamond
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A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.
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Pearl
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Platinum
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HeartGold
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They love to gather in smelly areas where sludge accumulates, making the stench around them worse.
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SoulSilver
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Its body is made of a powerful poison. Touching it accidentally will cause a fever that requires bed rest.
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Generation V
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Black
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からだから もうどくの たいえきが しみでている。その えきに ふれた くさきは あっというまに かれる。
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White
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Black 2
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White 2
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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105
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165 - 212
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320 - 414
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105
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99 - 172
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193 - 339
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75
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72 - 139
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139 - 273
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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100
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94 - 167
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184 - 328
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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Total: 500
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
- This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was 65.
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Pokéathlon stats
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring.
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- A black abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Muk can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Muk cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Muk
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Muk
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
- Although Muk's body is very poisonous, it doesn't seem to harm Ash, Oak, Misty, Birch, or Tracey when Muk is 'hugging' them. This is probably because it is able to control whether it gives off poison or not similar to how Ponyta can choose whether or not to burn the person that touches it. Croagunk is another Pokémon which is able to control the amount of poison it uses via its fingertips when using Poison Jab, or Sharpedo activating its ability, Rough Skin.
- Muk's English name is tied with Mew for being the shortest out of all Pokémon.
- Muk's height is given as 3'11" but it is seen to have altering heights as it can expand and become taller or spread out and become shorter.
- Haunter and Muk are the only two Pokémon whose weight does not change as a result of evolution.
- Even though Muk's Red, Blue, and LeafGreen Pokédex entries state that its footprints are poisonous, Muk does not have a footprint.
- In Pokémon Platinum, Muk is one of the few Pokémon not in the Sinnoh Pokédex, and not introduced in Generation IV, to have a new sprite. Meowth, Oddish, Hitmonlee, Ninetales, Primeape, Krabby, and Registeel are the others.
- All of Muk's backsprites depict its left arm in the air.
- Muk's back sprite is different in Pokemon Firered and Leafgreen. Muk is shown to have part of his face seen.
Origin
It appears to be a pile of living sludge.
Name origin
Muk's name seems to be a corruption of muck. Its Japanese name may be derived from べとべと betobeto, sticky.
In other languages
- German: Sleimok - From Schleim (slime) and Mok (a modification of the English muck).
- French: Grotadmorv - From gros (big or fat) and Tadmorv (the French name for Grimer).
- Korean: 질뻐기 Jilppagi
- Chinese (Taiwan): 臭臭泥 Chòu Chòu Ní - "Very Foul Sludge", Muk's name is a reference to Grimer's Chinese name, 臭泥.
Related articles
External links
Notes
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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.
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