Muk (Pokémon)
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Muk (Japanese: ベトベトン Betbeton) is a Template:Type2 Pokémon introduced in Generation I.
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, Muk usually take charge of their family of Grimer 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's Muk
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!.
Other
Muk was the focus of Professor Oak's lecture and Pokémon senryū in EP064.
- ベトベトン なかよくなったら くさくない
Pokédex entries
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In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
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
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Game locations
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In side games
Held items
Game | Held Item(s) | ||
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Red* | Blue* | Gold Leaf (100%) | |
Yellow* | |||
Gold | Silver | Nugget (8%) | |
Crystal | |||
HeartGold | SoulSilver | Nugget (5%) |
Stats
Base stats
Stat | Range | ||
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At Lv. 50 | At Lv. 100 | ||
HP: 105
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165 - 212 | 320 - 414 | |
105
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99 - 172 | 193 - 339 | |
75
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72 - 139 | 139 - 273 | |
65
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63 - 128 | 121 - 251 | |
100
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94 - 167 | 184 - 328 | |
50
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49 - 112 | 94 - 218 | |
Total: 500
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Pokéathlon stats
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Type effectiveness
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Learnset
By leveling up
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By TM/HM
By breeding
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Father | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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Acid Spray | Poison | Special | 40 | 100% | 20 | |||||
Curse | Ghost | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Haze | Ice | Status | — | —% | 30 | |||||
Imprison | Psychic | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
Lick | Ghost | Physical | 20 | 100% | 30 | |||||
Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | —% | 5 | |||||
Scary Face | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 10 | |||||
Shadow Punch | Ghost | Physical | 60 | —% | 20 | |||||
Shadow Sneak | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100% | 30 | |||||
Stockpile | Normal | Status | — | —% | 20 | |||||
Spit Up | Normal | Special | — | 100% | 10 | |||||
Swallow | Normal | Status | — | —% | 10 | |||||
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By tutoring
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Game | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | |||||||
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This Pokémon learns no moves by tutoring. | |||||||||||||
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By a prior evolution
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Stage | Move | Type | Cat. | Pwr. | Acc. | PP | ||||
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This Pokémon has no moves exclusive to prior evolutions. | ||||||||||
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Side game data
Pokémon Pinball
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Pokémon Pinball RS
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Pokémon Trozei!
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team
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Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky
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Pokémon Ranger
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Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
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Evolution
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Level 38 → |
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Sprites
Gen | Game | ||||||
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I | Red | Blue | Yellow | Red (Ja) | Green | Back | |
II | Gold | Silver | Crystal | Back | |||
III | Ruby | Sapphire | Emerald | FireRed | LeafGreen | Back | |
IV | Diamond | Pearl | Platinum | HeartGold | SoulSilver | Back | |
V | Black | White | Black 2 | White 2 | Back | ||
Trivia
- Although Muk's body is very poisonous, it doesn't seem to harm Ash and the others 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 the Pokédex, or even feet.
- 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 backsprite is different in FireRed and LeafGreen than from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. Muk is shown to have part of his face seen along with his hand.
- Muk's evolutionary family, along with Gulpin's, Koffing's, and Trubbish's families are the only Pokémon to learn Sludge by leveling up.
- Coincidentally, they are all pure Poison-type Pokémon introduced in odd numbered generations.
Origin
It appears to be a pile of living sludge. Muk may also be based on the imagined fear that heavy pollution, caused by the leakage and/or improper disposal of toxic/radioactive waste, may result in the creation of new and undesirable life.
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
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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 as a species. |