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Artwork from FR/LG
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Height
2′11″
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0.9 m
Metric
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2′11″/0.9 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.
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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
0
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Atk
0
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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.: 90
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Battle Exp.: 901*
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Grimer (Japanese: ベトベター Betbeter) is a Poison-type Pokémon.
Biology
Physiology
Grimer is a purple pile of poisonous sludge. It has saucer-like eyes and a gray mouth. Grimer may be distantly related Koffing, another Pokémon that's themed with pollution.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
Grimer emits a very pungent, noisome odor. Since Grimer's body lacks a solid form, it can slip through the smallest of openings. Grimer's germ-infested entrails cause the ground that it passes over to be unable to bear any plant life.
As far as Grimer's skills in battle are concerned, Grimer mainly attacks by flinging poisonous Sludge (or mud) at its foes. Grimer can also wield fire, electricity, and various Ghost-type attacks. Grimer is part of one of the four Pokémon evolutionary lines that can use Gunk Shot.
Behavior
Habitat
Grimer thrive anywhere there is pollution.
Diet
Main article: Pokémon food
It eats sludge, sewer water, and other filthy things.
In the animeIn the manga
Koga wears a Grimer on his shoulder in the form of a ninja outfit in Pokémon Special. He used it extensively to smother Green, preventing him from breathing.
His daughter, Janine, is later seen with a Grimer. She uses it against Falkner during the Gym Leader faceoff, using its Minimize attack to outwit his Noctowl.
In the TCGGame 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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Appears in filthy areas. Thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
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| Blue
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| Yellow
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Made of hardened sludge. It smells too putrid to touch. Even weeds won't grow in its path.
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| Stadium
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Sludge that was transformed when exposed to X-rays from the moon. Loves sludge, industrial waste and other refuse.
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| Generation II
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| Gold
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As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it.
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| Silver
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Wherever Grimer has passed, so many germs are left behind that no plants will ever grow again.
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| Crystal
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When two of these Pokémon's bodies are combined together, new poisons are created.
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| Stadium 2
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As it moves, it loses bits of its body from which new Grimer emerge. This worsens the stench around it.
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| Generation III
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| Ruby
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Grimer's sludgy and rubbery body can be forced through any opening, however small it may be. This Pokémon enters sewer pipes to drink filthy wastewater.
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| Sapphire
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Grimer emerged from the sludge that settled on a polluted seabed. This Pokémon loves anything filthy. It constantly leaks a horribly germ- infested fluid from all over its body.
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| Emerald
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Born from polluted sludge in the sea, Grimer's favorite food is anything filthy. They feed on wastewater pumped out from factories.
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| FireRed
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Sludge exposed to X rays from the moon transformed into Grimer. It loves feeding on filthy things.
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| LeafGreen
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Appears in filthy areas. It thrives by sucking up polluted sludge that is pumped out of factories.
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It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth.
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| Pearl
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It was born when sludge in a dirty stream was exposed to the moon's X-rays. It appears among filth.
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| Platinum
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| HeartGold
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| SoulSilver
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Game locations
| This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation I.
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In side games
Base stats
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Range
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At Lv. 100
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80
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140 - 187
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270 - 364
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80
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76 - 145
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148 - 284
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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40
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40 - 101
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76 - 196
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50
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49 - 112
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94 - 218
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25
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27 - 84
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49 - 163
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Total: 325
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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 40.
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Type effectiveness
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation V, this Pokémon is:
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In Generation I, the effectiveness of Bug-type moves is 2x.
Learnset
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In Pokémon Crystal only:
In Pokémon FireRed, Pokémon LeafGreen, and Pokémon Emerald:
In Pokémon Emerald only:
Special moves
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Grimer knows Shadow Blitz and Shadow Hold as a Shadow Pokémon, and learns Helping Hand after being purified.
Side game data
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Evolution
Sprites
Trivia
Origin
It appears to be a pile of living sludge.
Name origin
Grimer's name seems to be a corruption of grime, dirt. Its Japanese name may be derived from べとべと betobeto and べたべた betabeta, both meaning sticky. The German name, Sleima, sounds like "Slimer", a slimy ghost from Ghostbusters.
In other languages
- German: Sleima
- French: Tadmorv - From tas de morve, meaning heap of mucous.
- Korean: 질퍽이 Jilpeogi
External links
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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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For other sprites and images, please see Grimer images on Bulbagarden Archives.