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* In the recent 3D games, Grimer is black instead of purple. | * In the recent 3D games, Grimer is black instead of purple. | ||
* Grimer is the only Pokémon to learn {{m|Shadow Punch}} through breeding. Coincidentally, Grimer and {{p|Muk}} are the only non-{{type|Ghost}} Pokémon to learn this move. | * Grimer is the only Pokémon to learn {{m|Shadow Punch}} through breeding. Coincidentally, Grimer and {{p|Muk}} are the only non-{{type|Ghost}} Pokémon to learn this move. | ||
**It also can learn {{m|Shadow Sneak}} through breeding, but it has no relation to a {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon or shadows. | ** It also can learn {{m|Shadow Sneak}} through breeding, but it has no relation to a {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon or shadows. | ||
* In all of its Pokédex entries, it says how gross or dirty Grimer is. It shares this quality with {{p|Magikarp}}, whose Pokédex entries all tell how weak it is. | * In all of its Pokédex entries, it says how gross or dirty Grimer is. It shares this quality with {{p|Magikarp}}, whose Pokédex entries all tell how weak it is. | ||
* Grimer seems to be the counterpart of {{p|Koffing}} and {{p|Trubbish}}. All 3 Pokémon are pure Poison-types with a single evolution, roughly the same base stat totals and evolution levels, and most importantly, Grimer represents water pollution, koffing represents air pollution, and Trubbish represents land pollution. | |||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
It appears to be a pile of living sludge. Grimer 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. | It appears to be a pile of living sludge. Grimer 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. | ||